#healing of a nation

[wen316]

Bohannon resting easy on his horse

[queen-of-hawkins-why-ler]

Will having the kind of relationship with his dad that makes him feel neglected and abused, and having the kind of relationship with Mike that protects him and makes him feel safe. Mike having the kind of relationship with his dad that makes him feel the need to conform and deny his true self, and having the kind of relationship with Will that affirms his identity and allows him to unashamedly and unapologetically be the person he really is. Mike being Will’s shelter and Will being Mike’s ultimate self-acceptance.

[orcelito]

showing off the commission i got from @ruporas for my fic, In the Next Life!

i'm still so incredibly excited about this. it's been some months since the story event that caused these scars, but i wanted SO BADLY to be able to see what they'd actually Look like... & Here They Are.

ruporas rendered the scars So Well, i just cant stop Looking at them... there's a Fresh & a Healed version, which ruporas was kind enough to give me without additional charge (Thank U Again😭😭) so i get to see what it looks like at different stages.

Lichtenberg Figures. in terms of actual scarring, lightning strikes that people survive don't tend to leave permanent scars, but the lichtenberg figures that they (usually temporarily) leave behind are just So Cool... Now, what happens when you get someone who can survive an amount of electricity/lightning that would be Frankly Lethal to any normal human person?

This :]

[reality-detective]

🄼🄴🄳🄸🄲🄸🄽🄴🔥

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[houseswife]

house’s cane is grotesquely underutilised sexual style in fanfics considering that 1) it’s a long phallic object that he is constantly handling and 2) he straight up joked about fucking wilson with it that one time

[theclowncowboy]

we lost it all when we lost MTV music video station

[draconicsplendor]

The Hetalia fandom is like "they're literally immortal patron deities with supernatural healing abilities lol of course none of them are disabled! And if they become disabled they'll all eventually heal obviously!"

Meanwhile Odin has one eye, and Thor has chronic pain from shrapnel being lodged in his brain.

Meanwhile Tyr had his hand bitten off during Ragnarok, and it never grew back.

Meanwhile Hephaestus was born disfigured and kicked out of Olympus at birth.

If ancient civilizations portrayed some of their gods with disabilities, then we can do better now, guys. Come on.

[honeybunnygummy]

I cant wait for the s5 byler edits with this audio

[aimlacely-sapphic]

🔥Fire Lord Zuko Headcanons🔥

My semi-canon compliant headcanons of Zuko after the war with a side of Zukka

Zuko's first few months as firelord are a bit of a mess. He's desperately trying to put together some semblance of functional governance in place of the corruption left in his fathers wake, while simultaneously trying to negotiate peace treaties and settlement agreements with nations his predecessors attempted to destroy.

He's overworking himself, not sleeping enough, forgetting to eat and overall just not doing a great job taking care of himself, convinced if he doesn't take care of things instantly then he's not doing enough.

It all comes to a head once the assassination attempts start getting out of hand. At that point Zuko is simply not sleeping so Sokka, Mai, Tylee and Iroh stage an intervention (you cannot convince me Iroh would stay in Ba Sing Se once things start getting out of hand)

His security get upgraded, Toph gets brought in to vet the staff (she can tell when people are lying!! why wouldn't she get to kick people out of the palace?)

And finally things start to settle down

Once the peace talks and negotiations are done he starts transforming the Fire Nation itself

A lot of people have written about this but I am absolutely convinced that Zuko spends the first year trying to get the palace staff to trust him not to hurt them

By the second or third year they are willing to speak to him and have more than small talk

He goes about making a lot of changes in policy but first he disappears for 2 days only Sokka and his head guard knowing in advance

He goes incognito through dozens of towns and villages

He visits schools (putting his blue spirit skills to use)

He goes to orphanages and homeless shelters

He goes back to the Sun Warriors to tell them about the end of the war and seek advice on how to reshape the way firebending is taught to everyone (and maybe he ends up adopting a dragon egg in the process...)

When he returns to the palace he is ready to transform the nation

He makes it a crime to use corporeal punishment

He brings back old traditions and rule for Agni Kais where they can only be fought by adults against adults provided they both agree to the fight. The Agni Kai stops when a person surrenders or at first burn.

