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Me, going through my blog and seeing I left 'He's so Buffy to me' as a tag under a pic of Scott McCall: I simultaneously understand nothing and everything
#I hadn't seen Buffy at that point but I think I was specifically referring to the S1 scene#Where Buffy goes 'I'm 16 I don't wanna die'#There are a lot of teenage protagonists who go through hell and face more trauma than they should#But Buffy and Scott have similar flavours I guess?#There's a half-formed thought there about taking on responsibility#Not only for the newfound power you have (being a slayer/being a werewolf)#But also for 'civilians' getting in the way#And even your friend group#Even though they are also affected by the supernatural#But somehow you are still the one who has to carry ALL of the responsibility#Even if there are adults involved#It's such a jarring discrepancy and idk if it's down as obv in other shows?#Like in The 100 for example you still have the adults very much acting on their own and even dismissing the kids you know?#Also I'm not sure how many other shows have been as heavy about their protagonist dying (like. Actually being dead) for others#To protect people who don't even know them#They're both martyrs but they're also both 16 and it's very fucked up#Teen Wolf#btvs
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this is basically what happened, right?
(these guys are very lucky that everyone at NRC 1) has the combined intelligence of a sack of bricks, and 2) is easily distracted by shiny things.)
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#stage in playful land#stage in playfulland#these two are SO sleazy and i am utterly delighted by them#can't wait to find out their tragic backstory in approximately 3-4 weeks!#fortunately i have like a month to figure out how the heck to draw their hair (spoiler: i will never figure it out)#also. god. i love it whenever leona accidentally reveals his Mom Side.#he doesn't care about any of this but he WILL be tagging along to make sure no one else gets into trouble#once again he has to be the Responsible Adult and he hates it. the whimsical hat weighs heavy upon his head.#anyway this is me so excuse me while i now talk about diasomnia for three hours#but lilia being all 'kids gotta have some adventure in their lives!' is hilarious#specifically because you know silver would NEVER.#100% silver not only never snuck out but he always went to bed on time AND brushed his teeth AND flossed even when nobody made him.#lilia: aww but you should be enjoying your youth! >:c#silver: i am. i enjoy being respectful and disciplined and honoring you as my father.#lilia:#lilia: maybe i'm TOO good at raising kids#you know i was going to say none of his kids would be involved in this but i actually think malleus definitely would#he would not see it as a moral quandry though. he would just be excited to be invited along.#(the only reason he isn't there is because he was busy admiring a termite-infested beam somewhere and yuu didn't get a chance to ask him)#i mean MAYBE if lilia as his single authority figure told him no then he would have some reservations#but lilia's the one who's screaming HELL YEAH LET'S SNEAK OUT AND DEFY AUTHORITY while dabbing so moot point there#sebek would never and he would rat on everyone else. unless malleus is going in which case he's already there.#and i guess if everyone else is going silver probably would too#but he'd. y'know. feel conflicted about it.
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If nothing else Koenma is a Kuwabara stan and I'm right there with him o7 (I need to write the kuwameshi fic that goes with this fr)
#maybe one day i'll write that au i have sitting in my head#ever since the comment he made about making kuwa spirit detective instead ive been thinking about it#like...what if yusuke is still recruited same as canon but like#kuwa was already spirit detective? doing assignments for the guys upstairs and all#and they made yusuke help him after his resurrection instead of going solo#and it's hilarious because they still have the ''rivalry'' set in place so it's like#now i gotta be coworkers with this guy i was in a fist fight with last week?#yusuke is like you can't be serious you want me to fight DEMONS with the guy who cant even beat ME? lmaooo okay#kuwa would be more in tune with his powers atp in this au and super offended like hello#why would i use my reiki on a FELLOW HUMAN CHILD you DICK i can hold my own on my assignments just fine#but he's actually really excited to be able to spend time with yusuke doing something besides getting his ass handed to him#they're both genkai's students (she's endlessly annoyed but they grow on her)#i just think it'd be fun cos like#it'd be harder to exclude kazuma from shit if he's literally been involved in this shit before he even met#kurama and hiei#kuwabara isn't really told about yusuke's resurrection so things go mostly the same up til he's brought back#they're both called to koenma's office and it's the spiderman pointing meme š#it's koenma's first time seeing kuwa in person as he usually just sends assignments with botan#yusuke has already seen him cos of the resurrection arc#and koenma is SUCH a fanboy ''kuwabara it's such a pleasure. you know you're my best worker š„ŗ''#''um urameshi am i seeing things or is that a fuckin baby'' yusuke will NOT stop laughing#it fucks koenma up so bad he makes sure he's in his adult form when he's around kuwa next#cos he wants to be the respected boss but also guy that you can chill with!! he's so cringe#okay yeah i need to write this it's such a fun concept#kuwameshi#yu yu hakusho#kuwabara kazuma#yusuke urameshi#koenma
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misty quigley is death. she is the one that controls who lives and who dies. she is the nurse who can heal and who can harm. sometimes she lets other people be the executioner - a girl with a knife acting as a butcher, a man with a gun acting as a detective. sometimes she lets nature take its course - a snowfall, a slippery cliff, a fractured lake. but she always she has a hand in death. sometimes she does not have full control over it: sometimes she kills and it kills her too.
