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squidink18 · 1 year

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Man-Made Men— How “The Owl House succeeds where “Miraculous” Fails:

SPOILER WARNINGS FOR TOH AND MLB

To be completely honest I’ve seen the leaks but I’m avoiding discussing any and all of them that haven’t officially broadcast. So this is mostly just info for miraculous up to “Exaltation” in season five. As for Owl House, if you’re new to the fandom, this is a major story spoiler, so avoid it.

I wanna talk about Grimwalkers and Sentimonsters, from the respective shows listed in the titles. For those who are unaware—

Grimwalkers are artificially made humanoids from The Owl House. They’re basically clones meant to be a replacement to Emperor Belos’ brother, Caleb, who the former killed and used this method to create someone who’d support his… “questionable” decisions.

Sentimonsters are magical beings created by the Peacock Miraculous. They’re formed by strong emotions, take on a variety of forms, and fall under the absolute influence of whoever is holding the object that contains an Amok, a feather imbued with magic that gives the creature being.

In this specific post, we’re gonna talk about these two blorbos, Hunter

And Adrien

and how the Owl House handles their inhumanity almost perfectly, and how Miraculous fumbles the bag.

I don’t really support the theory of Adrien being a sentimonster but at this point you gotta roll with the punches.

In "The Owl House," we're introduced to Hunter pretty early on in Season 2 tells his story as the Golden Guard, and when we meet him, he's a stuck-up, cocky little bastard that Xeno Robinson portrays PERFECTLY. The audience is groomed to have a sort of dislike towards him, but thankfully, Dana and the writing team make him just likable enough for a slow redemption. Zuko went from a character who's just a straight-up complicated antagonist to a great main character, and in this set of circumstances, Hunter's the guy who acts bad but as we come to find out, is doing it sheerly for a semblance of parental approval from this dick.

"Hunting Palismen" elaborates on his nature and personality and gives us a bit more insight into everything. He can't naturally do magic, so he relies on artificial staff mechanics and physical ability to match the strength of typical witches. He wants to look into Wild Magic more, showing a curiosity the original Caleb had towards the Demon Realm, which led to Belos wanting to handle him in the first place. He opens up to Luz, our protagonist, and for the first time in his life, he meets someone who legitimately wanted to know him not as the Golden Guard, but as who he really was.

"My name is Hunter."

And so we get a complicated character in both personality, motivation, and backstory! "Eclipse Lake" presents him more as an antagonist because that's the point! He's doing this entire convoluted search for Titan's Blood just for the sake of proving himself to his "uncle." It's not necessarily his fault. Philip Witterbane/Belos is a manipulative little piece of garbage that actively grooms the people who work for him into getting them to their full levels of usefulness and promptly trashing them once they've outlived it. Lilith literally references this in "Elsewhere and Elsewhen!"

And then we get the good parts of "Hunting Palismen" in "Any Sport in a Storm!" He meets Willow, Gus, and the rest of the Flyer Derby team. He makes friends! He legitimately gets close to them!

So naturally, the good times promptly die with the next major episode.

Hollow Mind.

*Heavy sigh*

Personally, this is one of my favorite episodes of the season. And in this context, it serves perfectly for the reveal behind Hunter's true purpose. He's not meant to naturally exist. He's a literal clone. We see him go from the pompous jerk putting on the front of maturity

and deteriorate into his true self; a scared, insecure little dude, brought on by years of being abused by Belos coming out like a tidal wave with all the wild revelations making him question everything so much that he has a panic attack.

But Luz and the others are there and support him and it's GREAT. The way the show handles his existential crises and with writing to support this effectiveness, we get arguably one of the most strongly written characters in the show.

Which is why Miraculous warrants this post.

"Adrien Agreste being a Sentimonster" was a theory I heard of when I first started getting into the show when season 3 was actively airing. I didn't like it! I thought it was ridiculous, cause Adrien being a literal magical creation makes this entire situation complicated and arguably unnecessary.

And then they went there.

And I was sad.

On one hand, the way they went about it is about as subtle as a bright red "F" on a test. Hawk Moth/Monarch/Shadow Moth/Jackass Agreste fiddling with the ring to manipulate Adrien and using words like "OBEY" made it pretty clear, and I feel like the show's track record isn't gonna be effective with proper reveals? Like even now Juleka and Rose haven't canonically called each other girlfriends before, but it's PRETTY OBVIOUS given the scenes we SEE WITH THEM! They're not gonna elaborate on this any more than we've been getting.

The way the show handles this is absolutely abhorrent, especially considering there are so many interesting fanfictions/art pertaining to it. A prime example would be @buggachat and their works—Drowning(In plain sight)" or even the comics they've drawn(you know, the one with Luka and the others) about it. It handles the idea of someone having the realization that their existence being a lie pretty well! It can be related to the subtle themes of parental abandonment and complications pertaining to birth in quite an interesting way!

And the icing on the cake is that with these two characters, it's a matter of their epiphany that their life and the value it holds isn't something dependent on where they came from, but instead, everyone around you giving you support and showcasing their love, independent of an abusive situation. Hunter has the Hexsquad, Luz, and Camila, all of them giving him the support to have a happy found family, far from the Sticky Icky here.

But Gabriel and Adrien don't really have that dynamic. It feels like they're tangentially related. Like it'd be better if they had it be a circumstance where Adrien directly motivated Gabriel in some propensity, but nope.

He’s doing this for himself.

Gabriel could care less about his son or his personal opinions. He's a douche.

I feel like this stems from my personal gripe towards his characterization cause they flip-flop between him being a (slightly) sympathetic dude and a sociopathic nutcase who repeatedly endangers children and threatened to start WORLD WAR THREE just to bring back his wife.

I feel like Emilie Agreste as a McGuffin works, but if it actually affected the family in some way. If Gabriel was actually concerned about his son's happiness and doing what he's doing for HIS SON, then he'd be legitimately concerned about his well-being. Present the circumstances reflecting an actual broken family, not a straight up abusive situation.

Y'know, doing what he does in Season Five, but out of the legitimate goodness of his heart?

Adrien as a Sentimonster adds no value to the plot whatsoever. I feel like a better method of writing him would have him be human, but just really dependent on the idea of a parental figure, which is why he's really subservient to his dad, which would warrant him listening to what he says and getting akumatized all the time in the bad timelines. So, naturally Nathalie and the Dupain-Cheng family are more welcoming to him!

And as a PARALLEL to him Felix is the actual sentimonster, explaining why they happen to look super-similar, and giving a bit more of depth to this show's writing- The boy who is free to do what he wants but doesn't out of fear of disappointing his father, and the boy who desires his true freedom but is at the risk of getting eviscerated. It would make lines like Felix saying "You always do what your father tells you?" Matter more and hit harder. What we got is like if in My Hero Academia or something there was a character who had some super overpowered ability like Time manipulation or something and the story never used it.

And I know I said "No Spoilers" but this is the closest thing to one- Adrien doesn't have a role in the Finale, that's all I'll say. It'd make sense if he DID stuff! It's Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, not "Just Ladybug."

Hunter's a deep character and the fact that he's artificially made makes him all the more interesting!

Adrien's a shallow dude with barely any personality and a "tragic backstory" that doesn't bring anything interesting to the story. He’s a prop.

I could go on, and if you wanna debate/hear more, message me, I’m here for whatever.

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lesbian-in-leather · 3 months

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I'll send more for the ships ask! How I met your mother, and Atla 🙃

aaah thank you dearest!!

How I Met Your Mother (which I still haven't finished but never mind)

OTP: Barney/Robin, my beloveds <3 They have excellent chemistry, actually get along, respect each other, and they way the writers tried to claim they didn't work the first time was bullshit. I know they won't end up together but they deserve to be happy

Favourite canon pairing: Barney! And! Robin!

