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Late night ramble because why not lmao.

As someone with PTSD, I loved the PTSD representation in The Legend of Korra!

First off, it is SO rare to get proper PTSD representation that isn’t a middle aged guy who is an army veteran/previous soldier/superhero (not that those sorts of characters are all poorly handled - I’m just trying to say that we need more than one singular type of PTSD representation). Part of what drew me to Korra in the first place was getting to see someone more like me who struggled with this!

And yes, Korra’s PTSD was made a bit more fantastical for younger audiences (like having a physical manifestation of her trauma follow her), but I do believe it was written very well! The meanings were all quite clear, and I personally saw a lot of similarities to my own PTSD in Korra’s struggles.

Anyway, all of this to say - I really appreciate LOK for offering this type of PTSD representation!! It was sorely needed and I really love Korra as a character!

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I feel like rambling about Avatar Kuruk, so here we go!

I read the Kyoshi novels this summer (so SO good - F.C. Yee truly is a great author) and LOVED getting to see Kyoshi’s journey!

Alongside Kyoshi’s story, I found that I really enjoyed learning about Kuruk too.

But his story is so incredibly tragic.

I picture him as a 16 year old boy, wide eyed and optimistic as he is told that he is the Avatar. Not only that, but he is the successor to Yangchen, who was INCREDIBLY revered. He has big shoes to fill, but he’s ready to do this.

What 16 year old doesn’t dream about becoming a legend, a hero, a savior?

So, he begins his journey.

But it is not the journey he dreamed of.

The day he discovers the dark spirits is the day everything changes.

He fights. He fights these spirits to protect the mortal world, even though it costs him everything. It costs him his love, Ummi. It costs him his friendships. Hell, it costs him his own lifeforce.

Most of all, it costs him his legacy.

Avatar Yangchen was very well-respected, and he can’t bear to tarnish her image. So he copes as best he can and allows the world to think of him as the playboy Avatar. The Avatar who didn’t care. The “go with the flow” boy who never grew up.

And then he dies at 33 years old, having taken up the burden of the spirits alone.

Even Kyoshi doesn’t think highly of him for a long time. She heard the stories and thought he was a waste of an Avatar until she finally communes with him and learns his story.

The rest of the world continues to invoke Yangchen’s spirit, never knowing that Kuruk was the one who protected her name at the cost of his own.

Yangchen was an amazing Avatar who did her best with the tools she had, but so was Kuruk.

And the world didn’t see that.

Even when speaking to Aang, many generations after his death, he STILL protects Yangchen’s name by positioning himself as the “young and reckless” Avatar. (Yes I know the books were written longggg after and I’m sure this backstory wasn’t fully canon at the time of the show, but this is how I see it-)

Anyway just…it’s so sad. It was such a good way to write his story, and it really made me feel so much for him!

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bobby’s attempt at an arranged marriage for buck is going wonderfully [buck and eddie have melded their souls together at a molecular level], simultaneously it’s going terribly [they think that’s normal, HR papers collecting dust in the top drawer]

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Buck and Chimney’s brotherly/brother-in-law relationship VERY much gives off a similar energy to Aang and Sokka’s brotherly/brother-in-law relationship.

I will take no criticism on this, thank you-

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“We need strong female characters!” “We need better PTSD representation!” You couldn’t even handle Korra

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(Very unserious) 9-1-1 Season 8 prediction:

Eddie: Newly single, watches Buck and Tommy kiss and begins feeling jealous

Eddie: Am I…a homophobe????

A week later-

Buck: Yeah, uh…Tommy and I broke up.

Eddie: Internally cheers

Eddie: WAIT NO I CAN’T LET BUCK KNOW THAT I’VE BEEN HOMOPHOBIC AND UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HIM AND TOMMY DATING

Eddie: …That’s rough, buddy.

(Yes, a Zukka reference, sorry not sorry)

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So if Bobby is Buck’s adoptive Dad-

And Buck is Christopher’s adoptive Dad/second Dad/Stepdad (whatever you want to call it when Buck and Eddie get married and they are raising Christopher together)-

Bobby is Christopher’s Grandpa, thank you VERY MUCH-

(See proof below)

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I feel like the Tumblr Buddie community deserves to see this edit I made so😌

Song: No Machine by Adrianne Lenker

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For a sapphic person, I really don’t talk enough about my fav sapphic ships even tho I love them sm-

Yuetara: Moon x Waterbender? The way that, after that fateful night in the Spirit Oasis, Katara would feel Yue when she bends?? MOON SPIRIT AND PAINTED LADY AESTHETICS TOGETHER (which I desperately need more fanart of)??? Please I literally love them so so much and they’re my non-canon babies <3

Korrasami: They’re actually canon and so so dear to me!! They’re absolutely adorable and I love their dynamic!!! They helped pave the way for more sapphic rep too! They’re just really cute together and ugh they’re so special! My loves <3

Henren: I COULD TALK ABOUT THEM FOR HOURS AND I ADORE THEM! The way that Karen gave up the moon and stars for Hen? The way that Hen dropped out of medical school because she realized that her family, her wife and child(ren), were her true dream?? The way they FOUGHT for their love through every single trial??? They are my mothers fr <3

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I ship Zukka because it’s fun and silly and I think their personalities would fit together well. I don’t care at all if they become “canon” - I’m just here to have a good time and play with these two characters like dolls and make them kiss in my head.

