#nia rants

[nia1sworld]

Rant: These two bloggers...ARE SUPER GROSS!!

Both of these two are just....Grossing me out @asia2023animationgirl is a friend to @jw1236 that..y'know give out stuff in her inbox, though what comes worst when I see her blog, SHE JUST SHOW HER STOMACH!!! THAT'S DISGUSTING, along with @paysonsmith...just drawing all of our favorite shows with..belly rollings GROSS!!!!

HEY GUESS WHAT MUTALS! @davidjonsen644 DOES BELLY ROLLS TOO, AND IT'S GROSS! WHY THE F**K IS ALL THE BLOGGERS THAT ARE YOUNG, TORCHING US WITH BELLY ROLLS?!

(I don't know why i'm going all super ghostbusters there for a second)

[sunshineseung]

i wanna get back into writing but no one even comments or reblogs or really appreciates smut anymore unless it’s an ask from anon… like cmon guys

[babyhvney]

is it normal to always feel a lump in your throat whenever you remember your childhood, it happens alot these days. Often i stare at this picture from my 3rd birthday party, and i look into my younger selfs eyes and wish i could go back to warn little old me that one of her biggest bullies would be herself when she reaches the age of 10.

[mayzi33]

******SPOILERS, SO MANY SPOILERS AHEAD.*********

I have so much to say I'm afraid my brain might explode. So I'll try to keep calm despite still being at the verge of tears.

When I first started this book series, I thought it would be the usual light, cutesy fantasy about friendship and family. And oh boy, OH BOY WAS I WRONG.

On a side note, something I'd like to point out I noticed, from the first book to the third, the lighting on the cover progressively gets darker. Of course, representing the story itself as the plot gets darker as well. On the last book, it's still dark, but there's a light coming from Janner, Kalmar and Leeli, like they finally reached sunrise after a long, ruthless night. Something i'm pretty sure was said at some point on the books themselves, about no matter how long the night is the day will always come.

Anyways. Back to the topic at hand. As the story progressed, I keep growing more and more connected to these characters, and each chapter I rooted more and more for the Jewels Of Anniera.

I'd like to add that I'm an only child, yet, somehow, I can tell Janner is one of the best eldest sibling characters ever written. My whole life I've only watched siblings around me and their relationship with eachother, especially on the eldest's side, and somehow, Janner reminded me of every friend, family member or random stranger I saw on the streets someday that have siblings.

Janner is such a complex character. He is by no means perfect, but he does have a golden heart. One of the things I was most impressed by was how the author described Janner's feelings, whatever it was the longing for his father, or just feeling burdened by his siblings. And yet, no matter what Janner is feeling, the narrator never invalidates his feelings or antagonize him. Janner is a child, a child who went through a lot. He is allowed to miss a father he never had just as he is allowed to sometimes be annoyed for always having to make sacrifices for his siblings. But one of the things I admired the most about Janner (along with everyone else I'm pretty sure) was his character development. At the first book, he'd roll his eyes at the mere thought of having to look after his siblings and saw them as a burden. At the second book, he learned the hard way how much Kalmar and Leeli matter to him, and how it hurts to be away from them. On the third book, he took pride on his title as Throne Warden and role as the eldest sibling, being devoted to protecting the High King and Song Maiden. And at last, on the last book, he leaves pride aside. He doesn't take care of Kalmar and Leeli because it's his duty, because it's honorable, neither because that's what he has always been told to do. He does it because he loves them above all else, because he finally sees how strong the bond the three of them share truly is, because he feels the blessing the Maker has gifted them, and how much stronger they are when they're together.

Janner is a kind, brave, clever, beautiful boy.

And I will forever believe that they managed to get him the water from the First Well to heal him. I will nor accept any other ending.

Kalmar. At first, the typical goofy, troublemaking sibling, more like a comic relief. But again, OHOHOHO BOY... DID THAT CHANGE.

