#since he clearly doesn't use it

[sunnetrolls]

help i cannot escape from the oc thoughts

#sunne speaks #i think ark and krygen are gonna be friends #like #in a sibling way #ark older brother momence... #krygen comes and hangs out in his office sometimes and he doesnt mind at all #sometimes you just need a place thats quiet #ark will GET your ass if you try and bother him when krygens there like thats his excuse to get quiet work time as well #also does anyone remember when i said krygen likes playing bass the least bc his got stolen and it makes him sad? no? #well i think ark is gonna give him his #since he clearly doesn't use it #and since hes getting a better place to live and is older and wiser he knows it'll be in safe hands now #ugh #god help me im obsessed with these stupid fuckin guys

[ctl-yuejie]

a taste

#only friends #only friends the series #ofts #mark pakin #papang phromphiriya #i am obsessed with how good papang is #trust me to read too much into it but to me he clearly has an idea who 30 sth year old Dan is #seemingly out of the dating scene since at least his graduation so doesn't know the current lingo #feeling a bit too old but also unsure how he likes being called old but hot #very charmed by this junior but not used anymore to getting butterflies in a club #lowkey knows that the boss thing might be a bit hmm... #(listen: i love that again the show doesn't give us a clear line of 'dan is a creep' because there is a lot of room for him to essentially #be a good option for nick as well as the possibility of accidentally acting unethical) especially within the community it is worth to #observe whether the power imbalance on its own speaks against the person #he's also a bit shy wondering whether this cute guy would actually be interested in him because he is sweet and obviously aquainted with #going to bars so surely he must have options #and mark is also so wonderful ;A; even before he spots boston you can see that there is still some heartbreak lingering #but also that he liked the kiss but it was a very different feel to boston #also: somehow papang in mlc and papang here kisses absolutely differently and it makes so much sense to me that he at this point in his #life would kiss like this?? idk how to explain it better #this show continues to bring out the best acting out of everyone #(to derail: maybe why i want the writing for top to be that he's still in the grey so badly because i think that is the kind of difficult #acting force is actually mastering in this series)

[candidateofloyalty]

I just saw the Spy x Family movie and I don't know if people have already mentioned this but when Loid's trying to land he declares himself as plane 0988. In Japanese this could be read as オクハハ (okuhaha) which in turn could be read as 奥母, or "wife and mother." Apparently he's still thinking about his talk with Yor!

#spy x family #spy x family code white #language #i spent several minutes of the movie going 'they have to have given us this information for a reason' before it clicked #in the context of the movie he's clearly referring to Yor #but since he doesn't know she's on the plane I will also accept Loid genderisms

[prowerprojects]

"Every Shatterspace contains a shard: creates a distorted version of our reality"

"If we bring them back here, and connect them to this real one— then maybe there is a chance..."

(Sonic Prime is not a multiverse story, it's one universe that got destroyed/distorted)

"They're not your real friends"

"Nine and all the rest of them are real!"

Sonic, you do understand that if reality gets restored, and the Shatterverse stops existing (because it wouldn't be shattered anymore), so would the shatterspaces, and everyone who lives there: everything would just go back to the way it was before.

But if you consider them real, you only have two choices:

Bring the shards together and restore your reality, bringing back your friends in the process, but the people created by the shattering of the Prism would go back to being just parts of your friends and seize to exist separately?

Or leave it be, and lose your friends forever, but their counterparts would still exist as their own entities?

So what would it be, Sonic?

Who has more right to exist?

#though I don't really feel like sonic had shown us that he considers the shatterverse counterparts separate people #even disregarding the way he acted in new yoke the first time (since it was the first time and he had no idea what's going on) #later he still expects nine to shrug off his issues the way tails did in the flashback #(and apparently always does since 'tails never gets upset') #he projects knuckles's personality traits onto dread — traits that dread doesn't have. sonic just expects him to because to him he's knux #idk man. there's a lot of examples in earlier episodes too. like him refusing to fight thorn because she's amy. but you could say #it was a long time ago and his attitude changed: well clearly not since he's still acting the same way at No Place #sonic prime #sonic prime spoilers #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #I know the palm tree plays into this somehow but idk how #and I want Sonic to actually struggle with this #not some 'untying people from the tracks before the trolley runs them over' type of bs. make it interesting!

