#that was such an awesome time im gonna be thinking back on it fondly forever

[eebie]

i saw jesus lasr night

[latraviesascott]

What kind of dreams (or nightmares) do you think the Avatar characters have? Obviously Aang's got some wild ones and Sokka dreams about food eating people xD but what do you think The rest of the gaang and the Fire Nation kids dream about?

Okay so this is just my opinion but, even if Aang's dreams and nightmares in Season 3 were funny, they all came from the fear of failing that Aang had. So if the dreams/nightmares are influenced by the character's feelings/ insecurities then this is what i imagine each of them would dream about:

Katara- even though the fandom jokes about it a lot, she does mention/talk a lot about her mom in the series, and that is completely understandable considering the fact that she's dealing with that trauma since she was a kid. The North and South comics begin with Katara dreaming of her mom back in the SWT, and the dream was both happy and sad for her. She even woke up feeling nostalgic. Therefore i feel like Katara's more significant dreams consist of memories of her mom , and the good times she had in the water tribe before the Fire Nation altered that forever. Her nightmares could be heavily influenced by the amount of stress she has with being the "mom" of the group. She truly does act motherly with her friends, but it's all because she cares and she's has been doing so with Sokka since she was a kid. The idea of not being able to protect them probably haunts her dreams..

Sokka- i sometimes feel so bad for Sokka. Many people often overlook the fact that he was also a child personally affected by the war. In Season 1 we see that he feels this big responsibility to protect his tribe. After all, he is the oldest "man" left. That's a huge responsibility! He also has this need to prove himself as a warrior to Hakoda. Not only that, in the episode "Sokka's Master" we see that he also has this issue with being a non-bender in a group of powerful benders. This doesn't come from him being selfish, but he feels bad when he sees that he can't help people as much as the rest of the gaang does. So if you add that to his usual easy going, fun personality his dreams could honestly range from silly things like him being eaten by food, and him being awesome with Suki, to more serious nightmares that involve him not being/doing enough to protect those that depend on him.

Toph- out of all of the Ember Island players i feel like Toph's representation is most accurate 😭 that kid is tough as nails. The many statues she makes of herself in both Imbalance and later on in Legend of Korra make me think her dreams mostly consist of her being awesome in super badass scenarios! Or her being MELONLORD!!! Her nightmares however are the complete opposite. In "The Blind Bandit" she says she hasn't had a single friend in the 12 years of her life! like omgg bby let me give you a hug!!! And I thought it was super interesting how vulnerable she looks in the episode "The Avatar and the Firelord" when she asks if its truly possible for friendships to last more than one lifetime. She found more than friendships, she found a family with the gaang. In The Rift, her own father denied knowing her, which proves that family is not defined by blood ties. So letting go/ losing those friendships is a concept that seems to scare her. I feel like this is something she might have nightmares about.

Suki- because Suki is part of the gaang!!! She does have her own group with the Kyoshi warriors, not trying to erase that, but i consider her to be a part of the gaang too! With that being said we really do not know much about this queen, and i am so glad that she's getting her own comic! Hopefully we learn more about her! But from what we know, she began training since she was 8 years old! She is a brave warrior and a great friend. I feel like she takes her job as a Kyoshi warrior super seriously and is honored to be their fearless leader. I imagine that her happy dreams consist of her meeting Kyoshi herself. As for her nightmares, we do not get a lot of her (unfortunately) to really perceive her fears, but if Azula's taunting in "The Day of Black Sun Pt.2" are true, then Suki has been waiting on Sokka to rescue her for some time now. Seeing that time passed must have been hard for her. Her nightmares might have been influenced by her feeling abandoned, or her worry about the other Kyoshi warriors. (Also i love Azula, but Suki probably also dreamed of dragging Azula's big head on the ground.)