I definetely did not expect for them to take the turn they did with Kalmar. I could tell that he would have some character arc mainly towards maturing and taking responsability, but I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE LIKE THAT. Seeing that bright, easy-going, smiley little boy loosing his usual joyful personality when he was fanged, slowly loosing his sanity and growing on his self loathing was really something painful yet beautiful to watch. Like Janner, he also had to learn his lesson on the hardest way possible. An extrovert kid like him, having everyone turning their backs on him and looking at him with hatred, and yet, he learned to keep his head high, like a High King. (the phrase "keep your head held high or else your crown will fall" is literally perfect for him.) And most of all, seeing him risk his life to aid a strange cloven, (that turned out to be his father) grant the Hollowsfolk his forgiveness despite everything they did to him, show mercy and compassion to the Fangs despite everything they did, all of these things make Kalmar an inspiring ruler, and leaves me assured that he will be a great king after all.

Now, Leeli, sweet, pure-hearted Leeli. I will be honest, at first I was afraid that they would make her the typical "overly nice and overly fragile female character", but again, BOY WAS I WRONG. (I don't know how many times I will repeat that, I apologize.) At some points in the books, she didn't have as much spotlight as her brother and I felt like she was kind of being thrown aside. But there's always a turn the books take that make her lack of spotlight at first worth it. So young, the youngest of the Jewels Of Anniera, yet she has seen and done so much. Has a bad leg, needed to use a crutch since she was little, yet that literally never stopped her. She strives to keep up with her brothers, and despite his kind personality she shows she can be festy and even scary when she wants to. (I will never forget that moment in the second book where she was yelling at the trolls and fangs and they were actually eager to obey her lol). She hates it when people assume she's weak and often refuses help, proving she's perfectly capable. But at times, she does need help, which shows us all it's okay to have someone to rely on. She was the link between Janner and Kalmar, no matter how much they argued nor how mad they were at eachother, she was always there for both of them and connecting them back together. She may not be able to fight like her brothers, but she found her own strenght. Her music, something that has always brought joy and hope to others turns out to be an ACTUAL weapon. She kicked a Green Fang to defend her puppy, she was the first one to see the pain and kindess through Peet, Nugget sacrificed himself for her showing how her strong her love for others really is, she stopped A FREAKING DRAGON from killing her grandpa, she led an army of dogs, she defeated countless fangs with nothing but her song. One of the best child female chracters I've seen in a while. She is feminine, has her weak points, but she finds her strenght, not in swords, punches or bows but on a whistleharp. I love her so much I can't describe it.

I love all of these kids so much. I am *proud* of them. I know it's a weird thing to say about fictional characters, but these books just make me feel this way. I can't name a single character I didn't connect or feel empathy with.

Nia, such a strong, independent woman, raising her children having lost her husband and kingdom, yet keep her head held high like the queen she is.

Podo, a man who has sinned, takes shame on them, yet shows that sinners can still be good people. Loves his family above all else, protected and took care of them until his last breath, might have been a little rough around the edges, but always showed a soft spot for his daughter and grandkids.

Artham, a broken man, haunted by the shame of loosing his brother, slowly, but surely, healing. Learning to move on by protecting his nephews and niece, making what was once a weakness a strenght.

Oskar, an old man that was always sitting on the library, letting go of his peaceful life and risking his life to accompany the Wingfeathers through thick and thin.

Sara, who was taken from her family, abused and had all her hope crushed, finding her courage back after meeting Janner and taking after him, being a sisterly figure, leader and queen ti billions of orphan children, and helping them find their strenght and fight for their freedom.

Maraly, a rude strander girl who was raised horribly her whole life by her abusive father, finally finding true love and a true father figure.

Everything about this story has touched me. A broken world taken by an evil monarch who turned to be just another broken soul, filled with hopeless people, people who had surrended to the darkness... Saved by three children, who brought light everywhere they went. A boy with scars, a boy inside a wolf, and a girl with a crutch. Kids who one day were mere peasants, the other were the Jewels Of Anniera, and a year later, heroes of Aerwiar.

I've smiled, I've laughed, I've been shocked, I've been scared, I've been mad, I've cried. I have red lots, and I mean LOTS of books. Different stories, different worlds, different characters. Yet none of them has touched me half as much as The Wingfeather Saga.

