#it's this one

[zutarabender]

@zutaraweek 2022 day 6 - Closeness. Read on AO3

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"When I was little, I dreamed of marrying someone with black hair and golden eyes."

Bedtime conversations were Katara's favorite moment of the day. They were even better when they were on vacation in Ember Island. She was cozily snuggled in bed against Zuko, drunk on their closeness, with the sea breeze blowing through the open window and caressing them both.

Zuko seemed to share her glee, because he chuckled. When he spoke, his tone didn't carry nearly the amount of feigned indignation that he wished it did.

"So that's all I am to you. Black hair and golden eyes."

"You're also the ruler of a nation, the most handsome man I've ever met, and a Firebender..." Katara trailed off as an amusing thought caught up to her. "I imagined my partner in life would be a Waterbender. That one I got wrong."

"Well, I... I never thought too much about it." Zuko frowned. "I never thought I'd get to make that kind of choice for myself. It's not really how things were ever done here."

"I thought about it so much, even though I didn't have many options, really. That's part of why I wanted to go to the North Pole so badly." She shifted, pulling slightly away so she could look Zuko in the eye. When it was the two of them, just like this, Katara could say words no one else should ever hear. "I didn't really belong back home. My own brother treated my bending like it was some sort of cursed witchcraft or sorcery before... well. I needed to get out."

"I'm glad we both did, in a way." He placed his hand on her cheek, his gaze full of affection. "It led me to you."

Katara turned slightly to kiss the palm of his hand. She loved him so deeply that her body couldn't contain it.

"I'm so grateful that this is how things turned out," she whispered. "I feel like a spirit must be watching over me and blessing me with good fortune. Perhaps the Blue Spirit," she added cheekily, but then his grin mirrored hers.

"Isn't the Spirit of the Yang-hui River in your debt?"

"I never told you about that."

Zuko smiled wider, but didn't reveal much else. Aang or Sokka must have told him. Perhaps Toph, who had been trying to get them together since her seismic sense clued her in. While she never intended to keep it a secret, it wasn't exactly the sort of thing that came up in general conversation.

"The very land of this nation owes you so much, Katara," he said. "I don't know how to even begin to repay you in the name of the Fire Nation."

"Oh, leave duty and honor out of this bed, Zuko. There are no debts between us. Right now, we're just two people who love each other doing their best."

Zuko's eyebrows shot up.

"You said love." It sounded almost like a question, making Katara giggle.

"What, am I wrong?"

Zuko answered her question before putting it into words, holding her closer and placing a gentle kiss on her forehead.

"No," he said softly. "Not at all."

#zutaraweek #zutara week #zutara week 2022 #zutara #katara #zuko #if there was ever a piece that was entirely within my comfort zone #it's this one #no regrets #sorry for the delay things have been insane #will try to finish up the prompts but no promises #high holidays and all #my stuff

[verifiablebot]

well folks. i signed up for a beginner cajun class.

#vaille #i am kinda shitting bricks about it because holy fuck but y'know. i'm sure it'll be fun once it starts #all the other times i've taken formal language classes it's not gone spectacular but if there's ever a language i care about enough #it's this one

[iturbide]

mx. iturbide I’m afraid I AM going to have to submit to your readership the correct way to read E·VIL U·NI·CORN 😔🙏

#submission #gunhorse #summer storm #yeah when i said gun heard it to the cadence of a tom cardy song #it's this one #gun apparently intends to inflict it on all of you too #:3c

[kanerallels]

I'm. Having thoughts about color schemes in The Prince of Egypt, of all things

#if there's one movie i will go full on analysation find all the parallels mode on #it's this one #and GOOD NEWS i found some new ones #the prince of egypt

[picavecalyx]

THAT'S THE SONG . I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER . THE DEVIL IS HUMAN

#ooc. #I KNEW THERE WAS ANOTHER AURORA SONG THAT'S SILVACORE #IT'S THIS ONE

[docheros]

hello everyone i'm thinking about personal trainer dochero

#my sillies #i forgot their tag help #personal trainer!au #IT'S THIS ONE #i'm talking!! #dochero my beloved

[jlf23tumble]

Louis - "The irony of forgetting lyrics on a song about weed. We keep on moving!" Since Louis is forgetting lyrics because of anxiety and not stoners memory. I just wondered what the 'irony' is referring to?

