#anyway I'm rambling lmao

[peony-pearl]

JKFAJSKDJSA I’ve got brainrot thinking about Iroh and Zuko making it to Ba Sing Se and Iroh has such a breath of relief about them being safe now, and now they’re going to be able to make money and support themselves and now they’re completely independent of their family (and safe from the Azula/the bounty on their heads; not to mention their wanted poster gives permission to kill them on sight), and with this money and safety, Iroh’s hoping Zuko can start assimilating into the life of a (somewhat) normal teenager. Not only does Iroh mourn his only child, but Zuko’s relationship with his father was already tenuous - thus this could be the perfect scenario in that Iroh could sidle into a true fatherhood role for Zuko.

Iroh’s so eager to see Zuko become happy, pushing him on that date with Jin, doing his hair, hoping he’ll let go of Ozai’s expectations. With the new tea shop in the upper ring, I can only imagine Iroh began planning to set aside funds so Zuko could attend Ba Sing Se University eventually, or for Zuko to get his own place one day; maybe he’ll meet a nice girl and Iroh can ensure they have a good financial start and fund the wedding; he has so many ideas and hopes that have been transplanted from his dreams for Lu Ten’s future and are now given to Zuko. It’s the life he couldn’t give Lu Ten, and he hopes his love is what Zuko needs after everything Ozai has put him through. After realizing that being part of the Fire Nation Royal Family has caused his pain (and his nephew’s) he’s more than happy to leave it all behind to discover what he wants out of the rest of his life; and he hope to encourage the same for Zuko. He can be a father again to a boy who needs one.

But Zuko... wants to go home. And Uncle is Uncle, not his father. He wants to make Ozai proud. Living in Ba Sing Se is a shadow of the life he wants.

As much as Iroh and Zuko mean to each other, the different levels they’re living on are so far away that they can’t understand why the other would want the life they want so badly. Their difference in age and experiences and traumas is so vast, and yet they’re all each other has until Azula comes to collect and offers Zuko everything he’s ever wanted.

#atla #atla meta #Iroh #Zuko #my hot take is that Zuko's apology should have been met with an apology from Iroh #for putting expectations to fully embrace a new life at such a young age after so much trauma #Zuko may or may not have really needed to apologize but for the sake of Iroh pretty much being the person to push him #and for them to have support in BSS and jobs and a home Iroh made sure they were provided for #but again it wasn't the life Zuko wanted #so his apology is half warranted #He made the apology and that speaks volumes for his growth #and no I don't think Iroh wanted Zuko to serve tea for the rest of his life #he just wanted the kid to embrace a new life because they were stuck in BSS #I think Iroh would have celebrated the moment Zuko found a passion and if he made his own career in it #anyway I'm rambling lmao

[burst-of-iridescent]

ana's meta masterlist

Pro-Zutara:

the official zutara dissertation: part 1 | part 2

zuko, aang and taking lightning for katara

zutara and romantic coding

"you rise with the moon, i rise with the sun" is a zutara line

zutara and thematic significance

zutara vs jetara

zutara parallels in the awakening

zutara's narrative culmination

zutara in the crossroads of destiny:

azula vs katara

love as resistance in the catacombs

zutara in the southern raiders:

the true source of katara's anger at zuko

katara bloodbending before zuko

the narrative relevance of zutara

zutara and bloodbending

zutara's narrative symmetry

why zuko had to betray katara in ba sing se

Anti Anti-Zutara:

the official zutara dissertation (p.3)

"zutara would face too much opposition from their countries"

"zuko and katara are a colonizer/colonized ship"

"zuko and katara would fight all the time”

"platonic zutara is better than romantic zutara"

"fire lady katara is racist"

“zuko would’ve taken lightning for anyone”

“katara is too traumatized by the fire nation”

ATLA Ship Criticism:

the official zutara dissertation: part 4 | part 5 | part 6

why mai.ko was never intended to be canon

mailee is a better ship than mai.ko

how kat.aang could've been fixed

kat.aang's lack of trust in the southern raiders

emotional labour in kat.aang

kat.aang’s narrative imbalance

comparing katara and aang's parenting

why the fortuneteller does not foreshadow kat.aang

ATLA/LOK:

azula/katara parallels

katara's choice in the crossroads of destiny

was zuko's betrayal in-character?

