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Zutara | Tadelsa | Phantom of the Opera Station 19 | The West Wing | Greys | Heated Rivalry (ily boy aquarium & aquariums) Bi disaster | 24 | She/her AuDHD & POTS

[awkward-txrtle]

Still can't believe that Katara chose fuckin Caillou over His Royal Highness Flaming Hot Fireflakes

[darlingofdots]

let's think of some Bits in the Hollander-Rozanov household because every good relationship needs incomprehensible and insufferable Bits:

the random Russian nouns as pet names, obviously

turning to Anya to arbitrate who won the race/loads the dishwasher correctly/scored a sexier goal etc

Ilya. Ilyusha. Ilyushenka. Ilyushenkechka.

and who won Rookie of the Year????

"I have never said this in my life"

threatening to tell Yuna

"pass me the remote?" — "come and get it" — [wrestling]

butt slapping. at every opportunity.

"we will have to shoot you like lame horse" when one of them gets so much as a papercut

idioms translated literally into the wrong language

"this is not hall of fame behaviour"

"who should I bring as my plus one" and listing random people while the other pouts

[drabbles-and-rambles]

I saw a post about Shane and Ilya being sad that they can't thank each other in their acceptance speeches like other can with their spouses and it got me thinking:

Ilya wins his first awards and hes got nobody he really wants to thank after his team and coach cause he he hates his family but he knows his speech is too short so on impulse he goes "And I want to thank Shane Hollander for being slightly worse than me this season". Everyone knows it was going to one of those two, so everyone thinks hes an asshole to say that but whats new so it works for him. But from then on it then becomes a bit for both of them to thank each other in their speeches in a snide way as a reason they won.

Shane winning the Art Ross Trophy (Awarded to the player who leads the league in total points at the end of the regular season). and going "special thanks to Rozanov for missing at least 5 shots this season, he was a huge help"

Ilya winning the Conn Smythe Trophy (Awarded to the most valuable player for his team in the playoffs.) "Just want to give a quick shout out to Hollander for getting knocked out in the second round this season. Must hate to see me up here."

They find a way to mention the other in their speeches every time all the time.

[zorosnavigator]

Zutara shippers pointing out the mysogyny, the sexism, the direspect of real cultures throughout the writing of the show instead of kissing the creators's asses is not being 'disrespectful'; Zutara shippers suggesting how Zuko's and Katara's arcs were mirrored and could have been a good conclusion if they had been canon is not 'being toxic', Zutara shippers criticizing that the writing and 'development' of the official couples left much to be desired is not being 'malicious'.

You know what is disrespectful, toxic and malicious though?? - Zutara artists being harassed, quoted with toxic comments, compared with 'better' or 'more accurate' representation from other ppl's art; - writers and shippers whose own Zutara post are being screenshoted across all social platforms to mock and further their harrasment of the Zutara fandom; - WOC whose sexuality and ethnicity are being questioned and called into doubt; - making a poll for your little followers and (sexually) harass an ZK user who gasp! has the audacity of not keeping her head down and is actively replying to your insults and harassment. I could go on and on with numerous examples but thats the irony here: it could go on and on (and it will, of that i have no doubt), it wouldnt matter because it stopped being abt fictional characters a long time ago, now Zutara 'problematic' dynamics is just a piss poor excuse to bully ppl off using morality brownie points and call yourself a good little sjw behind your screen.

[rifari2037]

This is the prove that Zutara is colonized x colonizer trope just a bulshit!

What do you mean, Zutara is impossible because Zuko attacked Katara's village, but Zukka is different... like Katara and Sokka are not from the same village???

This is just as the same as when they say, "Katara was so cool threatening to kill Zuko if he hurt our sweet Aang."

But then they label Zuko a bad influence for encouraging her to overcome her trauma, just because the sweet Aang advised her with his beliefs.

What a hypocrite?! Zutara is not your cup of tea, is alright! But, can you just not contradict yourself?

How were they supposed to make it work?

The characters development?

Zuko attacked Katara's village in the very first episode, but then he jumped into the lightning just to save her in the very last episode!

That's how to make it work!

And before you said, "Zuko would do that for the rest of the Gaang! Katara is not special for Zuko!"

