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Huh. It's my 2 year anniversary on Tumblr. Weird

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desperate for ideas, sokka decides that their best option is for everyone to dress in orange and pretend to be airbenders to freak out the fire nation

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Everyone talks about how towards the end of the series we see waterbending techniques being used in firebending etc and like showing how they are all learning from each other but literally six episodes into book one we have Sokka chopping off the ends of spears to render his opponents useless like Zuko did to him in episode one……..

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youtubers love to say “i hope i’m pronouncing that correctly” while recording themselves in a video that they upload to the internet, which they have access to

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Writer Burnout

I swear, I had every intention of doing Nanowrimo this year, but after 62k words for Whumptober, I am too tired to try. October was a crazy month for me irl and online. I barely found the time to get my stories written while I should have been sleeping.

Is this normal with other writers of fan fiction? I am not sure if it is just me or if this is normal.

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END OF WHUMPTOBER

This was my first time ever participating in something like this, and I want to thank everybody who has kudoed, liked, and shared my work this past month. Thanks to you guys, I managed to complete all 31 days!

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My favorite animal

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Avatar the Last Airbender Whumptober 2023 Day 31

No. 31: “I thought that I was getting better.”

Emptiness | Setbacks | “Take it easy.”

Bato has a bad day

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Avatar the Last Airbender Whumptober 2023 Day 30

No. 30: “It’s okay, just to say, ‘I’m not okay’.”

Borrowed Clothing | Bridal Carry | “Not much longer…”

Mai just wanted to see the sunrise. She had given everything to bring a life into the world; she just wanted to see the sun one more time.

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This is a work of Whumpy Art!

Imagine, they had limited time to get away from the Fire Nation and they convinced someone, probably a fisherman, to drop them off at the Western Air Temple, but then they were stranded there. They had to island hop until they were close enough to the colonies for someone, again probably a fisherman, to see them and give the a ride to the mainland.

That could have taken the better part of a year.

Had a thought about how as a fandom, we really take Zuko's ship for granted. It's easy to assume he's had it for the entirety of his banishment and has been using it to aide his search but...

Personally I don't think he relationship with his crew makes sense if he's been sailing with them for three years. An alternative to a rotating crew would be that Zuko simply didn't HAVE his ship until recently when canon starts up.

Zuko wants to scour the world in search of the Avatar, but any progress is dependant on generous naval captains that will let Zuko and Iroh hitch a ride. Or them making deals with common folk, but that would require funds. While Iroh is still a prince, I'm sure there's some stipulation about royal funds not going toward someone banished, so Iroh wouldn't be able to use much easily to help Zuko's quest.

It's only after years of calling in favors and gathering resources is Iroh able to procure a ship and crew for Zuko. And all the while, Zuko's been festering in his frustration and resentment with his lack of progress...

Perfect recipe for Zuko's mindset at the start of canon imo

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Avatar the Last Airbender Whumptober 2023 Day 29

No. 29: “I only sink deeper the deeper I think.”

Scented Candle | Troubled Past Resurfacing | “What happened to me?”

Aang wakes up after Azula killed him to Zuko in the next bed over

(Not me having forgotten to share this yesterday)

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Avatar the Last Airbender Whumptober 2023 Day 28

No. 28: “We might not make it to the morning; so go on and tell me now.”

Bloody Knife | Sacrifice | “You’ll have to go through me.”

Bee and Longshot stayed with Jet until he stopped breathing, now they just have to keep on breathing themselves

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Avatar the Last Airbender Whumptober 2023 Day 27

No. 27: “You drew stars around my scars; But now I’m bleeding.”

Matches | Scars | “Let me see”

Azula knows she is flawed, Father never failed to point it out.

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Avatar the Last Airbender Whumptober 2023 Day 26

No. 26: “Sometimes I get so tired; I don’t even know myself.”

Seeing Double | Working To Exhaustion | “You look awful.”

Bato come back to the fleet almost too late

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it's a lot of stuff...