Worst pairing ever: Robin/Ted. They don't work!! I respect them for trying, but they found out really quickly that their life goals don't align and they simply Do Not Work as a couple, which is fine!! But also. Stop pushing them together. Please. I'm begging

Guilty pleasure pairing: Honestly I think Robin/Lily would be a VERY fun dynamic to explore (and Lily clearly agrees with me)

A pairing you want to see more: I'm sure I'll have an answer for this when I've finished the show, but I've been judging this one based on the fandom which,,, I am not yet a part of

That pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”: Haven't spent any time in fandom yet (because I haven't finished the show) but from the writing I have to assume Marshall/Lily is popular and. I do not like it. I love Lily, and I think she deserves so much better than him (could go on a whole rant about that but we'll save that for another post)

Favourite non-romantic pair: Barney and Lily! When they were living together?? Absolute bestfriend vibes, I love it and I wish the writers gave us that dynamic more instead the other Barney and Lily dynamic where she hates him (serious) instead of she hates him (friendship bullying)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

(I am just focusing on AtLA, not including LoK because then I would have SUCH a hard time deciding)

OTP: oh absolutely Katara/Zuko. I think they had SUCH a fascinating dynamic and I would have loved to see the slow burn as they eventually begin to rebuild trust and friendship slowly turns into love. They had better chemistry and Katara and Aang worked better as friends I said what I said

Favourite canon pairing: Hmmmm probably Sokka/Suki, they're so cute and he's such a wifeguy even when they have literally only just started dating. Them <3

Worst pairing ever: Okay, so it's not the worst pairing ever but........ Katara/Aang. Personally, I just never felt like Katara actually reciprocated his feelings, and it really just came across like the writers just decided on them being endgame early on, and then backed themselves into the corner of We Have To Commit To It, No Matter What. I never really got a romantic vibe from her end, and just really would have much preferred it to not go in that direction

Guilty pleasure pairing: Ty-Lee/Azula. I am a sucker for sunshine/grumpy, especially if it involves the absolute betrayal of Ty-Lee siding with Mai??? I eat that shit UP

A pairing you want to see more: Okay this is absolutely just me being a lesbian but Katara/Azula could have made a BOMBASS power couple. Like,, imagine??? If Azula had gotten the redemption arc she deserved in the show, just imagine how unstoppable they would have been

That pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”: Okay okay don't come for me, I'm not like, violently opposed or anything but I just,,, personally don't see the romantic aspect to Zuko/Sokka. I love their dynamic and ship what you wanna ship!! But I like them better as friends

Favourite non-romantic pair: oooh gotta be Toph & Katara. They're my GIRLS and I love how they slowly develop a friendship despite being two very different people

Send me a fandom and I'll answer these questions!

#thanks for the ask!!!#vaguely-functional-directions #fandom asks #atla #himym #the lesbian herself

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stormblessed95 · 2 years

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Hey storm, hope you and your family are doing well. I’ve really been enjoying your blog posts lately esp the ATLA post. Who was your favourite side character in ATLA? Mine was Mei, I had such a big crush on her, that I remember being upset when we found out that she was with Zuko (please note, I did not know this was a crush at the time because… ✨heteronormativity✨… so pre teen me was confused). Also, the secondary reason why I am here is because I’ve got some potential army recruits at work. My work environment is pretty relaxed, so we often take turns playing background music from our own playlists. I’ve got the entire office hooked on butter and boy with luv so I’m pretty proud of myself overall lol. Presently, i’ve got two of my co workers properly hooked, and have been reeling them in slowly but surely (not in a cult like way, or MLM way, she says convincingly). My next plan of action is to establish the ‘oh sh*t’ connection, since we’ve got the basics out of the way. I know for me, the moment I watched Jimin’s live performance of serendipity, I wasn’t able to look away. Like I seriously repeated that same video over and over, and when I then explored the other members, I realised that I was gonna be in this bts thing for life, hence the ‘oh sh*t’ (I’m british so I should clarify this phrase has a positive connotation, equivalent to holy hell or woahhh). My question to you, is what 1 or 2 performances, would you recommend I show them for each individual member? Feel free to include fancams or individual/unit performance if you would like. Also, I have no preference on the era or if they are cover songs (cause rainism exists). Thanks Storm x

Hi! This is such a nice ask. Thank you! Oooo omg I loved the crap outta Mei too. Talk about a badass 😍 I won't lie, idk about favorite side character but I had the biggest childhood crush on Azula and on Zuko. Which that also should have told me something that I didn't even register early on. Pretty sure they were my first fictional crushes though. And the fact that they were both villains. Yeah, idk what that says about me. Maybe I don't wanna know. The fact that fictional villains are still who get me too 😅

I recommend things based on the person and what I think they would like, or what their music tastes are outside of BTS. So you've gotta be flexible! Lol

For Joon, again depending on their style of music, but I would probably recommend Persona as a solo and Not Today as a group song he shines in. Or if it wouldn't scare them away as too many in one go, I'd want them to listen to Mono as an album. Because WOW.

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For Jin, the solo I would go to is Moon, especially if they like BWL lol I love his voice on that track so much. And as group song I think he shines in Crystal Snow. Because WOW. And I would also want to try and sneak in Come Back Home because his falsetto at the start is insane. But Epiphany is a great song to hook people too

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Suga, ahh this will be hard to narrow down. Lol For his solo, I'm going to go with Intro: Nevermind. (Lyrics) It's honestly one of my favorite BTS songs too. And Seesaw is a good one live too. For a group song he shines in is Ma City and 134340.

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Hobi, I'd probably go with Just Dance as my solo rec for him. It's just sooooo Hobi. Lol and his live performance slays. As for a group song he shines in, easily Mic Drop

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Jimin, i wanna say them all! Lie is what let me know that Jimin owned me now. But Serendipity is that angelic queen. As for a group song Jimin stands out in, I'd rec Perfect Man and Black Swan and also the As I Told You cover

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For Tae, his solo i would absolutely go for Singulairity, it's what I sent my friend as soon as she asked who V was. Lol as for group song he shines in, I think I'd say Idol performances, his voice in that song kills me!

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For JK, I would recommend Euphoria as his hook in song as a solo. Followed by My Time and Rainism cover for a killer performance. For a group song he stands out in. Like all of them, but Pied Piper and On would be my top picks.

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Rapline rec would be Outro: Tear and Ugh

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Vocal Line Rec would be House of Cards and Dimple

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Thanks for the ask!! This was fun 🥰 Hope you have some new baby armys at work soon!

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captainkirkk · 4 years

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The first time Zuko realises - properly realises, beyond the denial he’s been living with for weeks - that he wants to court Smitten Soldier is when he walks in on him hanging out with the gaang. Zuko stumbles upon SS sparring with Sokka or laughing-until-he-cries at some awful story Toph is telling him, and he’s just hit with this wave of affection and he realises how fucked he is

#one of my favourite tropes is just #character: [hit with sudden wave of love and realises how Deep In It they are]#character: FUCK #my posts #smitten soldier #if you wanna get with zuko you gotta get with his friends #avatar #atla #i've been thinking about ss/zuko for a few days straight now for no reason #so i'm hitting you guys with random headcanon posts #even though i should be answering asks #i've just decided that zuko experiences the same level of 'oh NO i love this guy but we CAN'T? the class differences? he's Too Good for me?'#that smitten soldier does #oh my god they're the living embodiment of the 'i won't say i'm in love' song #are the guards or the gaang the muses i can't decide

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ct-multifandom · 2 years

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Assorted ML headcanons

This post is a mile long, so for that reason I’m putting a read more very early in. That being said, I got like, every character in the season four intro in here, all several times at least, and a few other characters, so come get y’all juice. If you read all of them ily and also which one is/which ones are your favorite(s)?

