#hearts on the mend spoilers

[princecosmosanon]

(i'm a different anon btw)

Haha! Zuko is already super jealous of the other characters Sokka hangs around. ;3 He definitely has his reasons for hanging back though. Hopefully you’ll get to know what they are sooner rather than later??

WHATTTT? he's jealous?? sorry but like THE AUDACITY! like he had ~ a week off ~ to spend time alone with sokka but he didn't even bother to show up and now sokka gets to spend some time with new friends and meet new people because of his new job as a consort and he's jealous?? if you're so jealous then go to your room at night.. bruh

you know how we say "he would not fucking say that" about fanfiction sometimes? your sokka is soo different than his canon counterpart but i always think you got his core personality so well. i'm like ohhh he would do that yeah.

could i ask you about other characters? we know katara's at home (god i recently reread the first chapters and her anger is so heart wrenching. she just loves her brother so much i hope they get to reunite in the flesh). aang is still in the ice i suppose. i hope katara's anger at the fire nation for taking one of her loved ones again breaks him free so he can give our girl a bison ride to caldera to see her brother. hope this doesn't come across as rude or telling u what to do but i think it would be hilarious to read toph in this setting. though i don't think they'd have time to be friends in this story. still i'd like her to give zuko a hard earthbending style slap (oh i know i'm gonna regret lashing at zuko i know... but for now he's a lil bitch). yue is alive, hopefully? so... not gonna lie i hope we get to see one or two people falling for our sokka so zuko can be more jealous lmao i need zuko to realize that sokka's a cute magnet for cute people (now i'm not suggesting cheating. that's awful haha... unless 👀👀)

thank you so much for sharing your work with us i'm so in love with it that i reread it aaaaaaaaalllllllll the time krhjdx

i hope life gets less busy so you get to rest and enjoy yourself. writing can wait you're more important, if you feel obligated to write (i know i do when it comes to my writing) take your time please we're here whenever you want to update 💗 i know i won't give up on this story and i'm sure others won't too.

have a nice day king 👑

Whoa, I am soooo late to responding to this!! I apologize! It came into my inbox around when my boss first went on paternity leave and work was exploding around me :x

But LMAO yeah, Zuko is very audacious in this fic. He has a very inflated idea of what’s “right” and “wrong” and for good reason! But it seriously does not mesh with Sokka’s.

Lol I’m glad you like my Sokka interpretation! <3 Part of why it works in Hearts on the Mend is due to it being a non-canon universe. Sokka is older, he’s wiser, he can keep his mouth shut a little easier, but he’s prolly at least 20% more petty than his canon counterpart. He’s mastered passive-aggressive sibling slights and he’s turning that knowledge on Zuko, all guns blazing. - That’s basically why I write him like I do. I find it easier than sassy child Sokka. I’m personally not as good as he is with snappy comebacks, but I can write petty well enough.

Regarding other characters… (spoilers hidden for those who want to not see them)

Katara will indeed see Sokka again in this fic! You can bet Zuko doesn’t get away from her wrath forever. ;)

Aang will also appear in this fic at some point! :3c any more spoilers with him would be telling, tho…

Toph… I haven’t considered in *this* fic, I’ll be honest. She may appear in the sequel fic I plan to write (yes, I already have plans to write more for these characters in this particular setting) but she’s tabled for now.

And does Sokka get more love interests??? Will cheating be involved?!?!? Who can say… no, lol, actually this fic won’t have Sokka cheat on Zuko. He’s not going to put his tribe into jeopardy for his own libido or comfort. But he might have some longing later…!

Thank you again for reading my fic. It’s a lovely story and I want to keep it going. It’s definitely not dead in the water until I say it is, and I do feel like I’ll get back to writing soon. I just can’t say for sure because I’m all scattered still.

Thank you again and again and again! Love and peace,

~Prince Cosmos Anon

[thesleepiemooth]

baby worm worm precious chaos worm WORM!!

[thestarlightforge]

The way Nicky’s death felt so similar to Joyce Summers—because it was the same idea. That the true heartbreak is it wasn’t a monster, something huge she could fight—it’s just the simple tragedy of everyday life.