[watchmakermori]

the sumeru archon quest popped off. I started the second act and I just HAD to finish it today because I was so engrossed. this feels like a big step up from inazuma's wobbly writing, and it's also a more interesting and ambitious plot than mondstadt and liyue had. I particularly like that the traveller feels a bit more...engaged? Like an actual character? In the other nations, the traveller has kind of been a bystander. while I wish they would commit to giving them more voiced lines, the sumeru storyline feels more geared around them. With the other nations, it often felt like the plotlines could progress in almost the same way whether the traveller was there or not. this time, they have clearer and more specific motivations: it's obvious why they want to find the dendro archon - specifically the god of wisdom - and ask her questions about their sibling. their relationship with dunyarzad is also developed enough to provide secondary motivation, too - she feels like a much more successful, developed npc in comparison to teppei, who we actually get enough time with to care about.

all of the characters are introduced at a nice pace, as is a lot of the worldbuilding. I like that we meet new characters with each new area - collei and tighnari for the forest, dehya, nilou, dunyarzad and nahida for sumeru city, alhaitham and dori for port ormos. it breaks it up well and stops it from feeling overwhelming. the fact that the first act lays the groundwork for how sumeru works - the eremites, the akademiya, canned knowledge, the akasha, etc. - means that second act can delve into these concepts more thoroughly without being too confusing. I love how creative and weird the second act was, too! I wasn't expecting them to go with a weird, time-loop type thing, and I love that a genshin storyline actually managed to throw me off and do something unexpected for a change

it's a much stronger start than sumeru had, and the fact that the archon quest may not actually be wrapped up until 3.2 gives me a lot of hope for the rest. I can't wait to see how scaramouche ends up involved. my guess is that the fatui will have some hand in the dream-harvesting that the akademiya is doing, but beyond that, I'm not sure what to expect. I'm very excited, though

also alhaitham is a sussy bastard. I could fix him but whatever's wrong with him is much hotter

#genshin impact #generally i think the quality of the quests has been good since the end of inazuma #i wasn't as harsh on inazuma as some people but this is LEAGUES better #i LOVE alhaitham #i want to know what he's up to #i like that he doesn't really act warm to the traveller. he just uses them #he's clearly got his own agenda but who knows what #i like dehya too! and nahida is really interesting! #i was never a nahida hater but i think her set up as an archon is fascinating #the only character im not as fussed about is nilou tbh. but that's mostly because she didn't do very much #funnily enough i also think paimon was less annoying in this quest #i felt like traveller and paimon felt like a proper unit in this quest. their bond was clear and quite nice to see #i'm just happy overall #i could do with less of paimon recapping with obvious exposition. but it's definitely been worse

[darkclouds-rainsounds]

The above is a screenshot of one of tropes from Shadoo's section in the SPM TV Tropes page that caught my interest.

“Never mentioned to be killed...” Hm. If I go by my headcanon of how Dimentio fits into the story of the Pixl Uprising (i.e he's both the Magician's son and the surviving apprentice who defeated the Pixl Queen), then that would give another parallel of how Dimentio was once a hero who had a Pixl that could see the truth who stopped an antagonist who had the Dark Prognosticus who several thousand years later switched sides. And by another parallel, I mean it works perfectly alongside this.

The reason Shadoo exists (if they are the Pixl Queen) is because he couldn't go through with killing his sister; he cared for her too much and now here she is stuck at the bottom of the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials and wanting to exact revenge on the Ancients for sealing her away. Based on how Shadoo has a robotic text box and says that they were created by the Ancients, it can be presumed she forgot she was ever human. She forgot who she was.

Fast forward to the events of SPM and Dimentio's intended kill-shot for Count Bleck gets intercepted by Nastasia and knocks her unconscious in addition to injuring her. Either he had the power of that shot just enough to kill Bleck and no further and that's why Nastasia survived, because why waste precious energy? All he has to do is finish Count Bleck off who is already at death’s door thanks to the heroes.

Or Nastasia was just very fortunate to survive a full-powered blast. My money's on something like the former because Dimentio has well more than enough power to absolutely guarantee no one would survive an attack like that. (the average person who isn't a hero or built for combat— which Nastasia very much isn't— anyway.)

Then there's him saving O'Chunks and Mimi from what would have been certain death by teleporting them to Dimension D. We know they didn't end up in the same place as Peach and Bowser because neither they nor O'Chunks and Mimi make any mention of such. Pair that with the fact that the Void can't be seen from Dimension D and thus heavily implying that anyone inside it would survive the Void that would destroy everything else, and you're left with the only explanation of Dimentio having saved them. I do believe that Dimentio screwed up by not only "catching feelings" and he genuinely did care for the other minions deep down as much as he tries to deny that; and I have mentioned in a prior post about him putting all of the people who could have possibly done something about the Super Dimentio fusion in the same place.

