LynZine

Writer with a strong preference for scifi and fantasy. SeleneMoon on AO3. See some of my original work at lynzine.com

[voidcenturyscholar-deactivated2]

Fire Lord Zuko passing a law that forbids challenging anyone under the age of majority to Agni Kai

Fire Lord Zuko waiting until the day he reaches the age of majority to pass this law, lest anyone think he is a coward

(No one. Literally no one would have thought that, but it’s generally regarded as a very classy move regardless)

[constallayetions]

Wait but also, until then, if anyone under the age of majority is challenged

Zuko fights it for them.

Which, especially in more rural towns (where Agni Kais are less of a public event and more of a fast and violent duel) is terrifying because you challenge your neighbor’s kid over a stolen chicken-fish and all of a sudden the Fire Lord is showing up???

But, those few who still challenge those who should be kids learn quickly to regret it.

[grayblebayble]

Okay but this implies that Zuko knows whenever someone challenges a kid to an Agni Kai and is there before the battle takes place.

Firelord Zuko: *wakes up in a cold sweat near midnight*

Firelord Zuko: *running down the palace hallways while still struggling to put in his pants, being chased by his team of bodyguards* I’M GOING TO HING WA ISLAND TO KICK SOMEBODY’S ASS SEE YOU IN A WEEK BITCHES

[enbyzukostanblog]

Random spirit: Why’d you do that to him? Isn’t it kind of a stretch for a mortal to be blessed like that?

Agni himself: I felt like it

[overlordofbisexuals]

@dead-fandom-society @evilkitten3

[yankee-doodle-danger]

how dare you leave this gold in the notes

[phoukanamedpookie]

If Zuko’s really pissed, he sends Azula instead.

[bdigfreakingwooper]

Azula challenges a child to an Agni Kai just to make Zuko run across a city before calling Zuko a dork

[phoukanamedpookie]

“How do you always keep falling for that, Zuzu?”

“STOP CALLING ME THAT!”

[avayarising]

Azula is a child. Zuko is notified every time she challenges anyone to an Agni Kai.

[stoically]

She purposefully pisses people off enough that they challenge her an Agni Kai often.  Zuko would be surprised but he always knew she was a genius. She calls it the greatest year of her life joking but she really means it. Her brother fought for her, protected her.  She’d always wondered what that felt like. Now she knows and she will absolutely flame broil any adult who picks on a kid not because she cares about the adult, that’s Zuko’s job now, but because she wants every kid to know how it feels to be protected (even if she could totally protect herself Zuzu).

[kitkatpancakestack]

sidewalk art I walked by today. there is love out there.

[uoa]

do you ever tell people you’ll be going to sleep but then you don’t and you have to not do anything noticable online for the sake of it seeming as if you didn’t lie to them

[rubensmuse]

the last time i got sloppy with this @tinynaught Columbo’d me

[flatluigi]

this post is classic tumblr in a lot of ways but the one I appreciate the most is that the second post happened eleven years after the first one. one of these days I’m going to see a reply to a post by someone younger than the post itself and we’re all just going to have to deal with it

[lynzine]

Behind the scenes/Sneak peek: Azula is closer to Iroh in Life is a Dream, because one of her soulmates knows a lot about tea and so tiny Azula will try to investigate tea.

[atlaculture]

from what we see in the show, in the fire nation all top nots seem to be worn pretty high and dead center, do you think theres a reason for that? is that the only respectable way to wear it? are you liable to get looked down if its even slightly askew?

That's a good question. In the Qin Dynasty, lower ranking soldiers, like infantry, wore their topknots on the side of their head and higher-ranking soldiers wore their hair in the center covered with a topknot cap called a guan (冠) or xiaoguan (小冠).

However, from what I've researched, the Qin Dynasty might have been the only time where asymmetrical topknots were the norm. Later dynasties would simply use different guans/hats to distinguish rank/social role, rather than the location of the topknot. A guan can only stay put on your head if the topknot is positioned high and center.

