#potential collab

[scarymonsters-andsupercreeps]

Mob Psycho Art collab with @peapodsinspace!!!!

I drew Reigen plus the background and lighting, and she drew Shigeo and Dimple!

[dailyfubukiclockford]

Day 24 of Fubuki

[collabwithmyself]

It's hard to explain what made me realize Hito's bigender. He's been pretty constantly defined by a desire for femininity and a detachment from his masculinity, and growing a stronger bond with both of them once he starts actually addressing his trauma. She's afraid of being a man because of the harm she's caused as a man, and she's afraid of being a woman because it's so different than everything she ever was.

But he likes being both, once he understands neither is to be feared. He likes wearing dresses and being called pretty and a girl and a mother and likes the idea of having breasts (did you know that you can in fact regrow breast tissue after a mastectomy?), and she likes her body hair and broad shoulders and low voice and being considered a gentle man. His identity is unique to him, and not all people will feel the same about their gender even if they feel these same things- some people like being feminine men, some people like being masculine women. She just likes both. She's happy to be both.

[separatist-apologist]

Anyway @the-lonelybarricade and I are hard at work preparing for elucien week:

[downbadforbadmen]

Okay, but the idea of true form!Sukuna x royal court painter! Reader has been gnawing at my brain for weeks now-

[closetsof-backlogged-dreams]

what would’ve happened if azula was the one who had an iroh and zuko stayed back? (their characters and personalities would be the exact same as in canon, but their roles would be reversed)

love u<33

TAKING A BREAK FROM STUDYING = azula breakdown time <333

im ngl, we're prob gonna be looking at a longer post today bc this is a lot to breakdown😭 so buckle up chickies we're going IN

THINGS WE HAVE TO COVER IN THIS ANALYSIS:

how Zuko leaving did affect Azula

how being forced to leave did affect Zuko

how being forced to leave would effect Azula

how Azula leaving would effect Zuko

how Iroh's effect on Zuko would translate to Azula

the literal changes this would have had on canon

so let's get into it!!

Zuko leaving and it's effect on Azula

So, we know Azula has a problem with abandonment, starting with her mother and ending with Zuko. To try and keep this as short and readable as possible, I'm just going to say that this obviously resulted in a constant need for control over the people she loves, very obviously shown in her relationships with Mai and Ty Lee and even Zuko in season three.

She also just has a very convoluted perception of love (obligatory azula love-fear-control analysis plug), that largely stems from never having it readily accessible to her. Now, even when Zuko was around, they never had a good relationship and she was always his tormenter, but what if they had reconciled? What if they had been able to heal that broken relationship? We'll never know if that could have been a possibility, but Zuko leaving ensured all true familial had been removed from her life.

How being forced to leave affected Zuko

We all know that being forced to leave his home and his family had a huge impact on Zuko as a person. It made him rash, angry, and determined to find the Avatar so he could return home at the cost of anything—even his own life.

Iroh became his anchor, guiding him through the worst of his turmoil and always steering him in the right direction. Iroh kept him human, and stopped him from killing himself trying to capture Aang.

Pre-banishment, we did still see that Zuko was snippy, and still had a temper that could be brought out at times. But post-banishment, all his childhood sweetness was abandoned. Anger became his default setting and his source of power. He was definitely struggling with at least some level of self-resentment and a simultaneous lack of confidence (never being good enough) and over-confidence (required to believe that he could find a man that had eluded the world for a hundred years)

Overall, his banishment made him fueled by anger and constantly at war with himself

How being forced to leave would affect Azula

Azula is a very validation-motivated creature. She has to be perfect, at all times, at all costs. There is never a misstep with her, never a miscalculation. So much as a negative word from her father could destroy her and push her off the edge.

So, imagine this girl, this super-perfectionist, messing up so badly that she is banished from her entire nation? Her father disapproves so much that he disowns her and threatens death in the event that she ever came back?

In the (honestly unlikely) event that she doesn't immediately kill him/overthrow him or try to harm herself in any way, and follows Zuko's storyline of leaving to find the Avatar... yikes. However angry and obsessed Zuko became with finding the Avatar, Azula would be a hundred times worse. The psychological breakdown she had at the end of the show? Yep, that.

She would tear through research and the entire world, leaving death and destruction in her wake. She would become a monster. (Of course, having a support system like Iroh with her would help immensely, but we'll get to that in a bit.)

There is also the question of: would Mai and Ty Lee come with her? If we're following Zuko's banishment to a T, then she should be banished at age thirteen, around a year before we meet her in canon. I'm not going to lie, that's a whole other analysis in and of itself, so maybe I can do a separate post on that later?? Send me an ask if you're interested😭😭

How Azula leaving would affect Zuko

There are two things we have to remember here: despite being the oldest sibling, Azula was always the favorite and most accomplished of the two. He was always ridiculed and looked down on due to being so far behind his sister, in raw power and cunning both.

But at the same time, this means that all the pressure to succeed was put on Azula's shoulders. It's why she became such a perfectionist. She always was perfect, so now she had to perfect enough for both of them. Now, where Zuko had been mostly given up on, they would be pushing for him to step up as heir and become the perfect one.

This is a pressure he's never had to experience before. Azula was the way she was for a reason—she became a perfectionist because of that pressure, and Zuko would probably become the same way.

Of course, I still think he would keep his sympathy and genuine humanity that Azula often lacked, but he would be forced to push it down most of the time. Where he had been grounded by Iroh in the show? Gone. He would have absolutely no one to turn to, absolutely no one to support him. If we're sticking to canon, maybe he would have Mai, but that's where it stops. And he would probably be the over-controlling POS he was in the first half of season three, maybe even worse.