The semi-popular headcanon that Kagami and Ondine go to the same school and are jock friends? *chefs kiss*

There’s also that,,, not even headcanon,,,, but theory that Alix used to be friends with Chloe and Sabrina as a mean girl trio. It’s based on scrapped early concepts where Alix was the third mean girl, and their three names referenced the main trio of Totally Spies which Astruc worked on. Considering how ml likes to work its scrapped ideas into canon, I think it’s plausible that this could come up in the show, and it’d explain the interesting way Chloe and Alix interact.

Chloe can’t bring herself to treat Alix the way she treats everyone else because she’s intimidated by the person Alix used to be, or maybe she misses that Alix? On the other hand, Alix cut Chloe off completely when she became a better person, and she doesn’t feel bad giving her a taste of her own medicine, but she isn’t scared of her like everyone else because she’s seen her normal side.

Mylene has a little ukelele she plays sometimes while Ivan plays his hand drum. She knows the basics, and occasionally they sing too.

When Marinette was younger, she was obsessed with those popular crafts like lanyard and bead stuff, rainbow loom, and duct tape fashion. She made Tom and Sabine a duct tape wallet and lanyard keychain and they were like aww. One day they walked into her room to see a full ball gown made of duct tape and woven beads and were like AAA

*Marinette cocking a hot glue gun* “wanna know how I got these scars”

When Alya goes to art club she’s usually developing photos from candid street photography

When Max is there he’s either 3D printing little knick knacks or working on making games. His akuma fighting game was a street fighter-like 2D game with pixel sprites, but he’s trying to learn 3D modeling so he can make something more complex.

Marc and Nathaniel’s manga contains information about Ladybug and Chat Noir that they should have absolutely no way of knowing.

Kagami reads their work religiously, but she only noticed the dedication to Marinette in volume one after a few rereads.

Kagami in the locker room: Marinette, your conversation with Adrien a moment ago was just like when Reverser first met The Mightillustrator. In the book, they- Marinette: Marc and Nath? I’m the one who set them up in the first place. Kagami: W- Mari: they’re literally upstairs right now. Wanna go meet them? Kagami: Wh-

Alya and Nino are both massive film nerds. Nino is obvious (Horrificator, Queen Banana) but have you seen Alya’s insta? Constant movie dates with her bf and all the besties. (I counted. Six different posts plus two on Mari’s account and one on Alya’s about Nino making a new film) They watch almost everything notable that comes out and talk about the movies in that pretentious film bro way, but they’re both so into it.

Whatever is going on with Alix and Nath’s hair? They did that together. 2am, random scissors, box dye. That’s gotta be canon, there’s no other explanation.

Zoe listens to Girl in Red and Clairo and stuff (I say this as someone who doesn’t)

Sabrina is scary good at FPSs

Going on stupid one-on-one adventures with Kim is like Zuko Field Trips from ATLA. Truly a formative experience. Have you really lived if you haven’t followed Kim on a dare, messed around, and made some dumb choices? All his friends have.

You also haven’t lived if you don’t have a friendship bracelet woven by Rose

Alix can’t swim

Ivan gets all the tea in class. He sits there in unsuspecting silence minding his own business, but he’s in the perfect location to hear everyone’s conversations at once, even when they’re whispering. Don’t worry, your secrets are safe with him.

Nath chose to sit alone in the back so he could have personal space and privacy while he draws sleeps slacks off learns, but Ms. Bustier just had to put Lila right next to him. He quickly starts to dislike her not because he knows of her true nature but because she just never shuts up like oh my god how can anyone talk so much about nothing? He doesn’t know she’s lying, but that doesn’t matter because he stopped listening anyways.

Eventually, Nath moves into the empty seat next to bestie Ivan and Lila is left alone in the back.

Everyone always expects Juleka to be something goth and/or scary on Halloween, like a vampire or classic horror movie masked serial killer, but she loves dressing up as girlboss villains. Once she was Harley Quinn while Rose was Poison Ivy, and once it was the other way around. That Harley wig was revamped from her Junko Enoshima cosplay from years past. Recently she pulled off a Cruella design that made Marinette wish she came up with it first.

Chloe, wearing a bee costume that’s actually just a cute outfit with an antennae headband: In Girl World, Halloween is the one night of the year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it. Alix wearing a Meowth onesie: Meowth, that’s right!

Nath and Marc are Jesse and James. They came up with the idea.

Mylene is one of those girls whose insta story is always full of activism posts

Nino feels the need to appear cool and mature in the media he consumes. He’d be embarrassed if someone caught him listening to dance pop off the top 100 or watching the Ice Age movies. He leaves those movies out of his Letterbox, and he has one of those performative Spotifies where all his “cool” songs are organized by vibe in playlists with pretentious names and captions, and they all have matching aesthetic photography as the covers.

Adrien is the opposite. His Spotify is a mess of spontaneously made playlists of songs he felt like listening to in the moment as well as oddly specific playlists. He only makes them look nice if they’re for someone else, but otherwise they’re either cover/captionless with the default Playlist #n name or names like songs to appease the cheese demon, classical music to cry over algebra to, Ninocore, Chloe watch One Piece, and Persona 4 Dancing All Night OST.

Rose is so good at getting people gifts. She knows exactly what everyone would like, and if she sees something that reminds her of someone while shopping she’ll just buy it and hold onto it. Or not. Surprise present!

Mari, Kim, and Nino childhood friends headcanon my beloved

Zoe and Marc don’t refer to each other as friends, but rather as lab partners, which they are. The word “friend” doesn’t capture the frenemy bond between two people who are surviving Mendeleiev’s class together. Zoe keeps skipping parts of the procedure or accidentally messing up measurements like haha oopsie daisy and Marc’s like *deep breath* yeah :) haha :) oopsie daisy :) you’ll get it next time, though :) ...right?

He’s a perfectionist, control freak on a bad day. Falling behind makes him super anxious, but he also hates when his work isn’t as good as it could be if he had more time. He’s one of those people who hates group projects because he doesn’t trust the work of his group members to meet his standards.

Sabrina’s into murder mysteries and true crime. She watches documentaries late at night and tries to stay ahead of the narrator by analyzing the evidence.

Crime and mystery TV/movies, even the fictional ones, scare tf out of Chloe, as much as she tries to hide it. She makes Sabrina watch corny chick flicks, romances, and hallmark Christmas type movies when they have sleepovers.

Juleka would love to decorate her room with something super aesthetic like a bookshelf full of vintage tomes or a shelf full of candles and cool glass trinkets, but alas, she cannot because. Boat.

Luka doesn’t have this problem because he’s fine with few decorations. He likes the simplicity, open space, and natural light. He’s a minimalist, and he finds his twin’s maximalism overwhelming.

Juleka bullies Luka, but Luka can’t bully Juleka without feeling awful about it afterwards.

Juleka practices cosmetology on Luka, and she’s been doing it since they were little. She got one of those kiddy makeup things for the holidays once, and turned him into a clown, but these days the things she does are much more impressive.

Alix makes friends everywhere she goes. She’s like the “guy who knows a guy” of the group because she has connections everywhere. You thought Marinette meets every single person in Paris? Alix has met their pets and sends them happy birthday texts. Her snap score is insane.

Markov sees himself as mentally a bit younger than Max and his friends even though he’s physically less than a year old, yet contains more knowledge than they can ever hope to learn in a lifetime.

Markov emulates DS games and speed runs them. He’s always looking for new bugs to take advantage of. Despite his ability to do a ton of things at once, he can become so absorbed that he doesn’t pay attention to the things going on around him

Markov: *mindlessly following Kim and Max after school* *bumps into a pole* Max: whoa, Markov? Are you oka- wait. You’re speed running Super Mario 64 again, aren’t you. Markov: ... *blank stare* Max: yeah, okay. Please fly higher when we’re crossing the street, though?

