#vatuu

[siamesephoenixrandomideatank]

[jontycrane]

Atauro Island Circuit - Akrema to Adara

For the detailed route and logistical information please select this hike below (click top left for the list of hikes). Day two on this rarely tackled circuit of Atauro Island was a complete contrast to day one. Gone was the easy road walking and sandy beaches, replaced with what felt more like hiking in New Zealand, over rough terrain and along endless rocky beaches. Day one had taken me along…

[depresseddepot]

finally FINALLY finished watching the legend of korra. it only took me LITERALLY ten years

[irisbaggins]

Seething as I realise how much they did indeed copy Korrasami, both Dark Horse kiss and Spirit Portal ending. Seething as I realise it's ten years of that fucking colour show, and Korrasami happened before this managed to even be conceptualised. Seething.

[ivryne]

⌗ THE AFTERMATH. | scara x f!reader

— 02 : PROVOCATION OF AN ENEMY 🩹

set at the next day, aka last day of finals exam

DISCLAIMER : a bit of ooc scara but it’s bc they’ve rlly known each other for a long time, so he’s a bit chatty (pls bare w me)

ִֶָ ࣪𓂅 Needles of the clock tower hits the end of an hour, indicating that finals seasons had finally ended. You looked down on the papers ahead of you, quickly checking your answers for the very last time before turning them in to the professor in front.

This was it, finals were finally over!

You carefully hand your exam papers to Professor Dottore. But before you can reach his waiting arms, another paper beat you to it.

You averted your gaze slowly to the person that interrupted you. Your e/c irises met with familiar violet hues, one that reeked of mischief and triumph.

You quickly gave your papers to the professor before absentmindedly leaving the room (not forgetting to thank Professor Dottore ofc!). Purposely ignoring his presence and attempt on putting you on edge, only to have that little gremlin trail on you.

“Ah finals season is over, can’t wait to see my name printed above yours, again.” He folded his arms, slowly catching up with your pace.

You knew that he was talking about the ranking in the end of the semester. After beating your by 0.1 points last year, he was getting too cocky for his own good.

After all what difference does that make? So what if he got a 3.9 GPA and you got a 3.8?

WRONG

It was always like this, ever since highschool he always did surpass you (accept in the last year of highschool when you became valedictorian hoho).

But you didn’t want to loose. Not against him. “Like that will ever happen.” You scoffed before continuing. “You know, I wasn’t really trying last year lies. So keep your little happy dance to yourself, and face the facts. We all know that I’m way better than you.”

You saw a spark glinted behind his dilated pupils as a smirk settled on his pretty features. “Let’s just see, if my name really is printed below yours in the rankings, maybe just maybe, I’ll treat you for a drink.”

“Then you’re practically begging for a drink. Did you think I’ll ever accept? And give you the opportunity of slipping in poison?” You countered back.

“Ah is that how you really think of me? That I’ll cheat my way up to number one?” He placed a hand on his chest, feigning offense. “You wound me, Name.”

“Who knows? After all, I truly am ahead of you. Who knows the things you would do just to surpass me-

“But I did though. Maybe stop being little miss delusional and open your eyes. I was on top of the class last year, and your just in denial.” He laughed his signature sinister laugh before going to the opposite direction.

Just like always, you were left dumbfounded and irked alone in the midst of the crowd. What is wrong with this man?!?!

⌗ THE AFTERMATH. masterlist ; prev | next

synopsis . . . You had it coming, really. It was your fault that you accepted that reckless dare, and it was your responsibility to deal with the aftermath. The question was how? How were you going to face all your pride and dignity after you slept with HIM? Your arch nemesis, the bane of your existence, and your number one rival since highschool, Scaramouche Kunikuzushi.

