#today on

[toastpersona]

i don’t think we should listen to him but he’s pretty convincing

[twofacedtitan]

Am I just obsessing too much over this ship or does this music actually suit them?

[woodlaflababab]

Aang and Androgyny

This is gonna be a bit ramblish but I've been thinking about it, A Lot.

I keep seeing people describe Aang as 'feminine' and that's always kinda sat wrong with me but I couldn't really tell why because they usually had a point, but recently I've realized it's because Aang isn't feminine, he's a great representation of androgyny but people see an absense of masculinity (especially in comparison with Sokka, Zuko, and even Toph) and read that as feminine.

He has a few 'feminine' moments, like the flower crown and the jewlery making, and he also has plenty of 'masculine' moments, the first that come to mind being him shutting people up in The Great Divide and him giggling with Sokka over buttresses.

And I've heard people point out that he has many personality traits associated with women, passivity being a big one, along with his empathy and care, but he also has plenty associated with men like confidence and, uh, I don't know what the word for it is, the only word that's coming to mind is tomfoolery, but that vibe. Being a tomfool.

But I think the kicker is, the two (positive) traits I see most often associated with him are his love for fun, and his wisdom. Both of which are genderless traits. When you think of wisedom you either think of an old man or an old woman. The gender of 'wise' is old. And fun loving is also not a trait strongly tied to either gender either, it's one that bring to mind children or the 'young at heart' (and isn't that interesting, that Aang can be most well known for acting both too young and too old)

Even Aang's basic character design has andogyny in it. He's bald, which is something usually associated with older men bc they lose hair. Among the young, both men and women can be bald, it's an unconventional hair choice either way. His outfit for two thirds of the show is one that is canonically genderless, it's simply the outfit given to those who are learning airbending, regardless of gender or age. And even when he gets out of that one, what does he go to? A school uniform. One both boys and girls wear. His final outfit is sorta ??? on the gender scale because like, clearly a woman would need to wear something under that, but also looser more revealing clothing is typically reserved for women (looking at Katara's fire nation outfit). I feel like there's a reason most genderbent art of Aang I've seen retain his outfit just with wraps underneath.

Aang is almost perfectly androgynous in just about everything he does. He's literally the fucking avatar, the symbol of balance, a being that has been both male and female many times.

But, because he's a boy, people see androgyny and think feminine, just like people see girls who lack feminimity as masculine. They're not. Androgynous is a thing a person can be.

I'm not saying like, Aang is genderqueer or anything, his reaction to the Ember Island Players alone shows he's connected to his sense of gender, but I just don't like people calling him feminine, or watching people debate this by pointing out masculine traits. He's neither.

He's just Aang.

[stingyslegslookweird]

Ever since i saw the first episode of Donbrothers, i couldn't shake the thought that Sonoi looks a lot like Matt Shultz, the lead singer of the band Cage The Elephant. Quick comparison so my rambling makes sense:

Sonoi (left), Matt Shultz (right)

See what I mean? So, anyway, I was listening to Ready To Let Go, and nearly spit out my drink during the second verse. Why's that?

BECAUSE LOOK AT THE LYRICS

"I was blue, your dress was red"

"We both knew this day was coming"

Like, yeah, I know Ready To Let Go came out in, like, 2016, but COME ON THIS CANT BE A COINCIDENCE.

[podcastbrainrotdad]

Today, a hummingbird flew into my workplace and got stuck flying into windows.

Six grownass adults stood up from their chairs and tried to catch the little guy or guide him towards an open window. Eventually, someone managed to corner and catch the bastard, he paraded him to the door to the cheers of everyone in the room.

I've never seen such collective joy in a group of adults on a Monday morning as I've seen when my coworker opened his hands and allowed the little guy to fly safely towards the nearest tree.

Today was a good day.

[sherokutakari]

People grabbing on and holding tight to Wakko Warner being Non-binary/Agender: Yes! Good!! Excellent choice!!!

People automatically changing his pronouns to they/them bc of it:

no!!!

[incorrectsleepybois]

Wilbur: Techno tries to act all tough, but one of his dogs is named Missy

Techno: Its a nickname, the full name is actually Missile Launcher