Marinette has Operation Secret Garden code names for all of her friends, y’know, just in case.

Kagami is Nightshade, Zoe is Daffodil, Luka is Iris, Nino is Carnation, Kim is Morning Glory, Max is Hyacinth, Markov is Phlox, Ivan is Foxglove, Nath is Amaranth, Marc is Hibiscus, Chloe is Marigold, Sabrina is Zinnia, and Lila is Lilac (subtle). Good luck remembering who’s who now, Rose. I mean, Tulip. I mean, Rose.

Mylene is the secret prank master, but she doesn’t pull practical jokes very often, so she goes unnoticed. When Alix and Kim are in a heated prank war, Alix comes to her for help the way the hero of a martial arts movie will walk into an unassuming restaurant, say the secret code, and be ushered into the dojo basement to learn the ways of the hidden master.

Speaking of restaurant, the hc that Kim’s parents run a Vietnamese restaurant? Very good.

Nath is immune from pranks because he’s paranoid. No horror movies or weird unreality jokes either

Alya found Marc’s tumblr. She knows it’s his because it’s linked to his AO3 and she recognizes his writing. She reads it. A lot. His icon is Celestia Ludenberg over the rainbow pride flag. She will never tell him because if she did, he’d have a heart attack and die.

Chloe has a private spam insta that very few people are allowed to see

At first, Ivan and Adrien’s other friends from school are intimidated by Luka because,,, cool mature guy,,, but soon the tables turn and Luka is kinda intimidated by them because they could sit down, craft an elaborate bank robbery plan, carry it out successfully, and be home in time for dinner just for fun. They run around Paris doing dumb things and he’s trying so hard to mom friend them.

Marinette always uses the “class representative” excuse to be the leader of the group and take care of her classmates. Mireille is the class rep for Mendeleiev’s class and all she does on a normal day is take the attendance down to the office. Mari knows the details of everyone’s lives like Santa.

“I’ll start getting better grades if I just buckle down and study, really” “but I’m your class representative! Let me tutor you” “As your class representative, it’s my duty to attend your extracurricular sports competitions and performances” “Marinette, it’s a papercut. It’ll get better on its own” “what kind of class representative would I be if I let you walk around with the risk of infection? Let me clean that and put a bandaid on it”

Kim is really good at cooking. At first, nobody trusts him around sharp objects and fire, but he goes full dad mode at the stove. He loves the attention that comes with feeding a bunch of hungry teenagers and listening to their compliments.

If you’re feeling under the weather, Rose will be at your front door with a homemade care package as soon as she finds out.

I think this is canon? But Ivan shaves the slit onto his eyebrow ‘cause it looks cool. No scar or anything. Just badass aesthetic

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One of the biggest reasons why Max started building Markov is so that he wouldn’t be lonely at home when his mom goes to astronaut school, and later, space

Marc can get super competitive playing games. No one likes playing cards against him ‘cause he nearly always wins. Don’t even think about Monopoly. Full Nicole Watterson mode

Ivan’s family is Eastern European

Aurore is like the “Queen B” of Mendeleiev’s class, but her mean girl act is more sassy and iconic whereas Chloe is just a bully. Aurore can be self absorbed and entitled at times, but overall she’s pretty well liked. After she lost the weather girl competition, she started goin out of her way to be supportive of the people around her and hype them up.

When Ondine exists outside of the swimming pool, which she does, her street clothes are typically athletic, like leggings and jogging jackets. She wears a lot of flannels. Oh yeah, and canon reminder, she’s suuuper tall.

The canon idea that Juleka got held back one year is a result of retcon bs, but I like the hc that she was held back as a result of her anxiety. I also have an idea that Anarka noncommittally homeschooled the twins as kids, and Juleka ended up being a year behind the typical curriculum while Luka was fine.

Nath and Alix aren’t keen on going out with the whole friend group. They much prefer spending time with one or a few people at a time.

Adrien and Kagami are forced to go to all these rich people events chock full of Paris elite, and even though they’ve met all sorts of celebrities in person, they’re pretty done with them. They’re much more starstruck by their own friends than Jagged Stone, XY, or Prince Ali. Their autographed Kitty Section CDs (cover art by Marinette, burned onto blank disks on Max’s laptop) are more valuable to them than their autographed CDs of Clara Nightingale’s unreleased next album.

I have sooo many future headcanons that I think they deserve their own post, so I left them all out of this one. I will make a future hc post... in the future. >:)

If you made it to the end, here’s your virtual pound-it from me <3

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ahem ahem ahem

i just started rewatching avatar tla (i watched it as it was passinng on nickelodeon but never saw the entire thing and paid attention, deadass on ep 4 but i dont wanna lose this idea 💀)

but i have a story prompt that in no way follows the plot 😃

zuko is permanently exiled, no hope of coming back, and he's on his own. he's wandering through a forest looking for how the f to survive, and he meets y/n, an earth bender whose small village was entirely wiped out but she escaped. she teaches him to actually relax, a kind of hakuna matata thing, and they either vibe or romantically vibe

-porygon

‘Relax!’- Zuko x female!reader

Masterlist <3

An: GOOD DAY FRIENDS. Omg i finally have something to give y'all! I’m sorry this took forever, I’ve been very lazy and unmotivated. Anyways thanks for the request bestiee <3

Sorry if I went a bit off track tho haha *cries*

Also the ending was written at like 1 am don't come at me ksgife

Summary:

Read the request <3

Warnings: sick, idk poor writing, not proof read.

Your feet danced along a tree branch, before guiding you to another. Humming, you pranced along the surrounding nature, basking in what’s left of the dwindling sunlight. Content, you sat down and watched as the sun resigned, the moon overpowering the sleepy star. Everything was perfect - until your peace was diturbed.

SNAP!

Your eyes instinctively landed on the source of the noise. A boy - looked to be rocking a horrid ponytail - angrily stomped onto a twig, before dropping to the ground, covering his face and groaning in annoyance. He huffed, before staring at the sky sadly, as gentle tears streamed down his face.

–

The next day, he awoke to a blanket coating his body - it was so cold. Confused, he rubbed his head and looked around to find a picnic basket. Crawling to it, the boy opened it to find a few earth kingdom snacks. He had just noticed he was hungry, the loud growl of his stomach alerting him. Quickly, he stuffed his face with the food, and chugged down the pure water.

Little did he know, you were watching.

–

The next time you left him a gift, you left a coat, unfortunately, your name was on it.

When he inspected the coat, he located the tag - only to find the word “YN’S” scribbled on it with a black marker.

“Yn,” he tested the sound on his lips, humming afterwards.

Yn.

–

The night was cold as the boy laid lifelessly on the green grounds. Carefully, your shoes led you to his sleeping body, as you slowly set down a tent kit and a fishing rod. As you looked back at him, he was wide awake. He sat slowly, as you tried to retreat.

“Who are you,” he exclaimed, getting up and inching towards you.

A sheepish grin adorned your face, as you desperately tried to think of any sort of excuse.

“Well?”

Deflating, you huffed, deciding to introduce yourself.

“The names yn, nice to meet you.”

“Yn.” he turned his head to look at the coat - which he was using as a pillow, “You’ve been giving me stuff.”

“Yeah,” you said, kicking your shoes together.

He had no business making you feel so flustered.

“Thank you,” the boy said, almost inaudible.

“It’s alright, ...” tilting your head to the side, asking the question.

“O-oh, it’s Zuko.”

“Well hi Zuko, pleasure to be your acquaintance, but unfortunately, I’ve gotta split, see you!”

