Grassland Sailor

He/Him, Ger, Slavic, Pannonian, Occasional Writer, Language and History Nerd

[timur-pannonicus]

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[dingdongbitxh]

Dawgs if there's no other reason for an Azula redemption, the only reason should be Azula and Toph being besties or Azula being Lin Beifong's father

I NEED to see the chaos created by the two most lethal—in terms of both bending and verbal roasting—bitches team up. If there was any duo who could cook all four nations in three seconds, it's them.

[zarchomp]

what she says: i’m fine

what she means: people often reduce kim’s character as uninteresting because she has a lot of natural intelligence and athleticism and is therefore ‘perfect’ but they fail to understand that the whole point of the show is that she is a teen girl who deals with teen girl problems and she isn’t that great at dealing with those problems. she often struggles in social situations, and only has like 3 good friends throughout the run of the show. she’s able to take down bad guys easily and she uses it as a way to process her issues with her peers. she struggles over and over throughout the show with her relationships. this also adds a layer of depth to her relationship with ron, as they’re two people who struggle with a lot but create this whole life together on missions where they can just do their thing. dismissing kim’s character as just being little miss perfect completely misses the point of so much of her character. after all, she is ‘a basic average girl’

[cowboyjoshdun]

really love keeping up with my mutuals through their little tags and vent posts. getting updates on how they’re doing is something like: glad to know your job at the library is going well. i’m sorry you haven’t gotten that raise. glad your finals went well. i’m sorry your teacher is so unhelpful. glad your tv show got renewed. i’m sorry they killed your favorite character. glad that you scored tickets to see your favorite artist. i’m sorry they aren’t touring near you at all. glad your cat is doing well. i’m sorry your mom is sick again. glad you’re feeling better now that it’s your favorite season. i’m sorry your meds aren’t working. glad you’re married now. i’m sorry you have to step back for your mental health. glad you’re still here. i’m sorry life is so hard. glad you’re alive, i hope things get easier for you soon

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Like we have commodified human connection to a degree where if you go beyond smalltalk you're oversharing and if you talk too deeply about your life you're traumadumping and if you get visibly upset you're manipulative and if you care too much you're codependent and if you want to talk about anything heavy you're expected to go hire a therapist because your friends shouldn't have to deal with that stuff and yet we're all sitting around wondering why so many people are lonely...

[the-last-teabender]

Heinous bonus down side of generative AI use I’m seeing (and we didn’t need bonus down sides, we are rich in down sides) is that people are now becoming convinced that anything that looks remotely polished must be AI.

Which. Come on. Come ON.

Just because AI bros are convinced that being good at creative things is impossible doesn’t mean we have to agree.

I absolutely loathe that in a few short months we’ve started drifting toward the idea that humans are incapable of being good at stuff. I haven’t spent 75% of my life writing just to be told humans can’t write. Go to hell.

[zuko-always-lies]

"Zuko was extremely bad at following the social rules of his society" does not mean "Zuko deserved to be abused."

[sugarpsalms]

personal peeve is azula hate like I'm sorry but given the circumstances everyone is lucky she's not worse actually

[sugarpsalms]

like idk I just think that if you're the prodigy on which all your asshole dad's hopes hang from the moment you show any amount of promise and from there you're put through ringer after ringer and viciously conditioned to seek perfection at all costs and the price of not doing so has been shown to be horrible physical violence+total severance from the family and compassion is weakness and weakness is a crime punishable to the most intense and merciless degree and love is nothing except when it can be used to harm you and the people who do feel love don't seem to feel it for you anyway so how important can it really be and also you are a 14 year old girl then you are mandated by heaven to be At Least That Bad, but the allowance is actually for you to be considerably moreso

[timur-pannonicus]

Don't forget how damaging it is to grow up believing a parent doesn't love you. In order to properly develop the ability to be loving and kind you need to experience these things first.

[theserlingbucket]

Participating in an Adult Azula contest on twt, here’s the full image without the no-ai filter if you’re here from there

Design notes under the cut !!

Azula hair symbolism you are very very dear to me

[erinoma9]

Don't think this has been said:

If Azula did not want redemption, then the Spirit would not have tried to trick her by offering it in the first place. The offer only makes sense if there is something in her that can be tempted.

