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Used the Wonderland magazine feb issue for this. I don't like how chunky the colours are but anything finer than this would've taken time and I don't have time. Neither could I function like a normal human being until I got this outta my system so... Here we are.

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Another Valentine's Day post. This time with Galaxy Mel 🌟

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Happy Valentine's Day🌹

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I got my Avatar phase back! And I love/ hate Maiko (go emos go). In series (except flashback with fountain it's aweee cute) Zuko was just so messed up and they deserved more comfort. So I did it

And some flying heads of Mai. First is combination of original Mai's design Netflix's adaptation and my own headcanons.

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Why are intelligent female characters always labeled

“Manipulative,” “Conniving,” “Calculating,” “Deceptive”

Instead of

“Strategic,” “Tactful,” “Cunning,” “Persuasive”

Yes this is about Mel Medarda. Mel is a brilliant, socially adept woman who carefully thinks through her actions. Why are her talents so often portrayed negatively, when they CAN and ARE used for good?

- She uses her social skills to get information from Lest, to protect the city from her mother.

- She uses her influence to prevent Piltover from using hextech weapons against Zaun.

- She uses her eloquence to convince the council to seek a diplomatic solution and avoid triggering war.

- She strategically investigates her mother’s plans so she can counteract them.

I guarantee if Mel was a man, more people would be admiring her genius instead of antagonizing her for it.

Will make a longer post/rant on this cause the double standards in this fandom are something else.

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Maiko server gave me transboy Zuko brainworms. This idea germinated from @mai-chemical-romance ’s colossal brain 😌❤️

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Why isn't my latest post here on my blog?

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Femslash February Day 9 : Mai & Ty Lee

I just wanna get to know ya

Guess I didn't quite think it through (nah-uh, girl)

Fell in love with the thought of you

Now I'm choked up, face down, burnt out

Baby, why don't you come over?

Red wine supernova, falling into me

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avatar parallels that go hard

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Ever since I read this really really good fic where Toph befriends Azula I fell down the Tophzula rabbit hole please join

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honestly i will NEVER get over how pretty sokka looked in kyoshi warrior makeup and i think we should talk about it more

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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The Beach leaves room for arguments like this to be made.

This ep fucks up show vs tell immensely: Mai and Ty Lee's trauma would've been better shown and not told. It gives people room to say “Mai's parents were only discipling her; it wasn't emotional neglect.”

Zuko and Mai's supposedly turning a new leaf in their relationship because “Ember Island gives everyone a clean slate” should've been more explicitly told. (Even the showing was so vague. I was like “what new slate?” I guess Zuko doesn't yell at Mai in Nightmares and Daydreams so that's improvement 🙄)

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Freedom fighters and Maiko pirate au

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Another day, another “Zuko hates Mai's core personality that is apathy lmao he was straight up lying about liking her being gloomy” I'm so fucking tired.

Saying Mai's core personality is apathy is a fundamental misunderstanding of her character anyways.

But with each passing day I hate the writers of The Beach for having Zuko yell at Mai for it. I might think it's because he wants what's best for her. But I honestly can't bring myself to contradict people who read it as “Zuko's in denial, he's passionate and Mai doesn't match his energy” ugh.

I hate the writers so much for that.

Mai doesn't break up with him for his jealousy. She doesn't even take it seriously. She breaks up with him immediately after the “big blah” comment. The fact that Zuko never comforts her for that specific thing either💀 you can see that she's hurt and confused and he's the last person she expected to tell her that.

I was on the fence about The Beach because it might be maiko at their lowest but it's also the only ep that focuses on Mai and has Zuko focus on her (no matter how oblique). But now I hate it completely.

They'll do anything but have Zuko support or comfort Mai in any way possible.

The moment you pair up a girl with a fan favourite male character you know the takes are gonna be rancid. You should write them well to avoid it but nooooooooooooooooo. If they weren't that invested they shouldn't have made Maiko endgame. At least Mai fans would be at peace rn without all the hate she gets.

I hate how The Beach is the only ep I have to turn to when I want to say that “Zuko pays attention to what Mai has to say” “Zuko wants Mai to not bottle up her feelings” But it's also the ep that gives antis the most ammo.

On a side note: shout-out Castlevania:Nocturne writers for shutting any possible avenues that could lead to Annette hate. I'm sure she still has haters—but their arguments are going to be too stupid to engage with. I wouldn't have to sit here and silently fume at another one of my favourite female characters getting dunked on because the writers fucking allowed it.

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"she clocked Mai as abusive and questioned why Zuko was with her before coming to the conclusion that "ah, he's used to toxic/abusive behavior from his sister and father so he ends up drawn to those kinds of people""

Gammy ain't clock/connect shit. This is also especially crazy to hear because we actually see the inverse of this where zuko repeatedly hurts mai, never apologizes yet mai's always the one either rushing to his rescue or initiating a reconciliation. She's also established to have been neglected as a child, expected to mold herself at the behest of her parent's request, and actually pursues a relationship with a girl who's part friend part dictator. Ironically she lands herself in a relationship, seemingly contentedly, with a boy who hardly prioritizes her. Noooticing~~

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