This image is from a post by @ziseviolet that showcases one of the more well-known guan: Wushamao or "black gauze cap". They were commonly worn by civil servants. As you can see, they have a little pocket in the back for your topknot to fit snugly inside. These hats wouldn't work on an off-center topknot.

Maybe the Fire Nation encourages their men to wear their topknots high and center to symbolically give the illusion of meritocracy. Any day now, you'll get the special hat that tells everyone you're important, so you better be wearing your hair correctly!

Anyways, I imagine that wearing your topknot off-center or low in that kind of environment could give people the impression you're probably careless and unambitious.

[gay-lien-from-space]

Hello fanfiction community,

Just wanted to bring to your attention that the term whump was actually coined by the Stargate fandom specifically to describe making this guy suffer. He is the original Mr. Whump (no that's not his actual name). That's how torturable this guy is.

Everyone say mean things about him.

Here is a non exhaustive list of what he goes through in canon btw:

His parents get crushed to death right in front of him when he is a kid

He is forced to relive the memory of his parents death countless times

He dies and gets resurrected

His wife gets possessed

He fails to save her and she dies in his arms

He dies and gets resurrected again

He gets infected by a virus that makes him act crazy and gets put in an insane asylum

He dies and gets resurrected again

His ex gets possessed

He is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation

He dies and ascends to a higher plane, then gets kicked out of the higher plane and his memory is wiped

He gets kidnapped by a princess

He gets kidnapped by a fish alien

He gets kidnapped and tortured by some terrorists

He gets kidnapped and tortured by another alien

He is driven to insanity by an alien device

He dies and gets resurrected again

He dies and gets resurrected again

[sakana-no-yama]

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

I think a lot about who I am to other people in the world–particular who I am to strangers as a mere concept in their lives.

Today this woman called our information desk and said, “my son’s band is playing tonight. I want to come see him, but he never answers his phone…..I want to be there. Have you heard anything about his band?”

And I felt so bad for this lady but I’m not in the music scene around here so I had to tell her no, sorry.

Five hours later, I’m hiking and run into a group of guys setting up for some outdoor performance, and as I watch them unload the drums it hits me.

“Hey,” I said, “are y’all in a band?”

They said yeah and smiled and I told them “one of your moms called today. She wants to watch you play, but she can’t get a hold of you. Call your mom.”

And they all pulled out their phones and started discussing whose mom it probably was as they presumably dialed their own.

And now, unless we meet again and recognize each other, that’s who I’ll be forever to those guys–some mysterious courier for mom-messages who came out of the woods and told them their mom called.

I didn’t even tell them why their mom called me. Who am I to their mom?? Nobody even asked. They just took my word for it and called their mothers.

Amazing.

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

I’M LAUGHING!!! THEY DIDN’T EVEN ASK WHO I AM.

[glumshoe]

what do I have to do to go to events where people are dressed nicely and there are plates of free cheese cubes

[nowlander]

Go to the inaugurations of littlely known artists’ exhibitions.

We are always begging for people to attend, there actually is the “hack” to invite your whole family but tell them to pretend they don’t know you. People with money are more willing to buy your work if they think many people likes it, so your mere presence eating our cheese and canapes will be a great helps. Please bring whoever you want too.

[glumshoe]

Don’t mind if I do!

I will dress like an eccentric weirdo if that helps.

[themightyglamazon]

[modmad]

one time a pal of my pals was having a tough time selling their work in an art exhibit and called us up on the last day, ‘us’ being about 8 students who were Very hungry and also bored. We put on the nicest/artsiest clothes we had available (one dude had a legit fancy suit and put on some shades which were Bright Pink he looked like a movie star I swear) and rolled up to the show in pairs, separately. Fine Art Pal has some nice paintings! but nobody is really paying attention to them, so after getting some fancy cheese cubes in a manner that did not betray that we were actually a ravenous pack of starving students we casually wander around the show and then, fairly individually, drift to a stop by their work. Some of us even walked away, then came back a bit later ‘captivated’ by the art (it was actually really nice but recall we were all poor as shit and this was a help hustle). Our group’s interest naturally caught other folks, and eventually there was a small clump of about 15 people musing over this art, and within ten minutes the biggest piece had been snatched up by a shrewd investor. by the end of the exhibit every single piece was sold. It helped pay off the artist’s student debt and on that success they got into another exhibit! They’ve been doing well ever since.