#misty quigley#yellowjackets#yellowjackets spoilers#yj#misty quigley kinda character of all time methinks!#i just find it fascinating how she is involved in every death and is also linked to the lives that do end up surviving#the first adult scene of hers being a nurse who takes away someone's med is even more insane after this season lol#and the mistynat vision?! oh they always knew misty was gonna kill nat that's just so crazy woah
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So, due to the many parallels between her and Akane, Narukami being involved, and the ages (kinda maybe, I dunno) lining up, would Nanako make an appearance in P5SI?
Also, I have nothing but love for the concept, I was just curious. Thank you, and have a nice day! ^^
nanako would maybe make an appearance over a call or something in narukami's s.link at most due to yknow. being in inaba, but i imagine narukami bringing her up a lot in s.link events! p5si takes place in the 2019-2020 school year, so nanako would be a 1st year at yasogami at this point in time. just a year behind akane
#p5si#narukami in p5si is in the unique position of having sussed akane out as one of the copycat phantom thieves and therefore has more or less#figured out she has a persona or is at least involved in some sort of shadow shenaniganerie#but because of how much akane reminds him of nanako hes reticent to really do anything about it. even though [SPOILERS] finding and stoppin#the copycat phantom thieves is a high priority for the shadow operatives#so his s.link is mostly him trying to convince akane that he and zenkichi can be trusted w her identity without revealing his own.#or zenkichis job as a shadow operative#its a lot of relating her to nanako and relating her to himself during p4 era#im really imagining a 'i know what youre going through. TRUST ME i know whats happening more than you could possibly know and more than i#can possibly describe. i get it. but maybe its worth it to trust one (1) adult and if its not me thats ok but i am on ur side anyway'#idk just. big bro narukami. gnawing on the bars of my enclosure#gryffin's aus#asks & requests#thinking about it i bet narukami tries a lot to get nanako and akane to make friends lol#if narukami werent an s.link you could only get by doing zenkichis id think about making nanako one you can get thru narukamis story lmaao
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Watching Dressrosa and seeing Zoro watch Luffy's colosseum battle on the screen I was suddenly hit by the fact that in a Modern AU he'd probably be the most obnoxious kind of soccer fan.
You know the one that probably picks a new favorite team every match and is only a soccer fan when they are actively watching soccer. I can honestly just imagine him screaming at the screen and being all dramatic at the team talking about honor and shit. No actual practical knowledge of soccer though.
I just think he and Mihawk would just be the kind of people that like sport in a Modern AU they are athletes themselves but they also just like competition and adrenaline and so sports. Except Mihawk atleast attempts to possess a basic knowledge of the rules and plays of sports he watches while Zoro will watch a sport he's never heard of in his life, chooses a random dude that's "got guts" and root for them so wholeheartedly you'd think he's supported them all his life.
All this to say that goth family watches the World Cup as part of "family bonding time" and
-Mihawk is rooting for 3 separate countries, the 2 that his data says are statically most probably going to win and his home country cause he has some "patriotic pride". He watches intensely but never actually reacts to anything.
-Zoro is rooting for whichever team is playing against whatever team Mihawk is repping at the moment. He has no stakes in this longterm whatsoever exceot that he gets his fill of trolling Mihawk, sports adrenaline and on the rare occasion his team wins he gets to be a smug asshole to the man who raised him š. He screams at the T.V so much you'd think he had money on the line.
-Perona liked the idea of styling cute matching jerseys so much so that she forgot how much she hates watching sport. She is very bored and unhappy and hopes that somehow both of them lose. She judges the outfits (the jerseys) of different countries and their coaches on a scale that only she really understands but all must suffer through.
