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People were crossing over LOK and the 70s so That’s 70s show seemed kinda appropriate. I never knew how much I was gonna I love the interaction between Lin and Mako as Red and Eric.

Mako design based of erimero‘s art.

aers-dna

extra Lin/Red just bc

welegatolvr

The Rise Of Kyoshi

overthinkingao3

We write for ourselves, but we post for others.

(this came out of a conversation in the comments on a previous post about an author threatening to stop updating a fic because of lack of engagement)

So there’s this idea that fic writers should write for themselves and not care too much about stats or engagement,

and i totally get the sentiment behind that. if writing becomes entirely about stats and external validation, something important does get lost - creative freedom and joy, conviction in your own writing

but i also think:

“i write for myself, but i post for others.”

because posting fic is not only self-expression. it’s social. ao3 is called an archive, but emotionally it often functions as a community space.

people post for connection, for participation, for others to bear witness to their pain and trauma and grief,

and i don’t think most people are asking to be admired so much as acknowledged. there’s something deeply human about wanting another person to encounter something that mattered to you and go:

“ok, yeah, I see what you were trying to say. I see you.”

especially because fanfic is often people processing very real feelings through fictional characters at a safe distance, one step removed,

and then uploading that deeply personal thing into a shared archive and hoping somebody else might connect with it.

And i think that’s why it hurts so much when you summon up the courage and post a fic into the void and you get nothing back,

and then it’s like,

does anyone see me? does anyone even care?

yukaro353

I'm being honest, I ask for comments at the end because I want to talk about my own things, not just write to you and put them there.

I want to hear if you have a theory, if you understood the thing I referenced in a dialogue, if you didn't think of that possibility for the character, if you were disappointed. I want to talk for hours and hours about all these ideas I have about my favorite characters; a fic that doesn't generate any conversation is sad for me.I'll probably abandon it because if it's just for me, my drafts are enough, or it's enough that it stays in my head.

If someone else is there talking to me about it, they'll have my full effort to finish it, because if you gave me your time, I'll give you mine.

(I should be finishing my homework, god, I want to sleep)

༄˖°.🍂.ೃ࿔*:･

currrsy

smile face ☺️✨

j-walking

Practice coloring with them 💖

phisi

Lit si no fuera por mako..creo q el Korrasami no existiría (tan mal novio fue) jejejeje👄.....

furi-99

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Jz0Ya

sheishine

Ancient Sea Creature Diorama - Anomalocaris (Cambrian Period).

古代海洋生物ジオラマ - アノマロカリス (カンブリア紀)。

The print is available on my Etsy shop.

chiefbeifong-deactivated2019030

┏┓ ┃┃╱╲ in this ┃╱╱╲╲ house ╱╱╭╮╲╲ we ▔▏┗┛▕▔ appreciate ╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲ lin beifong ╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲ ▔▏┗┻┛┃┃┗┻┛▕▔

0tterpenguins

Short comic based on this wonderful prompt by @marauders4evr : “Someone needs to make a beautiful comic where Aang’s struggling because Tenzin just became an airbending master but Aang has absolutely no idea how to actually tattoo the arrows because he was only twelve when his entire culture was wiped out, he had only just gotten his tattoos months before he ran away, he would have been far too young to learn the tradition from the side of the tattoo-giver and then said tradition was wiped out forever, so he’s crying as he tries his best, and then Yangchen appears and the Air Nomad Avatar before Yangchen appears and so on and so on, all the way back to the Avatar that came right after Wan, hundreds of Airbenders just sitting with Aang, patiently going over the techniques, cheering when Tenzin stands, bowing to the newest airbender, making sure the culture isn’t lost…”

kowachi

The Legend of Korra: The Price of Progress: Book One - Page 6 Follow the comic:

Book One: Page 06

lion-turtles

they beauty of tokka lies in the gradual progression of trust as they slowly start to break our walls to let each other in.

this moment is one of the most insightful ones for both characters and its honestly so satisfying to get a scene that strips away the exaggerated personas they both rely on (sokka’s performative confidence and toph’s cultivated toughness) and shows us two children who are still shaped by parental loss and neglect.

sokka canonically represses his trauma and internal struggles by constantly running away from them. he constantly refuses to confront the inevitable, choosing instead to focus on the present and going to great lengths either to forget or to ignore anything that makes him uncomfortable. the death of his mother is one of the things he probably actively AVOIDS thinking about. which means that the admission that he can no longer remember his mother’s face must have felt devastating, even humiliating, to him. because memory is proof that love has once existed and if he cannot remember her clearly, then some part of him fears he has moved on too easily, or worse, hadn’t loved her enough. the guilt he feels because of this makes him think he’s undeserving of grieving her at all.

and yet ☝️ he shares that information, something he has never told anyone before, with toph. he chooses to sit beside her and willingly share a piece of his past, a glimpse into the most traumatic experience of his life, completely unprompted. he trusted her enough to do that because he believed it could help toph’s situation and understand his and katara’s behaviour better, because his care for those he loves is everlasting and unconditional.

toph, in return, decides to let her walls down and open up. and i don’t know about you guys, but that’s a pretty big DEAL. toph’s entire identity is built around resisting pity and proving her strength, largely because her parents reduced her to fragility for most of her life. so when she admits that katara has cared for her more gently than her own mother ever did, she is essentially exposing one of her deepest insecurities; the fact that beneath all her posturing and independence, she desperately craves tenderness and emotional recognition. all that plus tearing up in front of someone, especially while discussing her parents’ neglect is therefore an enormous act of trust for her.

both of them struggle immensely with direct emotional vulnerability but still chose to entrust such deep-buried and shameful secrets to each other. for all their bantering, in a moment like this neither judges the other, neither tries to fix the other and instead they finally allow themselves to share the burden they’ve carried alone for so long with one another.

cielapngsblog

Too many drinks

zutarasluvr

they’re so underrated i think this ship deserves sm more recognition.

creds: (pls tell me!!)

lis-muerta

I'll finish this at some point but I needed to show people what my brain does when I'm at work. also if anyone wants to play with this please do. Or if you think its dumb that's fine to

@btheleaf

@dont-blame-it-on-the-kids

@linnorabeifong

Lol.