#atla was my first fandom

[vaguelyaperson]

decided to watch a bit of the atla remake with a curious eager open mind, and now i'm fuming over it. it's infuriatingly faithless to the original, despite the time and resources it had.

[ecoterrorist-katara]

on “Zutara is a colonizer x colonized ship”

“Colonizer” is not an ontological category. It’s a role within a specific geopolitical power dynamic, and therefore it can change — or even cease to exist — when these geopolitical power dynamics change (like when, idk, a Gaang of teenagers overthrow a genocidal imperialist colonial regime to install a new monarch who vows to stop the genocide and imperialism and colonization and bring about an era of love and peace)

I know it’s a bad faith anti argument, but it bothers me more than most anti Zutara arguments because I think it is indicative of a very pessimistic, defeatist attitude about power relations in general. Any type of oppressor is not a fixed role. It’s subject to change, and indeed ATLA’s message is that it’s your obligation — and your right, your power — to fight for that change, even if you’re just a ragtag group of kids against a whole empire. Calling Zuko a colonizer is not only a baffling misunderstanding of what colonization is, it also implies that even when you successfully challenge and restructure oppressive power dynamics, old sins cast long enough shadows that there is nothing you can do to be free of them. It’s one thing to acknowledge the complexities of a close relationship with someone who used to benefit from your oppression (indeed that’s kind of the whole arc of The Southern Raiders where Katara confronts the ways in which she has projected the trauma of her mother’s murder at the hands of the Fire Nation onto Zuko, who is now a valued ally). It’s quite another to claim that neither of you can ever escape the ontological categories of oppressor vs victim even if you’ve both changed the world.

[sleepyicon]

me when someone mentions a fandom i have an unhealthy obsession with in public:

“oh yea, it’s pretty good”

[drinkabletoxicdishsoap]

i know it’s been a few days since this dropped, but i will never get over how cute her design is <333

i adore the clothes and the prosthetic leg sksksk 😞😞😞😞 i heard she’s an earthbender but idk how true that is

i looked on google for the meaning of her name and it told me these two. i wonder which one relates to her, or if it’s both !!

i wonder what happened for a new avatar and stuff like that.. if anyone knows please tell me!! not caught up on the avatar and korra lore, sorry 😭

oh and the other person is there too. forgot about them my bad

anyways if you hate them because it’s a new avatar or just because of the designs, you’re a hater, I’m sorry (not in a good way) !!! you guys are weak and pathetic ‼️‼️ she’s not even out yet and won’t be for some time. calm down ⁉️⁉️

[thousandyearphantombunker]

"women need to be meaner! Men shouldn't dictate a girls boundaries"

You couldn't handle Connie Maheswaran setting healthy (and much-needed) boundaries with her best friend. You freaking called her toxic and abusive. While season 3 of Amphibia is a hot mess Sasha Waybright being upset with Marcy isn't the problem! It makes sense she'd be pissed that she found out her friend borderline kidnapped her! Even if she can be read as kind of hypocritical, I think she has every reason to be upset! She's like what 14 at the oldest? In a terrifying situation?

It's always "set healthy boundaries" until they set boundaries with your favorite baby and don't spend 100% of their time supporting them/don't forgive their friends for their actions that hurt others

I'm sorry that Steven is your woobie child and Marcy is your comfort character but Connie and Sasha have a right to their feelings and a right to focus on their needs! It's always 'don't feel guilty about focusing on your needs' except not really because apparently focusing on yourself is actually selfish and it's morally wrong to feel certain ways about people! Connie isn't toxic- she acted really mature about the whole situation and while Sasha definitely is toxic- I think she has the right to be mad her friend borderline kidnapped her and broke her trust.