If he hadn't cared as much as he did for them and just left them to their fates, he would have won. I feel that the reason why the floor came out under Bowser and O'Chunks is because of Dimentio— because why make a trap like that that is intended to kill any who don't make it out in time and then have it to where after a certain amount of time, it would give any of the heroes still inside who may somehow still be alive an escape and make a comeback? It makes no sense. And it's because of that, that Peach was able to survive by landing on top of Bowser.

Had he only teleported Bowser out and left O'Chunks, and teleported Peach while leaving Mimi, the minions wouldn't have been able to band together with Count Bleck and Tippi to recharge the Pure Hearts and destroy his invincibility. It was his inability to go through with killing them or just letting them die because he actually cared about them— cared too much— that caused his own undoing.

History literally repeats itself if one subscribes to believing Dimentio is both the Magician's son and the last surviving apprentice.

First Shadoo who may or may not be the Pixl Queen, was spared by her brother who couldn't bear to go through with killing her therefore causing future consequences for if she ever gets free. Then the minions— including Nastasia and Count Bleck who for the latter, Dimentio in his ever present wisdom decided to spare killing for later— with their love for each other that was allowed to continue existing all because he spared them for the time being, recharged the Pure Hearts and caused immediate consequences for himself and was the catalyst for his defeat.

In the first instance, he was on the “heroic” side. For the last he was on the “villainous” side.

#super paper mario #spm #spm theory #dimentio #shadoo #pixl queen #this is ofc just a theory since dimentio is an enigma but i see parallels and go 👀 #and also ofc things like nastasia surviving dimentio's kill-shot is just my interpretation of how she did so #and then there's the (fairly popular?) fanon that dimentio teleported mimi and o'chunks to dimension d rather than them flip in on their ow #but we know that they couldn't have done so on their own— at least not o'chunks who is consistently shown to be incapable of flipping #and flipping seems to /only/ work on the person themself and can't be used on selected targets (if that makes sense). dimentio is special #bc he's the only character who is shown to always /teleport/‚ not flip. and we are explicitly shown a scene of him clearly using his #teleportation on peach (he uses his teleportation on mr. l and the other heroes when he explodes them but it's disguised by said #explosions due to how distinct it is and considering how for many years a vast majority of the spm fandom believes he /actually/ killed the #when jaydes herself literally says otherwise‚ those examples of him teleporting people other than himself doesn't count) anyway. point is: #even if mimi could flip in on her own‚ o'chunks wouldn't have been able to get in. probably. bc tippi /does/ show the ability to flip #both herself and the heroes to flipside on several occasions‚ but this ability isn't displayed by /anyone else/ throughout the game so #it's not farfetched to believe that /only/ tippi can flip other people in addition to herself #so i still firmly believe dimentio was responsible for mimi and o'chunks getting into dimension d at the end (plus it's /his/ dimension‚ i #think he has full control over whether someone can or can't enter it) #i did not mean to put an entire essay in the tags oh no

[britishchick09]

every single poto unmasking (original book 1910, 1925, song at midnight 1937, 1943, 1962, night gallery's phantom of what opera? 1971, phantom of the paradise 1974, 1983, animated 1987, 1989, mini series 1990, phantom 1990, staller 1991, the canary trainer 1993, journey of the mask 2000, 2004, musical 2011, graphic novel webtoon 2021, phantom heart 2021, ghost on the roof 2022, angel's mask 2023, my rewrite 2022)

#testing out tumblr's new 30 pic limit with this one! ;D #there are 22 unmaskings here! :o #it's not every single one but it's still a lot! :o #this took 2 HOURS to make last night! :o #and today i added the full 'phantom heart' one (i had a google preview placeholder) and the graphic novel/canary trainer screenshots #so much time but it was worth it! #i used gifs from google to speed things up and had to make the rest myself #i made the 83 62 night gallery paradise 89 animated and mini series ones #i even whipped out the mini series dvd for it! ;D #i also took out some frames of the staller one so that's a half and half ;) #i had to condense the book and rewrite's unmaskings since they're long (especially the book!) #i took out the rewrite's face description since you can see it pretty clearly ;) #the most interesting one is 'canary trainer' since the unmasking isn't done by christine or the phantom... but sherlock holmes! ;D #62 is the lamest since he shows it for just a few seconds before dying #the animated one and 'song at midnight' are the funniest for the sounds #the book musical and 1925 versions are the most iconic (and the rewrite for me!) #the best ones for me are 1925 and 'ghost' #1925 for how quick and surprising it is and 'ghost' for how groundbreaking it is! #she doesn't pressure him and besides the reveal there's no horror to be found! #and instead of anger and fear there's sadness and comfort #instead of shocking moment it's a beautiful one :') #all of them are great in their own ways! :D #it's so neat seeing them all together! :D

