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None of the people he showed look like each other and yet he looks like all of them
ghibli movies said youre gonna be really confused for 1hr 30mins but it’ll be breathtaking so you wont even be mad about it
to this day not even sure what happens at the end of howls moving castle but damn if bird howl doesnt look cool as fuck
Ok but imagine being toph in that desert like it’s hot as balls, you can’t see shit, you’re thirsty and overall not having a good time. All of a sudden there’s a loud explosion sound, and you feel wind rushing past you, you ask what’s going on and the only fucking context you get is katara going “what is that?” And sokka’s ass telling you it’s a mushroom that could be friendly.
We never hear any mention of Lu Ten’s mother, implying that I can make any headcanons I want about this, including:
Lu Ten is an Earthbender
That’s it that’s the post goodbye
Ok, but this leads to a series of potential follow-up headcanons:
Lu Ten is commonly believed to be a non-bender
(it’s not widely publicised that the wife of the Crown Prince is from the Earth Kingdom, given the war and everything)
(and then she dies and quickly fades into obscurity)
(besides, no-one looks at a prince of the Fire Nation and thinks ‘hey, I wonder if he’s an earthbender’)
(…this includes Lu Ten himself)
Due to his lack of firebending, Lu Ten becomes proficient with metalweapons instead
(hence why he suggests it as an alternative for Zuko when his cousin is frustrated with his own lack of bending progress)
He knows all the tactical theory - the common attacks and how to counter them, the prefered defences and how to get around them - but he’s never actually seen earthbending
Until he gets to the Front, that is
Lu Ten quickly gains a reputation for being lucky against earthbenders
(he always seems to guess correctly which way to dodge to avoid flying rocks, when to move before the ground erupts from under him)
(there were a couple of notable examples when he was able to warn his unit about imminent ambush by tunnelling earthbenders)
He plays it all off as a combination of luck and perception, but he can’t help but wonder…
He starts paying more attention to the earthbenders he fights, not just matching forms to effects, but the nuances of stance and gesture
Then he goes for a hike one day, far away from anyone who might see, and tries some of the forms for himself
…
…well fuck.
He can’t keep it a secret
Now that he’s finally felt the perfect exhilaration of bending, he’s not sure he can just give it up again
And now that his chi has learned to move in the surrounding earth, he’s not sure he can keep it from reaching out anyway
It only takes one person to see something they shouldn’t, and tell someone they shouldn’t, and he won’t know that the charade has all fallen apart until it’s too late
He can’t tell his father - part of him is worried that Iroh will react badly, but part of him knows he won’t… and that’s worse
(everyone knows that victory in the siege is imminent, the moment that will make the General’s career)
(but the scandal of the Dragon of the West having an earthbender for a son would overshadow even such an achievement)
(he won’t put his father in a position where he has to make that choice)
He can’t tell his grandfather - (Azulon is the Fire Lord, and the good of the Nation will always come first
(while he could overlook Lu Ten being a non-bender, he won’t want to risk of having an earthbender so high in the line of succession)
(not when he has two sons and another two grandchildren all as proper firebenders)
(he’s not sure just what actions his grandfather might take, but he’s not going to wait to find out)
He can’t tell his uncle - Lu Ten has no illusions about the man; he will see this as an opportunity
(while Azulon might be swayed to leniency, Ozai will do everything in his power to permanently remove his nephew… and probably his brother while he’s at it)
(one way or another)
But perhaps that is the answer
Lu Ten is a prince of the Fire Nation. Lu Ten is an earthbender. These facts cannot coexist
He cannot change what he is, but he can change who he is
(it breaks his heart to do this to his father, but it must be done)
Prince Lu Ten dies, and a nameless earthbender slips in through the broken walls of Ba Sing Se
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(Years later, a golden-eyed earthbender walks into a teashop for a surprise family reunion)
Hey!! I’m super nervous about this but ADHD Awareness Month is winding down and I really wanted to share some information on rejection sensitivity before it ended. This is a defining feature of ADHD that is often overlooked, despite how harrowing it can be for those of us who experience it! My main goal here was to remind my fellow ADHDers that they are not alone!
The transcript version of this guide can be accessed here.
Lastly, ADDitude Magazine is a great resource for learning more about RSD and other ADHD symptoms. Happy friday!
This is great, OP!
In addition to the above broad categories, I wanted to list some examples of silly things that can trigger my RSD if it’s a really bad day:
* If I say “I love you” to someone I love and they respond “you too” instead of saying it back.
* If I make a joke and someone doesn’t laugh as much as I had hoped.
