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We finally did it, y’all! We’re married 💍

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(Rant) I think you already made a post on this but I literally HATE how the ATLA narrative frames it as being Azula’s fault in the end, or at least partly. I love ATLA with all my heart but the way they frame it as being Azula’s fault in the finale ticks me off. Like she did lots of bad things but in the end it’s the fucking adults fault for misleading her or NOT leading her. Oh- and she’s only FOURTEEN. If Zuko can change why can’t she??? Why can’t she be leaded the right way?

Oh man, I can't even remember how many times I've mentioned that the narrative framing around Azula's character was just weird at times, lmao. And I absolutely agree with you. It's honestly weird the way how the writers did it. Like on the one hand, they framed her downfall as being tragic and everything, while simultaneously making it seem as if she has herself to blame for everything that happened to her, as if the adults played no part in it whatsoever. It's frustrating. I actually saw a post about this on reddit a few months ago. The op was talking about Azula, and they were saying the typical anti rhetoric about her character....and then they said something that just completely shocked me: they said that the narrative framing around Azula's character was odd at times, especially when you compare it to how the other villains in the show were framed, and how the writers spoke about them in commentaries. They were like "she was a 14 year old girl, wtf was up with that framing?". When someone on REDDIT of all places when it comes to this fandom, can realize and point out the narrative framing when it came to Azula? You know that's bad.

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i caved and drew saiki k fanart

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what terminally online looks like will depend on your primary platform. twitter brain worms look very different from tiktok brain worms and tumblr brain worms are a whole other species

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does anyone have that picture of the mlm couple kissing with a wlw couple kissing on their shoulders I can’t find it

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Nico's like Percy's adopted little brother and I love that so much. He's Percy's little emo Italian street rat that he claimed as his own. Percy takes care of Nico the same way Grover took care of him I'm in shambles

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reylos crying on twitter because Adam Driver explicitly confirmed that Bendemption was never originally in the plans for Kylo....this is justice for the last 8 years, actually

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was literally thinking “wow sounds like something john green would say” before i saw the crash course part and realized this is in fact john green’s account

I made a crash course about this.

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Thinking about my completely unsupported headcanon that it was Lu Ten who ordered The Southern Raiders to attack the Southern Water tribe in search of the Last Waterbender as part of his aging into the military and as a future Fire Lord.

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Serious question: Why does fandom invent convoluted and/or pathological motives for everything Azula does despite her explaining herself very clearly?

For example...

Why does Azula use fear to control people? It must be because she's a walking Dark Triad DSM-V checklist, right?

But what does she herself say when no one else is around?

"What choice do I have?! Trust is for fools! Fear is the only way."

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telling a joke on tumblr is fun but watch out! if it gets over 1000 notes your joke is automatically exposed to people who have never once heard a joke in their life.

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This is an excellent response

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Will,at Nico’s funeral: can i have an moment with him please?

Annabeth: yeah ofc * leaves*

Will, leaning over Nico’s coffin: i know you’re not dead.

Nico: yeah, no.

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boy prince has to learn to do the dishes

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1. a) sokka crying because he his father is going to war and he cannot join him b) hakoda crying because his son rescued him from being a prisoner of war

2. a) sokka crying because he could not rescue suki from being captured.  b) suki crying because sokka came to rescue her

3. a) yue crying because she cannot protect sokka  b) sokka crying because he could not protect yue

i find it very interesting that unlike the other prominent characters in the series, we rarely see sokka cry. there are plenty of moments in which crying would be appropriate, and in that same circumstance, aang and katara would shed tears without hesitation. even toph and zuko, who feel the need to conform to an invulnerable ideal and “show no weakness” cry more readily than sokka does, who only cries once in a moment that is neither a flashback (to before the men left the tribe) nor played to comedic effect. it is why that moment in “the day of black sun” when azula is baiting him is all the more impactful. 

sokka is someone who refuses to show weakness or rely on others, and it is likely that he has internalized the notion that any display of emotion is a weakness. while he is very expressive, he does not wear his heart on his sleeve like katara does. he cares deeply, and is overtly loyal, but he is also hyper-rational and thinks any display of vulnerability on his part is a fault.  

even though toph is more detached and logical than katara and aang, she is also in tune enough with her emotions that she cries freely when she is upset. and though it is clear that ozai held zuko to a very similar standard of masculinity that sokka holds himself to, in which crying is a weakness, zuko still cries quite a bit throughout the show. 

after hakoda left when sokka was 13, sokka made it his mission to take responsibility for the tribe, for katara, and for anyone he comes to care about over the course of the show. whenever someone he loves gets hurt, he considers it a personal failure, that he could not protect them. it is his greatest weakness, and azula is able to exploit it by reminding him that he was unable to protect suki. in a way that is usually unlike him, he lets his emotions get the better of him despite knowing full-well that it’s a trap. since he became the quote unquote “man of the tribe” when he was 13, he has successfully remained composed – and thus, not “weak” – but it is the reminder that he failed to protect someone that undoes him. 

sokka’s immense guilt over not being able to save suki or his father wracks him, and he willingly – irrationally – puts his life on the line to save them both at the boiling rock. he will do anything he can to save those he loves. though sokka prides himself on his logic, he will always put his loyalty and devotion first, above reason, above rational detachment. 

sokka cried exactly three times in atla, each time because he was unable to protect someone he cared about. and they all cried over him too. 

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percy:

also percy:

hung from the edge of tartarus for almost five minutes with the weight of annabeth and the forces of tartarus and arachne, jumped off several cliffsides of several hundreds of feet without explanation (even in cases where there was no water at the bottom), oh and also held up the weight of the sky, if that wasn't enough

but okay, skinny legend, we DEFINITELY believe you 🤨🙄/j