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getting through my exam season with maiko 🥹😚

also, zuko would totally use a pink pencil

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Red vs Blue S4E70 "Sneaking In"

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im currently working on a full archive of every individual episode of rvb, along with psas and other bonus content!! im planning to upload it all to archive.org (subject to change) once the site goes down. HOWEVER comma. you might be asking yourself why im telling all of you about this now and not when the archive goes up. well its very simple

THE RVB ARCHIVAL PROJECT NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!!!!

do YOU have a FIRST account and a computer???? do YOU care about red vs blue and the preservation of lost media????? THEN WE NEED YOU!!!!!!!!

there are several pieces of FIRST exclusive rvb content that are dangerously close to becoming lost media. I don’t have a FIRST account so I can’t verify all of the paywalled content that needs archived, but I do know at the very least there is

- episode 4 of the chorus journals (the first 3 were uploaded to youtube last year, but the last episode is still FIRST exclusive)

- multiple cast livestreams

if you’re interested in helping, please message @/pastebunny on discord! ok thanks o7

#signal boost

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I love the old timey phrase "you forget yourself". bro that was so impolite like do you even know who you are rn

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i finished reading your story and i must say that, while it's alright, there's so many plot holes because the characters made irrational decisions and didn't think logically 100% of the time. consider fixing this next time please

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Epic battles with somber music to highlight the tragedy of it all my beloved

#jadey speaks #this is about the final Agni Kai #and also Carolina vs York #honestly such an underutilized trope #atla #avatar the last airbender #the final agni kai #rvb #red vs blue #I can’t think of any other examples rn

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people tend to talk more about the doll iroh gives azula as a spoil of war that directly illustrates iroh’s attitude of colonial paternalism, but there’s something so fascinating to me about how iroh gives zuko a knife that says “made in earth kingdom” on one side and “never give up without a fight” on the other, reducing a call to action, direct resistance through any means necessary, into an abstract, inspirational quote. a weapon that symbolizes the strength of a nation of resist imperialist conquest/colonial occupation is put in the hands of a ten year old who has no way of truly understanding the implications of that slogan. of course, zuko eventually does come to understand, and he does refuse to give up without a fight, as does iroh, but at the time that iroh gives zuko the knife, he is perverting that symbol of revolutionary action & resistance into a colonial artifact, a mere child’s plaything, its blade dulled and its power denied through the act of gifting it to the sheltered prince of the nation against whom they are fighting. yes, zuko has his own fight, and must face his own struggles, and he is largely defined by his persistence, so it’s easy to forget what this knife means within its original cultural context: “made in earth kingdom” isn’t just a dismissive joke, it’s also a grave reminder of who iroh was, what his “gifts” represent, and where they came from.

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people skipping s1 in their atla rewatches would explain a lot of fandom misconceptions. like of course you don't see how much aang and katara love each other if you don't see their first meeting and the way they instantly bond. of course you don't understand aang's grief and loss if you don't see him go into the avatar state at the southern air temple. of course you think sokka's solely the funny guy if you only see him after he's loosened up a bit. of course you see zuko as a precious baby who's done no wrong if you miss all the episodes where he's a villain. of course you fundamentally misunderstand the show if you ignore an entire THIRD of it

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"Previous Airbender avatars where taught by the monks, yet they had no problem killing for the greater good."

THE PREVIOUS AVATARS ARE NOT GENOCIDE SURVIVORS AND THE LAST AIRBENDERS

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Omg a post about that episode where Aang is not treated as the "bad guy" for shipping reasons and other nonsense, finally

Aang wasn't forcing his beliefs onto Katara, he was just drawing his pov from his beliefs and personal experiences

"Katara needed the whole trip to find her own way. Aang should had been understanding of the needs of Katara."

He did

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children existing in public spaces is genuinely like. necessary for the continuation of society. it doesnt have to be your kids you dont have to volunteer at a daycare or whatever but you need to be able to tolerate the presence of someone who is learning how to exist as a human and interact with people

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i think we should remind musicians they can absolutely make up little stories for their songs btw. it doesn’t have to be about them at all. you can invent a guy and put him in situations to music. time honoured tradition in fact.

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the ghost on your shoulder

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i'm a sucker for narrators who are like,,, part of the narrative. they're a part of the story. they may or may not be fundemantal to it, but they influence it one way or another.

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Just things they can connect about… Zuko you should bring up the fact that you burned down Suki’s village again, I’m sure she’d appreciate it.

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Edward Elric vs. Father

[Fullmetal Alchemist Ch. 107]

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EVERYBODY DO THE WENIS 🕺 THE WENIS IS A DANCE 💃 EVERYBODY IS A GENIUS 🧠 WHO KNOWS IT IN ADVANCE 👯