I am a firm believer in setting healthy boundaries and never letting anyone decide your boundaries for you especially when it comes to being supportive. Even if the person you are helping is a good person going through a rough patch you should still have boundaries with them- you can be supportive if you want but you should be your main priority in the need and as callous as it sounds it's not mandatory to give support to everyone especially if your being worn thin

[kideaternomnom]

I'm possibly about to start a catfight with this late ass reply but who cares lmao

first of all...That post was NEVER about Zutara. Where did anyone get the idea I was trying to defend Zutara? It was about how I find the defenders annoying and WHY I find it badly written. Never was it about Zutara- where did anyone get that idea??? 😭It was more specifically on why I find Maiko defenders to be annoying personally. Also, the post wasn’t necessarily talking about why I don’t think Zuko and Mai’s personalities don’t go together but why I find it BADLY WRITTEN. Don’t you dare try to twist my words- 💀

What I’m saying is that some Maiko shippers say it like Mai is the ONLY one to make Zuko happy. Keyword: ONLY. I do acknowledge the scenes of Zuko smiling at Mai while they’re cuddling, but I’m just saying, that doesn’t mean he is his HAPPIEST or that his ONLY happy moments are with Mai. Iroh, the Gaang, etc all exist. “The irony of Zutara shippers acting like Zuko not bringing up Mai for two episodes, while he’s on a mission to save the word, means he does not love her.”

Once again: not about Zutara but okay!! Second: I’m not saying he has to bring her up constantly or some shit like that. I’m just saying it’d be nice if the creators added some kind of scene of either Zuko freeing Mai, or him at least worrying about her while she’s in the Boiling Rock. Why? To sell it to me more that they really care for each other. I’m not saying they don’t care for each other but I’m just saying, they could’ve done WAYY better selling it with good writing and scenes. That’s what I mean about Maiko, it doesn’t have enough scenes to be good at least to me. Similar to how in the fountain flashback we only see Mai’s pov, which was why the kiss in S3 ep 1 was so sudden and fell flat/unexpected for many people. Again: not saying they don’t care for each other! I’m saying they could’ve done way better selling it. Such as, having a tiny scene of Zuko worrying for Mai after the BR.

Also, once again:

Where did I mention Zutara??? 😭

[lauronk]

i love and appreciate my coworkers and how close we pretty much all are more than i can say. most of them (management included) know i write tlou fanfic. a few of them know i do it on the clock heh. and it's nice to know my workplace is safe for me like that when i know so many people don't even tell their closest friends about writing fanfic because of the stigma that comes with it from some quarters.

and it's hilarious on days like today when one coworker starts trying to lure me to write for her fandom lmaoooooooo

[adamcytryn]

Zuko :D

[zukkaart]

I just want to take a moment to thank everyone who has read, left kudos, and or commented on my silly little arranged marriage fic for the 2024 Zukka big bang. It truly means so much to me.

If you haven’t read it yet- go check it out!

Art

More art

^literally will forever be obsessed with these. Even if you don’t read the fic go show this artist some well deserved love 💕

[mephistovalse]

*knock knock*

iwtv fandom! I would like to humbly present to you one interesting historical figure…

he was tall, blonde with a bob, wore all black most of the time, played piano, attracted thousands during his concerts, people went into a frenzy around him (a frenzy so intense that a medical term was created for it), had Many lovers over the years…remind you of anyone?

No, not rockstar Lestat…meet Franz Liszt, a Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer from the 1800s!

Where am I going with this, you ask? I have no idea! But, I believe his music greatly fits the vibes of Lestat and iwtv. I can imagine Lestat playing his pieces since he plays piano! especially: Mephisto Waltz, the Dante Sonata, Mazeppa, and Totentanz.

Anyway, I’d highly recommend listening to the above pieces if you want some gothic virtuostic piano music to listen to. His life was also super interesting (not as insane as Lestat’s though…) and makes a good read!! that is all <3

(also mephisto waltz is so freaky and strangely jaunty I can imagine Lestat just prancing to it in his living room or something)

[nekioe]

I think that i usually don't talk a lot abt my aus and stuff because most of the time i loose interest in them quickly

Theres a reason why every single one has like 3 posts and then they're abandoned

.... i could never write a multichapter fic

Anyway another reason is probably also that i get distracyed by other things all the time *shoke shoke social media* and dont rly think a lot abt them :(

Which is sad because au thinking talking is fun, doomscrolling? Not so much

I feel like it has gotten a tiny bit better tho? I hope :)