-Shanks is there because this is the only time Mihawk will hold his hand even though he is squeezing so hard his bones might be ground to dust. (the only indicator that Mihaw is affected at all by what is happening). He's bar hopper he's used to seeing random sports he doesn't understand played on green fields running in the background of his mild buzz to drunken fool binge. He's just glad to be included.
#Zoro would probably get tricked by Nami and Perona into engagin in sports betting though and so he does have something on the line#No matter the outcome he can never win and he fears he will be paying out nami till the day he dies#and that Perona might own an actual part of his soul?maybe? the details where unclear a ritual was involved tho#I dont even know what this isš I don't even watch soccer#I don't even watch soccer but it is the sport I am most familiar with seeing people spectate at insane levels of every single emotion\#Also I just Zoro and Miahwk showing love through head to head competition in the most petty ridiculous things is myy bread and butter#If they don't leave outsiders wondering if they hate each other but people#that know them frustrated by the fact that two grown men can't just say āI love youā then what even is the point?#also mihawk is definitely the type of person to turn sports spectating into a family event.#they watch all the major sports events together across all sports and he makes a whole day of it.#Its his insane way of sharing his hobby with his kids but since he's incapable of being a functioning adult#it's just a grown man with his teenage children quietly watching wrestle mania#goth family#throwing thoughts to the void#op#mishanks#hawkeye mihawk#dracule mihawk#one piece#shanks#roronoa zoro#perona#ghost princess perona#goth fam#one piece goth family#straw hat pirates#red haired shanks#one piece thoughts#one piece modern au
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this is so dumb and probably doesnāt make a lot of sense but iāve been thinking about stranger things a lot for the past few days and i feel like part of the reason a lot of people donāt like mike after s2 is because heās reacting to trauma in a way they donāt feel is justified.
objectively he hasnāt been through as much as the other party members have because he hasnāt been possessed or Plagued With Visions or turned into a human weapon. heās the third party to a lot of traumatizing events (which can be, in itself, traumatizing) but everything that directly happens to him doesnāt feel as major as the crazy supernatural things going on. he was bullied as a kid, his parents are dismissive and emotionally absent, and heās very clearly depressedāhe has behavioral issues at school and his grades are slipping, something the counselor cites as being a sign of maxās depression. thereās also a lot of subtext/hints about him having issues with food and body image things.
the problems that directly affect him are all ostensibly very normal in the face of monsters and human experimentation, and his reactions are very normal too. heās self-isolating, he lashes out at people, he puts himself in danger, he canāt express his emotions in the ārightā way. but in a universe where supernatural things are always happening around him, his problems seem insignificant. people donāt like that his behavior and personality changed as a result of trauma and other issues because they donāt think he has earned it.
his problems are too normal, or what traumatized him didnāt directly happen to him (like, his best friend went missing and was believed to be dead and came back and was possessed and mike felt like he was the only one who cared and he was there for it all), so he shouldnāt get to be angry and depressed and emotionally distant. he needs to go through something worse before heās allowed to show that heās been affected by the events of his life.
this isnāt all to say that i think he hasnāt been an asshole. rather, i think knowing why heās been an asshole is necessary for viewing him as a sympathetic character, and a lot of people donāt think he deserves that because his āwhyā isnāt good enough.
