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allura-raine

#art

ideksams

he's telling the truth 🫶

shiro-s2e2-erukinzu

Yes!! 💗

#loid forger #yor forger #twiyor #spy x family

atlaculture

Hi, I've seen the view that each nation was based on a specific country, and I think it's what most people think. The fire nation = japan, earth = china, water tribes - inuit, and air nomads = tibet. I wanted to hear your take on it.

It's a pretty common take, and one that I actually used to believe during the show's original run (I was age 13-16 during that period). People like simple and straightforward answers and non-European history/anthropology isn't a very common interest in the English-speaking world. Actually, one of the reasons I started this blog was noticing that even content creators that I consider to be more generally knowledgeable than me were getting some basic cultural details wrong when discussing aspects of ATLA that they liked.

To be honest, I think "the common take" is a good enough framework for the needs of most fan works. Most fan creations focus on fun interactions between our favorite characters, romance, or character studies. Culture is usually secondary in these stories; it doesn't really matter if the creator thinks the Blue Spirit is wearing a noh mask or if Zuko chooses to marry his story's love interest in a Japanese-style wedding. Obviously, I'd prefer if the nuances of show's worldbuilding were taken into consideration, but it's not a requirement for a fanwork's enjoyability or quality.

I don't like nitpicking or policing how other people engage with media. The way a work speaks to a person is so unique to that individual's experiences, that I don't want to be that one guy who goes "Actually, you're doing it wrong..." Now if you ask me for my perspective or analysis of something, then you will get a whole ass essay, as is my style. And, if someone gives you guff over your own fanwork not sticking to "the common take", then feel free to send them my way.

However, my main goal with this blog is to make learning about different cultures enjoyable/approachable and using ATLA as the conduit for that. It's also a really great outlet for my impulse to deep dive and research various topics. Looking at the material "reality" of ATLA and coaxing out these small character details or unseen side stories that may have happened is incredibly fun. If other people end up incorporating my posts into their own headcanons or fanworks, then that's the cherry-on-top.

#atla

holly-warbs

Couple on the escalator. Digital sketch for the latest animation.

#art

the-great-duck

I love the entire concept of spy x family so much. The first time I watched it I felt like it was an original, new, never seen before sort of plot.

Like in shounen we get kids being given insane amounts of responsibility at such a young age, and the adults around them don't care or feel responsible for them.

But in spy x family we see the main motivator of one of the main cast is protecting children from living the nightmare childhood that he lived.

And the kids, Anya and her classmates, they feel so real, it's so well written. It feels like childhood experiences of messing around with friends and the process of making friends when you were a kid.

I'm not a kid anymore, but there are some moments in this anime that sort of feel like they're forming a core memory. It reminds me of my childhood.

This makes the message of war is bad, and children are it's worst victims so powerful. We see the two types of experiences these kids and mostly Anya have, like normal childhood kids stuff at school, then stuff like the bus hijacking and all the other situations Anya gets into cuz of her mind reading skills.

And the mind reading itself was a result of experiments done in an effort to gain an advantage over the enemy. Anya herself is already a victim of the war, and yet living with Twilight gives her a chance for a normal childhood.

Twilight doesn't know about it, but he tries his best to protect her from his work. So he's not like adults in normal shounens, he's actually trying his best to give Anya a good childhood even though he says it's "all for the mission".

He does pressure her to study, but he doesn't want to traumatize her so he gives her breaks.

It's not like the usual shounen message of work until you get it or you're not my student thing.

And the romance is sort of barely there but also it's building up. I thought it would be like unspoken, as is usual in a lot of action animes, but it's more like it has to be spoken at one point cuz these characters are dumbasses.

Alright that's my rant for today. I leave you with these thoughts.

#anya forger #yor forger #loid forger #spy x family

stillgotscars

you know what’s exceptionally impressive? taylor was not only ranked the 7th greatest living american songwriter in a poll conducted by the new york times, she’s also the only person under the age of 75 in the top 10. she’s in a league of her own among her contemporaries, and it’s time everyone accepted it.

#also the poll was of 25000 readers for anyone who’s curious #prev #nyt 2026 #taylor swift

aisatsaa

we'll meet again don't know where, don't know when

#aang #avatar the last airbender #atla

sabrinaicons

sabrina carpenter + paintings packs | like if you save. | headers © to the owners!

#sabrina carpenter #icons #headers

twilighthunt

I think one of the most fascinating aspects of Spy x Family is that despite being a shonen, where the cast in this genre usually features teenagers with some adults here and there due to being aimed at a teenage demographic, the franchise’s main characters and supporting cast is comprised of nearly every age group EXCEPT teenagers. You have the adults (eg. Loid, Yor, Franky, Fiona, etc), toddlers (eg. Anya, Damian, Becky, etc), and senior citizens (Henry and Martha).

Spy x Family‘s characters consists of various age groups but there’s barely a teenager in sight and it isn’t limited to which age group gets to do stuff that matters either. Not that there's anything wrong with having teens as protagonists, but making the main protagonist a man possibly in his late 20s or early 30s and the main character group being two adults, a child, and a dog is quite refreshing and one of the reasons why these characters stand out so much.

#spy x family