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[siderealscribblings]

The Final Agni Kai is great for a lot of reasons but it’s also a great example of how to write a fight scene because it was about more than who “won” the fight.

Zuko lost that fight, technically speaking. He took a hit for Katara and wasn’t able to defeat Azula within the bounds of the Agni Kai. He got knocked out and would have died if not for Katara. You could make the argument that Azula defeated her brother here but

She didn’t win.

It’s tempting to write fight scenes as a contest of might where characters try and deplete each other’s imaginary health meters until one of them comes out on top but the most interesting fight scenes, to me, are ones where there is more at stake. Where fighting is a method to resolve a dispute of ideologies rather than a contest of physical brawn. 

This was a fight for the soul of the Fire Nation and even though Zuko ended up flat on his ass, electrocuted, with a second scar from a family member for his troubles

This is where Zuko won. 

This is where the Fire Lord sacrificed himself for a waterbender and member of an “enemy” nation. This is where he wrested the soul of his country away from a century of imperialist rule. 

Yeah, Azula got him with her fifth level Lightning Bolt spell; big whoop. She won the Agni Kai but when has an Agni Kai ever meant anything? 

From Season 1, the Agni Kai has been shown to be a futile dick-measuring contest between firebenders. Ozai “won” the Agni Kai with his son, but defeating a defenseless child is not a victory worth winning. Likewise, Azula’s defeat of Zuko here was the end of their Agni Kai but it doesn’t matter. 

Zuko doesn’t need to beat Azula to win. 

If this was a video game, this would have been the end of Zuko, but it’s not. It’s the moment where Zuko wrests control of the Fire Nation’s destiny away from his father and sister and reunites it with a whole and peaceful world by intentionally losing to protect a friend. 

The Fire Nation fell when Azula knocked Zuko out. It rose again when Katara brought him back to life. 

Azula won the final Agni Kai but in the end, Zuko won the Fire Nation’s future

[aspen-thorn2001]

the final agni kai is one of my favorite scenes ever and this is why

[owivizzle-deactivated20190829]

God I really wish carrying stuffed animals around with you was socially acceptable

[mitch-that-bitch]

I don’t mean to take over a post, but I actually did a project on this for my sociology of deviance class in college!

I carried a large stuffed rabbit whenever I went in public for about a week to observe the reaction of others. The point of the project was to do something harmless yet unusual to see if the action would be considered deviant, in which case someone had to try to correct or shame the behavior.

Long story short, nobody tried to correct my behavior. I was asked about it casually, had a few lingering stares thrown my way and when I was with my boyfriend, shop employees would direct questions to him instead of me. However, nobody refused to assist me when I was alone in a store, nobody said anything about the rabbit besides “oh, thats a cute bunny!” and I attended college classes without even a teacher questioning it.

In conclusion, it is socially acceptable to carry a stuffed animal, its just not a societal norm. ^^

[nerdgasrnz]

#for followers with a big anxiety or self hate problem #bring a friend with you (via @kingdom-for-muses)

[so1987-deactivated20230102]

DOING IT

[thebibliosphere]

My friend gave me a stuffed monkey plushy when I was struggling with uni, and I took him everywhere for like four years, usually velcrod to my backpack. No one said a damn thing, except my renaissance professor who saw it one day in the hallway and cracked the fuck up because I had a literal monkey on my back and he just looked at me like, “oh god, me too”. I used to leave him on desks during classes and exams (the monkey, not my prof). It was my reminder that someone cared if I was coping. But more than that it was soothing to have something to fidget with that wasn’t a pen. I used to ping those fucking things across the room I was so agitated. Harder to hurt people with a projectile stuffed monkey.

[kripke-is-my-king]

I got what I thought was a normal screen cleaning kit for my computer while I was in college. Much to my delight, instead of a little washcloth or whatever, the kit came with a tiny stuffed pig. 

So I carried this pig in my backpack all through college, periodically taking it out, spraying my screen, and using the pig to wipe it off. 

Now, I kept the pig in the side pocket of my bag where he was completely visible.

Then one day in screenwriting class I pulled him out to wipe my screen. 

One of the guys sitting next to me looked appalled. “You’re wiping it off with your little stuffed animal??” 