anyway mike wheeler theyāll never make me hate you
#this isnt even getting into like#byler and internalized homophobia#if that ends up being canon#heres hoping#i also think part of it is like#st has been filmed over the course of almost 10 yrs#finn has obviously aged and is an adult#i think people think of mike as an adult bcs of that#its easy to forget hes like 15 when his actor is 20#thats not finns fault obviously. nothing against him#anyway#stranger things#mike wheeler#sunny yaps#might delete later#havent watched st in a long time#and havent ever been involved in the fandom#this might be controversial#in which case i will delete it. weāll see
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Actually curious as to what peopleās general opinion of Ozbert is in this year of 2023. Does shipping them equate to getting hashtag cancelled? Are they still The OTP of the series?? Or are they strictly Platonic Besties For Life. I do not know
Itās weird tho bc obviously if youāve read the manga you KNOW their situation is very Complicatedā¢ļø. When they were both the same age it was fine but then Oz got yeeted into the Abyss and time jumped 10 years forward while he was in there for like 3 days and suddenly Gilās like. 9 years older than him. But then Uncle Oscar still classifies Oz as being 25 even tho heās physically 15. And then we find out that Ozās body isnāt even HIS it belongs to Jack so thatās messed up. AND we find out Gilās actually not just 24 heās OVER 100 years old bc Baskerville shit. And THEN we find out Oz is actually the true B Rabbit so that makes it so heās probably even older than Gil is. When we get to the end of the series theyāre both canonically confirmed to be hundred(s) of years old so Iām sitting here like. Well,
ALSO looking at these manga panels and official artworks and stuff from the anime Iām like
Well, thereās definitely SOMETHING going on there, thatās for sure,
#And donāt even get me STARTED on the omakes. Holy shit#Shima speaks#Anyway either way they are a wonderful duo.#Gilās always been SO ride or die for Oz and I respect that#I just see them together and Iām like š„° There they are. My boys#Pandora Hearts spoilers#Pandora Hearts#Ozbert#Oz Vessalius#Gilbert Nightray#Theyāre not straight. I know THAT for a fact. LOL#And see thereās the appealing thing. The absolute ANGST involved#Gil who grew up harboring feelings for Oz but knowing it was wrong and that he could never ever act upon them#And by the time heās an adult he still has some sort of feelings for Oz. Itās very complex#And then out pops Oz from the Abyss!! And he doesnāt look ANY different from the last time Gil saw him#Meanwhile Oz who was still figuring things out but who was almost sure he liked Gil That Way#And then it hits HARD when heās in the Abyss not even knowing if Gil is alive#And when he finds out Gilās all grown up.#I mean YEAH Iād develop a massive crush too are you KIDDING#Itād be frustrating tho bc Oz is still technically a teenager.#But then he figures out oh hey Iām actually? A being thatās existed for a LONG long time. And one that isnāt even human#So I can totally see him whole heartedly chasing after Gil once he realizes that#Anyway. Rant over sorry LOL#Either way. Again. Theyāre so so close in canon there is SOMETHING going on between them#(Not to mention the fact the anime really loved that and tried hinting at it super obviously)
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bnha au except the league is a theatre troupe. they all have the same backstories as canon.
#oh also they're still criminals i guess? idk#like theyre not a terrorist group#but some of them pickpocket and shoplift and do arson (3 guesses on who does that one) etc#and they get involved w the plot somehow? in a vigilante fashion probably#anyway i keep making lov aus bc canon is dead to me and i can never forgive horikoshi </3#lov#league of villains#shigaraki tomura#kurogiri#dabi#todoroki touya#toga himiko#twice#bubaigawara jin#mr compress#sako atsuhiro#magne#btw is the name she's given in canon her dead name? i think i read somewhere it was a male name so idk#spinner#iguchi shuuichi#also mustard is there somehow#hell you can even include muscular and moonfish if you tone down their crimes (make moonfish similar to toga in a way)#and since they have criminal records they cant find employment so theatre troupe it is#afo is looking for kurogiri and tomura but they keep missing him somehow#nagant breaks out of prison and becomes their costume designer bc i always had a feeling she liked fashion lol#hawks is sent to investigate the troupe bc the hpsc think its actually a villain group but no. its just a bunch of theatre kids/adults#bnha#bnha aus
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The 'hatchling skins can't have scars or be zombies >:(' feels really dumb mainly because like...staff have let much more fucked up implications fly for years!
For example, Bai, owned by Limanya, is a baby Emperor in their lore. Bai has 1k likes and for good reason! The story is well written and the concept is interesting. Go read it if you haven't!
But it has the incredibly fucked up implications of three baby imperials dying, having their corpses buried together, and then fusing together into the same type of monster as Luminax.
And Bai also has a lot of likes. Certainly not the most likes ever, but enough that, if their lore was an issue, staff would've already nuked it...but they haven't.
Is staff suddenly going to start cracking down on darker stories for permababies or are they gonna sit there and be like "No zombie/scar skins because of implications >:(...but we're fine with implications if you write them in your lore :)"
#this is so dumb#i can get not wanting any blood/gore to fit the adult skin rules#but no scars? at all? like not even a little scar???? not even small scars that many clumsy kids actually get?#also the one about lolita is stupid it's just a girly fashion involving a lot of dresses#IS THAT ILLEGAL NOW????#flight rising
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Norma is objectively one of the funniest psychonauts characters though. she immediately assumes this 10 year old is the mole taking down the psychonauts from the inside and decides the best way to gather information is to stalk his dad. Ruins ford and razās plan to defeat maligula by being a snitch. Helped save the day by fixing the problem she caused. Is now in hell because she was wrong and all the other kids make her fortnite dance and shout go snitch girl go. Her sister got all the cool genes and now sheās stuck being an insufferable nerd. Probably says āwell actuallyā at least ten times a day. Beefing with a 10 year old. Letās give it up for pathetic & annoying female characters (fond).
