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Pokemon Burgers served at Down-N-Out in Sydney, Australia

#aaaaaaa #me want #is too pretty to eat tho #but also #borger time #pokemon #food #not tlou

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#now kiss #u weirdos #tlouii #tlouii fanart #ellabs #ellie and abby

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Abby Anderson from The Last of Us Part II

#hello my sweet #abby anderson #tlouii #virtual photography

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Tomb Raider -2013

#i don’t remember seeing that second gif before #and i know this game like the back of my hand #anyways i miss her #tr2013 #lara croft #tombraideredit #tomb raider #reboot lara croft #not tlou

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in other news, after going into a deep dive of indigenous peoples’ history from the mountain province where i lived at during my college years, i am reminded of how fucked up american colonialism was. or colonialism in general

#i’ve been doing research for countless weeks now for my project #of course we did have a whole course about it in college #which i was too young and dumb to understand and appreciate #anyway for anyone interested look up Igorot Exhibition 1904 world’s fair #also still on the fence if igorot is the best term for it bc it was coined by spaniards #igorot is not just one people—there’s literally several tribes that live in the cordilleras #the term stuck tho and i guess a lot of the local folks are divided on that #anyways just a lil rant teehee #not tlou #buck.txt

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Same energy same vibe.

#angy #>:(#tlouii #abby anderson #ellie williams #tlouii photomode

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wanted to say ur ellabs fic literally changed my life it felt like i was in a state of shock but in a good way for days after i read it i dont think ill ever be the same after reading it tbh like whenever i think about it im just. shocked. because how is it possible for that ti exist its Too good

Hi hello omg lol idk how to respond except to say thank you for your kind words! I don’t get a lot of people reaching out to me here but i’m so happy you did! you truly made my day 💚💚💚

#i appreciate you my friend #:)#also i’m tagging this so i can reread this in the future lol #buck.txt #tumblr asks

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anyways my rebranding is because I’ve been having so much fun with tiktok recently and I wanted my usernames to match.

#oh they’re so rickety i love them #ever since meeting my partner’s old lil cat i’ve developed a soft spot for old scruffy cats #and yea terminally ill ones too #i told my partner we’re def gonna adopt the one cat that no one wants to take home #cats #aminals #not tlou

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Dark Horse be releasing all these new tlouii gaming statues of clickers instead of more interesting characters

#i mean don’t get me wrong but one clicker is enough #GIVE US LEV #GIVE US DINA AND JJ #chrissakes #man they really know that people are gonna buy them anyway #good thing i’m broke HA #;w;#tlouii #tlouii merch

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Ground Zero

#tasty shots my dude!#the ground zero leve is SO atmospheric ugh #absolutely terrifying but my favorite chapter in the whole game #tlouii #tlouii photomode #virtual photography

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I just watched Avatar for the first time all the way through, and yeah, it’s great, but the one thing that surprised me was how different Katara was compared to the fandom interpretation I’d seen and internalized before watching.

Like, before you watch Avatar, you’ve seen all these memes about Katara and her mom, and based on those memes, you assume it’s one of those lines you have to get used to hearing at least once every episode. But then you watch the show and realize that she only talks about her mom maybe five or six times per season and you also realize she only brings her up when she’s trying to comfort someone or empathize with them because that’s how she processes her grief and that’s one way she connects with people.

Or you hear the infamous line, “then you didn’t love [our mother] the way I did” and you prepare yourself for one of the worst character assassinations ever only to see the scene after nearly three seasons worth of context and realize she was kinda right. She’s been the mother, the nurturer, the comforter. She’s been patient, gentle, and accommodating where everyone else has gotten to be insensible and reckless and childish, and the one moment where she allows herself to feel her grief, suddenly she’s this evil bitch and not, y’know, a 14 year old girl whose been thrusted into adulthood in a way no other character has. A 14 year old girl who should be allowed immaturity and raw emotion and anger instead of the patience and grace she’s been forced to extend to every character without even the smallest amount of gratitude or even consideration in return.

Or you see all of the clips where Katara puts Aang in the “friendzone” and you expect to have this wishy washy back and forth where Aang is putting his feelings out there only to have Katara neither commit nor express any clear reciprocation or rejection. Then you watch and realize that, as cute as the ship is initially, that there’s never a point where Aang returns any comfort or grace to Katara despite her always doing this for him to the point of coddling. That for as much as Aang says he loves her, he never seems to outgrow his perception of her so he can recognize her as someone who feels grief, anger, and pain as much as she expresses love, kindness, and maturity. And instead of having moments where he learns to see her beyond her strength or compassion, you’re instead given moments where Aang forces his feelings onto her, both romantic and non-romantic, and Katara is expected to just…shoulder those feelings the way she shoulders everyone else’s.

Katara is the most misunderstood character in the show. As much as people recognize the complexities of Zuko, Sokka, and Azula, they struggle to do the same for Katara because they see her struggles as somehow lesser, and therefore, less deserving of sympathy. They can handle her so long as she’s being endlessly patient and loving and kind, but the moment her endless love, patience, and kindness runs out, she’s suddenly this annoying bitch who can’t shut up about her mother or reciprocate Aang’s feelings. But Katara’s trauma does matter as much as anyone else’s. No, she wasn’t banished from her kingdom. No, she didn’t lose her entire community, and no, she isn’t the only one who lost her mother. But the difference between her and everyone else whose experienced loss because of the Fire Nation is that she’s never given time to process her trauma. Aang gets to lean on Katara constantly. Toph gets to express her feelings to Katara, and yeah, Sokka also lost their mother, but unlike Katara, he isn’t put in the position of being a substitute for everyone’s parent. He even admits that he sees his sister as a mother. The only characters who ever comfort Katara or allow her to vent is Zuko and her father and that’s, like, three scenes in a show where the other characters are consistently given opportunities to seek out Katara for unconditional support.

The fandom interpretation of Katara has been so bastardized that even those who haven’t watched the show know her for this fanon version and not for who she is. She’s such an interesting character beyond her fandom limitations, though. She’s brave, hot-headed, and hopeful as well as gentle and caring. She wishes to learn waterbending, not only because she wants to fight in the war, but because she wants to continue her culture’s practices because, and people often forget this, she also lost an entire subculture within her already fractured tribe. And she wants to defeat the Fire Nation both because of her deep love and empathy for other people, but also because she wants to avenge her mother. But because some of the fans have reduced Katara to a bitch who constantly whines about her mother and friendzones Aang, you wouldn’t know any of this, and it sucks because she’s the only character whose been dumbed down to such an extent.