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comradekatara · 4 months

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if someone in the main cast besides aang were to be born the avatar, who would you want it to be? i think toph with access to all elements would be an unstoppable menace, but i’m curious to hear your thoughts

okay so obviously AUs that entertain an avatar during atla besides aang himself clearly have no interest in upholding the fundamental themes of the show, since aang is the only possible avatar/central figure of this show. it is explicitly structured in such a way that aang’s protagonism is no sheer coincidence or accident (ie, it’s good writing). so when entertaining who would make for a compelling avatar in an AU, we also must entertain how such a figure would necessarily shift the themes of the narrative, and whether such a transformation would be interesting.

1) katara wouldn’t be interesting, because her narrative role is too proximate to aang’s to change the themes of the show in any significant way, and even though seeing katara as the avatar would undoubtedly be cool as fuck, we already have korra, who is basically like if katara was the avatar (personality and skill-wise at least) and she is, indeed, cool as fuck. so not katara.

2) zuko is also proximate to aang, and his role as the avatar would be relatively similar to his role in the show already—unlearning the dogmas of his nation to align himself with justice and balance through learning the techniques of multiple elements. it is literally not different in any way.

3) toph would be extremely powerful of course, but she is already extremely powerful, so nothing much would change. her parents would attempt to restrict her, she would escape, travel the world, hone her craft, and defeat ozai. not very interesting.

4) suki would similarly not be interesting. she is an extremely diligent and talented warrior, so she would simply train and defeat ozai with no real obstacles in her way.

5) iroh as avatar also wouldn’t change much imo. azulon would see it as a blessing and wield him as a weapon in much the same way he does in the show. iroh’s failure and betrayal would maybe put a slightly bitter target on his back, but his emotional journey would be much the same.

that leaves 6) azula, 7) sokka, 8) mai and ty lee (yue and jet would also make for pretty interesting avatars, but you did say “main cast,” and we don’t have all day besides). they would make for interest avatar AUs specifically because this role reversal necessitates a reversal of the show’s core themes.

6) avatar azula. she finds out as a child (perhaps ursa is there with her, perhaps she dies with azula’s secret), and is urged (by her desperate, terrified mother) to secrecy. no one, especially not her father, can know of her burden. she hones her firebending in broad daylight, and trains her other elements under the cover of darkness. her waterbending is more powerful under a full moon. her earthbending is so precise she can use it to pick a single flower from the garden without disturbing the feng shui. but despite ostensibly being her secondary element, her airbending still needs work (here is where she and korra happen to converge). then, one day, her precarious existence experiences a seismic shift—her older brother has been banished, and his task is singular and seemingly impossible: capture the avatar and return them to the palace in chains.

for all of zuko’s flaws, he is relentlessly stubborn, and azula knows that he will not rest until his task is completed. of course if she remains in the palace, zuko will never be able to find her or return home, but she cannot take that chance because she knows that iroh can sense what—who—she is. so she runs away. elegantly, of course. she puts it in ozai’s head that he needs to send her away for a special mission only she can complete, that will take an indefinite amount of time to accomplish. and she leaves the palace under ozai’s authority, disguises her identity, seeks out as many masters as she can find to train her, and plans her coup. she is able to recognize how palpable her fear of ozai truly is, because she has been hiding from him her whole life. and she knows that the only way to stop hiding is to defeat him. as you can see, this version proves a very different story, with different themes, different characters, and a vastly different ending. and so it compels me.

7) avatar sokka. sokka finds out he is a bender after katara finds out that she can waterbend, and after she is nearly killed for it, their mother in her place, and so he keeps quiet. especially because he first finds out he is a bender by lighting a fire in his palm. once all the men leave for war, sokka goes to the farthest outskirts of their land, under the guise of hunting, and trains with his firebending every day (of course he does also hunt. his village needs food after all). one day, while attempting a new firebending move, he launches himself ten feet in the air. and that’s how he discovers that he is also an airbender. as if being a firebender wasn’t enough of a hideous curse, he’s also the avatar. what a cruel joke life is.

one day, a fire nation ship docks in their village, and a scarred young soldier demands to know the whereabouts of the avatar. sokka clumsily fights him with his spear, his club, his boomerang. but when zuko attempts to burn him to a crisp, nothing happens. the flames merely dissipate inches away from his skin. then, in a moment of sheer desperation, sokka airbends him and his retinue back, all the way into the freezing waters of the south pole. of course, freezing waters are not enough to kill a firebender, but he’s also somewhat concussed by sokka’s boomerang, so iroh insists that zuko recover in his chambers until morning. zuko insists that he just found the avatar and has no time for recovery, but iroh claims that without his health he will never capture the avatar, and promptly locks him in his room.

