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My ATLA Headcannon is that Ozai had Iroh’s son assassinated in Ba Sing Se, but that the idea came from Azula.

We see in Zuko’s flashback in “Zuko Alone” that Azula is already manipulative, vicious, jealous, and deceptive. Azula was already talking to their mom about Ozai supplanting Iroh and Iroh “not making it back from war”. At that point Zuko asks how Azula would feel if Iroh’s son Lu Ten wanted their dad dead. I feel like this set the wheels turning for Azula, and she, always scheming and always trying to be first in the eyes of her father, goes to Ozai and either recommends having Iroh killed or formulates the plan to assassinate Lu Ten taking both Iroh and his heir off the board. Ozai would only be too proud of that kind of thinking and assist in any way possible.

I understand that this is never explicitly stated in the show, but we do see that Azula is being groomed into a vicious adversary by King Ozai and that she is not sad about the death of their cousin, jokes about Ozai killing Zuko, and ridicules Uncle Iroh about being sad over the death of his son and giving up on the Siege of Ba Sing Se. Personally it doesn’t feel like a stretch at all. She probably sees it as just in pursuit of the most important thing, power.

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Aladdin: 🎶 I can show you the world, shining shimmering splendid 🎶

Me (driving at night with astigmatism):

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There is in me a sadness so well worn and familiar I think we were born together.

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Everyone is always saying trash can, trash can, but no one ever asks if trash should.

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To The Endlessness of Us

And one day it will be our time

Weary legs and winding roads finally meeting

Finally drifting to a soft place

Solid ground

A place for us to make our own

To make our forever

To begin that great infinite knowing

And you will rest your feet

And I will rest my head

And we will crawl to each other if needs must

Eyes grasping eyes

Hands grasping hands

A frenzied chaos of yearning finally drawing to its source

Bodies twisted around bodies

Galaxies twisted up in galaxies

Collapsing, crashing, lost in a sea of stars

And the heavens will be torn open

And the sky will bleed her light

And the last breath of loneliness will be broken

And the world will be rebuilt

No longer yours

No longer mine

Ours, forever ours

So lay me down so gently

Fall into me like the softness of rain

Soak me in your tender sweetness

And where we touch flowers will grow

Sweet intoxicating glory

And the night creatures will sing of us to the stars above

To the endlessness of us.

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Look D&D preschool would be an absolute nightmare, and I’m here for that. One barbarian child is in the corner in a reckless rage, one bard child is casting vicious mockery at another for stealing their crayons, the sorcerer is creating bonfires just for the heck of it, the druid has just summoned their third infestation of the day, the rogue is stealing cookies with their mage hand, and the wizard has just gone invisible.

Credit below to the post that made me think about this!

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Cara Dune was such a fantastic character. Feminine and strong. Heroic and flawed. She had so much chemistry with Djinn, whether they chose the keep it platonic or let it be romantic. I miss her dearly.

I just rewatched the Mandalorian and let me tell you, I miss Cara Dune so much... She was such a cool and unique character, not a typical female on TV and I absolutely loved that.

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I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but if Lion King 1 is just Hamlet with lions then Lion King 2 is just Romeo & Juliet with lions. I don’t make the rules.

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My take on The Barely Fortunate Party from I Speak Giant Season’s 1 & 2. Do you like chaos, hilarity, improv, shenanigans, and epic fantasy stories? Then check out The Third Lontray the Fourth, Midori the Red, Desdemona Wraithewalker, and Vinnie T Cupcakes on the I Speak Giant Podcast.

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I’ve come up with the answer to what’s wrong with my generations romantic expectations and I can sum it all up with Star Wars.

The Original Trilogy’s Jedi Boyfriend: Luke Skywalker the man who saw the good in a mostly evil person and fought tooth and nail to redeem that goodness. The man who chose to put down his weapon in the presence of his greatest enemies because peace was the only option he could accept. The man who loved and trusted his friends and learned selfless un-possessive love.

The Prequel’s Jedi Boyfriend: Anakin Skywalker the man who had everything and lost it. The man who was meant to be the hero who saved the galaxy but gave in to jealousy, rage, and greed. The man who could not walk away from an insult or a fight. The man who could not set aside ambition for the people he loved. The man who could not love selflessly. The man who sided with a liar and murderer and turned against everything he believed in because he thought he was strong enough to overcome the power of darkness even while giving himself over to it.

**I know that this is simplifying things a little, but I’m still so salty that they made us fall in love with Anakin and then forced us to watch him fall so far.

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Unpopular opinion: Underwater (2020) is just The Meg with less humor and worse lighting.

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I’m playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and I accidentally hit the key to talk to BD-1 instead of the key to grab and climb the wall and thus had the joy of listening to Cal Kestis say “Things are going pretty well, aren’t they BD” as he plummeted off a cliff to his death.

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I just want to say that Anya Taylor Joy will always be Celaena Sardothian in my heart and no one can take that away from me.

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I would just like to put out into the universe and the powers that be that if they’re planning on adding Kyle Katarn to any of the current or future Star Wars projects Dylan O’Brien would be an excellent Kyle Katarn. I repeat Dylan O’Brien would be an EXCELLENT Kyle Katarn.

Let’s make this happen people!

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Me, reading: Oh cool an exposition dump.

Me, writing: I have to know the exact process of making worsted and the timeframe in which it’s manufacturing was mechanized to write one sentence about it in my historical mystery novel or else the realism will be shattered and I will die.

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A Final Thought For Atlas

By: Ceciley Noel

I guess it wasn’t meant to be

We were always worlds apart

You’ll never hold me in your arms

I only hold you in my heart

But hearts they do grow heavy

It’s sad yet still it’s true

There’s only so much of me

There’s always more to you

And so I simply follow

To the edges of it all

I could not let you falter

I would never let you fall

But that’s the thing about catching

A star that burns so bright

It consumes all that it touches

To produce its greatest light

It needs a gentle nudge

To urge it when it’s small

To fan it when it falters

To carry it through the fall

To shelter it from sorrow

To lift it proud and tall

To hold it ever higher

Where it can shine for all

So I stand at the edge of the world

My hands all bathed in flame

A star’s light is far too precious

To ever snuff out or to tame

You’re growing brighter now

Soon all the world will see

The vital brilliance of you

That was always clear to me

But it’s growing harder now

To manage all this weight

Too lift you ever higher

When I know this is our fate

Still I shoulder all the burden

Still I lift for all I’m worth

I’m the lucky one, remember

To catch a star that fell to earth

And as the weight grows far too heavy

I spare a thought before I die

I wonder to myself

Did Atlas also love the sky?

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I feel remiss if I don’t make a slight edit/addition to this and include Harry Potter. Harry definitely fits this category too.

Alright fandoms I’m recommending a new game: You provide a quote, specific situation, or character description and we decide whether it comes from Kaz Brekker, Anthony Lockwood, Ronan Lynch, Richard Gansey, Damian Wayne, young Bruce Wayne, Percy Jackson, or Five Hargreeves because, while I’m not entirely sure what category of character they are, I think it is my favorite character category.