#which is understandable

[wolfpup026]

❤️ first kiss / realization + Lokius for the prompt game! :D

Thank you for the prompt, hope you like it! 🥰

[distantvictories]

You can see Carl’s face in this one. He is so sweet.

[thesoundofchains]

Inuyasha is my favorite MirSan anti like he genuinely couldn't comprehend the mere idea of Sango liking Miroku.

[ineffable-suffering]

Trauma-Dumping on your plants: The Anthony J. Crowley Chronicles

This has been living in my silly head rent free for so long, I finally decided to slap it on here in hopes of thinking about it a little less (than three times a day. It's been years. I need to get over it.)

Also, I'm absolutely certain I'm not even remotely the first person to realize or post about this, since it's not the hardest of parallels to figure out. Alas, I still shall, because out of mind, out of sight and all that. So:

Let's talk about how Crowley is using his houseplants to work through his own Trauma of the Fall. Or, well, maybe not work through it per se, but more so roleplay it to give it somewhat of an an outlet because he never got over it. Lol.

It's not rocket science to figure it out and God Herself actually gives us a pretty spot-on explanation of it in her own narration.

Crowley's plants are perfect. They're, as God Herself tells us, the most luxurious and beautiful in all of London. He takes great care of them, waters them, mists them. Does any and everything to give them the perfect conditions so they won't have a worry in the world.

And yet, we're immediately shown that despite the seemingly perfect conditions they're living in, Crowley's plants still get *gasps quietly* spots. And we all know how Crowley feels about that:

It seems like such an unnecessary tiny thing to get upset about, right? Like, plants get spots all the time. They're not perfect, they're part of nature and nothing is ever perfect in nature. Crowley would know that by now. Imperfection is the whole point of nature. If everything had stayed exactly the way it always was, nothing would have ever changed or evolved.

Besides, Crowley is a demon. If it were merely about aesthetics to him, he could easily miracle away any spot with a blink of his serpent eyes. But he gets so angry about it, it's almost comical. At first we think it's just to show us, the audience, that, in contrast to Aziraphale, who cares very dearly and lovingly for his books, Crowley is a mean, mean demon who, instead of being outwardly nice to the things he loves (like Aziraphale does), yells at his plants because he's a mean meanie.

But! If you look at the whole scene and what God says, it's pretty obvious what he's actually doing is something else entirely: "What Crowley does is he puts the fear of God in them. Or, the fear of Crowley. The plants are the most luxurious and beautiful in London. Also the most scared."

Folks, this man dude serpent is literally roleplaying the concept of God/Heaven threatening angels with their Fall in order to keep them obedient ... with his houseplants.

Have I mentioned yet that I am absolutely obsessed with him and also desperately wanna get him a therapy voucher?

Because what does he do once he sees a plant disobeying his rules of perfection and acting out? The same thing God did to her questioning, equally disobedient angels (including Crowley): Parade it in front of the very scared rest, making an example of it ...

... only to then, well ...

... quite literally chuck it out.

To anyone else, this seems like a completely ridiculous thing to do over a tiny, minuscule spot. There would have been a bunch of other ways to go about fixing that spot.

Figuring out what it was the plant needed that might not have been given to it yet.

Taking care of it in a different, individual way so it would have been able to thrive again.

Listening to the plant and letting it tell you why its spot appeared in the first place.

Telling the plant, that loves and relies on you entirely, you love it too, despite it not being without fault, despite of it not fully living up to your unreachable standards of perfection.

Caring for the plant not because you want it to be perfect, but because you're okay with it being imperfect.

(We're no longer talking about plants here, as you are probably aware.)

Alas, this isn't what Crowley does. Because it wasn't what God did, either. We still know very little about Crowley's actual Fall and the Fall of Lucifer and the rest. But we do know that Crowley was never like or even with them.

All he did was ask some questions. A tiny spot. A seemingly insignificant blemish in the luxurious, beautiful flora of Heaven.

And yet, before he knew it, he did a "million lightyear freestyle dive into a boiling pool of sulfur". Cast out, chucked away, just like his little spotty plant. And for what? Well ...

... to keep the others angels plants check, for the rest of time.

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(Addendum from the comments: If we go by what the book tells us, Crowley doesn’t actually end up violently throwing out the ‚bad‘ plants. He just finds a different place for them and makes sure they‘re looked after. So much to him being a big, bad, meanie-mean demon.)