I explained what the pig was. 

Turns out, the guy had noticed it and just thought it was adorable I carried a stuffed animal with me every day. He’d never mentioned it before. 

Honestly, people do not care, and will not say anything. No matter the reason for your little stuffed animal friend. 

[marcys-underground]

And if you’re still really nervous about it keep a stuffed animal keychain on your bag. I have a cute little frog that stays on my backpack so when work gets stressful I can squeeze it.

[peanutbutterbananasmoothie-deac]

For my anxious followers.

[destinyiartthou]

I love this so much. It reminds me that people can just be accepting, and if they aren’t - it’s by their choice. It isn’t a default.

[fangirltothefullest]

I’ve seen people in college wearing pjs and art students always carry weird atuff. I saw a person in a suit by the math building holding what looked like a keychain with three if those fuzzy ball things in different colours and no one said a word. Bring your plushies and friends with you! Heck, if you have an office job you can bring a friend with you and keep them on your desk and if you work gets you can find a friend on a keychain and keep them on your belt, no one will care and you’re little friend can help you feel better!

Don’t let society bully you into changing. Inagead, lets change society into being accepting.

[transcendent-acedia]

I carried a little stuffed seal for two years in high school and it helped me get through awful tests and just shitty life in general.

I also have about five plush keychains and they all have names and I love them all dearly

Two of my college friends impulse bought me stuffed animals and I’d carry them in my backpack 24/7. I’d literally take out books and stuff to make room for them. I’d pull one out if I needed comfort or I was freaking out and the only comments people made were asking if they could hug them. (Several of my college friends have bought me stuffed animals I keep in my dorm that I ADORE, these two specific ones were just very squishy and I was able to squeeze them into my bag) @chaoticlgbt @eyes-like-a-miracle we stan ED and Andrew

[buffyseasonsix]

I knew a senior last year who carried a few stuffed animals around everywhere. They were in the diversity club and if someone wasn’t doing well during weekly check in they would pass one of their stuffed animals around.

[aspen-thorn2001]

this makes me so happy it’s so wholesome??? like okay I’ve never carried around a stuffed animal in public or anything but I definitely have a few with deep sentimental value

[raptorific]

I still think it’s hilarious that the reason nobody ever figures out Superman’s secret identity or where he lives or what he does when he’s not saving the planet, is because he already told them all the Kryptonian stuff that can’t be tied to any of his human friends or family. I guarantee you the in-universe wikipedia article on Superman lists his name as Kal-El and the “personal life” section says that he lives full-time at his private fortress of solitude at the north pole. Nobody in the world looks at Clark Kent and thinks “oh my god, maybe he’s superman!” for the same reason nobody ever starts to suspect that their coworker who looks KINDA like Barack Obama is actually secretly Barack Obama – They know who Barack Obama is and know what he does and they know their coworker Greg is Greg and not Barack Obama. They have no reason to assume Barack Obama secretly moonlights as Greg The IT Guy at their workplace even though they’ve never seen Greg and Obama in the same place. At best, “Greg is secretly Obama” would be a running joke at the office, and the same is true at the Daily Planet. “Kal-El of Krypton, who lives in a CRYSTAL PALACE at the NORTH POLE and whose dayjob is SUPERMAN, sometimes puts on a suit and pretends to be a clumsy reporter and lives in a one-bedroom walkup in Metropolis” is a ridiculous concept to anyone who doesn’t already know it’s true

[mousathe14]

[bigpastapete-deactivated2018060]

[From Max Landis’ amazing “American Alien” series about Superman.] SO GOOD

[detective-birdy]

SCREAM 👏🏻 IT 👏🏻 TO 👏🏻 THE 👏🏻 BACK 👏🏻 SO EVERYONE 👏🏻 CAN 👏🏻 HEAR

[logisticbumm]

His shit eating grin in the last one sells it

[reformed-roark]

I love the idea of Clark Kent turning up to every office Halloween party in an ill-fitting Superman costume from Target.

[joshscorcher]

Still one of my favorite clips from Superman: The Animated Series.