No, you're wrong!

Katara is indeed special for Zuko when he asked ONLY Katara to help him face Azula! He trusts her, and that's how and why he gave up his life and throne to her.

[sokkastyles]

Love it when they accidentally imply that Sokka is okay with his grandma being barbecued.

[zutaranti]

"Sorry to burst your bubble, but Zuko paid more attention to Katara as a genocide survivor than Aang ever did."

people expect those affected by the fire nation's crime to be perfect victims while zuko's active participation and his family being directly responsible for katara's trauma so taking accountability on his part is literally necessary, like this is equivalent to saying zutaras paid more attention to zuko as an abused child than they ever care about aang or katara as genocide survivors (but it's facts) lol

[sneezypeasy]

Aren’t you the one who mocked an Iranian Zutarian last week while she’s been under bombardment for months

[thatastrobae]

The first time you’re mentioning Iran btw

[sneezypeasy]

How many times do I need to mention Iran before I can call out zutaranti?

[thatastrobae]

Hell…at least once but even then you’ll still be calling them out on something they didn’t even do.

[sokkastyles]

No, actually, nobody has to mention anything on their fandom blog to be able to defend themselves from harassment over a cartoon ship, sorry.

And somebody else had the gall to call sneezy performative, lmfao.

[sokkastyles]

Let's talk about the ableism, too.

[medrawawi]

gimme kiss 😙

[baldphobickatara]

Anti Zutara people when Zutara shippers have the audacity to still enjoy their ship despite their very dedicated mass harassment campaign

[chiptrillino-art]

(id in ALT text)

well hi uh... long time no post. have some kataras!

her adult design is the only one i have zeros complains about!

Figure skaters are surprisingly good references for waterbending.

1 . 2 . 3

[disorientation]

Having a "stupider people have done this" attitude about the things you want to do can open so many doors

[oshell-on-ice]

Is how I got through basic training

[oshell-on-ice]

I think Shane and Ilya are the type of couple that gives you whiplash. They’re touchy feely lovey dovey staring into each other’s eyes with their ring finger hooked because they’re married and so enamoured with each other’s one second and the next Shane is wrestling Ilya to ground while Ilya is trying to bite him and kicking him in the ribs for freedom. And you can’t separate them because they’ll be very upset.

[mina-logan]

Some art about coffee and certainly nothing else

[drawballa]

Sleepy boys 💤

[andorology]

brooding men who cannot communicate their feelings if their life depended on it are only hot when they're fictional. if i have to deal with one in real life i will curse him and pray for his downfall every night before i go to bed

[kestrel-tree]

It's because the writer communicates their feelings for them. If people wanna pull that off in real life they need to hire a guy to walk around behind them narrating.

[bananonbinary]

#can i be the guy#ill narrate SO incorrectly#theyll all learn how to talk for themselves just to shut me up (via @cirrus-grey)

i'm loving the implication that this isn't something they hired you for, but something you'd do as some sort of public service.

[cloakedlizard]

Why do antis act like people are crazy for saying Aang could be called abusive or that Kataang would be toxic?

What tf do you call forcefully kissing someone who just said no to you?? What do you call telling someone you'd go into an out-of-control murderous time bomb state over the idea that they might not like you back?? Would you feel safe telling someone who literally holds the fate of the world in their hands no right after they told you that??

If you feel obligated to protect someone's feelings and don't feel comfortable directly saying no to them because they threaten or assault you, or idk, might run away and cause the end of the world, that's a form of coercion.

And if you don't care about all that for some reason, neglect is also a form of abuse, so it's not like adult Aang is looking too much better either lol.

[blacksheepcolorfulskin]

Ilya and Shane’s son brings a girl home and Ilya makes a big production of pretending to be incensed that that his son is straight. (“I told you we never should’ve let him be around Hayden!”) Shane keeps whacking him in the arm telling him to knock it off but can’t help laughing. Their son is just rolling his eyes and apologizing to his girlfriend who is finding it all hysterical. She then tells them she’s actually bi and Ilya gives her a big dramatic hug. “Finally he brings a nice girl home!”

[scp-1296]

this is not a joke you losers need to get a grip