#also ngl I am hella anxious posting this

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Oh so btw I love Jouta he did nothing wrong and he’s part of a nice loving family

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NETFLIX, LISTEN TO ME  BEFORE YOU RUIN ATLA PART 1

Hey so I’m pretty new to the Avatar Fandom but I’ve taken the crash course, and I’m SUPER invested in the new Netflix show (Even though the creators just left it) so here’s my ideas for how I’d like this jazz to go down

This was going to be a hella long post, but I decided to just turn it into a series because, hey, why the heck not.

So here’s the first thing I’m really anxious about:

FIRE-BENDING CGI

In most movies, and this is purely my opinion, the depiction of fire powers has always been very...meh.

You just never seem to get a sense of how much force the character is putting into it, and although this example are super old I don't think we’ve come very far, 

And honestly, it isn’t the VFX department’s fault, really. 

Fire, unlike the other elements doesn’t attack with it’s momentum. When we see someone get hit by a gust of wind or a jet of water, our brains are able to process it as : “Oh, the dude got punched, A’ight” 

But with fire the danger isn’t being thrown into the air, it’s being burned to crisp where you stand.

But we can’t put that in our movies because it’d be horrific and disgusting to watch. With no other way to visually show the character being hurt, the filmmakers just make them fly backward. And it all ends up feeling...wrong.

The animated series worked around this because cartoon fire doesn’t work like real fire. 

When Zuko punches flames at someone, it acts as a solid pillar of flame while real fire would look more like a flame thrower.

Daunting yes, but it’s not going to look very good in H2H combat, especially when it comes to the Fire Nation’s Martial art’s style. Zuko even produces Fire blades to use in combat, how’re those going to work if we use realistic fire that always goes up?

So here’s what I propose fire bending should look like and I’m going to use 2 main references to explain this( I’m sure there are more, even far better ones, but I feel like these some what accurately convey what I’m trying to say).

Yeah, I know, the movie sucked, you don’t have to tell me. Most of the CGI sucked too ngl. But this is one of the few scenes where actually liked how the fire looked, where it exploded on contact, added a much more DYNAMIC feeling to it.

But a much MUCH better example is pretty much everything Diablo does in Suicide Squad (I tried finding a decent gif but I couldn’t find any so I’ll just link a vid : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flrfBbEJkWg ) 

So, yeah. Those are my thoughts on what Fire bending should look like in live action.

If you’ve got some more ideas, I’d love to hear about it!!

TL;DR: FIRE-BENDING BE NEEDIN’ SOME MOMENTUM TO FEEL GOOD. 

Note: I am also kinda a new to this whole blog thing, does anyone know a reliable source to source Gifs from? Thx!!! 

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Self-Ship tag  (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)

-- deleted the OG post as to not give @some-piece unwanted attention and she has recently asked to not reblog hers, but I also did not want to let this little thing get lost. By all means, feel free to ignore this-- 

First things first @some-piece THATS ADORABLE AAAAHHHH I SHIP U SO HARD 😩🥰😤. That was such a nice read! ❤

Okay so for this self ship tag game I have been doubting for HOURS. I Actually asked some friends who to pick and I am 100% torn. I LOVE many OP men so Im gonna do a little bit of both Shanks and Ace.

Other OP husbandos include, but are not limited to: Zoro, Sabo and Kid. But Freckles and Red hair are my 2 main selfships and are ones my actual personality would match with, unlike... yknow, Kid for example.

Disclaimer: I am 1 shy potato bean in real life, so I am pretty sure besides my neon hair I'd never catch these guys' eyes or have the guts to approach them, but a girl can dream ya know? 🙈 another disclaimer is that while a lot of my reader inserts are self indulgent, it's actually weird to talk about myself, my actual personality in a selfship, but NGL, it was kinda nice! Enjoy, and please tell me all about your selfships, in reblogs, comments, or asks! I am hella curious, but I don't want to actually tag anyone since I'm not sure if you're comfortable with it ♡

❤ Hazel and Shanks ❤

☆ This man would bring out the best in me. Adventures? New discoveries? Travel? YES YES YES! We'd go on so many adventures, explore things, he'd be the best person to playfully get me out of my shell and I'd become his partner in crime in no time!

