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Yue (as well as Ocean Spirit) got really invested into Zuko’s character arc

Part four of Sokka-is-blessed-by-Yue-and-can-sometimes-bend! AU

part one part two part three

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Part three of my Yue-blessed-Sokka-with-occasional-waterbending!AU parts one two four

Imagine being Zuko though. The only girls you encounter on a regular basis are Azula, Katara, Toph, Mai and Ty Lee. The first three are powerful prodigies in bending, and the other two are just powerful prodigies. And now this??? The poor boy must be slightly terrified of girls at this point

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Part two of my Sokka is blessed with waterbending! AU Sokka is high in the desert and Yue is having way too much fun and honestly? GOOD FOR HER, my girl so deserves it!❤️

Part 3 four

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So what if... Yue being a new Moon spirit... blessed Sokka with waterbending, just because she likes him and he would be even more chaotic with bending? What if???

Part 2 three four

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Will be updating tomorrow (9/30/24). We got power back (yay!) but it has been a long day and my chronic illness has been acting up the past couple days. Sorry again for the delay, but again, I will update then!

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Speaking of, theoretically there is a possibility someone who doesn't know PJO book release lore reads the OG series and just. Continues onto the college rec letter books because it says those are books 6, 7 and 8 of the first series, so you should probably read those before HoO and beyond. Imagine the whiplash of reading Percy "FUCK the gods, we demigods ONLY need each other and we will NEVER submit to their standards, if anything THEY should submit to OUR standards" Jackson from TLO and then jumping right into Percy "hewwo gods pwease give me your approval, I know you guys are fair and help your kids out when needed 🥹 I am just a stupid silly guy hehe" Jackson from CotG

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You CAN do pullups, my friend!

Gym Rings: https://hybridcalisthenics.com/rings Free DIY Rings (Save Money): https://hybridcalisthenics.com/DIYrings

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Unsure if I will be able to update today. We’ve been impacted (very mildly, but still) by Hurricane Helene and are currently without power. If power comes back on today, then I will update today. If not, we’ll shoot for tomorrow. 🫡

Thank y’all for your patience!

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Some things it is A-OK to say to your doctor:

No

Wait

Stop 

(These are full sentences! You do not need to say any more) 

I am not comfortable. 

I am not comfortable, I would like… 

you to wait a moment.

another person in the room. 

everyone else out of the room. 

a doctor/nurse of my same gender to preform this test/procedure. 

the person who came with me to this appointment in the room. 

you to explain everything before you begin. 

you to tell me what you are doing as you go. 

to do this another day. 

I want to get a second opinion before we proceed.

I don’t understand, please repeat that. 

I don’t understand, please explain more simply. 

Please say that slower/spell that, I want to do some research myself.

I would like to talk to [someone in my life, ie my parents to SO] before making this decision. 

No, I do not need to talk to [anyone] before making this decision, I am confidant on my own and am ready to proceed. 

What are the side effects of this medication/procedure? What are the potential complications? 

Why are you recommending/prescribing this specific thing? 

What other treatment options are there? Why are you choosing this?

Would your treatment plan be different if I were a man/woman older/younger had kids, etc? Why are you choosing this one then?

IS there anything I should know about this treatment you have not yet told me?  

I understand you say not to, but If I choose to do X, against medical advice, what risks am I running? (ie taking recreational drugs while on medication)

How much will this cost? 

Are there any less expensive options/tests we can run first? 

Is there a generic of this medication you can prescribe instead?

I think you are not understanding me, I said…

You are not listening to me, please let me finish describing my symptoms. 

You are not understanding how much pain I am in, let me clarify… 

I do not think it is anxiety/depression/my weight/etc, what else could it potentially be? 

I think by assuming it is anxiety/depression/my weight/etc you are ignoring some symptoms. Please listen again and let’s discuss what else it could be. 

Please write in my chart that you are not testing for X and why not. 

I am in enough pain/this is detrimental enough to my life that non-treatment is not an option. If you can not treat this/figure out what is wrong, to whom can you refer me?

Please write (or help me write) a summary of what we did today so I don’t forget 

What are our next steps? 

If [what you are recommending] is ineffective, what would my next steps be? What other doctor should I talk to? 

What is the best way to contact you if I have additional questions or issues? 

Remember, a doctor is a person YOU pay because they know a lot about bodies in general, to help you figure out whats best for YOUR body. It is still your body, not theirs! They know about medicine but you are the expert in your body. Don’t let them act like they own you. Don’t leave if you’ve still got questions, don’t stay if you’re uncomfortable, and feel free to insist on ANY information you want. 

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“Is it okay if I draw fanart of your fanfic?👉🏼👈🏼”

My brother in Christ we shall have a spring wedding

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fondly remembering that time I was working as a cashier when I was 19-20 and my former bus driver and his wife came through. He says to me "Hey, you look familiar" and I reply "Yes, I was one of the bus kids you drove, specifically the one you screamed at and threatened to ban from the bus and make walk home because I was crying out in pain while the other kids were ripping huge chunks of hair out of my head but you did nothing about them." and his wife slowly looked at him like this

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Look. Listen. The reason that Percy doesn't "go dark" like Luke did is because he's young and he hasn't been through what Luke has.

Luke has had everything systematically ripped away from him.

May's rapid descent into madness took away his mother and his childhood even before Luke made the decision to run away from home. Luke spent years by himself, looking after himself, as a child. And when he finally found companions, they were children too, and younger, and Luke had to be the adult for them. Then Thalia was brutally murdered before his eyes. And Annabeth's love for him twisted into romantic and she didn't need him to be her dad anymore. The quest that Luke failed left him marked on his face forever. A reminder that literally no one could forget, least of all Luke. The quest that got quests banned and turned the other camper's pity into anger.

Percy didn't have to take care of himself. He was sent away a lot but to places that took care of him and he was always able to go back home to a loving mother. And all of his quests were successes. He always meets the goal in the allotted time and saves the day. He's got status at Camp Half-Blood, as a repeat hero and a counselor and a son of Poseidon. Of the people who have died, even Percy admits that some of them he didn't even know their names and/or are people he's just met. Not people he's been living with and taking care of while on the run. There are very few that he was close to, few that haunt him.

But see, Percy's getting older. And he's getting angrier. Angry enough to kill a goddess.

So the answer as to why Percy hasn't "gone dark" is time. All he needed was time.

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More illustrated textposts because why not :D

I spent my Sunday well

Based on:

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There me who, when writing fanfic, constantly stresses and re-reads canon material as to not fuck up canon facts and trivia. And then there's Rick Riordan, a fully grown man publishing a very successful book series, who refuses to make a series bible like a normal person and forgets his own stuff CONSTANTLY.

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They say you should make art for yourself, but the folks writing long-form fic on AO3 where the last reader comment was thirty-five chapters ago and they're still updating every week like clockwork are putting that into practice in ways I can only dream of.

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"Oh Thalia's rebellious! She definitely hates her Dad for separating her and Jason 'cause-" Thalia is a lab dog of the gods. I hate it as much as you do, dw. But we gotta be real here. She's literally faithfully serving the gods, and was VERY happy getting praise from Zeus. You want rebellious and "anti-system" ? Go to Luke. 'Cause we won't get it with Thalia.

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I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you're able to write loads & make lots of progress <3