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A barely coherent ramble on the Beifongs being a family of people with an incredibly high ability to feel things

Toph

I think a lot of people really misinterpret Toph. They see her for her role as powerhouse. However, one of her key abilities is actually her ability to sense her surroundings with earthbending.

But that's not all. Toph is able to sense people's heartrates and tell when they are lying or not.

In fact, Toph is a surprisingly empathetic person. Despite her abrasive and harsh personality, she's surprisingly good at reading people and seems to have very high emotional intelligence. She's extremely good at identifying people's strengths and their weak points. Multiple times, she's able to successfully get under people's skin very efficiently.

Girl is using her empathy to bully people good for her.

Sure, she often uses a tough love approach, however I would argue that it's a self defence mechanism. Toph doesn't like being vulnerable, probably due to the fact that she was treated as weak and helpless when she was growing up. People with higher empathy or sensitivity tend to be percieved as weaker or more delicate, which is something Toph desperately wants to avoid. Toph also carried her parents' emotions and expectations of her for a very long time and it could stand to reason that she doesn't wnat to do that with anyone else.

I think I may make a longer post on Toph and her trauma surrounding her parents and how that affects her relationships and behaviours lol.

Lin

So... Lin is very similar to her mother in many ways. She also puts up a prickly wall of "tough love" to deal with her high sensitivity. However, she seems to absorb and internalise things that hurt her much more than Toph does.

Lin's emotional maturity is heavily stunted, most likely due to her difficulty with bonding with people. She never really allowed herself to grow past a certain point. She didn't grow into her empathy, therefore she feels things, but doesn't exactly know how to handle them. Repressing these feelings is a band aid solution, and we do see how dangerous them overflowing is.

However, on rare occasions we do see Lin allow herself to empathise with others. We see this particularly with Opal and Mako. However, with most people, Lin's guard is always up.

Lin is the textbook example of someone very sensitive who pushes people away out of the fear of getting hurt.

Suyin

I can see some people arguing that Suyin has pretty low empathy. Looking at her treatment of Lin, Kuvira and Baatar Jr. I think it's true that in her younger years, Suyin struggled with her feelings. I'd argue it is due to very high empathy actually. In the flashbacks, Su seems to mirror Lin's emotions back at her, perhaps unable to distinguish them from her own.

However, unlike Lin, Su grows as a person in her time away from Republic City. When we see her as an adult, she is very in tune with her emotions and also able to deal with other people's outbursts without internalising their feelings.

She has a very gentle way of speaking to people and is able to quickly pinpoint what they need to hear, as she does with a young Kuvira and with Bolin. She can make other's feel comfortable and safe. Perhaps due to her own turbulent upbringing.

However, Suyin is also heacily driven by her emotions. Her impulsivity can cloud her judgement, such as when she flew into a fit of rage at the idea of a guard betraying her city, or when she risked not only her own life, but that of her sons, and tried to impulsively save Zaofu feom Kuvira. She also still holds a shocking degree of sympathy for Kuvira, despite her initial anger at her ans her children's visible discomfort with Kuvira's presence.

Suyin feels things very strongly, and, despite getting better at managing her feelings, they still often overtake her.

Baatar Jr

It's interesting when a character who is characterised as a more "intellectual" type is driven primarily by their emotions. Despite being a man of science, Baatar Jr has a habit of disregarding logic completely.

He prioritises his relationship with Kuvira, he has a weird lil rivalry with Varrick, he's incredibly bitter when it comes to his relationship with his family. Baatar Jr is such an underrated character.

Huan

I think most artists are inherently sensitive people. And we very much like to express the things we feel.

Huan seems to use his art to process certain experiences, for example Harmonic Convergence. He's quite sensitive when it comes to his creations. He also values other people's art too and perfers "raw emotional power" over quality.

Opal

I think a lot of people pick up on Opal's empathy on the first watch, especially when you see her interact with Lin. Opal is also very quick to notice that Su still has a soft spot for Kuvira. She also sets boundaries with Bolin very quickly and efficiently and I would credit this to Suyin's parenting.

But Opal is very much like her mother in the sense of having her judgement clouded by her emotions. Especially when it comes to the Kuvira situation. Her strong emotions often act to her detriment, as she almost gets baited into attacking Kuvira and her unchecked anger at Bolin arguably made him retract further into Kuvira's army. This is hardly a new thing for Opal, as we see her lashing out even as a child.

