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Mai truly is for us emotionally repressed girlies like

Her whole character arc is like she’s emotionally repressed and was never allowed to express herself so she puts up all these walls and acts like she doesn’t care about anything and is so closed off.

And then her whole arc culminates with her loudly and proudly declaring the love she feels so deeply for Zuko. she expresses just how deep these emotions go, she is willing to die for him. Because she cares so much. Her emotions, her care, her love are so strong that they overpower her fear. Not just her fear of Azula but her fear of expressing herself, of stepping out of line, of standing for what she believes in. Which at this moment is Zuko- she doesn’t even fully understand what he’s doing, but she knows she trusts him more than anyone else. More than the fire nation propaganda and brainwashing, more than Azula, more than her parents. She knows Zuko has a good heart, she loves him for it, and she trusts it.

And that trust and love empowers her to finally express just how deeply she feels.

I don’t know if I’m articulating this very well but as someone who has always struggled to express myself Mai is just so fucking good and powerful to me.

#she'll always be my fave ngl #atla

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Applicable AO3 Ratings If You Don’t Write Porn

G- nothing objectionable

T- the fuck word

M- organs, outside

E- organs, outside, lovingly described

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hi rey! for the character ask game, may i send in akutagawa? fun fact, i actually didn’t like akutagawa that much until i got to the cannibalism arc and read bsd: beast🤣

ahh yes ofc you may! i haven't read any of the extra stories for bsd yet, are they avaliable online?

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First impression

for what reason art thou wearing the hairdo of a loser my sickly fellow

Impression now

listen. i know that this man has a passionate fanbase and i can see why. i think he's a good character and his tragic elements are not lost on me. and i'm sorry but he's so. fucking. funny to me. i can't even tell you what it is but my first impulse whenever i think about him is to bully him (lovingly)

Favorite moment

if you're asking me for the best akutagawa moment then i gotta say he really killed it in the fight against fukuchi. if you're asking me for the akutagawa moment with the highest entertainment value for me personally i will have to take a step back all the way to s1 where atsushi punched him so hard that his face literally folded into itself

Idea for a story

literally none. i think if i ever were to write akutagawa it would focus on him and gin tho i actually enjoy their sibling relationship and would love more coverage of that

Unpopular opinion

the only thing that makes his relationship to atsushi compelling are the parallels in their respective connections to dazai

Favorite relationship

as i said i really like the akutagawa sibling duo, as for most interesting relationship it's definitely him and dazai

Favorite headcanon

he washes his coat more than once a decade. that's something i have to headcanon because i know for a fact it's not happening in the actual canon.

#rey answers #rey's moots #myst 🌌 #thank you sm for sending a character in!! #even if i didn't have many nice things to say i'm sorry 😭 #bsd #akutagawa ryuunosuke

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They could never make me hate Maiko when Mai was willing to die for him and Zuko looks like a dopey puppy every time she is involved and Mai will let her walls down around him and Zuko is the only one who can earnestly make her laugh and Mai threw mud at him when they were kids and Zuko was so ready to jump to her defense when Azula lit a apple on fire on her head and Mai can touch his scar like it’s not even there and Zuko thinks she’s so beautiful when she hates the world and Mai trusts him so implicitly that she’d betray her nation, friends, and family for him and Zukos only regret when leaving the fire nation was also leaving her and Mai tries her hardest to work past her own issues to support him in his struggles and Zuko genuinely loves it when she expresses herself and Mai who doesn’t like hugs will be so cuddly and touchy only with him and Zuko knows she doesn’t need anyone to protect her and Mai loves him more than she fears Azula…

Maiko the ship that you are… they could never make me hate you

#maiko you will always be special to me #atla

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the way you know that katara and sokka were written by people with siblings is the fact that they literally never directly apologize to each other for anything

#atla #and if they did it would cheapen their dynamic. quite frankly #prev you're so right

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well maybe Zuko is JET'S abusive ex

#atla #jetko #my special little guys

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Why is Zuko romantically interested in Mai? What does he like about her as a person? Does he understand her personal desires and struggles?

"Why is Zuko romantically interested in Mai?"

He's a moody, angsty, grumpy teenage boy, she's a moody, angsty, grumpy teenage girl. She hates everything, but she doesn't hate him, and he appreciates that. He practically brags to a guard at the boiling rock that his (ex) girlfriend doesn't need anyone to protect her because she can handle herself.

