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"I ought to have been born by the sea – any sea – and I have a strong suspicion that this inclination is present in all human beings. The ocean calls us for it is the ancient and original home, not only of mankind but of all life."
--Farley Mowat, Born Naked
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twitter guys sure are something.
#was this too mean of me? i think not bc what a weird comment and i hate how ppl go#ewwww naked people? like. yeah bro#thats how you were born fun fact#no art here
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My latest completed commission may have been a bit ambitious... because I went wild with it. But I certainly relished in doing so :') Combining my favorite ship with my favorite-ever Disney movie is, uh... a dangerous concoction :'D
The commissioner specifically requested for Azula as Mulan, Sokka as Shang, and Xin Long (my OC dragon from Gladiator) as Mushu. The rest of the cast was up to me to choose, and I pretty much went wild rewatching this movie and picking out some of my favorite moments to recreate them in my style, with these characters. I came up with a lot of correlating characters between both ATLA and 1998's Mulan, but I couldn't hope to draw EVERYTHING, unfortunately. Still, if you want my reasoning for the cast correlation... check out the Read More! Beyond that, feel free to reach out to me if you'd like to commission me, or if you want to join my Patreon!
The Herbalist as Mulan's grandmother might feel arbitrary but she honestly felt like the ATLA elderly lady with the most similar personality to Grandma Fa. Fickle, with a unique connection with a seemingly perfectly ordinary animal, old and sassy? Figured it fit! So for once, the Herbalist is Azula's grandma! xD strange notion, I know, Azulon/Herbalist is not a ship I ever thought I'd accidentally put out in the world but there have been wilder ships than that in this fandom...
Momo became Cri-Kee, I wasn't 100% sold on it but when I considered that Avatar features soooo many hybrid animals... I figured he could be a hybrid cricket-lemur. Weird, I know, but eh? Better than nothing xD
Aang as Chien-Po was a no-brainer. He's the only character I settled on instantly, never even considered anyone else for the role. Their personalities line up really well, and Chien-Po's tendency to be OP and resolve things that are outside of other people's reach sounded like he was prime Avatar material! So, while their dietary preferences are an obvious difference between them, I decided to go for it nonetheless considering all their other similarities!
Kino (another Gladiator OC) is Ling, and he actually did give me a ton of trouble to choose. I considered many characters for the role right up until I realized that Kino's personality actually lines up fairly well with Ling's, down to being a class clown type (who ABSOLUTELY would have cut gym class!) and breaking out in song about the hypothetical woman he'd like to fight for? Yeeeeah that's right up his alley xD but there's another reason why I picked Kino...
... And that is my likely unexpected choice for Yao:
ZUKO.
ZUKO IS YAO.
YES.
I'M NOT EVEN SORRY.
(For the uninitiated, Aang, Zuko and Kino are best friends in Gladiator, very often together, and they make a really good team, so that's the extra reason why Kino became the obvious choice for Ling aside from having really similar personalities, definitely closer personalities than, say, Jet, for instance.)
People have likened Zuko to Shang a LOT since ATLA aired. This is the main reason why I'm even making this huge note! I suspect it's primarily because of the aesthetic, let's be real here, and because he becomes Aang's teacher, but people have exaggerated Zuko's alleged similarities with Shang, or taken them out of proportion, in many ways. I actually remember an AMV ages ago with "Be a Man" and it was Zuko "training the Gaang"?? It... didn't feel right to me. Obviously, someone might rebuff with "well, how does Sokka make MORE sense than that, though?" And believe it or not, I have arguments for that... (when do I not...?)
Not only is this what the commissioner specifically requested (and it obviously lines up with the ship we love!), but let's examine the actual reasons why Sokka as Shang adds up:
Sokka actually had to train a bunch of toddlers who weren't paying any attention to him. You know. Kind of how Shang had to train the unruly soldiers who weren't getting anything right. Sokka has a positive relationship with his dad (Zuko, ofc, does not). Shang also has a positive relationship with his dad! And not only this, but there's a military component to both relationships, specifically with Shang wanting to follow on his father's footsteps and aid him in the war... so much like someone else I know, who jumped at every opportunity to rejoin his father in the war, even wishing to join him as a child until Hakoda tasked him with protecting their Tribe instead (kinda like Shang is tasked with training soldiers rather than joining a battlefield).