“Yeah…”

You walked off into the woods, and Zuko watched you as you departed, his eyes never leaving your figure.

“Yn,” the firebender mumbled.

–

And then the next night, you returned, with a few goodies to help. Once you stumbled into his campsite, his tent was set up. Setting down your snacks, you called out his name.

“Zuko,”

A few birds chirped, but no one responded.

“Zuko?”

You knocked on the green tent, and yelled something about letting yourself in. Carefully sliding the sheet open, a lifeless teenager laid - presumably unconscious. You gasped, crawling closer to feel his pulse. A sigh left your trembling lips when a beat shook your two fingers. Thankfully, that day you had brought a first aid kit. Quickly, you went outside and grabbed the pack, as well as the coat and a small bucket of water he used for laundry, before running back into the tent. You sat next to Zuko’s unconscious body and slowly brought his head to your lap. Brushing the hair off of his forehead, you placed the wet coat sleeve onto him. You noticed a bit of squirming, before his eyes shot open and he sat up rapidly - effectively slamming his head into your chin. Your head flew back as you gripped your chin, moving your jaw around to check for severe injuries.

Zuko looked around rapidly, only to find you sitting there. He curled a brow, before sneezing. He rubbed his nose afterwards, stopping when he heard a giggle.

“You have an adorable sneeze,” you laughed, covering your mouth.

The ill teenager's eyes widened, as a crimson red blush overtook his features. Inching closer to him, you stabilised his head between your two hands, then placed one of them on his forehead, feeling his temperature. He was defineitley sick.

You reached to wrap the coat around him - before remembering it was wet. You pushed him back so he was laying down, and told him you’d be right back.

–

A few minutes later, you returned with some clothes. You slid some into the tent, and told Zuko you would wait outside for him. After getting dressed, he stepped out and walked over to you.

“What in the formal is that?” you smirked, pointing at the knot at the front of the robe.

“A knot?”

“No, that’s a fire nation knot, firecracker, you need to tie an earth kingdom knot.” of course, you had some awful neighbours. These people were banished from their own homes, and decided to reside in your town after the fire nation murdered the majority of it.

You waltzed up to him, and went to unknot it, before the idea crossed your mind.

You jumped back, stuttering and apologising, whilst he just laughed.

“It’s okay, you can do it.”

Gulping, you walked back up to him and carefully unknotted the tie. Once it was loose, you tied it in a similar fashion to yours. Looking back up to his eyes, you noticed his eyes on you.

Whatever you were about to say died in your throat, no noise exiting your mouth when you opened it.

His hand cupped your cheek, and Zuko leaned in ever so slightly, eyes on your lips, before looking back into your (e/c) eyes, as if to ask the unasked question. Your reply? Crashing your lips into his. He stumbled back, barely finding his balance again, and wrapped his hands around your waist. You tugged his collar, pulling him impossible closer to you.

Eventually your lungs begged for air, causing you to finally pull away. You stared into his brown eyes, as he gazed at you longingly.

Your short admiration session was cut short when you sneezed.

“Oh my god. We’re idiots.”

And that’s how you ended up here, cuddled in your small hut, on the soft, brown sofa, fast asleep, and comfortable as ever.

–

As you got to know Zuko, your boyfriend, you realised he had troubles controlling his temper. I mean, you got where he was coming from, daddy and mommy issues? Seems like a lot huh. So you resorted to teaching him to just relax.

“Do we really have to do this?”

“Hey you said you wanted to try being nicer, this is the way.”

Huffing, he followed you out into the forests, until you found your spot. Coincidentally, that’s the spot that was the reason you both met. How romantic.

The firebender stood in the middle of the location and watched as you earthbender some rocks up around him and yourself. He quirked a brow at your behaviour, before his jaw dropped.

You punched through each and every rock, whispering something before throwing a fist.

As soon as all the rocks had fallen to the ground, you bent new ones for Zuko.

“Okay so, you whisper something that makes you mad or sad, or something, and then you punch it. As if to like, eliminate it? I don’t really know.”

“Okay, easy enough, I guess.”

He said, attempting to break a rock, only to realise he couldn’t.

Laughing, you told him to use his bending, not his strength. He wasn’t an earthbender after all.

The incognito firebender used his flames, at a low flame size, and destroyed the rocks. Feeling ten times better after each fell to the ground.

And so began a session where you would bend rocks out, then take turns cracking them until you both felt calm.

“See, I told you it would help.”

“Shut up,”

But within Zuko’s head, it wasn’t the rocks, or the punching that helped. It was you. The way you looked at him like he was the only person in the world, after any small accomplishment - like just breaking a damn rock!

And to you, he was.

Maybe that’s why you ran away from the town with him, joining the avatar (and co) to defeat Zuko’s dad.

Or maybe he was just kinda cute.

Yeah, probably the latter.

An: DID THAT ENDING MAKE SENSE? NO. AM I GOING TO FIX IT. IDK.

Side note, I know some of yall (including myself LMAOO) are taller than Zuko (he’s 5’4), personally I just imagine he’s taller, but if you want to be taller that’s cool too. Wait I got off track - at some point I said ‘looking back up to his eyes’ and I’d just like to clear up that that’s because she was looking down at the knot.

Anyways - as always, hope you enjoyed this story, SEE YA! <3

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jusvibbbin · 3 years

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Sunday Secrets: Sequel to One Locker Down

Kenickie Murdoch x Reader

//I was honestly shocked when a sequel request popped up for One Locker Down but I’m so happy it did! I really like how this one turned out so I hope you enjoy Anon

You smiled up at Kenickie as you leaned against his car before school. He stopped combing his hair to pull out a cigarette when he caught your eye. He flashed you a toothy grin as he lit his cig. You stretched up to give him a kiss on the cheek but he pulled away.

“Come on, (Y/N). Not here,” he said looking around. You shrugged and gave him a little wave as you walked towards your first class. Kenickie smiled to himself as he watched you go into the building, unaware of someone sneaking up behind him.

“HEY NICKIE!” Putzie shouted as he jumped on the trunk of his car. Kenickie nearly jumped out of his skin, ripping off his sunglasses and glaring daggers at the knucklehead in front of him.

“What do you think you’re doing?! Get off the ride, punk!” Kenickie yelled as the other T-Birds walked up laughing.

“Why so uptight Kenickie?” Doody asked, pulling his squirt gun out and pretending to shoot at him. Kenickie just rolled his eyes.

“If any of yous had a car, then you’d know why you gotta treat it right,” he huffed. The T-Birds all looked as Danny Zuko walked up. A chorus of ‘Danny’ erupted as he swaggered over to the group and took a cigarette from behind his ear. Kenickie tossed him his lighter, and Danny used it to light up and take a few puffs before addressing the other boys.

“What’s going on?” he said casually, his eyes following the girls walking past them and into the school.

“Kenickie’s nagging us like my mother,” Sonny said exasperated. Kenickie waved a threatening fist at him and Sonny stuck out his tongue. Danny laughed and shook his head.

“So what are we doing this weekend?” he asked.

“You don’t got a date this weekend Zuko?” Putzie asked.

“I’m tired of these Rydell chicks and Sandy is… Well she’s Sandy. I figured this weekend I could kick it with you bums.” He laughed again after he said it and the other T-Birds began bowing and thanking Danny for spending some of his precious time with them. When they were finished they looked expectantly at Kenickie who simply rubbed the back of his neck.

“Sorry man, I already got plans this weekend,” he said as he combed his hair to avoid making eye contact.

A series of protests began to spill from the T-Birds mouths, but Danny silenced them with the wave of a hand.

“What are you doing that's so important Murdoch?” he said, his eyes squinting slightly as they all stared at him.

“I just uh, I promised my ma I’d help her out around the house,” he said, hoping they’d just accept the lie. The bell rang and Kenickie started making his way towards the school.