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NOTE. i’m acc sick rn so pls don’t mind any grammatical mistakes n errors 😭😭 anyways i hope u guys liked this! it’s a little glimpse of their long term rivalry. I hope I didn’t make him too ooc 😅

© shrslair. do not copy, translate, or repost

[princess-of-the-corner]

Because this Got Too Long for an Ask

Dungeon Meshi x Bendy and the Ink Machine:

They sadly can’t eat most of the monsters here. Aside from most of the monsters TECHNICALLY being transformed humans, the few who aren’t are made out of ink. Finding an actually edible monster in the Loop would be very exhausting, with many cases of indigestion.

Dungeon Meshi x Kingdom Hearts:

Laios and Senshi are mad you can’t eat Heartless. Marcille points out that the Nobodies are TECHNICALLY made of human flesh. The Unversed burn away on death. They have to settle for eating Nightmares (which sometimes turn into candy when killed), because what are the odds THOSE will turn out to be transformed humans?

Dungeon Meshi x Pokémon Mystery Dungeon:

They eat the Bittercold and Dark Matter (plus the weird shadow monsters it spawns for a single boss fight). The rest of their enemies are too sapient to eat.

Dungeon Meshi x Avatar:

The weirdest thing they eat is Vatuu.

Dungeon Meshi x Pikmin:

Louie either hits it off with them or tries to steal their food. Possibly both.

Dungeon Meshi x Bugsnax:

… Play Bugsnax.

Dungeon Meshi x Slay the Princess:

*narrator voice* NO NO NO! You are not going to EAT the Princess. You are going to SLAY her to SAVE THE WORLD. How did you lot even get in here? GET OUT!

Dungeon Meshi x RWBY:

As the Grimm fade away upon death, they have to be eaten alive. The meal is neither delicious nor nutritious. It looks like eating monsters can’t solve everything after all.

Dungeon Meshi x The Divine Comedy:

So what does eating Satan do to Hell’s hierarchy?

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Ahahahahahaha

I fuckin LOST IT at them eating Vatuu but tbh they’d have a great time in the atla universe so many new creatures to eat.

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

Discussions of book 2 of lok always makes me feel like I’m being gaslit by an entire community because what do you mean “If I could rewrite Book 2 I would say that Raava and Vatuu are the spirts of peace and chaos instead of good and evil” That’s already what they are?? Explicitly??? What episode did you watch???

???????????

[elexuscal]

Legend of Korra villains, ranked

Zaheer: Classy, sophisticated, badass. Very interesting motivation. Gets a little staw manny with the whole "chaos is the natural order" thing, but nonetheless, very compelling.

Kuvira: She's cool. She's intimidating. Makes a credible threat for the final season. Sadly kind of underbaked backstory wise, hence only second on this list :(

Amon: okay okay okay. yes him secretly being a water bender was kinda lame. yes the show never delved deep enough into the actual credible complaints of the equalists. this is true. but Amon is still damn cool. mask alone gives him +5 points.

Tarrlok: Tarrlok is kinda forgettable, but honestly i think he makes a fun scheming political villain in season 1. i'm giving him extra points for the tragic murder-suicide he goes out on.

Earth Queen: is she a hyperbolic stereotype of the worst excesses of royalty? yes. does it kind of work? yes. watching her choke to death was cathartic af.

Vatuu: listen i like the idea of Vatuu. the problem is entirely in his execution. instead of doing something interesting and authentic with the ying/yang stuff, LoK just made him 'oooooh spooky dark spirit'. do better.

Unaloq: who?

[lotus-ashi]

Amorra Week 2023. Day one: Scars/Healing

This is my contribution to the first day of Amorra Week 2023. It’s just hurt/comfort without context, lol, but this oneshot takes place after Book 4′s events. How did Noatak survive? How did they meet again? Idk bro, just enjoy.  @amorraweek2023

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"What about this one?" Korra softly asks, her fingertips drawing imaginary patterns on the pale line crossing his chest.

Noatak tilts his head, silently admiring the way the moonlight bathes her bare skin covered with similar scars. Battle scars, he reminds himself, she whispered to him how she got them in those instances when the silence was so heavy to bear after making love.

