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c o m f o r t

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The Blue Spirit putting out firebending with a bucket of water is the absolute funniest thing ever done in avatar combat. It just is.

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Southern Water Tribe

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image 1: Aang plays with baby Bumi in the southern water tribe.

image 2: water tribe elders chatting around a fire.

image 3: Katara standing with infant Kya on her back.

image 4: Zuko and Sokka together, unclothed, under a blanket, Sokka is running a hand through Zuko’s hair.

image 5: a close up of Sokka’s hand on Zuko’s back.

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Literally just an excuse to draw ostrichhowrse

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some of these were conzepts i drew for @ranilla-bean fic the iconoclast. others are just me doodeling zuko in SEA inspired clothing (khemer or siam style/ so cambodia or thailand)

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why do people insist on characterizing zuko as a mysterious and unreadable guy? he’s like, the king of oversharing. he isn’t subtle at all. in fact, the only person who doesn’t know what zuko is feeling at any given moment is probably zuko himself.

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DON’T IGNORE THIS POST!!

Hello, I always feel really embarrassed to post this, but as you know me and my family have been financially struggling, facing eviction and sinking more each month because we’ve got many bills to pay. We’ve already sold most of our stuff, I had to sell my laptop as you know I was a content creator on this website and I used to make many gifs and requests, but now I can’t do that anymore. I’m so sorry if this is annoying but I don’t know what to do, please if you could donate something it would mean the world to us, I mean it! If you can’t donate please help by boosting this post! 🥺 🙏

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some people love zuko despite book 1… but you would never have your book 2 or 3 zukos without him… no one is doing it like book 1 zuko. no one!!! 

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Not the celebrity news we ever expected to read, but the celebrity news we deserve to read.

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love that there are people who read Suki, Alone & thought “omg how amazing that Kyoshi appeared as a spirit to Suki” and then the demographic who have decided she canonically experienced psychosis

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When Aang asked, “But why would I choose cosmic energy over Katara?”

and when Hakoda told his daughter, “You and your brother are my entire world”

and when Katara said, “I thought you didn’t want to help” and Sokka replied, “You need me, and I will never turn my back on you”

and when Toph asked, “Do you really think friendships can last more than one lifetime?” and Aang replied, “I don’t see why not”

and when Sokka said, “It’s Suki!” and later she said, “I knew you’d come”

and when Mai looked Azula in the eye and declared, “Because I love Zuko more than I fear you” and then Ty Lee saved her a moment later without a second thought

and when Iroh grabbed Zuko in a hug before he could even finish his apology and told him “I was never angry with you.  I was sad because I was afraid you lost your way” 

and when Aang turned to Zuko when the battle was finally over and said, “And now we’re friends” and Zuko agreed with a look that was almost akin to wonder, “Yeah, we are”

…that’s love !!

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Unpopular opinion: Azula's cruelty and perfectionism have the same source.

Both stem from Azula's desperate need for control. Perfectionism is how she exerts control over herself, and cruelty is how she exerts control over others. The girl is a massive control freak. It's her biggest flaw, the origin of her worst habits, and the reason for her breakdown.

But look at what she's dealing with. Her formative, most vulnerable years were marked by a series of separations from those closest to her: Ursa leaving the palace, Zuko banished and joined in exile by Iroh), Ty Lee joining the circus, Mai moving away for her father's political career. That would do a number on an adult, nevermind a child between eight and eleven years old who, for whatever reason, never received the message that she was loved. On top of that, the grownup who sticks around is violent and unpredictable. Given those circumstances, it's easy to see why Azula clings to control by every means necessary.

Despite how confident she seems, deep down, Azula hates herself. She's convinced that her mother, the one person who should love her unconditionally, believes she's a monster—that something about her is so repulsive that she's not even human—although there's no indication on the show that Ursa ever said such a thing*. That conviction taints every relationship she has. It's why she uses fear and manipulation to control people, including especially those she cares about. Whenever Azula trusts someone, they betray and/or abandon her (and of course they would because she's a monster). And what's the most reliable way to keep them around and keep them loyal? Make them too terrified to leave, reject, or defy her.