Wei and Wing

Splitting what little screentime the twins have between them yields scarce, but interesting characterisation. Wing seems to be more outwardly emotional, throwing a tantrum when he loses a game and cheering when excited about sparring Korra. While Wei, much like Lin and Toph before him, seems to put up a bit of a prickly wall, for example when he's antagonising Bolin.

The twins are very closely tied to their mother and it wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to say that they internalise her emotions. Like when Wei yells at Kuvira during the negotiations.

The twins are also very open about their upset at Opal leaving. It's honestly sweet to se that Suyin raised her children to be able to express their emotions rather healthily.

Uh. Anyway. This post was mainly meant to toss a pattern I've noticed out into the open. I might make some more posts elaborating on particular aspects of it (i also wanna make one on kuvira and how she's quite the opposite of the Beifongs). So uh. If you have any suggestions of topics i should start with,just shoot lol.

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No thoughts just her taking a shower. Mixed feelings on this one. Might delete later.

(Respectfully bend me over and-)

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People talk about people ignoring Suyin's trauma (which happens) but in that way of thinking they have boiled down Lin's trauma to purely their mother. Suyin is a part of her trauma, she's a part of the pain in Lin's life on multiple levels (in my opinion most of lin's trauma isn't her mother it's what her mother and others in her life have constantly done, leave). Yes they both had hardship in their childhood due to lack of attention, but a big part of Lin's trauma stems from her personal dynamics with her family (and her 'community'). With Tenzin and her relationship ending, with her mother up and leaving her and never returning, and her harsh relationship with her sister she can't push herself to forgive because of the scar on her face. Lin's trauma stems a lot from her lack of ability to forgive, and while she doesn't have to; when most of the people she cares for have left her or hurt her she can't push herself to let them back in her life, it isolates her. Yes suyin has trauma, yes they both have issues that stem from Toph, but suyin has a community, a family around her (which have their own cracks in their gilded armor). Lin doesn't have that which is a part of many problems she faces. Suyin has different trauma and deals with it differently, but you can't compare it to Lin's because they're different.

Tldr; yes suyin has trauma, but to group it in with Lin's which is more that the trauma she faced growing up in Toph's home is incorrect.

2nd tldr; suyin and Lin don't have the same trauma.

#legend of korra #lin beifong #suyin beifong #lin beifong trauma #lok #my opinion #oh my beifong #trauma

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GRACE CHASITY BRAINROTTTT WOO

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KYALIN 📚 MASTERLIST (so I never lose it)

[last updated march 26th 2024]

[WORK IN PROGRESS]

- something tragic about you

- coriander and lilies

- soft landing

- never have I ever

- there’s something about you

- silent echoes

- like old times

- how this grace thing works

- and everything’s clear

- now that I’ve found you

- music to my ears

- one year (I can't quite find the words to explain how I feel)

- compassion

- it’s okay to take a break

- kyalin sketches and adventures (series)

- weigh me down, please lay me down

- the way to a woman’s heart (is through her stomach)

- on belay

- slumber party

- why’d she have to walk into mine?

- you don’t have to be alone

- brief reprieve

- the ember island tango

- every single broken heart (will lead you to the truth)

- tears

- dinner

- you had me at aloe

- wisdom, wisdom, where can I get some?

- let the rain fall (and wash your clean spirit)

- even breathing feels alright

- baby, you taste so rich

- disenchanted

- I will remember you, the way you are right now

- trust

- finally

- heated confessions

- did you know, that I see you?

- all and then most of you

- a healing sunrise

- sleep like a stone

- sunshine

- nows not the time

- let me have a look

- free day

- touch

- everybody talks

- we’ve got chemistry (I’ve got my ion you)

- tulips

- you should probably leave

- in losing you, I found me

- love is blind

- battle scars and buttercups

- the darkest night, the longest day

- hang on to what’s real

- carry you always

- you’re in my soul now

- imagine me and you

- hold me closer

- kinder words

- my heart is thrilled by the still of your hand

- red blanket nights

- honey, being around you is all I need

- I never did believe in miracles (but i’ve a feeling it’s time to try)

- attraction 101

- the person falling here is me

- a spark the pierce the dark

- merry christmas, lin beifong

- the kiss at ember island

- different scars

- dance partners

- bad dreams leave me when im with you

- one year (I can’t quite find the words to explain how I feel)

- five minutes to midnight

- kya’s idea

- emergency contact

- hit the back

- stay

- the chief takes a holiday (sequel to stay)

- an evening out

- softly and slowly

- the long way round

- is it too late (to come on home)

- drabble kyalin collection

- stolen flowers

- jealousy

- the cracked nut

- after the wedding

- im glad you’re staying

- you don’t look at me in the dark

- I was lost without you

- just go get her

- lucky number seven

- late bloomer

-patience

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Just realized if legend of Korra was Korra and the gaang's kids then the love triangle would have been Lin, Korra, and Tenzin instead of Asami, Korra, and Mako... Kinda wanna barf.

