#nuliajuk

[midweekblues]

Finally, after a slow night at work and much ruminating, I hereby present my own True-Detective-Night-Country world-famous ramble stew. Tipping my non-existent hat to one Mr @rhavewellyarnbag

Something something Sedna of the many names, Arnarquagsag, Nerivik, Nuliajuk, the one who would not marry, the wife of all.

What's you name, girl?

Navarro, Eve, Angie, Evangeline, Missy, your mother never told you your real name (the one of the Real People) and some think you have forgotten it.

Sedna of the many names many stories Arctic wide, Alaska to Greenland, many stories and in all of them she lives under the sea, in all of them she ends up there because of her father.

Her mother? sometimes a shaman (voices. episodes.) sometimes entirely absent from the narrative (died in chilbirth), sometimes a background character following her husband.

Her father? oh, he always throws her in the sea, sometimes in a panic, sometimes in a rage. She would not marry the man he told her to.

Why?

Well, is that the right question?

She would not marry the man he told her to, because she was already married to her dog who was a man, a shapeshifter, so they kept it in secret.

So many secrets here... do we trust Qavviq the dog-man, the home-brewer? or is he gonna die a terrible death?

i dunno, man. Annie keeping it secret. Danvers keeping it secret. But Everyone here knows.

Sedna whose fingers were cut went she went overboard and she tried to hold on to her father's kayak. Sometimes her whole hands, bit by bit.

So many fathers here, too. Hank, raised by an animal to act like an animal. His son trying to be better than him. The son's son drawing the woman with no hands, no fingers, spooking his father.

What is it with white people getting spooked about other people's religion? Not me, i was raised catholic. A lady with no fingers is no big deal. But maybe i mean white-white. Not opening that particular can of worms right now.

Oh and of course Travis. Fucking Travis Cohle. And his little interpretive dance. That was a man drowning. Or several. Didn't Lund cough up some filthy water when he woke up corpsicled? Cause of death: Spooketh. But also maybe drowned. 

The lady under the sea, the lady with no fingers, cannot untangle her hair. Her hair traps the marine animals and she gets agitated and there is storm and famine. Her hair under the sea, her hair maybe like the sea, and who hasn't dyed their hair sea-blue, sea-green, when they missed so much? i have. Wear the monster's face, wear her hair, whatever you can manage.

The lady with the sea-hair beautifully painted on the door to the warehouse where the people gather. And the people are pissed. 

Something in the water, and no one seems to be asking questions. Not even the wrong ones. Tsalal is the mine is the thing under the ice, now she's awake and y'all done fucked up.

The lady with no fingers that lives under the sea gets pissed off sometimes. Main thing driving her mad is greed and ungratefulness, apparently.Those who take more than they need and those who do not honor their prey. The seals have souls, and so do the whales and the walruses. Those are Sedna’s children, not exactly like children, born from her chopped fingers like Eve from Adam’s rib. 

Sedna (90377 Sedna) is also a dwarf planet hanging around Ceres. This season feels like the Belt. As oppresive as S1 made Louisiana look (humid, hot, that heavy heavy sky) this creeps me out more. What's worse, air thick with miasma or no air at all? Women walking out to the dark, a tiny circle of light and then the vast nothing. Very cosmic horror. Also i miss Naomi Nagata and i miss Camina Drummer. Funny that Danvers' kid was named Holden. But i digress.

You know how scientists are, naming stuff after goddesses. Pieces of rock, sometimes lifeforms. She's awake alright. 

Who are you, girl? Eve? An angel? I am reminded too that Evangelion means Good News. Are you catholic, Navarro? Was your father catholic? What did he drink?

Something in the water, something in the ice. Crabs are bottom feeders, aren't they? How fucked up is an ecosystem where the carrion-eaters die off? Maybe stuff isn't dying at the rate it should. Caribou spook relatively easy, but maybe they know something we don't, too. Micro earthquakes and magnetic fields and shit. Guess we’ll find out.

