#and this girl I’ve met

[chibelial]

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#I’m not functional whatsoever #I’m terrified of every facet of life #it hasn’t felt worth it since I was a kid #I want it all to end I want my memories to stop coming back #I want this fuckin.. numb pain to just finally stop I’ve been steeped in it my entire life #idk what to do I’m scared of everything and on the occasion I finally get a break from the fear I just feel this despair #this need for everything to end #I’ve wanted to die since I was like 5 #I don’t want or enjoy anything #except time with my very few friends #and this girl I’ve met #love the guys and I think I actually might love love this chick #hard to say cuz #I’ve always been repulsed by romance I’ve never felt it before so idk what it’s like #I just know I’m obsessed with this girl #I don’t think I can make her happy #or fulfill her needs #cuz I mean it’s me I’ve never been what any just needs or wants #not for long anyway #when she leaves me I wish she’d kill me #cuz I’ve tried and failed to do it myself

[frownyalfred]

if Bruce had a Jewish mother (an alive one at least, oy) she would take one look at him shirtless, think about it for .5 seconds, and go “it’s too much” and walk away without explaining.

#I know this in my heart of hearts #every older Jewish woman I’ve met #they’d ask #what do you need all that for #bruce wayne #batman #dc #Martha wayne #I know you would’ve set him straight girl #well not STRAIGHT #alfred so badly wants to be like Martha but he can’t #he can’t call this goyische nonsense #because he’s actively participating in said goyische nonsense #jewish bruce wayne

[comradekatara]

hey, so. people on twt (ugh, I need to delete that account) started to compare Zuko and Azula’s relationship to Sokka and Katara. So, I jump in like “they are not comparable in any way” then people are like “Sokka and Katara do have issues even though it’s not the same as Zuko and Azula” (even though the original tweet did imply that but, whatever). and I’m all like “sure, they both have trauma from their upbringing and they fight like siblings and that trauma probably has effected their relationship but it’s still no way like it’s being compared… they love and care for one another” and then they’re coming back like “it’s not the same but they still have issues” and citing the southern raiders (which I have my own opinions about and I feel like people totally miss read that scene) but all in all to say; I’m annoyed because I feel like people are being disingenuous and I feel like your thoughts would be interesting

okay yeah obviously I don’t know what the full arguments were (and I never will because I loathe twitter. I mean X sorry) but i can definitely talk about this more generally. I mean they are the central sibling pairs configured in a similar way for obvious reasons. they are definitely comparable.

sokka and zuko have superficial similarities as older brothers who feel undervalued, struggle to live up to a harmful patriarchal standard of gender (specifically masculinity/manhood) as shaped by imperialism/colonialism/war and the expectations their fathers placed on them to “be a real man” within a very limited framework, and ultimately find their worth via other avenues beyond the limited scope of patriarchal imperialist logic. azula and katara have superficial similarities as younger sisters who are placed on a pedestal by their culture community, are the best benders of their respective elements and outclass all the older more established (male) masters who dismiss and look down on them for being teenage girls, and who feel a deep sense of grief due to the loss of their mothers that informs everything they do and fundamentally who they are as people. and then obviously the REAL foils who are foiling are katara and zuko, and sokka and azula. these pairs are each very obvious mirrors, both in terms of their personalities (as developed differently by their respective environments) and their arcs. zuko is fire nation katara. azula is fire nation sokka. so obviously their relationships are similar in this way. they are narratively constructed as parallels.

that said, I think the key primary difference between these sets of siblings is that zuko and azula are directly opposed due to being pitted against each other by ozai’s abuse, whereas sokka and katara are extremely codependent, to the point that sokka’s entire identity is shaped by his role as katara’s brother and protector. so if you read zuko as a foil to sokka (which he certainly somewhat is, but is not the primary foil to sokka) you’ll get confused because he doesn’t live for others and he doesn’t look out for azula at all. but azula, like sokka, does define her identity through her loyalty and her ability to best serve others, so she does try to help zuko as best she can, which is obviously hindered by the incredibly limited of scope of what she considers “helpful” (much in the same way that sokka’s protection of katara is often limited by his own narrow worldview and unhealthy sense of duty as it corresponds to his identity). azula wants zuko to be a “perfect prince” in the way that she is a “perfect princess” because she refuses to acknowledge how specifically harmful that paradigm is to both of them until it is too late. so her intentions are actually good (don’t @ me), but she’s just deeply misguided and her level of cognitive dissonance is off the charts generally (again, much like sokka).