The sheer force of Unalaq and Vatuu together. Zaheer's homicidal techniques. Kuvira ruthless metal bending. But Noatak is well aware there are other types of scars. The emotional ones.  They have gotten plenty of these throughout their life.

Noatak already has told her how he got some of his real battle scars, her blue eyes giving away understanding or admiration (sometimes both) at hearing his explanation. Noatak didn't say a single lie to her those times. He doesn't want to lie anymore. Talking about old wounds is part of the healing, after all.

When he doesn't say something, Korra shifts onto his lap, her gaze straying to the wall.

"If you don't feel comfort-"

"It's fine."

He gently grabs her chin and makes her look at him. He takes in the red spreading across her cheeks, the soft flesh of her lips, and the glow emitted by her eyes.

It's not so hard as before opening his soul to her.

"It happened a few days after I arrived in Republic City..."

[hazellum]

Stepping Into the Russian Sun

Guess who's back! I'm finally posting on A03 again! This is just one of three fics I've currently got planned out. The first one is shorter than this, and is for the same fandom (shut up yes I know its a mobile dress up gacha game shut up shut up shut upppp), this is the middle-length one, and then I'm working on a more long-form fic with Avatar of Vatuu Azula!

Yes I ***will*** be posting about Avatar!Azula decently often while I write. Anyway! I'm back to writing! I'm also currently working on: MLP:FiM rewrite, a novel, and an original animated series (of which I am the head writer <3) with my bestie @camish-and-the-oc-gang / @camilishpilish (Check out her blog for Mane 6 redesigns and other assorted pony art (I suck at drawing horses))

Feel free to ask either of us about any of those three, I am going to Be Autistic about All of Them

[moonlit-garden-sys]

Watching Vatuu rip Raava out of Korra hurts so much cause it reminds me of my step mother trying to rip out important pieces of who we were as kids/teens 😭

[zuko-always-lies]

Personally, I feel that Korra's reconciliation with Tenzin and her parents was really forced and not natural.

I'll start with Tenzin. Korra really disliked him, was basically learning with him out of duty, and even then was noping out of class. She even quit, and Tenzin was really really really bad at convincing her to come back. They're not a good fit, and Korra dropped him as soon as she could. And if it hadn't been for Unalaq being evil, therefore basically forcing her to resort to Tenzin again, I doubt Korra would have even tried to reconcile with him.

And when it comes to Korra's relationship with her parents, I feel there's too much repressed and stated feelings for their reconciliation to be that quick. Korra's parents wanted an uneventful life, and those plans were wrecked by Korra being the Avatar. And they said it to her, which very likely did hurt Korra. But all Korra wants to be is to be the Avatar, which puts her in conflict with her parents.

And there's also the fact that they basically treated her as a prisoner, and still feel they were right and that Korra is wrong. But Korra rebelled, and even chose her uncle over her parents, basically estranging herself from them.

It's a lot.

There's just so much pain and hurt and complicated feelings there, and I fail to see how that can be resolved quickly. Unalaq imprisoning her dad did force the issue, but I think that they're just repressing feelings for the sake of keeping Korra's dad out of prison and the tribe unconquered by Unalaq and Vatuu.

Korra can't just hear her parents tell her that she basically wrecked their life plans and not be hurt (that's as big as 'what's wrong with that child' even if Korra's parents never meant it that way). She cannot NOT be hurt by them treating her badly and lying to her and not treating her with respect. They cannot be NOT hurt by her choosing Unalaq over them, rebelling against them and accusing them, and they likely don't have good feelings over Korra being the Avatar and wanting things they don't want (and don't want her to want). That's not going to go away without some serious hashing things out, no matter how much they love each other and no matter how much they repress it.