“Where you going, Nickie?” Doody called after him. “It’s not like you got anywhere to be!”

“I got a girl with some jugs in biology that I wanna make an appointment with,” he called back smirking. He really just wanted any excuse to get outta there. The answer seemed to satisfy his friends as they lingered behind. He breathed a small sigh of relief but groaned when he realized that his lie meant he had to go to class.

“Well I don’t buy that,” said Sonny. “What about you guys?”

“No way!” Doody said quickly. “He’s been acting weird for months now!”

“It’s weird but what are we gonna do?” Putzie said, watching Kenickie as he speed walked, not-so-casually, away. The T-Birds were quiet, maybe for the first time ever, before Danny spoke up.

“I know what we’re gonna do this weekend.”

“Are you sure?” you asked over the phone. You absentmindedly twirled the cord in your finger as you waited for an answer from the other line.

“Yeah, I mean if you really wanna bring me home for Sunday dinner.” Kenickie mumbled awkwardly. You laughed lightly and held the phone tighter to your ear.

“Of course I do! You’re important to me and I want my family to meet you. We’ve been going steady for how long now?”

“Six months. I just don’t know what your parents are gonna think...” he trailed off.

“They’re gonna love you! Just don’t curse too much and don’t smoke inside.” You smiled when you heard him chuckle.

“Alright doll, I’ll do my best. Are we still good for our drive tomorrow?”

“Yep! I’ll pack the lunch,” you started.

“I’ll get the gas,” he finished.

“I’ll see you then, Nickie. Sweet dreams!”

“They’ll be more than sweet if you’re there.” You could hear the smirk in his voice and you fought the heat rising to your cheeks.

“Goodnight,” you said and hung up, bounding up the stairs so you could wake up quicker for tomorrow.

The next day was wonderful. Kenickie and you had driven up towards Northern California to see the Redwood Forest. You had left very early to get ahead of the traffic on the eleven hour drive. But it was one of Kenickie’s favorite places in Cali and since you had never been, he took it upon himself to be your personal tour guide. After a day of sightseeing, eating and lots of driving, Kenickie pulled up to your house late that night. You pulled him into a sweet kiss and told him to be careful getting home.

“I’ll be fine, babe,” he mumbled, sleepily.

“Just make it home before you close your eyes goof,” you said as you gave him another kiss and squeezed his upper thigh. You felt him sigh and he grabbed the back of your neck as you continued to rub his leg, dangerously close to another appendage. After a few moments, you pulled away, much to Kenickie’s dismay.

“There,” you said, smirking. “That should keep you up.”

Kenickie groaned loudly. “How long are you gonna make me wait, (Y/N)?”

You thought for a moment before saying, “Make it through tomorrow, and we’ll discuss it, handsome. ” You got out of the car, missing the terrified and excited expression on poor Kenickie’s face.

Danny and the other T-Birds had gone to Kenickie’s house on Saturday but he wasn’t there. They waited for about forty five minutes before giving up and going to the movies. They came back several hours later and his car was still gone.

When they knocked on his door, Ms. Murdoch came out and greeted the gang, confused.

“He said he was out with you boys all day. Guess I must’ve misheard him.”

They thanked her and headed down the street.

“We’ll come back tomorrow and see which friends he’s been hanging out with,” Danny said as the T-Birds high fived and went on their way.

Sunday came all too soon for Kenickie.

The poor boy looked at himself one more time in his side mirror.

I don’t even recognize myself. Is (Y/N) gonna let me in looking so ridiculous?

Kenickie stepped out of his car, combing his hair back with one hand and gripping two bouquets of flowers in the other. He looked down at his khaki slacks and his short sleeve, white button up shirt. He ran a hand down his face in an attempt to wipe the grimace from it as he walked up to your door. With a slightly shaky hand, he ran the bell.

He heard footsteps on the other side and you opened the door, looking as cute as ever. Kenickie felt himself flush at the sight of you as you smiled at him.

“You look nice. Definitely different, but nice” you said sweetly. Kenickie turned beet red and you stifled a giggle.

“Are these for me?” you asked as you reached for them. He quickly shook himself out of his embarrassed state and handed you the bouquet with your favorite flowers. You smelled them and smiled brightly at him.

“Are you nervous?”

He tried to shrug nonchalantly but you saw right through his facade. You grabbed his hand and squeezed it gently.

“It’ll be great,” you said, tugging him inside.

“No friggin’ way!” Sonny said as he suddenly stood up from behind the bushes the T-Birds were hiding behind.

“Get down you idiot!” Doody pulled him back down.

The T-Birds looked through the dining room window as Kenickie awkwardly handed flowers to (Y/N)’s mother.

“I can’t believe Kenickie is dating (Y/F/N),” a shocked Putzie exclaimed.

They watched him have dinner with your family for a little longer before making their way towards the Frosty Palace.

“What are we gonna do, Danny?” Sonny asked.

Danny grinned and waved his hands casually.

“What all friends do. We’re gonna ask about his new babe.”

Kenickie stood in his usual spot next to his car, thinking about the Sunday dinner. (Y/N) had told him that their parents loved him and he wondered if it was a joke or not.

“Hey Murdoch! We got a bone to pick with you!” Doody shouted from across the parking lot. He had been waiting for the gang since school started and now first period was almost over.

Kenickie looked up from lighting his cigarette to see the T-Birds strolling over to him.

“What do you goons want?” he said as he took a long drag.

“How was the weekend with your mother?” Sonny asked with a smug look on his face. Kenickie was starting to get suspicious.

“It was alright. I did a bunch of yard work,” he said cautiously.

“Oh really? That’s not what she said,” Putzie chimed in.

Kenickie glared at the boys, taking another quick drag.

“So, when were you gonna tell us about your nerdy, little secret?” Danny said with a chuckle. The rest of the boys joined in as Kenickie began to fume.

“Come on Nickie. Cat got your tongue?” Sonny howled with laughter as the gang continued to goof around.

“I can’t believe you guys followed me around! What’s wrong with you?!” Kenickie yelled.

“Relax man. We won’t tell anybody. We all gotta get our kicks from somewhere,” Danny said, combing his hair and releasing the last of his chuckles.

“Yeah we just didn’t expect (Y/N) to put out so easy!” Doody shouted as he high fived Sonny and Putzie, doing their stooge routine.

Kenickie was starting to see red. Just because you were smart and a bit of a goodie-goodie didn’t mean they could bad mouth you. Especially not in front of him. How could he be embarrassed of you? He was the screw-up. The terrible student with no future. For a moment he stood there, thinking about beating them all to a pulp.

“Kenickie? Earth to Murdoch? We asked if (Y/N) and you were together?” Danny said. The T-Birds were all looking at him concerned. He put his cigarette out on his shoe, turned and walked towards the school. They called after him but he ignored them. He marched down the hall as the bell rang and waited by your locker.

You gave him a confused face when you caught his eye. Usually you saw him at lunch since he skipped most of his classes. But what shocked you most was that as soon as you got close enough, he gently grabbed your arm. You looked at him and immediately could tell something was off.

“Cut class with me?” he asked you quietly.

Normally you’d say no. You’d tell him all the reasons you needed to be in class and sometimes you’d tell him why he should be in class too. But today was off and you couldn’t find it in you to say no to him. You put your books away and shut your locker. Kenickie quickly grabbed your hand and strode out of the school, ignoring any weird looks or comments people threw your way.

When you got to his car, he opened your door then got in on his side. The car roared to life and Kenickie took off down the road, speeding towards make-out point. You didn’t say anything, waiting for him to bring up what was bothering him. He seemed ticked off and the last thing you wanted to do was exacerbate it.

