#hello-nichya-here

[dragomer]

MFW I learned me and Nichya are distant cousins

[marimayscarlett]

I was tagged by @girlfeanor to do this cute cat picrew, thank you so much 🤍

Fitting for the current weather here ☁️🐱

No pressure tags for @wizzardclown @gothtoast @dandysnob @hello-nichya-here @gloomy-blonde @ms-nerd @herbstroslein @vulnerant-omnes @samshinechester @morgana-lefay 😽

[ilikepjo24]

A key point in Azula's potential redemption...

I have talked before about how I think that humiliating and torturing Azula in the name of redemption is ineffective, unfair, cruel, barbaric, inhumane, monsterous, ect...

I go into detail about why I think that in this post, check it out if you're interested.

It has come to my attention that people believe that Azula should be abused cause Zuko also got abused and the pain and humiliation changed him. In this post I will explain why that wouldn't work for Azula.

Mainly, it's because Zuko didn't just get abused. He got abused by Ozai. And that's a major detail, because it affects what Zuko thought of that abuse.

In Fire Nation, the Fire Lord is treated like some kind of god and everyone accepts it. People suffer due to bad economy (war and all) but it's okay because it's the Firelord's will send the Firelord knows best. Zuko being abused by said Firelord is what taught him that no, the Firelord isn't always good, he abuses his fucking kids, the Firelord can go fuck himself.

Zuko hated the fact that he was being abused and therefore to an extend hated Ozai for abusing him. That hatred is what made him able to view Ozai as an imperfect, non-godly being, that could be wrong in same cases and then helped Zuko realize that he was wrong about the war.

Zuko's hatred of Ozai's abuse is basically what triggered his redemption. That method worked for him. But it wouldn't work for Azula. And here's why.

Ozai is now out of the picture.

That's it. That's the reason why. That single detail is why the idea that Azula must suffer for redemption is logically impossible. Allow me to compare the situations:

Zuko was abused / Azula could be abused

Zuko hated his abuser / Azula will hate her abuser

Zuko wanted to destroy his abuser / Azula will want to destroy her abuser

Zuko's abuser was Ozai / Azula's abuser would be the Gaang and the peaceful society

Zuko hated Ozai / Azula will hate the Gaang and the newfound peace

Zuko helped ruin Ozai / Azula will try to ruin the whole world

Azula's redemption arc isn't happening during the war or by a character we know is bad. Especially if we say it's for the sake of redemption. Logically, the people that would want to see her redeemed would be Zuko, Mai, Ty Lee, Aang and potentially the rest of the Gaang.

So while Zuko's abuse made him hate a person that should have been hated, Azula's abused will make her hate people that shouldn't.

Zuko's abuse happened by Ozai and it made him Ozai.

If Azula gets abused, it will be by the good guys and it will make her hate the good guys.

Zuko's abuse was done by evil and made him turn towards good, which caused a redemption arc.

If Azula gets abused for the sake of a redemption arc by good, it'll make her hate both the idea of redemption and good in general.

You could argue that Zuko's abuse made him good but Azula's abuse would just make her more evil and that kind of defeats the purpose of doing it for the sake of redemption

Which is why humiliating/abusing- I'm sorry, "humbling" Azula wouldn't work for her the same way it did for Zuko, it'd have the opposite effect.

Thus proven.

And kudos to @hello-nichya-here for being one of the reasons I was inspired to write this post in the first place!

[maikingsenseofit]

Being a Maiko fan is not for the weak but my god do the metas, fanarts, and the shippers exemplify the best parts of media literacy and creativity.

Special shoutout to the following folks who I love reading and reblogging: @akiizayoi4869 @hello-nichya-here @zvtara-was-never-canon @an-aspiring-jester @mai-fruit-tarts @thethiefandtheairbender

+many more

[zvtara-was-never-canon]

Found a funny post. A ZK shipper complained that ZKs are being attacked while there are some much more terrible ships in the fandom – zucest, or Zhao/Zuko, or Ozai/Hakoda, or Zhao/Azula, or Ozai/Kya, or Jee/Zuko, or Ozai/Azula… there were probably more.

I guess you see the pattern. These are small ships (apart of zucest, probably, it seems the most popular in the list). They are nor, like, everywhere. I’ve only ever seen Ozai/Kya mentioned in a ZK fic, lol. And only ever seen Zhao/Azula fanart among the works of a ZK artist.

They do not pretend to be more than they are or to be something entirely different. For example, Hakoda/Ozai content would be either a crack scenario just for fun’s sake or an honest “these two characters are canonically incompatible, there’s absolutely no way they’ll have a sappy happy ending or a healthy relationship at all, so prepare for some serious drama” or “don’t look for a reason here, I just like them because they’re hot” (which is sexualization I guess but at least both characters are adults and not, you know, 14-years-olds). No “fixing the canon” crap here.

