NATION SCORNED.

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❝ 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓. 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐖𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄. ❞

a study in: the man behind the mask, escaping your father’s ❝ legacy ❞, restoring one’s family values, who are you without your title, crawling your way out of ruin.

independent and semi selective TARRLOK from LEGEND OF KORRA. Tormented by JWoww.

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who wants the discord?

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hmmm

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ENDLESS SCREENCAP REDRAWS: 1 / ???

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𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐃𝐃 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓. Eyes dart around slightly as he tries to avoid the gaze of @aquarym . His feet feel as if he had been cemented to the snow itself. For once, he can’t even force out fake pride. He’d be nothing without her assistance even if he didn’t want to admit it. Had he ever thanked her for giving him back his bending? Tarrlok can’t remember. Hopefully Korra had forgotten if he had or hadn’t.

❝ It’s been quite some time. ❞ Words are spoken with a foreign softness that he didn’t know he was capable of. The sounds of the southern festival echoed around them, no sign of escape out of this situation in sight. Tucked under one arm was a polar bear dog stuffed animal that had been one in a ring toss, clearly an attempt to win over his son, he had so much to make up for. ❝ Is your airbending training going well? ❞ He’s at a crossroads, unaware of how to tread through this interaction, it’s almost as if he was nervous. Guilt ridden.

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thinking about how Tarrlok went from “oh this is some woman I married and now I have to see her everyday” to “wait no please play with my hair so I can go to sleep” and “hold on where’s my wife and son?’

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love going to write up metas and I accidentally delete one of the most important paragraphs and I can’t just paste it back

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I’ll make a lengthy post about this at a later point but my adaption of Tarrlok will be heavily canon divergent when it comes to how book 1 ends. Instead of him blowing himself and Noatak on the boat the two are caught at the docks before they can leave. Noatak ends up getting arrested and put into a solitary prison similar to how thee red lotus member setups are while Tarrlok ends up getting his bending back and put on a very heavy house arrest/parole period which wouldn’t have happened without Unalaq and Nyx.

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Fun fact, I love them more than my life

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𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐍’𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐎 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍. He had hardly been in the north for a week, Tarrlok hadn’t been given any time to adjust to this new ❛ lifestyle ❜. He’s still surprised he was granted his bending back. Being married to the chief’s daughter has proven to be beneficial.

❛ You can’t lock him away, he has a family. How do you expect him to protect them without his bending? ❜

He thinks that’s how it went, Tarrlok wasn’t in the room when it happened. While political figures held discussions behind closed doors he spent time with his son under the impression that was the last time he was going to see Nalaq for the next decade. How dreadful the thought of it all was, getting tucked away in some chamber far from society as if he were a member of the Red Lotus. Thankfully his crimes were deemed less than Noatak’s. Will they have a proper reunion on opposite sides of metal bars? House arrest it is, with some minor exceptions. ❝ Master Katara… ❞ Words are spoken without their usual bite as he stands before @droplct. This interaction was invoking more stress than being on trial. It wasn’t that he didn’t respect the waterbender before him, rather feared how she viewed him. Did she see Yakone’s eyes in his own? The borrowed abilities that once harmed her brother? Her husband? Or did she see a man defeated by his own ambitions. ❝ It’s an honor to meet you, I’m council- ❞ Wait, no, that title no longer belonged to him. ❝ Tarrlok, just Tarrlok… ❞

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𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄. He had too much work to do, especially with the upcoming representative election. Public appearances were the last thing on his mind. His wife had been dragged away by some southern water tribe entrepreneur ( at least whatever she plans to share with him about tonight will provide a temporary distraction from the stress of the election during their ride home ) who kept rambling on about ❛ movers ❜.

Now instead of having her on his arm to better his appearance to the public eye ( with her beside him gaining the entirety of the water tribe citizens in the city was easy ) he’s forced to mingle with whoever chooses to wander in his direction. Calloused fingers grip his glass a bit too tightly, fermented prune juice sloshing about as he rotated his wrist slightly, small sip, gaze around the room, force a smile. Force it. Eyes land on @irohthesecond , finally, someone worth while to speak with. Suppose he’ll learn something he could use to his advantage in the election. ❝ General! It’s been so long since I’ve last seen you in the city, how has the sea been treating you? ❞

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starter call.

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Face of a man who yearns btw

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THINGS MY COUSIN HAS WROTE THAT MADE ME THINK RP INBOX STARTERS:

"She said 'I can fix him', give him to me broken, I want him resentful and tired. I want him uncontrollable with anger and vengeance. I want him irreversibly unhinged."

"I hope I cross your mind and the thought of me makes your heart sink."

"I have the past written all over my body, etched into my skin."

"Wanting is an ugly desire, needing is a selfish thought."

"The thought of me haunts you and we haven't even met."

"Thank you for giving me the time to learn how to love so I could give you what you deserve."

"I feel like a dog's favorite bone, hidden away so he can keep it for himself."

"Stay out of my dreams, stay out of my heart."

"Deep down I know you didn't mean to be cruel, but that doesn't mean you were kind to me."

"Last night I think I knew exactly what to say, but it was pointless since you wouldn't be there to hear it."

"I am my first victim and I am my last hope."

"The breaking point is the starting line."

"What happened doesn't matter anymore, what matters is how we decide to make it right."

"Any love I showed you is yours to keep."

"I have a habit of standing on the line of life and death, I'm just waiting for a harsh wind to sway me."

"You cannot leave me and have me too."

"You forget how close hate is to love."

"Let me help you bury your problems in the dirt and dig them back up when you're ready to face them."

"Where peace is found pain will quickly be discovered."

"I'll slip into the fog, that's where I feel safe."

"I wonder if the fruit we buy at the supermarket will rot in different bowls."

"Let your ego rest, my arms are open and waiting."

"I'd swallow all your pain if I could."