P.S. Got this interpretation from @timur-pannonicus, and got free rein to spread the word.

[frankiebirds]

modern au zuko has his license and azula does not and he chauffeurs her and her polycule around everywhere. unclear who hates this arrangement more.

[firelxrdazula]

you should see azula stans in tiktok. they think she is this soft, baby, secretly good inside character

I really think we can appreciate Azula for her character, which is that, she is the product of her father's influence and that has shaped her into anything but soft, baby secretly-good-inside character.

Not that she's irredeemable but that, in the comics, she's just not ready to be redeemed yet. If she truly were the character that they characterize her to be, wouldnt she have chosen it for herself already at this point? I know a lot of people don't consider the comics to be canon, but in the series itself, there's nothing there that implies that she is actually "soft" inside.

The question isn't whether Azula is redeemable or not, it's that would she actually want that for herself?

Her redemption arc would be more complicated than Zuko's because unlike Zuko who actively longs for belonging and acceptance, Azula has a different mentality which is that she actually thinks that power is safer than connection. Currently, she is not ready to be redeemed. She is still actively discovering herself, outside of being the Fire Nation Princess, daughter of Ozai. Just like with Zuko, who often asked himself where he belongs, who he really is, what his purpose actually is, and I genuinely think that is where Azula is now. And we should give her that journey, and not rush her into redemption.

A lot of these fans think that Iroh or Zuko should help her be redeemed but the thing is, Azula should also want that for herself. If you notice in Zuko's redemption arc, there are many times where Iroh pushes Zuko to the right side but since he was not ready yet, he actually refuses to accept it. It wasn't until he was ready himself that he finally took the chance at redemption. She's finally understanding her trauma, and you know what? That's good enough for now.

Is it so difficult to accept Azula for her complexity and psychology?

[timur-pannonicus]

We live in a society that encourages us to think in simple binaries, either or. So when a character as complex as Azula comes along people tend to retreat into either a too negative or too positive understanding of her. I agree with your assessment that as of current canon she IS in a position where she COULD want to change AND find a possible way to do it. That might be unsatisfying for both side of the debate but it is a good starting point for fanfiction.

[dingdongbitxh]

I hate a lot of the generalized opinions people have about Zuko and Azula and Mai especially because most normal people will never comprehend just how much abuse and indoctrination fucks up your brain and perception of the world and they shouldn't bcs I'd never wish that on anyone. People dismiss almost all other characters traumas too bcs they don't understand what it's like to experience these things (and I don't wish that on anyone) but I'll be talking about what I know from experience rn so I'm not covering everyone.

Seriously, there was hardly any other way for those kids to turn out with what they lived in. Living under abuse can make you live in survival mode for years and years with no real way to get out of it because you don't know a life beyond it. If you do what is expected, you'll be safe and usually there's nothing you can see beyond that promise of safety. It's also difficult when your abusive parents provide you 'love' however toxic it is because when you don't really get that from another source, that's all you can hope for and you'd do anything for it, even if it destroys you. It's difficult to understand the desperation of it all if you've never experienced it.

Similarly for Katara, I genuinely hate how people chastise her for bringing up her mother. Can you freaking imagine the woman who raised you and took care of you dying just like that? Not only is the depth of loss an incredibly difficult process because trust me, you don't process the loss at once. Personally, it keeps coming to you again and again. It doesn't register at once that they're gone and you'll never see them again. Katara didn't just lose her mother that day, she lost her entire livelihood as she knew it. She lost her innocence and her childhood in more ways than one. She didn't just lose the physical embodiment of Kya but she lost her mother's cooking, her mother's stories, her mother's specific way of affection, her mother's protection (random examples bcs we don't know much abt Kya). Nothing will ever bring that back. Nothing could ever recreate that.

A lot of people who say these things do not know how severely traumatizing these experiences like abuse, death, losing your culture, not having agency in your own life and many more actually feels and they shouldn't know bcs its not something I'd ever wish on people. The you before and the you after experiences like that can practically be two seperate people. You will never be the same again. Especially when you experience it super young. It fucks up your brain so severely.