meanwhile katara and zuko, despite loving their families a lot and feeling defined by their families in many ways, are still very self-focused. which isn’t to say that’s a bad thing or that they’re selfish (they are both defined by an incredibly passionate and outspoken sense of justice for others, of course), but rather that they understand that what they want is to further their own interests for their own benefit even as they are seeking justice for the entire world. (in katara’s worlds: “me. me, personally!”) but like. if anything, the fact that azula and sokka never think in terms of the ego but only in terms of servitude to the point that they are actually detached from their own humanity is deeply unhealthy and awful, which is why so much of sokka’s arc is about getting him to understand his intrinsic worth as a human being and the value of accepting help, and azula’s tragedy and downfall is precipitated by her acknowledgement that she has been deliberately isolated her entire life and now she is alone and utterly helpless.

I do see katara and zuko as quite heroic, inspiring characters, to azula and sokka’s quite tragic, heartbreaking characters (especially azula of course, but like. I don’t think sokka’s deep-seated, copious issues have somehow been magically resolved just because “the boiling rock” is his apotheosis. you get it). but katara was always the “valued” sibling whereas azula began as the valued sibling and zuko rose above her by disrupting/transcending the paradigm that valued her only to end up in the position that she felt teleologically entitled to (not to say that she thought she would become fire lord, but that he does become the most powerful player in the fire nation, at least in name). and a large part of that is the fact that katara and sokka grew up in extremely different conditions than azula and zuko did, even if both their worldviews are informed by imperialism and patriarchy in some way. so katara was valued as a sort of cultural artefact who represents the last hope of a dying people, whereas azula was valued as the obedient daughter of a powerful abusive patriarch. it’s still a way of ascribing “value,” but the criteria are completely different in both cases. which is why I still think that azula and sokka are functionally more similar, because even if azula is valued, it is with the expectation that she function in the same way that sokka is expected to function, as a depersonalized vessel for the good of their people.

so there are similarities for sure, but also those similarities are constantly being complicated through locating their respective cultural contexts as they informed their upbringing, psychologies, and sibling relationships. I will say that it’s true that both of these relationships are unhealthy (to an extent), and both sets of siblings parallel each other in very significant ways, but the ways in which their relationships are in fact “unhealthy” are nonetheless almost diametrically opposed.

#f1reladymai #asks #I need to someday make a post that’s just. EVERY PARALLEL across all four of them #a chart even #analysis #katara #sokka #azula #zuko #azula&zuko #katara&sokka #azula&sokka #katara&zuko #azula&katara #sokkaxzuko #and yeah the southern raiders scene is…. interesting #I’ve talked abt it before #but I don’t even think it’s katara’s ‘cruelest’ moment #I still think bullying a girl she just met for being blind is the worst thing she ever said 😭😭😭 sorry #also I just realized you implied that zuko and azula don’t love each other???? um. yeah they do. what

[saphic-with-t]

After the amount of German shepherd mode jokes that played out this episode I think we all just need to agree and understand that Fig is a furry at this point. She was that alt girl in high school we all remember who wore a pair of dog-ears and tail to school everyday.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fig fantasy high #fig faeth #she’s so dog girl coded #also a queer alt girl who is a furry is the most realistic representation I’ve ever seen in my life #I’ve met at least 3 bass players at local lgbtq+ meetups who fit that exact description

[ghost-proofbaby]

a man said the most eddie-coded thing about me that i genuinely cannot stop thinking about it days later but he doesn’t know that i know he said what he did

