#is genuinely so fascinating

[zukosdualdao]

the way azula sounds so genuinely, sincerely baffled when she asks why? in response to zuko admitting he’s angry at himself.

azula genuinely cannot conceptualize this because she’s so thoroughly bought into the lies of inherent superiority ozai has instilled in her. she cannot imagine feeling angry at herself or guilty for her own actions because why would she when she knows she’s stronger, smarter, better? whatever she does, it’s because she has a right to it.

her bafflement is so strong that for a moment, she wonders why even zuko would ever feel that way, even though she sees him as someone so much weaker and less than her, so of course he’s subject to all those pesky emotions she would never possibly deign to feel.

(because things like regret and guilt and anger at oneself are an admission of being wrong, of some kind of fault, and azula could never admit to that.)

the way she recovers from that brief bout of sincere confusion and calls him pathetic for it, for feeling those things at all, for caring about what’s right and what’s wrong, and for daring to admit it.

the way the first time we see azula even get at all close to admitting anger at herself, she’s all alone, except for her subconscious appearing to her in the form of her mother in the mirror. the way she reels back from it and breaks the mirror, aiming for her mother but really shattering the image of herself, the part of her that might feel at all guilty or at least understand it was her own actions that led her here, that led mai and ty lee to betray her. and she destroys it and doubles down. because she can’t admit that. ever.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Actually, the bars aren't so bad anymore.

Think you can fix him? Read about his care instructions over at Tiger Tiger)

[lezarus]

i love that eddie is addicted to cheating but in like the funniest way possible. s2 hes having an affair with his own wife who he is heterosexuality married to. s7 cheats on his girlfriend with his dead wifes literal clone but is very careful to make it clear he has NOT fucked her and he doesnt want to. and of course 6 years of having an emotional affair with the guy who is helping him raise his son

[im-smart-i-swear]

coming back home.

@barrenclan

[unproduciblesmackdown]

Lackadaisy Enrichment

[asentienthaze]

I love finding random tumblr posts describing just the soppiest most pathetic man and then just reblogging it going

"haha

jon sims"

[blueskittlesart]

*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?

tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 169

this is it, the dynamic

[thermodynamic-comedian]

imagine ianthe's suffering rn. its so funny to me. girl all u wanted was power and i respect that but turns out that the side effect of power isnt the moral implications or whatever, its dealing with god's personal drama.

[thetrinitytest]

[edwinisms]

it’s actually so wild to me that this fairly quirky YA type show gave both of its main characters deaths that can, in one way or another, solidly be considered hate crimes. they were both flat out murdered as a result of being A) gay and effeminate or B) brown (south asian, specifically) and you could argue whether or not those kids thought of it that way in the moment or whatever but the bottom line is that they would not have been in the situations that killed them if they weren’t of their respective minorities. like legitimately that is a ballsy choice for this kind of netflix show, let alone for the two Main Characters, and i respect it big time

[crowskullls]

Thinking about Minute’s insane morals and how he doesn’t have a single genuinely bad bone in his body. He gets confused when he’s betrayed, he begs for explanations when people are cruel. He would rather make amends than hold onto grudges. He forgives and forgets. He teams with the same guy (Wemmbu) that’s betrayed him countless of times, and still trusts him anyways. Even if a bit reluctant at first. Even if he knows he’ll still end up betrayed.

Like this guy has PROBLEMS. He so morally… Good. He can stoop down to other people’s level, he can play dirty, he can be intimidating. He doesn’t really let himself get walked all over. But he’d MUCH rather just hang out and have peace. He gets upset when people are negative because he’s just SO optimistic. He always has to see the Good side of things, even when it’s a horrendous situation.

Even when he has reasons to be angry and upset and spiteful, he still chooses to hold his head high and STICK to his morals. He’s Stubborn. He tries so hard to see Why people are evil and hurtful, but he can’t personally understand. He needs to be the hero. He needs to save others. Because who else is going to do it? Who else has the resources, the strength, the backbone, the reputation? He gives items out to people with no expectation for reimbursement. He’s always saving other server members, even his enemies, from tricky situations.

He tries hard to remain all mysterious and brooding. He tries to seem calm and collected. But he wears his heart on his sleeve. You can hear every emotion in his voice, in the glint in his eyes. The way his smile upturns when he finds something amusing, or how his eyebrows furrow when he’s trying to piece something together. He’s an incredibly emotional guy, and he’s not good at hiding it. He’s notoriously a bad liar. He gives himself away every time he opens his mouth. It’s WHY he’s so genuine, so easy to trust.

It’s easy to get under his skin, but he still holds his ground. Because he has to. Because the world is cruel and brutal, and everyone is out to get him. Killing is second nature on most SMPs, especially on Lifesteal. But he can defend himself. Most other people can’t. He’s paranoid, and watches events from the sidelines (even if it annoys other players.) He always has extra food and fireworks to give out. Despite covering himself in dark colors, and hiding from large groups, he’s still looking out for others. He’s still the beacon of hope people need. He’s so annoyingly optimistic and cheerful that it’s sickening to most. He refuses to let himself become bitter and pessimistic.

Anyways bro thinks he’s Batman.

[mxwhore]

Idk if you already got this request a while back but ever since I saw your sphinx Martin I would think what about a Harpy Jon to go with him

i hadnt actually! very fun to think about

[freewayshark]

Every time I think about whatever it was Tim said that implied Tommy might not be around for long I’m just like. Genuinely, please let this be one of those times Tim is just flat out lying, I have gotten Too Attached

[vigilskeep]

the cousland origin makes me feel insane when i play it and then i look back and remember thinking things like “ha that’s such a classic failure of kingship for arl howe to mention” and remember my particular interests here are because there’s something wrong with me

[flo-n-flon]

I'm having trouble drawing lately but I had a mighty need to doodle Faile Bashere: Lady. Hunter of the Horn. Falcon