I ship Buddie because I see a LOT of subtext in their relationship as a gay person. Like a LOT. They are basically coparenting a child together and there’s just tons of little things that, to me, suggest a possible canon romance. I do very much hope for it to become canon and I think there is a chance it will, but if it never does, I will continue to ship them in fanon space as well.

Anyway, just my two cents as a queer person who enjoys shipping and is brainrotted over these shows lmao.

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Peak Gender is simultaneously being a boyfriend, partner, and girlfriend (except it’s to 3 different people LMAO)

(I love my partners sm, they’re so wonderful and so special to me💛)

Side note: Idk if I’ve ever explained on here, but I’m aro-spec/ace-spec and in 2 queer platonic relationships and 1 romantic relationship!

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Hi! What would be your ideal Buddie scenario? Slow-burn or a sudden, out of the blue make-out session which evolves into more?

Ooooh I love this question so much! Thank you!

Personally, I LOVEEEE a good slow burn! The build up, the tension, the payoff - it’s just 🤌

I think especially now that Buck is aware that he likes men, we have potential for a slow burn realization! (Obviously not too slow burn tho - I still would love them to be canon in Season 8, 9 at latest LMAO)

I’ve seen some other Tumblr users bring up Buddie dreaming about kissing each other? And omg something like that would be so fun!

But even just, one day there’s a Touch and they’ve touched a million times but suddenly it starts to mean so much More. A gaze held a moment too long and suddenly it’s Everything. Like that kind of buildup!

Plus I’d love to see them gay panic to their family/found family about each other over these tiny little things - I just think that’d be so fun����

Tysm for this Ask!! And omg I’d love to hear your own thoughts on this as well!

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If Eddie comes out as queer, what are some funny ways you think it could happen?

Omg I love this question so much, thank you!!

Okay okay so there are a few options here that I think would be hilarious:

1) Eddie starts feeling very jealous of Buck and Tommy (right before they break up) but is in denial and thinks he is being homophobic toward his “best friend”. Cue a very panicked phone call to Hen, who very lovingly points out that he might actually be jealous/gay. He realizes he is indeed gay, takes a few weeks to process, comes out to Buck (with a love confession) and Chris privately, and then tells the rest of the 118/FireFam at the next family BBQ by literally just wearing a rainbow shirt with the words “GAY PRIDE”. And maybe he flat out kisses Buck in front of everyone too, just for fun.

2) Eddie is sitting in Frank’s office and processing the ways he messes up with women, along with his Catholic guilt. Frank gently prods further and Eddie says that he is gay out loud for the first time. However, he was accidentally pocket recording a voice memo as he said it and somehow it got sent to the 118/FireFam group chat. He walks out of the office to loving/congratulatory responses, is very confused, and then realizes what he did and just slaps his forehead and shuts off his phone for a while. He refuses to acknowledge it for the next week, and no one brings it up either. That is, of course, until he walks upstairs for a shift to a small surprise party and a “We Accept You” cake. Organized by Buck and Bobby, of course. He and Buck do continue to dance around each other for a while, but eventually they confess and get together.

3) A few days after bringing Chris home from Texas, Eddie’s parents show up at the station while he’s working. They end up arguing and they ask him if he’s found another woman/another mother for Chris. He reveals that he is gay, thinking no one else is around to hear. Of course, at that moment, someone drops something and he spins around to see everyone hanging out on the edge of the loft. They very badly pretend not to have heard (a la that one scene - can’t remember which episode lol). Instead of acknowledging it out loud, he just gets a bunch of “you okay?” and supportive texts later on. Also, he ends up telling Chris that night (before his parents can), and Chris promptly begins devising a plan to finally get his dad and Buck together (it goes wonderfully).

These are what I can think of right now! There’s so many hilarious ways he can come out, it’s going to be great LMAO! Thank you again for this Ask - it was really fun!

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I need a distraction so please feel free to fill my Ask box with anything and everything (as long as you’re kind)!! I’d especially love Asks related to ATLA/TLOK and 9-1-1, whether that be fandom discourse or ships or character analysis or my favorite fics! I have many opinions about both of these medias so yes ask away!

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I think it’s been long enough now that I can talk about NATLA freely lol, so here we go.

I have a lot and I mean a LOT of criticisms of it. There are quite a few aspects that I felt they did poorly and that did a disservice to an amazing story.

However.

One of the decisions they made that stuck with me in a really GOOD way was making the 41st Division Zuko’s crew on his ship. My boyfriend and I literally SCREAMED when we got to that scene lol.

It makes SO much sense for Zuko’s character in my opinion. Like I mean that in a “I’m honestly a tad surprised that the original creators didn’t do this” kind of way. Having Zuko’s crew be the very division he got scarred and banished to save is EXCELLENT storytelling. It also adds an extra layer to Zuko’s strained relationship with his crew throughout the first part of Season 1. He had to look at their faces every day and remember the cost that he paid to save their lives.

I plan to utilize this in fics for SURE - it genuinely was so good. Again, I have plentiful critiques of NATLA, but this is one decision that I thought was very well done.

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One half of my brain: Tehehehe silly gay found family weewoo show🚒🚨

The other half of my brain: Tehehe silly found family kids cartoon💨🔥

Help y’all, I’m completely brainrotted LMAO