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So one of the people who puts voice to a lot of Tumblr posts on TikTok (the specific one does ask permission before using the post) whenever they are talking about animals almost always says very beautiful and very powerful after explaining each animal

I thought it was just an odd quirk of those no no it was a reference all along

every moment of every day i am thinking about this tiktok

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Prosecutors argued that Mangione was carrying about $10,000 in cash and that his bag was a Faraday bag that blocks cellphone signals—all proof that he was a sophisticated criminal who should be held without bail. “‘I’d like to correct two things,’” Mangione said after the prosecutor finished speaking, according to CNN’s Danny Freeman, “‘I don’t know where any of that money came from—I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication.’”

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Remember earlier this year when Boeing very clearly had a whistleblower executed? And law enforcement didn't even look for anyone or release any info about it or anything?

People keep comparing Luigi Mangione's case to the subway murderer who got off because of systemic eugenics, but I think there's something more apt about the fact that a CEO had someone executed in recent memory, with zero attempts to find a culprit, while they spared no expense at all to find (and probably frame, it's beginning to look like) someone who shot a CEO. It's always fine to slaughter if you're rich, but if you kill the rich, they will hunt you down.

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I can’t find it on tumblr and IT CHRISMAS GOD DAMMIT.

MERR CHRISMAS.

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Kindling

Prince Zuko dies in a tragic training accident; a burned boy named Li reports for duty to the 41st Division.

Military firebenders are called Kindling. It's accurate.

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VR/college AU part 22-1!

they're actually in VR this time, woo! (back to more shippy stuff next part!)

first | < part 21-2 | to be continued!

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Danny Fenton, a new receptionist at Wayne Enterprises:

Vicky Vale, knowing Danny Is Not Ready for her: So, where does Bruce Wayne leave for during his meetings? A new woman? Man? Trouble in the family?

Danny "Town Menace Phantom" Fenton, done with Genderbent Wes Weston: To fuck your mom.

Bruce's experienced receptionist that left for 6 seconds: okay, Danny no--

Danny, who knows something's up with the Wayne family: and your Dad, because we support the LGBTQIA community. Thank you and leave.

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ID in alt

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“KOSA wont pass, it got rejected the last two times!”

It wasn’t passed because people spoke out against it. People called and emailed their senators. So, CALL / EMAIL YOUR SENATORS. MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE DO NOT WANT THIS BILL TO PASS!

“But its unconstitutional-“ There’ve been multiple bills passed before that are unconstitutional. This will not be any different to them, they do not care.

STOP KOSA!!!

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Add to it she is one of maybe three people in the entire show who has tied directly to why their parent is missing

Katara :they were hunting her and got her mom

Zuko: his mom stepped in to stop him from getting murdered and got banned for it mind you in the comics he gets her back

Hrou: I might be wrong about this but if I remember right his dad and him were practicing bending and his dad took the fall to keep him out of that earthbender jail

These are the only three people in the entire soul that I can think of that are directly related to why their parents are gone and in two of those cases they get that parent back and in two of those cases they had their other parent where hakota left to fight the fire Nation

And short where is there are parallels between katara and other characters those characters are always seen as sympathetic and that is not extended to katara

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 a 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.

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For the fake fic: "Comfort thief" + Steve/Bucky/Peggy

When it became apparent that Mary Kelly was Jack the Ripper's last victim, the Whitechapel District of East London breathed a little easier. Even when more prostitutes, as well as nurses and midwives making nighttime calls, began disappearing some months later, the lack of mutilated corpses left in the roadways--indeed, any signs of murder at all--kept public concern from returning to full-blown panic.

But the "Comfort Thief," as the press has nicknamed him, is still a police concern, as Officers James "Bucky" Barnes and Michael Carter well know. And in Bucky's case, it's personal: Sarah Rogers, the woman he'd call his mother-in-law if he could legally marry her son, is one of the nurses who has gone missing.

Assigned to work the case full-time, Michael and Bucky are on the verge of a huge break when they both suddenly vanish...leaving Bucky's beloved Steve, and Michael's sister Peggy, to pick up where they left off. Barred from the police force themselves due to Steve's fragile health and Peggy's gender, the pair nonetheless team up to find their loved ones and the rest of the missing persons, discovering a truly sinister plot--and very unusual feelings--along the way.

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That point in a piece of fanfiction where you can tell something embarrassing is about to happen so you start fucking around on tumblr because you’re a huge baby with a crippling overabudance of empathy.

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sorry what

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Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?

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I’ve seen fics when Zuko timetravels to the past and have to undo his mistakes and gain Gaang’s trust etc. But how about Gaang timetraveling to season 1 time and meeting anry ponytail Zuko. Like they would definetely catch some fun nostalgia but then quickly remember why he is like this and what person he is actually is(something they didn’t know before) and just decide to aggressively smother him with love. Iroh does not understand what is going on but greatly appreciates this weird group of teenagers(is that an avatar??) who just jumps on Zuko for some extra care not matter how loudly he shouts his protests XD

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job applications just keep getting weirder…..