As it is, Korra's repressing it all because her efforts to stand up for herself and show feelings went bad quickly. But she's not completely repressing it, she's doing the same thing she did in season 2 on a lesser scale and differently to different people, by getting mad at Lin and demanding answers from Zaheer even though both are pretty questionable ideas.

Interesting. And I agree, Zuko, Tenzin, Katara, Tonraq, and Senna were all deeply complacent in Korra's terrible treatment and none of them have ever accepted real responsibility for it, so her reconciling with them(often out of necessity) leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[metacrisismako]

Hello good evening:

I am NOT a MAKORRA shipper (although I initially liked it when I first saw the series) and I have no intention of shitting on your work either. On the contrary, perhaps enrich it, through a different perspective. All my arguments are verified in my notes and, if I have made a mistake, I respectfully invite you to correct me.

In general terms, I can say that I agree with most of your essay. I liked what you said about how “…healthy relationships can have joys, sadness, pain, struggles, moments of healing, etc.” And, as a member of the LGBT community, I reject the use of any homophobic language or slurs.

BUT, there is always a BUT, I have realized that, by generalizing certain sections, you make the mistake of forgetting, I hope not on purpose, situations that contradict those general sections.

An example.

Asami is pretty much the only one who constantly asks Korra how she is, sits and listens to her talk about her problems, and offers her emotional support. (Mako doesn't.)

When Mako accompanies Korra to visit the man who left her in a wheelchair, doesn't that count as emotional support? Or when, at the South Pole, he suggests that he take a break from being the Avatar and they go to dinner (and Bolin brings ESKA AND DESNA)?

Before continuing, I want to mention a point that is often forgotten. No KREW member had a normal childhood:

—Korra grew up isolated in a compound, possibly isolated from other children.

—Asami lost her mother and, most likely, also grew up isolated from other children.

—Mako saw his parents die in front of his eyes and had to take care of his brother, alone, since he was 8 YEARS OLD.

—Bolin lost his parents and had to become excessively cheerful to keep the darkness away from his brother. The only reason Mako didn't become a villain or resent the world was because of Bolin, who was the light of his life.

With all this, none of them had the opportunity to be a child, much less a normal teenager. They had no opportunities to fail and grow, and when they reached adulthood, they found that, deep down, they were still children. And that is why , between Books 1 and 2, so many fights and fights occurred between them, and also, because they forgave each other so easily.

Returning to the sections:

Mako fails to support her emotionally due to often not hearing the core of her words, however, he expects her to support him emotionally anyway and becomes angry when she does not .

One question: When Mako was investigating the attacks on the Southern Water Tribe Cultural Center, to prove that the Northern Water Tribe wasn't involved, did Korra listen to him? Did you help him? I don't remember it.

This is related to another section:

Mako betrays Korra's trust TWICE.

Assuming those two times are:

—When he told Raiko about his plan to start a war (when he should be trying to prevent it).

AND.

—When he DIDN'T tell her that they had broken up, after she kissed him while she was amnesiac.

The truth is that when Korra came up with the stupid, and immoral, plan to involve the United Forces, behind the backs of the democratically elected president, the citizens, and the soldiers who, most likely, were going to die; Neither she, nor anyone else, showed Mako an ounce of confidence about her suspicions that, in the end, turned out to be true. He didn't help him, he underestimated him, even saying that his work was useless, and after putting him on the ropes, he threw a desk at him, in front of all his co-workers.

Later, when they see each other again, due to the discomfort generated by everyone seeing him, and the fear that it caused him to tell the truth (fear, let's say, that he will hit him), Mako does not tell him at that moment, nor later, the truth until he defeated Vatuu .

It's true, Mako betrayed her trust, but at times it seems like Korra doesn't care, and doesn't take Mako's opinion into account...

Asami and Korra never criticize each other's actions. Instead, they talk about what happened and support each other's decisions. Asami ALWAYS supports Korra, is always on Korra's side, and is able to talk through difficult issues with Korra. She shares her thoughts with Korra and Korra respects her for that. (Mako doesn't support Korra's decisions, often tries to stay in this strange neutral area, and gets angry because Korra doesn't like that he doesn't really share what he thinks or show support towards her.)