sokka says a hasty goodbye to katara and kanna and makes his escape on a boat with enough supplies to last him until kyoshi island. of course katara somehow manages to stow aboard, which doesn’t surprise sokka in the slightest. after her initial shock wears down, she’s just like “so were you ever going to tell me you were the avatar???” and sokka’s like “uhhhhhh eventually…” they make it to kyoshi island, seconds away from being fed to the unagi until sokka reveals his true identity. zuko tracks them down to kyoshi island and sokka and katara are given a stronger boat and more provisions with which to escape.

since katara wants to go to the north pole, and katara always gets her way, that’s where they head, except sokka insists that he should at least find an earthbender while they traverse the massive continent before reaching the north pole. katara’s like “noo it has to be in order of the cycle!!” but sokka’s like “fuck that i’ll take what i can get.” he finds jeong jeong, and even though jeong jeong calls him an oaf, he turns out to be a pretty good student. he fears fire and values discipline, which is all jeong jeong really asks for. by some pure happenstance (because sokka and toph will always find each other) they find the perfect teacher in gaoling. she escapes with them as they head to the north pole, but once they arrive her feet are freezing and she’s forced to wear boots, at which point sokka agrees to carry her everywhere. then he meets yue and accidentally drops her.

pakku agrees to train sokka but refuses to train katara. at first sokka’s like “well it’s fine because you can learn from master yagoda how to heal and i’ll learn how to fight and then we can swap notes,” but he quickly realizes that this is a bad plan because they refuse to listen to each other, so instead he just demands that pakku teach katara. pakku is obstinate, so katara fights him, at which point he realizes that she’s kanna’s granddaughter so problem solved i guess. sokka also learns healing from yagoda, because having the ability to heal and not exercising it is silly. during the siege of the north, sokka goes to the spirit oasis to attempt to ask the spirits for aid, but the only times he’s ever been to the spirit world have been when the spirits allowed it, and as it turns out, he’s really bad at meditating. which is for the best, because it means he’s prepared for zuko’s attack, and he and katara work together to stop him. they don’t kill him, but only because yue is looking at him with fear and it makes him hesitate. then before they can stop him, zhao kills tui and yue sacrifices herself, and sokka turns into a giant spirit koi and goes apeshit in his grief.

sokka, katara, and toph decide to trust a general who will help sokka harness the power of the avatar state to defeat the firelord. sokka is all for it. he’s like “yeah i’ll be used as a weapon and kill as many people as it takes to end the war.” he’s fine with this. it’s his duty as avatar after all. so the war ends quicker than in the show. he finds a map of the fire nation, toph helps him enter the palace through a secret tunnel (cue the song), and alone he enters ozai’s throne room and fights him. he doesn’t even need to enter the avatar state to kill him. he just uses the waterbending techniques he picked up from yagoda to reach into his chest and explode his heart. sokka uses his influence as avatar and firelord-killer to end the war and navigate all the complicated postwar politics.

the end.

see? it’s not as good.

but there are still some elements that make this version compelling. for one thing, sokka would have to interact with the spirit world. a lot. and he wouldn’t be happy about it. he doesn’t like that they pose questions that don’t have answers. and so he decides to wield his power as a tool for war, rather than against it. he wields his cultural influence to exert control over the world. a story where sokka is avatar (and with no aang to temper him and make him laugh) is necessarily a story as cynical as sokka is. but if that’s what you want, then there’s no better candidate. (also, he'd come up with some really creative bending techniques, and that would be pretty interesting.)

(however, if that is really what you want, just read the kyoshi and/or yangchen novels. they’re basically just worlds populated with sokkas.)

8) finally, mai and ty lee’s stories as the avatar would be much the same, so it doesn’t matter which. they are both enlisted to join azula’s small, elite team to return zuko home in dishonor, and to capture the avatar. so they must hide in the lion’s den, obscuring their identity from those they keep closest. their world is already one of dual loyalties and secrets; what’s one more? mai and/or ty lee only reveal their true powers at the boiling rock, to keep the other safe. together, they defeat all the guards holding them back, go into the avatar state to reach the cliffside before azula’s airship departs to the western air temple. azula is outraged, shocked, and hurt. ty lee somehow talks sokka into letting them hitch a ride back, and that’s how mai and ty lee join team avatar. of course, one of them is actually the avatar, so that’s not what their team is named in this scenario. although it gets named that after they join. and mai and/or ty lee defeats ozai. the end.

