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zuko: if you saw me going soft and forgetting the reputation i have as the firelord when sokka looked at me with those puppy eyes no you didn't

sozukka

people... adult sokka is the absolute EPITOME of POWERFUL PUPPY EYES. divine and impeccable. best of luck to my boy zuko, he’s never winning a single disagreement in that marriage (not that he needs saving though, that man is right where he wants to be).

#atla #zukka #zuko #sokka

sokka and zuko married each other while they were drunk

there really is nothing going on between them, aside from friendship.

well, also aside from the fact that zuko's been hopelessly in love with the guy since he's helped him break his dad out of prison.

and that sokka's quite obviously crushing on him as well, not that zuko would ever notice because sokka's great at hiding things that could possibly be used against him.

no, he's not. well, he actually is good at hiding things as he is a warrior, but, it's just that there was never really any need for it. zuko's oblivious as hell, he'll never know.

and then aang and katara get married. with the bittersweet main event (because yeah, they're a great couple, but, holy shit, they're not kids anymore!), the exchanging of pleasantries, and the celebration afterwards that looked more like a party thrown by teenagers than a peaceful dinner hosted by someone's lovely grandparents, which was what the newlyweds were going for.

iroh, who's just as wasted as them, officiated it. azula kept the documents and stuff just in case.

months later, when zuko tells the gaang that he wants to go off alone in a super dangerous secret mission, everyone's against it, of course. zuko's insistent, though. "no, i'll be fine, seriously! and it really is best if i go alone. for... stealth..."

it frustrated them all.

azula, then, says "what would your husband think, zuko? even he probably knows that this is a stupid idea and that's saying something since he's usually your number one supporter when it comes to almost everything."

zuko gapes.

"husband? what the hell are you talking about? i don't even have a boyfriend, at the very least."

the rest just exchange looks and his uncle, the actual firelord, visibly avoids his eyes as if he's the most fearsome enemy he's ever had.

azula stands and goes through her drawers, smirking as she walks back.

"oh, zuzu. you're in for one hell of a tale."

#zukka au #zukka #zuko #sokka #dont do this irl tho lmaoo #tw: alcohol #tw: alcohol mention

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weaselle

There was an arrest across the street from my place in Oakland one day – three cop cars with a bullhorn and guns out – and before I could even get out the gate there were a couple people posted up and one of them was filming and another one was narrating in a calm but very loud voice, just

“HE IS COOPERATING! HIS HANDS ARE EMPTY! HE IS DOING WHAT HE IS TOLD TO DO! HE IS HOLDING STILL! HIS HANDS ARE EMPTY! HE IS NOT BEING THREATENING! HE HAS PUT HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS HEAD AS ASKED! HE IS NOT RESISTING!”

and that was something I hadn’t thought to do before. It certainly let the cops know what the narrative of eye witnesses was going to be.

I especially liked “his hands are empty” because this statement would still be true and a witnessed reason the police should not become violent even if it turned out he had a weapon on his person somewhere.

lotrlocked

I see people in NYC stop and record a lot. Even if they are just being nosey, that’s still witnesses if shit goes down.

robphoton7

We must be vigilant. The New Solidarity. You might just save a fellow human being.

paddysnuffles

If you don’t feel comfortable with doing the narrating thing (which really is quite clever), even just standing around and blatantly staring actually legit helps immensely.

There are studies that show that even an image of someone looking can be effective to change people’s behaviours.

Sidenote: If you see a cop stopping an Indigenous person, the same protocol applies.

lizluvscupcakes

Stop and watch

#atla #zukka #zuko #sokka #this is also katara with sokka and zuko tbh #tw: death #tw: drowning #tw: water #tw: ocean #tw: sea

#avatar: the last airbender #a:tla #atla #azula #azula deserves it just as much as zuko #they really weren't that different #iroh and ursa just seemed to connect with zuko more #azula just felt attacked and singled out by her family #like zuko when ozai is being the usual asshole parent that he is

love the ships with a "you're an idiot but i'd die for you" kinda vibe

sozukka

sokka: men are hot.

sokka: women are hot.

sokka: people are hot.

sokka: why is everyone hot?

zuko: we're in the fire nation, so, it's kind of a given.

jelliifiish

Sokka: you’re hot.

sozukka

zuko: the hottest, yes. i'm the firelord.

zuko: if you saw me going soft and forgetting the reputation i have as the firelord when sokka looked at me with those puppy eyes no you didn't

#atla #atla incorrect #zukka #zukka incorrect #zuko #sokka

sokka: men are hot.

sokka: women are hot.

sokka: people are hot.

sokka: why is everyone hot?

zuko: we're in the fire nation, so, it's kind of a given.

