Bolin on Duty

Independent Roleplay & Ask blog for Bolin from The Legend of Korra. Please read the Roleplay Rules About Muse pages

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Bolin your dang military uniform is so hard to make. You would THINK the metal epaulets wouldn't be too hard to make but you'd be wrong. They're giving me so much grief (mostly trying to get the shiny, metallic look to them but fortifying the craft foam is taking so long too). All I can hope is that doing the embroidery details will be more of a breeze since I seem to have a knack for that. 

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"I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha ha!"

“You won’t be laughing when you get an earth disc to the face.”

With the reemergence of the Air Nomads it had been a mutual agreement that probending needed to start including the option for an airbender to compete. Originally the plan had been to sit down and brainstorm ideas for how arenas would limit airbending ability, what color belts they’d wear, and if teams would need all four elements. How foolish of them to think that’d would be the outcome. In some strange turn of events Bolin was now aiming an earth disc toward Kai who, by the looks of it, was enjoying this all too much.  

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"Ah ah ah," Kai tutted with a shake of his head, "you know the rules. No earth bending at the head. Not that I think I couldn’t dodge it anyway…”

Standing ready, he was prepared to leap in any direction necessary to avoid the earth disc. This was fun for him. The Air Nomads had plenty of competitive games but it was just as exciting to play with other kinds of benders. Especially with his ‘big brother’ showing him how to play such a popular sport.

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For once in his life Bolin wished the rules allowed for head shots. Not for the ability to hurt Kai, but more to see if he really could dodge a shot. Of course that didn't mean Bolin couldn't make it look like he was going to disregard that little detail.

"Change of rules little bro!"

Bolin stepped toward Kai; his arm was pulled back and thrusting forward with the momentum of his body. The earth disc rushed forward, only a blur from Bolin's point of view, seemingly toward Kai's head. A classic move. Channeling his energy in his fist with a precise curve of his wrist would make the disc curve in a chosen direction at the last second. Perfecting that move took him years. It was a long shot, but maybe Kai would fall for it.

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"We'll always be together, right?"

Bolin was caught off guard by her question. Was she looking for something from him? Was there a right way to answer this? It was true that they had been spending an increasingly large amount of time together. It was innocent. That’s something that friends did. Both of them found an escape from the hassle of life in each other’s company. A few nights of playing Pai Sho and watching movers had turned into a few weeks and then into a routine. Sometimes he’d help her with business and sometimes she’d give him tips with his acting or writing. Everything was friendly. Her question demanded some form of delicacy in answering. 

”Just because you sell Satomobiles doesn’t mean you have to act like a serious business woman all the time.” Taking a more serious, but still upbeat tone he continued on, “Of course we will. Always.”

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"I despise guessing games."

Giving in just wasn’t in his nature. More accurately losing wasn’t in his nature. Guessing games were just another version of a probending match to Bolin. Jinora would take a shot at him in the form of a question and he would dodge by avoiding answering. If she fell for it he got a point and if he answered her she’d get a point. So far the match was tied zero to zero. Viewing it in this manner gave him all the more incentive to avoid her probing. There might also have been the tiny detail that if he did fess up to being the one to nearly destroy half of Air Temple Island she would come up with some punishment worse than her breaking the nonaggression policies of the Air Nomads.  

”Then we should play a game of Pai Sho,” Bolin offered. A pathetic attempt to change the subject. 

[rightisntalwayseasy-archive]

if i follow you i want to rp with you

i’m just too scared to make the first move.

[officialdotpixis-deactivated201]

don’t ever feel bad for asking me to tag a trigger

i do not care what the trigger is

i will tag it for you

you have legitimate reasons to be triggered by it

and i am not one to question those reasons

so just send me an ask

and i will tag it all the time in future

your wellbeing is worth twenty extra seconds of my time at least

[ohmykorra]

i’m not a quality blog, i’m an equality blog 

[samanthadoodles]

Warm-up doodles.

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//So very tired. As in I just fell asleep on my laptop like it was a pillow tired. So I'll reply to the Lion King asks (aervagae & industrialist-asami), finish up drafts (hotheaded-avatar, weibeifongrp, & degenerate-rich-girl), and any random asks in my inbox tomorrow hopefully. 

[artsywitchling]

I drew some sketches :D Thanks to the smut-anon.

I felt very inspired, okay? :D (And it’s still more cute than smutty)

Bopal for all of you! I had fun. I maybe finish a few of them.