#it's this one #i love how this is some kind of ZING--GOTCHA #u sure did :( #louis is 100000000000000000% open with his fans and we all see what he's up to 24/7 #we know everything he's going through at every waking moment #you win!! everything horrible thing you don't like is because of (checks notes) MARIJUANA!! THE DEVIL'S WEED!!!

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]

#showaddywaddy #hey rock n roll #1974 #oh my god help #the scene cuts #the EFFECTS #THE ZOOMS #i'm laughing so much omg #but look how happy buddy is #HE'S SO CUTE HIS LITTLE FACE #ALSO MORE OF MALCOLM WITHOUT SUNGLASSES #if you can catch a glimpse of him with ALL OF THIS GOING ON #his bright green socks with his red suit omg #i don't know why i love this video so much #it's so hard to look at #like to follow what it's showing me #if any video needed frames posts #it's this one #because otherwise you can barely see ANYTHING #and the scenes are too short for gifs #of each scene #that would be a disaster #it would probably make me laugh a lot but it would still be a disaster #showaddywaddy gifs

[senzasord]

#bach #partita no.3 in e major #BWV 1006 #prelude #sebastian bohren #violin #youtube #all up in my feels a little bit tonight missing my violin #it's literally on the other side of the room and i can't play it #anyway enough whinging #to make myself feel better i decided to relisten to this #if anyone has ever wondered what my favourite violin piece is #it's this one #usually my favourite performance is by vanessa mae #but this guy popped up towards the top of my youtube search #and i fucking love what he's doing #anyway #listen with your eyes closed #if you don't understand why immediately #you will by the end of the first twenty seconds

[party-gilmore]

I saw your post about Friends & Family and found it online and I am in love with the whole movie, I have a new favourite. I ADORE Stephen and Danny and the whole Patrizzi family

YESSSSSSSS WONDERFUL

it's really just SUCH a fantastic movie and the CHARACTER work!!!! Easily some of the most lovable characters EVER.

The way Don Patrizzi would do literally ANYTHING for those boys. He loves them so much. And fucking!!!!! Queen shit girl boss Jenny!!!

[Dora the explorer voice] Can you say - "puppet king Damon while Jenny runs the business from behind him?"

(Hey everyone else! Watch it with us here!!!)

#if ANY movie deserves the Goes Viral On Tumblr treatment #it's THIS one

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology #ares #athena #greek gods #dont get me wrong it aint athena slander but it sure is ares praise #on some level at least #man justly accused of bad things deserves some mid praise more at 11 #thank you romi for helping me with words though i duly noted you insisted on ares not being cautious rather than him not being careful #romi be like “i want him to care” and honestly good you should say it #also EPIC led to this and i just..... i want to draw some animatics man i just need infinite time now #my long lost love for greek myths just will never stop coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming #i want some vulture design in here for ares but not sure about this one #kochei doodles

[sunbentshadows]

Hey all, you know how internet searches suck now? When the results are awful, full-of-AI, death-of-the-internet levels of bad?

Start appending date constraints to your searches - "before:2023".

My results have gone from 90% AI bullshit to ~60% usable - which frankly at this point is a huge improvement.

#information death of the internet etc #legit this has been SO SO helpful #shout out to mastodon infosec server for this one #before 2022 we did not really have the AI-content-farms because. the tech did not exist to the public. #and you can knock back the date if need be #obviously this does not FIX the problem but #me.txt

[lotrmusical]

never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

#was calling beckett and scouring the works of eliza cook looking for lesbianism #good amounts of lesbianism in evidence but unfortunately very little in the way of good poetry #APART from this worm one which DOES NOT MISS #eliza cook #is there a thriving eliza cook tag on tumblr. somehow i doubt it #the hand of the giant and the heart of the brave / must turn weak and submit to the worm and the grave! #not an original theme ofc but GOD the treatment is delightful. so fresh so gleeful some rlly nice use of sound. rlly solidly constructed #words #gay belligerence

[bonesandthebees]

one of the most infuriating things about becoming an adult is when you realize that it actually is 10x easier to solve problems by making a phone call vs literally any other communication method

#I was forced to get over my hatred of making phone calls bc of this #one 15 minute phone call is the equivalent of 5 back and forth emails #also if you don't know exactly what you need help with you can just ask and you can get real help #instead of just desperately clawing at faqs on websites #it's infuriating that it works so well #ramblings

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours? #also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that! #unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week

[butchdonne]

what studying literature feels like

#it’s always one of these two. #either i have a great point in my head i just can’t express it right or i have OUGHDGDHHD in my head and i need to make that useful……. #pip squeaks #literature