[xphaiea]

Nuliajuk by betta-girl

[nordseehexe]

Sedna ᓴᓐᓇ

Sedna (Inuktitut: ᓴᓐᓇ) is the goddess of the sea and marine animals in Inuit religion, also known as the Mother of the Sea or Mistress of the Sea. The story of Sedna, which is a creation myth, describes how she came to rule over Adlivun, the Inuit version of the underworld. In sculptures, Sedna is often depicted with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a marine mammal, similar to a mermaid.

Sedna is known as Arnakuagsak or Arnaqquassaaq in parts of Greenland. She is called Sassuma Arnaa ('Mother of the Deep') in West Greenlandic and Nerrivik ('Table', Inuktun) or Nuliajuk (District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories, Canada). She is sometimes known by other names by different Inuit groups such as Arnapkapfaaluk ('Big Bad Woman') of the Copper Inuit from the Coronation Gulf area and Takánakapsâluk or Takannaaluk (Igloolik). In Killiniq, Labrador, she was referred to as 'Old-woman-who-lived-in-the-sea'.

More than one version of the Sedna legend exists. Some legends have her as the daughter of a goddess named Isarrataitsoq, while others only mention her father.

In one legend Sedna is a giant, the daughter of the creator-god Anguta, with a great hunger that causes her to attack her parents. Angered, Anguta takes her out to sea and throws her over the side of his kayak. As she clings to the sides, he chops off her fingers and she sinks to the underworld, becoming the ruler of the monsters of the deep. Her huge fingers become the ringed seals, walruses, and whales hunted by Inuit.

In another version of the legend, she is dissatisfied with men found for her by her father and so marries a dog. Her father is so angry at this that he throws her into the sea and, when she tries to climb back into the boat, he cuts off her fingers. Her fingers become the first seals and she becomes a mighty sea goddess. When she is angered, the angakkuq (shaman) travels to wash and comb her hair for her, after which she is placated and releases the animals to the hunters. In other versions, she is unable to comb her hair because she lacks fingers, so a shaman must brush it for her.

In the Netsilik region, the story states that Nuliayuk was a mistreated orphan. One day the people tried to get rid of her by attempting to drown her by chopping off her fingertips, which transformed into seals and walruses. Eventually, Nuliayuk marries a sculpin and lives in the sea controlling all sea mammals.

Other versions of the legend depict Sedna as a beautiful maiden who rejects marriage proposals from the hunters of her village. When an unknown hunter appears, Sedna's father agrees to give her to him as wife in return for fish. Sedna's father gives Sedna a sleeping potion and gives her to the hunter who takes her to a large nest on a cliff, revealing his true form: a great bird-spirit (variously described as a raven, a fulmar or a Kokksaut / petrel-spirit). She wakes surrounded by birds. Her father attempts to rescue her, but the bird-spirit becomes angry, causing a great storm. In desperation, Sedna's father throws her into the raging sea. Attempting to cling to the kayak, her hands freeze and her fingers fall off becoming the creatures of the sea. She falls to the bottom of the sea and grows a fishtail.

Sedna is kidnapped or deceived by a different bird creature in yet another version. Her father then leaves in his kayak to rescue her from the floating ice-island where she is imprisoned while the bird creature is away. The creature, enraged by her disappearance, calls to a spirit of the sea to help him. The sea spirit locates the kayak with the two humans aboard and creates huge waves to kill them. Her father throws Sedna overboard in the hope that this will appease the angry god. Sedna clings to the kayak but her father grabs a little ax and chops three of her fingers off before striking her on the head. The three fingers each become a different species of seal. The stroke to her head sends Sedna to the ocean floor where she resides, commanding the animals of the sea.

In an additional version of the story Sedna marries a man who claims to be a fantastic hunter. He then takes her away to a distant island and once there he reveals himself to be a birdman. Being a birdman he was not a good hunter and could only hunt fish. Unable to escape the island she resigned herself to her situation, until her father came to visit one day. Her father decided to kill the birdman upon realizing he lied about who he was, attempting to rescue his daughter. They left the island on her father's kayak, when the birdman's friends attacked them in retaliation. They flew above the kayak and created great waves to attack the kayak with. Sedna's father was so frightened he threw her overboard; she then grabbed onto the edge of the kayak holding on for her life. Fearing she would tip over the boat her father cut off her fingers, making her fall into the water. The fingers that were cut off then became sea animals and she sank to the ocean floor where she became a spirit of the ocean.

