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[vesnyanko]

Kotlc x ATLA au

The Fire Nation’s princess — graceful, clever, and absolutely dangerous. Honestly, for some reason I struggle to stick to the same art style every time I draw:_

Who do you think I should draw next in this AU?

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I really should be studying but man I just really felt like drawing my old ocs for a bit

That's Sam from that doodle dump i did for kotlc oc weekend a while back here

Fun fact I've been drawing on Samsung notes so often I've forgotten how to draw on ibis paint or literally any other drawing app

[vortmort]

*eldritchifies martin* he's wet, sad, and slimey but is a great hugger

[ladysencen]

Enzymes

Okay, so this post has to do the role that enzymes play in elvin anatomy. My idea is that elves don't actually have enzymes, as seen by the fact that they require a daily bottle of Youth, which contains enzymes. This implies that elves can't make enzymes on their own. This also could be why they consider human food to be toxic. It's because they don't have the enzymes needed to break it down. This could also be a contributing factor in their vegetarian diet as meat requires more enzymes than fruits and vegetables due to its higher concentration of complex proteins and connective tissue. So, because they don't have these enzymes, they can't eat meat. Finally, their lack of enzymes may be part of why they're able to regulate their body temperature. Enzymes have to be in an optimum environment of 37.4 °C (99.32 °F) or they get denatured (can't function). But since elves don't have enzymes they can change their body temperature with little to no risk of denaturation. This post was super fun to write. I've muttering about this idea for the last two days!

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Oh man this would be so insane??? Like human biology relies so much on enzymes, like you've got rna polymerase, dna polymerase, you've got stuff for homeostasis, for digestion etc etc

I mean, we can assume the elves can survive without Youth, right? It's been a while since I've reread kotlc but I'm pretty sure Sophie didn't get any bottles of Youth for the entire time she's been living with humans, and she was unhealthy but not straight up dead or anything, right?

They could have entirely different cell division cycles??? Or like, they don't need any enzymes for dna replication and protein synthesis and stuff, or maybe they have enzymes but a very limited variety? And whatever enzymes they could produce might be a lot more resistant to denaturation due to temperature, so they can regulate their temperature and everything

My bio is pretty rusty tho but like wow this is fun

[ladysencen]

Elvin anatomy

So, elves are seemingly immortal. They can't die of "natural causes", therefore most deaths are caused by external forces, right? So, because most natural human deaths are caused by organ failure, such as the heart, lungs or liver, does this mean that elves have a different anatomy to humans? Like, different circulatory system, different way of getting rid of lymph nodes, etc. Because that'd explain why they don't die at the same rate as humans do, in spite of their similarities. It's because their biological processes are different, hence their systems don't have the same "failings" that humans do. I think it would be really cool if Shannon were to explore it someday, it'd be really cool world-building. P.S. I saw this really cool piece on enzymes and elves, but I'm gonna save that post for later.

[ladysencen]

Kotlc world building

So, kotlc world building has some cool aspects and some less cool aspects. But today, I'm gonna talk about mildly ridiculous aspects of it.

Theory of relativity does not exist: This might be just be typical teenage bravado, but according to Fitz, the theory of relativity? Just a bunch of poppycock. Respectfully, Fitzroy. HOW DO YOU THINK LIGHT LEAPING IS POSSIBLE??? Light leaping quite literally proves that the theory of relativity is real. Okay, here's how.

Imagine you are on a train playing catch. To you, the ball moves slowly back and forth. But someone standing outside sees the ball moving much faster because the train is moving too. This is because motion looks different depending on someone's perspective. Another idea is that time can slow down if you move very fast. If you had a super-fast spaceship, a clock on it would tick slower than a clock on Earth. This is called time dilation.

Hence, the reason the elves are able to travel so fast from one place to another is because they are travelling at the speed of light. Where did the modern understanding of the speed of light come from? The theory of relativity.

Yes, I have critiques on a random off-hand comment that a fictional fourteen year old made in 2012.

