#if there is one thing I’ve done

[doctorsiren]

“It would eat you alive, Sixer”

(Available as a print on my Etsy shop)

[morganbritton132]

Eddie posts a Tiktok of himself waking Steve up at midnight on June 1st like, “Babe, wake up. Stevie.”

“Huh?”

“Guess what month it is?”

Steve, making a valiant effort but slowly losing the battle to stay awake, blinks in his general direction and then says, “…Steve Harrington, Chicago…2004.”

“I’m not giving you a concussion test!” Eddie exclaims and then, “You got one of those wrong.”

Steve just stares at him like, “Which one?”

“The year.”

“Time is an illusion.”

Steve lays back down as Eddie nods more or less. It was 1984 in 1986, so he’s not exactly wrong.

He nudges him before telling him why he actually woke him up, “It’s pride month.”

“I have pride in you every month.”

[wisecrackingeric-2]

Redraw of ‘Don Quixote and Windmill’ (1996)

((Click for better quality!!))

[silverlombaxwitch]

Not done fighting, I don’t feel I’ve lost

Alt under cut

[visenyaism]

I don’t know man. A Republican trifecta with control over both houses of congress, the judiciary for the rest of our lives, and the executive branch with absolute immunity and no guardrails means that there will be no such thing as red states and blue states when it comes to reproductive rights, education, and our fundamental freedoms. Nowhere will be safe. No one is coming to save us but us. We are not the first group of people to face dark times like this- I think a lot about the persistence and bravery of Black folks who never stopped fighting and organizing for freedom during the century of Jim Crow fascism after 1876- but it feels so, so dire right now. Take care of yourselves, take care of each other. Rule number one is we have to live.

[mayflys-love]

pov you’re mizu after every ep

[awzominator]

Part one of Comic Shop adventure! They’re wearing more layers than I was….

Part two!

[jellydragons]

been watching a lot of hermitcraft recently and am happy to report that i am hopelessly endeared by these little goobers 💕 they’re like bugs to me

close ups under the cut!

gonna be real this was absolutely just me taking the opportunity to get my grubby lil mitts all up in their character designs lol i heart interpreting mc skins

[aliensfuckmeup]

DROPS THIS ON THE TABLE AND COLLAPSES DEAD ON THE GROUND.

Illustration for chapter 10 of In Blood And Stars by @actingwithportals.

[meltedmush]

Bingtopus using that tentacle he ripped off for sushi? Serving his beloved shizun a nice little meal :)

[mikhailoism]

have some bathena art as a treat before tonight’s ep

[enchantedreader]

Something I find hilarious about this is that you were SO CLOSE to getting it.

First of all:

The post was about Zuko and Katara’s emotional maturity maybe being a reason behind why people hate the Momtara/Dadko thing. Not about them romantically as a couple, but why fans of the other ships might feel icky.

My post was also a character analysis, because those traits of theirs are independent of them as a couple. It’s because of their circumstances and shared trauma (loss of a parent and the way they were both directly affected by the war compared to other characters). There are a lot of Zutara fans who see their newfound friendship and respect for each other at the END of the show as a good foundation for a relationship after the events of the show.

But since you want to talk about the romance surrounding them, I’ll happily do it.

The majority of the show focuses on Aang’s one sided crush on Katara that she is shown reciprocating about three times maximum. Even if that changed, her last moments with Aang before the finale kiss was fighting (Sozin’s Comet) and him pressuring her for an answer regarding his feelings for her and ignoring her when she asks for more time (Ember Island Players). If the show had given as much time to showing it less as a one sided crush and a more balanced relationship with someone who respected her, people would probably feel different. It’s also not healthy that Aang doesn’t support Katara as she does for him. He is also the only love interest of her’s that doesn’t empathize with her about her mother’s death. And they give him the perfect moment in The Southern Raiders to do so, but he just judges her. Is it any surprise that a lot of women don’t support a ship where the woman is always emotionally supporting the guy and gets none of that in return???

And I absolutely agree that Avatar is not a show with a focus on romance.

So why is the last shot of a show about found family a couple kissing? Remember, they went from yelling at each other to that kiss.

Mai and Zuko are not in love for most of the show, by the way. We know Mai’s had a crush on him since they were kids but they only get together when he goes back to the Fire Nation in Book 3 (The Awakening). During this time, we explicitly see that he can’t be honest and open with her about his conflicted feelings because she brushes him off (The Awakening) or makes insensitive comments due to a lack of tact (Nightmares and Daydreams). Zuko is dealing with a lot of emotional turmoil at the time and it eventually boils over (The Beach) and shows that Mai cannot be emotionally vulnerable in the way he needs. I absolutely believe she cared about him, but she loves the version of him from before his banishment because she doesn’t understand how to deal with the current Zuko. Which continues into the comics, by the way.

And regarding the stuff about June’s teasing?