this version is a version that, like azula’s, specifically explores the costs of lying and keeping your identity hidden. it is similar of course to their actual narrative, while also exacerbating the impact of aang’s initial introduction, but the stakes necessarily become even higher, and the story becomes focalized on their internal struggles in a way the show never truly did. so to any mai and/or ty lee fans, it’s compelling on those grounds alone.

in conclusion, even the more compelling alternate characters—exploring deception, secret identities, ruthless violence, and spiritual conundrums—do not actually make for more interesting protagonists than aang. i would say that azula definitely comes closest to being the most compelling alternate avatar, with sokka, mai, and ty lee being compelling insofar as it presents opportunities for their internality and cynicism to be explored. jet would also be pretty interesting thematically, but you know i hate his vibes. and yue’s narrative would completely reshape the story, so that could be compelling as well. but ultimately, aang needs to be the avatar for the story to work, and even in azula’s case, as a fascinating replacement figure, her original role in aang’s story is fascinating enough. without aang in the central role, the show just isn’t as good.

#ecothroat #asks #the gaang and #AUs #azula #sokka #(mostly)#had to put most of it under the cut because i started rambling for way too long #even though the short answer here is simply: no. aang must be the avatar #that was a lot of words to dismiss the question entirely huh?

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general-cyno · 6 months

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wano has become a favorite arc of mine for different reasons and it also gave me a lot of zolu brainworms to mull over, so here I go (again). spoilers for some of the big reveals in the arc so beware

despite getting separated shortly after reuniting, yasuie's execution once again highlighted how similarly minded zoro and luffy are - like zoro, luffy gets pissed at the sight of ppl laughing at yasuie after he's killed, though they both learn it's due to the effects of the smile fruits. and despite the fact that doing so could put their plan in jeopardy (hence why sanji yells at zoro to cool his head), luffy actively cheers zoro on (from the distance) when he goes after orochi in retaliation

a nice tiny moment is also back when they're together. luffy was worried since big mom appeared in wano yet jimbei (who had stayed in whole cake island to fend her off along his former crew so the straw hats could escape) hadn't arrived. albeit zoro wasn't even part of the WCI arc events, he's quick to reassure luffy:

although I'm not certain whether law was referring to them specifically or not, there's a part during the discussion of the raid where he says there's two idiots who, no matter how much planning goes into it, are likely to charge straight in regardless. then, of course, this happens:

(so yeah. I think they're probably the idiots)

and funnily enough, zoro doesn't get lost for once. not only does he find luffy, any intention zoro had of (ironically, considering he was causing a ruckus himself) chastising luffy for messing up the infiltration goes out the window when he tells zoro about the spilled oshiruko

this is a direct callback to their interactions with tama when they first reunited in wano. it's cute how attached they got to her and yeah, they're both stupidly reckless at times but this is one occasion in which it isn't just for the sake of chaotic shenanigans - it's them getting angry at how these ppl are disrespecting what tama and the oshiruko stand for. to those present, it seems foolish/weird since they don't understand the context behind it, but it's the kind of understanding that goes on between luffy and zoro precisely bc of the moments they share together.

there's some good panels of both worrying about each other after getting hurt and zoro carrying an injured luffy to safety. they're soooo.

this was pretty good too:

their plan to jump to the roof to face kaido ultimately fails here but it's still cute that zoro's so willing now to just cling to and let luffy carry him around like this (arlong park zoro has come a long way lol). it also says a lot abt luffy's trust in both the crew and zoro that he was fine letting them in charge below while he and zoro went to face kaido together.

the x drake ordeal was kind of funny but it served to show exactly why zoro complements luffy so well. luffy tends to be very trusting toward others, even those who might've started out as enemies which usually works out fine but still. zoro's quick to remind luffy that the guy's a traitor and unreliable, and (along with some of the other straw hats) refuses to blindly accept the impromptu alliance. it's interesting though, that zoro doesn't entirely disregard luffy's opinion nor x drake's help per se - he's just understandably wary of drake's true intentions (pointing out that he's still hiding where he stands in the whole conflict) and eventually agrees to team up. love the balance of it ngl.

that said, the actual fight on the roof has to be one of my favorite parts! it's probably one of the most obvious occasions in which zoro's role as luffy's first mate/right hand man and how much luffy relies on him too shines through. there's zoro slashing big mom and kaido's fire attacks so they wouldn't hurt luffy, taking the lead in attempting to stave off kaido and big mom's joint attack (and succeeding for a bit) despite the fact that he's got three powerful captains beside him, and several panels of him protecting luffy. this one was particularly crazy

this is pretty much zoro's equivalent to "if you wanna kill him you'll have to kill ME first". insane. I love them so much. zoro may be the one to have more instances in which he gets to demonstrate his loyalty and protectiveness towards luffy rather than the opposite - but knowing luffy's the one who usually risks himself for others in grandiose ways, I find it very compelling that zoro gets to be the one to protect him in these important moments, that luffy trusts him to do it and even thanks him for it here in this arc. to me, there's a reason why, out of the whole crew, zoro was the only one to take part in this particular confrontation. mutual trust/understanding/respect etc are at the core of their relationship. it's a two way thing.

fast forward to zoro vs king and OF COURSE this mf thought of luffy when facing the guy.