[agrebel18]

if I have to see one more person say “but Amity should’ve been the one to save Willow!!” or “she should’ve saved herself!” in terms of Willow’s breakdown in FTF, I’m gonna throw myself off a cliff 😀🔪

#the ONLY thing I agree with about the Amity thing is that their relationship doesn't have the best writing #and that would've been cool BUT IN ANOTHER SITUATION THAT WASN'T THIS ONE #it had to be Hunter because he really wanted and kinda needed to apologize for accidently lashing out at her and Gus in #the beginning of the episode #ALSO IT MAKES SENSE THAT WHO GOT THROUGH TO HER WAS THE ONE PERSON THAT DIDN'T KNOW HER BACK WHEN SHE WAS BULLIED #AND HE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE HE LOVES WAS OKAY SINCE HE JUST LOST SOMEONE HE LOVED VERY MUCH #also Gus was there too???? and helped her to not always be 'the reliable one'???? #it CLEARLY wasn't just for ship-teasing #and idgaf what you think about said ship but PLEASE USE YOUR ANALYTICAL SKILLS FOR THIS!! #also she couldn;t have saved herself she was QUITE SUICIDAL SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN WORSE IF SHE HAD BEEN BY HERSELF!!! #toh spoilers #for the future #willow park #hunter toh #gus porter #amity blight

[hauntingblue]

NAMI NEEDS TO GO UP THERE AND FIGHT BIG MOM I AM SO SERIOUS!!! THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE ROMANCE DOWN TRIO!! SANJI DO NOT DARE TAKE HER SPOT!!!

#big mom just giving birth here on the battlefield..... #do i comment on the incestuous relationship between clouds made of the same soul??? no?? okay... #oh jesus.... goodbye kid and killer.... nami needs to get up there and take control of zeus and i am so serious #HER SKILL IS SO POWERFUL AND SO PERFECT FOR THIS FIGHT AGAINST BIG MOM BUT BECAUSE SHE IS NOT PART OF THE STRONG TRIO SHE GETS STUCK WITH #THE B LIST VILLAINS!!!! LKKE WHY DOES SHE NEED TO FIGHT ULTI?? OKAY THAT WAS MEANINGFUL BUT THAT COULD END THERE!!!! #SANJI GO FIGHT PAGE ONE!!! SOMEONE TAKE CARE OF ULTI AND LET LUFFY ZORO AND NAMI TAKE CARE OF KAIDO AND BIG MOM!!! I AM SERIOUS!!! #big mom is inside the castle.... maybe i will get my wish granted (kinda...) #kid and nami against big mom.... maybe sanji can join... i can see it so clearly.... come on now..... #if namo knew armor haki she would have gone up there and taken zeus and dealt with prometheus and his sister wife. let the others w/ big mom #fucking hawkins... end him killer.... calling him domesticated lmao... end his pathetic ass #using conqueror's haki on the weapons..... also zoro having it too.... the flower petals symbolism..... OHHHHHHHHH #nani indeed...... BREAK THAT MACE!!!! YEAAHHH!!!! law is completely baffled #KAIDO GOT SENT BACK!!!! LETSGOOOOO AND THE OG INTRO MUSIC QUICKS IN!!!! law just saw god again.... #he said fuck off i got this.... omg.... he is either gonna nearly die and doesn't want them to follow or doesn't want to worry about them #while he fights and they try to defend him.... no other explaination (apart for 4 the plot reasons) #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 1028 #luffy king of everything that was such a slay #they changed luffy chiquito's design.... #i was gonna say luffy swimming...... but he can't yet akdhajsj #yasopp taking care of everyones children but his own...... i see how it is.... #WHY WOULD SHANKS STAY IN GOA IF NOT TO TALK WITH GARP WHO LIVES THERE!!! I AM TELLING YOU SHANKS IS IN KAHOOTS WITH THE MARINES!!!! #i was thinking about shanks scar... and thought it might be from buggy with his three knives in between his fingers you know #but it is too small... like the knives would take more space.... but maybei might be reaching and it is from buggy and not like a little paw #or little hand.... however much distrubing you want to paint it.... #shanks is testing little luffy's intelligence... he knows his weak spot already akdhjasj #uta calling herself a diva.... ajshaksn might this be the reason luffy was so inclined to having a musician since the start??? #episode 1029 #that was like a perfectly realistic relationship between an older smartass girl and a younger boy lmao it was spot on

