#badger mole

[jethroholy]

Was the fire nation essentially trying to “speed run” to the fire nation avatar during the 100 year war?

Stick with me here, please. I have not heard this theory before. So my thoughts are as follows. If you look at the timeline of avatar you notice that the fire nation started its raids on the southern water tribe roughly 10-20 years after the air nomad genocide. We can use grangran and Hama as indicators for this as they were present during that time. The raids had the fire nation kidnap, not kill, only waterbenders. Then moved them into cells. Then suddenly they stopped when katara was roughly 5 or so. Now some say it’s because Hama escaped. That could be a factor but Hama escaped when she was roughly 30. Years prior to the raids end. My theory is that they were going after the next avatar in the cycle, a southern water tribe member.

After the fire nation thought they got the water avatar they would have moved to the next element in the cycle, Earth. They started rounding up earthbenders and putting them in metal prisons. Something at the time they couldn’t bend. They were, like with the waterbenders, keeping them alive. Now to me the one prison we saw looked old. So they were probably doing this roughly halfway through the war. And we can guess that the one we saw wasn’t the only prison there was.

Now onto the final bit. Once they got to the fire nation avatar, then what? Who’s going to teach them the other 3 elements? Remember how they kept all these people alive? The fire nation also had sky bison hidden away, whether that was known to the fire lord or not we don’t know… Regardless, once they got back to fire in the cycle they had an ample supply of water, earth, and airbenders.

#atla #avatar aang #avatar korra #avatar roku #avatar kyoshi #avatar #avatar the last airbender #theory #i hope this is original #i hope you like it #i hope this makes sense #sky bison #dragon #moon #badger mole #avatar cycle

[skeletalscholar]

This is a commission I did a few weeks ago for the one, the only, Michaela Murphy, voice actress for Toph Beifong!

Long story short, I was tabling at a Sci-Fi Valley Con in PA, she was a celebrity guest, multiple people got turtleducks they bought from me signed by her to the point that she came LOOKING FOR ME, found me, and commissioned these hybrid animals. You can see her liking and commenting on my Instagram post of it (:

Truly honored to interact with such an awesome human and make something for her!

Do not trace, steal, or repost! 🙏

#my art #mine #avatar the last airbender #turtleduck #turtle duck #toph #toph beifong #pencil #original #badgermole #badger mole #flying lemur #earthbending #michaela murphy

[sunshinesucker]

#avatar #atla #badger mole

[chalkrub]

been doodling some bri'ish wildlife - love seeing these guys. because they are the classics aren't they?

#my art #animal art #illustration #''love seeing these guys'' has only ever seen 6 of them #as if the elusive dormouse would ever grace my presence. and i still doubt the existence of snakes in england #drew the fox and pheasant because they're symbolic for two of my silly ocs then was like why not make a whole page of these suckers #lots of fun! if anyone's interested i'm gonna open up some slots to draw animals like this on kofi or something soon #can be pets etc. ocs too maybe but they'll be more expensive. not sure how much i'll charge for them but we shall see #lots of art to come...........i swear on it...........i'm about to go for a walk and maybe i will finally see a grass snake #(it's raining so this will not happen) #animals: ring necked pheasant. grass snake. european badger. red fox. barbastelle bat. mole. red squirrel. hazel dormouse. and hedgehawg #i had to compress this to hell it's so large #i need to take like a base photoshop class to learn how to actually use it cause the size of my files is actualy getting ridiculous #if i didn't compress this it would be 30 mb. this cannot be normal

[the-badger-mole]

On the Unredeemed

Unredeemed villains are important in fiction. I feel like that needs to be said. There is a trend in recent years (probably since Wicked became a hit) of people wanting to see monsters redeemed. I'm not against that (per-se... glowers in Maleficent), but also, I feel like we do lose something when we lean into the idea that the monster gets to make good.

Fiction can be really useful for teaching us about life. I remember seeing a quote some time ago on Pinterest or something that said something along the lines of "fairytales are important not because they tell us dragons are real, but because they tell us that dragons can be slayed". That has been on my mind a lot recently when I see discussions about characters like Azula and (more recently) Ozai. They are fictional characters with super magic fire powers, but they represent something real- they represent the cycle of abuse in families, and while I understand the impulse to absolve someone as young as Azula, I think it's also important to tell the story where she isn't redeemed.

One reason that most Azula redemption stories bother me is because of the responsibility they tend to place on Zuko as her older brother, despite the fact that she victimized him probably more than anyone in her life (that we get to see. I don't think her soldiers believed her death threat for no reason). There are plenty of stories about the victims of abuse needing to be the bigger person to keep their families together and being villainized when they don't (I think by now we all understand that Terri was not the villain of Soul Food). We need stories about knowing when it's okay to walk away, and that illustrate the idea that "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb".

In a time when more people are talking openly about going low contact or completely cutting off family members- close family members- I personally think that seeing stories about coming out of the other side of it, of building a new family, healing from the past, and dealing with the residual guilt that comes with "turning your back on family" even when it's the right call, is helpful in the same way that those fairytales about slayable dragons are.

