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the reason why i love azula so much and consider her my favorite atla character is that not only does hit the beats for a compelling villain (charisma, vocal performance, character, good motivation), but also how tragic her character is. while i don't condone anything she's done, i do understand why she ended up the way she did and can't help but wonder if she could've ended up differently if she grew up in a less hostile environment since her desire for control and perfection eventually is her undoing.

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"is there anything so undoing as a daughter? "

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sisters

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A Nubian woman cleaning her carpet in the Nile while her child is having a swim.

Nour el Rifai

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Burn This City, Burn This City Down Title Page

Months after the search took place, Azula shows up in the Fire Nation royal court surprisingly sane, with a surprise announcement: she's engaged. Zuko has to grapple with the sudden reappearance of his sister, her fake engagement to a family of his political rivals, and determining whose side she's really on. An Azula redemptoin story, and Azulaang and Zutara fanfic!

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Baby timebomb sharing secrets 💕

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snip snip ..

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Overwatch 2 x ATLA | Mei (Katara) and Genji (Zuko)

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still thinking about the brainrot that fast fashion has caused in people, like i made this pair of pants that are black and white with a cool flowery design, and an acquaintance saw them and said "wow i'd pay like 20 dollars for you to make me a pair" and i could barely think with how utterly horrified i was at that; i told them that 20 dollars wouldn't even cover the materials, let alone the hours of work that went into cutting, sewing, ironing, hemming, altering, etc. they just had this look on their face when i told them that, when i said i wouldn't make them a pair for even 100 dollars because that was still way too low of an amount, a look that said "you're crazy for thinking that those cost 100 dollars" and maybe i am crazy but holy shit, 20 dollars for a pair of handmade, durable, lined pants fitted specifically to your measurements? 20 dollars for upwards of 60 hours of work? 20 dollars for several yards of high-quality fabric, thread, and buttons? 20 dollars???

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The fact it's a Ford means NOTHING. He saved up so much for this little shit-box Pinto!

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Why you ship Yuetara, a slideshow

LoveliBroccoliQueen is my friend! She's on devianart

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remember when zuko projected onto mai the capacity and intensity to express her thoughts and passions that katara has

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I have opinions about the recent gangle hate

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i know because of the enemies to lovers of it all, zutara is often paralleled/seen a similar ship to dramione. i'm definitely not here to disparage that or deny anyone their fun, but i don't see them as very similar dynamics except on a few surface-level points. on the other hand, while i don’t ship anything super aggressively in the hp universe, i've got a soft spot for harmione and i've recently been fascinated by two common anti talking points against them that i also see as really common talking points against zutara antis. (this is not to say that i think they are super similar ships either; they're mostly not.)

is the way people will insist that harry/zuko these ships, both of whom are abuse survivors with trauma, are "too dark" for hermione and katara and that they can't/shouldn't have to "handle" it. i always find these arguments very patronizing and rooted in misogyny, and also not great messaging on how they think about abuse and trauma survivors.

is how people insist that people shipping them devalues the friendship. a) i don't know how it does that when no amount of people shipping something non-canon changes the source material b) they have other friends anyway (why, for instance, does the canon KA or romione not devalue those friendships?) and c) saying that you like/thinking a couple could work romantically or find the concept interesting does not mean you don't appreciate the canon dynamic as is. i wouldn't ship zutara nearly as much if i didn't find their canon dynamic and eventually friendship so compelling.

what i find especially aggravating about these arguments is how often they're used by the same people and how they contradict each other? like, which is it? are they too dark and unhealthy or do you love the friendships between them sooo much that it devalues the very concept of friendship for anyone to ship them romantically (even though if you honestly find the dynamic that unhealthy, i don't know why you want them to be friends either.)

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