Make-out point was completely deserted. In the daylight it was just a cliff above the town. Kenickie parked and shut the car off. You reached for his hand and took it, rubbing your thumb over his knuckles.

After a few minutes of silence, he finally looked at you. You gave him a soft smile.

“The boys found out about us.”

You scooted closer towards him asking, “How does that make you feel?”

Kenickie grumbled, “I don’t know, (Y/N). They followed me to your house. They made fun of you. Of you! And that got me pissed.”

You nodded as you listened, continuing to scoot closer to him until your legs were touching. You knew how much the opinion of the guys meant to him and you were crushed to see him so upset.

“They think you’re a nerd. But they’ve got it all wrong (Y/N). You’re the only one at Rydell worth chasin’. You should be ashamed of being with me. I can’t do anything right. I haven’t even fixed up this damn car,” he said and you pulled his head into your chest. You ran your hand through his hair and kissed his forehead. Big, tough Kenickie would’ve never let you baby him like this if this was any other day. But he didn’t protest, simply letting out a breath he’d been holding in.

“Nickie, you know I’m not embarrassed to be with you, right?”

He looked up at you and you continued.

“When you suggested we be a secret, I just figured you wanted to keep your tough guy reputation untarnished. Dating Rizzo fits in with that idea. Dating me does not,” you chuckled.

“You took a real wild left turn going out with me, Murdoch. Give them some time and let them get to know me. If I can charm you, I bet the other boys will be even easier.” You gave him a little wink and he sat up, taking your face in his hands.

“What would I do without you, (Y/N),” he said, looking deep into your eyes.

You felt your face heat up and you leaned forward to capture his lips.

After making plans to go to the drive-in with the T-Birds next weekend, the two of you headed back towards Rydell. You could miss a day of school but not a debate club meeting. You enjoyed spending time with Kenickie, but you weren’t gonna let his slacker habits infect you.

As you pulled up to Rydell, you saw the T-Birds talking to the Pink Ladies in front of the school. They all looked up as Kenickie threw the car in park. He followed where you were looking and saw his friends staring hard, waiting to see him. He slumped a bit lower in his seat.

Suddenly, a sneaky thought crossed your mind. Sure, you were hoping his friends would eventually approve of you, but you couldn’t make them do all the work. So you decided to meet them halfway.

You hopped out of the car and crossed to Kenickie’s side. He looked at you, his eyes conveying how unsure he felt.

You quickly grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him towards you, planting a hot, steamy kiss on his lips. He sat there shocked for a moment then his hand snaked up to grasp the back of your neck. You pulled back after a few moments and grinned at him.

“Don’t you ever doubt that I love you Kenickie Murdoch.”

You walked back into the school, passing his friends who all had their mouths agape and you felt a twinge of satisfaction that stayed with you the rest of the day.

And starstruck Kenickie couldn’t believe you had said you loved him as his friends ran over, jumping and whooping for him.

#Kenickie Murdoch #kenickie x reader #kenickie murdoch x reader #Grease #kenickie #oneshot

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happilyeverafterzukka · 3 years

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underrated zukka fics (part 2)

my pandemic coping method has been reading all the Zukka fanfic in the world and I loved making my Underrated Zukka Fics Part 1 list and I keep finding/reading more and more amazing fics so here is another rec list! i love talking about my fav fics so if you read any of these (or have any recs!) and wanna talk about it feel free to hit up my messages!!

hope is a heartache by lupus (khaleeseas) (Rated E)

First things first please know that am absolutely ride or die for this author and have loved literally everything they have ever written and you gotta go through their Ao3 and read everything. This one features Disaster Zuko being hopelessly in love with his FWB Sokka and it’s all about the pining and the yearning

Deadlift Me, Daddy by pastelswitchblade (Rated M)

the official summary of this fic is “Modern AU where Zuko is a kickboxing champion and his new personal trainer is thicker than a snicker” and I think that’s all you need to know

Syllables of Debris by Onmyliteraturebullshitagain (Rated M)

ohhhh this one is one of my absolute favorite fics of all time!! Zuko and Sokka meet during a poetry class in college and bond over their shared love of poetry and Zuko himself is a poet but goes under the pen name The Blue Spirit, who happens to be Sokka’s favorite poet - features some truly incredible poetry and some of the most romantic writing I’ve ever read

no other shade of blue (but you) by strawberryblonde (Parklife14) (Rated M)

Sokka and Zuko accidentally get married in Vegas at a Taco Bell/wedding chapel during a drunken night out and are committed to the bit so they agree to stay married and fake a relationship for a year

The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn by Lady_of_the_Flowers (Rated M)

Sokka works at a fancy hotel and catches feelings for new employee Zuko, who also happens to be the boss’ nephew - this is one of the first Zukka fics I ever read and I still think about this one a lot

earth system history by acezukos (purplefennels7) (Rated T)

Sokka is in love with his earth science major best friend Zuko and luckily Zuko feels the same way about Sokka - features the duo sneaking into an earth science lab in the middle of the night and a really beautiful scene of Zuko coming out to his favorite teacher Prof. Piandao

silence is the best tactic (for him who distrusts himself) by technicallyataurus (Rated T)

five times Sokka interrupts Zuko’s zoom meetings and one time Zuko interrupts Sokka’s - features Zuko shrieking “how gay?!” and dramatically falling on Sokka’s lap

isn’t this the vision that you wanted? by nebulastucky (Rated T)

i love me some Firelord Zuko and Ambassador Sokka and this one is an absolute delight -- features some incredible coming out scenes and a picnic scene that made my heart beat real fast

Sounds Like Forever by CuteCat213 (Rated T)

Sokka makes Zuko laugh and falls in love with the sound of it - features happy giggly Zuko

Change of Address series by hearmerory (mostly Rated M)

this is a really fantastic series about a modern au Zuko being autistic and his childhood and eventually him and Sokka falling in love -- please read the tags on these ones tho!! There are some really heavy ones where you should definitely be aware of the content warnings. My faves in this series are The Ways of Tea and Failure, Married, The Best Laid Plans, and More Than Okay

(i’m sorry but) i’m just thinking of the right words to say by interstellar_silence (Rated T)

and they were roommates (oh my God and they were roommates!) aka a really interesting college au where Sokka and Zuko used to go to high school together and Zuko was a real jerk to Sokka until he mysteriously left during sophomore year but now they’re college roommates - features Trans Zuko and Haru being the real MVP

#zukka #Zuko x Sokka #zuko #sokka #fic rec

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Hi pook 😢 ( sorry if u don’t like the nickname) but I’ve been reading your series and I am reading Into the Fire (chapter 8) and I’m just wondering why you made Sokka give in so easily when people tell him to control himself that’s not Zuko. Because I would imagine that he would be more stubborn and more focused on what he wants instead of being caring. Even though he’s a caring and kind person I feel like being in prison would make him more selfish and less understanding of other people if than makes sense 😭

Like it just aggravates me when I see Katara try to idk really baby him and control him a bit (not mentally) it just kind of annoys me. Because even though Sokka loves his Sister I feel like he shouldn’t listen to her for real.

But that’s just me because that’s my opinion coming from someone behind has anger issues/ gets angry easily 🤷‍♀️

I love love love this series btw!!!!