Being neutral is an opinion, and it's Korra who doesn't respect it, not him. He also doesn't have much of a say considering that, until relatively recently, his world was reduced to his brother, pro-bending and Republic City, and in Book 2 he travels to other countries and meets world leaders. Being neutral is not only an opinion, but to some extent it is an act of respect and moderation. Something Korra didn't do much with: "Are you on my side or against me?"

If Korra works so well with Asami, it was because with Mako she had opportunities to fail. Taking this into account, I don't understand why they seek to deny that part of Korra and Asami's past. You don't have to like it, but from there you say things like this:

They are so fluid in their fighting styles that they can predict each other's movements and therefore act in wonderful synchronicity. (Mako never manages to do this with any of them and instead criticizes them incessantly.)

And the fight against Amun? And the pro-control parties? Why did they reach the final if they didn't have fighting chemistry? It's a little ridiculous, because it denies a step in the evolution that led them to be where they are, and to be the incredible couple that they are. I would love for them to stop denying that there was something between Mako and Korra, and between Mako and Asami, and that something ended and became something else . That's it. There is nothing else to say. It does not reduce them in any way, and it does not magnify him either, it simply recognizes a part of the story.

Be careful, it's not that Mako is a saint and never sends shit, especially the ones he sent with Asami, but I will never understand the refusal of many KORRASAMI senders to give him a little bit of credit, or a normal life in his fanfics . Stopping making him do things he never did or something he is not, and giving him the opportunity, more than deserved in my opinion, to be HAPPY. At first you asked if there was a kind of unconscious prejudice in KORRASAMI and I wondered if the same prejudice did not exist against Mako, because in fanfics, many times, they end up being more toxic with Mako than he ever was with Korra and Asami , and even more toxic than ANTI-KORRASAMI themselves (and yes, those are toxic).

Yes, I'm honest with you, what I do is try to give as little opinion as possible. And not to fall into the trap of saying that one relationship, and only one relationship, is right. Stories are stories, because they have people who follow them, and they, not the characters, are the true beneficiaries of the work, who should not be criticized for liking something or not.

If I dared, for once, to break this neutrality (which is not at all easy to maintain) it was because I considered that, with respect and presenting arguments, anything can be discussed, and that anything should be discussed.

Anyway, I liked it, but I don't share your view on the evolution of KORRASAMI (especially the part where you said they flirt since Book 1, simply if it had been like that there wouldn't have been a love triangle). First of all, because neither Mako looked for Korra, nor Mako looked for Asami, much less she was kissing them without her consent; but hey, it's subjective).

Good night and make love and not war.

Korrasami is Canon

I literally do not understand when people trashtalk or write really cruel things about Korrasami shipping, especially when they make claims that aren't supported by the show itself.

I honestly wonder sometimes if folks who hate on Korrasami don't understand what a healthy relationship can look like? (Or is there unconscious bias influencing their hatred of it?)

Because Korrasami is a healthy relationship; it's relationship goals honestly. This doesn't make it a boring relationship either, as healthy relationships can have their joys, sorrows, pain, struggles, healing moments, etc. The important aspects that keep the relationship healthy is how the two respond to those situations together. To explain, I'll cover why Makorra is NOT healthy.

Majority of Makorra shippers' arguments cherry-pick random scenes that are incredibly brief with scant evidence of Makorra being "good" for Mako and Korra (it isn't). (P.S. Makorra shippers please stop using homophobic language and slurs when you talk about Korrasami shipping, it's a really bad look, okay? Thanks.)

All arguments ignore the huge amount of evidence that the Makorra relationship was severely harming both Mako and Korra. As well as the evidence that both are happier just being friends.

Mako and Korra fight all the time in screaming matches to the point they break things around one another. This is really not healthy.