I posted about this the other day, but something similar happened during zoro's duel against mihawk. when the latter asks what drives zoro to fight despite being so weak, it's this exact part of his meeting with luffy at the marine base that he recalls. zoro has certainly driven himself to get stronger for the crew's sake and for his dream, but it's clear that luffy (and his own promise to kuina) is one of zoro's biggest motivators. he's also the one person zoro has cast aside that very dream of his for so... (thriller bark zoro you live in my heart always).

when zoro wins against king, too, it's his promise to never lose that he recalls. the promise he made to luffy. regardless of how you interpret their relationship, it's obvious luffy means a lot to zoro and moments like these don't let the readers forget it.

that said, this was perhaps the most insane part to me:

just when you think zolu can't get more trope-y than it already is, the manga says: wait a fucking second. canon sun/moon, heaven/hell, god/demon zolu.

I was already spoiled about these bits, though they were exciting to read through anyway. I think it's very curious that both zoro's ancestry and his conqueror's haki reveal happened during the arc where the true nature of luffy's devil fruit comes to light and his awakening into joyboy/nika takes place. can't say for sure what oda's planning for them in the future, but wano is probably the biggest glimpse so far as to the kind of figures luffy and zoro are bound to become (or are already becoming) in one piece's universe.

joyboy luffy being considered a hero to wano only rivaled by shimotsuki ryuma is also so... oof, knowing that ryuma (also called god of the blade) is zoro's ancestor, whose zombie he faced back in thriller bark and whose sword shusui he wielded for a while after that, and that he resembles physically too (both being one-eyed samurai/swordsmen). there's a lot more parallels to be drawn between them, and zoro's conqueror's haki adds a whole new layer to their relationship, but a detail that's fascinating to me is that both zoro's presence and joyboy's awakening in wano are hailed as the work of fate at different points, by kawamatsu and zunesha respectively.

overall there seems to be a thread of "fate" that's tying the story together from the void century to roger's era to the present but choice is also an important aspect imo. zoro and luffy are an example, bc in spite of how their stories have turned out to be somewhat intertwined... it was luffy's choice to seek out the demon pirate hunter and rope him into his crew. it was zoro's choice to join him, to make a promise that'd tie his own dream to luffy's. there's a potential that neither of them could've reached if they hadn't come together to sail in that dinghy and formed an entire crew (a family!) that have all of them journeying towards their dreams, always relying on and striving to become better for one another. all of these little choices for luffy and zoro led them up to this point and onwards, which tbh is just really fucking good.

#zolu #tp #long post #yes it's me....again. and with a longer post yet #there's a lot more I wanted to mention djdjdkdkd but I think it was too much for a single post #and I didn't want to derail much #can't say I wasn't a little disappointed bc wano felt like it could've been The zoro arc yknow #still. there was A Lot going on in the plot to squeeze something more and honestly ajdjdjd I think oda kinda botched the possibility #of a rescue zoro arc in this particular angle simply bc there is no way that current zoro would ever leave luffy and the crew #much less for a legacy he's never even known (and technically still doesn't). zoro's loyalty was already put to test in a way #back in thriller back I mean. and we all know how that went so yeah #anyway that's exactly the stuff that could warrant its own post djdjdj but long story short #I LOVE ZOLU SO MUCH #jay reads op

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secret-bug-pain-blog · 2 months

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The fun part about stress is that when you're under a particularly large amount of stress from a single source, it's really hard to actually buckle under that One Thing. Even if it's a really, really big thing, that is threatening to ruin your entire life in one fell swoop, it's hard to fully get yourself to wrap your head around it. Big Things, in our experience, almost always take a good chunk of time to chew on and fully digest. You don't give way under the weight, you simply have to chew on it. Work through it. Maybe not directly work on it, but you don't really shatter from it. It just sort of hangs over your head, like a single massive weight.

The thing about these sorts of weights, of course, is that this adds to the stress from other things. You don't break down about the Big Things directly. When it happens, it won't be the Big Weight of, say, that cloying medical problem. It'll be the little things. That big weight is too big to really wrap your head around, too heavy to comprehend in one piece - so what gets you is, instead, the little things. The stuff that reminds you of it, in a way that's ever so more tangible.

