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Izumi of Jang Hui died young. She was sixteen and unwed. A kind child, protective and lonely—thus unfit for this world.
Izumi of Jang Hui was murdered. The Painted Lady was born out of hatred and grief. Her skin is painted red with the patterns of her scars. Her home is the river where the Dark Water Spirit dwells—he who found her, drowned and beautiful.
Build shrines by the river and pray for her good will. Harm her land or people and pray for mercy.
#atla#avatar the last airbender#the painted lady#atla izumi#the blue spirit#zutara#painted lady#dark water spirit#Izumi#blue spirit and the painted lady#blue spirit#new gods au#Spirit Touched! Zuko#zuko#katara#zutara au#fire nation#New Gods AU lore#Listen. LISTEN.#I have SO MUCH LORE FOR THE PAINTED LADY AND THE BLUE SPIRIT#THE LITERAL SPIRITS#kyoshi warriors au#Jian Li#Jian Li aka the original Blue Spirit found Izumi right after she died. He saved her. Made her transition into a spirit possible and smooth#The patterns of her war paint follow her scars'#Mainly so I can throw Through the Eyes of a Child's lyrics around because they'll always fit. “Scars we cover up with paint” and all#Anyways. Izumi is my child and she must be protected. I have SO many ideas for her.#I wanted her story (and Jian Li's but I'll talk about that one later) to be poetic in a sense. Especially when seen through the lense of her#story and what it means to Zuko. There's a reason it's her war paint he wears in the Kyoshi Warriors AU.#And don't get me started on the New Gods AU!
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thinkin bout how orv starts with kim dokja actively working to ensure that kim namwoon dies during the first scenario
thinkin bout how kim namwoon was a teenager at the start of the scenarios, dealing with the apocalypse using the mental paths that came easiest, jumping into the new world with both feet
thinkin bout kim dokja as a teenager. tired. hurt. alone. his internal and external struggles ignored by the adults around him. choosing to throw himself off a rooftop because there wasn’t anything in his life worth living for
thinkin bout how kim dokja woke up again, even though he had planned not to
thinkin bout a teenage boy. lost, alone, broken, scared, angry, in need of someone to come and show him how to keep moving forward
thinkin bout a protagonist in a webnovel who is an example to you of how to survive against all odds. a mantra to repeat when living life as yourself is too hard
thinkin bout a hardened and powerful hero who knows exactly how this world works, who holds out a hand offers you a place with him
thinkin bout teenage kim namwoon, looking to yoo joonghyuk as captain, teacher, and protector
thinkin bout teenage kim dokja, looking to yoo joonghyuk as role-model, hero, and refuge
thinkin bout teenage kim dokja, who saw himself more as kim namwoon than any of yoo joonghyuk’s other companions
thinkin bout adult kim dokja, reclusive and unsocial, hiding his phone from his coworker so she doesn’t see what he’s reading. convinced that yoo joonghyuk would look down on him if he learns who he “really” is. ashamed of any details kimcom learns about his past
thinkin bout what happens to a life when the person living it has never seen in it any redeeming qualities or objects of value. how someone feels about life when they tried and failed to give up that life a decade ago, and every day since has felt almost accidental
thinkin bout the lesser fire dragon. the disaster of floods. the strongest in seoul dome. the devourer of dreams. the 73rd demon king. the industrial complex. the war between good and evil. the wager with secretive plotter.
thinkin bout the most ancient dream. an empty station. a cold and hard bench. bandages and a notebook and a too-loose uniform. smaller than he should be for his age and more broken than any child should ever become. alone.