☆ I can actually hold my liquor really well? So drinking buddies? Definitely! Trying out new and exotic drinks is something I like as well.

☆ I like a certain degree of independence while still craving affection and Shanks is the perfect man for that, having his own responsibilities but still coming home for some well needed cuddles.

☆ Anything small he needs help with because he only has one hand? I got him, tying a tie for formal events (as if) or buttoning up his shirt (or unbuttoning it for that matter)

☆ We'd spoil the hell out of each other but mostly in affirmations and actions rather than actual gifts. Trying to one-up each other in creative and new dates, both romantic and adventurous.

☆ His positive and laid back attitude keeps me from overthinking and worrying too much, and whenever my head does take over, I know I can come home to him without any judgement, and that's worth a lot.

☆ Perfect dad to raise some children and pets with! He'd be so loving to our children.

I could go on forever 🙈 but I wanted to keep em "short" so here's Ace

🧡 Hazel and Portgas D. "Freckleface" Ace 🧡

☆ Okay, so, Ace is a little insecure, not sure if he's deserving of love? You bet that I am here to shower him in compliments and affirmations any time of the day.

☆ He's the sweetest, gentlest and most polite bean ever and I love every single aspect of him, both the softer side and the more confident, cocky side that comes out in battle, he's so hella sexy when he gets confident. (Yknow what, scratch that, he's always sexy)

☆ So many cuddles. So many. I'm naturally someone who's always hot, so I'll have to sacrifice some of my precious coolness but 10000% worth it if it's for Ace.

☆ I'll always make sure that if he gets a narcolepsy attack that he's somewhere safe, comfortable and clean, including after he plants himself face first in some meal i carefully prepared.

☆ He's got a great appetite, I LOVE cooking and baking, so that's another part of match made in heaven.

☆ Besides adventurous and exploration dates, lazy afternoons where we just give each other backrubs and head scritches, maybe while lazing around, snacking some or reading a book, are very common, and I love it.

☆ Ticklefights. No need to add to that.

☆ Ace is always there to keep me from my insecurities, lifting me up with that gorgeous smile of his whenever I feel down or anxious. Instead of feeding of each other's insecurities, we lift each other up, theres constant reminders of our love and affirmations.

☆ Just overall very fluffy, cuddly and soff

☆ I'll have to sacrifice some of that personal space i value, but since Ace drinks his respect women juice and will never intentionally overstep boundaries, that's a sacrifice im willing to make.

[skzhabibi]

An Old Crush (A Long, Bittersweet Personal Storytime/Rant)

When I was in Junior High, I had really, REALLY low self esteem. I was still very much in the awkward phase of puberty and all of those hormones paired with the fact I was having lots of problems at home resulted in some pretty severe mental health issues (which I won’t get too much into, because I don’t wanna trigger anyone). Not only that, but I’m naturally pretty sensitive, so any negative comments people had made about my appearance in the past, whether they were trash talking my hand-me-down clothes, pale ass skin, acne, big nose, etc., it really stuck with me. I was a mess, basically. And I’m part Arab on my mom’s side, so seeing a psychiatrist was never really an option.

Anyways, I was 13 or 14 (8th grade) when I took my 1st Spanish class. This had a bunch of the more “popular” kids in it, because they were trying to get the credit out of the way before High School and there were only 2 teachers who taught Spanish at my school, so it was bound to happen. There was a popular boy in my class, called T for the sake of the story, who sat a seat in front and to the left. I don’t know how we first started talking, but it was probably because of many factors. I laughed at his jokes, he sat near me in Spanish and English which we had right after, I was pretty solid academically at the time and he wasn’t, we had a couple mutual friends/acquaintances, etc... I guess it’s also good to mention he was known for his good looks and the fact he was A-string quarterback on our shitty little football team while I was kind of a social floater; a decent amount of people knew of me, but not many people actually knew me well, if at all.