Because you don't just think about, say, your future potential inability to financially support yourself. You go on with your life. You keep acting as normal. You work as you are, for as long as you can. And then that straw comes along.

You go out to a club with your friends. You think of buying drinks together. All of a sudden, you remember your bank account. Every penny spent on gin feels like a risk, a waste. You're irresponsible. You're wasting your savings away. How long can you sustain this? Everything you buy, and everything your friends buy, feels like abrasions on an invisible plane. Thinking about it makes you feel sick, and the more you stay, the worse you feel.

It's not spending two dollars on a beer, realistically, that's causing you the stress. It's the looming spectre behind it. The problem, showing itself in symptoms, so much more easily grasped. Your phone slips from your hands, and you think of the nerve problems that will only compound, and all of a sudden the mere idea of picking it up and dropping it again makes you feel sick. Your friend texts you something just north of warm, and all of a sudden you're spiralling worrying if your continuing problems have finally alienated them.

It's easier to grasp the smaller things, you see. It's easier to have one little thing happen and realize that you'll have to grapple with that for the rest of your life than it is to go through the symptoms list, because it's simple and immediate. Thinking of your future is too big to wrap your head around, but thinking of having to rely on someone to hold your hand just to walk you to the bathroom, over and over for the rest of your life - that thought scares you, more than any thought of the underlying cause ever would. It's not she's dead, it's how will i water the roses without her? or what will i do on tuesday now that she's gone? or how do i ever care for her pets?

Small is easy to grasp. Easy to think about. Easy to worry about. Easy to have happen, and have the horrible, bleeding spectre of its underlying cause crash into you, and leave you shaking and struggling to pull yourself together on the floor. A forced windows update might not scare you, but the looming fear of forced obsolescence will, the horror of not even being able to choose to opt out on a should-be-optional update.

Which is to say: it's not being forcibly turned into a werebeast that really gets you. Not the blades at your heels, or the blood on the floor, or the immediate knot of emotions when you realize your teammate's just seen you behead someone without even meaning to do it. It's not the injury, or the inability to walk, or the burning like boiling oil trickling down your muscles hours afterwards. What really gets you, once everything's over and done with, is sitting down and realizing that your only pair of shoes has been slashed to ribbons because of your own cursed body's spur blades.

Because it might not be the boots, on their own, causing the problem. But that, in and of itself, makes it worse. Because even if it's not the core of the problem, it's still the part that you'll fixate on, because it's faster, because it's simpler, because it's so much easier to grasp than wrapping your head around all that's been done to you, and crying over something as horribly, horribly trivial as boots makes you sound - well, it makes you sound like an immature fool, doesn't it?

A cruelty, perhaps, that the emotional state at which you'll cry over boots isn't one where you can put the source of the problem together. But really, knowing that it's the werebeast thing doesn't make you feel any less stupid. Because now you're the kind of person who cries over boots, and stupid, material possessions, when you have so many more problems, when a slip of your sleeve could get you arrested. And that, more than anything, makes you feel a tiny bit more helpless than before.

They were good boots, too.

#we speak #whump #stress #writing #context: we are writing cool and fun and normal content for werebeast chilchuck #although this isn't necessarily Part Of A Fic on its own we think it stands alone nicely as short fiction :3 #we are simply tinkering around with alt povs and such of scenes we want to write later #something something. we feel like this will appeal to the chil aios gang based on Generally Appreciated Themes but its more general stuff #welcome to god's most normal situation. we're the god and we say put that guy in situations

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xmassamurai · 4 months

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Before the fight in the Shaolin Trap Dungeon arena. Kuai bored: You know, if you put my head in the mouth of a shishi three times, it will turn completely red. Hanzo: Ooh!

A few moments later

Hanzo: Why are you looking like that? You won! What? What kind of face is this?

#xmas_art #subscorp #kuai liang #hanzo hasashi #kuanzo #kuaizo #mortal kombat #mk11 #scorpion #sub zero #short haircut Hanzo my HC #and Kuai with short hair too #one day the subscorp put on their classic skins and they decided that they were simply not comfortable with long hair #i love classic ninja skins very much #and I love skins where they look young #say no to Hanzo and Kuai's beard #don't blame me for the blood #let's pretend it's chocolate on them #illustration for another gaming session with my sister

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quirkle2 · 1 year

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back on my undertale bullshit i suppose