They can't get through a conversation without one of them being furious at the other.

Mako fails to support Korra's decisions, critiques her decisions,and, does not give his thoughts when asked but instead parrots other people which isn't what Korra had asked at all.

Mako is indecisive about his feelings to the point of hurting both Asami and Korra.

Mako is too protective of Korra and does not respect her independence or her abilities.

Mako fails to support her emotionally due to often not listening to the core of her words, yet he expects her to support him emotionally regardless and is angry when she doesn't.

Mako's personality when he's with Korra becomes: bland dude with no thoughts of his own or screaming fury of a person. He's actually a much better person and kinder overall when he's NOT in a relationship with Korra.

Mako betrays Korra's trust TWICE.

Mako lies to Korra.

When Mako and Korra are just friends, they relate to one another better and don't scream as much at each other. Mako is also more respectful of Korra when they are just friends and NOT together.

All arguments ignore the plenty of evidence that Asami and Korra flirted with one another since Book 1. They tend to forget the brothers entirely in scenes with one another. Book 3 is literally the Asami-and-Korra-flirt-arc, like all they do is flirt in that book. Book 4 had an arc that contrasts how well Korra and Asami work together, and how horrifically critical of them Mako is during that arc.

All arguments ignore the buildup of Korrasami: Asami literally built Korra a whole dang park, designed and gifted her an airship, supports Korra no matter what, calls Korra amazing constantly, always follows through with helping Korra, painted her car blue in honor of Korra, and spends most of her time flirting and pinning after Korra since BOOK 1. Even at the end of Book 2, the first name she says when asking if the Krew is okay is Korra, and then she adds the others as an afterthought. This is all pretty blatant stuff that Asami does, and Korra responds in turn with her own flirting and pinning. Korra literally only writes Asami while she's gone for three years and admits that she feels like Asami is the only one who understands her. She even blushes for Asami in Book 4. Why does Korrasami work so well?

Korra and Asami have mutual respect for their abilities, strengths, weaknesses, and independence.

They support each other no matter what.

Asami is literally the first person to say yes to whatever Korra needs help on pretty much constantly, and she always follows through.

They talk through their arguments, and have never had a screaming match. In fact, the one time they do argue, Korra deescalates, and they talk it out and/or come to an acceptance relatively quick.

They are honest about their feelings with one another.

Asami is pretty much the only one that consistently asks Korra how she is, sits and listens to her talk through her troubles, and offers emotional support. (Mako fails to do so.)

Asami never, ever doubts Korra. (Mako does many a time.)

Asami never lies to Korra. (Mako does many a time.)

Asami reminds Korra she's awesome and amazing since Book 1 (even after she finds out Korra liked Mako too).

Asami never blames Korra for her failed relationship with Mako, instead she puts the responsibility on Mako who had lied to both of them and hurt them both with his indecision. Asami is never mad at Korra about this either, and her anger is only at Mako.

They are so seamless in their fighting styles that they can predict the other's moves, and so act in wonderful synchronicity. (Mako fails to ever do this with either of them and instead critiques them endlessly).

Asami and Korra never critique one another's actions. Instead, they talk through what happened and support each other's decisions. Asami ALWAYS supports Korra, and always sides with Korra, and is able to talk through hard issues with Korra. She shares her thoughts with Korra, and Korra respects her for that. (Mako fails to support Korra's decisions, often trying to stay in this weird neutral area, and gets angry that Korra doesn't like that he won't actually share what he thinks nor show support for her.)

Asami never betrayed Korra. (Mako does in Book 2).

Asami and Korra respect one another's boundaries.

Korra shares that she feels that Asami is the only one that really 'gets her' and understands her, and Asami feels the same about Korra.

I could go on and on.

Honestly.

Anyway, thanks for reading.

P.S. if Makorra shipper tries to shit on my post with unfounded vitriol and bad faith arguments, be advised that I don't have the energy or time for it. Blocks are very useful tools. Have a great day!