#legend of korra #lin beifong #korra #tenzin #but we would have say young izumi + young kya ii so... #kinda a win #would korra/lin be canon?

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Happy someone finally said it...

…anybody else think the burden of responsibility inherent to being the Avatar might make them all more likely to be bottoms

#avatar #atla #korra is a bottom #like a ranging sub #like a rabid dog #kinda

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Someone who’s talented should really make a hellfire animatic with Grace Chasity

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MY BELOVED ❤️❤️

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Hatchetfield Universe - Team StarKid

Rating: Teen and Up Audience

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Grace Chasity/Ruth Fleming/Stephanie Lauter

Characters: Grace Chasity, Stephanie Lauter, Ruth Fleming

Additional Tags: Sickfic, Hurt/Comfort, Not Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, sinusitis, Polyamory, established halogear, Mutual Pining, Self-Worth Issues, Healing, Stimming, Self-Esteem Issues, Stephanie Lauter Needs a Hug, so many hugs, Touch-Starved, Stephanie Lauter Has ADHD, Sensory Overload

@hatchetfield-rarepair-week

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but... She could tho...

this came to me in a dream

#legend of korra #kuvira #more like great divider (get between these legs)

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LET MY GIRL DANCE !!

Although it makes for great fanfics I think it’s kind of humorous that people write Lin as not knowing how to dance. Even though when Suyin and Lin made up she offered Lin a position as an assistant director for Suyin’s upcoming dance show. That leads me to believe that Lin can in fact dance and absolutely knows. She got the hips to prove it after all 😌 ☝🏽

#lin beifong #oh my beifong #tlok #chief crankypants #my perfect old lesbians #except lin is bi (ill fight about that)

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I love this a bit too much...

Heyo! Anyone want some Lin Fanart? :D

Here you go!

I'd like to think this is right after Suyin hurt her and Lin may or may be blinded 👀💧

I'm not exactly good with expressions but I wanted to show Lin in both pain but also the anger and hate in her eyes.

All art belongs to me. If reposted plz credit!

Accidentally written a little one shot that's horrible. I meant to take a nap but just sat in my living room typing this and munching on food!

Enjoy- tho I doubt it'll be good 💀

Suyin would undoubtedly be upset she hurt her sister, but wouldn't be prepared to see this expression. An expression she's never seen on Lin before and is possibly ingrained in her mind forever.

Suyin would go to help Lin but Lin would refuse to let Suyin any closer and literally build a wall preventing Suyin from getting close.

Toph shows up and asking what happened, comforts Suyin upon feeling the little ones erratic heart beating all before Suyin tells her mother she's sorry and that Lin's hurt.

Toph goes to see what happens and all she hears is Lin barking at the healer to just do what they can and a slam of a door closing. Toph could sense something is wrong with Lin and can tell she'd faint at any moment if she don't step in only for Lin to hold her hand up at her mother and tells her, "Not now."

Before Toph could say anything Lin tosses her metal coils down on the ground and telling Toph that they'd need to be upgraded and that it's best for everyone in the facility to get them reworked.

Lin's face begins to swell up, the blood is trickling onto the ground and the healer helplessly following Lin around as she's barking orders but is starting to sway and almost faint.

Toph ends up freezing Lin in her place with her metal armor just to help the poor healer out and demands Lin to tell her what happened.

Lin straining too much and only just begins to fall to her knees as she can't fight against her mother in the state she's in, her heart aches, her face feels in agony and she feels ready to fall asleep.

The next thing she knows, she wakes up in a dimly lit room. She could smell the incense and the sandal wood and the light smell of spring in the air. She could hear yelling down the hallway between her aunt and mother, Suyin screaming that it was Lin's fault and of course the numbing pain on Lin's face.

She knew what happened and knew how bad the wound was. She didn't need a healer to tell her how bad the wound was because she felt it, could already sense her other senses strengthening.