* If I message someone and they don’t respond as quickly as they usually do.
* If I do something wrong even SLIGHTLY, like if I forgot to do some small admin thing for my boss at work and my immediate reaction is panic and “oh my god he’s mad at me he’s definitely mad at me” (spoiler: he’s not and he never is as long as it really is small)
* If I offend someone I love even slightly and they call me in, like if I say something that is unintentionally classist and one of my closest people says eh that’s classist and here’s why. It doesn’t matter how gentle they are if it’s a bad day. I also still want them to do it, even if I have to take a deep breath and wipe my eyes!
What has helped RSD for me is
1) Ritalin
2) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
3) A general habit of just taking a deep breath and reminding myself that I am well-liked and that this will be okay.
RSD for me, when it’s more severe, feels like a sudden stabbing sensation right below my sternum, followed by my stomach feeling like it’s flipping over, like when something bad happens and you immediately lose your appetite.
broken tornado siren
official anthem of 2020
I’ve heard this before, but I still take psychic damage every time I hear it
Not to double reblog, but this would be an interesting application to nuclear semiotics. If this sound could be preserved and serve as a proximity alarm for places that aren’t meant to be disturbed, how well would that work?
I mean I absolutely wouldn’t go near any weird structures just blaring this.
This is not a broken tornado sirin. This is a full on tornado warning sirin. The pattern is called an alternating wail. It has begun to be utilized for Two reaons. One, the normal key up sirin holds a note, and backs off slowly. If you are headphoned or doing loud work it can be hard to hear. Two, hollywood has desensitised us to the origanal sirin. It is offputting and loud, but does not create the sense of urgency needed durring an emergency.
the alternating wail was designed with a spin up and spin down, and half octive jumps timed diffrently then the patern of the primary wail. It is just off enough that it instantly makes you feel unease and danger.
Which is what its designed to warn about!
i love tumblr because there’s literally no pressure to network. everyone is anonymous and just posts stupid shit. you bond with people over said stupid shit. there’s no place for influencers here lmao
We all live in the same dumpster. What’re they gonna do, judge my trash heap?
sometimes I tweet about the funny/cute/utterly bizarre shit my 3rd graders do and say
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happy monday folks
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Aizawa/ Panther, Eri/ Goat, Nejire/ Gazelle, Mirio/ Golden Retriever, Tamaki/ Snow Leopard, Fatgum/ Blakiston Fish Owl, Sir Nighteye/Cat.
Spinner/ Gecko, Kurogiri/ Elk, Shigaraki/ Rat, Dabi/ Cat, Twice/ Pitbull, Toga/ Vampire Bat, All might/Bald Eagle, All for one/Andean Condor.
This video somehow pinpoints my exact sense of humor
I’m gonna scream
boy oh boy sure am glad that during this crisis I get to experience Capitalist Plenty
and not Socialist Deprivation
rlly makes u think
hahahahahaha!!!!!!!! 50 years on and Vietnam is still beating America’s ass !!!!!!!!!!
You know how china lies?
Vietnam does the same shit.
I live in vietnam and the number is actually that low lmao vietnam has closed down schools and universities and started online learning since feb. they have praticed social distancing and lock down for 20 days now. The government literally spent billions to put tourists in quarantine for free to health check them everyday for fourteen days to make sure community spread doesn’t happen. They’re willing to risk the economy as long as the people are safe. Like you do know vietnamese people have access to the internet right???
Population differences you people, America has significantly more people total
wow you’re such a genius, if only there were statistics for the number of cases per million people so we could scale it to population size, such as here:
can any mathematicians tell us whether 3 or 3,379 is the larger number? can any number wizards help us out on that one
The lengths that people go to to try and force the idea that the us is great are just astounding really
Only one thing y’all can take from trans women. Notes.
i hope all of these girls have a great day and i love the girl who forgot her wig but the sis with the hijabi damn near made me cry sob i love this <3333333
Another thing abt this video: nearly every beauty involved is Indigenous or Black, the two minority groups of trans women that frequently get left out of discussions when it comes to highlighting trans women and their beauty, and the two groups at the highest risk of violence while trans. These women deserve love and praise just like y’all’s favorite white women do. Show up for Black and Indigenous trans women.
