#AVA APPRECIATION

[itslilacokay]

okay. i did it

i gave the rocketcorp worker who held the pencil more character (thankyou @midgetmoth for the name idea)

[lizztaylor]

Ava Gardner in Mogambo (1953) Costume Design by Helen Rose

[poorlydrawnstickmen]

Day 11

[simplykorra]

ava silva - warrior nun

[avassiilva]

[illmoraineakoi]

Fic where through Rocket Corp Shenanigans and/or Orange Power Craziness, the Color Gang, TCO and Victim all get spat out into the human world, where Alan then has to reveal to his wife that surprise! Living stick figures are real, he's made living stick figures, two of them don't like him, and one of those two is actively trying to kill him, while the other five see him as their Dad.

All while trying, and just barely succeeding, in wrangling a very ferally angry Victim who is trying his hardest to inflict great bodily harm onto Alan despite Alan being literally five times his size while the others are panicking trying to figure out how to help. Except for TCO, who is just WAITING for Alan accidentally drop Victim so he can return the favor of the Box beatdown.

And Kaori, who Alan never told that his animations were based on real events and real living stick figures, is just sitting there watching this lunacy like this:

[tani-b-art]

this definitely isn’t a normal high five

[d4rk-x-w0lf-17]

green when i catch you, it is on FUCKING SIGHT

[taikoturtle]

Cheesy Warrior Nun Vday cards 2023

[night-drawz]

Sticktron

From this screenshot

vv

[itslilacokay]

Favorite underrated ava/AvM character go!!

UHHH UH UHHH UUUUHTHIS GUY WITH THEIR SILLY DRAWINGS

love that guy. hes so silly

havent done a design for em but i kindof want to now

[ramblei]

(more) Fallen Star AU

They had an... interesting first meeting.

[allesrelativnormall]

Ich werd nie aufhören drüber zu reden.

Mik's schauspielern ist wirklich so beeindruckend. Ich hab so mitgefühlt während der Folge. Es war so schön zu sehen, dass Ava wieder Spaß daran hatte, mit ihrem Bruder zu tanzen obwohl sie so zwiegespalten ist.

Als Simon das alles gefilmt hat, war mir klar dass ab jetzt alles ein bisschen eskaliert.

Es muss so viel für Ava sein, immer und immer wieder aufs neue an die Situation von früher erinnert zu werden.

Dass dann noch so viele sie tanzen sehen, weil ihr Bruder es auf seinem Account gepostet hat...

Wo Ava den ganzen fame kram ja eh schon verteufelt. Es muss so weh getan haben und das hat Mik so krass rübergebracht.

Once again, they never disappoint 🫶🏻

Ich liebs, wie einfach jede von deren Szenen ne 10/10 ist.

We need more Mik/ Ava appreciation 🫂🗣️🗣️

[simplykorra]

I think it's easy to forget just exactly what Ava went through. She was SEVEN years old and woke up in strange place, with cranky old nuns, only to find out she was paralyzed and that her mom had died. Not only that, but no other member of her family ever came for her. Nobody was looking for her, nobody wanted her and suddenly she's all alone and dealing with the loss of her mothre and her independence.

You'd think, oh well maybe she has a support system in the orphanage? Nope, they treat her like shit, like the burden she believes she is. As someone who has been in a wheelchair their whole life, let me tell you, feeling like a burden is an everyday thing. You’re not, and having people who remind you that you’re not and make you understand that you’re not is beautiful, but Ava didn’t have that. She had Sister Frances, who went out of her way to tell Ava she was worthless and I doubt anyone else there was much better.

So it's no wonder Ava was a sarcastic, snarky little shit to the nuns in the orphanage - they made her that way. Being bratty to them was the only thing she could do to feel some semblance of control.

Flash forward to Ava's death, where she was literally murdered because nobody cared and there was nowhere for her to go. Ava spent twelve years in a personal hell of being trapped in her own body, was then killed like someone taking out the garbage. Empty, alone and tossed aside.

So when she was revived by the halo, with her legs suddenly working and freedom to do whatever she wanted, of COURSE she wanted to be free.

That's the entirety of Ava's character arc - SHE WANTS TO LIVE! She hasn't been able to for so long she barely remembers how to do it.

It's not that easy, of course, the halo carries a ton of weight and Ava fights it and runs from it and resists it as much as she can, and who can blame her? She finally gets the chance to be alive, to be free and enjoy life and all these strangers (who are everywhere becuase Ava is completely alone in the world) are pushing and pulling her in every direction. She's constantly told that she doesn't deserve the halo. Doesn't deserve this chance.

Despite ALL of that, Ava's heart is strong and her passion for life overshadows all the darkness she's been dealt. She isn't just full of life, but love. She's spent years not having anyone to love her, but more than that, she's never been able to give anyone her love and I think that's very important to her. We see it so much as the show goes on. Her softness with Mother Superion when she finds her halo scar, and the way she connects with Mary, Camila being sweet to her, little things like that.

Then of course there's Bea.

Beatrice, who never sees Ava as someone that needs to be replaced, but as someone who can be taught, trained and shaped into what they need. Who sees that Ava, the human being, has value and that she's worth protecting. They connect and share and for the first time, Ava has someone who actually accepts her as a person. Not a burden or a vessel for the halo, but Ava Silva, the girl inside that's been so alone for so long.

I think that's why Ava is so bouncy with Bea, falls for her so easily, because Beatrice saw Ava's zest for life and her need for love and embraced it. Saw it as something worth fighting for, beyond the halo or duty, Beatrice liked HER. Probably the first person who felt that way since her mother was taken from her (outside of Diego, but he was so young it couldn't have been the same).

Anyway, this long winded post that probably doesn't make any sense is just my way of saying that I love Ava. I love her joy and her humor. I love that she has had so much pain dumped on her and still chooses to smile. Given the way she was treated and the power she was given, Ava could have been a villain. She could have carried a hatred for god or the world and everyone in it who forgot about her but she didn't. Instead, she found the life and love she desperately wanted and gave up everything to protect it.

[dumpsterfireofsubtext]

Avatrice: Non Omnis Moriar

The Archer - Alexandra Savior, Twenty-one Love Poems (XVIII) - Adrienne Rich, Fear Of Death - John Ashberry, Tears in the Typing Pool - Broadcast, Twenty-One Love Poems (XII) - Adrienne Rich, Oranges are not the only fruit - Jeanette Winterson, A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis, Never Seek To Tell Thy Love - William Blake, Autotomy - Wisława Szymborska, A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis.

[echofades]

You all stand between me and Ava. I offer mercy to whoever walks away now. AVA & BEATRICE | WARRIOR NUN