[no-one-hears-me]

I feel sad about a lot of different things rn and it feels kinda helpless

#I'm lonely and I miss my friends #but I also feel like my friends don't like me and that makes me wanna stop talking to them #and maybe I should #I wanna do something drastic but I'm reasonable enough to not do that while I'm in my feelings like this #besides idk what I would even do anyways #last summer I was friends with this girl that was kinda a terrible person but she was a friend #and I wanted a friend. I still do #anyways. she hasn't talked to me since like September and we aren't on good terms #idk why tho. she's crazy tho as I mentioned #she got mad at me for being friends with someone else bc he used to smoke a lot and drink #and she's super against that. which is fine she doesn't have to like him or his actions #but I would never try to get them to hang out together or talk to each other so like. idk why it mattered to her so much #and she basically just wanted me to choose her or him #weird. anyways #I don't think that was her main issue just one of them #also worth mentioning that she was friends with me even tho she knew I drink too. she didn't like it but she knew about it #she's just a hater ig #also worth mentioning that weed friend has clearly not had the best life or anything and she knew that too #she is privileged in many many ways and I think that has made her ignorant of what life is like for other people tbh #she couldn't believe that my parents just didn't feed me as a child. like that was so absurd and unheard of to her #like girl... that's pretty mild #anyways. I kinda turned into a hater myself #all this to say that she was not a good friend but she was a friend nonetheless #and I miss having a friend. idk if I really miss her but like #idk I guess I do. I did enjoy our conversations #also idk how to make friends ngl. I'm not really good at that #plus my mother does not let me leave the house which puts a damper on my social life #Sera

[surskip]

my favourite kingdom hearts characters are the ones who appear in like. one unknown side game and have the most tragic stories. im talking about like.. replica riku (had his own memories replaced against his will and died fighting his 'true' self after learning that he was just a copy meant to carry out a plan. died with his last few few sentences being about how he's scared to die because he doesn't know what awaits replicas after death) and data sora and riku (also created solely to carry out a plan with little thought to the fact they are also sentient people, who essentially die at the end of the game). can i count xion and namine in this? well, i'm going to

#mine #kh #long post #genuinely. genuinely. i know shes popular but namine is sooooo underrated #theres this one exchange thats stayed with me since i played chain of memorires and its like #you can very clearly see juts how little namine values herself. like she was created and used for her abilities #like yeah she messed with sora's memories and stuff but also She was held hostage and never had a choice in the matter whatsoever #even after org 13 left her alone she then had to deal with diz (im oging to explode ansem the wise) who basically told her #'you dont have emotions and youre just a tool for me btw to revive sora so i can take my revenge' #like.. when she's talking to sora about kairi and making him remember you can clearly see that's she is SO lonely #like. i dunno if it's just me but it reads so much to me like heavy guilt and a tiny hope of #'what if he really does choose me instead. he shouldnt but i am so so so lonely' #she was forced to essentially kill repliku her only friend. she brought him back only to die a second time #(kh3 spoilers from here on out) #when she is in the afterlife you can tell she doesn't think she deserves to come back. that people would be better off without her #it makes me go bonkers i really hope they acknowledge her and her complete lack of support throughout her entire life in the next game #the animation with her and riku going in the gummi ship makes me think so butim just.. maaan. shes such a tragic character #Scroll Scroll. Sorry this is really really really long huh............. OTL sorry....

[akagamiko]

sorry but i’m team hope shanks sends barto’s head in a box to luffy

#also i don't think luffy is going to be easy going about it either if/when he finds out? #have we forgotten drum island and the way he protected hiriluk's flag #and how angry he was that wapol tried to burn it? #like who do we think taught luffy the importance of pirate flags and what they stand for?? #shanks is easy going but the man has his limits #and burning his flag is not the same as throwing a drink on him #so why would he be okay with one of luffy's guys burning his flag and disrespecting #not only him #but his crew #and his territories #and ALL of the people in them #and everything he's ever done since forming his own crew #i know he helped after wano but that was clearly just a power flex for (what i assume) is us the readers #and the film red promo #luffy and the others were there and ready to step in #if luffy gets in trouble it is his crew's job to help him not shanks' #but luffy is a captain with his own crew and it's his job to keep those people in check #and frankly i don't think shanks WOULD step in if luffy's life were legitimately in danger #obviously i know this would never happen in canon bc that's pretty dark #but it SHOULD #also remember seeing recently that the rhp calling shanks 'boss' is akin to like...a mafia boss/don #and i watched the godfather for the first time and need more of mafia boss shanks in my life #ANYWAY #sometimes i see things in the tags that send me spiraling #and shanks meeting barto and just hanging out with once he realizes the connection is one of them #he's gonna meet up with barto realize the connection with luffy and respond even MORE harshly bc of his connection with luffy #me @ oda: do not blow this for me #OOC. #so many thoughts #let shanks kill a fan fave and also show how he doesn't give passes xoxo

