You know yeah lmao. Sorry, that would have been more interesting. I'm usually thinking of chill times, angst might kill me. Also I'm not ready for that discussion kehahahh.
I was thinking he's, you know, programmed not to lose. I'm at the current Ijin after the whole "you're no longer 001, you're Ijin now and if you don't take this living a normal life business seriously I'll bust your skull" with the Numbers. So he's hyperfocusing on that. He probably wakes up and immediately recites a "I am normal, I eat food, I love Earth, I go to school, college admission is the only enemy" mantra like Invader Zim. He's kind of living a double life whenever he gets dragged to some mercenary mess. And everyone's like, "fuck off 001 is dead this has nothing to do with you, civilian." And he's like uugh mental damage -500. I think if you wanna put it more angstily, he's cutting off the poor battered traumatized baby Jin from his current self. Like it's only possible to live like a normal person if he has nothing to do with him.
When Ijin first came home he was pretty much playing a role. He's his grandfather's grandson. He's his sister's older brother. This is how a teenager acts. This is what a normal student's routine is supposed to be. Hence the this is what a boyfriend is, this is what a date is joke psshshaha. So there's always a line between Ijin and mercenary Jin or 001. Whenever he needs to help his comrades he's back to being 001. I think at some point he'd figure he doesn't have to pick between Ijin or 001. He's both of those guys. And perhaps he'd also realize that as long as he's holding onto his self loathing and resentment, and putting a barricade between his past self and normal society he's doing the same to his friends. They've all lived that life, does that mean the Numbers aren't allowed to be happy and live normal lives like everyone? I don't think he'd stand for that at all.
So you see I'm holding on to the chill times because I'm scared how am I gonna shitpost on something like this. SHAHASHSHAH.
What element from atla I think teenage mercenary characters would be!! + sketches
Drew these cause Im mad at how misogynistic the writing is. Especially with yeona and 003, they couldve been a great love interest and villian💔💔 If only literally anyone else was writing
pls note I didn't put that much though into these and I'm writing it before bed !!
Ijin- Could very well see him as fire, water, and earth -- mainly earth and water, but I'm going to go with earth; it matches with his fighting style (not that the writer gave him much technique but whatever) and earth is know for endurance and persistence, so it fits well with his personality. He's for sure a bender
002- All of the numbers are so hard to pick for lmao. Earth but I can see water aswell -- His personality leans more towards earth kingdom, however when he was first introduced i could see him as a fire bender, he kinda got watered down though. He's a bender
005- Again, could see her as water, fire, or earth; I'm personally leaning towards water and earth for no particular reason, if I had had pick I'd say water matches her character better. She's a bender and I think she'd be pretty skilled in her respective elements sub bending too (healing, metal bending, etc).
004-- Fire😭 only obvious choice, 100% a bender.
003- Fire she's very driven and passionate; she's also basically a worse version of azula. She's definitely a bender and I feel like she'd have lighting bending down.
006- Earth? Can't really tell tbh, I could see air for him though, but that might just be his currently personality, if we're looking at his first apperance I'd say earth. I think he'd be an above average bender -- like really good -- but not to the levels of prodigy in the show. Im not a big fan of him so I don't have the best grasp of his character sorry😭
032- Hard to say but I think water (he seems like he'd also work as an airbender though), i think he'd be pretty skilled in healing. I actually think I could could him as a non bender but he's probably a bender just cause of the camp.
008- Might be biased cause of his looks but earth, maybe also water; he doesn't have much of a character other than hes pretty nice, so there's not much much take from 😭 obvious bender but I feel like he'd be kinda mediocre in comparison to the others?
016- Water or air. He obviously values the numbers and was the first to genuinely stick up for ijin in 002's group, same as 032, could see him as a non bender but probably not
018-He also has like no character rn😭 I think anything but earth would fit? I can see him using fire bending but he doesnt have the essence, I guess? Maybe air idk. bender for sure but idk if he'd be good.