Zuko- omggg where do i even begin with this boy?! I feel like the Fire Nation teens are just so angsty! But when one's father burns off half of your face then that's the way it is igs. So I feel like the show was pretty in detail when it came to Zuko's character and his personality. Throughout the show, we see how he sometimes gets this flashbacks whenever he's feeling a specific way or when he's reminded of something. This was seen most in "The Beach". Despite being this angsty, emotional guy he is always remembering his early childhood very fondly despite being part of the most dysfunctional family in the Fire Nation. During his fever, we see his nightmares being this representation of the constant fight between good and evil inside him. Therefore i think this is what Zuko most likely sees when he has nightmares. (It is quite interesting how the "evil" blue dragon in his nightmare seems to represent Azula and the "good" red dragon is Iroh. That kind of made me wonder why Zuko seemed to associate the evil aspect with Azula rather than Ozai🤔). But back to the point. If the flashbacks he has are any indication, then his dreams most likely involve the good times he had with his mother and family during their vacations on ember island. (And because of his trauma, he might also relive the Agni Kai with Ozai in his nightmares.)

Azula- i could write essays on this girl. Her character is just so complex! And literally nothing in this world is gonna convince me that she didn't deserve better. Im gonna try to keep it as short as possible with her because quite honestly i could go on forever. But im having a hard time figuring out what a happy dream might be for Azula. Conquering Ba Sing Se?? Mastering Firebending at a young age?? Oh right she did do that! She wasn't like Zuko, in the way that she could look back on the past and remember it fondly. Quite the opposite actually, she refers to their beach house as "depressing". Then, later on in the bonfire, she treats everyone's emotions and confessions as a "performance". It's quite interesting to think that truly the only one who was trying to perform was her. Everyone else was very honest and open with their insecurities even if they didn't realize it. The fact that she thinks showing emotion is a performance of some sort makes it clear that everything she does is a perfectly put-together performance. Her nightmares could consist that facade falling apart, and her status as the perfect daughter being reduced to nothing along with her many achievements. The difference with Azula is that just as she became everything she dreamed of, she also ended up being everything her nightmares doomed her to be. ( I also have this hc that she dreamt of having a cat with ty lee and just living together at Ember Island after she got help and just lived their happy gay life of wtvvvv)

omggg this post is gonna be super long, but i had so much fun answering this! thank you for that! it was a nice surprise 🥰 i can do ty lee and mai later if you'd like just lmk! im just giving my thumbs a lil rest rn. hope this sorta answered the question😌

[cheekbites-moved]

ok i still havent gotten the secret ending but farming for it might take me a bit so im gonna make a thoughts post for age of calamity now:

Major spoilers obvs so ill put it under a read more

things i enjoyed:

revali beatdown simulator

the controls for the divine beasts are a bit clunky, but i think the angles they used for them did an excellent job at really making the player feel like we were actually controlling a divine beast. so i think it was done well.

link’s personality really gets to shine full force in this game with the amount of cut scenes and it was wonderful to see

every character clearly had a lot of love put into how they operate. they truly all feel unique, & all of their play styles fit them really well in my opinion

the game does a really good job of making you understand what a real threat the monsters are. like in botw they’re intimidating at first, but once you’re far enough into the game they become just an inconvenience to work around if anything. this game managed to actually make certain monsters intimidating for me again, and i think that’s a real accomplishment

the blight battles are actually somewhat challenging in this game and that is truly a commendable achievement lol i think all the bosses are good tbh. i didnt rly dislike or not enjoy any of them.

the way daruk and link’s friendship & urbosa’s motherly relationship towards zelda got to shine was. so good. it’s all i could’ve ever wanted

seeing the descendants again was really nice & it was awesome to see the champions interacting with them!! especially sidon and mipha omggggg. that was. really fucking good shit

kohga. just. kohga in general. getting to see more of him was really rad, he’s such a fun guy! and his english va was Excellent. you could really tell he was having a lot of fun playing him, and it was lovely to see! :)

zelda getting to really shine in this game was also lovely to see. and her being so assertive and badass by the end? omg. it was so wonderful especially after botw. man. 

the combat is done very well imo. im rly glad that they took so many elements from botw, but also added their own flares to make it feel fresh. it was rad.