He wanted to completely end the practice of Agni Kais but tradition could not constantly be broken by his reign (according to his advisors) so the changes just make them less common or harmful until they go obsolete

He puts in place programs for veterans to get the treatment and support they need.

He creates a fostering program where children who have been left behind can find love with parents who have lost children or veterans who want to bring love and hope to the world

He works with Aang and Sokka and Master Piandao to create new curriculum for the schools which is historically accurate, brings back culture and joy and teaches students to think for themselves

He includes some of the wisdom from the sun warriors in the new curriculum so that firebending, and really all fighting forms can be taught with their duality in mind. Fire burns but it is also life. Martial Arts can be use to kill, but they are also an art form.

Making the curriculum stick is a longer process but with help from people on the inside, slowly but surely schools start to teach in a better. kinder way

Its around the time of Zuko's 20th birthday when advisors start to bother him about marrying.

It is while trying to avoid their matchmaking that he start realizing that he likes Sokka (he's an oblivious biromantic asexual, why would anyone expect it to take less time)

Not much changes when they get together, they still spar and go to the gardens to feed the turtleducks together, Sokka still makes silly faces behind ambassadors backs, Zuko still goes down to the kitchens to make them a pot of tea to have together witting in his room (the kitchen staff are used to this by now)

But they start sharing more intimacies, finding what feels comfortable for them in the form of hugs that last just a bit longer and chaste kisses on shoulders and cheeks and foreheads.

And when the egg from the sun warriors hatches and a tiny dragon comes tumbling out, they name him Druk and take care of him together

Zuko continues to go on trips incognito a few times a year and it is on one of these trips what he finds a young child alone on the side of the road. When he learns that she has know family he tries to taker her to the orphanage in the town near by. She runs away and there is nothing Zuko is willing to do to get her to go.

She has a grittiness and fighting spirit that reminds Zuko of his younger self, an independent streak and impulsiveness that border on dangerous. And even though Zuko has to leave her that day he can't stop thinking about her as he returns to the palace.

Sokka notices right away and they talk about her, and adoption, and the fact that Zuko needs an heir and end up figuring out that they want a child of their own to raise now that Druk is all grown up

When Zuko next returns to the town he brings Sokka, a legal witness and adoption papers with him.

He introduces her to Druk and when she pets him and falls in love they start to talk to her. She begins to trust them, telling them her name is Izumi and that she doesn't like the orphanage because it reminds her too much of her past.

They stay for a few days getting to know her and when they ask if she wants to live with them she does say yes.

Over time Zuko comes to find balance and love in the peace he created in the Fire Nation<3

Note: I cannot take credit for all of these ideas, some of them come from a bunch of fanfictions I've read over the years and especially Post-Canon Fire Lord Zuko (and his staff) by RejectsCanon

[thebirdandhersong]

Lads thisss is WILD we went from "he has someone at home" (insert WEEKS of trying to calm my heart down and focus on other things and not punishing myself for having emotions and trying to come to terms with the fact that this is Boy no. 3 in this continuing pattern of loving people who turn out to already be in love with someone else, and feeling extra miserable because of friends' teasing) to "he DOESN'T have anyone, actually" this afternoon (insert all the emotions here and then some as I tried to figure out how to process this and what to do with it) to "he might have someone at CAMP THOUGH" an hour ago (i think i know who it is ! Which continues on the fun pattern of my knowing and actually liking the girls that these boys love. Personally I hate this for me so much and a part of me just wants to go home)

[undefeatablesin]

DARK THUNDER ⚡️: PAGE 1 + 2

[boatemboys]

absolutely terrible day for asaden fans

[noirtek]

one of my favorite consistencies in the franchise is how well established it is that the metropolitan police and the FBI are completely incompetent at finding people in new jersey it’s like once you commit a jigsaw murder you have open door access to a cop-evading pocket dimension

[loftybliss]

do you miss me... like I miss you?...

(I will see you soon)

Yosemite, 2020

[felicitysmoak]

bbc1 calling ronaldo's missing penalty "misstiano penaldo" 😭😭😭

[jumpymystic]

Grif noticed Locus' left shoulder was tense during training so Grif offered to help give some relief