#southern 100

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Dan Kneen Southern 100 Photo: Kev Clague // 2014

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The 100 Guineas Club: or that discreet gentlemen’s club where Aziraphale learnt the gavotte in.

Or the gay underworld of late Victorian London.

Aziraphale’s guide to dance 101 is here.

[polychromaic]

returning after a few ages with more winny pilgrim art, except this time it’s tboy swag he/she Ramon/a Flowers 🔥

[erythriina]

my dealer: got some straight gas this strain is called ‘the southern reach’ youll be zonked out of your gourd beyond what any man can bear, but whether it decays under the earth or above on green fields, or out to sea or in the very air, all shall come to revelation, and to revel, in the knowledge of the strangling fruit

me: yeah whatever. I don’t feel shit

5 minutes later: dude I swear I just saw a rift in reality in the tunnel tower

my buddy Control, pacing: The Voice is lying to us

[the-ghost-bird]

Me posting annihilation content when I know damn well there's not a strong fandom presence and getting 200 notes will be a high fucking number if I get it

[onetwothree]

what if they wore traditional french clothes in kalos? now they can go buy soap at the market together

[fezzian]

[waterfire1848]

Avatar AU - A world where the South Pole didn’t fold and Princess Katara or Prince Sokka are being married off to Prince Zuko or Princess Azula for an allience, but before their families can arrange any marriage the four are kidnapped so that the alliance doesn’t happen and they end up all the way in Ba Sing Se and have to travel home together.

[witchzoe]

Did The Fire Nation Actually Lose The War?

Well one would assume yes.

At the end of the show Team Avatar defeats the Fire Nation by defeating Fire Lord Ozai and crowning Zuko as the new Fire Lord. Any further details of the Fire Nation defeat are explored through the various comics, with the main topic being the decolonisation of the Fire Nation colonies of the Earth Kingdom.

But if you take a look at how the comics ultimately resolve this issue, it becomes clear that actually the Fire Nation kind of won the 100 Year War.

But didn't the Fire Nation had to decolonise after the war?

Kind of. In the comic "The Promise" it is revealed that the oldest Fire Nation colonies actually become independent and later form the United Republic of Nations. This is because Zuko and Aang decide, that the Fire Nation people and Earth Kingdom people had become too intertwined to belong to either the Earth Kingdom or the Fire Nation.

Now one has to keep in mind, that these colonies belonged to the Earth Kingdom originally before the war. So this decision actually means the Earth Kingdom lost a not insignificant chunk of their country, especially because the colonies are portrayed as quite industrious and wealthy in the comics.

Meanwhile the Fire Nation gained a new allied nation. A lot of the Fire Nation colonists are aligned with the Fire Nation, and this sentiment would therefore also be found in the United Republic of Nations, especially because Fire Nation colonists made up the higher strata of their society.

What about reparations?

Well, the comics don't actually mention reparations. But what we get in the comic "North and South" is the Southern Water Tribe asking the Fire Nation for funds for expanding their economy. Which to me heavily implies that in canon the Fire Nation never actually had to pay reparations, because otherwise the Souther Water Tribe had probably demanded reparations, instead of asking for funds.

This is especially interesting, because investments in poorer, less industrialised nations (like the Southern Water Tribe) can be utilized by richer and more industrialised nations (like the Fire Nation) as another form of imperialism. Either by tying specific requirements, e.g. favourable trade agreements or specific economic policies, to the funds or by using these investments to acquire a lot of economic influence in the nation.

This also means that the Fire Nation economy isn't burdened by paying reparations

Didn't the Fire Nation also suffer under the war?

In comparison to the other nations not really. The Air Nomads got wiped out, the Southern Water Tribe suffered from a cultural genocide, the Northern Water Tribe suffered under the Siege of the North and large swath of the Earth Kingdom were destroyed and its people displaced.

In contrast to that, the Fire Nation didn't even really suffer any civilian casualties or damage to their industrial base. The only attack on the Fire Nation mainland was the Day of the Black Sun, which failed and because the Fire Nation was forewarned didn't result in any civilian casualties. The Fire Nation only really lost soldiers to the war.

But Zuko is Fire Lord now!

Zuko would have become the Fire Lord even if Ozai wouldn't have been defeated, he was the next in line anyway.

And it is nice that he reforms the Fire Nation, but that is not really relevant if we discuss who won the war.

He may have reduced the size of the navy and the army, but it was out of his own volition, not because of some stipulations of a peace treaty. And why wouldn't he? The war is over. The Fire Nation is on good terms with the Southern Water Tribe, the Kyoshi Warriors, who work for Zuko on multiple occasions, and on neutral terms with the Earth Kingdom under King Kuei.

So what is the Score?

The Fire Nation ultimately came out of the war and the peace process with:

A new allied nation in the United Republic of Nations.

Economic influence in the Southern Water Tribe.

Good Relationships with the Southern Water Tribe and the Kyoshi Warriors.

an undamaged industrial base and an economy unburdened by reparations.

losses were mostly limited to military members, with almost no civilian casualties.

Weakened rival nations due to the heavy losses they suffered, which also include a lot of civilian losses.