“No, Billy. Sometimes, boys die.”

The fact that she left more story to tell on purpose, but they’ve devised the chapters. That Agatha and Rio living together in a cottage—literal cottage core lesbian witches—and Rio being Nicky’s “father” is among those chapters she’s doing press anywhere and everywhere to be allowed to tell next.

And the fact that, again, Jac was explicitly writing towards people who have had the experience of terminally ill, disabled, or chronically sick kids. She’s written another mother for whom her unlikely, disabled kid was the honor and love of her life—two more, with Rio, to the point of her bending the laws of nature around them.

I’m so emotional. I love her so much.

[laz-kay]

“I’m not always worried about the future, and that’s because of my grandkids. They might actually figure stuff out, and - y’know - Fix stuff”.

Bob's Burgers, Wharf, Me Worry? (S14: E8)

[utterdrip]

astarion being so conscious about what a big weird fuckin group the tadpole’d are like yelling at them hands fluttering about

“we’re conspicuous enough as this merry band of freaks! can you! be normal!”

[hard cut to astarion panting over the possibility of killing some githyanki scouts]

[super-andi-ness]

GOOD OMENS 2 SPOILERS BELOW:

The only peace I have in this dark hour is that Aziraphale will DEFINITELY have to do the dance when he pulls his head from his rectum.

[madzillus]

Finished IWTV. I will need 3-50 business days to recover. I thank you for your patience

[118diazs]

if i see one more person say that helena didn't take chris she's just being a loving grandmother i'm going to kick a man

[veryintricaterituals]

It was so cheesy and campy and ridiculous and I can't wait for more...

[acr3ss-the-cosmos]

"Almost there, JiaoJiao." Eros hums softly as they walked. His hand in the Foxian's, leading him through the street to their destination. And then, after a moment, they're stopped. And Jiaoqiu can hear a quiet exchange between the vidyadhara and another person. Before he gently places something in the other's hands. Smooth to the touch and light. A walking stick almost exactly like his own, just without the heft. "So- back home, when people lose their sight we um- we get them these so they can sort of- navigate a bit easier. I know that y'c'n use y'er hearin'- but sometimes that won't work. So- so I had this made f'er ya-. I hope- i hope that's okay."

unprompted. @draconicfool (implied spoilers under the cut)

Jiaoqiu's ears swiveled to and fro as Eros guided him down the street, idly listening to the idle chatter of the Yaoqing's citizens when they passed by. His hearing had become far sharper since his vision weakened, and it was easy to make out which direction voices were coming from, even as his unfocused gaze started ahead of him. There was a vendor calling out from his left, attempting to entice pedestrians with his fresh produce, and to his right, a woman talked animatedly with her friend about the latest in imported fashion, courtesy of the IPC. He could almost visualize how they must have appeared in his head, but alas, it would suffice now that his eyes no longer functioned like they used to.

The sound of his partner's footsteps halted, and Jiaoqiu came to a stop in turn. Soft pink ears would twist forward in attention at the quiet murmuring just in front of the foxian, picking up the voice of Eros along with a third party. He felt the vidyadhara's small hand release his own, replaced with a long, lightweight object that both his hands now grasped. He listened to Eros' explanation as his right hand moved up the cane's surface, feeling its smooth wooden bamboo finish as he reached the curved handle. As his fingers gingerly curled around it, his expression became one of soft admiration as he faced down and sideways towards the direction of his partner's voice.

"Eros, you've gone out of your way to have this crafted for me when I never asked you to do such a thing. This is more than ok." There was a clack of wood against stone when the cane's other end met the ground, Jiaoqiu lightly holding onto the handle. His free hand slowly came up to carefully caress the vidyadhara's cheek, his thumb tracing a circle over the skin. "Thank you, dear dragon. I'll remember to utilize this when needed."

[princecosmosanon]

I would go into more details, but that leads to spoilery territory and I’ll only give them out if you or someone else requests them (and it will be under a cut).

Ohh I would love to hear them!!

Haha, alrighty you asked for it! I’ll be putting the answer under a cut. And for those who want to dive in, this is a response to Why Zuko is Acting Out at the end of chapter 6 in Hearts on the Mend.