[fidgetelftree]

This has gotten bigger since I last saw it ant that’s FANTASTIC

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

Henry Cavill literally once stood in Time Square, in a superman t-shirt, under a giant poster of himself and no one recognised him, even though he was actively trying to be recognised.

[advanced-procrastination]

I’ve never seen this post but it just became my favorite post on the internet

[mercy-angel-09]

Wanna know the kicker?

In the first chapter of JLA’s “Divided We Fall Arc” both Clark and Bruce reveal their civilian identities to the rest of the League. This is post “Tower of Babel” where nobody but Clark still trusts Batman, and in order to start building trust again, Clark urges Bruce to unmask himself to the rest of the team because Bruce obviously knows who everyone else is. Bruce agrees on one condition, Clark has to “unmask” himself as well.

When the big reveal goes down, Kyle Rayner says it best re: Clark being Superman: “He doesn’t…wear a mask. I never even…thought he had a…day job…”

That’s right, the canon reason why nobody makes the connection between Superman and Clark Kent is because nobody thinks that Superman HAS a civilian identity.

Also, with a really good actor, Clark Kenting is entirely possible, as Christopher Reeve demonstrates in the 1978 Superman film.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

There was actually a story where a scientist at Lexcorp developed a computer program to analyse all available evidence and work out who Superman is

It figured out he was Clark…and Lex fired the scientist for wasting company resources because he COULDN’T BELIEVE that Superman would ever “Pretend” to be human because it would mean pretending to be “Weak”

90% of Superman’s disguise is everyone else doing the work for him

[ayellowbirds]

the best secret identity of all.

[dccomicsbookshelf]

I love every version of this post because they are all beautiful.

[siriusly-unbothered-leo-deactiv]

Ok wtf. This master post is glorious. First and foremost, Christopher Reeve’s Superman is freaking amazing like. Man. Second, the voice actors for the animated series are great like wow

[aspen-thorn2001]

this is one of the most fantastic things I’ve ever read

[lnc2]

i didn’t really know love until i watched pride and prejudice (2005) starring kiera knightly

[chatalyst]

ISNT IT SO GOOD

[aspen-thorn2001]

THE H A N D F L E X

[the-invisible-self]

My name is Erin Darling, and I’m a queer watercolor artist form Tacoma, WA. I paint original anthropomorphic characters and storybook scenes.

Art has been a lifeline for me. It connected me to people who chose to support me even when my kids’ dad left us, even when I came out of the closet as bisexual.

My first book came out in 2019: Coco and Olive, The Color of Love. It’s a story about blended family by international adoption advocate, Michelle Madrid-Branch.

My goal is to write and illustrate my own story books that feature inclusivity and queer characters.

Patreon has been key to stabilizing my income so that I can achieve that goal, and I send out fun perks to my patrons each month: stickers, fridge magnets, notecards and art prints.

It would mean a lot to me if you’d join my Patreon! The link is here!

[one-time-i-dreamt]

SO I RECEIVED MY MAIL TODAY AND

ERIN 🥺🥺🥺🥺 YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE FRIEND, ARTIST AND PERSON AND I LOVE YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS WAS SO SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL AND AN AMAZING SURPRISE 😭😭😭 I AM NEVER EVER GONNA USE THESE STICKERS ANYWHERE, I AM GONNA SAVE THEM AND CHERISH THEM, THANK YOU 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘😘😘😘😘🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 I DON'T DESERVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! IT ARRIVED A DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY AND REALLY MADE MY WHOLE WEEK 🥺🥺🥺🥺❤❤❤❤

[the-invisible-self]

You’re wrong. You deserve everything. And you should use the stickers bc then I can send you more.

PS: They’re waterproof, so you can basically stick them anywhere & they’ll last forever.