In one Baffin Island tradition, Sedna was in a kayak with her family when a storm started. Her parents thought she was to blame for the storm and threw her into the sea. She clung to the kayak, but her father cut her fingers off: first the tips, then the second knuckle, then the last knuckle. Her disembodied fingers turned into sea creatures. Sedna gained control over the animals. If humans angered her, she could stop the animals from coming to their hunting sites, thus causing famine.

The varying legends each give different rationales for Sedna's death. Yet, in each version, her father takes her to sea in his kayak, chopping off her fingers. In each version she sinks to the bottom of the sea, worshipped by hunters who depend on her goodwill to supply food. She is generally considered a vengeful goddess, and hunters must placate and pray to her to release the sea animals from the ocean depths for their hunt. At Killiniq, people threw worn-out harpoon-heads, broken knives, and morsels of meat and bone into the sea as offerings.

[silverfishbuffet]

Nuliajuk in Those who dwell below by Aviaq Johnston

[i-r-readcomics]

Aquaman: Time and Tide

Volume: 1 #3

Snowball in Hell

Writers: Peter David

Pencils: Kirk Jarvinen

Inks: Brad Vancata

Covers: Kirk Jarvinen

Featuring: Aquaman (Arthur Curry), Kako, Orm, Nuliajuk 

DC

[the-travel-junkiie]

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Reposted from @shinanova Each of her fingers became a sea animal that we now have today... Thank you Sedna🙏🏼 Sedna, also called "Nuliajuk". The Sea Goddess🙌🏼 Maintain a good relationship with her to provide for our people #sedna #inuit #legend #culture #nuliajuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CV-8XFwFQae/?utm_medium=tumblr

[devilcat210]

Aside from her mom, does anyone else know that Fanya is an idol?

Yes😎

The people who knew are;

Her family

Vega Botan (Her bestfriend)

Harris Marizaki (Her boyfriend)

And others (spoiler)

[midweekblues]

GIRL HELP anyone got sources on specifically Iñupiat tellings of Sedna/Nuliajuk's story??

I'm spiraling (heh) over True Detective Night Country's themes and their ties to arctic spirituality, but unfortunately most of my sources/knowledge come from my obsession with The Terror and are related to the Nattilik or wider Nunavut...

Also if anyone wants to read me rambling or share their own theories about this please hit me up before I end up posting on reddit jsjahdjkk

Cheers!

[palae0lithic]

Nuliajuk lives in the ocean for a very long time. Nuliajuk just sits on the ocean floor, her long hair flowing, moving back and forth with the tides and the currents. When you look down into the sea over the side of a boat in summer, you can see her hair, swaying back and forth. Sometimes as her hair moves with the water, it gets all disheveled and tangled up. The creatures of the sea get caught in it and no matter how hard they try they cannot get out. It would be so nice if Nuliajuk can run her fingers through her hair and let all these animals out, but Nuliajuk has no fingers.

You see a long time ago, when she was just a girl, Nuliajuk refused to marry; she would take no men for a husband. It was a cruel world in which she lived. There were no animals to hunt, no caribou, seals, whales, walruses, fish, nothing. Her family was starving and could no longer feed her. If she had married she would have had a husband to support her but no she refused to marry anyone.

One day Nuliajuk’s parents loaded their boat with the few things they had and headed off to another hunting place, hoping for better luck. They left Nuliajuk behind. They could no longer support a woman who had refused to marry. Nuliajuk did not want to be left behind so she swam out to the boat. Nuliajuk grabbed the gunwales and tried to climb aboard. Her father took his axe and chopped her fingers off to keep her from climbing in. Nuliajuk no longer able to hold on to the gunwales of the boat, slipped down to the depths of the sea. And that is where she lives to this day. Her fingers too fell into the sea one by one and one by one they became the animals of the sea. They became whales, walruses, fishes and all the other sea creatures.

