#kurapikalesbian

[zutaralesbian]

☕️ how legend of korra handled the characterization of the Gaang (probably the biggest gripe I have w the show imo)

Oooh yeah I could rant about this forever lmao. The only member of the Gaang that I think wasn’t disrespected in some way during LoK was Zuko. He wasn’t portrayed as a bad parent, despite being old he was still portrayed as 'badass' and was given a cool pet dragon. And while his role wasn't huge he had some sort of plot relevance in his own right. My only BIG gripe with Zuko's LoK portrayal is the fact that he wasn’t allowed to interact with Katara or Toph, despite the fact that the three of them ended up as friends at the end of atla and they were all still alive.

The rest of them however....

Aang:

You will never be able to convince me that Aang, someone who was famously known in the original series to have friends from all four nations, would neglect two of his children simply because they weren't airbenders lmao. Like, that's the most ooc thing I've ever heard and is in direct contrast to what we know about Aang as a character. It gives me major Luke Skywalker in the sequel trilogy vibes aka BAD. I could have bought him having some sort of special relationship with Tenzin due to the fact that they were probably the last two airbenders in existence during the time Tenzin was growing up but not to the point where his other two children felt neglected (which they canonically did). Also just because Kya and Bumi aren't technically airbenders doesn't mean they aren't connected to the Air Nomads by blood. Why wouldn't Aang want to teach all three of his kids about his nearly extinct culture? It makes no sense.

Katara:

Katara, while alive in LoK, was nearly unrecognizable from the character we knew in atla. Gone was the passionate girl who always wanted to fight for a better world, replaced with a character whose only role was to be a sad, mourning widow. And that really was her only role. Unlike the other members of the Gaang she gets no statue and no sign of leaving any sort of legacy. She's just the Avatar's widow. Which is such an insult to the Katara in atla who challenged the patriarchy of the northern Water Tribe and won. Many more people have better talked about the mistreatment of Katara's character in LoK so I'll stop here.

Toph:

Toph was disappointing because out of the three Gaang members who were still alive in LoK (Toph, Zuko, and Katara) she was the one who seemed the most like...well, herself lol. At least on the outside. LoK! Toph was pretty much exactly how I would have imagined Toph as an old woman in terms of mannerisms and personality. The problem was her whole backstory. You're telling me that Toph, who grew up with emotionally abusive parents, would abandon her own daughter? And that Toph, whose whole story in atla was largely about her finding a found family in the gaang would want to fuck off and live in a swamp alone in her old age? Again, it just directly contradicts what we knew of her original character. I get that writers want to show their characters as flawed but....it has to be flaws that actually makes sense and doesn't totally ruin their characters.

Sokka:

Dead and barely even mentioned throughout the run of LoK. I love how they did the whole mourning widow thing with Katara but barely let her remember that her BROTHER was dead too.

Suki:

I wouldn't be surprised if Bryke didn't even remember she existed while making lok.

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Other than the individual problems, I think what makes me most sad about the portrayal of the Gaang in LoK is the lack of acknowledgement of how much they meant to each other. (Which is hilighted by the fact that Katara, Zuko, and Toph didn't have a single scene together). Like in ATLA, this was a group of traumatized kids who formed a found family dynamic and saved the world together. You can't tell me that they didn't all stay friends for the rest of their lives. And yet the only acknowledgement we get of that is that Katara/Aang were married and that Aang/Zuko were lifelong friends who built Republic City together. I get that LoK was meant to be the story of Korra but they still could have done better respecting the legacy of the original series and characters.

Thanks for the ask! :)

[adoras-jacket]

Ok Ivanna I see u laughing but I am literally not wrong abt what is more lesbian: it’s catradora 😌

Khahshajjs I'm with you

It's catradora 😌

honestly, the lesbian force is strong within them

[rizadyke]

when I finally make u watch hxh >>>>> u will see, u will see, it’s very similar in tone and vibes to fmab imo.

Literally u and two of my friends are on the same page....I get told to watch hxh a lot 😭😭 it looks very good!!!! I just know that it is long and I have so many shows on my list.....I will watch it tho eventually I promise !!!!!!!!!

[bhatoora]

Hey <3 so sorry you are getting racist anons due to shipping zutara 😰 love u and u don’t deserve that shit. Like c’mon, it’s legit a cartoon for children focused on redemption and friendship.

thank you so much. I'm just...done with people lmfao

[blockberrycreative]

little late I think but happy 20th birthday 🥳💖

never too late!! thank you so so much!! <3 <3

[viovio]

Hey just to let u know the person u just rbed from earlgr/y-slutty is a kakas*ku (ships sakura and kakashi) like.... 🤮 just to let u know

EW ugh I'll block immediately

[desterea]

💚 🍫 💬 hehe......

