#potential collab

[paintoolfai]

based off a tiktok i saw the other day. sombra is behind the phone btw

[cogitxtio]

[tabby-shieldmaiden]

I am a radical Madoka centrist.

[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

[romy350-romyakari]

"So you kept chasing after her didn't you?" ⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅∙∘☽༓☾∘∙•⋅⋅⋅•⋅⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅ Lineart by @melomoonuu-art | Color by @romy350-romyakari

[science-lings]

botw and totk have so much OC bait like, there's this mysterious chamberlain who kind of has a crush on Zelda and wrote on stone tablets that float in the sky for you to find and there's magical elemental weapons with mysterious origins that were created by a mysterious sorcerer that never gets mentioned again, and there are Zonai gods based on the animals associated with the triforce and ancient spring guardians that are actually dragons who used to be people and there are tales of a whole host of ancient characters with barebones character designs and also like someone in the ancient times had dark shadowy powers bc wtf is going on in Thyphlo ruins and various shrines and also wtf is going on with Thundra Plateau and all the colloseums in the depths and the one in central Hyrule? What about Misko who stole and hid all these historically significant items from the royal family who we only know about though rumors and abandoned diaries, what about the child of Rauru and Sonia who has to exist because ZELDA exists? What about the court poet who taught Kass's teacher who taught Kass? What about the horned statue and the bargainer's statues and Link's fucking dad? Like do I want to flesh out and create all of these people into actual characters? YEAH but there are so fucking many of them!

[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

Tags under the cut!

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

[hedefect]

this is an updated plotting call! note that it's going to take me a moment to reach out (hopefully no more than a day or two) because i intend to come to you with at least two ideas about potential threads / dynamics / aus we could write in, so i'll need a little moment to think those up. i also want to note here, and sorry in advance if it's rude, but if you're not receptive / communcating / just plain ol' not giving me anything to work with once i approach you ... i'm going to softblock. we don't have to do any of the ideas i present but if you're stalwart and seemingly disinterested in coming up with anything at all, i'm not going to waste my time any further ... no hard feelings, no offense meant, but i'm very serious about creating collaborative storylines and fulfilling dynamics in this space and this is me taking steps to create that <3

[raylangivins]

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

[emioliravioli]

Do you like Gold X Blaze from the Archie comics?🍀 (Otherwise feel free to do them for Blazamy)

23, 33 and 43!

wHAT OH MY GOD ahem um, hi blue!!

ok um, just dived into her wiki and binge read sonic universe #79-82 and woah? i love gold so much?? she's such an interesting character!

23.) who said "I love you" first?

technically, gold! they were having a nice date, and it was pretty late in the evening. they were on a balcony in the sol palace, the setting sun making a beautiful backdrop behind them, and the thought was so strong, so sudden, that gold didn't even realize that her telekinesis had sent it over to blaze. she said it back almost immediately.

33.) which one of them gives "that look" when they other is acting like a fool?

neither of them act like a fool too often, but blaze does it more frequently, if gold ever doubts herself, calls herself an idiot, or gives up.

43.) who gets up early? who stays in bed late?

they both get up early, for uh, not so fun reasons! blaze, because she's been taught to rise with the sun and get straight to her work, and gold, because the council trained her to wake up in a timely matter, to obey their strict schedules.