[woodlaflababab]

Thinking about how Zuko seems to understand Aang in some ways better than the rest of the gaang in a very short time. Recently rewatched the finale (finally finished getting my grandmother to watch the whole show, she loved it), and when Aang was having his argument with the gaang and then left, Zuko stopped Katara from going after him and said "He needs time to sort it out by himself."

Something I've long since noticed is that one of Aang's and Katara's conflicts is that they approach problems very differently, which leads to Katara trying to comfort Aang in a way that doesn't help or Aang trying to advise Katara in a way that doesn't help. Now, before I go on, I want to clarify, does this make kataang a bad ship? Not in the slightest. Couples having a disconnect on forms of comfort is very common and the healthiest of relationships are ones in which the two learn to meet eachother in the middle and be who the other needs to be. Their conflict in this is realistic and usually shown to resolve itself as they learn to meet the other where they need them. I am in absolutely no way disparaging Katara or trying to say kataang is bad or worse than zukaang.

I'm saying that because I am going to delve deeper into this dissconnect between Aang and Katara in comparison to Zuko. Again, this is in no way me trying to say Katara is bad for Aang, all couples have their problems and zukaang absolutely has issues that kataang would never have. Please for the love of god do not take this the wrong way.

Now, back to the point, we do see a pattern throughout the show of Katara trying to reach Aang through words. She's a naturally caring person and just wants people to feel better, unfortunately, she's also 14, and thus not exactly a trained therapist, and Aang isn't receptive to that particular brand of comfort. In things like General Fong's pressure on the Avatar state, or Aang's stress after waking up from the coma, or Aang's shut down after Appa, she tries to reach him and convince him to feel better, which doesn't really work on Aang. (Usually. There are some times where it does work, like during The Storm).

She has a tendancy of trying to tell Aang she understands what he's feeling when she doesn't which just pushes Aang away. (A mistake Aang also makes with her, these are Children™ trying their best). Their disconnect comes from the fact that Aang approaches problems with a desire for a solution while Katara approaches problems with a desire to fix the emotion. Both valid, but not matching.

My zukaang brain rot ass has long since had the hc that Zuko would be a bit better on this just because of the way he approaches things. Zuko also approaches problems with a desire for a solution. We see that very clearly in his buddy-cop episodes with the gaang. He connects with each of them by trying to help them solve a problem.

I was not expecting my hc to be verbally confirmed by him though, didn't remember that part, but yeah, Zuko, within only a few weeks of knowing Aang, understands that Aang needs time to sort his emotions out on his own, something Katara still struggles to understand even after seeing it happen multiple times. (Again, she just wants to help, and it can be really hard to watch a loved one struggle, of course she wants to be able to say something that will fix it.)

Throughout the finale we see Zuko meet Aang where he's at.

The first example:

I know you're scared, and I know you're not ready to save the world. But if you don't defeat the Firelord before the comet comes, there won't be a world to save anymore.

He acknowledges how Aang is feeling and he doesn't tell him he should feel differently, he just points out very bluntly that there is a problem. Also, just the fact that he acknowledges that Aang could be scared. It's not really something that acknowledged much. Even during Nightmares and Daydreams when Aang is literally falling apart due to nightmares and fear of what's coming, the others are more concerned with just getting him to stop. Zuko tells him that it's reasonable for him to not feel ready where everyone else constantly insists he is ready for things (like the invasion).

(Of course, again, the others are also encouraging in their own right. When Aang is starting to spiral they assure him that he's not alone and that they can fight the Firelord together)

Then, when they're all having the arguement, Zuko, clearly being on the side of "hey kill the Firelord" still doesn't ever tell Aang what he should feel.

Aang: "But he's still a human being."

Zuko: "You're doing to defend him?"

"No. I agree with you. Firelord Ozai is a horrible person, and the world would probably be better off without him, but there's got to be another way."

"Like what?"

*Gluebending Idea Tangent*

"Yeah, and then you can show him his baby pictures and all those happy memories will make him good again."

"Do you really think that would work?"

"No!"