PPS: HAPPY FRICKIN BIRTHDAY

[one-time-i-dreamt]

W-WATERPROOF???? WATERPROOF!! OH MY DOG!!! I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THEM EVEN MORE, AND I THOUGHT THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE 🥺🥺🥺 THANK YOU SO MUCH A MILLION TIMES, LOVE YOU ❤❤❤

[aspen-thorn2001]

i’m living for the queer cats tbh

[goawfma]

sumn positive on ur dashboard 😭❤️

[jamaicanbornandbred]

[secretsunkept]

I just about died when jack dove under 😩😩

[aspen-thorn2001]

i’m in love with jack

[popsunner]

So there’s this huge dudebro in my class, who, yesterday, sat next to me. And I’m sitting there sweating because like… I’m wearing my shirt with the lesbian flag on it, and he’s the most popular jock in school, and always has this look on his face that say ‘I can and will kill you’. He looks me up and down, stares at me for a minute and then goes, “So. Girls in skirts and long socks, am I right?”

To which I nodded solemnly, both out of agreement, surprise and also a healthy amount of awkward fear. He nodded and went, “You get it.”

I said, “Yep.” He fistbumped me, and on went our lives.

[popsunner]

Oh! I forgot to mention! I saw him at lunch the same day, and he ran up to me, tapped me on the shoulder, pointed at this super sweet girl who comes to GSA and asked if she’s gay. I told him he should ask her because that’s not my place and he said he would.

I thought that would be the end of it.

Except ten minutes later he came back and told me he found out (she’s bi) and that both of us have a shot. I said “You more than me.” because he’s attractive and popular. 

But this wholesome dumbass looked really confused and asked, “Because I’m tall?’

[popsunner]

So this isn’t lesbian/jock solidarity but I thought you guys would want to know-

My math teacher was trying to fix the rolling whiteboard and he just offhand said “This would be easier with a wrench”

And deadass, dudebro said “Hang on” and then proceeded to pull a fucking wrench out of his backpack

[popsunner]

Update- after school today he saw me in the library and he didn’t say anything? He just pointed at the book he was holding and I gave him a thumbs up because it’s a pretty good book, and he went “Yes!” Really quiet and pumped his fist and then left

[popsunner]

Okay so today he asked me if I know how to help people having a panic attack and I was like yeah? And he smiled at me and then went “cool I think I’m having one”

And I was like what the fuck Colin we’re in the middle of Tech class sit down and we went out in the hall and sat there for a while and he told me about the test he’s stressed about so we kind of went over his study guide and when he was feeling better he kind of like… smacked his head against mine gently? And I helped him up even though he’s almost a foot taller than me and yeah

[popsunner]

Today at lunch we walked to the football field and laid in the grass and I told him thank you for being my friend (because I don’t have that many) and fistbumped me and said, “You always looked so nice and chill, how could I not want to be your friend?”

And honestly y’all, I would’ve started crying if he hadn’t sneezed and accidentally smacked me

[annabanannabeth]

[redherring80]

Goals, seriously.

[aspen-thorn2001]

this post is so good reblogging in hopes that I can get a dumbass jock for a friend (i’m bi but shhh it counts right)

[determinedapathy]

[aspen-thorn2001]

I work in a grocery store deli and one time this lady walked in and INSISTED that I make her fresh fried chicken even though we had a full container out in the hotbar that we’d made literally just an hour ago and we’d likely be wasting a lot of chicken if we made another one. she said she came in and got fresh chicken every single Tuesday evening and I was like ??? I work the closing shift every Tuesday and I’ve never had anyone, let alone her, specifically request that something be made fresh. customers can be the worst smh

[chatalyst]

the funniest part of kids from my childhood inviting me to Mormon prayer groups for sinners... after finding out I’m bisexual... is that there’s been gay people around longer than their religion... I pray for YOU angel. Repent and know GOD, baby sweetheart 😘🙏🏽

[aspen-thorn2001]

Reading this made me so sad. I grew up in a Mormon household and most of the time I feel like I can identify as Mormon and it feels like it’s something that fits me- no one has perfect faith, after all. I also identify as bisexual. I was lucky enough, though, that those I know from church have (for the most part, because of course there HAS to be the occasional homophobe smh) been incredibly loving and accepting. One of my favorite leaders is actually quite the advocate for LGBT+ rights and is incredibly proud of her gay son. Another family I know has a daughter who is a lesbian and a son who is bi, both of whom are accepted and loved. I myself have been so lucky as to receive love and support upon coming out and it absolutely breaks my heart to hear of others who don’t get that. The Mormon church is ~supposed~ to be about love and acceptance, but there will always be those who take it to an extreme. God has no place for that kind of hatred. Anyway. Didn’t mean to get all preachy or anything and I definitely didn’t intend to be like “not all Mormons,” it’s just that sometimes I forget how not everyone grows up in a community of encouragement rather than discouragement and it just makes me realize how fortunate I am to have that.