#my friend said i’ve got a special flavor of trauma from my childhood #and he immediately goes ‘i wanna know what it tastes like 😏’ #i’m haunted #he met me twice and just alluded to eating my [redacted] #and i’d let him ! #this is why i’ve been mia #him: don’t judge #the girls in question; not judging but losing their fucking minds #such casual rizz someone fucking sedate me #i also have a story time about how he paid for my (well mine and my best friends) dinner and it gave me BUTTERFLIES #anyways boys #be careful with what you tell her best friend #she’s loyal to me first 😤 #i don’t think y’all wanna hear about my love life but this is the most exciting it’s been in a while #eddie munson would 100% joke about ‘tasting your trauma’ idc

[foursaints]

what Are your thoughs on hypersexual Lily?? I readed that headcannon one (1) time and I can't stop thinking abt it

yeah, i have thoughts on this! i don’t know if i see her as hypersexual myself, but i have headcanons that are similar. lily occupies a weird position, where she’s considered “pretty/charming” but doesn’t seem to have a ton of friends (i see her as lonely), AND she’s really studious without being traditionally “nerdy”, in the sense that she’s Frequently Pursued by types like Big Shot Quidditch Star James Potter.

i think the flipside of this position in real life is often slutshaming or something adjacent, regardless of whether she has experience or not. i think if lily grew up in a small town, everyone would be nice to her in the hallways, and she’d never feel properly ostracized; but when she’d go to the bathroom, she’d see something scrawled in the stall like “lily evans gives toothy head”. and i think she’d either stubbornly refuse to acknowledge those sort of rumors, or even lean into them to a degree, rather than going “i wouldn’t do that!!!”

i don’t know if this reference resonates, but i see her as verging on (but still extremely different from) being a beverly marsh-type character.

#a #idk i’ve never met a girl with lily’s issues who hasn’t also had to deal with this. to some degree #people get Incredibly Fucking Weird when you are a girl who gets a lot of male attention (especially from someone like james) #and DOUBLY especially if she’s vocal about rejecting it.

[the-cookie-of-doom]

Y’all last night was insane. I felt so hot, getting to Dommy mommy it up. I got whipped!! By a professional dom!! At a fetish club!!! Got hit on by a bunch of people, made out with two different guys (wtf???) and had an all around incredibly slutty and wonderful time. 10/10 this was spiritually healing.

#cookie speaks #like #I never got to have a ho phase #no hit girl summer #nothing #I’ve never been the girl that gets attention like this #people don’t hit on me #I didn’t date until I was 21 and even then I only met my ex through a dating app #like this is insane #first time I’ve ever done something like this #a guy asked if I wanted to go fuck in the bathroom??? #I said no but like #WHAT!! #the amount of fantasy material I checked off my list last night #hot damn #I can’t wait for this weeks therapy

[itsalwaysforyou]

just remembered a wip i had which was jay at uni meeting normal people and desperately trying to act cool and normal whilst internally screaming about being in a whole new place with all new people and not having his gang with him

#i only wrote one scene where jay meets one of his flatmates #and he’s trying to make casual normal conversation & asks her who her parents are #bc that has always mattered! on the isle or at auradon prep your parentage was also a Conversation Starter #and the girl is just like ……what. why do you want to know that #but she tells him and jay makes it into a joke like hehe oh yes i met them at a soirée once. amazing company #and the girl is like ok who are YOUR parents. knowing full well who he is #and jay says that his dad fosters puppies. and the girl says that sounds like a good life and he’s like ohhh just the BEST #i really. love exploring jay at uni i’ve written a couple of things i’ve never finished #like!!! for the first time for years he’s well and truly all alone!!!! #and at least the isle & ap had similarities. uni is just full of very normal people who don’t particularly give a shit #and jay who is like THE guy who cares about everything so much all the time and how people are reacting to him and he’s desperately trying+ #to be so cool and unbothered whilst trying not to revert to his isle tactics regarding people who may be threats #just. being somewhere so so new. with no one he knows. everyone else is so far away. and jay is missing his gang like he’d miss+ #his body parts. and it’s like. jays always buried his own emotions & hurt so he can better protect his gang #and now he has no gang to protect #and he is just laid absolutely bare. and also constantly stressing about not being there for the others #i just think he’d have an absolutely awful start to uni <3 #descendants #jay son of jafar

[vigilskeep]

There's always been a lot of Minerva variation but the consistencies are:

-So short you can use her as an armrest. (not recommended, potentially lethal)

-The Biggest Brownest eyes.