They find each other physically attractive, enjoy making out and bitching about things they don't like, and they genuinely have a lot in common (troubled family life, struggling with the idea of who they should be VS who they actually are, don't like it when people try to control them, want a comfortable life where they are free to do whatever they want, and experts at using cool weapons that they're not allowed to kill people with because it's a kid's show).

Also Mai knows how to be understanding, caring and supportive without babying him, something Zuko desperately needs and actively seems to want in his life. And while her "aloof", more detached personality sometimes clashes with his need to shout about every single emotion he feels, it sometimes has the very healthy effect of making him chill a bit (and makes her come out of her shell a bit more).

"What does he like about her as a person?"

Like I said, he likes that she genuinely cares for him, but doesn't put with his bullshit, AND he likes that's just as much as an angsty teen as he is. He literally makes a move on her when she finally had enough with their friend group and yells at everyone, including him, to leave her alone. He looks like a lovesick fool when thinking back to "that gloomy girl that sighs a lot." Boy literally said "You're so beautiful when you hate the world" and was being 1000% sincere.

He likes how bold she can be, how she doesn't put on an act for him and how he doesn't have to put on an act for her, and how she literally risked it all to save him and is willing to be by his side now that he's about to start a new era for their nation even though she didn't fully understand why he changed sides.

Mai is, before anything, her own damn self and won't let anyone dictate her life for her, and Zuko really admires her for it because he can relate to that - which leads us to:

"Does he understand her personal desires and struggles?"

Does Zuko, the banished prince that rebelled against his abusive father, his nation's cruel and violent ways, and even against the father figure that he loved dearly but that wasn't listening when he said he wanted more in life than just a job and a roof over his head, understand what's like to only get conditional affection, be told that he needs to shut up and let himself be bossed around if he wants literally anything in life/not to be harmed, to not be listened to even by well-meaning people that just don't get it, and eventually risking everything to carve his own path in life with people he believes actually vallue and understand him?

I'd say yes.

#atla #i'm sorry zukka and mailee you're my faves but maiko is just that special to me #i love zuko more than i fear you you will always be famous

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JARED???????

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If you're still doing the First Impressions Character ask game:

Askeladd; Tanizaki (bsd); Tendou (haikyuu!!); Akaza (demon slayer)

-soda

uaaah so many characters at once :D thanks for asking soda!! already did askeladd here

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Tanizaki

First impression

aw man he's cute too bad he's a terrorist

Impression now

i'm so soft for him i'm not even kidding, he's adorable to me and i'm so invested every time he does anything remotely out of his comfort zone because i just want him to succeed

Favorite moment

hands down when he threw himself out of a moving car and kenji caught him i'm so normal about this scene

Idea for a story

i really really really wanna write some atsutani, this ship took my heart by storm and just anything cute and fluffy for them is on my writing bucket list (also i have this nsfw draft of soukoku ft tanizaki sitting in my drafts that i'll never finish but psht)

Unpopular opinion

despite some of their scenes being uncomfortable af his relationship to naomi is actually really sweet and i wish they left the creepy stuff out so i could enjoy them without having to explain myself 💀

Favorite relationship

love tanizaki and kenji actually, they're besties in my head

Favorite headcanon

strikes me as someone who stress bakes

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Tendou

First impression

funfact tendou and makoto tachibana from free! have the same german voice actor and because i watched both of these shows in german my first reaction was turning to my sister like "holy shit is that makoto"

Impression now

he's so fun to me, i never have a bad time watching tendou do anything. i'm reading the manga rn and his commentary throughout the karasuno vs nekoma match is my favorite thing in the world

Favorite moment

it doesn't matter if you don't understand what he's saying it's all about the delivery

Idea for a story

oh hmm... good question actually lol. something tensemi idk i don't write him often

Unpopular opinion

he deserved to be bullied for that bowl cut (I'M KIDDING)

Favorite relationship

i mean we all love the ushiten dynamic but honestly tensemi will always be special to me, i live for their dynamic

Favorite headcanon

with haikyuu i never know what's canon and what's headcanon- i like to think that he got his buzzcut on a whim and then spent 10 minutes crying in front of the mirror, cradling his hair in his arms

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Akaza

First impression

i was so scared for kyojuro lemme tell you but his soundtrack was too cool i couldn't resist the epicness

Impression now

there's rarely been a character that's both so funny and so sad to me. everything about him cracks me tf up but if i think about him for more than five seconds i will start crying

Favorite moment

the moment when he sinks into koyuki's arms kills me. every. time.