I'm not saying any of this to discourage Azula redemption stories. In fact I would love to see more. Stories that have Azula confronting what she did to the people she should have loved most, and have her considering what to do with the knowledge going forward, instead of just using her past abuse and mental health to gloss over the real harm she did. I want to see her grappling to accept the fact that no one- not her brother, not Iroh, not her friends- owes her forgiveness, and then dealing with all the complex emotions that come with just one of them actually forgiving her. But also, I want to see stories where Zuko gets to let go of his father and sister and go on to be supported in that decision. Because to him, they were dragons, and they were slain.

#the badger mole muses #every villain does not need to be redeemable #zuko #atla #i feel like if i don't tag this #anti azula #someone's going to get mad #it's not #it's just pro having villains be villains #but to be on the safe side #THE YEAR OF CONTENT!!!!

[kyoshi-lesbians]

aang when he says "the monks taught us" katara when she says "my grandmother used to tell me" sokka when he says "my dad" zuko when he says "my uncle" toph when. the badgermoles.

#like they all have heros & lineages that they are aiming to follow in tbe footsteps of #including when those footsteps are bucking against the lineage (iroh / zuko) #the tradgedy is that their world has been so devastated that these kids cant 'go back' #they are the masters of a new turning point #aang & katara carrying this burden the most #and then there's toph. who bucks against her family to assert her agency and establishes #a name(s) (blind bandit. the runaway) for herself . as disconcerted from her prominent lineage as she can be #in this way. her starting a metal bending school - creating a lineage of students - fits so well #i feel like if you asked older toph about where she came from #she'd tell you. a cave in a mountain with her teachers the badger moles. ykwim? #r.post

[chiropteracupola]

a few friends from the Wood and the Riverbank

#em draws stuff #wind in the willows #witw #this is a redraw of my attempt at doing designs for these four about two years ago! #wanted to lean a little harder into the late-edwardian and also what I personally think could be fun out of these critters #also going to specify more clearly this time around that I'm drawing badger and ratty as butches! #also did that in the previous iteration but I think I communicated it better this time around #ratty's look here is also based on too-ticky - felt like the right place for some visual influence from tove jansson and tuulikki pietilä! #no glasses for mole in this iteration but I did think she needed something to spice up her design so she's got a little carbide lantern #and then I tried to give miss toad a big hat but it wasn't working out visually... you should still imagine one though :}

[tylwythunseelie]

there are a lot more serious issues with the Netflix live action alta but the one that's making me the most angry is the badger moles sensing emotions to see instead of vibrations. They're seeing love???? Whose fucking idea was that?

#how are they going to make that work woth toph learning from them in season 2??? #does she see emotions too? #atla netflix #alta #badger moles #secret tunnel #avatar the last airbender

[pulpsandcomics2]

The Wind in the Willows

#the wind in the willows #toad hall #badger and mole

[astrogriffinart]

That show had way too many characters.

#my art #fanart #animals of farthing wood #fox #badger #mole #owl #weasel #kestrel #heron #toad #adder #pheasant #rabbit #hare #hedgehog #newt #mouse #vole #shrew #squirrel

[mastomysowner]

Chris Dunn's illustrations for The Wind in the Willows.

#rats #ratblr #mouse #mouseblr #frog #badger #mole #mr rat #wind in the willows #art #animal art #traditional art #book illustration #<3

[stearleart]

Here is a collection of Kenneth Grahame inspired designs from the 1908 classic, The Wind in the Willows. One of my favorite subjects to paint is old-school storybook style scenes that you might find in old books.

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#cute #art #artwork #the wind in the willows #ratty #mole #badger #mr badger #mr toad #toad hall #motor cars #gift ideas #merch #store #teepuplic #cottagecore #artists on tumblr #ink #traditional #fantasy #fanart #traditional art #traditional drawing #traditional illustration #traditional sketch #animals #wholesome #vintage #classic #storybook art

[coomara-art]

#furry #wind in the willows #mole #badger #mouse #christmas

[halloweentrickortreat]

Badger’s Remedy

#autumn #fall #nature #mole #badger #ratty #cozy #seasons #tv #the wind in the willows #october #mushrooms

[the-badger-mole]

For the ask game:

Unpopular opinion about zuko?

I might have said this before, but I don't think he's naturally as awkward as he appears. In fact, he doesn't have a ton of truly awkward moments, just moments where he loses in silly ways and angry outbursts because that's what he thinks he's supposed to do. The most awkward I can think of is his date with Jin. It's not that Zuko is awkward, it's that he's very guarded, and that's totally understandable, considering his father and his sister. With that in mind, I think in his natural state he would still be more introverted, but he isn't lacking social graces in general. When he's comfortable, he can be direct, commanding, and even charming. The only time I think he would still come off as painfully awkward is when he likes someone who he isn't sure likes him back. As a boyfriend/husband, I think he'd be shockingly smooth.

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#atla #zuko #ask game #ask the badger mole #THE YEAR OF CONTENT!!!!

[gynandromorph]

Watching Animal Planet's The Most Extreme and the Jessies have shown up twice, once as one of the Extreme Breeders (the baby jessies were ridiculous I love them) and as one of the Extreme Eaters (Jessie came out of a wombats stomach and then ate it). Anyways great choice of animal

i miss the most extreme so much 😭

#i assume they are devils because honey badgers are pretty normie breeding-wise #they only have one cub at a time #meanwhile... devils having 50 at a time eating the ones who don't make it to a nipple first.......... #i hope there was a shiloh in the most extreme breeders because they are truly the most fucked up mammal in that regard #you can just google pregnant queen naked mole rat and it all makes sense