💚 i’m a little jealous of you (whwhwh what’s there’s to be jealous of?)

🍫 id date you if you were up for it (0//-//0)

💬 i wish we would talk more!

dhfhnb we can absolutely talk!!! im really bad at initiating conversation but i’m always happy to get messages from people!!! especially mutuals!!!

ask meme

[kikyozoldyck]

Literally need to study for my SATs in March but how dare u put that social network/p&p gifset on my dash, how dare u

truly deeply i am so sorry to have exposed you to that. pls give me the number of ur testing site so i can call and have you excused. no one can be expected to do well on the sats after seeing something like that,,,,

[be-papas]

tag game time uwu thank you @joannace love is stored in the bfish family 🥺

favorite anime: revolutionary girl utena. hands down. i could type an essay why, but if you follow me you already know lmao.

least favorite anime: guilty crown. so i only remembered this show existed when i made an anilist account recently, and it triggered a deep seated rage. i usually drop and forget shows i dont like, but this i saw all the way through for some godforsaken reason. i have no clue if anyone else saw or remembers this. it's probably in all honesty just a mediocre dystopian romance, i saw it when i was like 15, but i fucking hated this cliche show. it did not deserve its banging soundtrack.

honorable mention goes to carole and tuesday for despite the hype being 1) extremely mediocre for a slice of life 2) wildly transphobic and homophobic. if u want a gay slice of life about a band i am BEGGING you to watch given. just watch given.

last anime i watched: im currently keeping up w the weekly airings of jujutsu kaisen and wonder egg priority, both of which are phenomenal.

favorite anime movie: perfect blue. (do y'all see a pattern of Gender Surrealism from the late 90s....lmao.) i recently watched tokyo godfathers and loved that too, so i really need to finish satoshi kon's filmography. def one of my top directors.

comfort anime: rgu again lmao. im currently on my 4th watch of it dont @ me.

favorite anime character: literally impossible question, who do you take me for. i do have a fondness for the gay bastard problem children (nanami rgu, rika wonder egg, killua hxh, enta sarazanmai, ed fma).

shoujo or shonen: so given my incapability of shutting up about utena, you may be surprised to hear that, on the whole, i go with shonen. but it's my bread and butter. while rgu is the goat, the rest of my favorites will be titles like hxh, fma, mp100, and jjk. i do honestly consume a p eclectic mix of shonen, seinen, and shoujo tho.

if i could shift into an anime world, which would it be: idk it would definitely bite me in the ass but im down to be a wonder egg magical girl. its such a gorgeous world and i could use the symbolic magic therapy.

tagging @kurapikalesbian @astralplague @malewifekentonanami @miriio and anyone else who wants to do this!

[zutaralesbian]

oh and another ☕️: trashy/toxic enemies to lovers esp m/f ones

Oooh. So my feelings about this are complicated because there are different layers and several different reasons why a relationship can be trashy or toxic lol. (I'm excluding Zutara from this narrative because they are not trashy or toxic at all and I will fight people who say otherwise.)

(Quick disclaimer: All these opinions are my just my own. If you dislike enemies to lovers, any of the ships I talk positively about, or like any of the ships I talk negatively about, that's YOUR prerogative. I'm open to discussion but will block aggressiveness.)

First off, we have the 'both characters are assholes' kind of enemies to lovers ships. The ship I have that fits this trope is Villaneve.

From an outside perspective, Villaneve is without a doubt toxic. They have stabbed each other, shot each other, and a bunch of stuff in between lmao. But what I think gets misinterpreted about their relationship a lot is that they are not a case of the 'villain stalks the helpless victim who wants nothing to do with them' trope. While Villanelle is definitely the more outwardly villainous one between the two at the beginning of the show, Eve ACTIVELY seeks her out and is just as obsessed with Villanelle as Villanelle is with her. It's a game of cat and mouse where both of them are the cat AND the mouse at the same time. And while Eve isn't a serial killer at the beginning of the series the way Villanelle is, the show goes out of its way to show that she isn't a good person either and is willing to throw other things and people into the fire in order to fulfill her own needs. (Leaving Hugo to die in order to save Villanelle and destroying her marriage to Niko because of her obsession). It's not a hero/villain dynamic. Eve and Villanelle are the definition of asshole/asshole otp lol.

Another thing that makes Villaneve different from typical trashy enemies to lovers ships is that it isn't about Eve making Villanelle a better person (though Eve DOES awaken Villanelle's more human emotions in a way no one else except occasionally Konstatin does). There is no way to truly change Villanelle and Eve now understands that and accepts it. She still wants her and believes there's more to her than just being a killing machine the way people like Dasha and Helene believe her to be.