Idea for a story

i really wanna do a character study with him at some point and focus on his relationship to humanity/monstrosity i just need a scenario i can weave this into

Unpopular opinion

idk what to put here so i'm just gonna say PUT SOME GODDAMN SHOES ON I DON'T NEED YOUR FEET IN MY FACE EVERY OTHER PANEL BY GOD

Favorite relationship

i fuck so hard with him and douma because douma holds all the cards in that relationship and i live for toxic imbalanced dynamics

Favorite headcanon

idk why but i like the idea that he sleeps every now and then just for the heck of it. and when he does he dreams but he never remembers them when he wakes up

#rey answers #ask game #thanks for playing!!

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Ooo, fun! For the character ask game, how about…(drumroll of anticipation) Askeladd! :3

AHHHH SQUIGGILY thank you for this, kiss on the forehead for you!! 🖤🖤

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First impression

when i watched the show for the first time i recall laying eyes on askeladd and saying "rat" out loud to myself

Impression now

on the one hand i am in absolute awe of this brilliantly written little guy who is definitely one of the most fascinating and intriguing characters i've met in a while and he's just a joy to think about and analyze and has everything i could ask for but also on the other hand i'm frothing at the mouth screaming crying throwing up clawing my eyes out and every other unhinged reaction you can think of because hngn. (this is the sound i make trying not to yell every time i think about him)

Favorite moment

you... make rey choose?? you make her choose like the game demands?? oh jail for squiggily! jail for squiggily for 1000 years! (it's. it's him killing bjorn. that's just. urgh it gives me so many emotions.)

Idea for a story

this modern au shitpost i whipped up when i was sick but also i might write a fic to the song Leave Everything Behind by Amaranthe, i was thinking pov thorfinn and have him look at askeladd from the outside and try to understand his moral code and his view on freedom

Unpopular opinion

okay so due to me not being up to date on both the show and the manga i'm not very involved in the fandom and i'm not sure what are popular and what are unpopular opinions. an opinion i have is that if bjorn had still been alive by the end of s1 askeladd wouldn't have sacrificed himself right then and there but again no idea how popular that is

Favorite relationship

squiggily. squiggily you know me right. you know i love bjornskeladd right. you know how much it pains me to not say bjornskeladd but askeladd and thorfinn instead right. because no matter how perfect a ship is, at the end of the day found family is my religion and fucked up found family is my god. i live and breathe messed up parent-child-ish relationships and it's gotta be these two i'm sorry bjorn

Favorite headcanon

see i'm not the kind of person for extensive hcs. mostly when i say "this is my headcanon" what i actually mean is "this is how i see the version of the character in my head who is slightly different from the canon version in the sense that i'm projecting my thoughts onto them" BUT. i do believe askeladd loved bjorn. i don't know in what way he loved him and i couldn't tell you if he knew but he did. i'm not debating on this.

#rey answers #rey's moots #squiggily 💙 #thank you sm for sending someone in!! #thank you sm for sending ASKELADD in!! #ask game

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#ask game #bored bored bored #gimme some characters pretty please with cherry on top

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everyone loves iwa-chan

#makki's hand i'm gonna cry #haikyuu!!

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so if demons are sticklers for contracts, demand high payment for their services, and have firm/specific rules regarding summoning rituals (aka the hiring process & availability of their labor)—what i'm hearing is demons are fully unionized

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Ugh, was having a great time mocking my recently imprisoned rival when I noticed the camera positioning makes it so that I appear behind the bars, thus framing me as trapped in a metaphorical prison of the narrative, now my whole day is ruined. Fuck.

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Thinking of the larger context of LOTR and like, the fellowship swapping old war stories and shit and Sam just says “Yeah I killed a huge spider…Shelob, I think?”

And Gandalf just blinks and is like, “You what now?”

“Yeah, killed it. Had to save Frodo”

Gandalf elects not to tell Sam that he killed the spawn of a primordial demon.

#lotr

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citationless behavior

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one day I’ll finally write that ridiculously elaborate fanfiction that I’ve been carefully constructing in my daydreams for months and then you’ll be sorry. you’ll all be sorry.