[reinedeslys-central]

when it's been so long since you've read a fic that you forget about it and you find it in the search tags and start reading it again

and it's great, if a little familiar, but you've read a lot of these sorts of fics bc you like this tag a lot, so you assume it's nothing

but then the deja vu starts adding up and you start to wonder

and then moments before the great big Plot Twist Reveal happens you're suddenly like ah hell this is the bloody sundial fic again isn't it

smh this has to be the fourth time yet

[vladimpale]

everything has its place (i wonder what space i take)

@zukki-week

written for day 4 of zukki week (relationship negotiations) but this is a part of my pirate au (which is day 5) so i guess take it however you want (be warned that no actual piracy is done)

A few good seconds passed, none of them knowing how to broach the topic. Suki's eyes glassed over with a practiced calm. She should have thought of what to say. She should have known what to say. They'd already danced around it for too long, and it was a miracle they even took the time to sit down to discuss it like adults.

Sokka closed the door to Yue's quarters — the only place on the ship even remotely private — behind the three of them. Suki, plenty familiar with the space, flopped on the bed like it was the most natural thing she could do, while Zuko hovered over her with uneasy, fleeting eyes, before taking a seat beside her slowly, like there was a possibility the bedsheet might burn his ass off. Suki patted her thigh, motioning for Sokka to join them, and he settled with his back against the wall, with his knee pressed to her hip.

In the end, Zuko was the one to break the silence. He was always the blunt one, the one to rip the bandage off and get it over with as fast as possible. "I don't think this is a good idea." 'This' being them, of course. His eyes were set on the blanket Aang had gifted Yue, a poorly knitted thing, well loved by their captain if the rumpled state it was in at the end of the bed was anything to go by.

Daring a look at Sokka, she found him already looking at her. He was expecting — hoping? — she would contradict Zuko, that she would come up with an argument, a sensible solution, an emotionally intelligent response that would prove him wrong.

Could she really when she couldn't help but agree with him?

She averted her eyes.

Sokka'd always been a hopeless romantic.

"Maybe the two of you could make it work, but. I have a responsibility after the war is over, whether I like it or not," Zuko continued after a beat. Right. He would go back to the Fire Nation and fix the damage done by the war as best as one person could and put his country back in the good graces of the world.

After finding out that his uncle wouldn't become the Firelord, Zuko shut down on them, despite respecting his decision. When he betrayed the Fire Nation officially, he gave up on the thought of one day leading his country to greatness. By the time he joined them, he deemed himself inadequate to repair years of propaganda and colonialism. He spiraled into self-doubt for a good few weeks before the crew had a sit down and properly planned how to tackle the issue of the Fire Nation. Now, he seemed to be motivated by this responsibility.

Despite his reluctance, there was a fire in his eyes she couldn't help but look at longingly.

Suki sighed. "I'm not even sure what I'll do after this is all over. Logically, I would go back home and train the next generation of Kyoshi Warriors." Thoughts of Kyoshi Island flowed through her, from before she met Sokka and Katara, from before Zuko's rogue crew found them, before Zhao's destruction touched them. She thought of Hidemi and Shufen and their little Shigeo and Jingyi, who probably wasn't so little anymore, of the warriors' quarters, of food and mountains and unagi. She thought of loneliness and feeling othered, of the elders' decision to refuse aid, which almost led to starvation, of feeling useless in the grand scheme of things. "I don't know, though," she ended softly.

Something heavy settled over Sokka, a sort of finality, a hopelessness she didn't want to think she and Zuko tainted him with. "Yeah, I want to help rebuild my village, maybe even try out for chief after dad retires. I know Katara would have wanted to if Aang didn't put that wanderlust in her, so. Gotta seize the chance before she changes her mind." It felt a little like he was trying to convince himself. To what? To not throw away his future so he could... so he could be with them? She avoided looking at him, again, feeling a sort of shame at her thoughts.

They all avoided looking at each other, still not bringing themselves to say it, instead excusing themselves from the conversation by voicing everything standing between them.

It was kind of pathetic.