zuko's comments in the southern raiders

zuko's comments in the southern raiders (pt. 2)

zuko is not a “bad boy”

sokka didn't feel inferior to katara

did mai fear azula?

comparing mai and toph

sexism in the water tribes

thoughts on the atla comics

gratuitous violence in the legend of korra

The Hunger Games:

zutara and everlark parallels

zutara and everlark parallels (pt. 2)

gale's arc in the hunger games trilogy

the myth of humanity's inherent evil

the ending of lucy gray

Squid Game:

individualism under capitalism

the ethics of billionaires

#zutara #anti kataang #anti maiko #zutara meta #been intending to do this forever but i'm on this hellsite so much that going through my archives took an eternity lmao #anyway here's a collection of patented ana rambles

[saltpepperbeard]

No because, the way Stede keeps his eyes blissfully closed well after the kiss ends, and the way he looks so fondly at Ed when his eyes finally open, and the way you can see Ed’s cheeks tilt upwards with the start of his own smile, and the way Ed keeps his hand gently on Stede’s face, and the way they stay so impossibly close together, and the way Ed’s nose brushes against Stede’s because they’re so close together, and—

#OFMD #Gentlebeard #Blackbonnet #Stede Bonnet #Edward Teach #Revenge Rambles #Edit #anyway yeah uhhhhhh #do y'all ever repeatedly watch the kiss and cry lmao #do y'all ever repeatedly watch the kiss just to pick apart all the little beautiful details #BECAUSE I DO #I SURE DO LMAO #SO MUCH SO THAT I MADE MY CLUNKY VERSION OF PHOTOSHOP FIGHT FOR ITS LIFE MAN #like listen it's so bad that i'm even focusing in on taika/ed's eyelashes #like you can see them open almost as soon as he pulls back #and then they dart down and back up again #almost like ed was nervously anticipating a reaction #or maybe even considering going in for another kiss #or both #like #hello? #HELLO???

[a2zillustration]

I carried this thing for MONTHS with the EXPRESS PURPOSE of putting Raphael in it (knowing full well Larian wouldn't let me do that, mechanically) and I had one major miscalculation.

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[[ All Croissant Adventures (chronological, desktop) ]]

[[ All Croissant Adventures (app) ]]

#Ok I'm gonna ramble in the tags about all this get ready: #I KNEW Larian wouldn't let me actually pull this off but I PROMISE you that stupid flask sat in my inventory since the moment I grabbed it #WAITING for when I could write this little bit about putting Raphael in it #I even threw it at him in the fight with a 30% hit chance and it succeeded so I considered that Larian giving me permission to say it workd #But as I was reading up on it again when I was sketching this I saw the bit about native planes and I cried LMAO. But it's dnd- #so I rewrote is as it would've happened in a game. U kno. #Also I have been waiting to use that fox line for SO LONG bc of Croissant's dad being a fox-like fey creature #So much backstory that's slotted in PERFECTLY with the BG3 narrative #Anyway absolutely wild that we managed to take out this ancient powerful devil - and on the first try! #Lae'zel with a potion of speed did WORK. Gale came in clutch with hold monster. Astarion gave Raph stage fright. Croissant made him dance #(I'm pretty sure he just doesn't have a dance animation in ascended form lol) #Hope didn't even need to use divine intervention - this party is terrifying #Croissant hated him but in the end I loved Raphael I see why all you people like him #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #act III spoilers #house of hope #croissant adventures #tav #raphael #lae'zel #iron flask #comics #ALSO shoutouts to you if you both noticed and knew which worthikids animation I borrowed the expression in panel 5 from

[120percents]

i just think it’s so funny that zoro does not even wanna comment on the usokaya situation when usopp explicitly asks and he very pointedly looks away when they kiss and yet he proceeds to butt in every single time sanji flirts with a woman or implies he knows about romance to redirect attention back on himself like god i wonder where your interests lie…

