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Avatar Comics pages published

It's interesting how much this slowed done post-2020.

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DONT BE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON OLD FICS DONT BE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON FICS IN A FANDOM THE AUTHOR MAY NO LONGER BE ACTIVE IN. IF THE STORY IS STILL UP LET THEM KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS IT MIGHT JUST BE THE REMINDER THAT MAKES THEIR DAY.

SINCERELY SOMEONE WHO JUST GOT A REPLY THAT MADE ME WANNA MAKE THIS POST

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NYT has been discouraging reporters from sharing photos of luigi mangione - not due to concerns for his safety but to dissuade sympathy - and refuses to post his alleged manifesto in full. and today, they published an opinion by bret stephens about how brian thompson is the "real working class hero" of this story.

reddit deleted luigi's account, which was completely innocuous and consisted mostly of him giving out advice in health subreddits. they're also deleting any post that includes his alleged manifesto and banning users for sharing it.

luigi yelled that this was "an insult to the intelligence of the american people" while he was being dragged by police and news pundits are framing it as a deranged and violent outburst. news media are picking apart details of his life to paint him as a cold-blooded and mentally ill individual. even something as innocent as playing "among us" with friends is being framed as some insidious look into an assassin's disturbed psyche, ffs.

news media are also capitalizing on luigi's supposed "bizarre and impossible to understand" politics as an obvious way to paint him as a scary individual when the guy is... a centrist, at most. whose views are similar to those of your average college-educated white guy.

multiple news media also keep harping on about how luigi comes from a rich family. an obvious attempt to break the class solidarity that's been formed around this case by continuously trying to tell us "oh he's not like you guys" while ignoring the now pretty well-documented accounts of his multiple health struggles throughout the years.

and all this, and he hasn't even been found guilty of the crime he's allegedly committed. luigi is, as of right now, still innocent until proven guilty. and the news are trying to tear him apart because they obviously fear the symbol he's becoming for low and middle class america.

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Like a lot of people I have a tendency when thinking about systemic bigotry and abuse to look to who materially benefits from the subjugation of its targets. And it is a useful corrective to remember that historically (and in many parts of the world today!) left-handed people—a minority it is trivially easy and straightforwardly socially useful to accommodate in daily life—have been subjected to abusive “handedness conversion therapy” as children, inflicting permanent neurological damage, for no discernible reason beyond that they use their upper limbs and digits weird

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Azula did not see it coming?

》 3x2 The Headband:

Azula: So, I’ve heard you’ve been to visit your uncle fatso in the prison tower.

Zuko: [Standing angrily] That guard told you.

Azula: No. You did. Just now.

Zuko: [Sits back down] Okay, you caught me. What is it that you want Azula?

Azula: Actually, nothing. Believe it or not, I’m looking out for you. If people find out you’ve been to see Uncle, they’ll think you’re plotting with him. Just be careful, Dum-Dum.

》 3x5 The Beach

Azula: There’s a simple question you need to answer, then. Who are you angry at?

[…]

Zuko: I’m angry at myself!

Azula: Why?

Zuko: Because I’m confused. Because I’m not sure I know the difference between right and wrong anymore.

Azula: You’re pathetic.

》 3x6 The Avatar and the Firelord

Zuko: Wait, I need to ask you something. [Azula stops walking] What do you remember about our great-grandfather’s history?

Azula: [She sighs] Oh, Zuko, it’s so strange how your mind works.

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At first, when Zuko talks about how he’s confused, she felt pity and tried to assure him “Today you restored your own honor.”

Then in the Fire Nation she becomes annoyed with his attitude. Then genuinely baffled of the way he thinks.

She didn’t thought these were clues that Zuko was questioning their ways. She didn’t think that Iroh would actually success to influence Zuko again (plotting with him), or when Zuko wanted to know more about the orgins of the war. When Zuko turns againt them openly, I imagine, she cursed herself of how stupid she was. I see her figuring out how that decision was formed, but I don’t see her forgiving him for it. Because he turned against his role in the family and place in the Fire Nation society, things she offered him when his father didn’t. But she was not outright angry until Mai and Ty Lee betrayed her, which Azula hold Zuko responsible for for a time.

She has faith in him since he choosen her over Iroh and the Avatar in Crossroads of Destiny. “Prince Zuko, you’re a lot of things but you’re not a traitor. […] It’s not too late, Zuko. You can still redeem yourself.”