It has war, tears, bloodshed, betrayals, sacrifices and sorrow. But it also has love, joy, hope, laughter, wonder and light.

This story definetely deserves way more fans and recognition. I hope that with the new animated series (which I'll definetely watch later) it begins to gain more love.

Anyways. I really love this in case y'all couldn't tell already. Have a good day/afternoon/evening.

[anthropologyruinseverything]

Summerslam venting - my opinions are based on personal experiences and feelings.

I’m a Roman fan but honestly this is getting old and stale and I’ll completely lose interest if he isn’t at Summerslam. (And listen, for a dude with his health issues I’d be happy to hear he was gonna mostly retire and make movies. Get your paper while you can babe!) I agree with a number of folks here that they’ve missed so much in regard to tension building between Roman and Solo. I just don’t care. And of course he’s gonna cheat against Cody. It’s a classic bad guy vs. the hero set up.

At least they gave Damian something to fight for. I am loving the new angle. But if he loses to a N@z* who called him street trash I’m gonna throw up because you’re just not hiding it at this point. Fair warning, you will not find any love for Gunther on my page. Yes, he’s great at what he does but until his character changes I’m not cheering. (Stood across the protest line from too many of the real-deal bad guys who sing his praises online at this point.)

Rhea’s gonna have to face the monster she herself created in Liv. I’m interested in the long term implications for Judgement Day and her relationship with Dominik. But it’s Mami’s fault so it’ll be satisfying to see what happens and I have faith in these performers to put on an amazing show.

Bayley and Nia lacks the same level of emotion but I also think it will be a great match. Nia is better than a lot of people give her credit for and with this last title run Bayley has won me over. Normally I leave the room when Tiffany Stratton is on the television so hopefully her fake ass won’t be too involved.

Drew, Punk and Seth will be fun to watch but they’ve screwed with other storylines so many times I’m just ready for it to be over. I think the highlight will be Seth’s outfit.

I want Sami to beat Bron. I’m a sucker for heart and hard work paying off. Bron is Goldberg 2.0 and I find him just as interesting as his predecessor, meaning I’d rather watch paint dry. He’s got potential so I hope they don’t stick with the angry meathead persona for long. I figure they’re setting Sami up to lose, probably due to being drawn back into Bloodline mess with Jey. It would be almost okay if he and Jey got a nice run as a tag team together.

Side note if you made it this far:

I was so excited for Jey’s single run. It’s personal and I know that’s silly but I FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL to escape an abusive family and make a life for myself. It really spoke to me to see him do the same sort of thing. And now, it’s all been wasted because he’s almost assuredly been nuked at every turn so he can go back to the Bloodline drama. He deserves better, deserves a better singles story and a title. It’s sad he probably won’t ever get it at this point. Like I said before, I will watch a different promotion if he goes to it.

Anyway, thanks for listening. My couple of 7 day, 18hr a day work weeks are coming to a close so I’ll have way more time to work on my fanfics and novels. I’m considering entry to a competition for some of my original stories so I may post a few blurbs for feedback. If you’re waiting for a request or just a story update, that’s what I’ll be working on! Some very much needed stress relief.

Thanks for giving me some space to share my thoughts and my work!

[4-the-tainted-sorrow-21]

This is so absolutely SICK. Jon Nia and Jay never got to know each other as well as they could have. I can’t even say they were doomed from the start because they weren’t. Because Nia answered the door when Walker knocked, because she got involved with her, because of her involvement in the death of Jay’s mom, they ruined it for themselves. And it’s really not her fault either!!! It was her family on the line! She was young and scared and threatened!! What else would she have done? But she still did it. So she gets her brief reunion with Jon and they get to talk about what could’ve been. That makes it so much worse. They know what they could’ve been. They know. And they also know that had things gone just a little bit differently, they could’ve been something more than they got the chance to be. And then there’s the other side of it which is Jay absolutely hating her guts. And ykw!! He so justified in that!! She did help kill his mom. But also, he lost a friend in the process. Not just his mom, but a friend, too. His friend betrayed him and killed his mom and burned down any chance of ever being closer or having any sort of relationship at all. And to make it even worse!!!!! Jon forgives her!!!! It’s horrible. It was just the small things that completely destroyed any chance the three of them had. I think it’s also worth mentioning there was ABSOLUTELY romantic undertones with Jon and Nia and that makes me sick. On multiple levels actually because 1: DC just has an AWFUL rep with poly characters and I would’ve lovedddd to see how Maines handled it. She was doing so well setting up a V she would’ve killed it. But also. It’s just. JUST HAD NIA NOT ANSWERED THE DOOR. They never got to know each other as well as they could have because Waller took that time away from them, because Nia made one small mistake that snowballed, because there was family at stake on all ends. I can’t do this today thank you