#also the goading sanji into talking with him and just commenting on every single thing sanji says... ok! #zoro is patient 0 of terminal sanji-itis #this is the live action but i mean... this is also animanga zoro and zoro in the movies at times is it not LMFAO #but while they were fighting and then even when he was asking for seconds of the dish and sanji finished his dialogue and zoro CONTINUED #do u want his attention or smth? are you happy you have someone who u can bicker (flirt) with every day and can hand ur ass to u and u him? #also sanji just BEAMING and smiling whenever they bicker is just insane INSANE like yeah they're enjoying this... wow... #also obviously zoro has all the weird UST charged dialogues with multiple MEN like i truly don't know how u can see him as straight lmao #anyways... i just needed to ramble anyways... i fear s2 will be insane with new pet names and arguments I'm actually so hyped #like oh i wanna see the look on sanji and luffy's faces when zoro calls out his finishing move LMFAO (let him be a loser pls) #OK RAMBLING OVER FR... i just like talking about zosan idk #zosan #zs #opla #tagging for spoilers ish #sanzo #zorosan #sanzoro

[coloriza]

"Sakura had never felt so validated in her love until she met a man made better by her burning."

The Void Between Fireflies by @renaerys

#sasosaku #sakura haruno #sasori #akasuna no sasori #this one was inspired by both jo's beautiful fic and a sasosaku month prompt “like fire” #jo is super duper talented and i highly recommend checking out her stuff #she is one of the few who truly nails sasori's characterization in my opinion #another fun fact is that she is partially responsible for the fact that i speak english #her stuff was the catalyst that really got me studying english back in the day #i read zero hour while having a dictionary open in front of me lmao those really were the days #anyways i'm rambling #my art

[alisoncooper]

[image id: four screencaps from bbc ghosts, series one, episode three, 'happy death day' when pat tells alison tomorrow is his death day. the first screencap features a subtitle that's been altered to read, 'tomorrow's bbc ghosts final series day.' the following three screencaps show alison initially looking happy, then progressively more sad. the subtitles for these screencaps have been changed to read 'oh! happy...bbc ghosts final series day'. /end id]

#bbc ghosts #ghosts bbc #shitposting my way through the pain #anyway sorry this is badly captioned i made this so fast lmao #also i'm scheduling this for midnight because this 27 year old baby needs sleep #but alison's reaction here is exactly how i feel about s5 #effie rambles

[zellk]

Forgot to share here.... old doodles of when I finally came around to finding a design I like for Qalaari's mom !!

#it's so fucking funny to me that i inadvertently gave her a variant of the “mom about to die” haircut because... well... #surprise... she did die when Qalaa was young (12) :'^) #Qalaa (now between 20 and 22) still hasn't gotten over it #her mom had really weak health and really shouldn't have had a child but she made her choice #it turned out to be not the best one for her health LMAO #who wouldve thunk #but hey she wanted it and i'm pretty sure she doesn't regret it #but well... Qalaa does feel like she was a participant in her mom's death #(the other participant being her biological father who ran away before she was born and shattered aamira's heart) #ANYWAYS #i love qalaa's messed up familly #it's like a regular messed up story where actually no one (and everyone) is to blame (except Qalaa lmao she asked for NOTHING) #Aaamira gave so so much love to her child ;;;;;; this built the unbreakable core of Qalaa's kindness #aamira #aamira croquelune #aamira molandine #croquelune #still thinking about making that potentiel small DnD 'lore addon' of Qalaa's village that you can take and plug in your very own campaign #as long as you have 'far from civilization' woods or mountains you can put them in there #a village that welcomes the 'monsters' and the cast out #(like aamira) #look at me rambling in the tags lmao i just love qalaari (& her background) so much #last thing tho : you have to understand that Aamira is small and very slight and Qalaari was a HUGE baby and is a really big girl overall

[revenantghost]

Trigun twinswap AUs are just the most absolutely goddamn terrifying thing to me

Like. Vash is ridiculously powerful. Absolutely op. Knives CANNOT overpower him. The only thing that keeps them on even playing grounds is that Knives knows so much more about their plant powers and Vash deeply fears them (and seems to even resent them at times in certain canons). But if Vash weren't holding back? If he let that absolutely world-crushing power unfurl and did whatever the hell he wanted before his last run caught up with him??? If he learned how to manage them so he didn't burn out??????

