life is a conundrum of esoterica

lucy | they/them | 20 | gemini

[shouldnt]

When ur writing an essay for a test and the teacher says u have 3 minutes left 

[hexblooded]

doctor who + text posts (6/?)

[liquidstar]

what the hell do you think was going through zuko’s mind when he was trying to “rescue” aang from zhao and aang starts trying to collect frogs off the ground and screams about how his friends NEED to suck on those

[oatmealaddiction]

So it’s 2020 can we talk about how Avatar portrays femininity as well as just gender in general?  You have Katara, Toph, Suki, and like 800 other amazing female characters who are out here being warriors and making a point that women can be incredible fighters too, and there’s an episode that addresses this explicitly where Katara duels Pakku and basically explodes his reductive view of women (best scene in the whole thing is when everyone carts her in to apologize to him.) And there’s a lot about women being encouraged to take part in traditionally masculine spaces, particularly again with Toph and Katara. Katara is great too because the show doesn’t draw a dichotomy between a fighter and a healer. Katara can be gentle and motherly and a good shoulder to cry on, while also being a hundred percent badass. 

But then also the show is really good (albeit a bit subtler) about the value in men embracing traditionally feminine traits and activities.  Our main character is pacifist vegetarian soft-boi who wears flower crowns and makes jewelry and spends a lot of time talking about his feelings and he is by and far the most morally sound character in the series who is completely at ease with who he is. 

Then you have Sokka who a lot of people have pointed out has an arc that’s basically “chug respect women juice,” and part of that arc includes him wearing the Kiyoshi uniform, something he feels emasculates him, (and which the show makes a joke about tbf) but then they turn it around and make the ensemble genuinely badass. 

And then sweet Zuko who is absolutely someone who is portrayed as caring and sensitive in his childhood (by no small part due to his mother’s influence) who is raised in probably the most toxically masculine environment in the show. The Fire Nation might have women in its ranks, but feminine traits like compassion, mercy, and basically any emotion that isn’t a desire for destruction are seen as disgraceful. It’s notable what gets Zuko banished is his refusal to fight his own father, and how that is labeled disrespectful. 

It’s also notable that the people and places that change Zuko are more feminine in nature. He works in a shop, cleaning and preparing tea. He meets two young women who drastically change his view on Earth Kingdom civilians. He spends time helping a family with children. And through all this he’s there with Iroh, a guy who enjoys music, culture, and natural beauty, who’s sensitive and dedicated to humble acts of kindness for others, and who Ozai dismisses as an embarassing failure. 

And the show ends with Zuko ditching all this toxicity and just being the guy he wants to be. He even hugs Aang at the end, something Season 1 Zuko would never do with anybody. Our boy hugs!

Like the show doesn’t just empower women by letting them fight, it also shows the power and value in emotional vulnerability and compassion that is usually only reserved for women. It empowers women to fight and kick ass while also deconstructing toxic masculinity. 

Tl:dr: Avatar says let women fight, and let men be emotionally open with each other and hug!

[softlygasping]

Zuko hasn't had any socialization with kids his age until he joins the gaang, and fire nation royalty aren't really ones to make jokes, so uncle irohs jokes are really the only sense of humor zuko has been exposed to and he thinks that's just what "funny" is

My point is that zuko thinks that Sokka is hilarious

[luvzuko]

sokka realizes this very quickly, which is why they immediately vibe

[yilinglaozuhot]

@dotsz don't leave these in the tags

[luvzuko]

LETS NOT FORGOT THAT THE PUNCHLINE TO ZUKO’S FAVORITE IROH JOKE WAS “LEAF ME ALONE, I’M BUSHED”

[whitepeopletwitter]

[nerdlingwrites]

This was my actual face when I read the sign.