[sometimes-sleeby-octopus]

I made a ninjago bracelet with clay beads

[rubywonu]

um…WTF?!

NAUR CUZ WHO TF DOES HE THINK HE IS CASUALLY DROPPING THESE PICS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT?!?!?! PLEASE IM GONNA DIE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. ILL SAY IT ONCE AND ILL SAY IT AGAIN I CAN NEVER HAVE A DAMN BIAS IN THIS GROUP. CUS I THOUGHT DINO AND KWAN WERE MY BIASES AND THEN THE DK PICS AND THIS SHOWS UP…AHHHHHHHHHHH

[cuteniarose]

an au that may or may not exist: what if suiren became the avatar instead of korra??

Believe it or not, it is an AU that has existed in my head for… about four years now, maybe? I think I even made some art for it once, though I’m pretty sure it was destroyed in the Great Tablet Explosion of October 2020 (don’t ask…). I never really developed it much because Kat wasn’t too interested in it and considering my difficult relationship with motivation, energy and creating in general, it’s hard to find the will to spend time and resources on something if I don’t have my beloved partner in crime to yell about it with me, you know?

But anyway, the two ways an AU like this could go are:

1) Reminiscent of most Red Lotus Korra AUs, Suiren is raised by her parents to believe in the anarchist cause, always on the run and never staying in one place for too long as they hide her from the White Lotus right up until it’s time for her to learn airbending. The world is absolutely not ready for an Avatar like her, Spirits help us all

2) She is discovered and taken from her parents as a child, the Red Lotus are imprisoned and she’s raised in Korra’s compound. No matter how much the White Lotus would try to condition her against her parents, she’d never listen and would spend the years doing as she’s told but biding her time until she’s old and powerful enough to break her parents free and take revenge on everyone who did this to them. The world’s fucked, RIP everyone

I am much more partial to the first version just because Suiren already goes through so much pain in all of our AUs, I’d like to spare her at least from this. And also the first version is just so much more fun since it creates room for a lot of family fluff and shenanigans, which are some of my favourite genres to indulge in 😁

As for what she’d actually be like as an Avatar, she’d be a lot like Korra. Brash, cocky, hotheaded, all that. She’s prodigious in waterbending, obviously, and I imagine fire and earth would come to her rather quickly as well, fire more so since she’s a bit too lightfooted for earth (on that note, as much as it would make sense, I don’t want her to be a lavabender. Let Midori have this one thing she’s exceptional at, please, she already has an inferiority complex the size of the Earth Kingdom even without her sister being the Avatar). Air would also be a struggle since the extent of her spirituality is considering the moon her closest ally, but she’d have the movements down straight away since it’s not too far off from her bending style. And this is based on what I tangentially learned from Kat, but I think she might also be similar to Yangchen in being very susceptible to her past lives. Not quite to that severity, but she definitely gets flashbacks and strange dreams and random knowledge a lot, and when she’s overwhelmed and dissociated her past lives have a tendency to take over. It’s both scary and comforting to her, knowing that at any moment someone else could take her body over while her mind would be safe and sound in some sort of headspace. Out of her past lives, she’d absolutely adore Kyoshi and Yangchen, would probably be interested in whatever Kuruk and Aang have to tell her, and would hate Roku for his inaction leading to the start of the 100 Year War. She’d probably like Wan too if she ever dug that deep

