Joan of Arc – John Everett Millais // Mosaic of the Archangel Uriel in St. John’s Church – James Powell and Sons of the Whitefriars Foundry // Sancta Lilias – Dante Gabriel Rossetti // Milky Way Upon Giewont – Henryk Szczyglinski // Folio 13v – from the Rabula Gospels // Representation of a Deer’s Antlers – Sándor Szapary de Szapar // Not Strong Enough – boygenius
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JKFAJSKDJSA I’ve got brainrot thinking about Iroh and Zuko making it to Ba Sing Se and Iroh has such a breath of relief about them being safe now, and now they’re going to be able to make money and support themselves and now they’re completely independent of their family (and safe from the Azula/the bounty on their heads; not to mention their wanted poster gives permission to kill them on sight), and with this money and safety, Iroh’s hoping Zuko can start assimilating into the life of a (somewhat) normal teenager. Not only does Iroh mourn his only child, but Zuko’s relationship with his father was already tenuous - thus this could be the perfect scenario in that Iroh could sidle into a true fatherhood role for Zuko.
Iroh’s so eager to see Zuko become happy, pushing him on that date with Jin, doing his hair, hoping he’ll let go of Ozai’s expectations. With the new tea shop in the upper ring, I can only imagine Iroh began planning to set aside funds so Zuko could attend Ba Sing Se University eventually, or for Zuko to get his own place one day; maybe he’ll meet a nice girl and Iroh can ensure they have a good financial start and fund the wedding; he has so many ideas and hopes that have been transplanted from his dreams for Lu Ten’s future and are now given to Zuko. It’s the life he couldn’t give Lu Ten, and he hopes his love is what Zuko needs after everything Ozai has put him through. After realizing that being part of the Fire Nation Royal Family has caused his pain (and his nephew’s) he’s more than happy to leave it all behind to discover what he wants out of the rest of his life; and he hope to encourage the same for Zuko. He can be a father again to a boy who needs one.
But Zuko... wants to go home. And Uncle is Uncle, not his father. He wants to make Ozai proud. Living in Ba Sing Se is a shadow of the life he wants.
As much as Iroh and Zuko mean to each other, the different levels they’re living on are so far away that they can’t understand why the other would want the life they want so badly. Their difference in age and experiences and traumas is so vast, and yet they’re all each other has until Azula comes to collect and offers Zuko everything he’s ever wanted.
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i have GOT to stop going and checking out the notes on... that one post.... but it's CRAZY to me that people keep reblogging it very seriously being like "HOW CAN PEOPLE LIKE HENRY HE MURDERED 20 CHILDREN"
you mean the fictional child murder?? you mean the fake fictional child murder?? you mean the fake fictional telekinetic sci fi child murder by fake fictional telekinetic sci fi murder man on fake fictional telekinetic sci fi horror netflix show stranger things??? YOU MEAN THAT FAKE MURDER???
no you're so right there's never once been a history of fandoms liking a guy even if he did a bit of fake fictional murder what an insane concept
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Speaking of hop pop, it’s funny how he wanted to adopt her in season 2, but almost completely forgot about her in season 3(guess the writers were trying to push andrias as Marcy’s father figure)
I don't have much to say on that, bc tbh the Plantars ARE meant to be Anne's pair ups and not Marcy's sooo
I feel rather conflicted about the way we were present with Yunan and Olivia in the sense of Marcy's parent figures though, be it the whole "I wish I got to know you both better" "in a way you helped us see what's important as well" in the end of the show which makes no sense since she spent two seasons with them or the whole rescue thing itself or Yunan's attitude towards her
My memory may be a little vague but I believe in Marcy's journal Yunan is shown to be contempt towards Marcy (be it from Marcy's failure to recognise her on the warship, even though it was because Marcy was high on painkillers in a hospital when they first met) their relationship is plain miscommunication which never gets worked on
I don't have the brain capacity to analyse on Olivia rn, she may get a pass, but again her introduction puts her as just there to provide Marcy the doses of praises, more of a straight-A's kid's mom who's just very repressed. And violent at times.
And so Andrias was left to be the only figure who dealt with her at a rather emotional level. I believe it's meant to add to overall tragedy of Marcy not getting the typical found family that was to her what Grime and Plantars are to Anne and Sasha
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