With a sigh the metalbender slowly turned her head which made the blood in her head pump and practically caused her brain to ache as she tried to look out the window.

It took too long for Lin to focus and could see the sun had set a bit ago. She'd sit up and leave if she could but just the thought of it hurt Lin's head and she didn't want to go through that pain.

"We don't arrest family!!"

"And look what happened! Agni Toph, Lin got hurt and Suyin's in shambles! I'm not asking you to arrest Suyin I'm just asking you to help her. Ground her! She needs a mother Toph, not an absent one!"

"If I need any advice from you I'd ask! It's just a scratch, Beifong's don't get hurt!-"

"Mom?-"

"-And what do you know about raising kids Sugar Queen? Your two oldest couldn't wait to leave you and where are they now?!"

"-Aunt Katara?-"

"-That's not fair and you know it! They're grown up! Let them do as they and ex- you know what? Forget it! Since you're blind to see what's in front of you I'll tell you! Lin hates you and you don't know why! You're so concerned about your job, about your name, about your position, about metalbending that you forgot what's important!"

"And what's so important huh?!"

"That Lin is important too!"

The silence is what stung Lin the most. Maybe it was the hesitance or maybe the fact that her mother took a whole 10 seconds to finally respond. It was enough for Lin to realize her mother never saw Lin on any level of importance in a very long time.

"So what. She's a big girl, she doesn't need me. She didn't need me when she started tying her shoes, she don't need me now."

Lin sighed felt tears prickle in her eye before quietly crawling out of bed and out the window. She made her way down to the beach and sat down mauling over her aunt and mother's words.

Maybe her mother was right. Maybe Lin was the first to start pushing everyone away. Maybe she forgot what family was. It would make sense why her mother and younger sister were close and how she wasn't. Maybe Lin stopped being apart of the family once she realized she was nowhere near the same as them. When she was the one ruining their fun and becoming a "party pooper."

And even if that was true, even if it were very much apparent, it didn't hurt any less. People used to tell her how much her mother and her were alike. Nicknaming her Little Toph or Tiny Beifong. That she was going to be just like her mother and become a great metalbender.

She thought that since she looked like her mother, became an officer like her mother, bent the same stones as her mother, that she and her would share a bond. A bond that no one would understand but them.

It hurt her once Suyin was born, it was like Toph and her clicked right away and suddenly Lin wasn't Little Toph anymore. She became Miss cranky pants or miss you're-not-Suyin's-mom. She was no longer little Chief but an annoyance to her and her mother. A nag that ruined the fun.

The more people saw Suyin and Toph together the more they said Suyin was exactly like her. Rough, abrasive, strong, stubborn and a powerful metalbender.

A metalbender. Lin just realized why her mother favored Suyin over her. It was because Suyin was a great metalbender. Maybe that's why she loved Suyin more than her.

Lin ran her fingers through the coarse sand and stared up at the moon. Was she always this different? Was she ever in the spotlight to begin with? Lin didn't know but she knew she'd have to accept that she'll never be good enough. Even as she thought these things, Toph was probably taking care of Suyin because she was upset.

Maybe one day Lin would be a true Beifong and everything will be fixed. One day where she was just liked her mother and sister and they could be happy. One day where she didn't become a buzz kill.

Maybe one day she'll be a great metalbender that was worth her mother's time. She just hoped it was soon rather than later. She didn't want to be the only one left behind.

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DARK YURI RISEEEEEE

ROUND 1, MATCH 3

#korvira #yuri #saphic #GAYSSSS #kuvira #korra #I LOVE THIS SHIP #ill go down like the Titanic with it PLEASEEE

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I am officially a Lin Beifong defender

#real

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They've been married for 20 yrs... (Don't do the math). LIKE THEYRE LOVERS CODED !!

“kya and lin didn’t even interact during the series” they are literally married they told me themselves

#kyalin #my perfect old lesbians #perfection

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I LOVE THISSSS <33 *chefs kiss*

Is it too much to want a perfect Kaylin fanfic where they live together with a cat (black cat of course) and a golden retriever. Where everyone knows about them dating, no angst, just good vibes??? IS THAT TOO MUCH?

LIKE LOOK AT THEMMMM!!!

#murderwives #kyalin #PERFECTION #this is art #marry me #domestic fluff #well not really but still #THIS IS WHAT I MEANTTT #marry me... did i say that already? #cuties <3

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My new obsession!!!

absolutely obsessed with these two btw