And the final cherry-on-top that I'd loooove to hear Zuko fans try to argue against... is sexism :') didn't Sokka get characterized as a sexist guy for four episodes, which made people decide that this was his main character trait even if it went away that quickly? Um, yes, that happened. Shang literally sings the memorable song that's a crazy ode to masculinity, including the rather sexist line of "did they send me daughters when I asked for sons". Shang outright abandons Mulan once they discover that she was a woman all along (while, admittedly, choosing to abandon her rather than KILL HER, which as we saw from Chi-Fu, he was NOT supposed to spare her!)...
So, is this REALLY what Zuko fans, who willfully believe their boy is a feminist king (... why? beats me...) are trying to compare their unproblematic blorbo to? :'D Me? I have no problem linking Sokka with Shang due to Sokka's beginnings and due to the fact that both Shang and Sokka have similar growth when it comes to accepting femininity is as valid as masculinity, and as they both learn to respect women as fighters and potential heroes! (I simply do not believe Sokka's ENTIRE tenure in ATLA was about that, though, and that's what I continue to clash with the fandom over...) So... all this is why I've reasoned that Sokka is a VERY solid choice for Shang, in fact, better than Zuko could hope to be.
... but this isn't all.
Maybe some might accept my arguments for Sokka-Shang. And then, they might ask:
WHY ZUKO AS YAO, THO??
... And the truth is it took me long to see it, myself, but HOLY SHIT, DOES IT FIT!
What is the primary thing we remember about Yao in Mulan? This guy is constantly itching for a fight, to prove himself, surely riddled with insecurities that he exteriorizes through overcompensation of masculinity. He's funny as fuck, but he's taking himself 100% seriously as a manly man all the time, and he's always ready for violence. But there's one more thing...
He treats Mulan as his RIVAL.
And more often than not? SHE SCREWS HIM OVER. Intentionally or not.
What does that sound like? Why, yes, it sounds a LOT like Azula and Zuko's sibling relationship!
The fact that Yao is a temperamental dude who lashes out easily at things (oh, something he has in common with Zuko!), that he specifically resents Mulan (in this case, Azula, just as Zuko does!) and is either constantly looking to defeat her and prove his superiority over her (... wait, just as Zuko with Azula??), that he has a black eye perpetually across the movie, and it's his LEFT EYE (just as Zuko's scar is on his left eye! :'D), that he's friends with a pacifist he has basically nothing in common with, personality-wise (just like Zuko and Aang!), and that he pretty much has a REDEMPTION ARC in which he goes from a bitter, asshole rival to Mulan to treating her as a friend and ally, to the point where he was disappointed to leave her behind and THEN joined her at once when she says she has a plan? :') I have always been critical of Zuko's redemption arc, goes without saying. But if ANY of these characters redeemed himself in any significant way, it certainly seems to be Yao to me, and with people gushing NON-STOP about Zuko's redemption? Why, he ought to be the character who goes from bitter rival to loyal friend, right?
So. I'm not even sorry. Zuko is Yao. And I'd dare say that he should be flattered by the comparison, even, because Yao ends up being cool as FUCK!
I don't really talk about this much nowadays, but Mulan was my favorite Disney movie growing up, it ABSOLUTELY had a formative influence on me as a little girl, and Mulan was my favorite female character for a looooong time. Thus, any excuse to rewatch this movie makes me happy as heck. With the wisdom of age I know, of course, that it's not perfect, it's not what China wants, it's not the most thoughtful depiction of Chinese culture or the most faithful adaptation of Mulan's poem (... but I'd also dare bring up that the 2009 Chinese adaptation ISN'T all that faithful either...), but it has a kind of magic in it, a solid storytelling flow, so many memorable moments one after the next, that I could hardly choose which scenes to depict... Disney has never again seen the storytelling heights it reached with Mulan in 1998. I don't even care if that's a controversial opinion in any way... this is their best animated feature for me, and nobody can change my mind.
So... depicting Azula, my beloved, in all these scenarios as this character I adored and idolized as a child, was so damn fulfilling for me. While some might think that, personality-wise, these two ladies don't have much in common, the fact that Mulan is sent to a matchmaker who basically tells her she looks good but is going to be the worst wife ever...? Our girl Azula, with all those insecurities about being unloveable and a monster, probably would relate big time to that.
Mulan is also an INTELLIGENT soldier rather than a brawny one, which is how she starts to make progress in the army, it's how she manages to overcome the huns with that avalanche... and Azula's primary difference with most other antagonists in ATLA is that she's smart as fuck. She is very strong, no doubt, but a LOT of that strength comes from her intelligence, from assessing situations in unique ways, from planning and strategizing. The way Mulan finds the most unexpected solutions that still pay off reminds me a lot of how Azula achieves unexpected feats through rather unorthodox means, capable of taking over a city with basically no bloodshed while her nation has spent 100 years trying and failing to do so through major army incursions and who knows how much senseless violence. Obviously, I'm not saying what Azula did is GOOD and it's kind of dumb that we always have to point that out... I'm merely comparing the magnitude of the feats, and the fact that they both come from ladies who use strategy and intelligence to achieve their goals rather than muscle and physical power.