They are honest about their problematics too. Ozai/Azula? “This is incest ship, so if it’s not your kink, just don’t read”. Zhao/Zuko? “Here’s some really creepy shit. Yes, it’s extremely unhealthy, that’s the whole point. You were warned. Check the tags again.”. And so on. Not like the fics where Katara falls in love with Zuko after he raped her, you know…

They don’t shit on other characters. I can’t remember Mai being demonized in zucest fics as much (if she ever was) as she is in ZK fics. I’ve actually seen a devoted zucest shipper (hello-nichya-here) who defends Mai and Maiko!

They are just chill, create and enjoy content. Sometimes it’s amazing. One Jee/Zuko fic I’ve read was much more sensual and erotic than all the ZK smut I’ve ever read, combined (and the character dynamics was way more convincing, too).

Their shippers do not make up crazy conspiracies about how they were “robbed”. They do not write a kilometer long metas about how their ship is the actual canon, inserting Watson and Doyle’s names in every paragraph and lying about almost every event from the show. They do not comment “my ship is better!” under fics or arts featuring one character from their ship paired with someone else. They do not force their ship down everyone’s throat. As far as I know they don’t send death threats to people who don’t like their ship. Really, such terrible ships, why people attack the ZKs instead…

They try to use these as exemples of "worse" fandoms because they all have an element people could have issues with - a canonically abusive character like Ozai, a large age gap between an adult and a minor, incest, a controversial/disliked character, etc.

But like you said, these fandoms all mind their business, and anyone who does the same doens't have an issue with them, if they might have an issue with the ships. Meanwhile, Zutarians are hated not because the ship is controversial, but because the SHIPPERS are pushy. It's just going "Don't pay attention to my bad behavior, hate on these guys for having controversial ships!"

Seems it's time for this again: Hello, Nichya here! Unfortunatelly it was not at all uncommon to find Mai-bashing in zucest fics back in the day (honestly, most of the zucest fics back in the day were fucking terrible with both Zuko and Azula being wildly out of character) and it still hasn't disappeared completely. Thankfully that bullshit seems to be on it's way out, and I don't think the fandom ever reached the point of sending hate to Mai/Maiko fans like zutarians did, even if they hated the character for the same stupid reason - aka for "getting in the way."

[zucest-week]

Hear ye, hear ye, all subjects of the Zucest Nation.

Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, as the official town crier for the events of our community to the Commonwealth of Zucest Nation, it is my duty and honor to announce that the votes of the people have been counted, and the results for the winner prompts of Zucest Week 2024 have been determined! Sinners, rejoice!

Before I announce the results, we shall all pledge allegiance to The Crown, her honor, @hello-nichya-here, appointed by the choir that shall chant our National Anthem.

Now that all the fancy professional formalities are out of the way, and after much coin flipping, dice rolling and wheel spinning (to break the ties amongst prompts that had an equal amount of votes), I present to you a blueprint of how the layout of the prompts is, to avoid any confusion.

Pretty cool, right? Please, save the applause for the end of our presentation.

Now, without further ado,I present to you the winner prompts for Zucest Week 2024!!

You have your prompts, you have your deadlines, you have all you need to start feverishly typing and drawing your stories and fanart! I cannot wait to consume all the fantastic content you all make and, as always, if anyone has any questions or difficulties, do not, under any circumstances, hesitate to contact me.

God bless the Commonwealth of Zucest Nation and God bless the Queen!

[juniperhillpatient]

TYSM for tagging me @luthientinuvielss 🫶

Rules: Post 5 songs that you never hit skip on!

(honestly, music is such a mood-based thing for me I'm pretty sure there's not a single song in existence that I'd literally NEVER skip but here are 5 I'd rarely skip because of how beloved they are)

1.) All Too Well by Taylor Swift

2.) The Sharpest Lives by My Chemical Romance

3.) Everywhere I Go by Hollywood Undead

4.) Turn it Off by Paramore

5.) Can't Fight This Feeling by REO

I tried to pick from totally different genres because my music taste is so diverse lol

I tag: @theowritesfiction @dont-leafmealone @missjessefantastico @reythespacebae @leyleys-cannibal-cafe @giac222 @thefirelordazula @hello-nichya-here @camipretzel @lunaintheskyforever @jctko @prodogg @gathering0gloom @akiizayoi4869 @matchamarshmallow @scullysbagel @scullytheslayer @dear-massacre

And also anyone who feels like it :) I normally just say that but I decided to tag some people to make sure my moots feel seen whether we talk all the time or not okay anyway - only if you want to & yeah anyone can say I tagged them!

[thefierypit]

Favorite Zucest fanfic? Favorite Zucest smut?

God, that’s hard. For fanfic it would be Torment by @hello-nichya-here and for smut it would have to be either Rising Heat or Hot Dream.

[zuctionary]

Zuctionary :

A

Affection:

A strange, but sweet thing that pushes prodigies and dum-dums to be nice to each other, even after they've promised for the millionth time that they're no longer siblings and thus mom can't force them to play together.

It starts with a bit of loneliness and regret after a fight, slowly building up into something more intense and urgent, making it impossible for the two siblings to go on with their day until they spend time together without arguing, or suddenly find themselves being hugged by their sibling. No proper apologies are ever said out-loud, except on dire situations or if such formality is demanded by their mother.