thinkin bout an unbreakable faith, shattered. a family frantically throwing themselves at their heart to save him from himself. desperate hands prying a blade out of shaking ones, moments before the jagged edge pierced deep into vulnerable flesh
thinkin bout how the younger kim dokja, recently released from the hospital, does not watch. instead, he instinctively curls up to protect the parts of himself already hurting the most. he begins to repeat his mantra
thinkin bout how kim namwoon kicked and fought and screamed and stabbed. and then, when he realized there wasn’t anything he could do, he got down on his knees and begged kim dokja for his life
thinkin bout how kim dokja just stood over him, held him in place, and looked at him in silence as the clock ran out
thinkin bout kim dokja at the beginning of his story and at the end of his story. in a subway. looking down at a teenage boy.
making a choice. the same choice, both times.
the first time: an explosion, a blood splatter on his reflection, and a confused and wary protagonist who has lost one asset and gained another
the last time: arms holding him back, a family hugging him tight, and another protagonist who steps in front of him. holds the child close. forgives him everything. offers up anything more he could need. and kim dokja watches as the person with the strongest claim to vengeance upon this younger facsimile of himself instead gently gathers up the most ancient dream, tucks him close against his chest, and walks away with him safe and sound in his arms.
#orv#omniscent reader#omniscient reader's viewpoint#omniscient reader novel#orv spoilers#omniscient reader spoilers#kim dokja#kim namwoon#most ancient dream#secretive plotter#LISTEN. listen.#I JUST THINK ABOUT KIM NAMWOON A LOT OKAY#literally there was like#one line in the 1863 arc where kdj was like#lol yeah I used to imagine replacing kim namwoon in the squad bc I thought I could do him but better#and then my brain short circuited#literally changed everything I felt about kim namwoon in like .02 seconds#cuz like yes kdj unreliable narrator#but I had not unlocked the kim namwoon mystery until that moment#anyway justice for kim namwoon my bby boy deserves better#he was a C H I L D#lee jihye also killed someone day one and kdj doesn’t hate her for it#anyway I’m just sayin that everything we see is through kdj’s eyes and if he thought Kim namwoon was cringe af#BUT ONLY BC teen kdj thought the edgelord thing was kinda badass#obvs we only get the bad vibes#I mean also there was an attempted stabbing#but only after kdj stopped him from doing old lady crimes specifically with the intent to make sure he didn’t make it thru scenario 1#no old lady saving desire present
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peepaw jogo ft. baby mahito (they found him in a wet cardboard box all alone)
#my art#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#jogo jjk#mahito jjk#jjk mahito#jjk jogo#jogo#mahito#LISTEN. listen.#i really truly need more disaster curse content#where its just the three of them trying (and failing) to parent him#dont tag as ship btw#that is a Child. dont be weird
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listen... we didn't get "my ugly one" or the actual "dear friend" letters (the fucking episode title and "this is my... dear friend" from geralt in s2 don't count) brought over from the books to the show until s3 even though we expected them way sooner... but we still fucking got them... and geralt is finally at a point where he's being openly soft and caring about jaskier so my point is here's how "you must be insane with fear if you could think I'd leave you" can still w
#LISTEN. LISTEN.#[insert the audio of the opening of the star spangled banner w/ 'get up its all over. listen we had a rough couple of months-']#mine#geraskier#the witcher s3 spoilers#jaskier#geralt#geralt of rivia#the witcher#joey batey
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its almost 3am
#tf2#tf2 engineer#tf2 pyro#texas toast#listen. listen.#listen to me i just#(<- engineer main w a crush on pyro)
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Multiverse's most mentally stable Sun
He's fine 😁 (lie)
#xero creations#LISTEN. listen.#i know that the canon lord Eclipse dimension had sun be wildly fearful of eclipse#BUT IDK. smth about sunvant being so devoted that he gets intense and self destructive about it is important 2 me HAJSBAJS#like. no he isn't being monitored. no he isn't being directly influenced.#he is just soooo lost in the sauce 😭#sun and moon show#the sun and moon show#tsams#lord eclipse au#servant sun#sams moon#sunvant
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as above, so below
#pulp musicals#sia pulp musicals#listen. listen.#hermetic alchemy stuff is my obscure historical spinterest#i will use it for evil
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have some leo and splinter memes in these trying times
the last 4 pics are based on [this video] where this news reporter's supposed son kisses him on air
do not tag as ship ~ *:・゚✧*:・゚✧
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt leo#rottmnt splinter#leo rottmnt#splinter rottmnt#save rottmnt#unpause rottmnt#squeaky art#listen. listen.#if i see. even ONE of yall. tag this as leo/splinter. its over for yall#i will INSTA-block you. i will block you faster than you can say pizza supreme.#this is WHOLESOME FAMILY CONTENT. WHOLESOME FATHER SON BONDING.#I WILL BE CHECKING TAGS!!!#I DONT TRUST ANY OF YALL FREAKS!! SMH!!