And while anyone would rage at me for the comparison between Fa Zhou (her dad) and Ozai, the truth is the dynamic between them CAN be compared, if loosely: Mulan literally goes to war to keep her father safe. Azula goes to war under her father's orders. Hell, she makes herself BAIT in the Eclipse to make sure the Gaang won't get to her dad?? While it's very much possible to say that both characters have different personalities and attitudes in life... I'd also bring up that their contexts are evidently completely different. I wouldn't say for certain that Azula, had she been raised outside a Royal Family, would be EXACTLY like Mulan... but they might have more similar traits than one might expect. Ultimately, though... I love them both. And this opportunity to swap their places was pretty much a dream come true!
Alright, that was plenty of rambling xD ultimately, I had a blast doing this commission, as I'm sure is obvious by now. So! If anyone wants to commission me, feel free to check out my prices right here and hit me up if you're interested!
#sokkla#sokka#azula#mulan au#xin long#zuko#aang#kino#the herbalist#momo#if you squint he's there okay he is just too damn complicated as a hybrid cricket-lemur alright#Xin Long is scale-less because he was too small and it was gonna look weird so for once he was a little less tricky :'D#I wish I could've had MORE epic scenes really this movie is a goddamn GEM#goldmine of glorious moments#it's just wonderful#I usually get sick of things as I work too much with them...#... Sokkla and Mulan are clearly a glorious exception to that rule#I wish I could've put in scenes with other correlating characters#Combustion Man was gonna be Shan-Yu#Chi-Fu was gonna be Long Feng#I can't remember who I had in mind for the emperor anymore#wasn't Kuei because he had to be old but welp#and yes it's too bad it's too sad there are not enough female characters here for the rest of the ATLA female cast...#but while I BRIEFLY considered making Toph one of the trio (Yao ofc)#the naked scene convinced me of the opposite quickly#... Toph would not succeed at convincing anyone that she was born a man she would straight up not even try#she'd just beat everyone up and scare them into shutting up#and while I'd LOVE to see that... it absolutely takes out the stakes from Azula being discovered as a woman pretending to be a man :'D#how tf would you kick one girl out while keeping the other one in the army#when the other one should be bold enough to stand on a rock in her birthday suit showing herself off in front of everyone
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baby kobold.. so cutes
this one was born "cold" ie to a parent who was in a cold temperature zone for key developmental stages in the pregnancy. so it has a full down coat
it could fit inside a teacup
#they have translucent baby bird eyelids#ones born warm have a naked baby rodent type style#dog knight story
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can't stop thinking about how when they started production on dungeons and drag queens, brennan was really considerate and asked the queens what would make them most comfortable, like do they want brennan in drag do they not etc and bob came back with "well what's your drag?" and then brennan got to live out his larp camp dreams with that look. something about the perspective of drag as a personal expression and not one established set of rules for dressing up like.. idk I just love the way bob expressed that. like yeah the elf ears with dangly earrings and a leather shoulder piece is brennan's drag. that's all there is to it.
#i just love the way she said that#referring to just a specific look that you curate as 'your drag'#we're all born naked the rest is drag#etc etc#dungeons and drag queens#d20 dndq#dimension 20
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I've been wanting to play more with my Human Bill design and concepts since reading the book :) so here's a comic that I want to continue on (after I fill some other obligations T_T)
#em draws shit#art#comic#human bill#bill cipher#book of bill spoilers#tbob spoilers#drawing this was fun because i got to use a trope i find hilarious (conveniently placed censor object)#hes naked cause he was just born. into the body of a grown man
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The overwhelming urge to bite your X.O.
#this was born from my desire to chew on kaz like a dog toy#mgs#big boss#bbkaz#naked snake#metal gear solid peace walker#kazuhira miller#scribbles#spork art
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Who Has The Most Gender?: Round 2
Asha: art by laurellerual, AWOIAF Page
Brienne: art by lupotterdraws, AWOIAF Page
BRACKET LINK
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“their adventures were perhaps of a more ordinary sort…”
#the whole gang is here 🥹😭#i like giving them another kid aka a son naked jack 🥺#doctor who#rose tyler#tenth doctor#tenrose#tentoorose#tentoo#mia tyler#empire of the wolf#doctor who fanart#a rose so alive#the one who stayed#born from love#mio amore#sun burning universe ending love#my art#mine#idk just rose looking at the love of her life and realizing how lucky she got#she got her happy ending... she got her forever with her doctor 🥹😭😭😭😭😭#that being said their tardis is fully grown in my mind and they explore the galaxy together
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People (radfems mainly) think that the dichotomy between butch women and femme women is that femme women put effort into their appearance. They put on a gendered performance through their hair, makeup, clothing styling, and mannerisms. While the more feminist butch women do not do these things.
