#i dunno i'm tired and my arms hurts i'll add more to this later

[rose-lizzzy]

I love how discombobulated is my train of thought for Warped, because I start thinking about stuff that could happen in different times, for example this, set a few weeks after the final battle with Xornoth, and after a few weeks of Shrub causing chaos on the empires, and constantly on the run:

When Shrub got the news of how the wizard got incapacitated for the time being by Scott, and how the later one had run away, she used the opportunity to get some stuff.

First, she went to the Crystal Cliffs and stole a magic book, luckily Gem apparently hadn't got out of her room for a while, so it was an easy in and out.

Then, it was Rivendell, she had heard about Scott being the one keeping the crystal safe, but she didn't know where exactly, but luckily for her, just as she was looking for it, Fwhip appeared with looking for it too.

Once Fwhip entered the secret meeting room, it was as easy as to making him fell unconscious with a hit from behind, and take the crystal with her. (ooc: Poor Fwhip, it's like Shrub has something against him in specific xD)

Once she got out of the snowy empire, his voice reappeared as a whisper on her head. But she had her objective clear, so she just ignored it.

She was going to her empire, specifically, to her fairy circle, where she tossed the crystal in the middle of it, and opened the book, quickly finding the spell she needed.

"Finally I'll be able to end this once and for all. Once I get your power, it'll be easy to destroy them all faster than you ever could have-"

"Shrub?" Katherine's voice echoed from the tunnels behind the gnome.

She turned around, and there she was, Katherine, full of tears on her eyes.

AAAAH I love it

Ok I'ma try to add on and continue but jetlag brain even though we didn't even cross timezones it was just an hour flight

"What do you want now?" The gnomes voice echoes, full of annoyance and irritation.

The fairy peeks at what she had, and her eyes widen. "What are you doing with that crystal?!" She tries to grab it but Shrub snatches it back up.

She rolls her eyes, because it was too predictable for her to try to take it away. "I'm not gonna bother to explain it to you. You're just gonna blab more nonsense about the good in me and that I should try and resist and..." She sighs and turns back to her work. "Hopefully one of these times you'll understand. I'm. Tired."

Katherine sits on the other side of her little pit, which was admittedly surprising to Shrub. She stares down at the ground, the dirt and crimson flowers and mushrooms of the fairy circle.

"I know." She whispers, and her tone was different enough for the gnome to actually look up and watch her.

"I know you're tired... I....I think I can understand...I've tried so hard...trying to find ways to help you....and I can't imagine...trying to..constantly....fight...non stop...of course you'd be tired ....of course you'd...give up...." She looks back up at the gnome, tears falling down her face. "But I'm gonna fight for you, k? I'm not gonna ask you to try anymore. You don't gotta do anything. You can rest."

Shrub finds herself tearing up, but she tries to continue her mission.

Out of nowhere, an arm rests around her shoulders and she jumps, turning to try to push her away. "Leave me alone!" She shouts, but Katherine stays.

"Please, Shrub. Let yourself rest."

Her body was warm, and she was tired. A few minutes won't hurt. She can destroy her after a little rest.

I dunno if that's the way you'd want it to go, but I feel like after a few weeks of trying Katherine would accept it and just resolve herself to comforting her, whether that helps or not

I might be too much of a nature wives enjoyer 😅

[dragonshoard]

Ok, sue me but I liked LoK because it was realistic af when it came to the aftermath of the gang. 

They were children going through a war, thoroughly traumatized and then thrown right back into the fire after it was over. They never got to be kids, they never got to know peace, not really. 

Aang screws up and passes down issues to his children as a reflection of his experiences. He was 12, told suddenly that he was the Avatar and then he was running away and caught in a storm and then some lady was hovering over him and what do you mean I’ve been asleep for over 100 years.

Katara backs up into a role that she’s comfortable with because, I don’t know why it’s so hard for some people to understand this, just because you wanted to learn how to fight doesn’t mean you want to fight. She’s 14. 14 during the show. The mature caretaker and that’s even further emphasized when she has three children, three. Do you have any idea how much time that takes out of a person? To raise a whole child, much less three? By the time they’re out of the house and you feel like you can detach your identity of being a “mother”, good luck with that. It’s been 18+ years. Have fun remembering how to be yourself. 

(If you can’t tell, I have a lot of feelings about Katara, don’t start with me; her story is a genuine tragedy and I get why people are pissed at it, but I find it realistic and compelling)

Edit: I made a rebub on Katara. I still stand by the rest. 

Toph was rebellious against the rules so she decided to make her own rules. If that’s not the most boss ass move I’ve ever heard of I don’t know what is. And, lets be honest, Suyin turned out good and so did Lin, though she was horribly bitter for a while (rightfully so, but she remained in that place for years of her own volition without any attempts to make amends). 

I don’t exactly remember much of what Sokka did but he and Zuko looked like one of the only two members of the Gaang who turned out remotely functional and I’m not exactly sure how.

Also, these were all children who can and will change with time and experience. I know for a fact I wasn’t the same person I was at 12 or 14 than I am now at 22. 

And these was children in war. ATLA was about a war and you have to realize you don’t know who these people are during the peace in the aftermath. They’re entire existence is defined by it for the longest times and that is traumatizing. 

Even after the war, the war isn’t over. The 100 year war is over, but a thousand small wars have just begun and that carries on into Lok, becoming Korra’s problem. 

And about Korra. Korra who was sheltered for 16 years of her life. Who was suddenly shocked out of the state of peace and safety that she’s had all her life with one traumatizing experience after another. People who have less exposure to stressful situations deal with it horribly once it hits because they aren’t adapted to it. They have a lower tolerance to it and it sucks. 

I love Korra’s story. I love it because (1) I love depth and suffering and (2) because her progress was amazing to watch and I loved her character development. She was always strong physically, but it was her spiritual self that she needed to work on.

And, like, just because the Avatar bends 4 elements, doesn’t mean they’re always the strongest individual in the room? Their power mainly comes from the wealth of knowledge that comes with the access to their 1000s of lives, but it doesn’t help much when what the current avatar is experiencing something they as a collective have never experienced before. 

(or up against their literal opposite who is of equal power :/)

Korra is 16-17. She’s going against masters and she will make mistakes, same as Aang. Aang has not gone up against as many outliers and master benders as Korra has. It makes her look weak in comparison. 

Seriously. Aang’s major enemy was the fire lord and during the last battle spent half of the time running away from him before depending on the Avatar state to beat him into the rocks. His other enemies included individuals that weren’t much older than him (other than Zhao, but they got rid of him pretty early on and I wouldn’t call him the scariest antagonist). 

Korra got: Amon, Kuvira, Unalaq, and Zaheer (the red lotus in general). Like, ahhh???