2. Time-zones syncing up: This one always make me laugh, because what do you mean you can go from London to Beijing and in both places it'll be 4 o'clock in the afternoon???

So, I heard a theory a while back that it's probably an illusion, which is so smart and makes so much sense, so shout out @ilovecoveysongs (I think it was you who said it, but I'm not certain. Shout out you anyways!)

But until then, I fully believed that the elves just had a giant lantern with a flame that got weaker throughout the day and was lit again each morning. (I was 11 when I started reading it, so this made sense in my head at the time. I probably would read the series wayyyyy sooner but the internationals only released in 2020, so my family was spared a sobbing, theory-crazed nerd. My friends? Not so much.)

3. Bottles of Youth: I already talked about Youth in a previous post; https://www.tumblr.com/ladysencen/812721857893744640/enzymes but that's completely unrelated to this.

So, the idea is if you're injured, you are given a load of bottles of Youth to help you get better. This is like if you broke your arm, and your doctor was like, "chug this protein shake, bro. You'll feel better in no time." And it actually works!

4. King Dimitar's armour: It's metal underwear. That's it. His protection is a metal diaper. I feel like the hilarity of this is self-explanatory.

In conclusion, while there are some super cool world-building and some questionable aspects, there's even more ridiculous ones. And for that, I am eternally grateful.

KOTLC world-building is peak comedy, to be honest.

Alright, thanks for tuning in. Love you!!

[twinklefwinkle]

wait. wait wait wait wait wait. How did Tam and Linh pull off dipping their hair in LITERAL METAL??? how do they wash it? CAN they wash it? Wouldn't the weight of their tips just drag it down into their eyes forever? isn't it like...super gross...

Also im sorry I just find that extremely funny. You're telling me that like. 12 year olds (or however old they were when they did that), after learning that they'd be banished or whatever, decided that the logical course of rebellion was to dip their hair in silver.

...Okay Shannon. Ooooookay Shannon...

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SOMEONE FINALLY POINTED THIS OUT GODS I WAS SO CONFUSED WHEN I FIRST READ THAT BIT

[elena-kukanova]

Escape from nargothrond

Luthien and Huan

watercolor on cotton paper Baohong, 49*31 cm

[rue-x3]

Shen Yuan transmigrating but he’s like one of those tiny little shoulder angels except he’s not an angel he’s just there advising Shen Jiu. He transmigrated when Shen Jiu was born or something so he’s seen all of these things happen so he does have some sympathy for the scum villain.

Also nobody could see him before Shen Qingqiu’s cultivation leveled up, so he doesn’t know that his own little cultivation went up and that other people (specifically peak lords) can see him now.

He’s just tearing into Qi Qingqi after she yelled at Shen Qingqiu and called him a lecher during a peak lord meeting. She’s just sitting there baffled—as is everyone else present—as they watch Shen Qingqiu flick his fan open to hide a smile as lil’ SY tears her a new one (thinking that she can’t see him, hear him, and doesn’t know he exists)

SY: “Your martial siblings are so dumb it’s pissing me off. You’d think they verify the information they receive before putting it out there. Like yeah we’ve been to the brothel but nobody’s seen you sleeping with anyone—because you’ve never done that there—so where did this whole lecher thing spread?! There are tons of other reasons someone would visit a brothel, if they chose to think negatively and jump to conclusions without verifying it first then they shouldn’t be peak lords. We should run away and just be a rogue cultivator honestly”

And he’s still going while the peak lords have quieted down and are just staring at Shen Qingqiu’s shoulder for a bit before Shen Qingqiu snaps his fan shut and questions why everyone is staring at him. Meanwhile Lil’ SY throws his tiny fan at either Liu Qingge or Qi Qingqi and watches it bounce harmlessly off one of their foreheads as they sit there, bewildered. Neither SQQ nor Lil’ Yuan think that they can see him now. Not yet.