Villanelle: I've killed so many people, Eve

Eve: I know *continues to dance with her*

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Dasha: She's a perfect killing machine. That's all she's there for. That's all she knows.

Eve: I don't think so

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My initial reading of Villaneve was that it was about Villanelle awakening Eve's darkness. And while I think that is still partly true, I think it's more about the two of them meeting each other in the middle in darkness and light. Villanelle helps Eve release the darker emotions she's always harbored and makes her feel alive in a way no one ever has before.

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Villanelle: I think my monster encourages your monster, right?

Eve: I think I wanted it to

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In turn, Eve makes Villanelle feel more human (aka: more alive) and helps her feel genuine emotions, which we know from S2 is something that Villanelle has always craved from life. Their relationship is hella unconventional but they're not conventional people. Neither of them are looking to change the other, they just help awaken things that have always existed. And that's what makes them work as a god tier enemies-to-lovers ship for me.

Moving on from that....we have the more 'typical' trashy enemies to lovers ships. These ones involves the villainous characters being redeemed. But this is the trope where I'm usually like 'it's better when it's gay'. Examples: Catradora and Fuffy

Catradora is a bit more complicated than Fuffy because they aren't just straight forward enemies to lovers. They were best friends before they were enemies. This adds a more personal touch to them that might make them either worse or better in some peoples eyes.

But what makes ships like this work better than they might if they were het imo is the lack of a power dynamic. There is no societal pressure for either Adora or Buffy to give Catra and Faith the benefit of the doubt. And actually, the narrative allows Adora and Buffy to be rightfully angry at Catra and Faith. It takes Buffy a while to be on friendly terms with Faith again when Faith finally comes around, even after Faith apologizes. And while Adora allows Catra back into her life in S5 pretty quickly, it's only after Catra pretty much sacrifices her own life to save Glimmer. (And we have to remember that unlike Buffy and Faith, Catra and Adora have years of friendship under their belt that happened before they were enemies). And Adora makes it really clear that she's ready to leave if Catra ever slips back into her toxic habits. But both Faith and Catra make genuine efforts to change for the better and that's why I can ship them with Buffy and Adora in good conscience.

And then we have the het ships that follow under this kind of trope. (The most famous example probably being R*ylo). And like....look, I do think these kind of ships CAN be handled correctly. I'm not even including Zutara in this discussion because I don't consider them trashy or toxic and yet, they're a m/f enemies to lovers ship. But the problems I have with ships like R*ylo are as followed:

- The narrative makes the woman (Rey in this example) care about and coddle the villainous man without any proof that he's worth caring about. This happened in TLJ. The last time Rey saw Kylo he was attacking her and nearly killed her friend. So why was she all of a sudden trying to advocate for him???? It made no sense for the character that was established in TFA.

- The man shows little actual growth. I haven’t seen TROS but from what I heard, Kylo got a 'redemption' via death with little onscreen reflection about his actions. This kind of thing can work for some characters but not characters you're trying to pass off as a love interest.

- The woman's arc becomes solely about being a figure of redemption for the man. That's basically what Rey was reduced to as a character after TFA. Her story was all about Kylo. Fuck her own journey or any of her friends. It was just about him.

Basically, when it comes to 'trashy' enemies to lover ships, what they need to actually work in my eyes are:

- Both characters having narrative agency in the dynamic

- Their arcs not solely revolving around each other

- Actual growth for the character that needs growth

- AND actual proof that the villainous character has SOME redeeming qualities that serves as a reason for why the hero gives them the time of day. (Except for ships like Villaneve that are more complex than that and don't follow the typical mold for enemies to lovers.)

Thanks for the ask! :)

[kittycatkilllua-archive]

@kurapikats ty for tagging me ^_^

Once you get this you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly, then tag ten of your favorite followers (nonnegotiable) SPREAD POSITIVITY!

1. i’m like so so sexy

2. i’m rly good at school and i like math

3. i have a pretty good eye for composition

4. my hair is v thick and healthy

5. i’m a fast learner and love to learn new crafts like sewing, sculpting, jewelry making etc

i’m tagging @k-ru-h @praytothefae @doctorshoko @kurapikalesbian @sitaray @eebydeeby @prettygh0stb0y @gay-water-bottle @terukmo @spacestuffing

[rizadyke]

idk if ur going to watch bnha, but it’s been on my watch list forever but I keep putting it off cuz my mutuals who watched it complained abt how the mangaka can’t write female characters. fma was the OUTLIER not the standard when it comes to female characters in shōnen and that’s bc it was written by a woman. A lot of shōnen anime is pretty misogynistic 😭 that probably is tied to how jpn society is also misogynistic as my mom has attested to me

Yeah I’ve heard that most shōnen is like. That. I was planning on watch bnha just bc it looks fun but I am mentally preparing myself for the misogyny skgfj😭😭 in conclusion...FMA supremacy

[shysunsetlover]

Thanks for tagging me @the-indomitable-rara 💕💕💕

Middle school you vs you now!!

use this link

tagging: @scoopstroop505 @liamisthesun @h-isforhome @kisintheabyss @lesbeanfatou @tinyfatou @jlntstngnr @kurapikalesbian @lilithlibrxa

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[russkayas]

I was tagged by @kurapikalesbian to answer the questions and tag 20 people! Thanks Hannah! 

