the audacity you literally have to make a GENOCIDE SURVIVOR (whose entire culture was decimated by the fire nation) proudly work for the imperial fire nation army in some fuckass au? zutara shippers are never beating the colonial apologism allegations.
Woah, okay, I wasn't expecting this. I'm a firm believer that people should, first and foremost, treat each other on the basis of respect, so I'll do my best to explain this to you, clearly, and with the benefit of the doubt in mind, okay? I'm a nice person like that.
First of all, I'm working under the assumption that you haven't read these posts, and thus don't have all the information I've shared about the AU. I've been as clear about this subject as I can be, especially in my replies but, for the sake of fairness, I'll say it once again again:
I do not condone nor find it moraly correct to justify a victim of war joining the side of the ones responsible for her people's genocide.
I try to view this AU, and war in general, through a mature, realistic lense. Turning Katara into a victim with glorified Stockholm Syndrome isn't really my style. It's honestly insulting and deeply disturbing for me, as a creator, a woman of color born in a country that has a very, very long history of colonialism, and an empathetic human being, that anyone would believe me capable of thinking like that.
That being said, I know I really shouldn't, but would you like me to give you a step by step response?
(...) proudly work for the imperial fire nation army (...)
Okay, like I said before, I'm going to assume you saw only the artwork, didn't read either the tags or the two separate, in depth posts about the characterization and plot in this AU I made literally twenty four hours ago, and drew your own conclusions instead.
First of all: Katara doesn't proudly work for the Fire Nation army. That's her cover, as it is Zuko's. She joined Zuko and his crew, all traitors to the throne and good, honourable people, under the pretense of hunting the Avatar. Truly, they're destroying the Fire Nation military from within. And are, most definitely, not proud soldiers of the Fire Lord.
Katara hates the Fire Nation. But if joining a Fire Nation crew is what she needs to do to end the war, she will do it.
And, honestly, these are not excuses. But context is important, and it's not healthy to draw conclusions from the title instead of actually reading the book, if you know what I mean. It could get you in trouble some day.
And, please, I'm begging you—this has been talked about a lot, and I don't really like drama all that much, so I won't even rise to the accusations of condoning a non consented, colonialist and abuse apologist relationship.
That's just rude.
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Theory on were this portal leads to
We believe that Evelyn was a Clawthorne and there happens to be a huge brick archway far back on the Clawthorne property were Eda found the door portal buried.
The sizes are a bit different but it makes the most sense. One portal leads to the Clawthorne home and another portal leads to what we believe to be the old Wittebane home.
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[ ID: A digital illustration of Hunter from The Owl House. He is in his season three design, after the events in Thanks to Them. He is looking forward, upset, with one hand clutching his shirt near his heart and the other hand holding onto that arm. A spiral pattern covers the background. End ID. ]
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Oh.
In Hunting Palismen, when the Bat Queen instructed the kids to state their deepest wish so their like-minded partner would find them....that's not how palismen traditionally bond with their wielder, is it?
We've finally seen how to bond with a freshly carved palisman via Luz and Stringbean. You state your deepest wish, and they wake up. Or animate. Or come to life. However you'd like to word it! And when they do, boom! They're your BFF.
When Palismen bond to their og wielder, it doesn't matter what the wish is. All that matters is that your conviction is genuine. And this connection is what wakes a palisman up/gives them life.
AWWW I wonder what wish Eda made to wake up Owlbert...
Anyway, connecting with an adopted palismen is different. They have already been woken up with a wish. That means they need to pick someone who has a wish that they vibe with.
This is what I'm getting at...I think palismen are looking for a similar wish to the one their original wielder woke them up with.
And I have one final thought:
If this is true, we totally know what Caleb's wish was.
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