Uh…

Of the three times June makes the same joke about them together, they only react the last time.

And Katara’s had that reaction before.

When Toph teased her about Jet being her boyfriend, because Katara DID have romantic feelings for him, she got flustered (Lake Laogai and The Ember Island Players). Now, when Toph accuses her of having a secret thing with Haru, she doesn’t get flustered and just responds calmly “Uh… no.” Zuko and Katara’s reactions weren’t them despising or rejecting it, but rather being flustered.

Regarding the “Life Changing Field Trips With Zuko,” Katara’s WAS an exception because it had no narrative purpose.

Aang and Zuko needed their trip to learn firebending for Aang’s battle against the Fire Lord.

Zuko needed to go with Sokka to the Boiling Rock to make sure Sokka didn’t get captured, to rescue Hakoda, and to free Suki. This was for plot reasons because it was the start of Azula’s mental decline and Suki saves both Sokka and Toph in the finale.

Zuko and Katara’s field trip was the exception because it would have made no difference if you cut it out. It wasn’t like Zuko wouldn’t have been able to teach Aang firebending because of Katara’s grudge against Zuko. We saw in The Western Air Temple that she was willing to put her own feelings of hatred for him aside for Aang. Zuko took her to get closure because he had changed and felt genuinely bad about hurting her and betraying her trust. And she forgave him because she decided he deserved it and they became friends after that. Because you don’t jump in front of lightning for just anyone.

Also, you forget one really important thing.

My Momtara/Dadko theory is based on character traits that we see in the show.

Zutara is a ship that we see happening at any time during or after the show as an Alternate Universe ship.

Which is how most ships in the Avatar universe are.

You may disagree with me, but I have watched this show many times and actually over analyze the characters.

Why People Hate Momtara/Dadko

I was in the Momtara/Dadko tag and I was surprised how many people are disgusted by it. But I have a theory on why it bothers some people.

It’s a tag that references the fact that both Katara and Zuko act as the Gaang’s kind-of-parents in the show. But it also points out the glaringly obvious difference in emotional maturity in the group. I think that when people start to acknowledge this difference, it might make shipping either Katara or Zuko with the other members of the Gaang feel kind of gross.

Because Aang and Toph both act very much like children (they’re like 11, so I get it) but, despite the fact that Katara is only 3 years older than Aang, she is MILES ahead of him in terms of emotional maturity. Aang deals with his emotions similarly to someone of his own age, like when Katara yells at him in the Waterbending Scroll and he immediately starts getting teary. That’s a normal reaction for a child, but Katara never yells at him again and shoves her own feelings aside for the better of the group (The Western Air Temple). She is constantly having to calm him down when he gets angry or goes into the Avatar State and always supports him emotionally (despite getting none of that back from Aang). On top of that, Aang doesn’t take responsibilities regarding the domestic chores, so it really makes Katara seem like more of a mother or older sister. 

I also know that people ship Zukka (I don’t, but I know it’s popular) and, while Sokka acts close to his actual age, Zuko has a bitterness to him that came because of his banishment. Zuko even said in The Beach (S3 E5) that he doesn’t deal with the same problems that normal teenagers have. His trauma made him into someone who doesn’t see himself as a normal teen and we see how Iroh’s influence shaped Zuko whenever he is doing something good. Think about how he interacted with Lee (Zuko Alone) or the emotional maturity he shows when he apologizes to the Gaang (Western Air Temple) or when Katara blames him for her mother’s death (The Southern Raiders).

I just thought about that because it would make sense why it seems to disgust people. Because it’s seen as cute or a way for Katara and Zuko to support each other for a lot of Zutara fans (I’m not making a blanket statement, but there is a reason why it’s popular with a lot of us). 

Just a theory.

[corseque]

It’s crazy to think more than several people know what happens to Solas at this very moment

[magpie-trove]

Actually I don’t think you are actually fr an adult author if you can’t write something without a s*x scene in it

[medi-bee]

isat pokemon au, my liege?

my rambling in tags

[dekusleftsock]

I think that there’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what exactly is…happening with Izuku’s character. Specifically in regards to chapter 425.

I’m glad that a lot more people generally recognize that Izuku is not a character that can be read at a surface level, given that he’s both a repressed person with built up emotion of basically everything and also a very glaringly HUGELY unreliable narrator, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I agree with the ways I’ve seen this most recent chapter spoken about.

I see posts, comments, etc with ideas like “Izuku don’t suppress your emotions! Open up with people! It’ll be okay I promise!” When that’s fundamentally not what is happening here.

There’s always always ALWAYS been a distinct difference in character throughout horikoshi’s writing when he is showing that a character is:

A—Avoiding emotions, thoughts, ideas less than ideal for them. Not opening up when they probably should about their problems given that they’ve been handed the space to do so. Just genuinely not acknowledging, feeling, or expressing emotions that they don’t want.