After all, who in their right mind would choose to love or befriend a monster?

This is part of the reason why I've soured a lot on redemption arcs that treat Azula as though she's broken and needs to be fixed. She already believes there's something fundamentally wrong with her that makes her unlovable. What she needs is someone to help nurture the seeds of goodness that are already inside of her.

* A lot of people harp on Ursa saying, "What is wrong with that child?" while Azula's within earshot. Although it's not an A+ parenting moment, that reaction can easily be simple parental exasperation. Azula was a willful, precocious child with a talent for mischief. She'd be a handful for any parent trying to steer her in the right direction without crushing her spirit.

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I always feel ashamed to post this, but as you know we’re currently facing eviction because me and my family have been financially struggling, sinking more each month because we’ve got many bills to pay. My dad got fired from work this year and I haven’t got any call from any job I’ve applied to! I even had to drop out of college and quit my dream of being a nurse. We’ve already sold most of our stuff, I had to sell my laptop as you know I was a content creator on this website and I used to make many gifs and requests, but now I can’t do that anymore. I’m sorry if this is annoying but I don’t know what to do, please if you could donate something that would mean the world to us, if you can’t please boost this post.

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Foods that could be common for Water Tribesmen, in case anyone needs inspiration:

Meat (eaten dried, smoked, boiled, or frozen) (note: in such harsh environments, wasting tends to be looked down upon, so as many edible parts would be eaten as possible. This would include the tongue, heart, and liver.)

Seal (canon) (also, seal oil as a sauce or condiment)

Chiton (possibly canon depending on how you interpret "sea prunes")

Crab (canon)

Fish (salmon, whitefish, trout), fish eggs

Walrus

Whale/muktuk

Ptarmigan and grouse (possibly canon, depending on how you interpret "arctic hen"), ptarmigan and grouse eggs

Rabit and hare

Caribou

Produce (eaten fresh, added to other foods, or more rarely cooked)

Berries (bluberry, low-bush and high-bush cranberry, salmonberry, cloudberry, wild raspberry, rosehip) (can be made into jam)

Fireweed shoots (roots can be roasted as well, flowers can be made into jelly, leaves can be processed into a tea)

Eskimo potato/masru (just the root, the rest of the plant is poisonous)

Seaweed

Sourdock

Dishes/specially prepared foods

Soups

Akutaq (whipped fat with meat, fish, and/or berries; sometimes sweetened)

Mikigaq (fermented whale meat and muktuk)

Tepa (fermented fish head)

Fry bread

Pancakes

Imported foods (may have been intercepted by the Fire Nation navy and thus even more scarce at some points in the South Pole)

Cereal grains/flour

Yeast

Dairy products

Tea

Hardtack crackers

Sugar

Seasonings like garlic, pepper, ginger, etc (salt can be gathered from seawater)

Vegetables like carrots, cabbage, onions, etc; and fruits like pears, stonefruits, and citrus (likely dried or otherwise preserved ahead of time or soon upon importing because repeated freezing and thawing causes faster spoilage)

Meats like chicken, beef, and pork

Types of oil that don't come from animal fat

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Remember when atla made a point to show that the average fire nation citizen Isn't Evil and the poor in particular were actually harmed by their government which they had no power over? I like that. More people should know that's how the real world works I think

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I think it’s that none of them were loved unconditionally. They were loved (or at least valued) on the condition that they conformed to what their parents expected them to be.

Every time I think about how none* of the Dangerous Ladies were raised in loving environment, I get sad. Honestly, I think love wasn’t something they could find in their families, so they turned to each other for it.

*Caveat: I’m not 100% sure this was true for Ty Lee. She was definitely devalued, though.

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i think the internet will only start healing the day i start going thru “sokka is straight” posts and reblogging them with screenshots of;

sokka losing his mind over the boulder in the blind bandit

sokka blushing because of that nomad man in the cave of two lovers

sokka’s “smells manly” about that guy with a torch in avatar day

and as plus;

an entire 10k word essay-analysis on how sokka’s master deconstructs traditional and aggressive masculinity and celebrates queerness and neurodivergency