Fuck this is lovely
“What? Like, a disabled protagonist? How would that even work? How could someone with a disability be the hero in an action show?” local anime trash boy wonders while sitting next to his box sets of Full Metal Alchemist, showing no hint of irony or self awareness.
but is Ed really disabled? sure I get he lost his arm and leg
but he’s still able to move and do things perfectly
He has prosthetics. Having prosthetic limbs (that more than once break amd need repair) doesnt make him not disabled
It should also be noted that Ed:
-had to undergo very painful surgery to get automail
-had to relearn how to write because of his prosthesis (there’s a post going around showing he had to switch hands etc) and his handwriting is likely a lot worse due to that. This means automail isn’t super good for delicate work, unsurprising, considering what it’s made of.
-experiences phantom limb pain and therefore other associated stuff (this was only really shown in the manga)
-cannot go anywhere too cold without changing his automail or he’ll get really bad frost bite and it will stop working
-cannot go anywhere too hot, period, because the metal attached and under his skin will overheat and he will be badly burned
-Reattachment is painful, but needs to be done frequently if he breaks or outgrows his automail
- it’s HEAVY so much so that the strain has the potential to cause stress on his body, enough that it’s even theorized as possibly stunting his growth.
-it requires regular maintenance or it will break down, as shown when he forgets to do that and it…breaks down
-when it does need to be repaired, it takes time to do that, during which Ed uses regular prosthetics (that usually don’t quite fit him).
-costs a lot of money (not a problem for Ed due to high state alchemist salary/having mechanics as surrogate family, but explicitly noted to being the reason why most people in the fmaverse stick to regular prosthetics along with the painful surgery)
So Ed can’t actually do everything perfectly and experiences a lot of extra hassle, problems and pain people without automail don’t have to deal with! And any advantages he does have are more suited to fighting than day to day life (being able to incorporate weapons/fake out people who want to blow up his arm).
Arakawa did her research and thought it through. Automail is by no means a magic cure that solves all problems associated with losing a limb.
I’m kinda sad these two might not count.
Why wouldn’t they? Hiccup is missing a leg
But he doesn’t struggle.
Disability isn’t defined by” struggle” or suffering. Having a useful prosthetic doesn’t make them not disabled. Get the fuck out of here with that.
DISABILITY ISN’T DEFINED BY SUFFERING OR STRUGGLE
I will also point out (quietly, because that last point was SO important) that choosing not to show it on screen does not necessarily indicate a lack of either adaptation or difficulty. It might simply be none of our business.
Reblogging for that last comment…it’s really creepy how voyeuristic people act about it sometimes. Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean they’re not struggling…and their apparent struggle or lack thereof isn’t what “grants” them disabled status. It’s the fact of having a disability.
Also that’s just… not true. Hiccup DOES struggle sometimes and there’s a couple instances of them showing it. The Christmas special Gift of the Night Fury (which I am not even kidding, is canon, they reference it in the third movie) shows him having trouble on ice (you know, metal leg) and the movies do occasionally show him having a little trouble getting around.
A struggle because of a disability doesn’t have to be the most extreme thing. It can be a little extra annoyance that just makes things a little harder, or makes someone not able to do things like others would. Like a movie not having captions so a Dead/HoH person can’t watch it.
“But they have functional prosthetics so are they really disabled?”
Do you know the definition of the word disabled. Have you ever looked up what a disability is.
What the fuck is even happening here.
Also, Toothless very much does count as a disabled character as well, since he legitimately cannot fly without a prosthetic fin on his tail.
Plus, in HTTYD 2, Valka proceeds to introduce her son to several dragons who became disabled as a result of injuries from traps: one with a torn wing, one with a missing foot, and another that’s entirely blind. Plus, there’s Gobber, who’s missing two whole limbs! He has a gangling walk from his peg leg, and has to deliberately switch “hands” with his other and cannot always be properly equipped. We need not get into Drago, but the point remains that Hiccup, Gobber, and these dragons very much are disabled characters.
One could easily call Sol Regem of The Dragon Prince disabled as well, since the burns on his face completely and utterly ruined his sight. He can go by smell and hearing only, which was the saving grace of two beings that he normally would’ve been able to kill within moments. Plus, there’s the ever lovely General Amaya…who is deaf and communicates predominantly by sign and lip reading.
Plus, there’s the ever famous Toph, who while she greatly improved her life when she mastered vibration sight, it’s still imperfect. She still would rely on her friends when she couldn’t properly see (read, during the airship fight during the finale, or when they were putting up Appa’s Lost posters). Plenty of other disabled characters were also shown there.
But nothing else I can say can better enunciate the point than: Disability isn’t defined by” struggle” or suffering.
Bless this post…
anyone who says a disabled person doesn’t struggle, doesn’t know the fucking meaning of struggling. We hide more from the world than you could ever imagine.