#A BABY BEAN

[psychronia]

I've been rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender because why not and I'm losing my mind at Zuko's proper introduction. I don't know if it's hindsight, shifting characterizations, or just me not watching this in a long time, but this was amazing.

We start off showing he's an impatient and very angry kid. Reasonable, and the sort of flaw we might expect to see in a villain. Kinda funny that he expects to go up against an adult and fully 4-Element realized Avatar, but the kid is desperate and Iroh clearly expects his nephew to get the banishment-denial kicked out of him.

What's important here, though, is Zuko's introduction to the Southern Water Tribe.

Here, we have a very intimidating entrance where his entire ship just sails through the ice right up to the village's front door. It's quite ominous and this is our first proper introduction to how the Fire Nation interacts with a foreign people.

Sokka charges, I'm assuming fully prepared to die, and Zuko casually knocks him out of the way. Okay, so clearly the Water Tribe are entirely outgunned.

He asks "Where are you hiding him?" and the people of the Water Tribe go silent. I assume they're either just too scared to talk or actually protecting Aang.

Whatever the case, it's important to note that the Southern Water Tribe know the terror the Fire Nation can inflict. We have a whole episode dedicated to tracking down a division of raiders. Sokka was able to not only identify the ash-mixed snow as signs of an incoming attack, but estimate how many ships the amount of ash measures to. These are a people who have experience being terrorized and are probably expecting something terrible to happen.

And then, after they don't answer, Zuko grabs Gran-Gran. There was a horror sting to it, and everything the tribe knows about the Fire Nation suggests that Zuko is about to threaten or straight up hurt her to get answers. Classic "terrorize the elderly" bad guy stuff.

And then...

He goes "He's (the Avatar) be about this age and is a master of all four elements!?" and lets her go.

And all of a sudden, the tension that was built up is shattered as Zuko went "I know, I'll give them a reference for the person I'm looking for because clearly they're confused and I wasn't specific enough."

This went from a show of villainy to a show of Zuko being totally socially awkward and misreading the situation entirely. Not helping is that when he does try to menace them a moment later, his fire is slow and angled quite safely.

It still worked on the Water Tribe because they're understandably scared, but all I could think of is that this was the equivalent of a playground bully trying to make someone flinch with that fake-out lunge thing.

Because the fact-and something we'll come to learn-is that Zuko is TERRIBLE at being a Fire Nation oppressor. He's capable of doing morally dubious things and is a competent fighter. But he's lousy at terrorizing people and cruelty-that's kind of the point of his banishment.

And while we can see the story paint this picture of Zuko's true character as the story goes on with hints of good and conflicting loyalties, here we get to see just how bad he is at being "the bad guys".

#avatar the last airbender #atla #you're not an imperialistic conqueror you're a BABY #a BABY BEAN #diffused tension #bad at being bad #can you imagine how horrible this would have played out if Azula was the one that came? #psychronia

[batbabydamian]

in the guard's defense, fire ants sting 😔

#damian wayne #talia al ghul #batbabyart #babian #the guard got Damian the ant farm as an apology lol #this was originally grayscale but then dabbled with colors for Damian's clothes and i cried when he looked like a lil green pea... #a lima bean baby...

[hypothetical-kazoos]

its beans

#toast the cat #my absolute baby #shes been really enjoying this blanket lately #shoutout to jon and whitney for giving it #cat #cats #sleeping cat #sleeping kitty #a baby #a baby bean #my baby bean

[oobbbear]

They’re besties

Some closeups

#ik the baby versions are said not canon to the story line #but can you blame me look at them #look at those cute little beans #headcanon Wally likes to sit on Barneby’s shoulder or back #like how Rise Mikey likes to cling on to Rise Raph’s shell #ITS JUST VERY CUTE #my art #welcome home #welcome home arg #welcome home puppet show #welcome home wally #welcome home barnaby #wally darling #barnaby beagle

[sango-blep]

i'm gonna skip over all my moonangel bean wip's I haven't even posted yet real quick to urgently bring you the concept of tiny half elf baby ears going wiggle wiggle while nursing. kitten style

#bg3 #moonangel #isobel thorm #dame aylin #moonangel beans #moonangel babies #my art #shh let me give them a big cozy family

[robinsleeping]

*gives warm fluffy towel*

#robin #batfamily #batman #damain wayne #robin damian #damian wayne #damian al ghul #dc robin #robin!damian #wet cat vibes #dc rebirth #dc characters #dc comics #dc universe #Damian moment #damian is a pouty little bean #justice league #he is a baby #comic panels #silly comic #batman comics #batman and robin #comics #dcu

[neon-ufo]

💙Johto💚

#chikorita is my child and my sweet baby bean #chikorita #cyndaquil #totodile #pokemon #pokemon starters #johto #johto starters

[laz-kay]

“Sounds like a hoot. Probably a good thing if I tag along, huh? Stay for dinner, make amusing small talk”.