#psychonauts#i donāt even think her thinking raz was the mole was unreasonable tbh#like obviously the adults are like this 10 year old isnāt the snitch#but sheās close enough to his age to not see that as an excuse and also I feel like that just made her feel like she was#the only one who could do anything about it.#by virtue of being the main character raz was involved in a lot of shit that made him seem suspicious#like I do enjoy her a lot even if I donāt necessarily agree with a lot of the fanon interpretations of her character#& I would love to see her and raz be worsties one day#because yes raz is only ten but he absolutely contributes to their beef on purpose#itās like one of those things where u canāt snitch on him for being an ass because heās ten and youāre a teenager#& people are like ohh norma come on heās just 10 stop beefing with a child thatās stupid#and behind their back raz is making faces at her#i think they have great potential for antagonistic sibling energy once they get to know each other#raz behaves normally around the rest of the jr agents specifically to gaslight norma into thinking sheās an idiot for beefing with a child.#lili & lizzie would also absolutely help with this#god esp because raz has endeared himself so much to all of the big name agents AND Truman zanotto#i need 2 play psychonauts 2 again Iām so normal about this game
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i can tolerate a lot of things from writers and showrunners but outright condescension and disdain for their fans is not one of them
#ted lasso#ted lasso critical#tedbecca#i didnāt like it from rian johnson and i sure as shit donāt like it from the ted lasso showrunners#i didnāt think tedbecca was going to be canon (and honestly didnāt care one way or the other)#(as in my enjoyment of the show was not hinging on tedbecca being canon. i was there for sam dani and nate first and foremost.)#but that 3.12 opening felt very meanspirited for a show thatās all about being curious and not judgmental#like if they felt so strongly about platonic tedbecca and KNEW they would never get together#what was the deal with playing coy when they were asked about that for the last two years#everyone involved could have just shut it down a la tina fey right away and we wouldnāt have this problem#i just donāt like ppl (fans and creators alike) laughing at the tedbeccas for picking up the pieces that the showrunners were putting down!#hunt and sudeikis and everyone in that room basically dangled a carrot for the last two years#and now theyāre denying the carrot even existed#which does not sit right with me#also (hot take) but if the finale opened by mocking tedtrent fans and not tedbeccas yāall would (rightfully) be up in arms#the writers are adults and did not need to waste parts of the literal series finale punching down at a section of fans#whose worst crime was being annoying
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alhaitham is such a lying liar who lies dude. acting like he and the sumeru boys gang have always been besties since forever. "that's how it's always been with the four of us" - man who has barely spoken to most of these people before he decided to team up with them to overthrow the government and regularly skips social gatherings with them. yeah right buddy ok
#explicitly said that he's barely spoken to cyno before when they clash in the archon quest#will literally just skip or show up late when they do meet up#very notably had a huge falling out with kaveh that ended with them not speaking for years#does he even talk to tighnari?? like one on one???? do they hang out????#i stg kaveh and tighnari are the glue holding the whole situation together#the other 2 are just off to the side being autistic#well cyno actually tries to be social alhaitham doesnt give a fuck lmao#alhaitham after speaking to people that do not annoy him about once a month: 'hmm. i love my best friends'#he adopted a status quo and now simply pretends there has never been a different one#hes so fucking funny#genshin fans who try to make him some kind of big dick sexyman you are so wrong hes a silly goofy clown to me#on a more serious note i do actually much prefer the interpretation of this being a friendship they formed as adults#and everyone involved has different levels of closeness with each other#rather than making them all mutual best friends with each other (even since school sometimes). i think thats a lot more interesting#and canon is weirdly ambiguous about it so shrug#like the current friend groups as it is seems to be a relatively recent formation based on canon bits but then the writers lean into it#so hard as their Thing its a bit odd. but also fun to play with. they dont need to have always been friends to be close
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#how do you develop any kind of interest in your own wellbeing asking for a friend#i donāt care. iām worried about not caring but thatās not the same as caring. if i cared iād do something about it#if i was my own child someone wouldāve taken me off me long ago lmfao#if i was my own fucking DOG the animal people would be involved. christ#the kind of effort iād have to go to in order to make a functional adult out of.. this just seems totally insurmountable most of the time#like thereās just too much to tackle. no routines and even less self esteem where do you even start. screams#personal