Maybe I screw up the high difference, but boys grow until they’re 25, so I have an excuse! :D

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"I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha ha!"

“You won’t be laughing when you get an earth disc to the face.”

With the reemergence of the Air Nomads it had been a mutual agreement that probending needed to start including the option for an airbender to compete. Originally the plan had been to sit down and brainstorm ideas for how arenas would limit airbending ability, what color belts they’d wear, and if teams would need all four elements. How foolish of them to think that’d would be the outcome. In some strange turn of events Bolin was now aiming an earth disc toward Kai who, by the looks of it, was enjoying this all too much.  

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"The monkey's his uncle?"

Rohan and Bolin were standing in front of a massive enclosure that had a suspicious lacking of hog monkeys for an exhibit dedicated to them. The only way anyone would have known it was for hog monkeys was because of the small placard stating it. Not only did the enclosure lack the promised monkeys, but the day at the zoo had exhausted the earthbender causing a slight onset of delirium. He had been telling Rohan a story about how the zookeeper had been claimed as an honorary member of the animal family. 

”Yeah! That monkey over there,” Bolin said pointing to one emerging from a shaded area of the enclosure, “claimed the zookeeper as his nephew. It’s causing quite a lot of tension between the monkeys which is why there aren’t many here." 

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//When Bolin is alone, well away from his friends, his family or even Pabu, what sorts of things go through his mind? Does he have any daydreams that he doesn't dare speak of? Perhaps regret and heavy despair for whichever reason?

//OH MY GOD I JUST SAW THIS. I mean I didn’t just see this but I went on a random hiatus and forgot this was here and just saw it since my return. 

Well he is afraid of failure and when he’s able to escape away from everyone he usually mulls over those feelings. When he’s around everyone else he pushes those feelings under the rug and comes off as completely fine; there isn’t really a good outlet for him (in his own mind) to express these things except when he’s away. All his life he also struggled with feelings of inadequacy because he’s always been compared to Mako and all the horrible feelings bubble to the surface when he’s away. His one major regret is with being too naive with Kuvira; taking her word for granted without much critical thought. In his mind he thinks things wouldn’t have gotten so bad if he had left the military sooner and actively worked against her. But if he isn’t in a horrible mood, he’ll usually write and create these stories in his mind that he wishes he could turn into movers or plays. A particular one he really enjoys working with is similar to Les Mis (with the whole poverty, war, and religion messages). During the bulk of all the events in the books he never got a great chance to nourish his creativity like that. It’s only till weeks after the end of Book 4 and the repairs of Republic City are done that he can devote some serious time to figuring out what he wants to do with his life. 

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Stater sentences inspired by The Lion King

"I despise guessing games."

"Forgive me for not leaping for joy."

"You're so weird."

"Be prepared."

"You have no idea."

"Anything but that!"

"Let me get this straight."

"Did I miss something?"

"I don't believe it."

"The monkey's his uncle?"

"Please don't eat me."

"Are you talkin' to me?"

"Ya shouldn't have done that."

"No, look harder."

"I can't go back."

"You said you'd always be there for me!"

"Ahh, so you haven't told them your little secret?"

""Tell me it's not true."

"Murderer!"

"It was an accident!"

"Don't ever do that again!"

"We'll always be together, right?"

"Stop that."

"Ow! Jeez, what was that for?"

"It doesn't matter."

"Temper, temper."

"I wouldn't dream of challenging you."

"Pity! Why not?"

"Pinned you again."

"This is so humiliating."

"We could get in big trouble."

"I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha ha!"

"You can't do anything to me."

"You could have been killed!"

"I'm surrounded by idiots."

"No, fool. We're going to kill him/her."

"You are such a naughty boy!"

"Can we keep him?"

"I saved you."

"Hey, Boss!"

"Forget it!"

"Very peculiar."

"What made you come back?"

"You don't deserve to live."

"Why should I believe you?"

"I'm not like you."

"Run. Run away. And never return."

"Ewww, gross."

"Not in front of the kids!"

"Life's not fair, is it?"

"Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?"

"Cactus-Butt?"

"I am a genius."

"Asante sana Squash banana, Wiwi nugu Mi mi apana!"

"I think you're a little confused."

"Pay attention!"

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Have you heard of the Easter jackalope?

"Mako always said it was the Easter jackalope that hid my breakfast in the morning once a year."

"I don’t think it’s very festive of the jackalope to do that…"

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Who's better at probending: you or Mako?

"Do you want me to get incinerated?”"It’s totally me"