I didn’t really pay him any mind in a romantic way at first, to be honest. I just thought he was reasonably attractive, but I figured he’d think himself “too cool” to be associated with me since that’s the vibe a lot of the other popular boys in the class had given me if I ever tried making friends with them. People really just gave me the cold shoulder in general, which hurt my feelings, so I wasn’t gonna risk it anymore. But what really made that first little crush for him start was when one day as I was rushing to get out the door first after the bell rang (which I always did because I’m impatient as fUCK and hate that huge ass crowd you had to shove through or come out last), he rushed forward, squeezing through the door around the other jocks and practically pushing them out of the way, to catch up to me and ask me to walk to English together. As an inexperienced little simp, that shit really looked like something out of a movie. It gave me such a needed boost of confidence that I actually started beaming, which was REALLY out of character for me (I’ve always been known for my “resting bitch face”).

So this became such a regular thing, walking to English, that we actually began waiting for each other by our desks to pack our stuff up, and we were usually around the last 2 to leave the room. At some point I finally plucked up the courage to ask him for his number, which was TERRIFYING because I’d never done anything like that. I think I made some excuse that since we had 2 classes together if we forgot about the homework we could remind each other (holy shit I was such a nerd). We texted a few times, but it never got super deep that I remember. I never really initiated the conversations because I didn’t want to make it seem like I liked him even though at this point I REALLY did; I even told a couple of my friends, which I didn’t normally do either. I was always someone to bottle up that shit and bury it so it never saw the light of day because I was so fucking afraid of rejection (Fragile Ass Self Esteem wants to know your location).

I literally thought that I was unlikeable in every sense of the word, so a bunch of the signs that he liked me back at the time never dawned on me. He could’ve literally screamed in my face that he liked me and I’d probably be like “As a Friend, right???”

I guess I’ll just take this moment to tell you about a bunch of the things that should’ve bee HUGE ASS signs he liked me:

1.) This girl on the volleyball team at our table in English that T knew would make passes about how he was really sought-after by a shit ton of girls and then look at me. He also looked at me afterwards like he was shy but gauging my reaction. She had a sort of Jade from Victorious vibe to her so I figured she saw through me and was trying to embarrass me by getting a reaction, so I kept my face straight.

2.) He would compliment me more than anyone else I spoke to (which was uhhhh never. I never got complimented.) For example: He was always calling me smart or a “try hard” to joke with me. I took it as an expression of friendly jealousy. When I curled my hair one day he noticed and literally said, “Can we all take a moment to appreciate (my name)’s hair?” It made me blush so hard, but I thought he was making fun of me. He would also insist on reading my shit or me reading his when the English teacher made us peer review/journal check and would compliment the work I did or my handwriting or how organized it looked. Living that emotionally stunted Y/N life.

3.) The Spanish teacher made us partner up any time there was group work, and she moved his seat to right next to mine every routine seat change. I was gullible as shit thinking that that was coincidental when he had other friends in class. I figured it was cuz I was good and he sucked at Spanish lmaooo. I’ve since read posts on reddit where teachers have confirmed that they can tell when kids have crushes on each other and they’ll play wingman/woman. When I read that I was like WAIT A DAMN MINUTE. Mrs. G was a real one and I was so fucking oblivious to it.

4.) Another girl on the volleyball team asked if he and I were dating. I was taken aback and said no, we weren’t (conveniently leaving out the “I wish”) and asked why she would think that. The reason she gave was that since people saw us walk together between classes, a lot of people figured we were together. I chalked it up to stupid gossip that had no roots in anything he said, so I laughed it off to keep from getting my hopes up.

5.) A similar thing happened AGAIN with a guy who was also on the football team. When he learned my name, he was like, “Wait, (my first and last)?” And I was like yeah wtf how did you know my last without me telling you? And he’s straight up like, “Oh, you’re the girl T has a thing for.” AND I WAS SO FUCKING BLIND OMFG I was just like well he’s never told me he likes me so even though multiple people at this point have said something I think that is completely baseless fake news.

6.) One of the MOST telling signs: he would always say hi to me outside of classes when I was alone. He found me outside my locker one day and started talking to me. The coaches would make the kids on sports teams run back to locker room, and one day he was doing that when he saw me at my locker (which was right by the sport locker rooms since I was in girls’ athletics). His teammates would glance at me while they ran by, and he told me to wait for him while he changed so we could walk to Spanish (1st period) together. Ngl, this really sealed the nail in the coffin for my huge ass crush on this kid. I was taken aback because I thought our friendship was just for convenience and he didn’t actually see me as a real friend he would be seen outside of class with. But in the end I still psyched myself out by saying I was just something to entertain him.