sidon’s tagline is “winning smile” and his power is “boundless optimism” and i think that’s beautiful

the music in this game is SOOOOO good oh my god. multiple times during playing i had to pause to just appreciate it. it’s pretty much all remixes of botw with a few originals for the new characters, but they all slap. there was not a single song in this game i didn’t like. it is definitely one of my favorite video game soundtracks officially. maybe one of my favorite overall soundtracks in general tbh.

the visuals obviously look just like botw, but it still looked fucking gorgeous at some points. like. man. they really went off to make it look not only faithful to botw as far as appearance goes, but also as far as capturing botw’s beauty and it was. excellent to see!

if anything is true to botw’s backstory, it’s definitely how op link is. cause he was established to be op in botw, & when u finish botw he is also op as hell. he is so fun to play as the higher leveled he gets. he absolutely kicks ass. especially with a two-handed weapon??? daaaaammmmnnn. thats my badass baby boy!!!!

link eating rocks not once, but TWICE. just showing PEAK gremlin energy. 10/10 for those scenes they were great

the ending was really beautiful actually and i did cry like a little baby for it what about it

things i didn’t like:

obviously first and foremost.. this is not the game we were advertised. and no matter how much i overall enjoyed the game, it will always have some layer of being tainted attached to it due to the false advertising. this is not the prequel we thought we’d be getting. & not using “prequel” specifically doesn’t matter when all the advertising, including the box art talks about this being the story of what happened 100 years ago. with no indication it wasn’t the story of what happened 100 years ago in the botw timeline, but a separate universe/timeline entirely. i do hope we get dlc for the game at some point giving us what we were advertised, but at the same time... rly wish that the story that’s in the final game was dlc, & the story we were promised was the original :/ or just having the game have two separate storylines originally would’ve been cool. i just wish it wasn’t falsely advertised. 

fort hateno can fucking eat my whole entire shit WHY is that part so needlessly obnoxious compared to everything else oh my god

being forced to fulfill revali’s power fantasy TWICE hurt my soul

fuck any mission where you have to protect the useless hylian guards. i hate them. they suck.

the ai for player characters when you aren’t playing as them can also be pretty useless. it was really frustrating failing missions because my fellow party members weren’t helping me, and i was basically expected to be in two places at once to get shit done myself. :/ ik you can just switch between characters to make it easier, but like. i like playing as link the most. he’s my favorite character, & ofc since he’s mandatorily played for most of the story, he’s gonna be the most leveled up character regardless so he’s just the best to play as in general especially for harder missions. it was annoying to be forced to play as other people Solely cause the ai was so useless.

king rhoam’s attempt at a redemption arc. i’m not sorry that i just fucking hate this man. i don’t mind him entirely in botw bc you can see clear, genuine remorse during the cut scene at the end of the great plateau. but the redemption arc he gets in this game? after all the fucking shit he does in this game? especially when after his ~redemption arc~ i had to sit through a cut scene of him being an absolute fucking asshole to baby zelda after her mother just died????? absolutely fuck that shit. i don’t appreciate that crap at fucking all. he’s a verbally abusive piece of shit and i hate his guts.

obviously there was gonna be some retconning of how certain things worked in botw in order to make this kinda game work but the way sheikah technology works in this game is so goddamn confusing i do not get it. the works of botw are never outright said or explained completely, but it’s straightforward enough that it doesn’t really matter. this game does try to explain certain things and it just becomes. really clunky and confusing very quickly. 

the story is alright, i guess, but..... really confusing/convoluted as hell at times to a point that it’s. really fucking distracting. especially in comparison to how straightforward botw’s story is. like..... cannot help but be annoyed that such a problem wouldn’t have been a thing if they stuck to botw’s story.

i was sad when the egg thing died but i dont like the egg thing.... it is the MAIN reason shit was retconned so much & i just. dont get its purpose. but i did really like the reveal that zelda made it herself. that was good shit!