#qkdraws #i think my favorite ones r the bottom left and the middle right w the tan sweater :)#those were rly fun to make and i like how they came out #was scrollin thru pinterest and saw some cute outfits . put my old blorbo in them. life is okay sometimes #i think he deserves to wear something other than a blue hoodie and gym shorts #undertale #undertale sans #sans undertale #sans #sans the skeleton #i wanna beat him up .#but he has 1 hp so if i do that he'll Fucking Die #ill simply shake him around a lot. no damage Except to his equilibrium #rotates him like a basketball on my finger (idk how to do that so he falls and instantly crumbles into dust)#anyway be nice . to him And to me #drawin sans is a nice change of pace #i usually gotta worry abt anatomy n shit w regular humans but #it's fun learnin how to draw bones n stuff :)#and i feel like i can be a bit more free with the expressions. sans' face is more cartoony #it's fun makin a character expressive when they don't have eyebrows #might do another art dump w sans but more whumpy ........ we shall see

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meirimerens · 4 months

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there are characters for whom a gay reading is the cherry on top, a little treat for me. and indulgence, sometimes, even if i can refer to the text to argument this thesis. one could entertain a reading of the text without these lenses, but what good, and what fun could it be? And then there are characters for whom a gay reading allows for all the minute ways in they are played, the body language, the expressions (micro or otherwise), the modulation of lines, to begin to make genuine, precise, prehensible sense. the reading of the text is objectively poorer without these lenses. put simply, it is not that I am going for a gay reading of the character. it is that the gay reading is going for them.

#************* who played ************** in *************************** in 200* I have questions about your portrayal of him.#i am aware of the director's stance on your character; even if i find it short-sighted; however i've had wind of how you yourself #discuss your character and your portrayal of him under ******'s direction and regardless of his own words about him #simply put I'm Seeing What I'm Seeing. and I'd like us to have a talk about it. clarifications of some kind. if you know what i'm saying....#neigh (blabbers)

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marzipanandminutiae · 1 year

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you know, the thing about Old-Timey Half-Up Hair of Olde Timiness in badly-designed period dramas is

all those lists of “long hair problems” like getting hair stuck in clothing closures or bag straps or transportation doors, hair blowing in your face at inopportune times, hair getting tangled by wind or movement, etc.?

imagine all that...plus truly massive amounts of open flame in one’s everyday life

your Spirited Victorian/Georgian/Whenever Heroine is going to have a bad time

#historical fiction #period drama #put her damn hair up #'okay then how did little girls manage?' they often wore their hair in braids when going about their days #or had short hair #or simply weren't doing as much Out and About In The World as adults #and in many eras before the early 19th century they also wore their hair up

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autisticaradiamegido · 1 year

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day 124

aint that just the way though huh

#year 4 #it me #short version my grandma went to the er last week bc she was feeling ill #suspected it to be some long covid side effects. they put her on fluids & nutrition for most of the week #saturday she was scheduled to go home #mere hours before her discharge she fell and broke her hip #so she had surgery to repair it the following day #but post op she couldnt bear to eat anything and was very tired #so they did more tests #turns out shes like. terminally ill #in a kind of vague and nonspecific way related to being Just Very Old And Frail #but there is very definitely some stuff going on inside her that WILL eventually kill her #we just dont know when exactly #but we though maybe itd be sometime this week #but today she seemed to be rallying so now we are like #okay well do we send her to rehab for her hip or does she need to stay in like a more robust care facility #and its simply a whole thing #and we would really like for her to be able to go home before she dies so she can have unlimited access to her dog #who she loves very much and who is not allowed in the hospital #idk it is just ROUGH. not unexpected but on top of the other shit that has happened this year?#my aunt recovering from brain surgery still #my dog being very old and fragile #my fucking hamster died #its just a lot!!!#cw death #cw pet death #cw animal death #cw terminal illness #day 124

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autumnfangirler · 6 months

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Becker family shenanigans >:) (ft. @villainsidestep's fawn becker and @idlenight's river becker! this was also inspired by their posts)

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#1. this whole au is an excuse for me to indulge in older sibling cyrus #and as much as i Love river #he gives off the most rancid little shit youngest sibling vibes known to man #2. fawn and river are of the same mind and that mind is making chen suffer for his Own decisions #what youre gonna fall for the pretty vigilante you used to distrust?#well they're going to justify that suspicion and also play their role up for the bit #3. step days vs current day river and cyrus has been bothering me since i saw river's sidestep design #they. they swapped. they're the same theyre literally just the other way around #also fun fact because this seems like a good place to put it: cyrus also has freckles! he just covers them up with makeup #it is for themmy related reasons :)#4. low effort shitpost based on me laughing at the height comparison between the three #to answer your question gideon #i thought fawn was a short step #i thought cyrus and fawn could bond over having a towering older brother but alas #cyrus is simply forced to endure the hashtag true oldest sibling experience and be the shortest out of the three #fhr #sidestep #cyrus becker #river becker #fawn becker #she illness on my mental till i draw #keeping up with the beckers

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miss-conner3 · 1 month

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I just noticed that Ando's only 10% sheep, what happened to him to only be 10%?