7.) One time in the library, I was working on printing out some paper. An annoying ass kid who was overly friendly and rode the bus with me was talking to me a lot, and I was pretty clearly not interested in my mind at least. T walked in for some reason and smiled and said “Hey, (my name)” pretty loudly. I wasn’t expecting to see him, so I was just like “Oh, hey, T,” because I lack social skills. He glanced at the kid and back at me and his face kinda dropped before he kept walking. I think the kid asked me to hang out with him and our mutual friend and I was basically like no thanks man I’m kinda busy.

8.) Other times he would do this as well. One time my girl friend and I were sitting across from each other at a lunch table in the morning after getting off the bus. Out of LITERALLY NOWHERE he just swoops in and sits next to my friend across from me and starts talking to me about some project in Spanish he finished, showing me excitedly what he wrote and asking if it was right. He pretty much ignored my friend, and she was hella socially anxious and knew about my crush on him so she kinda got huge eyes and shut down socially. He and I talked for a bit before it got awkward because we ran out of shit to say and it was awkward now that we had an extra person and we pretty much only talked to each other without anyone else in the conversation. He left after that and my friend and I freaked tf out.

9.) One time while I was waiting for the bus in the cafeteria after school, I was alone because my friends were taking too long. I was on my phone when he comes up and starts talking to me. I was hella fucking awkward because for some reason I‘m always a fucking stiff around the person I like. Then my guy friend who rode the same bus came up and cock blocked the shit out of T because he’s super fucking loud and just starts fucking around. He and I are super close even to this day and I guess T got intimidated by how easily we were joking around and kinda saw himself out before I could say anything.

10.) THIS LIST IS GETTING TOO LONG SKDJDJASKDJDJ BUT I FUCKIN FORGOT whenever we would walk between classes we would sometimes not even talk. Like whenever the conversation died we would just kinda stare into each other’s eyes 😂 I thought I was just being creepy, but he fucking smiled at me when it happened why am I so dUmB fUUUCK. Also sometimes the popular kids would run up behind us and fuck with him like make fun of him or make some sort of awkward pass that I wouldn’t react to before running down the hall ahead of us. My guess now is that he was meaning to make a move but my neutral reaction to whatever dumbass thing they said made it impossible to tell if I felt the same so he chickened out.

ANYWAYS I think our little friendship/mutual pining fizzled our after one time he made a more up front attempt because at this point he was probably fed up with waiting for me to get the hint but this exchange really fucking backfired:

Basically he got a girlfriend, this girl on GUESS WHAT??! THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM. I heard about it straight from him while we’re walking to English together and that shit hurted but I was like whatever I still want him as a friend and this pretty much confirmed in my mind that he NEVER liked me. So basically he’s talking about how he’s been seeing her to pass the time but he doesn’t actually like her. And I was like why not? She’s really cool/nice and REALLY pretty. But if you don’t like her then why date her? Seems like a waste of time. He’s like yeah well basically she said she liked me so I asked her out but tbh I think she’s annoying. And I’m like what did she do something on a date that was annoying? STILL UTTERLY CLUELESS AND HES DEADASS LIKE what are you jealous like in a flirty way and my DUMB. ASS. Is like.... WHATTTT PSHHH NO I MEAN WE’RE JUST BROSSS AHAHA.

Can I get an F in the chat pls?

Basically we just stopped talking after a while. I think my friend texting his brother officially knifed the shit out of that ship’s sail. Years later I confessed that I liked him back then and asked if he liked me back back then so I could stop worrying about gaslighting myself and he’s basically like yeah I would’ve tried something with you (came across really unenthusiastic). And then one time in like my freshman year of community college I was with my bio study group in the library going to where we were meeting up for a project when I felt eyes on me from the computers and literally LOCKED EYES WITH HIM AND HES JUST LIKE 👁👄👁

LMAO I PRETENDED LIKE I DIDNT KNOW THAT BITCH

OH TO SEE WITHOUT MY EYES

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