Point is, they're very ignorant takes usually and it pmo all the time.

[itzzthechosenone]

"A ruthless tyrant doesn't leave extra money for untouched tea". 🔥Chapter 2: Trails — Fire of Rebirth 🔥

"The further she walked, the more her internal frustration grew."

Azula spent her entire life chasing something.

The throne.

Victory.

Perfection.

Now she has none of them.

Book One: Embers continues as Azula wanders the Fire Nation mainland with no destination, no purpose, and no idea who she is supposed to become.

Meanwhile, the White Lotus finally sends someone to find her.

Master Raizen.

Teacher.

Warrior.

Investigator.

The man tasked with tracking down the most dangerous missing person in the world.

But the deeper he follows her trail, the more the stories stop making sense.

A ruthless tyrant doesn't leave extra money for untouched tea.

A monster doesn't give warnings when she could strike.

And a girl trying to outrun her past may not be the person everyone believes she is.

✨ Azula redemption journey

✨ Slow-burn Azula/Raizen

✨ White Lotus investigation

✨ Character-focused storytelling

✨ Post-Spirit Temple canon continuation

✨ Emotional healing & self-discovery

✨ Fire Nation travel adventure

Chapter 2 also contains one of my favorite moments so far:

Azula looks into a mountain spring...

...and for a split second sees her mother's reflection staring back at her.

Sometimes the ghosts we carry are harder to escape than any enemy.

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[faintlyhauntedsanctuary]

Leftists will be like "acab fuck the police they use their position of power to abuse people" but will wholeheartedly bootlick doctors and support the psych industry even though they do the exact same thing

[dingdongbitxh]

Idk if this is a hot take or not so let's call it a lukewarm take.

I think Iroh and Azula were the people Zuko loved most in his family. I don't think Ursa makes that list (probably top 3 tho) bcs I feel like Zuko likes the idea of his mother more than his actual one. He has this idealised version of her in his head whom he loves but I think the real Ursa is much different (I'm not considering the comics here so basically just show material)

Think about it, everytime Zuko feels stuck, he wonders what Iroh and Azula would do. His hallucination dragon dream (a weird one but evidence nonetheless), the southern air temple, etc. Even in the beach, his two happiest memories are one wirh Iroh & Lu Ten and one with Azula. They did have good times before (as told by Zuko himself somewhere tho I'm not sure where)

Now is that love very, very dysfunctional and skewed? Yes. There's many instances where he treats Iroh like shit and Azula like shit despite what they've each done for him. Ofc they don't always treat him great either but thats bcs the fire family is very dysfunctional from generational abuse (this is more Azula than Iroh bcs obviously shes a child and a victim currently. Iroh has his iffy instances but I believe hes a good uncle to Zuko atleast)

Zuko pushes away people he loves very often and with his family I feel like he thinks there's some sort of strings attached. I think he also idolized both iroh and Azula in a weird way and turned them into ideas with Iroh as "good" and Azula as "bad" when it is obviously more nuanced. But he definitely admired Iroh and very clearly admired Azula despite the negativity that made him feel and experience.

The point still stands though that on first instinct, he thinks of Iroh and Azula first. Yes he's severely demonised Azula in his head and that's not a good thing but indifference is the real opposing force to love I feel. In the beach when they were free from any outside influences, their relationship was pretty decent (not perfect but decent yknow) and in Ba Sing Se once Zuko could leave the influence of the fire nation, he became far nicer to Iroh.

Hence, I believe that Iroh and Azula were genuinely his closest family members. The love was toxic and very dysfunctional (again not talking sbout thr comics gang) but it WAS there. Which is why I maintain my point Zuko should've never become firelord at rhe end of the series. His "destiny" to become Firelord (pushed by Iroh of all people) was bullshit. He was 17, he should've just had the title and gone to therapy and lived a little before taking the entire responsibility at once. Anyway, that's a discussion for another day.

[timur-pannonicus]

Thanks for the meta! You seem new so I can tell your opinion would be pretty wildly accepted by people who love both fire siblings

[ruthesla]

I’ve always wanted to see them meet in the show… Anyway, I wanted to make a comic of their drama.

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