[summerdoddles]

Au where Shen Yuan was actually Shen Jiu secret OC self inserf of his idealized self, but over time he started writing stories and poetry where SY comforted him and gave him head pats and always was proud of him.

Until one day， he encounters a strange man with the same name as his OC， and has a qi deviation on the spot for feeling very happy his OC became real and embarrassed with how he became too indulgent in this delusion that it became real.

(Poor Shen Yuan trying to maintain calm, because why the scum villain looks like he want to hug him， and also kill him at the same time？？？）

[potaroe]

The Moonlark and the President of the Foster Fan Club

[moo-chemia]

lqg

[a-sad-writer]

I understand the "the age difference between stepfather and stepson feeling weird to Bard and Legolas" but allow me to suggest "they feel comfortable anyway and like to make jokes about it"

Bard: "This is Legolas. He's my oldest child. By far the oldest. So much so, he's even older than me."

Legolas: "When I was your age..."

Bard: "That's no way to talk to your father."

* both burst out laughing*

Legolas: "See this DILF? That's my father's young lover. Younger than his own child, can you believe it?"

Bard: "Stop it or I won't let you have dessert after dinner."

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@jonmartinweek day 5: I will fall in love with you over and over again

I wasn't planning on doing this one and you can prob tell it's rushed af but I'm a sucker for Epic and jmart and so abandoned my ever-growing pile of Stuff I Have To Do

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AU where the Ent wives were indeed living in the Shire, so when Saruman arrived there to make mischief he immediately got his shit wrecked by yet more walking talking trees

[tobiasdrake]

Can you imagine being Gandalf? Getting shit from other wizards because you have a thing for hobbits and you're just like, okay. Okay, maybe I'll temper my fascination with hobbits.

This Ring quest will have two hobbits. Maximum.

Then they all get to Rivendell and have somehow multiplied into four hobbits. And it's like. Okay. Maybe the others are right.

Maybe this is too many hobbits.

We have as many hobbits as we have not-hobbits.

But damn it, you just don't want to get rid of any of these hobbits. Screw it! Everyone can deal. Four hobbits. This is a four hobbits problem.

So away you go.

And things go bad in the worst possible way.

Over and over.

You've lost your hobbits. You've lost yourself. The fellowship has been separated.

It takes everything in your power to help the humans defend themselves, bringing them together to save Rohan. Finally, as things begin to look upright, you're ready to face the war with everything the Rohirrim have left.

You're ready to face him. This may be the hardest battle you've ever fought. But you ride.

Then you get there and two of your fucking hobbits are sitting there like "Yeah, while you were gone, we raised a tree army and beat Saruman's ass. Wanna help us loot his tower?"

....

There were not, in fact, too many hobbits.

This was a four hobbits problem.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood & Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Martin Blackwood & Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus, Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus & Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Jonathan "Jon" Sims & Alice "Daisy" Tonner (mentioned) Characters: Martin Blackwood, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus, Huan (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - The Lord of the Rings Fusion (Tolkien), gore?, Pretty minor but I figured I'd tag it just in case, Major Character Death was supposed to be Minor Character Death but Daisy went "no my story now" so y'know, I've no idea if this makes sense without knowledge of Beren and Luthien, Based off of Beren and Luthien, The Mechanisms Cinders' Song mentioned, It's specifically based off of that one bit in beren and luthien where finrod, beren and the rest of their company get captured by sauron, and luthien + very good boi huan take down sauron, i'm sorry if doesn't make sense without prior knowledge of beren and luthien, no AI, Do not feed my works to AI Summary:

“I search through the stars,” he sang in answer, hands stopped in place by the iron digging into his skin. He stared at the door before him. The faint outline from light seeping through seemed to glow, dancing before his very eyes. His eyes he set firmly on the door, lest he caught sight of fallen friends around him and dared to lose the hope that he gripped firm within his ribs. “For you—”

The door burst open with a crash and light flooded in like dawn rising over the sea. “ — my love!”

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Written for @jonmartinweek 2026 day 2: Fae & Faeries // Bands and the Mechanisms