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help i just headcanoned that the reason Iroh is happiest in ba sing se is because that’s probably where he last saw Lu Ten, I mean they were both at the siege right??? why did I think of this T_T

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Dude, I know this is years old, but seriously, Bryan K. *was* right about heterosexism and the double-standards of depiction (i.e. a man was in either girl's position from the get-go of B3), KA *was* executed well enough for people to come out, cry (including myself) and otherwise make people rethink things and Makorra *was* a shallow, toxic ship that *did* contradict the franchise's themes down to the GASLIGHTING. Maybe you have understood in the years since, but if you haven't: Deal. With. It.

Having recently started to face my own bicuriosity, I think I was holding onto old attachments to zutara, when truthfully Makorra existed wholly to meme zutarans and present a toxic example of what we wanted - bryke punished us for not accepting Kataang. After dating several mako types I can’t help but feel a little misled and more in tune with perhaps where Korra was post-makorra, but in terms of effective storytelling for children, Korrasami was so jarring that it’s still not one of my many gay ships.

I already identified with Korra, and she could easily have been my Bi icon, but like Korra I didn’t even know how to make friends with girls. The jump to exploring their relationship romantically gave me whiplash, and there was so much to unpack right as the show ended that I didn’t want to be part of the discourse because I didn’t know how I felt. I still don’t know how I feel about it to be honest - sometimes as an adult, separate from my childhood fandom persona, I see Korrasami fan art and I think ‘that’s cute, they’re probably super happy together’ but most of the time it’s just this sour tangle of mixed feelings about s2+s4 in general.

Yes, Makorra is absolute trash, I’ll give you that. Mako is problematic af, but honestly Korra has the weight of the world on her, and nobody can understand that situation but her - which made her relatable to a lonely, over-enthusiastic autistic girl like me.

When she suddenly had a person, I felt alone because I didn’t know how to get to this magical happy place she was suddenly at. I felt like LOK was offering me the idea of Korrasami as a cure for depression - which Korra undeniably struggled with. Once more, the answer was romance.

I’m probably not explaining very well but basically I have big bad intimacy issues and Korra is better at relationships than I am, even if we both have trash taste in men. It’s probably time for a rewatch, it has been 6 years. I just know before starting I’m going to wish for more Korrasami screen time and less of the stupid Wuko subtext which managed to read as gay the first time round. Honestly I’m a disaster and anything I’ve ever said is up for discussion, so thanks for the question, even though now I have so many questions of my own 😂

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This has definitely been said before, but besides the obvious reasons like “he’s from the fire nation” and “he betrayed her,” I’m pretty sure at least part of the reason Katara was so awful to Zuko when he joined the Gaang was because he reminded her of Jet. I mean, we figured out these two are narrative foils a long time ago, and we’ve figured out that deep down Katara already trusted Zuko and knew he had changed - she let him join the Gaang, let him take Aang, the person she literally gave him a death threat over, to some strange place alone...

Then there’s this little tidbit...

And yet, she continued to be downright vicious...until the literal moment he proved himself to her, that is, at which point she swung as hard as she could the opposite direction with no hesitation and then acted like nothing had ever happened.

It was almost like she was trying to convince herself she hated him...trying to make herself hate him, trying to make sure they could could never get close...which was definitely possible.

Because her abandonment issues told her that if she let her guard down, there would always be the off chance that he would betray her, or worse...die

Also, side note: it cannot be a coincidence that these shots are almost identical

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when something bad happens to someone you dont like and you have to pretend you’re sad but on the inside you’re like 

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here’s another psa. there’s a difference between being emotionally supportive in a healthy relationship where you are equal partners who give and receive in equal measure

“Are you okay?” “Zuko, you’re sorry for what you did, right?” “Then he’ll forgive you. He will.”

“I know who killed your mother, and I’m going to help you find him.” “She needs this, Aang. This is about getting closure and justice.” “Your mother was a brave woman.”

and being emotionally supportive in a relationship where you get nothing back from the after person after giving and giving and giving

just pointing out some universal truths concerning what being ‘emotionally supportive’ is really about

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Being in a relationship is weird because he goes home for a few days and I'm like, Aww, can't wait to see you! ! But then he comes back and I'm fucking awkward because I have a huge crush on him and I need a while chill the fuck out before we can actually hang out.

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MY NIGGA FUTURE MUTHAFUCKIN TRUNKS IS RETURNING TO DBS IN JUNE!!!! THE HYPE IS REAL!! 😱🙌🙌

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them: im not gonna let you push me away, i promise you that me: haha…. thanks.. we will see… :-)

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Because I was talking about the Winter Soldier to my mom and she said, “Ah–Binky Barnes.”

Once I could breathe again, I drew this.

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I do not understand this “male privilege" bullshit.

What. Fucking. Privileges. Do. Men. Have.???????

Name them. I swear, I challenge you to name these “male privileges" and be able to prove them. 

Come on, I fucking dare you. 

Name them!

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This is my brother's cat, Sammie. She waits like this every time he goes to work by his bedroom door until he comes back.

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I just realized that I lounge around on tumblr and Facebook on my phone while completely naked when my boyfriend is at home but not when he's here. Why? He sees me naked all the time.

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Any thoughts?

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the worst thing anxiety does to me is make me think i’ve upset people and that they’re secretly sick of me and hate me

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Let’s make Beespotting a thing