Name: Anya

Star sign: Aries (but my chart is mostly Taurus tbh)

Height: 5′2″ 

Birthday: March 27

Favorite bands: The Score, Bastille, Imagine Dragons

Favorite solo artists: Hozier, Annapantsu, Taylor Swift (for the nostalgia)... having trouble thinking of bands and artists right now lol

Song stuck in my head: Miracle (stripped) by The Score

Last movie watched: Honestly I can’t remember, my girlfriend and I mostly watch TV and we’re really bad at finishing movies... probably Howl’s Moving Castle

Last Show: Steven Universe and The Owl House

When I created this blog: August 2015, but I’ve been on tumblr on different blogs since 2012-13

Last thing I googled: “French language imparfait” 

Other blogs: @musaliya is my gymnastics & figure skating sideblog!

Do I get asks?: From time to time

Following: 546

Followers: 1,328

Why I chose my url: I’m studying Russian at university and wanted something pretty when I changed my url a few years ago. “Russkaya” is the feminine form of the adjective meaning “Russian”, but that was taken as a url, so I just added an s onto the end. 

Average hours of sleep: Like... 8ish? Depends on the night. 

Lucky number: 11 and 22

Instruments: I’ve been playing the piano for almost sixteen years, I dabbled in the violin and the cello for a few years each, I’m proficient at the ukulele, and I’m currently very slowly teaching myself how to play the guitar

What I’m wearing: my gf’s ironman onesie lol

Dream trip: There’s so many places I would love to go... I want to go back to Ireland someday, but I also want to see new places. Maybe Japan?

Favorite food: Probably my girlfriend’s lasagna, it’s delicious

Fave song: Probably Little Miss Perfect and Ordinary by Joriah Kwame because I adore The Owl House

Top 3 fictional universes I’d like to live in: Avatar the Last Airbender (after the series ends), The Owl House, and Breath of the Wild (before the Calamity or long after)

I’m tagging: @melniikova @idiotwerewolf @pixie-mage @awaywiththe @mahouwhore @sketch-elf @sketch-wolf @heroesneedalancer @stardewvgf @pinecone727 @rizadyke @yangles @galvajane and anyone else who I forgot to tag but would like to do it! 

[malewifeasahi]

i was tagged by @florrdemaga and @kurapikalesbian ! ty:)

favorite anime: hq! but soul eater is reallyyyy good so far so who knows😳

least favorite anime: kakegurui

last anime you watched: soul eater!

favorite anime movie: perfect blue. did it give me a panic attack? yes. was it a masterpiece? also yes

anime you cried hardest at: maybe banana fish? i don’t really remember ahhh

your comfort anime: saiki k:)

favorite anime character: asahi!! love that guy. and so far in soul eater i really love kid!

shoujo or shounen: shounen!

if you could shift into an anime universe, which one? hq ig? it’s the most peaceful lmao

tagging anyone who wants to do it! u can say i tagged u:)

[ninthhousesteel]

tagged by @kurapikalesbian thank youuuuu <3

rules: answer the questions

name : camden

star sign : aquarius

height : 5'5"

birthday: February 1

fave bands: paramore, bears in trees, mother mother, 100 gets

fave solo artists: hozier, Harry styles, willow, marina

song stuck in my head: what a feeling by one direction

last movie: saving private ryan

last show: animaniacs 1993

when I created this blog: I dont remember lmao about 2 years ago

last thing I googled: uhh next question lmao

other blogs: a minecraft sideblog that I just forgot about

do I get asks: unfortunately no but im a small blog so its understandable

following: 650

followers: 122

why i chose this url: idk I thought it sounded cool plus the cave part is a callback to my favorite username ever

average hours of sleep: uhhhh like 5 or 6?

lucky number: 99

instruments: it USED to be flute but no <3

what im wearing: my dream hoodie and black shorts

dream trip: idk anywhere with spencer

fave food: this one breakfast taco from this Specific breakfast taco place about 45 minutes from my house and YES i WILL drive that far just to get that

fave song: currently its They don't know about us by 1d

top 3 fictional universes i’d like to live in: the owl house, percy Jackson, and the unwanteds ig

tagging anyone who wants to :) <3