-?????

-Profit

and absolutely enormous ears. those are crucial

#actually i did have her down as ‘tall for an elf’ when i very first made her #and then i remembered every indian girl i’ve ever met. and the angle from which i perceived them. #so now here we are

[gamesoflevitation]

“Where are they now?” Style video about people who have throam tattoos

#I’ve met some ppl with throam tattoos but several years ago now #I want to check on them #girl at the Halsey concert with the 708 tattoo I think of you a lot #throam

[callixton]

i could not. possibly fucking describe the night i’ve just had

#my best friend. and that boy. met tonight #and they discovered they are actually just the same fucking person #and NOT in a cute oh we have the same interests way bc it’s not that #as in it’s like. talking to the boy/girl version of themselves #we got dinner at . 6:30 pmish? and he just left my place at 5:30 am #and i am also by the way operating on 4 hours of sleep and feel genuinely sick and delirious with it #there were. a lot of things i’ve realized. that i’m gonna have to contend with tomorrow #it was good. it was a good time. it was also possibly THE weirdest fucking night of my life #ted talks

[hella1975]

lately ive been crying like a tall child. etc. if you even care

#um does anyone want to rant about the tams fire siblings because they are driving me genuinely crazy #the way azula - despite being grown and distanced enough from ozai to know it was wrong - still views her 9 year old self as her ‘peak’ #while zuko views the age he was at when they left as his lowest point #and they’re both trying to get towards and away those respective identities #any reminder that azula isn’t the girl she was is met with discomfort from her #just as any situation that makes him feel unsettled/unsafe/belittled instantly puts zuko into his 11 y/o mindset #like so much has happened and diverted from canon yet here they still are #those children are still living and kicking within them despite all they’ve done to have ‘zuko’ and ‘azula’ erased #there’s just sooooo much to them but I really liked this from the latest chapter #bc this chapter was supposed to really show how all the little crumbs I’ve put into their characters so far #come together to create two surprisingly opposing mindsets #and this is a key factor of that and this treatment of their past becomes VERY prevalent #twice as many stars #oh on the topic of tams please if ur gonna listen to any song off the playlist pls let it be come by adrienne lenker #like I’m crying about it actually

[laurellament]

Just realized I been carrying her with me all this time:

#true story #can reblog #butch #lesbian #nb #Swanee Capps #fargo #where’s that post that’s like ‘my guy I’m the conglomerate of parts of every cool girl I’ve ever met

[arturleclerc]

i’ve met so many lovely people at this gp and i’m so emo about it 🥹❤️

now we’re all lifelong friends! it was lovely to meet all of you 😊

#took an uber with 3 random people i’ve never met before #and two of them were like under 16 and they’re like we only have 50 bucks 😭 and i’m like girl i’ll pay for it (it was only 11 bucks) #they were so cute #they were so thankful about it 🥺❤️ #also met this girl at crown casino hotel #and she wanted to go on saturday but she doesn’t have a ticket so i gave her my extra ticket #like she really wanted to go so i’m not gonna make her pay for that #l

[curlytemple]

my name is charlotte because my parents always spent their vacations in north carolina. also where my sisters name (SHELBYYY🩷) comes from. not popular names in the 90s but these days i meet kids named charlotte regularly. cus of that damn ass little princess.

#there’s even a regular at work with a kid named charlie who she told me would have been a charlotte if he was a girl #many such cases ma’am #i’ve also met two charlottes over the age of 90

[ophernelia]

I’m so tired of looking for really girly home stuff and it’s all Sanrio. I’m just not a Sanrio girl idk. Honestly I don’t really like character themed stuff unless it’s a figurine or something. I just want real simple cute stuff but I can’t find anything. It’s either Sanrio, pink, or has bows on it. Idk what I’m looking for exactly but it ain’t that.

#OR it’s strawberry themed :/ #and the MEANEST people I’ve ever met were all my melody girls lmaooo #hell nah I don’t want that in my house #nonsims #text post