also the egg glitched out like. a LOT. idk what the fuck was going on with the poor thing but there was multiple times during a cut scene or when i was just sitting there that it was freaking out in the background and it was rly weird

elemental overworld boss monsters................. obnoxious. especially elemental guardians like goddamn bro what the fuck

i know warriors’ games aren’t about exploring anyway but the limitations for exploring was really sad/frustrating. this is still somewhat the world of hyrule before the calamity, which is something we’ve always wanted to see. not being able to explore even the immediate area at certain points because of shit like timed missions was really upsetting, man. :( i just wanted to see hyrule castle Before the calamity why was did they have to rob us like that.....

creepy corrupted egg’s transformation. why. what was that. what the fuck

even though i did enjoy the boss fights, it did get. incredibly taxing eventually to have to fight the SAME bastards so many times. like yeah botw is also guilty of this with the blights, but goddamn.... at least i have a choice to avoid certain encounters with them? this game has you fighting the same bitches like upwards of 3-4 times. it was. really annoying tbh. like the fights themselves are enjoyable, but damn we added new characters and it still inevitably lacked variety in boss fights.

no playable kass >:( if he’s available later in dlc then fine but i wish he was playable in the original game. so many random choices you’d never expect are. why couldn’t he also be there >:(

overall:

it will forever have that sour taste for the false advertising attached to it unfortunately, but that aside, i overall did enjoy the game! i think it has a lot to love in spite of the issues i encountered. as someone who has this as their first warriors game as well, it did lend itself to letting me see the appeal of them. idk if i’ll get more, but i do get why they’re so beloved/popular now. it was an alright time, with some amazing highlights that i’m gonna think back on very fondly for a very, very long time. if i had to rate it..... 7/10 

[myforeverforlife]

For @byunfirstlady!

Baekhyun + pregnant wife on Christmas night

December had brought what Baekhyun liked to call “The Week of Christmas”. Not only did you always have plans with your family on Christmas Day, but you and Baek would spend Christmas Eve with his family, and then a day before that at a small party with friends. Your stamina usually got you through this trio of festivities, but now that you were pregnant and caring for an extra person, you found yourself getting tired much more easily. 

You and Baekhyun walked up the path to your parents’ house, his hand on your back while you held a bag containing all of the presents for your family. “Are you sure you’re okay?” he asked, voice low as he watched you with a concerned look on his face. 

“I’m fine, Baek. Really.” His worried expression didn’t let up, however, brows still drawn low as he studied your face. 

“Don’t be afraid to let me know if you need to go home early or anything.” 

“Okay, baby.” You shifted your bag to your other hand, ignoring Baekhyun’s efforts to try and carry it for you. “You know, just because I’m pregnant doesn’t mean you have to do everything for me,” you joked with a smile. 

His face finally lit up, his usually beaming grin spreading from ear to ear as he chuckled in response. “But that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to do everything for you all the time.” 

Both of you stopped before the door to the house, and Baekhyun pressed the doorbell with a proud smirk while you felt yourself blushing at his sweet words. Of course, your mother was the one to open the door, her brows raising at your sheepish expression and Baek’s playful smile. She pulled you into a hug first, the familiar scent of your childhood home washing over you as you melted in her arms. Soon she was hugging Baekhyun as well, teasingly scolding him for having made you blush. 

You heard Baekhyun laugh in response as you stepped inside, greeting your father and your other relatives with hugs. Your sister and her boyfriend sat in the living room, caught in a debate over the best Christmas movie, while various cousins, aunts and uncles were scattered throughout the house. A pile of presents sat under the tree, and you placed the presents you had brought beside them. 

Everyone was drawn to you and Baekhyun, seeing as you were three and a half months into your pregnancy and was beginning to show. A tiny bump was barely visible underneath your sweater, pushing against the woolen fabric. One aunt immediately began questioning you on certain practices you would have for your baby: would you use formula or breastmilk? Pacifiers or no pacifiers? What kinds of diapers were you planning on using?

Seeing as you had just barely stepped in the house and was being bombarded with questions that you had given little thought to, you could feel your anxiety start to grow. “Um...” you began. “We haven’t really thought about that stuff yet.” It was true, you had been more occupied with overcoming morning sickness and the constant tiredness that accompanied pregnancy. Thankfully, your symptoms had began to ease up about a week ago, and you were starting to feel a bit more like yourself again. Or at least, when you weren’t being questioned by curious relatives. 