B—Reflecting on the ways they feel about the world, themselves, or other people given their new perspective on a situation. Not outright reaching out to others to talk about these problems/feelings, but instead waiting until the moment they feel they have the most confidence to do so with their new outlook on their own life.

And genuinely, guys, to grab your BkDk attention rn, this is the exact reason why Ochako’s reflection on her feelings for Izuku and thereafter decision to pull away from them WAS NEVER GOING TO END IN OCHAKO EXPLODING WITH HER LOVE FOR HIM.

This was another common interpretation I saw of Ochako and Izuocha for a long time. That because she pushed these feelings away, they were somehow going to explode in this unbelievable way and she would “get the boy” because of it. That her arc would surround accepting her romantic feelings and that she can’t just push away how she feels for a career.

But yk. That didn’t happen. At all. Nowhere close even.

The same kind of goes for Katsuki, allmight, etc. They all had moments in their arc where it was spent genuinely reflecting, and the only reason we as the audience never connected it in the same ways we do ochako or Izuku was ALWAYS BECAUSE the narrative showed their inner thoughts while doing so (mostly because Allmight’s arc after losing OFA and Katsuki’s arc on what it means to be a hero were so intrinsically tied, both starting at the same time and ending at the same time during the final war. And because they were so tied this caused their own reflections, development, and thought process to be broadcasted to us frequently throughout their arcs… to each other. They also somewhat shared aspects with Izuku, but these were cherry picked more often than not, like dvk2 for example).

To us Katsuki never seemed to be.. idk, suppressing his anger in any way because we were always told what he was doing and why (side note: this is why I’ve always thought arguments against Katsuki were so weird, bc unlike characters like endeavor or Ochako he wasn’t like… hiding who he was and how he was changing. Ever. Like the audience knows at all times past basically season 3 what Katsuki is thinking and doing. Like how do you watch this happen, stare me dead in the eye, and tell me how much of a terrible and awful teenage boy he is. Like damn I didn’t think we were this dumb. This is also my theory as to why he’s most popular, his arc is very… in your face if that makes sense). Katsuki’s entire mini arc on reflecting his mistakes and his childhood and his future is spent TELLING YOU that it’s what he’s doing. (I’m referring mostly to the endeavor internship arc, the provisional license exam makeup, and basically everything in the war arc related to him leading up to bakugou Katsuki rising here)

And see, Horikoshi will stare you dead in the eye, tell you “this girl has taken into consideration that she doesn’t want to waste her time training her career focusing on a boy because he kinda caught her fancy”, and y’all will still say that this will explode in her face.

Y’all this is a series about learning how to manage emotions, maturity in relationship to one’s emotions, how to feel an emotion, but in a way that is helpful. Horikoshi isn’t telling you “go buck wild, feel everything all the time and always express it”, in fact he explores why you DONT do that! Through Toga or Shigaraki, they show how grief and anger can genuinely consume you. But he also shows why you shouldn’t just put everything in a box to never look at or acknowledge, or why you shouldn’t just let your grief destroy the world around you, or pretending that some emotions simply don’t exist.

I can’t say this enough, so let me say it now, mha is about the extremes of your psyche. That you should control something, but not too much. Everything can be harmful. Everything can be good.

Izuku is not controlling too much, he’s expressing just enough.

I LOVE shaming this dickhead at all times in all my posts. I love saying he’s an ignorant dipshit with a weird amount of distaste for a girl who just confessed to him. I’ve joked that chapter 348 is basically an entire chapter spent on Izuku calling Himiko a mean dyke. And yet I also believe he’s doing nothing WRONG here.

In fact, I’ll even say that this moment right here?

ISNT EVEN IZUKU DOING THE SOCIALLY APPROPRIATE THING ABOUT IT! But he’s still TRYING to reach out to someone he thinks MIGHT be able to understand. (And frankly, this moment is far deeper than what it’s being made out to be, to me it reads more like an unrequited friendship that Izuku both desires and has thought of them to have, while simultaneously showing the distance Ochako has successfully wedged between them for her own sake. Maybe it was always there though, maybe in weird, miscommunicated Horikoshi fashion, this is a representation of how Ochako always read all those “fun friend hangouts” as a little more than that, and without those feelings the friendship never really held any substance to her in the first place. Where Izuku saw his first real friend at UA, she saw little more than acquaintance)

Simultaneously, Izuku is genuinely reflecting on what it means for the world to change, to be a hero, to live after loss—and trying and failing to gain the connection he desires from individuals who can not and will not afford him that.

Izuku is ready for the world to change, a few select characters are also ready for the world to change (mirio, for example), but not nearly enough are. So maybe I’ll have to take this back if I’m proven wrong and I accidentally looked into this far past what everyone else did for no reason, but I genuinely believe with moments like this

And this

Aand this

That Izuku has come forward with that aspect of his character development. He’s reflecting on his new beliefs, not repressing his emotions for them.