[ct-hardcase]

today's productivity is headcanoning that Obi-Wan knows, or at least recognizes, the Fourth Sister

#look because Obi-Wan somehow knew that all the inquisitors were Jedi at one point #this is clearly done with a lack of knowledge of Vader and who he is #so I have to assume that he either got the intel somewhere on tatooine #(which is possible since the civilians there seem to know them) #but the fact that they used to be Jedi is less apparent #unless. if it's. you know. to other jedi #so if Obi-Wan drew the information at hand he probably recognized at least one of them #and given that Reva was a child and the Grand Inquisitor was a temple guard #our likely suspects are the Fourth Sister and Fifth Brother #both of whom Obi-Wan while he may not know he could recognize #and given that the Fourth Sister is his likeliest peer and the only one who doesn't seem to have an agenda in the group #I believe she's just there to see it play out #idk though it's not that good of a theory but it theoretically could be plausible #star dorks #inquisitorius tag

[evilkitten3]

What would you think, if, after getting advice from Iroh, Zuko and the gang travel to the spirit world in order to find Aang’s people so that Aang can teach the air acolytes more about the air nomads? But Zuko gets attacked by a poisonous spirit and reverts back to pre Season 2 Zuko after losing some of his memories due to the poison fogging his mind. Zuko is confused and doesn’t know why he’s firelord. The gang try to explain things to him, but it only causes him to become even more confused. Aang and the gang then leave Zuko behind to spend more time with the air acolytes. While they’re gone, Zuko is very uncertain about what to do, but soon corrupt advisors convince him to restart the war. Zuko doesn’t remember his friendship with Aang, but he hears that he once joined Aang, so Zuko assumes that Aang once brainwashed him into joining team Avatar and turning against his Father. Zuko intends to be a much greater firelord than his father, and he and his army raid the air acolyte settlement in their airships in order to hunt down Aang once again, and end up burning down the settlement. Aang and the gang wonder why Zuko chose to hunt them down again. Aang eventually comes to the conclusion that Zuko backslid due to bad advice from his advisors and because he lost some of his memories. Aang then travels the nations looking for a cure to help restore Zuko’s memories.  

Azula escapes from the mental institute and Zuko sends bounty hunters after her to capture her. Soon, Azula gets bitten by a snake, so she finds help in the village of Jang Hui where she is healed by two waterbenders, who are taking refuge there. Jang Hui is the village Katara helped in The Painted Lady. And the villagers aren’t on good terms with the firelord. The villagers accept her and assume that she’s on their side because she’s made an enemy of the Firelord. The villagers teach Azula how to heal people using firebending techniques inspired by water bending, and she ends up becoming a fisherwoman because it’s a fishing town. She starts to warm up to the town, but one day she overhears the waterbenders talking about sneaking out to sabotage the smelting factory(which is currently undergoing reconstruction) in order to help the villagers. Azula offers to join their mission, and the three sneak out to destroy the factory, but she betrays the waterbenders over to the fire nation in hopes that she might bring glory to the fire nation. But now that the waterbenders are captured and eliminated, the town is defenseless. Zuko’s army burns the town down leaving few survivors. Zuko didn’t exactly authorize the attack, but he did give his generals permission to do whatever it takes to stop the villagers from trying to halt the rebuilding of the factory used for the war effort. A few survive and declare revenge on Azula for what she did.  

Azula starts to feel terrible about betraying the people who saved her life and indirectly causing the village to be destroyed, since she didn’t know it would be destroyed. And she holds Zuko partially responsible for destroying the village. After wandering around, Azula looks through a telescope and sees Aang try to save a fire nation village from a volcano, and she also sees Zuko. Zuko does nothing after his corrupt advisors tell him to leave the village, saying that Aang will probably die, so Zuko runs away. But Aang manages to save the village from the erupting volcano. Azula gets accepted into the gang when she uses her new healing abilities to heal Aang, who is wounded by the volcano. They reluctantly team up to stop Zuko.