Alice- Earth or water, she has a deep sense of comradery with her allies and family, she's also very enduring and headstrong I guess? I think water just fits with her character overall. Unsure but she's for sure a super talented bender, can't see her being too good at sub bending though.
Yeona- No clue tbh. Water or air; currently leaning towards air cause I think its description fits better thematically with her character ( Her letting go of her share of the company to live a normal life of freedom ). Don't personally think she'd be a bender but I could definitely see it and ithink it'd make sense.
Seokju- I genuinely could not decide what one. Anything but air sorta kinda fits, I'm going with fire or earth though, more towards earth cause of his enduring personality and also he just doesn't have the right personality for me to categorise him as a fire bender, all fire nation characters have such distinct personalities and drives. He's definitely a prodigy, could maybe see him doing some sub bending? Don't think he'd be amazing, but passable
Hyeokjin- Hard to say but earth, maybe Air? Again, I leaning towards earth. I think he'd be an okay bender.
Jaehyeong -Air. Honestly he doesn't really match with any other elements. He's very carefree and isn't really effected by any of the shit going on in the story so😭 not a lot of characters fit air, mainly cause air benders are so spiritual. Maybe a bender? If he is he's mediocre
Yeongchan - Briefly considered fire but he isn't bold enough, most fire nation characters have distinct personalities, and not in the way that they're all super confident or anything. Yeongchan just doesn't have that nor does he have a firey drive so I'm giving water? We only saw him act out when his mother was in harms way. I don't know, honestly he doesn't fit with any to me personally, he could also be air??😭 100% not a bender
Dayeon- water, pretty obvious choice she has a deep sense of community and love etc. I could she her being a non bender or a non combatant, not in the sense that she'd she'd a healer (though that would fit) but just that she'd use it in her daily life.
Jiye- fire. Pretty obvious once you look at how the element is described -- she has drive. Don't think she'd be a bender but I'm not against it.
Mad dog - I was gonna say fire but it was kinda dominating (while I was writing) so I'll go with earth. I don't really think he has the passion to fit with fire anyway, plus he's prideful. Definitely a bender don't think he'd have made it to his position if he wasn't.
Duhsik- Could be fire or earth but I think earth matches his personality, I could see him fighting better as a fire bender though -- Also could kinda see him as a waterbender ngl. Definitely a bender but self taught.
Iron- Fire, again he has the drive to get what he wants, he's pretty stereotypical actually for a fire bender. Probably a bender but i could see him as non bender
it is honestly amazing how much of writing and editing is just. logistics. like... do i use a name here or a pronoun? if i move this dialogue tag to the middle of this line and break it in half, does the end of the line hit harder that way? what if i move the tag to the front? what if i remove it entirely? ...wait, whose point of view am i in; can i reasonably say this character is appalled, or must i say they look or seem or sound appalled? is this a deliberate action or a step-removed one; is her hand closing on his shoulder, or is she closing her hand on his shoulder? environment environment environment, we need to break all this dialogue up with some narration, the scene is coming untethered. what! are! they doing! with! the rest of their bodies that are not hands! fuck fuck fuck FUCK i forgot we covered this two chapters ago and now i either need to cut this whole chunk or find a reason to reprise the conversation from earlier. name or pronoun? name or pronoun? name or pronoun? move this clause around in this sentence? oh i'll add this phrase-- nope, never mind, past!me added the same phrase two lines down. okay, if i add too much environmental narration it's going to take away from this bit, but not enough and it won't feel grounded. what if i move this to its own line? where the FUCK are their hands?
I want to see more polyamory pride this pride month i'm serious. Stop being weird about people with multiple partners polyamory is awesome and beautiful and queer
favourite underrated trope is when hitting someone hard enough over the head works to counter mind control or some kind of psychic attack it's so so funny to me as someone who's sustained multiple head injuries throughout their life. i mean yeah potentially life ruining brain damage sure is an option i guess.
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