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i was tagged by @ranilla-bean and @erisenyo in both the “last line” and “six sentences” wip challenges soooo wildly rummaging through the 6 5 wips that im working on lately 👀

tagging uhhh the girl (gender neutral) reading this 🫵 if u feel like sharing or talking about your wips feel free to do so!!

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where’s that meme that’s like “your art improves thanks to your fav character” or something, I think im finally getting a hang of drawing him haha (November 2023 vs April 2024)

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ugh i accidentally drew more zukka 🙄🙄🙄

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it’s been a while since i draw this pic

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Me starting my reread knowing it's going to consume my every waking thought for the forseeable future: Ah shit, here we go again 🫡

Haha, well I am very glad to hear you enjoyed enough for a reread! ❤️

Thank you f or the lovely ask!

#wargames #allsfair #ficasks

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AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, 1.02 — The Avatar Returns, Zuko & Sokka (1/?)

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You ever have a moment when your frienemy with benefits is wearing your shirt because you had to rescue him from his secret spy ninja bullshit from an other more evil guy and all he had for laundry day was that dumb all black outfit?

Yeah.

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Firestarter

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zukka smooch

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do you wanna go watch love amongst the dragons? yeah? okay, he wants to go back to the well.

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i love and find it both hilarious and ironically tragic that as zukos emotional regulation slowly gets better and he becomes less prone to unjustified angry outbursts sokkas emotional regulation just gets worse and worse. only one of them can hold the ability to in anyway appropriately regulate their emotions at once

It is a bit, isn't it? 😂 And you are right, like their single brain cell, only one of them can regulate their emotions at any one time! Neither of them are dealing with things super well (repression and explosive outbursts can both have negative effects!) But they have not really had the time to process their trauma. So... they are likely to continue to have some emotional disaster behaviour...

Thank you for the ask! ❤️

#wargames #allsfair #ficasks

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All's Fair is incredible! I am on my third re-read and it is just as much of an emotional gutpunch as it was the first time. The emotional impact sneaks up on me every time, even when I know what's coming. It blows my mind how carefully woven everything is. Even just small characterizing details that help make the characters and situations feel so real. You also have a way of writing that flows so smoothly with the emotions each character is feeling, like I don't know how to describe it but it's so well-paced and descriptive and I can picture and feel everything when reading it both from the characters POV and also in a more objective sense at the same time, which is extremely difficult to pull off in my opinion. It is insane to me how easy you make it seem with your writing.

Another thing, too, is that this doesn't even really feel like an alternate universe. It's like you shifted one thing in the beginning with a little flick and we're seeing the ripple effects of that play out naturally, as though you're just sitting back and reporting your findings instead of crafting an entirely new story from thin air. Everyone is so in character that I can hear their voices in every line. Even your OCs feel 'In character' even though you literally created them for the story lmao?? Like I actually forget they're not canon characters sometimes.

ANYWAY- I got sidetracked. my intention for this ask was to actually ask how you pictured some of your characters in more detail. I want to draw art of my favorite scenes and am trying to compile little snippets of character appearances, particularly of Guo, Yuxuan, and Haoyu. I have sincerely contemplated starting a google doc to catalogue all the little details of every character, even the minor ones, like a Pokémon deck I can flip open and consult whenever I want to refresh my memory.

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment, it was wonderful to wake up to! I am glad you are enjoying the fic so much (enough for a reread or two even!) There is some really high praise there, and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy 😂❤️

It is always very exciting when folk say they want to draw art of the fic (even if its just for themselves!) So I will try to add a more detailed description to the character description page I have somewhere. There is not too much in the way of description of the OC's in the actual fic - and there is certainly no wrong way to depict them in art! What is in the fic is not hugely detailed 😂 but a very brief collection of the descriptions would be:

Guo: Short and stocky, facial hair, and a wide craggy face. Big broad hands. Hair currently short (post East Lake) gruff and grumpy to look at.

Haoyu: on the shorter side of average, about 18, round face, green eyes and dark brown hair, currently cut short (post East Lake). Very earnest and open looking face (which has been used to get him out of trouble more than once)

Yuxuan: a year or two older than Haoyu, long dark brown/black hair and honey coloured eyes. Good looking, and has a certain amount of rakish charm.

I am not sure if that is helpful or not! I will try to update the character sheet with additional OC's this week if I can. And thank you again for the wonderful ask!

#wargames #allsfair #ficasks

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Just finished watching Avatar because I knew the fics on AO3 would be gold, and stumbled upon All's Fair. Needless to say, it has consumed my mind, and I will continue to let it do so. Brilliant work! Sokka's characterisation just tickled my bones, and I found myself losing track of time while reading. Thank you for blessing my 2024.

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed so much! And there is lots of wonderful fic on ao3 for you to try! I'm happy to hear you are enjoying Sokka's characterisation ❤️

Thank you fr the ask!

#wargames #allsfair #ficasks

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Mangy stray cat routinely shows up at my doorstep. Because he’s attention seeking.

#jetko

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wip of that one picture but it’s zukki and I don’t want to draw a sword <3

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@lovelyelbowleech's War Games lives in my head rent free

#This is amazing! #I love how much character you have put into their expressions #(the gaang too! Aang's face is wonderful 😂) #Zuko's expression is a joy! #And I love the colours #and how well the background colour compliments the clothes! #Thank you so much for sharing! #I am so glad you have enjoyed the fic so much! #awesome art #zukka #art for wargames #wargames #allsfair

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Careful! Your bisexuality is showing.