To answer this question, I have to ask another question: do the cult followers remain 100% of their species when resurrected?

The simple answer should be no, since in most cases the lamb uses bones that are collected during his crusades or bones that his followers themselves bring during their missionary journeys.

Of course, I'm talking about cases where a follower died outside of the cult and, for reasons A or B, their body couldn't be brought back, so this is where bones from other species would be used to bring them back to life.

But for some reason, these are still considered 100% of the same species (whether cat, cow, dog or something else), demonstrating that no matter what, the living being remains as before death without being affected or physically altered by the unknown bones that were used during their resurrection.

Thinking more deeply about this point, and how I see it, there must be some kind of requirement, such as perhaps that to carry out this type of ritual successfully there must be at least one bone of the same species as the deceased follower.

Whether it's theirs or someone else's.

Although this is more of a headcanon of mine, I think it works for what I'm trying to explain here.

So, returning to your question, it is not that Ando had something happen to him physically speaking that made him less of a sheep; it is that the process that his body had to go through had certain complications that the lamb had to overcome on its own.

You can imagine how (ouo)

#cult of the lamb #the little bubble au #oc #ando #bones #au headcanons #I'm sorry if this answer ended up being a little long #it's just that this idea has been kicking around in my head for quite a while #and I just wanted to put my thoughts in order as simply as posible #although I feel like it's a bit short #and that's just the physical part #haha #thanks for asking!

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camgoloud · 1 year

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been seeing a lot of speculation about the place in the line of “i wonder exactly how long colin and michael have been dating for!” but actually i think we have a pretty good idea of how long colin and michael have been dating for. it’s for about as long as colin has been making an effort to dress like a sensible and respectable adult man i.e. since shortly before he showed up to episode 3.1 wearing an outfit that actually looked nice on him

#i’ve simply noticed a change and decided to put it down to michael’s positive influence #although i actually don’t 100% like where this train of thought is taking me because we’ve yet to see the episode that that one terrible #shot in the trailer of colin’s shorts/construction boots combo came from indicating that he will likely be regressing at some point #and if he and michael break up i will be so sad about it 😞#ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #colin hughes

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last-flight-of-fancy · 1 year

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hey, hey, quick internet fandom ettiquete lesson; X has two hands jokes only vibe if you are talking to someone who is ALSO already talking about how X has two hands. Okay? Okay. It is in fact very rude to go onto other people’s posts where only one set of hands is involved to evangalise about two hands. When seeing ship art/fic of only half your ot3, it is proper ettiquete to simply enjoy the art/fic as it is, and if so inspired create/commission/seek out the ot3 content of your choice. This has been your quick internet fandom lesson, thank you for your time.

#this is one of those things that has been cropping up a lot lately and it's. not cool. don't do this okay?#bc no one likes being evangelised at; for any reason #i know its probably just because you love your ot3 and i 100% feel that. i have many an ot3 i adore #but to the person who reads your comment on the thing they put hard work and love into it just reads as-#-'the product of your hard work and love is WRONG you should fix it to MY PERSONAL STANDARDS'#you are not better than the singular otp sides of things and its *certainly* not a solution to ship wars #the ot3 is going to have a different dynamic than either side of the individual otps and thats simply not going to vibe with everyone #and thats okay!#long story short: enjoy your ot3. love it! and let others enjoy their otps in peace. tell them you like their art if you want!#just dont go on to say what you think is missing that the creator clearly never intended #stop talking to yourself flight #ngl this is like. at least half the reason i've kinda been shuffling away from srk #kh3 convinced me sr was endgame but i could have happily kept on shipping an ot3 without canon. i dont need canons permission to ship #but wow has the constant bombardment in almost exclusively sr fanworks of 'omg two hands' has really soured the whole thing to me tbh #stand au srk is kind of the only srk to me now

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thatgirlonstage · 3 months

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Hmm. Ardrezj Sapkowski was onto something with starting the Witcher with short stories perhaps

#writing #I have characters + a setting + some long term ideas #and I’m at a point where I’m like. I want to start putting words on a page #but if I start a novel rn it is simply not going to be finished #it’s way more Project than I have brain space for #however…. playing around with short stories to get a better feel of the world #while still feeling like I am Completing things #that seems doable. fun even.