But now Nuliajuk has no fingers with which to comb her hair, and when her hair is all tangled up, these poor animals get caught in and cannot get out. They tickle her head and that makes her angry. She shakes her head; she screams and flails her arms about. She makes the water boil until there are big waves. If her hair gets tangled up, there are no animals to hunt, no meat to eat, no sealskin for boats, no whale meat to feed the dogs. Even if there were animals about no one could go to sea to hunt them when Nuliajuk is angry. Nuliajuk has become the most feared creature in all the land. She has the power of life and death over all the people.

The only people who can calm her down are the shamans. Now and then, they dive down to the bottom of the sea. They run their fingers through her hair and make it all neat and tidy. They free the animals. They soothe her and settle her down and the sea becomes calm and smooth again. There are seals, walruses, fish, and whales again. People can go out to hunt and have food to eat.

[theriverranon]

Cover for the book I made for class

[lesbianladyeboshi]

Nothing like informing a toddler you have read a particular book to her 9 times in the past few hours and if you can alternate, then having her enthusiasticically exclaim "no this book, DO you going to read it AGAIN?? :D"

I can't say no 😂

[ceazspicrew]

BIG CUTE!

Make a lil animal here!

[immap-ukuua]

Kirima Amaruq - angehende Schamanin und unwissentlich die Reinkarnation der Meeresgöttin Sedna. (RPG in Romanform, deutsch)

Fasziniert drehte die kleine Kirima die geschnitzte Figur in ihren Fingern und strich mit den Fingerspitzen darüber. Ahnah, eine ergraute Schamanin, setzte sich mit einem leisen Stöhnen zu dem Mädchen und zog ihr die Fellkapuze vom Kopf, damit sie Notiz von ihr nahm. Ihre braunen und weisen Augen betrachteten erst Kirimas kindliches Gesicht, das sich ihr zugewandt hatte, bevor sie weiter zu der Schnitzerei wanderten.

"Hast du das gemacht?"

Die Alte nickte mit einem warmen Lächeln und nahm dem Kind die Figur ab. "Weißt du, wer das ist?"

Kirima schüttelte mit großen Augen den Kopf und spürte, wie schon gleich darauf die Hand der Alten über ihre schwarzen Locken strichen. "Das ist Sedna, eine große Gottheit. Eins war sie eine normale junge Frau, so wie du es sein wirst und ich einmal war. Sie soll wunderschön gewesen sein, aber genauso eitel. Jeder Mann, der sie wollte, den lehnte sie ab, ganz zum Unmut ihres Vaters. Dieser gab sie dann einem Freier, einen Jäger mit verhülltem Gesicht. Erst, als der Ehemann sie mit dem Kajak zu seinem Heim brachte, entblößte er sich als Rabe und das Heim als harte Felsenklippen. Sedna weinte und schrie ganz jämmerlich in den Wind. So laut, dass ihr Vater ein schlechtes Gewissen bekam und sie zurückholte.

Sednas Ehemann wollte sich das aber nicht gefallen lassen. Er griff das Kajak an, in dem Vater und Tochter saßen. Seine Flügel verursachten einen Seesturm, der dem Vater solche Angst machte, dass er sie über Bord warf. Panisch versuchte sich Sedna am Kajak festzuhalten, aber ihr Vater schlug ihr mit dem Paddel auf die gefrorenen Finger. So lang, bis sie zersplitterten. Sie versanken im Meer und mit ihnen Sedna. Ein Zauber des Raben verwandelte die Finger in Robben und die Hände in Wale und andere Meeressäuger.

Sedna sitzt auch heute noch am Meeresgrund und ihren Zorn auf die Menschheit, den spüren wir heute noch. Sie lässt gewaltige Seestürme und Wellen über dem Meer peitschen und ihr Groll über den Verrat macht sie mächtig und zornig. Sie bestimmt darüber, wie viele Meerestiere von uns gefangen und gegessen werden. Wenn man ihre Gebote verletzt, dann lässt sie Stürme frei oder zieht ganze Familien mit in die Tiefe. Ihr Haus steht dort, auf dem Meeresgrund. Dort lebt sie mit den Meerestieren und Seehunde bewachen es. Jeder Unbefugte wird gebissen."