[aspen-thorn2001]

We tried the world, good God, it wasn't for us

-Hozier

[aspen-thorn2001]

I’m having way too much fun with this. It’s me!!

https://picrew.me/image_maker/257476

[chatalyst]

The Wall Between Us/In the Rain - Lullaby Version

Here’s my cover of The Wall Between Us and In the Rain (but with a twist). I hope you enjoy it ♥️

(I do not own this song, all rights go to @officialmiraculousladybug)

My other music:

My version of the reveal song

Memories (After the Reveal)

Also!! I’m saving up for a new computer, anything helps ♥️

Ko-fi

[aritsxn]

What!?! WHAT! this is so beautiful you incredible human im going to cry im so inspired now aaaaa

[aspen-thorn2001]

I love this ahhhh

[aspen-thorn2001]

glimpse of divinity

I stepped out of the shower today,

and for a few glorious moments, 

I was Mother Eve in the Garden of Eden,

having not yet tasted the forbidden fruit,

my body unclothed, and I unashamed,

hair tumbling, wild, stark against bare skin.

I was woman, created with celestial intent,

of godly purpose, shaped by divine hands,

and I glimpsed the glory in my reflection.

I stood on awe, at peace and at home.

too soon, the serpent snuck inside my mind,

poisonous thoughts polluting my head.

the fruit tempted, and I succumbed,

the taste sweet before fading away

and leaving only shame in its wake.

I have felt a fall of my own this day,

but I have also seen the light of truth:

the serpent would not have snuck in

if he did not fear the power that I held

when I saw myself and felt only love.

[aspen-thorn2001]

arsonist’s lullabye- a poem

humanity slips away slowly into pervading darkness,

chaos untangled into something unfathomable.

in the midst of the shadows, something crawls by,

slow, sweet, somehow seductive in its silence,

and suddenly strikes, flint against cold steel.

transfixing sparks fly into agrestal midnight

with a hiss that slithers, slipping into my mind,

voices whispering in a captivating cacophony.

as the smoke rises, i inhale infernal incense

and the voices rise, calling with silver tongues,

some haunting melody that holds my soul.

they sing of rapture, a sweet apocalypse

that tempts, a feral kind of fascination

that i cannot tear my eyes away from.

i will leave those whispers wild in the night

until they grow into a blaze of passion,

and yet i know i must keep them close;

the fire i found must be mine alone.

[aspen-thorn2001]

i have a great love for hozier??

man if i ever resort to witchcraft i want hozier to be my patron because there is NO WAY that man is mortal. he is a siren or fae or a nymph or greek god of some sort and that’s just the vibe okay like LISTEN to shrike and TELL ME you don’t wanna run through a field of wildflowers LISTEN to as it was and TELL ME you don’t wanna gallivant through a forest by the light of a full moon LISTEN to arsonist’s lullabye and TELL ME you don’t wanna light a bonfire and dance around it weaving in and out of the shadows while singing praises to the stars. there’s something just so hypnotic and captivating about his music and lyrics that pulls you in and takes a hold of your soul and never lets go

I found this camera on the subway and look what was inside...

[cumonthevoid]

[yosoymalk]

I would marry this man

[the-angels-take-asgard-deactiva]

guys we broke another post because this one’s not showing any notes

[lualmu]

When I liked it, it flashed “0 notes”

[ghost-slut18]

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

[dickplinko]

I hope he’s doing okay

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I’ve found his blog!

Andrew McDonald – Children's author

Author of children's books including the bestselling Real Pigeons series.

10 years have passed and he’s a published author now! He’s still a hilarious goofball, from what I can tell.

[aspen-thorn2001]

i have such an indescribable love for this entire thing

[woscomic]

Caraval <3 <3 

[aspen-thorn2001]

okay I know there’s not like ~a lot~ out there but this is my favorite caraval fanart I’ve ever come across