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dont get me wrong. i believe that all lives matter but this tweet basically sums up why we need to focus and talk about “black lives matter” right now

marauders4evr

*Sits upright in bed*

The hiatuses! New fans don’t know about the hiatuses!

So, remember the episode where Aang dies? Katara brings him back a few minutes later, but it’s definitely implied that he was dead? The very last episode of Book Two? The Crossroads of Destiny? They somberly ride out of Ba Sing Se while Kuei remarks, “The Earth Kingdom…has fallen”? Remember that? Good times!

The thing is, if you didn’t watch Avatar when it was released weekly on Nickelodeon, back in the mid-2000s, you might not realize that there was an extremely long hiatus after that episode. Okay, 9 months, but up until this point, every other hiatus was fairly short, usually 2-3 months. 9 months was a good chunk of our childhood lives spent waiting to see if Aang was okay. The only thing we really knew was that he was Probably Not Dead, Zuko had betrayed Iroh, and Azula had captured Ba Sing Se. We had to wait nine months before The Awakening premiered.

Of course, we were still given some content, during that time. Among the other games on nick.com, an interactive comic called Escape From The Spirit World came out. I don’t have the link to the game but someone put together all of the panels:

I highly recommend watching it. It’s the first time that we, as the fandom, were exposed to Kuruk and Yangchen. It also dives into more of Roku and Kyoshi’s backstories, including Kyoshi’s connection with the Dai Li. I also love the final message on why the Avatar must be human…

So, we had that going for us. We also had some other games, some bumpers and commercials, the first video game, some content in the Nick magazine, etc. We weren’t completely blind, but we also didn’t know when Avatar was going to come back on or what was going to happen.

Then, this epic trailer dropped over the summer:

Still one of my favorite Avatar scores. If you want to listen to just the music alone, here’s a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4rZG8skjo

Aang was alive but Aang was in the Fire Nation, Aang had hair?! Iroh was in prison, everyone had new outfits, Appa had armor, Aang’s glider was destroyed, and we didn’t know what was going on.

Then, in September, 2007, Nickelodeon started premiering weekly episodes of the first half of Book Three. This continued all the way up until the end of Day of Black Sun. The last thing we saw was Zuko sailing in the Fire Nation balloon. Then, another hiatus. This one went from November - July.

Again, we weren’t left with nothing. The Burning Earth video game was released. We were getting a few updates about the new live-action movie which surely had to be good, right? Right? ……Right? Fans were making Zuko - Linkin Park AMVS left and right. Kornersphere started The Last Puppet Bender series (link). There were still some really cool games on nick.com. AvatarSpirit, DistantHorizon, and Piandao were much visited websites. I know there were a lot of message boards (I personally didn’t visit many). It was well on its way to become the cartoon with the most fanfictions. We didn’t have tumblr, back then (I don’t think), but we did have a fandom.

And…ah…when the second trailer was released….that fandom reacted. Here’s a video someone posted of the New York Comic Con 2008. I remember watching it from the comfort of my own home (one day, I will go to a comic con), both blown away by the trailer and by the intensity of the fandom’s reactions). Warning: Screaming. A lot of screaming.

Also, here’s a link to the clean version of the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5avd9_8rXH0

And that’s the story of how a bunch of children/teenagers collectively lost their minds, twice, because streaming services had yet to be invented, so we were completely reliant on the weekly schedule (and the hiatuses in between) to watch Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Worth it.

pr1nceshawn

Tips That Can Save Your Kid’s Life.

hiddlesherethereeverywhere

THIS IS IMPORTANT

When I was a child, from the time I was about four and could understand things, my mom told me and my brother that we should have a secret word. That way, if we were ever in trouble or felt unsafe and we didn’t want the people around us to know we needed her to come get us, we could let her know. So she let us pick the word and my brother and I chose the phrase “peanut butter cups.” (I’m happy to share the phrase now since both my brother and I are adults now).

I used the phrase twice in my life. Once, I was at a friends house when I eight years old. Her dad got really drunk and was throwing things against the wall. I was really scared and I didn’t want to draw attention to myself on the phone when I called my mom to come get me because I didn’t know if he would get more violent if I asked her to come get me. So I called her and was calm and after a couple minutes I asked “Hey mommy, did you get me those peanut butter cups from the store?” And she said “I’ll be right there.” And she came and got me within minutes.

Second, I was a teenager spending the night at a friends house. Her brother and dad were drinking and they started talking about things that made me uncomfortable - ie: what they liked to do to women. My friend didn’t seem perturbed and said that was normal for them and that I shouldn’t worry. But I was worried because they were really drunk and I was 15 and the only ‘woman’ around that wasn’t related to them. I went in my friends room, told her I needed to call my mom and say goodnight. Before I hung up with her I asked “Next time we go to the store, can we get some peanut butters cups? I’ve been craving them.” And she came and got me, just like that.

Two incidents, one as a young child, one years later as a teen. Don’t discredit this stuff, it fucking works. My brother used it a few times too. Let your child pick the word and no never, ever, ever, ever get mad at them for using it no matter what it is.

titenoute

DO NOT SCROLL PAST THAT.

sweet-ish

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softwaring

https://www.instagram.com/p/-1BqFYmw0Y/

astridalia-deactivated20240311

Ig: candyminimal

localstarboy

estrxlla

This was so much funnier when I heard his accent. Hahahaha bless him. “Show me your tits”

hayleyfromparamore

bpdsnek

my mitochondria clearly aren’t working because this bitch has NO FUCKING ENERGY

spacelesbians-archive-deactivat

Mitochondria machine broke

kamuis

actually the funny thing is that this post is basically describing what researchers now think is the underlying cause in chronic fatigue syndrome (as in there is notable dysfunction in mitochondria that means less ATP is produced, especially under stresses)

caramel-ramamel-blog

THIS BITCH EMPTY

hxavensxnt-blog

Y E E T

floppyschoice

the cha cha slide in full metal armor

floppyschoice

“sliiide to the left”

*indescribably loud screeching of metal against asphalt*

floppyschoice

“one hop this time”

*clonk*

“two hops this time”

*clonk clonk*

floppyschoice

“everybody clap your hands!”

*clankclankclankclankclank*

snakeybones

Ask and ye shall receive ft. my drunk ass Any other requests? Send ‘em my way!

beggars-opera

this is peak fucking comedy

closet-keys

I was at a union meeting the other day and the speaker had this great quote

“When you’re a public worker and politicians come around talking about lower taxes, that means they want to lay you off.”

And it’s true. I’m a librarian, so my wages come from tax dollars. Lower taxes means the library has to cut costs, and that means either lowering wages or laying people off. It’s a pretty direct cause and effect.

My dad was a mechanic for public school buses. The first time he took me to vote it was for a local election and he told me even if I did nothing else to vote to pass the budget so they could replace two school busses that were beyond repair so kids were safe.

Politicians who try to sell you on lower taxes are usually just trying to cut social services & public resources and screw over public workers.

libertarian-therapist

100% I am trying to screw over public workers. If a public office is closed outside of business hours, it’s because they’re non-essential. If they’re non-essential, then the government shouldn’t be paying for it.

And I’m baffled that public workers are opposed to this? Do they not realize they would be able to hire more people AND get paid more if their position was part of a voluntary and free market and not some absurd bureaucracy?

closet-keys

guyfierisbf

la-styles

Public schools are closed outside of business hours so I guess that means this genius thinks education is non-essential...just to name ONE example of why this lunatic is so completely wrong. But hey, you can’t argue with stupid, so no point trying I guess.