Bob's Burgers, The Amazing Rudy (S14: E2)

#i will never shut up about this #my babies #i genuinely believe rudy has helped louise grow as a person sm #you can tell how much he means to her and vice versa #they’re the cutest little beans i’m in tears #bob and linda watching them from the window is just adorable please #I’m going to suffer this season i know it #bobs burgers #bobs burgers spoilers #bobs burgers season 14 #the amazing rudy #louise belcher #rudy stieblitz #regular sized rudy #louise x rudy #louwheeze #bob belcher #linda belcher

[venophobic]

Which ur fav!?

#styrofoam #styro #hitting styro #made of styro #tw styro #hitting beans #beans #tw beans #beansblr #laffy taffy #cat scratches #baby cvts #babystyro #cvtblr #sh #sh cvt #i wanna cvt #i want to cvt #self destruction #self mutalition #self h4te #self h@rm #cvtaddict #cvtt!ng #cvtting addict #cvt #deep cvts #healing cvts #thigh cvts #cvutting

[thebluestockingfirefly]

Don't mind me, just having a minor existential crisis.

#caturday #cats #cat #cats of tumblr #kitties #kitty #kitties of tumblr #pets #pets of tumblr #animals #animals of tumblr #cute cats #cute #cute pets #cute animals #cute kitty #maine coons #cats of hufflepuff #hufflepuff #phryne #fluffy #fluffy cat #floofy baby #paws #toe beans #fluffball #life is hard #woe etc. #so fluffy #baby

[youre-fucked]

When people want to see your cvts>>>>>

#self h@rm #cvtaddict #styroblr #tw s3lf harm #s3lf mutilation #s3lf harn #cvtt!ng #hitting beans #s3lfharmm #baby cvts

[batbabydamian]

Obsessed with little Lima Bean Baby Dami. I feel like Bruce would pass out from cuteness if he witnessed his child looking like that.

Talia should send Damian's baby pics to Bruce lol

#ask #damian wayne #bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth #dick grayson #babian #batbabyart #thank you for the ask!! it made me v happy to sprout another lima bean baby #Bruce and Alfred reactions are just how i look when i consume Damian media tbh #atm me every time i open The Boy Wonder 😭 #The Boy Wonder 1 is out now btw!! #jic you too want to be affected by The Cuteness

[girl-on-the-wrongside]

TW SH

The blade is an old lover

I embrace when the nights grow cold

She is sharp and cruel and deadly

But she is my only remedy

#styroblr #self h4te #cvt #baby cvts #tw vent #tw beans #tw sh related #i want to cvt #tw s3lf harm #s3lfharmm #tw sh implied #tw sucidal ideation #i should kms #hitting beans #beansblr #selfharrrm #self mutilator #self mutalition

[deathgames5]

In the emergency room CvT to deep way to deep.

I'm fucking stupid

All be safe and careful

#arm cvts #i need to cvt #beans cvt #small cvts #cvtblr #healing cvts #thigh cvts #deep cvts #i wanna cvt #baby cvts #cvtaddict #cvtt!ng #i want to cvt #sh cvt #tw self h4rm #tw self destructive behavior #tw self destruction #self mutalition #self h@rm

[sango-blep]

Here they come, the moonangel beans.

#bg3 #moonangel #isobel thorm #dame aylin #moonangel beans #pregnancy #babies #moonangel family #my art

[drabbles-of-writing]

Imagine spawning into existence and you already had to fight for your life. But then it’s fixed, and you’re all fine. You get to say hello to a small handful of people you just saved and figure out where you are. You still have no idea. Barely a minute later, you’re immediately under attack again by an evil possessed puppet and a god with abandonment issues who is literally a child. They're both trying to murder your human witch.

Your name is Stringbean. You’ve been alive for about fifteen minutes.

#the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #for the future #stringbean #luz noceda #palisman #string bean #raine whispers #possessed raine #puppet raine #the collector #memes #talk #text post #drabble post #im just. oh my god this poor palisman #shes literally a baby and shes alright fighting god's biggest mistake and god but a child #do the other palisman tell her like. anything. do they have to explain this to her #'yeah the guy possessing the puppet eats palismen to turn himself into a monstrosity btw so look out for that' #'IM SORRY HE W H AT' #or is she just going to think this is normal. like yeah sure #immediate peril that we must fight in order to survive. this is a normal way to live life and be born into #so when all of this is over she looks like a spooked rabbit like wait what are we fighting now. what do you mean we arent fighting anymore #is. i thought we were supposed to fight things is this not how the world works. oh it was an extremely messed up situation? oh #belos is just im going to MURDER you AND your witch! #stringbean voice we're literally neurodivergent and children