Also, the following content can be upsetting to some, so please tread carefully and as always, mind the tags:

So, first off, Zuko is a victim of abuse in this fic, which happened to him when he was a child. I have already tagged this in the story itself as “implied/referenced child abuse” and “implied/referenced rape/non-con” and someday Zuko will explain about that, but I will say for the sake of keeping it more sanitized here, he has some incredibly averse reactions to being touched or cornered.

However, he cannot escape the fact that he is a member of the royal family, he is the next heir to the Fire throne, and he will need to have heirs of his own someday. Thus, his current predicament.

Despite this, however, he does not hate Sokka as it seems to be implied by his words or actions. Zuko is actually what I call “scent attracted” to Sokka; he has an incredibly strong reaction to Sokka’s scent in general and it compounds his own physical attraction to him.

As you can guess, this is also what Sokka is currently going through.

But then why did Zuko react so badly to Sokka’s smell at the end of chapter 6?

Well, Zuko is very stressed, and he feels as an Alpha he has a certain level of power over Sokka, and the imbalance of power is fueling his anxiety. Sokka did not hear the entire conversation between Zuko and Iroh, and before he heard what he did, Iroh (being an uncle) was just teasing his nephew a little to try and help with his tension. It backfired causing Zuko lashed out at someone who he thought wasn’t there and couldn’t be hurt by his words, which we all know as readers that is not the case.

Zuko’s biggest fears are turning into the people who once harmed him; of becoming someone who abused their power in order to physically abuse someone who cannot fight back. He’s not being stoic, he’s holding himself back. He’s not being stuck up, he’s trying to ensure he won’t become a danger. It isn’t uncommon for victims to feel like they are the ones who fucked up, like they are the reason bad things happened to them and that they’re bad people who are going to turn into those same abusers.

Zuko has a lot of trauma to unpack and heal from, and as the prince it’s not something anyone can easily speak about for fear of listening ears.

Someday, Sokka will hear Zuko’s story, and it’s gonna be hard on both of them. But this is a story about overcoming trauma, healing, and learning to handle relationships when the worst of us rears it’s ugly head. That’s why it’s called Hearts on the Mend. There’s so much healing to be done. Hopefully, you and everyone else reading will be able to appreciate just how much Zuko is trying once the full reality of the situation comes to the fore.

Thank you again for reading! As always, if anyone has any questions they are free to ask, and I am always willing to answer even if it’s full of spoilers because I like talking about my writing.

[greyias]

Well, I'm glad Wyll's moved on after that accidental heartbreak.

[oldmanpuppyplay]

What is about heartburn as we get older that just makes you straight up feel like you're gonna pass away

[obviouslyinvisible]

Heard down the grape vine that a song from La Cage Aux Folles (the birdcage) was going to be in the next Ted Lasso episode ( I may be wrong) but my point stands if you want the full context of the songs there is a full recording of the musical below on YouTube : ) . With a truly powerful performance of "I am what I am" .

Correction/update: next week's episode title:

[atticcreationz]

We've reached the point in the season where I don't want to watch the Adventuring Party episodes until AFTER the ending, but good lord the physical restraint I will have to exhibit if any of the last few APs have even a whiff zoom energy...

[hismentor]

" Wukong? Do you still.. " He trails off, frowning. The look on his face was troubled, uncertainty in his eyes. This felt like such a ridiculous question to ask - The answer should be clear as day. And yet... " We're still.. Together, right? " // for their past... someone's been hearing things from the future

  guess i tend to push my luck // @falsementor

the monkey king was taking a well deserved break from his duties, munching on a peach while resting next to the other monkey. eyes closed as he hums to himself, not really paying attention to how troubled the other was.

when macaque begins to speak, wukong blinks, looking over at him. he sits up, holding the peach on the lap as the other voices his concern.

❝ pfft, what's with that question ? talk about a downer. ❞ he mutters before leaning against macaque, eyes closing as he speaks, ❝ we're always going to be together, bud. you're not getting rid of me anytime soon. ❞ an eye opens as there's a mischievous smile on his expression. ❝ i told you, i'm always going to be here to protect you. i'm not going to break that promise. ❞