[abhorsenkatiel]

Thinking about Avatar stuff...

I totally overlooked this both the first and second time I watched LoK, but I've been thinking about it a lot this time.

Ok, so. Raava and Vatuu fight every 10,000 years, but neither can ever permanently destroy the other, because the vanquished spirit will be reborn within the victorious one and the unending battle between light and darkness will resume again at the next Harmonic Convergence. This wasn't the case for the last cycle because Vatuu was imprisoned instead of destroyed and therefore wasn't reborn from within Raava, but this time the battle ended in the usual manner with Vatuu being destroyed.

Which means that in another 10,000 years he'll be back.

Now, let's assume that things continue on as they have been and human society continues its existance with Raava bound to the Avatar being reborn every generation.

Judging from the evidence we've been given in cannon, it seems that although they all differ in their personalities and methods, every Avatar has overall been a good, selfless person completely committed to their duty of keeping balance and peace in the world. In fact, I think it would be safe to assume that, because the Avatar is bound to the Light Spirit, it would actually not even be possible for them to be any other way.

But what happens now? Over the course of the next 10,000 years, Vatuu will be growing again within Raava who remains bound to the Avatar. This means that with each successive generation, the Avatar will have incrementally more darkness inside them. Eventually, it would no longer be safe to assume that the Avatar would be an incorruptibly good person anymore, and as it gets close to the next Harmonic Convergence, it would be pretty much a certainty that the Avatar would be morally gray at best.

The only way the Avatar system works at all is if there is no chance of the Avatar ever being someone who would abuse their power, and that was only a guarantee while Vatuu was imprisoned allowing Raava, and therefore the Avatar to remain pure Light. What's going to happen to the world when the Avatar has just as much Darkness inside them too?

Over the next 10,000 years the Avatar would evolve from a beloved hero and beacon of hope into a terrifying threat to all people of the world.

[princess-of-the-corner]

Funnily enough, I did have my own idea for Book 2 of Legend of Korra involving "Vatuu and Raava are both part of the Avatar spirit" inspired by Hello Future Me, and my idea was Unalaq being an example of how unchecked Order can be just as bad as unchecked chaos.

The basic idea is that instead of wanting to become a "Dark Avatar", he wants to be a "Pure Avatar", in order to bring balance to what he sees as a chaotic world.

After pulling Raava out of the Avatar spirit, he'd talk her into merging with him so that he can bring true balance to the world, before sealing away Vatuu and Korra. This would allow him to "purify" corrupted spirits and strip them of their free will.

And if the Southern Water Tribe continues to rebel against them, he can just use Raava's powers to strip away their free will.

Korra, meanwhile, morphs into a feral spirit monster when entering the Avatar-state post-split, as Raava is no longer there to balance out Vatuu.

Thus, our hero is merged with a Dark Spirit of Chaos, while our villain is merged with a Light Spirit of Order.

OKAY OKAY OKAY BUT NO I ACTUALLY LOVE THIS

One of my favorite things to fuck around with is the idea of "Harmony and Light are not 'good', Chaos and Dark are not 'evil'.

And some asshole thinking the more good/evil thing and going 'the world is chaotic, let's cleanse it with harmony powers!' and yeah 'total harmony' eventually goes into just. Nothingness eventually.

And I just.

I love this actually.

Tbh your other ask in my inbox was about how the LOK-era stuff is happening in Avatar!Ty Lee and my answer was going to be mostly that I have to hammer out rewriting Korra-era stuff as a whole so like.

This. I love this and it could be a part of that.

[lovedaisy02]

I think what I love the most about LoK and all of Avatar is that they always drive home the point the Avatar isn't always going to succeed. In fact all the Avatars create something they never meant to, a problem for the future they never meant to, because they did the best they could, and that originates all the way back to Wan letting Vatuu free.

It's so beautiful and wonderful and human.