So yes, please attend new artist shows, you get free cheese, get to look at nice art, and you can really help out people who deserve more attention.

[princessalmost]

Okay, but how do I find the new artist shows?

[lynzine]

I gotcha! So, there are a few ways.

One! Use the maps app for a generic "Gallery" search to find galleries in your area. Then select some and follow them on social media or join their email list. They will post about openings (and sometimes closings) where you can meet the artist and get said noms and dress up fancy.

Two! Follow local museums on social media. I know this is advocating art shows, but museums often have openings with similar food and dress code that are also often open to the public (and will post more about the ones open to the public). They sometimes also have educational talks that might be free and fun!

Three! If there's a specific (local) artist you like, follow their accounts too! They will let you know where their artwork is being displayed! (And you can also use where they've exhibited previously as a list of places to follow for my first suggestion!)

Galleries (and museums) want people to attend openings and exhibitions! They often don't have the marketing budget to make a splash and rely on word of mouth and their community! So if you want to attend openings, just following their social media is usually enough to become part of the communities who know about the events! ^_^

(I like how my “there’s a few ways” boils down to following on social media and email lists.)

[janmisali]

oh I know how to make a poll's results look like the letter E watch this

what is the rightmost digit of the number of responses this poll has right now? (it should be visible before you vote.)

0, 1, or 2

3

4 or 5

6

7, 8, or 9

Remaining time: 1 day 10 hours

[cryskir]

This one was popular on instagram 😆

[jeremyjohnirons]

tangled gave us so much, but mostly it gave us the beautiful and intense love of a horse and the man he is chasing in order to imprison

[roach-works]

i personally believe that maximus was the former captain of the guard who was cursed into horse form pretty recently, and everyone’s having trouble adjusting to it.

like, he’s entitled to sick leave, he really ought to take a couple months to break the curse and come to terms with whatever the fuck just happened to him, but instead of embarking on a journey of self-discovery and healing he just keeps showing up to work. no one can get captain maximus to go on his fucking voyage of self actualization and fix the curse because he’s obsessed with catching flinn ryder. everyone really fucking hopes that when he finally catches this guy the curse might be broken anyway, but it isn’t.

he just keeps showing up to work. he glares at the stablehands until they saddle him up. everyone’s gone over the regulations a dozen times but there’s nothing there saying you’re not allowed to saddle and ride the captain of the guard if he makes you do it. his former second in command rides him around like ‘sir i really don’t know about this’ and he’s just like ‘are we going to catch some criminals or what.’

you can see in the movie that everyone in the royal guard defers to this horse. it’s absolutely because that’s their boss. and secondarily because now he’s two thousand pounds of percheron.

there is no evidence against this theory and you cannot prove me wrong.

[ekjohnston]

This is pretty much the only fanon idea I have ever decided to hold personally true. I love it. It is the best.

[calciumcryptid]

I feel like a lot of people get "All Art is Political" confused with "All Art is made with Political Intentions" which is not the same.

[lynzine]

I head canon that there are no “geese” in the Avatar universe. What there are instead are cobra ducks.

Cobra ducks! Geese but with venom! 💖

[lynzine]

The conflict of knowing how much longer the weekend feels if I get up early on Saturday vs. the reality of not sleeping in.

[banchie]

i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges

[ao3commentoftheday]

Apparently it's aromantic visibility day today (June 5th)

so uh hi? I'm aromantic.

Can you see me now?