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Thinking about young Azula.

When I was a young I used to try to capture and engage my parents attention when they were disappointed with my brother. Conversely he often learned to become invisible. Now that I’m grown I know this is a really common dynamic adopted by children of disfunction.

I see this in media a lot as one sibling trying to show the other up, but I think Azula probably didn’t like watching her dad be frustrated at Zuko. I’m not saying she was compassionate exactly, kids rarely are, just that it was better all around when Ozai was happy & she knew how to make that happen, keep his focus off of Zuko. She’s a definitely show-off, but there’s a chance it developed as a coping strategy.

If Dad’s going to be drunk, he’d better be happy drunk, and I can ensure he stays that way if I command the group focus.

#this was supposed to go here #I'm stupid as fuck #and also not dead #yay?

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everyday i open my silly little tumblr app and cry because of a silly little gay couple

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do you guys ever write some drabbles to get back into writing and the accidentally create a very happy au for your otp which you proceed to ruin by killing one of them painfully or is it just me?

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sometimes I get frustrated eating soup because it won't all stay in my spoon but I also love soup and keep making it every time so much as a chill comes my way, so joke's on me

#anyways just a small post to let you all know im alive #i turned 21 last Saturday #and I also defeated the evil virus that tried to kill me through my lungs #so that's a yay #also im back at writing my works but god knows when I'll actually put any chapters out #also i dyed my hair #and i am writing a poetry chapbook #send help #luna's ramblings

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a lil guide to the Fire Nation for the ATLA fic writers out there

(aka. a no means exhaustive primer on east asia by an asian person)

This is a guide for fic writers want to write a canon-era story set in the Fire Nation, or featuring Fire Nation characters. A quick little primer on the tiny details of everyday life that you might not think about, but certainly stuff that would make me, an asian person, wince if I were to encounter it. BRUSHES, not quills. CHOPSTICKS, not forks. 

(note #1: this was partly inspired by a chat with @elilim​) 

(note: #2:  I originally intended it for zukka fic writers before realizing that other writers might find it useful. so apologies for a slight Zuko-bias for that reason)

(note #3: this is all stuff i was thinking about when writing firebender’s guide, in case anyone was wondering)

1. CLOTHING

Okay, I think the most straightforward way to describe what everyone’s wearing most of the time is “tunic”. They’re all just…tunics of different colours and varieties. Later when Zuko’s the Fire Lord he wears robes. The show provides a better visual guide than I could, here are a few notes to keep in mind:

a) Japanese people wear their collars LEFT crossed over RIGHT

I don’t think this would come up in writing as much as it would in art, but it’s considered bad luck to do it the wrong way because that’s only for dead people. Let my boy Zuko demonstrate:

b) There are no buttons

This is picky, but Wikipedia says “Functional buttons with buttonholes for fastening or closing clothes appeared first in Germany in the 13th century.[6] They soon became widespread with the rise of snug-fitting garments in 13th- and 14th-century Europe.” I kinda believe it. If you look closely, characters’ clothes are always tied together or wrapped in some way with a belt. If there are fasteners, they’re braided frog closures that go into a little loop, like the qipao-style dresses women wear in Ba Sing Se, or Zuko’s casual prince’s clothes in the topmost image. Anyways, I don’t think Zuko or Azula or the Gaang would technically button or unbutton anything when they’re changing clothes. Clothing is designed to be tied, not buttoned.

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fellas, is it gay to have all your neural activity plummet into the negatives when you see your friend smirking up at you from where you have a sword under his chin?

i.d. under the cut!

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#terra's lovely art #TERRACYTE QUIT ATTACKING ME WITH GOOD ART #Zukka #Sokka's bissexual awakening #atla zuko #avatar zuko #atla sokka #avatar sokka

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"Even you fear me."

"No. I love you, Azula. I do."

#hug your local fire princess 2020 #Azula deserves hugs #fucking fight me on it

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Okay, but an ATLA AU where Iroh still scolds Zuko for not thinking things through when he goes to get Appa from Lake Laogai, but it's because he has been rescuing way too many animals since he got banished (a childhood habit largely encouraged by a-Ursa and b-he was a prince in a large ass palace he coul do what he wanted) and sure, they had space on the ship for the random animal but now they are in Ba Sing Se and they live in a too small apartment for that and you have to ask yourself the real questions, Prince Zuko. WhErE are you planning to keep the Bison?!

#avatar zuko #avatar: tla #avatar the last airbender #Zuko Serial Animal Rescuer AU #atla au #atla iroh #uncle iroh #atla zuko #firelord zuko #zuko #atla sokka #atla

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Every writer on Tumblr: “I would combust out of love if someone ever drew fanart of my fic!!” Me: “oh man I wanna draw this scene BUT THEY WOULD PROBABLY HATE IT AND HATE ME FOR THE NERVE”

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Chapter 4 of Sink The Ship is out!

Book 1 Chapter 2: On The Rescuing of Toddlers And The Keeping of Hostages

Mai is reunited with her childhood friends. Her childhood friends who are deep down into treason lane. And, sure, treason is all fun and good, but have you ever rescued a two year old from a 12-year-old bridge between spirit and human world, his two water tribe friends and a gigantic air bison?

(alternative summary: Sokka is not much onboard with many things and no one will listen to him, so you can imagine the sort of stress he's under)

#sink the ship #Book 1 Chapter 2: On The Rescuing of Toddlers And The Keeping of Hostages #Book 1: On how to tell the Avatar he's not invited to your revolution

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why are you yelling? i just told i inflict bodily harm and angst upon your favorite characters, why are you yelling?

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so you all know akali from that league music video,, and also this awesome modern interpretation of the blue spirit by @cabbagemerchantofficial,, because I sure do

i.d. under the cut!

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#EX-THE-FUCKING-CUSE ME #THIS IS GORGEOUS #THIS IS BEAUTIFUL #i LOVE IT WITH ALL MY HEART #terra's lovely art #Zuko #a criminal amount of talent

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hey like or reblog if you post the following fandoms!! i wanna make more mutuals :3

pain

misery

kill

torture

suffering

bloodshed

anger

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Salvage 13: Hakoda's Kids Don't Like the New Baby

In which things go exactly as well as you'd expect.

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#don't look at me #don't touch me #it's muffinlance update time #Salvage #story update

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Listen, the water tribe family holds a realy special place in my heart. and i wanted to see happy Kaya and Hakoda! It is simply unfair that Kaya is just “the mother killed by the fire nation” Ursa got more lines than her!!! I want to know more of her. See how she took care of her kids. bundeling them in warm clothes. Telling them stories, playing games. I hope these are okay.

art by - @chiptrillino

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So, how does it work?, I ask.

You guide my hand to it,

Then close my fingers into a fist.

You make a wish and then you pull.

It still didn't make sense. Why, though?

I don't know, you smile, for good luck?

Good luck for breaking things,

What a concept, don't you think?

We say ‘break a leg’ to ballet dancers,

We pick a bone and say ‘make a wish’,

We pull on it until it breaks

And wonder how our hearts ended up like this.

Hold one end of the bone and pull,

It's fun, you say and tug, It's for luck.

Then keep on going until it breaks.

It's like blowing out a birthday candle.

But when it does break, as bones do,

Only one of us gets the wish,

Only one of us get to be lucky,

Only one of us get to walk unscathed from this.