Wars have been fought for less and have been considered won by achieving less. So in conclusion, if you consider the comics as canon, the Fire Nation came out of the 100 year war as a clear winner. Especially if one considers how much the other nations suffered in the war.

Did the other nations gain anything from the peace process at all?

Yes. They got to live and now have the security that the Fire Nation won't burn them all to the ground. Or at least some of the nations got this security.

[im-not-giving-in]

Jakobs Castle, "Lights Out"

Musician Jakob Nowell, the anime enthusiast behind the band Jakobs Castle, a fan of artists Black Midi and 100 Gecs, reminisces about an ex and wonders why her love went out like a light bulb.

A song on love lost and the feelings and memories that remain, like listening to Black Midi CDs or going to shows and seeing 100 Gecs, it references JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure), Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan), and Death Note's Light Yagami and Misa Misa in a musical style that Jakob's dubbed "beach meets internet," as it combines influences from the Southern California artist scene he's rooted in and the online communities that shape his interests.

For information on Jakob's Castle, including where to listen, and links to Jakob Nowell's social media, check out JAKOBS CASTLE | Enter: The Castle!

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Southern 100

[izloveshorses]

i just !!!!!!!!!

bellamy's arc this season is and has always been so beautiful to me idk!!!!

it's about that unconditional love it's about understanding the other so well how can you not reconcile it's about being better ~together~ it's

[frozen-snowflakesandsunflowers]

Once Upon a Studio Frozen!!!! | Analysis

I'm screaminggg! The teaser trailer for the ' Once Upon a Studio' short looks so amazing, especially with the glimpse of Elsa, Anna and Hans! Okay I knew Elsa and Anna (and Olaf too of course) were gonna be in this but Hans to make even a cameo, I did not expect. It didn't cross my mind at all!

“Do you think all the villains will show up? - Anna

“Not all.” - Elsa [Freezes Hans in the frame]

Haha I love this! This definitely is a hint to something. I mean is it really just a coincidence that Hans makes another cameo and that too with Elsa showing her "despise" for him? I think not! Disney clearly is aware some of us want Hans back and as redeemed, so then why bring him back each time as a reminder of his crimes and how much he's despised by Frohana, especially Elsa? Well my friends, this is deliberate. They want the love - hate relationship dynamic between them because it is the most obvious but perfect dynamic between them. I'm sure some of you have seen movies where this dynamic plays out between couples and it's loved by some so why not use that for Elsa and Hans? I mean think about it, why would they keep showing Elsa showing Hans more hate than Anna has ever seen be showing? Of course Hans actions to Anna, leaving her to die with a frozen heart, would have got to Elsa personally and Elsa can't take him killing her personally because she wanted to die but then you say "it's been more than 3 years, if Anna's gotten over it, why can't Elsa?". Well sometimes when you don't understand why you hate someone more than necessary, it's because it means something else - in particular love.

So imagine if Hans does come back in Frozen 3 and whenever, however, he shows up to the sisters, Elsa would be the first one to make a movie and get her ice powers ready (just like she was when she was just about to attack Bruni), but Anna stops her because well obviously freezing him wouldn't be the right thing to do as it has been a while anyways. Just like how Kristoff was going to deal with Hans but Anna stopped him and punched him herself, though this time I don't think she'll punch him. I mean you would think it's Anna but I'm sure she's well over Hans and all the things he did (not saying she has forgiven him yet) but given the recent Elsa attacks on Hans (in Frozen Fever and now, though non cannon, in the 'Once Upon a Studio' short).

But yeah point being, with all the Elsa Hans content going on, I have a feeling Disney's going for the love hate dynamic between Elsa and Hans. A bond that is urns from hate to love. I have a whole long post, about how Hans could be redeemed and why they need each other, coming up and another one on Hans' role as in 'The Snow Queen'.

I'm secretly hoping for Hans to escape that ice and come out through a different frame but I don't think it'll happen - but then again you never know! 🫣

[smallsies]

they were gold and i was half-alive

A decade has gone by since well-loved college band Miskatonic broke up, but Parker Yang is still playing shows on his own. His world is shattered when his former bandmate unexpectedly shows up at a concert in his home state.

you're in a fight to the death, my friend sequel. :) can be read standalone without much confusion, & this fic is, most importantly, propaganda for southerner parker yang!!!!

read on ao3!

[dynamobooks]

William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury (1929)

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Animal of the Day!

Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Southern Central America; South America

Size (Weight/Length)- 400 g; 35 cm

Diet- Small fish; Insects; Crustaceans; Mollusks

Cool Facts- Also called the quero-quero in Brazil and the queltehue in Chile, the southern lapwing is a small wading bird found throughout wet grassland. The southern lapwing’s fossil record goes back to the late Pleistocene alongside much larger mastodons and megafauna. Today, they’ve made a home in cattle land. Chasing after herds of cattle, southern lapwings catch insects that the cows stir up. Southern lapwings tend to be monogamous and encourage older offspring sticking around to help raise newer chicks. Extremely defensive, both the chicks and parents will try to chase predators and humans alike away from their nests.

Rating- 13/10 (Ah, yes, look at that birb. What a lovely birb.)

Requested by Anonymous