WHERE WERE THEY GOING, MISHA?

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9. Be fuel for my fire, not a drain on my energy.

georgieenkoom asked:

Crack ship : Fanon Zuko X Charlotte. 🏃🏾‍♂️

LOL! You wrong for this!

Anne Rice? Damn. Z"l.

peregrinvs:

zuko-always-lies:

Azula’s motives, in no particular order:

• Be loved
• Gain and maintain her father’s approval
• Protect and serve her father
• Protect and serve her nation
• Do right by her brother if she can
• Maintain a good relationship with her friends
• Do right by her friends
• Avoid collateral damage if possible
• Achieve great things
• Win an imperialist war
• Fulfil her mother’s expectations for her
• Fulfil her father’s expectations for her
• Be a great leader
• Fulfil her nation’s expectations for her
• Survive an abusive household
• Gain the affection of the opposite gender
• Be the best at whatever she does
• Stay alive

These are all fairly reasonable(if not always good) motives(and yes, they frequently end up contradicting each other, and she ends up with value conflicts). She ends up breaking down because it’s impossible to accomplish her objectives and she gets screwed over badly by everyone and everything, but her motives are not “crazy.”

100% this.

People act like Azula wakes up every morning like “How am I gonna ruin Zuko’s life today?” when canon gives her very obvious motivations and objectives.

Azula’s not doing bad things for sheer sadistic enjoyment, she’s doing them because her culture and abusive upbringing have conditioned her to think of them as good, desirable and/or necessary.

Oh wait she was mean to precious turtleduck boi of course she’s a sadistic monster

Zuko has a Tumblr.

azula-harem-world:

zuko-always-lies:

ATLA fandom reactions:

*Character I hate does something* “they’re a war criminal who deserves to be locked up forever.”

*Character I like does the exact same thing*: “they’re a good person!”

Also: They just confused.

They’re hurt and confused.

balsa-margarita:

wingsfreedom:

I didn’t want to say that because I loath to even utter the word of it, but pre-agni kai Azula was seeking guidance that manifested in mirror Ursa’s appearance, then she exited the last agni kai crying her heart out. She’s seeking help, not seeking violence (she spared Zuko even while in such state). She shouldn’t be tied up in a straight jacket. I absolutely loath to see any art/fic of her in that disgusting thing. I hate the fucking pity it gives, the demonization and dehumanization. Even in the terrible canon of the Search where it introduce that concept where it shouldn’t, Azula doesn’t lash out because she can’t control her destructive impulses, she lashes out because she’s scared for her life. She was abandoned alone in an abusive establishment in the middle of the sea and was neglected for over a year until Zuko’s pure selfishness led him to use her as a tool by sitting her in front of her abuser for his own gain. When Ursa told Azula a simple sorry, Azula instantly stopped acting angry and her aggressiveness melted away, despite she believed her own mother choose to replace her with a new daughter, despite she read her awful letter, despite her neglect and favoritism.

All I’m asking is to stop portraying/treating Azula like an animal when all she needs is some love and guidance, even predatory animals getting treated with more compassion and dignity. But I guess “monsters” are even in lower category than animals, eh.

It’s pretty clear that at that point in the show Azula was hitting her own rock bottom, so to speak, and was seeking some kind of help. She shouldn’t have been treated the way she was, but given guidance and an opportunity to discover the truth about the world and herself.

bonesbuckleup:

Lord, this answer got long. I’m a little embarrassed about it, but I wrote it, so it’s getting posted. It’s a literal essay. Sorry but also not?

TLDR: Yes, the show is arguably unfair to Sokka about Kya, but it also follows a pattern where Sokka stays quiet about Bad Feelings and plays by the rules established for his character. Katara, meanwhile, grieves loudly and often, and appears to be under the impression that because Sokka’s grief is silent it doesn’t exist, which also fits her character/interactions completely. Neither of them are right or wrong, but it sets them up on inevitable collisions.

Now. If you want to join me on a cactus-juice fueled descent into madness, proceed below the cut.

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acepalindrome:

Yknow, when you keep insisting that adults can’t enjoy fandom or play video games or what cartoons or whatever, it’s other young people that you’re hurting the most. Because the most you’ll do to adults is offend or annoy them with that nonsense, but when you plant that idea in a kid’s head, they grow older with the horrible dread looming over them that the things that bring them happiness and comfort have an expiration date. When I was a young adult, I was genuinely depressed about the thought of getting older because I thought I couldn’t keep enjoying all my hobbies, like I had to give up everything I enjoy once I reach [x] age.

And that is simply not true. It’s bullshit. But the harm is does to people is very real. Kids are so afraid of getting older, and one of the big fears is that their life will become painfully bland and boring once they hit adulthood, as if all adults do is work and pay taxes, possibly raise kids. No more fun, no whimsy, no playfulness, no joy.

Anyway, I’m 33 and I love video games and fanfiction and cartoons. If you tell me I’m too old for that stuff, I’ll roll my eyes and block you and go on with my day. But I will worry about the 17 year old who saw your post too and feels a sinking in their chest at the thought that they have to give up the stuff that makes them happy. THAT’S what bothers me.

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