Zuko asks questions, lets Aang lead the conversation, and when he's arguing against him, does not directly tell him he's wrong, instead tries to get Aang to see the faults in his own thinking. Zuko's approach to arguing with Aang is to get Aang to figure things out on his own, not tell him he's wrong. Even in the beginning when Zuko attacks Aang, he is trying to get Aang to understand that he's not ready and needs more training by showing him, not telling him. Zuko understands that Aang needs to be able to reach his own conclusion, not be told what his conclusion should be.

Meanwhile, the rest of the conversation goes sharply downhill as Sokka and Katara directly just tell Aang that what he says he's feeling isn't correct.

Aang: "I can't just go around wiping out people I don't like!"

Sokka: "Sure you can, you're the avatar. If it's in the name of keeping balance, I'm pretty sure the universe will forgive you."

Aang: "This isn't a joke Sokka! None of you understand the position I'm in!"

Katara: "Aang, we do understand, it's just-"

Aang: "Just what Katara, what?"

Katara: "We're trying to help!"

Which is another one of those situations I mentioned where Katara tells Aang she understands what he's feeling when she does not. She's trying to help, but that is not helpful.

Then, of course, the line I mentioned earlier.

Katara: "Aang, don't walk away from this!"

Zuko: "Let him go. He needs time to sort it out by himself."

Again, Zuko has only been there a few weeks, the water tribe siblings have known Aang for the better part of a year. Yet, Zuko tells Katara with certainty that Aang needs time and space, which he does.

I think there's also something to be said for the fact that Zuko, before anyone else, even Aang, noticed the conflict between Aang's values and his mission. When Aang says violence is never the answer in The Southern Raiders, Zuko asks (notably asks) what he's going to do when he faces Ozai.

Also:

Sokka, in response to Aang disappearing: "It's pretty obvious. Aang mysteriously dissapears before an important battle? He's definitely on a spirit world journey!"

Zuko: "But if he was, wouldn't his body still be here?"

Sokka: "Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

Like, Sokka, honey, baby, you've known this kid for nine months now, come on.

Anyway, there's a lot of subtle zukaang moments in the finale that I may write a post about later. I just really like Zuko's quick and inherent understanding of who Aang is as a person.

[marcelthemoon]

did the girl I JUST started hooking up with stop talking to me? yes

but she did say I was phenomenal at sex so that's all I'm gonna focus on ✨

[justfriendsbestthings]

☀️ Omar Rudberg ☀️

[bahgasdump]

Drunk Bunny (Drunski) is canonically the Queen in @gear-shift

Trust me, I know. I see the creator/owner of Gear-Shift every time I look in the mirror

Also yeah, here's Sans' design in Gearshift like, way sooner than you would've expected I'm certain

It's literally just Sans with a paper crown and emblem lol

[arctixout]

Favorite thing about the jo fandom is that no matter who you stan the most if one of the members has a fire fit then at least half the fandom is dead on the ground.

[st-hedge]

Genderbends are apparently problematic now. I wouldn't do Ganondorf though. I fear those epic tits would just bring more fearless followers.

The concept of fem ww ganon makes my palms sweaty

[the-cat-and-the-birdie]

Someone: Gwen's story is a trans allegory - there's clear parallels of her hiding her secret identity and being closeted as a transfem that enrich her story and arc while representing queer youth-

Audience: *cheers and claps*

Me: I agree and also Miguel's story is a trans allegory - there's clear parallels of his injections and desire for roles like fatherhood being like HRT and social transition, that enriches his story and arc while representing transmas-

Audience: *Begins to BOO me vehemently* *A rotten tomato flies from the crowd and knocks me unconscious*

[pumpumpuli]

Been sketching requests on a discord server and this one ended up being so nice I decided to polish it up. This is a design for 𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙳𝟶𝚆𝙻𝟻𝟽's character concept "Queen Lysara - The Black Dominion's Queen."

[cameronsbabydoll]

i think i need to write a post on “getting to know my !readers” cause i fear some of yall don’t really understand them 😭

[noctiva]

OH MY GOD YES!! DO IT! DO THE TOBY CUCK FIC!!!

Not tying to be demanding I just don’t know if you’re asking legitimate questions like “should I do this?” Or rhetorical-ish ones that are more like “should I do this? I’m gonna do this”

🦎

ON IT BOSS 🫡

you’re all good tho!! usually it’s a little bit of both to see what the reception would be like for smth like that hehe

at the end of the day I just wanna write stuff you guys would enjoy!

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

My head has been schlecked to a fine gleam by a small baked potato