z + k

izzie. 24. she/they. queer. latina. @paintedko on twitter. pfp by @smmushii. “tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much he died every night to let her breath”

[niirococo]

just two little fishies!! surely nothing bad would ever happen to them

[weirduhfics]

Apparently, they don't like that Katara is forcefully shipped; only when she is forcefully kissed! As long as it's their fav.

Make up your minds, did she reject him or not?

(I don't even want to talk about this. Godamnit)

It's only okay to ship one character with another (even when they already have a partner) if it's my favorite ship; otherwise, they're fake and annoying fans!!

I think these are just a few examples of the hypocrisy in this fandom. Remember to ship themes that YOU yourself decided were problematic as long as they're gay or canon!

I always thought the Kataang fandom used to interpret that scene as a mistake Aang made and got annoyed with the Zutarians whenever someone complained in the same way I usually get annoyed when someone complains about Zuko, like "omgg, he already made up for his shit, leave him alone." Not that they genuinely believed that shit was okay. That she was simply "surprised and didn't know how to react 🥺🥺"

She literally yelled at him, "I TOLD YOU I WAS CONFUSED," and you think that wasn't a "no"? That it was simply unexpected and that's why she didn't reciprocate? As if she is going to accept kisses every time he wanted them?

[okikaguloveforever]

counting stars⭐️

[frenchcoucou]

Peepaw

ac: @miiuu1103 on X

[yourhighness6]

I like to think that after Sokka showed Zuko to his new room at the end of The Western Air Temple, he ran into Katara going to confront Zuko and deliver her death threat and the conversation went something like this:

[i-am-a-fish]

whose dumb ass idiot fuck idea was it to make medicine cost money

[i-am-a-fish]

go to triple hell

[blossomsbandit]

the problem with complex, independent female characters who are loved and understood by girls and hated by boys is that, from the moment authors start treating them like trophies and end up pairing them with the main character who “deserves” everything, that complex, independent female character starts to be accepted; when otherwise wouldn't be the case if she wasn't an accessory to adorn the male protagonist’s arm. if said complex, independent female character is given the freedom to choose what she wants, given agency, or follow her own narrative arc that strides away from the predetermined fate, she becomes unlikable, because a female character must always follow the “hero gets the girl” trope, even if there's no chemistry or a compelling dynamic between them that hints at romance from her own perspective and not just the male desire.

because, sadly, female characters can't exist within the writing unless there's a deeper, more objectifying motive. if she won't serve the purpose of choosing the hero, what's there to be liked?

[b0nkcreat]

i think people get so used to their own creative work that they forget how amazing it is so i’m making this post as a reminder You are the only person capable of making art the exact way you make it. nobody else on earth can do that. there are always going to be those little habits and intricacies and details that simply cannot be replicated whether it’s in writing or painting or textiles and you make life all the better for it i love my friends’ art i love art from strangers im trying to love my own art I LOVE YOU!!! THE PERSON READING THIS!!!!!!! YOU ARE A PART OF THIS WORLD NEVER EVER STOP MAKING THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT IT

[kayforpay]

history fucked me up

oxford was built and operational as a college before the rise of the mayans and cleopatra lived in a time nearer to pizza hut’s invention than to the pyramids being built

[kayforpay]

I need a noncomprehensive history book that covers Known World History in time periods, like “in this century, all this shit was happening concurrently” and not just all spread out so I have to piece it together like some unpaid uneducated scholar

[archaeologysucks]

You mean like this?

The Timetables of History by Bernard Grun

I grew up with this book, which is frickin’ enormous, and it was endlessly fascinating to young me to pour over the side by side comparison of events taking place concurrently under different headings and in different parts of the world.

Or if you want something you can put on your wall, there’s this:

World History Timeline

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

I had this book! My grandpa gave it to me and it was really freakin useful!!

[mckitterick]

I loved this book! Same for The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science.

Same for The Timetables of Technology: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Technology. Great references!

[lepetitpoete]

okay but here’s an even cooler (free!) visualization that goes a step further and tracks ideas, devices, infrastructures, and systems of power

Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power Since 1500

✨️with a special focus on colonialism, militarization, automation, and enclosure✨️

You can spend hours upon hours exploring this

[wildwoodringing]

ZW1 Family by sindos

[transhuman-priestess]

We need to lay more blame for "Kids don't know how computers work" at the feet of the people responsible: Google.

Google set out about a decade ago to push their (relatively unpopular) chromebooks by supplying them below-cost to schools for students, explicitly marketing them as being easy to restrict to certain activities, and in the offing, kids have now grown up in walled gardens, on glorified tablets that are designed to monetize and restrict every movement to maximize profit for one of the biggest companies in the world.

Tech literacy didn't mysteriously vanish, it was fucking murdered for profit.

[anoraktrend]

Linux is a very good and powerful alternative.

[transhuman-priestess]

[transarsonist]

reminder: you cannot Personal Choises your way out of an Intentional Structural Problem

[yurigirldick]

Fun fact! School Chromebooks block Linux. It's not an easy alternative. You are missing the point

[ronnierad365]

katara’s favorite pillow <3

[iamdslr]

i redraw this a couple of weeks ago finally had the guts to finish it :D and made multiple versions lmao

please do not repost my artworks des ü // @iamdslr // @saradesuchiha INQUIRIES/COMMISSIONS || KO-FI || INPRNT

[dredsina]

[olicrosse]

[cephalopodvictorious]

fixed it

[star-thief]

[sandersstudies]

I only hate certain types of fic the same way I hate mosquitos and ticks. Like get these nasty little buggers away from me but also I respect their place in the ecosystem.

[sandersstudies]

Me, spraying bug spray: blocked.

[sandersstudies]

Listen and sometimes? To enjoy running through a beautiful field of grass and flowers (ao3) you have to tolerate the fact that bugs (fics you don’t like) are there and maybe you will even encounter one, but you can use bugspray (filtered tags) to reduce the likelihood of that. Because the alternative is not getting to experience the beautiful field of grass and flowers.

[sandersstudies]

And some of my mutuals happen to be entomologists. Which is also cool.

[alexseanchai]

tags by sunderwight: #and there are people who think you can get rid of all the nasty bugs and just enjoy the pristine and beautiful nature #and those people do NOT understand how anything works

[ronnierad365]

this was originally supposed to be a low effort sketch for a friend but i got carried away