Verschüchtert machte sich das Mädchen ganz klein und zitterte leicht. Ahnah lächelte mitfühlend und tätschelte ihre Wange.

"Aber, aber Kind. Du musst keine Angst haben. Wir Schamanen sorgen dafür, dass Sedna besänftigt wird. Jedes Mal, wenn ein Mensch ein Tabu bricht, dann setzt sich Schmutz in Sednas Haaren fest. Das macht sie furchtbar wütend, aber dann begeben wir Schamanen uns auf eine Seelenreise. Wir wandern hinab zu ihrem Haus und kämmen ihr das Haar aus. Und weil wir das tun, dürfen wir auch weiter aus ihrem Meeresreich Nahrung schöpfen."

Die Hand der Alten wanderte unter das Kinn des Mädchens und drückte es sanft nach oben. Sie lächelte so ansteckend und warm, dass auch Kirima wieder ruhiger wurde und das Lächeln erwiderte.

"Wir haben viel Glück, eine so weise Schamanin zu haben, Ahnah. Vielleicht kann ich auch mal eine werden."

Die junge Inuit sprang auf die Beine und ihre Augen glänzten begeistert. Ja, das klang nach einem guten Plan in ihrem Kopf. Sie würde ebenfalls dafür sorgen, dass Sedna besänftigt wurde und ihr Stamm weiter von ihrem Reich profitieren konnte. Voll kindlicher Energie lief sie davon, völlig in Gedanken.

"Vielleicht…", rief ihr die Alte fröhlich hinterher, bevor sie seufzte,"…Sedna."

"Sedna" - die dort unten im Meer; „Immap ukuua“ - Mutter des Meeres; „Arnaqquassaaq“ - das majestätische Weib oder „Sassuma arnaa“ - die Frau dort unten; „Nerrivik“ und „Nulirah“ - die alte Frau des Meeres; „Nuliajuk“ - die liebe Frau

[tulugak]

I feel more beautiful, and so much more connected to my culture ever since I got my first traditional tattoos on my wrists in 2016. Since then I’ve been very excited to earn more, and earlier this year I finally got my first facial tattoos done. 

Two lines on my chin, to show that I have a voice. 

I’m hoping to get my finger tattoos done next, to pay homage to Nuliajuk. I have so many plans for my future tradtional tattoos, it’s hard to remember that I have to wait and earn them, for myself.

[dc-earth53]

#0006 - Aquaman (Arthur Curry/Orin)

Age: 43

Occupation: King of Atlantis

Marital status: Married

Known relatives: Atlanna (mother), Tom Curry (stepfather), Atlan (father), Orm Marius (half-brother), Mera (wife), Arthur Curry Jr. (son, deceased), Koryak (son, deceased), Mareena Curry (daughter).

Group affiliation: Atlantis, formerly Justice League of America, Others

Base of operations: Poseidonis, Atlantis

Height: 6’1”

Weight: 325 lbs.

History:

43 years ago: Orin is born to Atlanna, queen of Atlantis. An ancient Atlantean superstition stated that children born with blond hair are cursed, and Atlanna and baby Orin are cast out from the kingdom. Atlanna travels to Amnesty Bay, Maine, where she meets lighthouse keeper Tom Curry. The two fall in love, and together they raise the child, newly rechristened Arthur.

33 years ago: Atlanna dies of pneumonia, due to a weakened immune system not accustomed to surface illnesses. On her deathbed, she tells Arthur of his true nature.

27 years ago: Tom Curry dies of a heart attack. After his funeral, Arthur leaves home to seek out his heritage.

26 years ago: Arthur briefly spends time in Alaska, falling in love with an Inuit woman named Kako and, unbeknownst to him, getting her pregnant. He’s driven away by the demonic god Nuliajuk before he can learn of the pregnancy.

24 years ago: Arthur is led to Atlantis by a pod of dolphins, and there he meets royal advisor Vulko and claims his birthright, learning of his heritage and usurping the crown from the corrupt king Orvax.