You felt an arm wrap around your waist and looked up to see Baekhyun standing beside you, flashing your aunt a charming smile. “Hi, auntie,” he greeted her. 

“Baekhyunnie,” she returned warmly. “You and Y/N should be planning out these things before the baby comes. Time will fly by and before you know it, you’ll have a newborn in your house.” 

“We have parenting books that we’ve been reading,” Baekhyun told her. You quickly looked away, suppressing a laugh. It wasn’t exactly a lie - there was a small stack of books on your nightstand that you and Baek liked to briefly look through each night before bed. But you guys never read the chapters in order, choosing instead to skim through and read things that caught your fancy. Last night, it had been about learning how to swaddle a newborn, and you had been caught in a fit of laughter as Baekhyun tried to swaddle you in a large comforter.  

Sure, both of you knew very little about parenting, but neither of you were slackers. You knew that by the time this baby arrived, you and Baekhyun would both prepared for almost anything. 

Your aunt eyed you skeptically, and you knew that she could probably guess what you were thinking. She had known you for your whole life, after all. “Well, if you ever need help, don’t hesitate to call.” 

“We’ll remember that,” Baekhyun replied, leaning down to press a polite kiss to her cheek before pulling you over to a quiet corner of the room.

“Thanks,” you whispered to him.

“No problem. I could see your eyes growing wider by the second.” He laughed under his breath, remembering how surprised you had looked. 

“Well do you know what kinds of diapers we’re gonna be using?” 

Baekhyun gaped silently for a second, mouth opening and closing as he thought of an answer. You pushed his mouth shut with one finger, a smirk on your lips. “I didn’t think so.” 

“Okay, okay. I would’ve reacted the same way,” he gave in. “But hey, why does everyone keep asking us this stuff all the time? I know we’re having a baby, but even random strangers come up to us with the same questions.” 

It was true - just yesterday at the store, an older woman had seen the prenatal vitamins in your shopping basket and had gone on a full-fledged rant about things to do as a pregnant woman. 

You lay a hand over your stomach, finding comfort in the slight bump there. “I don’t know,” you told Baekhyun. “But we’ll figure these things out together.” 

Baekhyun hummed in agreement, his hand coming to rest on top of your own, both of you searching for your baby. “Little Bean’s not only gonna have the most awesome parents on Earth, but also the most prepared ones.” 

Your shoulders shook with laughter, not only ay his declaration but at the nickname for your baby as well. It had come about when checking your pregnancy app weeks ago. “Your baby is now the size of a bean!” it had told you, and Baek had immediately fallen in love with the word, using it as a term of endearment for your tiny child. “You know we’re gonna have to think of a real name for Bean, right?” 

“Or we could just call her Bean forever,” he replied jokingly. 

“You mean him,” you corrected.

Both of you had agreed on keeping the baby’s gender a secret until the due date, although Baekhyun insisted it was going to be a girl while you were absolutely sure that it would be a boy. 

“You don’t think she’s gonna be a mini copy of you?” he asked, running a hand through your hair as we stared at you fondly. 

“I think he’s gonna be just as handsome as you. Hopefully less hyper.” 

“Hey!” Baekhyun quickly pulled you closer to him, his forehead resting against yours as both of you giggled softly together. He caught your lips with his, pressing kiss after kiss there. “I love you,” he spoke warmly, gaze serious. “So, so much.” 

“I love you too, Baek.” You traced the lines of his face with a finger, starting down the bridge of his nose and ending up at the curve of his jaw. “I’m glad you’re here with me.” 

Both of you knew that you were referring to more than this moment. You were extremely grateful to have Baekhyun by your side for years, and for the years ahead as you started a family together. 

Baekhyun turned his head to kiss your fingertip, grinning devilishly when you blushed in response. “I should be the one saying that, I don’t know what I’d do without you.” He leaned down, lips ghosting over your sweater before kissing the top of your baby bump. 

“You and our baby.”