She’s two years older than Korra so she’d have a bit more time before LoK’s plot kicks in, but… I didn’t actually think this far, to be honest. I’m horrendous when it comes to politics so I don’t really know what to do with the conflicts Korra faced. However, Suiren’s grandmother (adopted, not one of the biological ones, RIP Nuying and Afarin but Ikiaq is different) is a bloodbender so assuming there came a point where Suiren was taught it – and I believe she would definitely spend some time in the North with her grandmas, maybe at some point after the White Lotus exhausted their search of the poles and decides that the Avatar must come from a blended family in the Earth Kingdom – I think she’d be able to clock what Amon was doing as bloodbending. Not straight away, but if she looked at the chi paths of one of his victims. But again, I don’t really know where that whole thing with the equalists and Tarrlok and everything else would go. But it would be funny as hell if they had a “🎵 I’m just like you, you’re just like me 🎶” moment over bloodbending 😂😂 (before obviously some huge end-of-season fight, we’re not in a Disney movie where everything is solved by singing, unfortunately. If Suiren from the mermaid AU was here, though…)

About Book 2, tbh I feel like the story could very well end here, because the Red Lotus is fundamentally opposed to the existence of the Avatar. No, I’m not saying that her own family would kill her, absolutely not, but perhaps Suiren would choose to end the Avatar cycle during Harmonic Convergence by unfusing with Raava, freeing Vaatu and letting them keep doing what they were doing before Wan so rudely interrupted them. But if we wanna take it further and make it interesting, which I would prefer, she could fuse with Vaatu instead (probably killing Unalaq in the process since he’s not letting his Chaos Kite Boyfriend go that easily /hj. That’s alright though, wouldn’t be the first verse in which she’d kill Unalaq [hi Kat I know we haven’t discussed this yet but I recently got this really clear picture in my head of UtOS!Suiren eventually killing Unalaq as they’re readying the world for an anarchist revolution, and of Malina finding her over his dead body and kissing her while her face is splattered in his blood. Idk what possessed me there but it exists now and idk what you’ll think of it but you’re gonna have to try really hard to talk me out of it], no one would miss him). Raava wouldn’t be too happy about it but she’ll settle eventually once Suiren yells at her and Vaatu enough times to shut the fuck up and stop fighting, she can hear every word and she’s trying to sleep. If I were to write it, I’d draw a lot from what Kat described in her works Bonded and Adumbration, which I would link but that would require me doing a whole song and dance to get my VPN to connect so I can access Ao3, so… I’m sorry find them yourself if you’re curious 😅 It’d be quite an interesting dynamic for sure, and I really think Suiren would be rather fond of her Spirit Kites. She’s got a real thing for any creature that reminds her of water – snakes, certain fish, dancing Kuvira, etc., Raava and Vaatu would fit right in!! (I’m being plagued with art ideas beyond my skill level, send help)

After that it’s pretty much a clear road to an anarchist revolution since she’d be practically unstoppable with the power of two Great Spirits inside her, and that would replace the plots of Books 3 and 4 since obviously she wouldn’t have to go up against her own parents, they wouldn’t lose and Kuvira wouldn’t become the Great Uniter. But I still think Kuvira would have a high rank in some kind of oppositional movement against the Red Lotus, probably started by Suyin, so Kuviren can still have that sweet, sweet toxic yuri enemies to lovers plot line. Wouldn’t be an AU by yours truly without it :D And.. I think that’s pretty much all the thoughts I have on this topic, apart from the fact that once the time comes, Suiren would still end the Avatar cycle, either by unfusing with Raava and Vaatu or by ensuring she dies in the Avatar state (not by poison or anything, I’m sure if she talked to Raava and Vaatu they could arrange a way for them to take over right as she’s about to pass. My dear girl deserves to go peacefully at age 90+, I will not argue about this). No matter the exact route of this AU, Suiren would be the last Avatar, I can’t see her deciding any other way. Anyway, it’s a fun AU, definitely, an absolute goldmine for those shenanigans that I adore, but I do not have the energy or enough knowledge of politics and worldbuilding to turn it into an actual thing, so for now, it all remains in this post. Thanks for the question though, I really enjoyed this little thought experiment :)

[myname-isnia]

Am I good at art or did I just spend years drawing the same 3-5 characters over and over again to the point I can draw them perfectly with no refs and my eyes closed but it comes with the side effect of any time I decide to draw any other character they never turn out looking right, which in turn sends me into hysterical sobbing

[nia1sworld]

WHERE ARE ALL MY MUTALS AT?