But this dichotomy is false.
Butch women DO put effort into their gender performance. Butchness isn't the inherent state of a woman, it's a specific gendered performance. Butchness. It involves conscious choices regarding hair, makeup, clothing styling, and mannerisms.
A woman who doesn't put effort into her appearance, doesn't wear makeup, and styles herself solely for comfort can be a butch woman but isn't necessarily. Because butchness is stylistically distinct, though obviously varies culturally. A lot of women who dress for comfort would not be called "butch." Because "butch" doesn't mean "any woman not wearing obvious makeup or pretty dresses" like many radfems seem to think.
#butch#butch women#lesbians#lesbian#lesbianism#sapphic#sapphic women#wlw#femme#femme lesbians#queer#gay#lgbtq#lgbt#butch appreciation#you're born naked and the rest is drag
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oh god vampire nicki its overrrrr
#that scene where nicki is in full meltdown and lestat spends the entire time drooling over his naked torso is really funny tho i fear#but uh oh. nicki evil violin time!!#also i feel some santiago lestat parallels w them having their dressing rooms full accolades from their human time as actors#the show could make this delicious i know#still ohhh my god. gabrielle being like do NOT do this to him but there was never another choice...#lestat saying making gabrielle was seeing being born but making nicki was seeing him die GROUP SUICIDE IN 10 SECONDS!!!!!#tvl posting#luna.txt
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i dont necessarily think this is materially true but conceptually i think most things can be made hot with enough gender dynamics layered on it. and by gender i mean social roles in general
#we're born naked and the rest is drag is kind of how i think to be honest#gender to me is roughly equivalent to social actions#sun.txt
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My eyes have been Opened to ✨Pengiyuuin✨
Beloved @tidalwaveoctave helped me see the light (look at their Pengiyuuin) <3
The mental image of a penguin unsheathing a blade is so fucking funny like
🐧 <- That,,with This -> 🗡️?? Genius & Silly
Some doodles
Was attempting Bearded Vulture Kyojuro, still working his anatomy out but the Rengiyuu bird love was <3!! & I Had to draw it
Tanjiro & Nezuko are currently penguins for the adorable convenience (,,,Giyuu warming them I—the thought was too cute)
^ THAT COULD BE PENGIYUUIN WITH THE KAMABOKO SQUAD AAAAA
#[casting Pengiyuuin Adoration Lvl bajillion]#You Will love him#I’m at a loss for how much clothes I give them that’s why there’s naked giyuu mentions lmao#uhhhh#furry au?#idk I just wanna practice furry art w/ kny but I’ll probably share whom I’ve drawn so far#just realized aside from Tide & Nero I haven’t told anyone of this OOPS#gonna break it to yall now: Sabito is a bunny#did u expect any different ?#ok tangent time but like—#Sabito being bunny coded but Trying to be fox coded reminds me of the:#‘born to shoujo forced to shounen’#Sabigiyuu shoujo au ?#demon slayer#kny#octo’s art#lmao
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One time when I was kid, my sister and I were putting dirt in a frisbee to sit out in the yard because it was about to rain (as you do). My dog jumped up and knocked the frisbee over on him, and my sister said, “Way to go, Tigger, you got dirt on your freaking beak.”
#‘you got dirt on your freaking beak’ is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard#this is a different sister than the one that said ‘babies are born naked?’
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Lanaaaaa peppersss
#lana del rey#coquette#fashion#lizzy grant#girl blogger#it girl#icons#she is a girlboss#girl interrupted#spotify#video#peppers#did you know there’s a tunnel under ocean blvd#born to die#paris#france#2012#paradise#most beautiful women#woty#coachella#naked for the neighbors#fuck it#yes mama
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15 trips and a love that won't die
#I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON VENUS AND I MAY BE HERE A WHILE-#karan cut his eye out like less than 24 hours ago he is NOT mentally stable enough for his dead boyfriend to come back to life#oh well better cope mfer#In the text Caleb is naked and covered in slime in this scene but I did not want to subject anyone to that tbh XD#make bad art make bad art its fine its fine its fine its fine its fine its-#veneer#near posting#cruddy rambles
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