After wandering around the Earth Kingdom to look for a cure for Zuko's memory loss, the gang sees a massive stream of fire pour down from a few fire nation airships hovering above a village. The stream of fire burns the village to the ground, leaving few survivors. It turns out that fire nation scientists developed a highly addictive serum that can increase the fire power of any fire Bender. The downside is that prolonged use of the serum results in loss of the senses, and eventually death. Senses such as taste, smell, sight, touch, and hearing. Zuko intends take the serum and lead a fleet of airships to finish what his Dad started by burning the Earth Kingdom to the ground. After learning what Zuko intends to do, even Aang feels tempted to give up on him.

it's an interesting concept, but i have a few critiques.

first, if the gaang knows zuko lost his memory, why would they leave him in the first place? and even if they did that, surely there'd be somebody in the palace who could say "hey firelord zuko maybe don't restart the war dude wtf" or at least alert the gaang or something.

second, i've seen a lot of people try to have azula's redemption involve learning some kind of healing, and i gotta say, it very very rarely does anything for me. for starters, it (probably unintentionally) reinforces the northern water tribe's ideology that healing is inherently for women (the show admittedly also did this bc the only named male waterbender who uses any kind of healing in any canon that i'm aware of is unalaq). moreover, it's not something i think azula would be particularly good at or have much interest in.

also, why are there waterbenders in jang hui? it's a fire nation village. you said they were taking refuge, but from what, and why there? on top of that, azula knows zuko is firelord and doesn't know he's lost his memories, so why would she assume betraying the waterbenders to the fire nation would bring it glory? if she just broke out of the asylum, then the last time she saw zuko was when he and katara fought her during the agni kai.

third, if zuko lost his memory to a "poisonous" (???) spirit in the spirit world, why are they searching the earth kingdom for a cure? shouldn't they be looking in the spirit world? aang's the avatar, and iroh's gotten in before, so it shouldn't be the hardest thing in the world.

fourth, if zuko lost all his memories of books 2 and 3, he shouldn't know about ozai's plan to burn everything to the ground, since that wasn't established until after he returned to the fire nation with azula, mai, and ty lee.

finally, even before book 1 began, zuko was deeply loyal to his people, balking at the mere idea of sacrificing newbie soldiers for the sake of a win, so i can't fathom a world where zuko is ok with burning down jang hui (a fire nation village) just cuz.

i'm not trying to say there's no potential here, you have some very interesting ideas, but there's a lot that doesn't really work for me.

(to be fair tho i'm not a huge fan of anything involving much of the air acolytes bc i frankly could not give less of a fuck about them. i don't hate them or anything they just don't mean anything to me)

#atla #it's an interesting concept #but honestly as described here it's more confusing than anything else #also the whole premise relies on the idea that zuko blindly listens to what people tell him to do #which is something he's never once managed ever in his life #also the whole ''let's burn everything to the ground'' was something zuko wasn't remotely ok with #bc unlike azula he hasn't been raised to believe that the right thing to say is whatever makes dad proud of you #he HAS been raised to believe that paternal love has to be earned through blood sweat and tears #but if he knew ozai was in prison then obviously the best way to get his favor would be to let him out and reinstate him as firelord #which would be. very confusing to ozai #imagine just sitting in prison and then your son storms in and tells you he's freed himself of brainwashing and you can be in charge again #then imagine having to explain that the avatar can take away bending now but you'd be happy to help him rule from the shadows #since clearly your daughter wasn't of any use #...actually i think you have the start of a really good toxic father-son bonding experience that absolutely nobody wanted #having said that my biggest piece of advice is to cut the serum idea entirely #it makes no sense in the established atla world #they haven't even got antibiotics over there yet #it'll be awhile before they're inventing super soldier serums to create captain fire nation or whatever #also i'm curious what advice iroh gave that prompted all of this #aang doesn't need to go into the spirit world he has all the previous air avatars on psychic speed dial #oh and why would jang hui hate zuko? #katara definitely would've pushed him to send them help #also they apparently became famous for their seafood after the war #so zuko would probably be pretty well liked by them #again it isn't a bad idea it just needs a lot of workshopping #bc right now it raises way more questions than it seems intent on answering

[bylertruther]

be honest. do you think the party knows will is gay?