[kaijuno]

[kreature-ofthenight]

gays dress like everyone from Jurassic Park tbh

[kaijuno]

Fair point

[margearys]

i love character dynamics where both the characters are actually very clever, but when left alone, they share the same one (1) braincell. yes i am talking about sokka and aang

[bisexygf]

this test determines if u can continue being gay or if u need to turn in your gay card

everyone is doing this now so

[film-bones]

this movie was so fucking savage 

[awkwordalex]

It’s important to know all these happened within like 60 seconds of each other

[peachywise]

the internet is so cursed, when people look back on the history of covid-19 it's going to look so different from the history of the plague because we will have left a trace of quarantine playlists all featuring toxic by brittany spears

[justsandnow]

That is why Toxic becomes an ancient earth ballad.

[marvelsmostwanted]

but i still want to know how jack harkness became a giant face

[mrspider-deactivated20221213]

‘tomboy’ literally was just parent code for ‘awwww this child is gay, now lets never address it and hope it goes away before it stops being cute’ like if you were a tomboy child im sorry

[trueshredguitar]

did yall vote

[trueshredguitar]

i know you’re like. radical anarchist guillotine whatever the hells and youre online saying shit like “voting changes nothing and will not bring the heads of ur oppressors.” and like ok maybe the revolution isn’t happening at the polls but the revolution DEFINITELY isnt happening on twitter lol.

[trueshredguitar]

my point here is that you either need to vote, or actually start throwing molotovs at your local congressmen. get off of your phone.

[trueshredguitar]

if you don’t know when election day is, search “when are the primary elections in [insert your state here]” or check local news. Many states have already had primaries, but the primaries won’t end across the U.S. until June.

if you don’t know how to register to vote, search “voter registration [insert your state here]” and you’ll be brought to a website where you can register online. some states need you to register a certain amount of time in advance, some states allow you to register on the day of the election at the polling place. you’ll need state, federal, or tribal ID, OR proof of residence (for example, an electricity bill that has your name and address on it). the election judges will guide you through the process.

if you don’t know where to vote, search “what is my voting precinct” or “where is my polling place.” there are lots of websites dedicated to helping you find out where you can vote — you provide them with your zip code and address and they’ll give you the address of the polling location. often, when you register, you’ll get a letter in the mail/e-mail confirming you’re registered and they may have your polling place in that letter.

if you can’t physically get to the polls there are options. early voting, where you can mail in a ballot before election day, is one. search “early voting [insert your state here]” for more information. you can ride in a voter’s carpool, an initiative to help people get to their polling places who otherwise don’t have access due to lack of transportation. search “drive to the polls [insert your state here]” to see if there are people available to drive you to the polls. Some ridesharing services like Lyft are offering discounted or in some cases free rides to the polls.

if you don’t know which candidate to vote for, search “[candidate name] on the issues” for each one and decide for yourself which candidate you agree with the most. good sources of candidate information are the candidates’ individual websites, or newspaper’s websites like The New York Times. be wary of overly partisan websites giving false information. as of today, March 4th, 2020, Bernie Sanders, Joseph Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Tulsi Gabbard are the candidates for the Democratic presidential nominee. all other candidates have dropped out of the race.

if you don’t know how to make a molotov cocktail, take a glass bottle filled with a high-proof alcoholic liquid or other flammable liquids and stick a piece of cloth made of natural fibers in the opening, so the rag is half-soaking in the liquid. close the bottle opening somehow, then use a lighter to set the rag on fire. then throw it at whatever you want to set on fire.

[ammnontet]

my animal crossing town plan

[rhaella]

lemony snicket was really out there teaching us as elementary schoolers about grey morality, about how neither good nor bad people always get what they deserve, how being clever and kind doesn’t always guarantee you will triumph (although it’s certainly better than the alternative), how ignorant/complacent/dismissive though well-meaning adults can have just as harmful an impact on children as those with ill intentions, and how not every story has a happy and complete ending

[poorpoorpitifulme]

Also the meaning of, like, a whole bunch of words

[calypsotyreen]