Sokka would have said it. He already talked to Yue, and even if Suki didn't know how it went down, she knew Sokka, and how much he felt and how hard it was to keep pushing it down. She knew Yue, and she knew she needed time to find herself, to find the world after living her whole life in a birdcage.

Maybe Suki just needed time, too.

The thought of leaving it all behind and just traveling to her heart's content, of breaking out of the isolationism installed in her by the Kyoshi Island made her feel strangely guilty. The war would end, but it wouldn't truly be over. Healing took a long time and a lot of effort, and starting back up again when it felt like it was all falling apart. She was supposed to be there and help, it was part of her duty as a leader and someone her people looked up to.

But oh, how tempting it was to fuck it all and join Yue, to take her place as her second when everyone would leave to fix their homes into a new normal, to discover everything again by her side like two children falling in love with the outside.

It was a selfish thing to want.

Duty was a hard thing to bear.

"I do... I do like you two. A bit more than I'm comfortable with," she braved out, feeling her heart in her throat. If Sokka could do it, she could. She could face her feelings and get it over with, and maybe after that, she could sleep for the next hundred years like Aang.

"Uhm... me too." Somehow, Zuko surprised her every time. His face was red as a shrimp lobster, the words sounded clawed out, and he frankly looked like he'd rather be anywhere but there, but it was a step forward.

Sokka buried his face in his hands, letting out a whimper. She patted his thigh in sympathy. Taking a deep breath, he uncovered his face, though his eyes were still closed. "I am in love with you!" he raised his voice, loud and clear, as if fearing they wouldn't hear him.

She knew. She knew, but it still felt like a punch in the gut, and warmth began traveling to her head, threatening to boil her brain straight out of her ears. Zuko was in a similar situation, looking at Sokka with big incredulous eyes.

That knowledge had sat in the back of her mind like a coiling snake waiting to strike when she was most vulnerable, but for some time she'd just put the lid over the pot, knowing it wasn't the right time (it would never be the right time). The intensity at which Sokka was able to feel always shocked her.

Tears began pooling rapidly in her eyes, and, in a fit of panic, she slapped Sokka's thigh as hard as she was able in that state.

"Hey! What was that for?" he howled, finally opening his eyes.

"For-for just saying that like that! Jerk!" Zuko snarled in her place, very eloquently, but she agreed wholeheartedly. Being loved was hard to hear, and even harder to accept. She was surprised he didn't straight up punch Sokka for just blurting it out when they barely managed to say they liked each other.

"You're a jerk, jerk," Sokka pouted, rubbing the place she hit him.

"So what do we do now?" Now that it was out in the open, Suki found herself at a loss. The duties that awaited them after the war weighed down hard on their shoulders, with seemingly no future for the three of them together without sacrificing something much grander than themselves.

Zuko, somber as always, pointed out, "There is a possibility one of us might not come back alive."

"I really don't want to think about that right now, Zuko."

Suki sighed, feeling the weight of the world settling on her chest.

"Are we willing to get attached when we know it won't work?" Like it was a certainty that no matter what they would do, it would end in heartbreak.

"Aren't we already?"

Well. Sokka was right, once again.

[sacersanguis]

Been on an ATLA animated series rewatch lately and the storm episode in S1 ATLA has me STOMPED BC IT NARRATES THE DARKEST MOMENTS OF BOTH ZUKO AND AANG'S LIVES PARALLELLY-

(SORRY I KNOW THIS MAY BE OLD NEWS BUT FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT THESE WERE SEPERATE EPISODES BUT NO.)

But Oh, the parallel of an airbending boy who ran away from his destiny vs a firebending prince who rushed towards it too soon. With both ending in a tragedy where they were left alone grieving what they've lost..

I believe they're more of the Yin & Yang Duo of the series. (I know ppl associate that with zutara or something but they're more alike than people seem to think 🤔)

[ididgettomeetyou]

i love the references to how hard it was to draw Zim characters and he thought this style would be EASIER.. then realized later on .. it wasn't..

this is about CHARACTER designs

[miiyas]

forgot how peak mha can be sometimes 😭