Azula learned Zuko won’t easily reason with her (unless she manipulate him), but his emotions will lead him; he’s going to listen to Mai. And thus, she set up Maiko. Mai will keep Zuko in his place, where he belongs, with her and their father, and as Prince to the Fire Nation.

“There, I overheard Iroh trying to convince Zuko to forsake his heritage, to turn his back on his destiny, and to oppose me. […]

I know he doesn’t believe Iroh and all his talk of turning to goodness. I know what Zuko wants deep in his heart. I’ve always known him better than anyone else. He can’t hide his true feelings and desires from me. No matter what he says, no matter what a noble face he puts on for others. I know what choice he will make, even if he doesn’t know.” -Azula’s inner dialogue for Crossroads of Destiny (ATLA official novelization)

Azula thinks she knows Zuko more than he knows himself. And in her opinion: he’s not a pure-hearted person; he’s not as good as he likes to think he is. His place is with her, with their father and as a Prince for the Fire Nation. This, in fact, makes her more dangerous than Ozai, because she cares where Ozai doesn’t, and this is what sways Zuko from his redemption in Crossroads of Destiny. The “redmpation” chance Azula offered Zuko was completely genuine, which makes her actions more horrifying yet it all more human, and delivered a deeper message with Zuko’s choice.

The fire siblings’ relationship is far more complicated than Zuko and Iroh’s one, but both Azula and Iroh were acting on what they thought was right by Zuko at that moment, hence it was formidable moment.

The thing with Azula is her “love” for her brother is real, but it was narratively portrayed as swaying him from the right path in Crossroads of Destiny (while still keeping in mind it was Zuko’s choice).

Had Zuko accepted Azula’s friendship in the Fire Nation would his (actual) redemption happened? Would Zuko be able to influence Azula back? Would Azula press on or would she let go and promise that she would catch him?

I guess this is why I get stronger Azula vs Iroh narrative vibes when I rewatch the series than Ozai vs Iroh one, because of one element: love – healthy or not.

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Hi! Do NOT donate to any fund claiming to raise money for Luigi, he is being held without bail, and his defense lawyer has also so far turned down offers for payment. All these fundraisers are scams.

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Prosecutors argued that Mangione was carrying about $10,000 in cash and that his bag was a Faraday bag that blocks cellphone signals—all proof that he was a sophisticated criminal who should be held without bail. “‘I’d like to correct two things,’” Mangione said after the prosecutor finished speaking, according to CNN’s Danny Freeman, “‘I don’t know where any of that money came from—I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication.’”

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CHAT CONTROL TO BE VOTED ON THIS THURSDAY

Original tweet

I know americans are busy with fighting KOSA but I urge you to please help us by spreading the word about this, I can't say this enough, if chat control passes, citizen's private messages will be scanned via artifical intelligence,and they must comply,otherwise theyre not allwoed to send pictures,videos,or links anymore. We have a discord server made to organize against it,with emails scripts you can use when contacting your meps : https://discord.com/invite/e7FYdYnMkS

Find your meps and tell them to vote no on this :

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do u hate emojis?

Yes. Emojis are the devil. Burn all Emojis alive.

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Azula is more likeable than Zuko

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Tyzula Week 2024 begins in 7 days !! What prompt are you most excited for?

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My book 'Other Worlds' has an entire chapter dedicated to Subnautica: Below Zero.

Tons of creatures, sketches and insights into the design process, and my thoughts on their speculative evolution.

The Kickstarter for the book has just 7 days to go :) https://bit.ly/403C70b

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Hey by the way next time that some normal person is murdered and the cops "aren't able to find out who did it" remember that they've spent over a week and unfathomable resources relentlessly conducting a nation-wide search for someone who murdered a CEO, and it APPEARS that they've got him (IF it's even him) --- so next time they tell you that they Just Don't Know Who Killed That Civilian And They Can't Find Out, And Don't Have The Resources To Try Harder, know that it's total and absolute bullshit. It's just that a regular civilian is less important than a CEO. Finding the guy who murdered a vicious parasite is more important in maintaining the status quo than finding someone who murdered your loved one, or that person you know, or the guy who runs the corner store, or the stranger who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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A doctor’s angry letter to United Healthcare after they denied covering his patient’s nausea medication needed after his chemo.