[soupdots]

call me ollie or soup; 21; they/him; not super active these days

my fic: The Red Of Dawn

[cattoonxd]

Child of war

[soupdots]

you know maybe i'll start writing my silly little azula fic again. started it when i was 16 and i'm 21 now, a little over atla but it's still a love of mine. reread through some of yalls old comments and they were really sweet. i'll think about it

[smorpher]

All y'all fuckers when you say you ain't gonna vote

[thosemotivationalquotes]

Friendly reminder that almost half of the states in the U.S. have same day registration! This means you can go to the polling center for your location, register there, and cast your vote same day. So if you are over 18, are a U.S. citizen, and live in one of the states listed below, it is not too late to register and vote! I’m going to put notes for some of the states where voting is extra important due to the political climate of the state.

California

Colorado

Connecticut

D.C.

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Iowa - recent polls indicate state could flip from red to blue

Maine

Maryland

Michigan

Minnesota

Montana

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

North Carolina - swing state! Could go red or blue - same day registration allowed only for early voting

North Dakota - voter registration not required

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin - swing state! Could go red or blue

Wyoming

You can go here for more info on voter registration

How to register to vote | USAGov

Use vote.gov to register to vote in federal, state, and local elections. If you’re a U.S. citizen living abroad, see how you can register an

I also have a huge list of voting resources here

Voting and Voter Registration General voter registration Absentee ballot info Update your registration Voter registration deadlines - by

[zuko-always-lies]

Note that some of those states that offer same day registration require you to register some place other than the polling location:

1.Connecticut-"your town's designated location"

3. Michigan-"At your city or township clerk's office with proof of residency"

4. Montana-"At your County Clerk's office"

6. Rhode Island-"Only offered in presidential elections to vote for President & Vice President; at a location designated by your local Board of Canvassers, not at your polling place"

7. Vermont-"At your town or city clerk's office"

Same Day Voter Registration - Rock the Vote

Find out which states offer same day voter registration.

Also check to see what the requirements for registry are and bring any and all necessary documents before you try to register.

Note also that Iowa, Maine (second congressional district), Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are all likely to be swing states in this election. Voting there is particularly important.

Even if you don't live in a swing state, your state likely has a senate election. Some of those, like Montana, are very competitive, so it's still extremely important to vote.

[soupdots]

okay i don’t really go here anymore but i have published a chapter of my fic and i’m very excited to be back to writing sunstroke!!!!

[theotherpacman]

OH AND ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE ATLA REBOOT

the sexism thing??? we all know it's fucking stupid and purely performative to take out sokka's feminism arc, but can we talk about the fact that He Is Still Sexist????? he still thinks that what he does (running the village's defenses, which they've never needed) is vastly more important than what she does (wash the clothes, cook, etc). and yk what?? the live action reboot AGREES with him. it doesn't show or even mention katara doing any work around the village. all we see katara doing is practice waterbending - the only interesting thing that original episode 1 sokka seems to think katara ever does.

the live action show depicts sokka "doing all the work", fulfilling his traditionally masculine role of warrior/protector, and COMPLETELY DISMISSES whatever "women's work" katara does, as if she does nothing. seems pretty clear to me that the showrunners would love to absolve themselves of sexism by not talking about sexism, while in actuality being pretty sexist themselves

and don't even get me started on sokka not wearing the dress/makeup of the kyoshi warriors' uniform

[bluedrifting]

[kataraslove]

there’s a reason why the entire story of avatar the last airbender begins and ends with katara. there’s a reason why we are introduced to katara first before we are introduced to any other character. there’s a reason why katara is the narrator. there’s a reason why the creators have emphasized over and over again that katara is just as titular to the story as aang - she’s the other main character.

when you water down katara - remove her compassion, her ability to connect with others, her nurturing role, her ANGER and RAGE and DRIVE - you water down the very fundamentals of the story. you drastically and severely alter the core dynamics of the gaang, because katara was so important to the development of every single one of them. she was the rock and glue that held team avatar together.

katara was unlike any other character to ever appear on television; she was a young brown girl who took no shit from anyone, yet at the same time remained kind and compassionate and nurturing. katara was a force of nature; proud of her heritage and culture, burdened by the responsibility of being the last southern water bender of the water tribe, angered over the death of her mother and everything that the fire nation took from her, determined to help every single person in need, determined to change the world, angry and resentful because old men and rules and laws kept telling her what she could or could not do, thus, she was determined to restructure thousands of years of patriarchy that stood against her from accomplishing her goals and dreams.

watering down katara into at most 2-3 tangible characteristics, stripping her away of all her motivation and agency and nuance, telling the audience that she wants to help and change the world only to have her stand in the background with an air of grief, demonstrates that the writers of the live action fundamentally misunderstand the spirit of avatar. and that’s something so unforgivable. no matter how many changes they decide to make, or how much they decide to stay true to the original story in other areas, no matter how many flashy VFX fight scenes we get - if you fail to properly understand katara, you fail to understand the heart and soul of avatar the last airbender, everything that makes avatar such a timeless classic.

[hiveswap]

man this year is gonna be the year i either die or become someone else i dont know which one maybe both

[hiveswap]

Everytime i think of the future i nearly throw up

[wrecked-cuticles]

hate to say it but the cow is right

[hiveswap]

Oh plush cow we're really in it now

[snazzymolasses]

I don't know why, but I find it even more comforting to look at it this way:

[hiveswap]

[oblivioustothevampirediaries]

my contribution for the netflix avatar remake

[kat-rose-griffith]

I liked it better when Katara released Aang from his 100 year slumber through the pure unfiltered rage of a feminist rant at her brother

[duckiedaledeservedbetter]

zuko has not uttered the word honor one single time and i am not having any fun here

[luciifer666]

In trying to make ATLA "less sexist" they just ran in a circle right back into sexism. They made Suki seem boy crazy instead of giving both her and sokka a good storyline. Same thing with June and Iroh, what was the point of switching it from Iroh flirting and June hating it to June flirting and Iroh not caring??? It's just so Women Written By Men™.

[duckiedaledeservedbetter]

sorry i will be having straight up NO CHILL about this WHY DID ZUKO FIGHT OZAI ??? JUST SO DALLAS LIU COULD SHOW OFF HIS ACRO SKILLS ??? I'M SORRY I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ZUKOS REFUSAL TO DUEL HIS FATHER WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HIS CHARACTER OR SOMETHING BUT I GUESS I WAS WRONG

[zalrb]

I just want to say that when I spoke about how adaptations in general (but specifically ATLA) strip rage away from the characters, I was, of course, talking about Katara and Zuko, but I was also talking about Aang. His guilt and shame about running away is wrapped up in the pain and despair at being the literal last airbender,

which can trigger destructive anger

and in relation to how the monks handled the news a hundred years earlier

which is also wrapped up in his struggle with the avatar state, which also acts as a mirror to Zuko's turmoil, which also --

[kilucore]

So I've started rewatching ATLA to cleanse my palette, and I only now noticed this foreshadowing from the very first episode, the second scene with Zuko in the entire series.

The show introduces the idea that Zuko's firebending isn't sustainable and is fueled by rage right at the beginning, which of course comes back in The Firebending Masters, where he can't firebend anymore because he doesn't have that rage. Basically that Zuko is cutting corners in his firebending through brute force and anger (a la "you will teach me the advanced set!"), and Iroh knows, or hopes, there will come a time that Zuko can't firebend like this.

Just, so cool that I can always notice new things and nuances in this show no matter how many times I watch it.