22 years ago: Orin first comes into conflict with Orm Marius, his half-brother, the Ocean Master, who tries to usurp the throne of Atlantis for himself.

20 years ago: Orin teams up with Barry Allen to fight the Trickster, and Barry dubs him “Aquaman.”

19 years ago: 

Aquaman becomes a charter member of the Justice League after helping Earth’s heroes repel an alien invasion.

Orin meets Mera, queen of the exiled Atlantean city of Xebel, and the two marry soon thereafter.

Orin first encounters the undersea terrorist Black Manta.

18 years ago: Orin takes the young Atlantean mage Garth on as a protege.

17 years ago: Orin and Mera have their first child, Arthur Jr.

15 years ago: Arthur Jr. is murdered by the Black Manta as part of an elaborate scheme to take revenge on Aquaman and Atlantis for past defeats.

12 years ago: In the wake of the Justice League’s disbanding, Orin joins the Martian Manhunter’s new League, headquartered out of the Secret Sanctuary in Happy Harbor. Mera leaves him soon thereafter, wrecked with concerns over his commitment to her.

11 years ago: Aquaman is one of the many heroes involved in the fight against the Anti-Monitor.

10 years ago: 

Aquaman again fights Ocean Master when the latter attacks Amnesty Bay.

Orin returns to Atlantis to find it conquered by a race of giant jellyfish. He succeeds in driving them out, and reclaims his throne.

9 years ago: Atlantis becomes embroiled in civil war, as Poseidonis is besieged and overrun by forces from Tritonis, allied with Black Manta

8 years ago:

Orin receives the Atlantis Chronicles, learning of his relation to Ocean Master and beginning to sink into a deep depression.

Orin and his ally Dolphin are kidnapped by the terrorist Charybdis, who plunges his arm into a pool of piranhas, cutting his left hand off at the wrist. He replaces it with a harpoon.

Arthur returns to the Arctic, meeting again with Kako and his fully grown son, Koryak. Koryak chooses to travel with him and Dolphin on their travels.

Orin joins the newly reformed Justice League of America in response to a White Martian threat on Earth.

Orin and Garth reunite after time apart, and Garth takes the new title of Tempest.

7 years ago:

Orin reunites the scattered city-states of Atlantis to stand together against the threat of Tiamat.

Orin’s harpoon hand is broken, and he is given a robotic hand to replace it, indistinguishable from flesh and blood.

Arthur and Mera reconcile as Atlantis goes to war with the island nation of Cerdia.

6 years ago:

Atlantis vanishes in the wake of the war against Imperiex, hurled into the Obsidian Age by Atlantean magic and enslaved by the sorceress Gamemnae. The Justice League and Orin succeed in returning Atlantis to its proper time.

A large portion of San Diego, California is sunken into the Pacific due to the machinations of Dr. Anton Geist. Orin annexes the city into Atlantis, taking San Diego native Lorena Marquez on as the new Aquagirl. 

5 years ago: Atlantis is besieged by Lex Luthor’s Secret Society, and Aquaman leads the charge to defend it. Koryak dies during the battle.

4 years ago: 

Arthur re-joins the Justice League.

Atlantis joins the United Nations, appointing Garth as their ambassador to the world.

3 years ago: 

Orin comes into conflict with the Trench, a lost tribe of Atlanteans evolved to live in the deepest parts of the ocean.

Orin recruits a group of individuals into a team called the Others to search for lost Atlantean artifacts across the globe.

Half-Atlantean mage Kaldur’ahm comes to stand alongside Orin as the new Aqualad.

2 years ago: While Orin is on a mission with the Justice League, Orm seizes the throne of Atlantis for himself. Orin takes it back, and then decides to retire from superhero work to better rule his kingdom. Lorena Marquez becomes Aquawoman in his stead.

1 year ago: Arthur and Mera have their second child, a daughter named Mareena.

Present day: Orin and Mera begin to investigate the disappearance of the sea god Poseidon.