Fuck, dude

#Trigun #Like it's hard to wrap my mind around something that would break the foundation of Vash's character like that #(I'm sure there are excellent AUs out there that explore it--it just wrecks me enough I haven't read any yet lmao) #But just the CONCEPT #He could end the universe if he wanted to!!!!!! #Like!!!!!!!!!!! #I think he burns more power CONTROLLING it than he does using it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Anyway done with my unhinged ramblings for today #I'm very out of it BUT I HAD TO SCREAM

[lilaccoffin]

I can't think of a funny caption for this one, uh-

Sorry if it's kinda messy. I had a rough day today, so I tried to draw this to cheer up a little but it's not my most polished!

#doodlies #hi fi rush #ONCE AGAIN just my headcanons #I'm always excited to know others' LGBT headcanons! #I remembered the butch flag exists and I wanted to put it on Rekka #but like her hair has the colors so I was like POG she did the work for me #IT WAS HARD TO COLOR THESE NGL #had to rely on the neck ties a lot LMAO #I'm torn with Mimosa cause I can also see her as a lesbian #but the whole implied crush on Kale was like oh FDJSLF #anyway i'm rambling

[caluupin]

a doodle that I did a bit ago

#caluuart #genshin impact #genshin #art #haikaveh #kavetham #have not drawn them in a while! kinda miss them tbh #also it almost got out of hand (adding backgrounds n rendering) but then it was starting to look like I was trying too hard so- #-I just reverted it back to simple backgrounds #anyways! I recently helped all aranaras in sumeru!! all 76 of them. I actually only had 2 left so I was just searching. #And also I only have one more day of exams (which is like. 3 subjects left) so I'm basically free by then. #so yeah by the end of this monday I would be fully back on my shenanigans. excellent. #back to genshin: neuvi rerun! I'll be nabbing his c1 and go lmao #I would be nabbing his signature as well if it weren't for the fact that I already have 2 freedom sworns. ain't risking it #but also if the neuvi banners also doesn't seem worth to rip out the plaster i might wait until next rerun from it also. #chances are: I'll probably be getting his c1 tho. who knows. #aight im done rambling now. cya

[melverie]

WAIT I just realized something if Barbatos truly is Nightbringer

In normal lesson 9-A, Solomon has a run in with some sort of illusion (?) of Diavolo and Simeon and in 10-A he has a quick chat with Nightbringer, right

When asked to choose between demons and angels by Simeon and Diavolo,  Solomon says that he chooses neither and states that he doesn’t want to make an enemy out of either of them, and then adds that he just wants to be free and that that’s part of the agreement he has with “him” (him being Nightbringer)

And then in his converstation with Nightbringer, he says that he wishes Solomon would have simply chosen their side as that would make things easier and later remarks that Sol is behaving like a demon, to which Solomon replies with this

So could it be that Barbatos is actually the reason Solomon is immortal? He has the power to choose which reality becomes........well, reality as we were shown during the lesson 16 incident of the og game, so he might have chosen one that turned Solomon immortal. And now he’s using the fact that he can make him mortal again to force him into whatever agreement Solomon was referring to

The ONLY reason I’m kind of doubting Barbatos -or any demon at all, for that matter- is Nightbringer to begin with is because Solomon also said this to Nightbringer

Which makes it sound like he’s actually an angel. But if so, who? Angel Lucifer did mention that Michael was interested in a specific human sorcerer back in season 3..........

#watch them pull the plot twist of the century and luke is the mastermind behind all of this tho lmao #tbh sol becoming immortal bc he can't cook to save his life is way funnier so I'm hoping I'm wrong #anyway idk if any of this makes sense of it it's just late-night rambling on my part #obey me #obey me nightbringer #obey me solomon #obey me barbatos #obey me michael #mel's starry musings

[iraprince]

finally designing an oc w four arms (why didn't i have one before????) so i'm stewing on whether i want to do the 'extend the torso/extra set of pecs' method or if we're just sticking them onto the back lmao

there are things i like better abt the extra pecs both anatomically + stylistically (plus why would i say no to more boobs) but also the torsos i draw are already so long to begin with that it's like. can i get away with this lmfao

#i guess another option is to have the sets of arms like. arranged like...like an x wing fighter??? #splitting @ the shoulders if that makes sense lmao??? #but i'm not willing to put up w the havoc that would wreak on costuming #+ also i think having them stacked vertically is sexier #anyway. rambling. looking forward to having a proper color ref of this guy done bc they are very very cute

[can-of-slorgs]

Final surprise boop attack for @yowassupitsred!!