Overall, Azula being banished would absolutely destroy Zuko, and probably push him to that same psychological brink Azula was teetering on the entire series. It wouldn't be pretty, that's for sure.

Zuko & Iroh -> translated for Azula & a mother figure

Okay, in order to fully answer this question, we have to take note of all the things that made Iroh and Zuko work:

Iroh losing his own son, and Zuko filling that cavity in his life

Zuko having an abusive father and Iroh becoming his father figure

Zuko needing and Iroh being an anchor in Zuko's life to keep him human

Zuko being given up on his entire childhood and Iroh being the first person with genuine faith in him and willing to help him

So, let's translate these things into Azula, and a hypothetical mother figure (disclaimer!! no hate to Ursa; this is just all from Azula's perspective and how she views her relationship w her mother <3):

Azula's mother figure potentially having once had a daughter that she was too hard on/did not treat well and wanting the chance to do right with Azula

Azula having a mother that believed she was a monster, and her mother figure reassuring her that she is human and does have the capacity for good

this mother figure also being an anchor in Azula's life, and saving her from absolutely destroying the world trying to go home

Azula being forced to be perfect her entire childhood and her mother figure being the first person to genuinely help her and allow her the space to make mistakes and reassuring her that it was okay

(Okay, not gonna lie here, this idea of a mother figure for Azula is really getting to me—the urge to write a fic I'll never finish is STRONG)

Overall, a mother figure that would support Azula and genuinely care for her would have had a colossal effect on her. I really believe that Azula would have been able to have a happy ending. idk this is really getting to me😭

AND FINALLY:

the literal changes this would have on canon

For one, I genuinely think Azula would have succeeded. Azula has always been a prodigy, and while Zuko was able to become powerful with the guidance of Iroh, Azula started out that way. I also think that while Azula's mother figure may have been able to steady her and keep her from the brink, she never would have been able to quell Azula's ambition. Her ambition is just too much a part of her, the same way Iroh was never able to quell Zuko's fury.

Also, Zuko did have Aang a few times! But he also had the sympathy to let him go, or was just not powerful to stop him from getting away. Azula was different. Genuinely nothing could of stopped her from capturing season one, inexperienced, little kid Aang. It may have taken a few shots, but she would have done it.

I really think Azula would have succeeded and returned home as a new woman, with the support of her mother figure, and now with the capacity to genuinely love people (at least to some degree.) I think Azula and Zuko would have been able to repair their broken relationship. Azula would have become Firelord with Zuko as her advisor, and the Fire Nation would have reigned in a new era. The Fire Nation also most likely would have been successful in conquering the world, now.

So, happy ending for Zuko and Azula and most of the Fire Nation, but... no one else lol.

wow! this was actually such a fun idea to play with. probably one of my favorite asks you've ever sent me<3 i love u sm we are unstoppable

[starryluminary]

I proudly present: The Noco Sleepy-Time Collaboration!

It's been absolutely wonderful to host this collab and to receive all of your beautiful submissions! I don't know about you, but seeing everything together like this fills me with such a happy feeling. I'm not great with words so I can't tell you exactly how proud I am to have hosted and brought everyone together to celebrate these absolute dorks but. Trust me I'm very proud. You all should be too, and I hope you are!! Thank you to everyone who participated in this collab, from the bottom of my heart, and I hope to see you all next time (if there's a next time!)

Artist Highlights | Author Highlights

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Artist: @miahasahardname @duncanseyebrowpiercing @same-name-supremacy @throwawaycan @d1g1tald1saster @idiotictammi @i-dont-need-socks-mom @gremlinataneasel @clarence-wendle-art @aangellface

Authors: @n00dl3gal @starlight-tequila @hardcore-solangelo-19 @i-dont-muggle @cupidariumzz @glitterblooded @maybeophe

[lunarrosette]

My kiddads brainrot (primarily lark & nark focused) is back and the things I would do for like a season 1.5 comic series focusing on the kiddads RAAAHHHHH

[raylangivins]

this olivia rodrigo profile.....i just love her!

[acebytaemin]

the fact that skz turned down a chase atlantic collab. i hate to say it but this is my roman empire

[transmetal-tk]

Happy to show you all what I was doing those few months when my digibashing output slowed down. This is what I was working on!

These are the "Miraclebots" who combine into Miraculous Miracletron. Not that I really know what any of that means!

Comm for @ Adventuremaker7 on Twitter

[redgearsmovin]

peggy and nina are rotating in my brain now ohh wowie here we go again

[saeraas]

knowing that megumi ogata will go from voicing this loser to yuta's "I WILL kill yuji itadori" line will always make me giggle

[nyanykamito]

Whats Rosegarden to you collab idea

what would make for a wholesome and loving rosegarden collab event would be for everyone to include how they draw rosegarden all in one pic. save images as png

So if you see oscar as tall bean who carries ruby off draw that

if you see ruby and oscar as strawberry and lemon go at it

if you see ruby and oscar as vampire and werewolf do it big!

We're just all coming together to draw what rosegarden is to us whether it be au's or whatnot, just one big rosegarden collab amoung fellow rosegarden shippers. Just gotta keep it pg

Maybe schedule the event around fall because that's the season of the harvest soooo September 23 ish.

[sknolls]

Out of curiosity, are there any writers who like Celeste and would be interested in collaborating on a potentially story-driven mod?

[stepperthenobody]

I’m on vacation to see my family members and stuff. And when I was traveling I was listening to the PvZ and Pizza Tower soundtrack ( they are fire ngl ). So yeah that’s why I drew these two together.