#i go back n forth on this ....... bc they've known each other since they became people like literally since they gained real consciousness #and they're a PARTY they're a FAMILY they would do ANYTHINGGGG for each other #mike and dustin recognized will's whimpers over the radio like. his WHIMPERS!!! #and they obviously know what will gets bullied abt n they clearly don't like it bc yeah it's different bc will was considered missing at the #time but like. when dustin lucas n mike get bullied on their own they're like 😒🫤🙄 but when troy n james were going IN on will? #they got more upset than we've seen them previously. #and also as someone who tried to be lowkey and literally never talked abt anything gay but was still 100% clocked and literally not a single #person was shocked and couldn't even pretend to be bdjhfbdjhjd i just . like. idk i guess i see tht being possible for will. #bc he's just... So Will in this era where that is 100% NOT okay. he's sensitive he's sweet they baby him etc etc (obviously he's more than #this but the narrative tells us that this is how he is treated and seen by others in the show) #and i think abt how dustin called lucas mike's best friend right? and it's like. clearly they don't consider will to be JUST mike's friend #bc they themselves saw how mike was all in on saving him and REFUSED to believe tht will was dead and left them at the quarry when they #saw the body. and then they also saw how mike didn't let them comfort will the way he did and wouldn't let them touch him and how #will went to him first with everything and how mike was literally at the lab and at his side no matter what AND in the shed. #so CLEARLYYYYYY will is Something Else even if they can't name it and we as viewers kno tht its a love interest #so it's like. i think they Would know. or suspect it. or have it be something tht they thought abt before but maybe didn't #want to think so bc he was bullied for it and will didn't like tht so they didn't want to 'side' with the bullies u kno? #bc it is the eighties + small town + indiana after all. #i just feel like they know each other too well for it to be A Complete And Total Shocker OMG No Way! kind of thing u kno? #and while will has never been out obviously he also like... doesn't act like the other boys. and how they Say he should be. ever. #he doesn't conform. and they Do treat him differently. so it feels almost like an unspoken thing where they're never going to say anything #to him about it bc they don't want to corner him and it doesn't matter to them but they're also 100% going to support and love him #literally no matter what bc thts their cleric thts their best friend the person they've all fought monsters for and put themselves in danger #for time and time again without complaint and entirely out of love #so like. yeah. u kno? #MIKE ON THE OTHER HAND.... i don't even kno. he is a Mystery to me. i think tht in his heart he knows but it's one of those things #that he doesn't Want to kno. bc he is greatly aware of the times they live in. he's a wheeler if he knows anything #it's that he Has to be Normal he Has to be The Right Version of Normal #and that whatever he is is Not normal .. if tht makes sense? bc his parents pushed him n punished him for 'being a kid' #despite the fact tht he Was a kid. and also yanno. reagan supporters lol n stone me if u want but i feel like karen is the

[glutenfreeharold]

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#I rmr when I first got into 1d and started actively using social media based around them I would see older fans getting so mad about how new #fans didn't know as much and would say things so off base without actually knowing what they're talking about #and it would make me mad bc let people enjoy things and what not #but after all these years I finally get it #I still would never say anything to anyone bc again im just gonna let people enjoy things and think whatever they want #bc it obv has no effect on me and doesn't matter #but sometimes some of the shit I see is so irrationally enraging #saw someone say that it makes them mad when people say Harrys the most successful bc he was set to be since 1d and that zayn and Liam are #the ones that dominated the first two albums #that Harrys first album didn't even do that well and he was less spoken about than Niall and Liam at the time #and the thing is I agree with some things like them saying he had to work hard to get to where he is and that it wasn't just handed to him #which true but that doesn't mean anything else was #harry and Liam were the main vocals for every song with zayn as a close second with his vocal range #harry had practically every main solo #he was always front and center during perfornances #he was a main topic in every interview and clearly favored by fans and media alike #and in every since of the term except officially he was the front man #its undeniable that he was set to be the main start of the band #the Justin Timberlake or Beyonce if you will #his first album didn't have his current popularity #but that doesn't mean that it didn't do well especially considering his first single was a very risky almost 6 minute ballad and the rest of #the album was largely different than what could have been expected of him and of the time #yes you can maybe say Niall and Liam had a little more buzz around them than harry did at the time but in comparison harry just didn't need #as much again considering that he was the most famous and paid attention to of the band anyways #he was and always will be at this point a mainstay for the media #its not that he didn't work hard to elevate himself to where he is #no one is denying how much he has put into the success of his career #its just that he was already put a couple steps ahead of the other boys #and there's nothing wrong with that #people act like its a fault of his but in reality what matters more is what he was able to do with it