#atla #atla incorrect quotes #zukka #zukka incorrect quotes #zuko #sokka

so, i took some "which atla character are you?" quizzes and...

...yeah, i think i need to see a therapist.

#atla #azula #ok i promise i am NOT that mean #i'm actually the one who cries and not the one who makes people cry idk #maybe i just chose some exaggerated answers sfsghd #i did get uncle iroh once though #but he's not that nice either...#help ??

valtsv

i can’t talk shit about the pirates of the caribbean films as if elizabeth swann becoming pirate king didn’t hand my entire ass to me and make me the gay i am today

valtsv

these 2 looks basically defined my sexuality and i’m not afraid to admit it

valtsv

things pirates of the caribbean got right:

1. will and elizabeth’s love story

2. elizabeth becoming pirate king

3. avoiding sexualizing elizabeth or the other female pirate characters in the first 3 films by allowing them to wear period-accurate pirate outfits that aren’t tailored to be revealing and impractical for ‘sex appeal’ just because they’re women

4. hans zimmer’s entire score but especially the iconic ‘he’s a pirate’ main theme

prismatic-bell

5. When the movie came out, morally-gray characters like Jack were actually not really a thing yet in pop culture, and it’s not Pirates’ fault that there are a ton of stupid shitty copycats out there.

6. I run a corseting panel at cons and literally use Elizabeth’s lace-up scene as a video clip of what historical corseting was actually like, because the only thing they got wrong in this scene is that tightlacing wouldn’t be a thing for about another 200 years (and you couldn’t tightlace with the corset style Elizabeth is wearing anyway). It’s one of the most accurate corseting scenes I’ve ever seen.

7. Will’s hat.

8. That scene with all the pirates on the gallows where that little boy starts singing Hoist the Colours? Yeah, that’s fucking legendary. The rest of AWE was kind of a trash fire, but that scene gave me goosebumps.

9. There’s this great shot in the first one where they really drive home the class differences inherent in this time period by having the governor talking about progress and civilization to Elizabeth in their carriage, and then they cut to a shot outside the carriage where a beggar gets splashed by mud from the wheel. It’s a perfect way to underline that everything is not, in fact, a nice little upper-class fairytale, and to give some weight to Will’s storyline, because he has a lot more in common with that beggar than with the governor.

10. For its time, the CGI was fucking amazing.

11. And let’s not forget the work of the makeup department, which had to actually invent new ways of putting on makeup for this movie.

12. The governor’s death scene. Holy shit.

13. They could have gone with a Jack/Will/Elizabeth love triangle, but they didn’t. There are some hints Jack is in love (or at least in lust) with Elizabeth, but he recognizes that she loves Will, and that’s that.

14. You’ve got to admit that wedding was unique.

math-is-magic

15. The introduction of fantasy elements to historical fiction outside of Tolkein-esque fantasy, and how it contributed to and expanded the Fantasy Media boom we’re still enjoying today.

paddysnuffles

1. They had a woman of colour play a goddess.

2. They had a woman pirate right in the first film, when the tradition is to only show male ones (hell, the PotC ride at Disney had a wench auction scene until recently). And it was a female pirate of colour at that!

3. Elizabeth may not have known how to fight in the first film, but she wasn’t helpless either. Her first instinct was to fight, but she also had the brains to recognize when it was best to hide instead. Plus when given the chance she stabbed Barbosa that one time.

4. Elizabeth’s lack of fighting ability was not simply because she was a woman, it was clear it was due to her societal circumstances, since we saw other women of different socioeconomic backgrounds being able to fight (and when given the opportunity to learn Elizabeth took to fighting like a duck on water).

5. The Hoist the Colours scene where we see pirates of multiple ethnicities and their varying flags, reminding us that pirates came in all shapes and sizes and weren’t just white men.

6. One of the Pirate Lords being yet ANOTHER woman of colour. She may not have had much of a speaking role if memory serves, but even her presence is already a big deal.

7. The pirates accepting their King is a woman without much fuss.

chubbyooo

Pirates is amazing I will not here a bad word

Davy Jones CGI is legendary and a ton better than some of the stuff done today 😄

the-unnecessary-commentary

I’m pretty sure that female Chinese pirate was a nod to a real, documented female pirate king who was Chinese and had a whole fleet of ships at her disposal but I can’t remember her name rn

kintatsujo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih

real-jaune-isms

My favorite part about the Bretheren Court voting wasn’t that they were against Elizabeth for becoming King as a woman and newcomer. They were pissed at Jack for being a chaotic neutral who broke the decades long tradition of an egotistical stalemate by voting for someone besides himself.

Also, the deleted scenes from Black Pearl and At World’s End that divulge more of Jack’s troubled past, like how he was branded as a pirate by the East Indian Trading Company because he stole a ship full of slaves and freed them.