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me dragging this drawing along with me: THIS TOO IS YURI
#listen. listen.#i am unwell about them. they're freaks and im dragging this out of my wips SOON#RAAAA LESBIANS RAAAA#theyre colour coded#my art#wip#karlach#oc: sigrid
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I know I don't go here for a while but have you considered Zeon!Suletta and her unholy Kshatriya Silver Bullet?
because I have so here's some funny Sleeves Suletta committing funnel murder
#gundam#gundam the witch from mercury#the witch from mercury#wfm#g witch#suletta mercury#my art#whoops there goes ray creating yet Another AU#listen. listen.#i know okay#DOESN'T MEAN I'LL STOP IT'S AU CENTRAL BABY
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If polysho has million fans, then I'm one of them. If polysho has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE. If polysho has no fans, that means I'm dead.
#polysho#project sekai#wonderlands x showtime#kaito ramblings#listen. LISTEN.#I know theater kids. theyre gay as hell#and in wxs case specifically their dynamic is so!!!!!#exploding into a zillion pieces#in gen i found i ship poly for all the groups lol oops!!!
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GEGOR HAND IN MARRIAGE REAL?? (WIP)
#limbus company#limbussy#lcb#project moon#lcb gregor#gregor lcb#gregor limbus company#gregor samsa#listen. LISTEN.#I know he’s supposed to be jesus#but.
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"On Loving" by Forugh Farrokhzad, tr. Sholeh Wolpé
"On Loving" from Sin: Selected Poems | 2021 Tour de France, Stage 15 | 2021 Tour de France, Stage 17 | 'He can be a Tour de France winner pretty soon': Tadej Pogačar leads praise of Jonas Vingegaard | 2022 Tour de France, Stage 7 | 2022 Tour de France, Stage 12 | Tadej Pogačar Says Jonas Vingegaard Rivalry Could Go Down 'In History' | 2022 Tour de France, Stage 14 | 2023 Tour de France, Stage 1 | 2023 Tour de France, Stage 15 | 2023 Tour de France, Stage 20
#listen. LISTEN.#tadej just. he just never stops talking about jonas and how much he enjoys that rivalry and how much he wants it to continue#and it makes me a bit emotional every. single. time.#not pictured: tadej saying that he and jonas have “a bright future” and how that makes them “sound like a couple”#cycling poetry#tadej pogacar#jonas vingegaard#tadejonas#pogagaard
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I've been talking about Wade's scary dog privilege now that Logan is with him...
#listen. LISTEN.#i need this ☝️#wade's scary dog privilege is only determined by how down bad logan is for him#i need someone stupid to say something wrong and you just see logan LUNGING#cut to wade yapper extraordinaire doesn't even say anything just goes ✋ and Logan STOPS#its a big thing for Logan to stop but he DOES#THAT'S the shit i want#deadpool and wolverine#queen of shadows#book is queen of shadows by sarah j maas#throne of glass series#deadpool#wolverine#deadpool 3#logan howlett#wade wilson#poolverine#deadclaws#deadpool 2024#rowaelin#rowan whitethorn#aelin galathynius#not to mention I'm putting logan in Prince Rowan's role and I'm putting wade in Queen Aelin's position
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