Prodigies are much more likely to engage in that kind of behavior first, much to the shock and embarrassment of their dum-dum. Naturally, they are also quicker to accept their sibling's affection than the dum-dum, who is usually afraid of it being a prank.

Idea and text from @hello-nichya-here​

Thanks Nichya for the prompt and the text!

[dragomer]

Made this after talking with @hello-nichya-here about how similar Zucest and Coffincest were.

[prodogg]

2023 CHARACTER WRAPPED

I got tagged by the wonderful @starstrucksnowing. Here are my top characters this year. 1. Azula Who else can it be other than my favorite princess.

2. Jimmy McGill My favorite lawyer from Better Call Saul

3. Aegon II Targaryen I present his majesty

4. Tommy Shelby My favorite gangster from Peaky Blinders

5. Jinx Jinx from Arcane, I watched like a week ago and she's incredible in it

6. Omni Man One of my favorite trash dads. He's from Invincible.

7. Nacho Varga my second character from Better Call Saul, I loved following his story

8. Lalo Salamanca I know, I know its my third BCS character but Lalo is just Lalo and he deserves to be on here.

That's the list of my favorite characters this year, I would've included Kim Wrexler too but that would've been 4 BCS characters. Also this list shows I need to watch more stuff next year

Tagging without pressure: @juniperhillpatient @akiizayoi4869 @ilikepjo24 @julietwiskey1 @light-miracles @dynadratina @azulas-daddy-kink @hello-nichya-here @witheredoffherwitch

[marimayscarlett]

Found this picrew while vegetating on the couch today and thought it was so cute! Gave me the chance to make a tiny homage to Richard's comfy traveling outfit 🩷

Tagging (if you want to try it): @dandysnob @wizzardclown @gothtoast @m---e---l @gloomy-blonde @vulnerant-omnes @rammbles @woodswallow @meinewellemeinstrand @hello-nichya-here @iinchicore @thegothicviking 🤲🏻

[ilikepjo24]

Fanfic writers, what is your work process? Be brutally honest.

Mine is:

I get an idea from a movie/book/song/video/chat/conversation/other fanfic/real life event/no where in particular.

I sit and think about the idea for long enough to get invested.

If the inspiration is a movie/real life event/conversation, I record it. If it's a song/video, I save the link. If it's a book, I take a picture of the page. If it's a chat/other fanfic, I take a screenshot of it. If it's nothing in particular, I just write it down, along with the situation I was in when the idea sparked (drinking coffee, completing a task, ect) so that I remember what the original vibe of the idea was.

I create a note in my phone where I have the recording/link/picture/screenshot/note that created the idea and then I type out all the extra details I came up with in step 2.

I spend a couple of days brainstorming and deciding what are all the events/dialogue/interactions I want my fic to have.

I create a timeline of all the events and add that to the notes app.

I create the fanfic in my head in the form of a movie, so that my brain can visualize what dialogue choices flow best, how much attention I want to pay in the background during each scene, and what is the body language, tone of voice and facial expressions I want the characters to desplay.

I make a video of myself narrating the movie and its details, while mimicking the body language, so that I won't forget the details and I add it to my notes app.

I look back at the video and wonder what instructions I'd give if it was a movie and I was a director, to get a better grasp of how I want all the movement to be described in text.

I make a voice recording of my director instructions so I can listen to myself say it and see if the instructions are formed in a way that would flow well on paper, and if it's not I redo it and add it to my notes.

I find pictures of all the objects/people I want to describe and follow a similar process with the voice recordings so that I can see if the descriptions flow pleasantly and then I add that recording to my notes too.

In the scenes where the background is important, I draw an layout of the room and add all the objects to see if it feels realistic for a room of the specific dimensions to fit all those objects in a way that isn't awkward and then I add the drawing to my notes.

It's been 18 months since I got the original idea and now all the prep is done, so I open a new Google doc and start making a first draft while constantly checking my notes app from reference.

I always complete the first draft in one sitting and now with that first draft and the note as references, I start writing a second draft, which often takes more than one sittings.

After the second draft is done, I open wordhippo (website) to find other words I could use in parts where I feel like the wording could be better and out of the second draft, I create a third one.

I go over the form of the sentences/paragraphs to make sure the fic is balanced properly.

I check for any spelling and grammar errors and since I don't have a beta reader, this third draft is the final product.

It's been 50 years since I got the idea and I finally post.

I look back in regret because I don't like the way it turned out but I don't take it down cause people leave kudos, so I must have done something right.

What is your 🫵work process?

No pressure tags: @waterfire1848 @bellatrixobsessed1 @timur-pannonicus @akiizayoi4869 @hello-nichya-here @azulas-daddy-kink

[zvtara-was-never-canon]

Since I'm still sick as fuck and the meds are getting expensive, I'm asking you guys for a little help. Five or ten dollars, or any small donations at all, will already make my life a little easier 💖

[loiseau-lyre]

Drawing made after a comment @hello-nichya-here made about Zuko getting animals' unsollicited affection. It could be the beginning of a new little series!

[zucest-week]

When it's @hello-nichya-here Appreciation Day, you know Zucest Week starts tomorrow!!