HUG ME I'M SAD!!

Please....I wanted is a hug!

[mindonmymoneyandmoneyonmymind]

im watching Mockingjay part 1 and even forgetting what's to come Gale's hatred and ignorance is soo...complex

Like I understand he lacks the capitol perspective katniss has but the way he talked about Peeta SEEING THAT PEETA IS CLEARLY BEING FORCED!?!

????

And then playing the "nice guys always finish last." Card... WHEN SHE IS CLEARLY IN DISTRESS 24/7

[dontwanderoff]

just thinking about dale going to melbourne zoo on his own with his lil camera and enjoying the butterfly house and taking all these lovely pictures of the animals tbh

[bat-connoisseur]

I have heard about bat immune systems once I remember the subject was interesting but not details please talk about them

:3 *cracks knuckles* alrighty.

Basically, bats have fucking incredible immune systems, especially when it comes to dealing with viruses. Essentially, they have the ability to limit or suppress inflammation, meaning that despite often high viral loads they exhibit next to no symptoms. This is also probably linked to their long lifespan in relation to size, since the inflammation they suppress is also related to complications with aging. No one's really sure how they do this, though, but people think its linked to the ability to fly, somehow? Regardless, the effectiveness of their immune system means that in order to really get a good foothold in bats, the viruses they host have to evolve to be really nasty, and so when passed onto animals which aren't bats, they are a big, big problem.

Bit of a vague explanation but a lot of the mechanisms involved are unknown and honestly it's too late in the evening for me to properly comprehend the paper I found on this sdkjds (i just skimmed the beginning to make sure I wasn't talking nonsense).

To add onto the point of them not having an especially large amount of zoonotic diseases in their population, the data on this is hazy, but studies have shown that they have no more than rodents or primates. Bats just unfortunately are good at spreading shit. They fly and tend to live in proximity with humans. Don't handle bats (and if you have to wear gloves but. best not to touch them in the first place), be respectful of them and their habitat, and you should be fine.

Also, bats can't fucking help their cracked immune systems and heightened capacity to be vectors for disease okay? I can't believe I have to say this but it doesn't make them evil, and it doesn't mean they should be culled. they are keystone species and incredibly important for managing insect populations, distributing seeds, and even pollinating flowers. Killing bats is a terrible thing and they should be protected. The correct reaction to them is to work on making healthcare accessible and coming up with better treatments for the diseases they spread, as well as better education on them. The only animal capable of evil or malice is humans, people. Please bear in mind.

thats my pro bat rant over dsjds. I've seen people call for bat culls in response to covid it's fucked up bro.

But yeah :) they have incredible immune systems, are abnormally long lived, and honestly have a bunch of other sick adaptations to flight. Birds have all their air sacs to help them respire enough to fly. bats don't they use their wing membranes as an exchange surface. isn't that cool??? also the longest lived animal relative to body size is a bat iirc but I can't find a source for that nor the species of bat. Kind of a dude trust me moment.

[goldenhylia]

I just saw the most absolutely brain dead take regarding XC2 on Twitter (specifically about Rex and Nia’s placement in the story) and I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, the story would not work with anyone else but Rex as the main character!!!! Literally the entire party (with the exception of Vandham) is so disillusioned with the world that they are steps away from becoming like Klaus and Amalthus. Nia herself was a member of Torna!! He is not a parallel to Pyra and Mytha, because to be a parallel for them he would have to feel a similar amount of despair (hence Malos and Jin as their narrative parallels). It is his unrelenting love and positivity in the face of the continued terribleness of the world and humanity that changes the world view of not only the party, not only the villains, but GOD HIMSELF!!

For the love of god, Rex is a great main character and the one that XC2 needed

[seiwas]

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