Wednesday bluntly saying "you should know I'm waiting for someone" and "I'm actually here for Tyler" to Xavier and continuing to frown unfazed as Xavier's face contorts in disapproval whenever Tyler shows up beside her, BUT pausing before saying "Xavier" when Tyler asked her who she asked to the Rave'N.
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i just loveeeee the idea that there was a big gap of understanding between lu ten and iroh the same way theres a big gap of understanding between zuko and iroh. mistakes that iroh didnt realize he made with his son he then also made with his nephew and still not realizing it. a whole world of things about lu ten that iroh didnt know about, and will never know about. im gonna talk about it though because i am insane so look away from my cringe
lu ten had gone to his father with problems before, and iroh cant help but wonder, now, if his son had ever been trying to imply deeper things in between sugarcoated words because there were things you just didnt say in the palace, and irohs head had been so far up his ass he hadnt seen it. despite it being waved practically right in his face by his son, desperate for sound advice from his father, whos brain was too waterlogged by thoughts of how he was going to pull off his next bloody conquest. like how zuko was always howling for help, hurt and confused like a cornered animal, hidden deep under his fits of rage, and irohs head was Still so far up his ass that he kept meeting zukos silent begging for straightforward guidance with convoluted proverbs.
he can sit here and bury his face in his hands in shame over the sheer amount of times hed failed his nephew without realizing, and how much convincing it'll take to get his nephew to understand that yes, iroh did fail him so many times, and he couldve prevented so much suffering simply by holding himself to the same standards he held his nephew to. all those times during those three years before the avatar returned that he couldve done something. sit here and think about how sad it is that he has to even try hard to convince his nephew such a thing, how sad it is that he finally got zuko to stop seeing ozai as some all-wise god that can do no error as a father, just for zuko to start seeing iroh as some all-wise god that has done no error as an uncle. but he can at least go and do something about it.
he can never do something about what he did to his son. the things he knows he did, the things he doesnt know he did, and everything in between. he will never find out what lu ten truly thought about him. he will never have that reconciliation, that silent scream of relief and violent shiver in the crook of his neck that zuko gave when iroh yanked him in close after their separation, with his lu ten. he just has to hear about his own son through word of mouth and somehow be content with that.
and worst of all, its all his own and his god damned family's fault. no amount of healing and learning by trying to do right by zuko and the world he helped nearly ruin not much more than a half decade ago can act as a balm for the agony that brings him. he knows healing his guilty conscience isnt supposed to even be a reason for why he helped the avatar, but god- it's when the rationality leaves him and he realizes that this is something he cant seem to make himself be the bigger person in. he knows its his own fault, that there are hundreds- thousands, maybe- of earth kingdom sons he personally stole from earth kingdom fathers, and only gave up on his siege when the consequences of his war came into his own backyard, but he cant help it. doesnt want to help it. hes still angry and hateful anyway. his son should still be here. his son should still be here. his son should still be here.
and if he tells zuko about how much he still hates himself as both an uncle and a father, zuko will definitely rush to reassure him, all the while he is chained to his desk and meetings day in and day out, fixing this uncles mistakes best he can, losing sleep and forgetting to eat. none of it will mean anything to zuko, if it means he can make his uncle feel better. and if that happens, iroh might actually vomit in front of his nephew.
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Tumblr won't let me tap on notifications to view posts I'm killing so much rn
Please don't make me go to my laptop just let me view from depression bedroom please please please please pleeeease
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I like to imagine the future devil gives Aki random visions to mess with him, like that one time we don't talk about. Aaaand Aki already had the contract before he met Angel soo... Have this silly, what if scenario :)
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listen, i think you can interpret many things from this series that the author didn't intend but, as an afab poc, i think the reading of frostpaw's spaying as anything but the erins trying to create drama regarding fertility is kind of a reach like.... the erins do not care about poc and/or indigenous people and they have made that abundantly clear and trying to hone in on people saying "hey, give this series, who historically has profited off of and appropriated indigenous cultures is trying to talk about forced sterilization" is a naive reading at best and a generous reading all around. these white brits do no care about us please stop giving them the benefit of the doubt when they have made it abundantly clear we are a side show to them. where as with the over arching misogyny its not something they intend to write, it is just a reflection of how sexist brits see the world like for the love of god do not give them this when they time and time again have demonstrated they are just white cishet spectators
I ended up going on twitter to find the thread just to see what was being said and....yeah, I still don't really agree it's to that level, but I read through and I still hesitate to knock down concerns from readers of color, you know? I definitely agree that the authors are definitely not trying to talk about political issues (I think Berryheart and RiverClan's occupation are filling that void for what it's worth), but I can't lie and say I don't understand where dots are being connected.
Anyways, I probably won't continue to answer asks on this. I just feel waaaaayy out of my depth in this discussion, so apologies for that.
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im sick asf so i wont be posting digital art for a week or so
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