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ByĀ LizĀ andĀ Cally. What began as a single fic for the 2011 Supernatural Big Bang has become a canon-divergent universe about the hunter Ben Braeden, the ex-angelic vessel Claire Novak, and the cambion Jesse Turner. Ever since Lucifer rose from his Cage, the very reluctant Antichrist has been saddled with enough power to decimate Hell and Heaven alikeāwhich Jesse chooses to ignore, having spent most of his adolescence in self-imposed exile. Meanwhile, Sam and Dean Winchester have disappeared, leaving hunter-in-training Ben desperate to find them. Along the way, he teams up with Claire, who's tracking Castiel for her own purposes. After three years of searching, the two of them meet Jesse in the burnt remains of his childhood home, trying to find out who murdered his parents. As the three of them get tangled up in the apocalyptic schemes of the Queen of Hell, they'll have to decide where their trustāand loyaltiesātruly lie. This verse follows SPN canon until partway through episode 6.21Ā Let It Bleed, but the end of that episode and everything after thatāincluding the Season 6 finaleāchanges when Castiel makes a very different decision about how to defeat Raphael. With a few minor exceptions, we don't include characters or plots introduced in Season 7 or later; this series also pre-dates the reintroduction of Claire in season 10. There are absolutely no vampire juggalos.
#i don't think we have a post with all these covers together...we've grown such a collection :')#THIS is probably the highest-quality thing i've ever worked on. sadly it is also the least popular#i comfort myself knowing pretty much everyone who has tried it has liked it <3#but to most people it's a hard sell bc they don't care about the minor characters involved#to be honest when they're grown and they've developed adult personalities they are almost like OCs anyway#which is an even harder sell: spn ocs#but there's a lot of deconstruction happening. what happens to the minor characters after the winchesters roll out of town?#this probably.#bday srb spam#queue
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I could see Katara recusing herself from the trial because of her personal connection to bloodbending. Is it fair that she serve as judge and jury on a trial for breaking a law that she wrote? But if that was the logic behind her exclusion, I would have appreciated a throwaway line to that effect. Otherwise it just looks like sexismā¦
Probably should have been more clear in my tags - I didn't want her to "lead" Yakone's trial in the sense that she's the judge and jury, but more in the sense that she's shown as a fellow figurehead... just like Sokka, Toph, and Aang were in the flashbacks. Toph actively hunted Yakone down and is present at the trial. Aang takes time away from his duties that he "typically wouldn't" to help Toph hunt him down and is present at the trial. Sokka is at the trial as a councilman and literally gives the verdict of the council.
Meanwhile Katara, the person who fought to get blood bending banned in the first place, the near single political recognition we're given of hers in TLOK, is just.... somewhere else? Had no interest in helping Toph track him down? And even if she wasn't present at the trial as a proponent or activist of some sorts, she could have been in the audience. Like you don't think she wouldn't have some bearing of interest in this case? On the outcome? Even if she hadn't said a single word, the animators could have literally just drawn her in the empty chair next to Aang in the court and that would have had far better mileage (not perfect, but better) than her simply being nonexistent in every one of those flashbacks imo.
But this is just one example. Katara's character (amongst the others) after the original series just... doesn't hit the mark for me. Sure, TLOK and other post-ATLA material will tell me she's a fighter, a healer, an activist as an adult etc but when it comes to actually showing it, such as how they did for Aang, Toph, and Sokka in TLOK... well, they don't. Katara simply doesn't get the same relevance as they did. And it leaves such a bad taste in my mouth.
#atla#katara#TLOK: Katara's an activist!! She's a fighter!! She's the best healer ever!! Just ignore the fact that we'll never actually show her doing#any of those things#meanwhile Toph and Aang and Sokka get flashbacks as adults showing them as central figures in their world#Old Toph and Old Zuko get fight scenes (Old Katara doesn't)#Old Zuko gets to be involved in conflicts even though he's not the active fire lord anymore#Meanwhile Old Katara just... kinda gets to be there??#but not enough to be present for the central conflicts?#hell she's not even present for her own granddaughter's ceremony like??? lmao#just to be clear: I dont like the handling of the other gaang members as well in TLOK#but Katara (and poor poor Suki lmao) definitely got the worst of it my book#asks
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