Commentary:

Aquaman is an interesting one, as for a long time he was a bit of a wildcard character, having many portrayals across various runs that differed wildly from one another, many of them a direct reaction to his depiction in Super Friends, which earned him a fair bit of public ridicule. What resulted was a regular cycle of Arthur being king of Atlantis and then being exiled, and he and Mera being together and then separated. This depiction aims to streamline that, with only one major period of exile from the throne, leading into the events of Peter David’s run, which are largely preserved here.

The lack of major Aquaman storylines in the twilight years of the post-Crisis DCU also allowed me to bring in several New 52 stories here, as well as introducing the idea from Young Justice of Arthur retiring from superhero work and passing his mantle on, again tying into the major theme of legacy that I’ve chosen to embrace. (Although, as Kaldur’ahm isn’t yet old enough in this timeline, that responsibility instead goes to Lorena Marquez.)

Arthur as a character is defined here by his responsibility, to his kingdom and to his family. He will defend them to the death and prioritize them before anything else, even if it causes him personal tragedy. Despite their past difficulties, he and Mera have reconciled and have a stable, loving relationship, and Arthur works hard to ensure that the disparate city-states that make up the loose nation of Atlantis remain at peace, even forsaking his duties with the Justice League to focus on his kingdom.

As far as physical appearance is concerned, the recent, Jason Momoa-inspired look DC’s been using as of late is absolutely perfect. It preserves the classic orange and green while giving him a little bit of an edge with the long hair and beard - a nice middle ground between the classic clean-cut Aquaman and the hook-handed Orin from David’s run. He’s a warrior king, he should look the part, and it’s almost a rule that every male superhero looks better with a beard.

Coming up next: Aquawoman (Lorena Marquez) and one that will sure to piss people off: Nightwing!

Got any questions? Asks are open! 

[yamuraiiha]

this is still a wip but I got the first wee scene from my Zukka mermaid au done,,,I want this to be good so any feedback would be nice!

"For the last time, Katara, Merfolk don't exist!"

Sokka said firmly, whirling around to glare at his younger sister in annoyance, trying not to drop the basket of fish he was carrying. She huffed, puffing her cheeks and pouting at Sokka's statement. She started flicking through the old worn book in her hands, scanning the pages until she found what she was looking for.

"But Sokka, listen to this- 'The first mermaid or half-human recordings come from the northern water tribe, with a woman named Nuliajuk. She was a beautiful and powerful priestess who fell in love with a human shepherd boy. The two-'"

"Lemme guess- they fell in love, blah blah blah, had some kids, blah blah blah, she gets cursed and becomes a freaky fish lady!"

Sokka waved his hands wildly as he summarized the rest of the plot, crossing his arms and smirking once he was done. Katara wanted to be mad, she did! But she was also slightly impressed; that was exactly how the story went. But still, she was pretty annoyed, and accidentally slammed the book shut in anger. Sokka jumped at the harsh sound. From the expression on her face, he guessed he got it right. 

"Just because that stupid book says they're real, doesn't mean they are. Remember that book Bato used to read to us about that Painted Lady?"

"Well, yeah, but-"

"See? Don't believe everything you read." He shrugged simply. Katara couldn't take it anymore; why did her brother have to be such a jerk?! Tucking the book under her arm, she stomped her foot against the soft snowy floor - It wasn't very threatening to say the least - and marched ahead, turning around to face her brother, who had quite the shit eating grin on his face.

"Why won't you believe me?"

Sokka shifted the basket in his arms, placing his hand on his chin as he pretended to think up an answer. 

"Maybe because...everyone knows merfolk aren't real? They're just stupid old wives tales that parents would tell their kids to get them to sleep. Why are you so hung up on this stuff anyways? I haven't heard you talk about it before."

Katara looked at the boy in disbelief. "You mean you haven't heard?" She questioned, letting herself relax slightly. Sokka paused in his tracks, tilting his head at the question. "Heard what?"

"About the Merman spotted near the docks a few days ago? The whole village is talking about it."

Sokka sighed in annoyance, barreling past Katara as he stormed out the storage igloo. He couldn't stand the stench of raw fish any longer- or his sister's wild accusations. He didn't turn back to look at her as yelled one last statement.

"MERFOLK. AREN'T. REAL!"