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jakeperalta · 10 months

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she's arrived <3

#maisie girl i know that is not a favourite lyric it is simply a short lyric #however i will forgive her since she seems to be signing roughly a million #and they were clearly doing them in a rush since they didn't even actually put the vinyl part inside the signed sleeve #they were just separate in the box whdifjwkfmf #talking #maisie peters

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northofneverland · 2 years

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“He told me to choose between the both of you” you pant, standing at the threshold of his apartment, arms resting on your thighs as you gulp for air.

Daichi didn’t know what to expect when you texted him that you were five minutes away from his apartment and that you needed to talk to him. In fact, you never texted when you were coming; you just showed up. He’d often come home to the sight of you sitting between Koushi and Asahi drinking beers on the couch as the three of you binged a reality tv show. You’d be sitting in his spot, wearing one of his old police academy hoodies, and you looked like you belonged. No matter how much your lives change, there was always a spot in his life where you fit perfectly and vice versa. But upon seeing your cheeks flushed from your sprint and the dark circles under your eyes from restless nights, the meaning of your words begins to sink in and he can feel his heart start to crack as he knows where this is heading.

Daichi never imagined a life where you weren't around because to him, there were only two things his life revolved around. His family and you. But then he thinks about how happy you’ve been with your boyfriend. Although Daichi hates to admit it, you look good next to him- fit perfectly in his arms. He knows you weren't his to lose, you never were, but he is ready to give you up if that’s what you want. If your happiness could be gained by him losing you, he’d let you go. He could throw himself into work and lie to himself that this is what he wants too. And maybe he’d never believe it but, you didn’t have to know that. He’s had so many chances to tell you how he feels about you; he only has himself to blame for being in this position. A part of him wants to weep like a babe but he gives you a soft smile instead, steeling his nerves for whatever comes next.

“He told me to choose between the both of you”, you start again, your breath steadier as you look him in the eye.

“And?”

“And it’s been keeping me up all night because I didn’t know what to do Sawa.”

“I don’t think I can help you with this choice”, he stammers, brows knitting in confusion. Opening his mouth to speak again, he feels your fingers pinch his lips shut.

“Let me finish,” you say before adding “please?”. You wait for him to nod before releasing your grip and continuing.

“The first thing I thought of when he told me this was, ‘I need to talk to Sawa’. But, I knew it wouldn't be fair for me to put you in that kind of position. Then, I started to think about us… t–t–to… to think about you. And when I think about my future, it’s only ever with you. I…I don’t know what this is between us and I know I’m probably being stupid for holding out hope that you might feel the same way. Maybe I’m ruining what we have by telling you all of this, but I want you to know Daichi, I pick you. It’s hard to describe what I feel for you, but just know that if it needed to be summarized into one word… it’s love".

The silence between the two of you feels incredibly loud, and Daichi wants to say something, anything, to reassure you that it’s not just you who feels this way. But the words are stuck in his throat and his mind can’t move on from what you just said. Love. You love him.

“That was a lot. I’m sorry.” You touch his arm gently, squeezing it slightly before pulling away. “I’ll see you around. Goodnight Daichi”. You back up slowly out of the entrance to the apartment and it feels like you’re walking out of his life and nothing will be the same. If he lets you leave, he’d regret it forever. Instinctively, he reaches out, grabs your wrist, and tugs you into him. While he doesn't know much, he’d be the first to admit it, he knows that he’s loved you since the first grade and this is the chance he’s been waiting for.

“I want you to be happy,” Daichi confesses, weaving his fingers between yours before bringing your hands up to his lips. “And I would love it to be with me”.

When you look into his eyes, you see the same emotions that you’ve always caught a glimpse of when he looks at you and finally, you understand what they mean; that all these years, he’s been telling you, in his own way, that he loves you.

As you both revel in the confessions that you both made, the light in the hallway turns on and you notice two familiar faces poking their head around a corner.

“Kiss her you idiot, you can’t say that and not kiss her!”

“Koushi, don’t embarrass him. Sorry guys, you… you do your thing.” Asahi stammers sheepishly, pulling his nosy roommate back to the living room.

Sighing, Daichi turns to you, a slight blush painting his cheeks. “D-d-do you want to come in?” he asks, scratching behind his head. You nod, squeezing your joint hands as you let him lead you to the living room, where your two friends have left two seats open on the shared couch. Daichi’s and one next to it with a cold unopened beer and a familiar folded hoodie resting on the cushion.

A/N: The chokehold that the Karusuno third years have on me is no joke. You don’t understand, I am obsessed with them. Have I thought about being childhood friends to lovers with my Haikyu favs? Perhaps... 😳 Please excuse the spelling and grammar mistakes you found, I am horrible at editing.

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