Faeran would 100% be really obnoxious about Calamari, and would intentionally make others appreciate her boopings haha.

(Secret second boop attack to @starbiology in revenge to the april fools war because even though i didn't know if you had any characters, I think of her as your character by this point and I found this scenario hilarious in my mind)

#neopets #neotag #gelert #vin doods #vin memes #technically at least JKSHSJ #I'm so sorry for the late response!! I didn't want to basically leave u on nothing and I had had this sketch saved for a week by this point #nice gelert my dood had some fun drawing him hahaha #it was only appropiate to draw Faeran for this case #also yeah i just found out Schnellys are cross eyed forever its just a characteristic for them #anyways its very late for me i had a really rough day at the lab lmao #my back hurts so much but i needed to come home and finish this or i'd have gone mad by how late im doing this #also Star Im sorry if i drew her completely off i haven't practice humans in a while D: #ur blog was a great reference on how to draw her when canon images are just... yeah #also idk why i drew my dog so little he's not that short but oh well #she's on a pedestal idk #ok too much rambling i should probably stop writing so much on tags #but year that's just about it hope u like the images!! the boop war was really fun and i just needed to draw something to save that moment

[reverienco]

Have you thought of N getting his revenge on J for all the years he has been builled by her?

i don't think he ever would. N is a naturally very nice and forgiving person, specially so to a fault. i really don't think he holds/held a grudge against her or V for the way they've treated him prior to his meeting with uzi. the most negative we've gotten was his "J, you're sometimes kinda mean to me and I wish you weren't. Just some constructive criticism!" but even then, it was prompted by uzi and he did say "constructive criticism" lol

other than that, he has THANKED HER when she stepped on him, called him worthless and terrible and she'd kill him if company allowed it; when she LITERALLY almost kills him and never complained about her bullying in the manor. he stopped uzi from throwing (presumably) an insult towards eldritch J's appearance, was completely chill when she came back as a clone????

bottom line is, N doesn't seem like the type to hold grudges or plan revenge against anyone, even if they've actively hurt him for so long. he's always willing to give everyone even a little bit of a benefit of the doubt

#N is cool and wholesome as hell #but he also makes me extremely sad. #despite being so kind and generous; always believing the best in others and giving everyone the benefit of the doubt #he was never treated the way he deserved until uzi came into his life #sighhhh. reason no.10301004 of why i love N and uzi's relationship #even as just friends because lovers are friends first and foremost for me and love isn't all about kissing and holding hands or something #it's about that connection and having someone who believes in you; supports you and respects you. someone who cherishes you so deeply #anyway woah rambling about Nuzi in tags? this is the equivalent of going on a tangent in the replies of our tweets LMAO #promise once we finish our analysis of Nuzi; I'm posting it here too LOL #ALSO CAN I TALK ABOUT HOW ANNOYING IT IS YOU CAN'T USE COMMAS IN TAGS??? as a comma fanatic; I'm outraged /j #murder drones #txt

[daipeanutsaiban]

A Victorian couple. (Leyendecker redraw)

#the great ace attorney #tgaa #tgaa spoilers #dgs spoilers #klint van zieks #klimt van zieks #lady baskerville #<- isn't it madam van zieks tbh (though i like that she has at least a last name) #i'm glad i didnt rush this one.. i think i started it one or two months ago? #i like painting because since it's more time consuming i get to really think about the characters and what kind of thoughts they were havin #at that moment... in this one i'd say the professor killings have already started. kvz looks quite grim here compared to how silly i usuall #depict him lol #anyways! move outta the way gayboy im about to get it #i wanna do this with mr asougi (gen-chan..💖) as well at some point #OKAY done rambling <3 idk if anyone reads this far but if u do hiii. the joys of following daipeanutsaiban on tumblr: chatter for days #scheduled #help i forgot the ship tags im not retyping all that. #klintville #baskerzieks #fun fact: the ship name for klint and the name i gave lady (primrose) would be *drumroll* ...PRINT....lmao....