I added your other ask too so I could respond to both! Hiiii hellooooo I don’t mind nicknames it’s actually nice because then I can keep anons apart haha

as for your comment about sokka I gotta say you’re probably the first person to tell me sokka isn’t angry enough haha. Which is fine because everyone’s allowed to have their own opinions, but my thoughts on LIAB angry sokka is his intelligence is often battling his emotions. I think sokka is smart enough to know he isn’t supposed to be lashing out at people the way he is or clinging to Zuko so tightly to where they both can’t breathe. i also think he is desperate to be back to his “old self” without actually wanting to be his old self. I do think he is fighting his path to healing every step of the way but even with all the time spent in prison he is still SOKKA. He cares for people he loves his family and he knows from watching his parents growing up what a healthy relationship looks like - his codependency to zuko is probably not it. I doubt it will change much, but when people tell him ‘you need to chill’ Sokka is very much like I FUCKING KNOW BUT I HAVE NO CHILL!!! NONE! ZERO CHILL.

but I can’t imagine sokka wanting to hurt anyone who doesn’t deserve it. Or fighting his friends and family to isolate himself anymore than he already is. I have learned that writing a more emotionally triggering fic does stir up emotions in people and causes them to project onto the characters a bit which is fine but everyone processing trauma differently. & sokka is doing it his own way just like zuko is.

Also…. This is a fanfic and I don’t know if people wanna read sokka being a raging asshole for 50k… so some of the realism in healing gets lost to word count because unfortunately I can’t spend years and 1000k helping these boys overcome their trauma so some of it has to be rushed a little for word count / plot purposes haha.

Liiiiiiisten here pooki-anon you come yell at me anytime about liab I’ll be right here to soak up every word! Thanks for the ask I’m glad you’re enjoying the series!!

#I have tried to take my time with the healing arc #Because we spent SO MUCH TIME dismantling the boys #I wanted to give them the change to be somewhat put back together to where they can at least function #I do agree with you anon!#Sokka could be 10000x angrier he could close up and say fuck off to everyone but it’s just another hurdle to climb over #His anger has been a reoccurring theme because I do write liab sokka angry #He has a right to be angry too!!#But I don’t know if people wanna sit and read sokka going in circles with his anger anymore than he already has #I love love love a good healing arc and I’m trying to take my time with the boys but….#*word count and plot point and me eventually wanting to work on a project that isn’t LIAB haha*#I do think sokkas a mess right now #But damn it I want him and zuko to snuggle and him and Katara to laugh and his dad and him to pal around and toph and Aang to give him shit #And momo to pull his ears and appa lick him and idk all the fun sokka stuff we miss #I can’t do that if sokka won’t be open to healing and being less angry #Which is why I’m allowing him to progress haha #Ugh now we gotta work on zuko!! ->#Zuko: “why I’m fine??”#Boy is NOT FINE but he is damn good at acting fine haha #Thanks for the ask anon #Ill #give you the tag #Pookianon #Liab #ITF #ask

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sukifans · 3 years

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aahhh I’m so excited I love your writing!!! your sokka “help me” fic is one of my favs ever I seriously think about it at least twice a week. in a similar vein, would you be able to combine prompts 10 & 12 for sokka x fem!reader? thank you!!! :)

SOKKA + “can i try that new chapstick? i wanna have a taste” + “i hadn’t noticed but my sweet, funny, goofy best friend is kind of hot, especially since they’ve been on this fitness kick”

⇦ 𝘔𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘓𝘐𝘚𝘛

“nastiest skank bitches” Group Message

loml: ladies, i need a girls night

loml: desperately

babygorl: god i’m down, this semester blows

fugly slut <3: i’m in!! always here for a girls night 🥰

loml: y/n??

you: gals. pals. as much as i would love to...

fugly slut <3: ughhhhhhhhh

babygorl: you better not be blowing us off for sokka again istg

you: 😅

loml: TRAITOR BITCH

fugly slut <3: HOES BEFORE BROS

babygorl: WHORE

you: bruh.mp3

you: he’s coming by after the gym to help me with my physics homework!!! I NEED THE HELP PLS I PROMISE ILL BE THERE NEXT TIME

babygorl: lying is a sin y/n

babygorl: sinner

loml: if sokka’s gonna b there maybe she’ll be sinning in........ other ways...... ahaha

loml: fuckboy_emoji.jpg

fugly slut <3: when you gonna tap that fr

you: NEVER LITERALLY NO EW

you: HE’S MY BEST FRIEND

you: UNLIKE YOU RATS

fugly slut <3: he do b kinda yummy tho liiiike 👀

you: STOP

loml: yeah he’s hot sorry queen

you: HE’S NOT HOT

babygorl: i almost hate to admit it but...

babygorl: his biceps 🥴

fugly slut <3 emphasized “his biceps 🥴”

loml loved “his biceps 🥴”

you: hey! i hate u guys! jsyk!

fugly slut <3 disliked “hey! i hate u guys! jsyk!”

babygorl disliked “hey! i hate u guys! jsyk!”

loml disliked “hey! i hate u guys! jsyk!”

babygorl: uh huh yeah sure

loml: yall hear sumn?

NEW MESSAGE from sokka :^)

“hey i’m omw up!”

you: whatever you guys suck

you: i gtg

fugly slut <3: AND YOU SWALLOW

babygorl: bye girly!! get that bestie dick!!

loml: save a car, ride an engineering major >:)

you: desgostang.jpg

You dropped your phone onto the bed next to you with a groan. Your friends really and truly could be such freaks about your relationship with Sokka—or lack thereof. They’d been especially adament ever since he started some stupid bet with Zuko about who could get the most “gains” by graduation, incited by Aang making the mistake of commenting on Zuko’s more pronounced muscle mass.

Idiots.

That’s what Sokka was. Your idiotic best friend, who was funny, and sweet, and intelligent. You loved him, of course, but not like that. And he was not hot.

Definitely not.

The pounding on your dorm door interrupted your musings before Sokka let himself in, dropping his gym bag on the floor and kicking off his slides. His hair was loose and still damp from his post-workout shower and he wore slim joggers with a loose muscle tee.

“Hey!” He smiled brightly when he spotted you sitting in your bed. “What’s up?”

“The usual.” You moved your legs out of the way so he could flop down onto your mattress. “How was the gym?”

Sokka groaned. “Cardio. I’m already sore.” He stretched his arms up to fold behind his head, pulling his muscles taut.

Hm. He does kind of have nice biceps...

You shook yourself internally. Thoughts like these had been creeping out of your subconscious for weeks now, no thanks to your rabid friends.

“My leg’s been killing me, though,” he continued, rubbing his opposite foot across the skin that covered that metal pins and plates holding his bones together after a nasty break in high school. The leg often still gave him problems, ranging from the dull ache he could ignore on the day-to-day, to throbbing pain that left him limping.

You frowned, looking away from his arms to meet his eyes. “You should probably rest up before you hurt yourself,” you said.

“I’ll be fine.” He shrugged and propped himself up on his elbows. “Gotta catch up to Zuko, y’know.”

“Why? You’re already taller than him.”

“So? I wanna be more yolked, too.”

You rolled your eyes. “Buncha dumbasses.”

Sokka quirked an eyebrow. “You want this dumbass to help with your physics homework or not?”

“Haha,” you chuckled nervously, “just kidding, buddy! I meant Zuko and Aang. You—definitely not a dumbass. Nope.”

“That’s what I thought.” He shot you a smug look as he pushed up to sit cross-legged across from you on the bed. He held his hand out with a dramatic, world-weary sigh. “Alright, give it here.”

You opened your laptop to pull up the website that hosted your homework practice problems. “You know I love you, right?”

“Mhm,” he hummed, grabbing a notebook and pen from your desk to work out the math as you handed over the computer. He paused before standing to retrieve his bag, plopping it on your desk chair so he could root through it and pull out his glasses case. You felt your cheeks warm a little when he set the frames on the bridge of his nose.

Fine—he was kinda cute. You could concede that without having to dig too deep into your somewhat jumbled feelings for your best friend.

But you would certainly not “tap that.”

Well...

No. You would not.

You watched his eyes flick over the screen as he tapped the pen against his chin, catching the cap between his teeth while he thought about the formulas he’d learned in a past semester. He nodded to himself and started scribbling out a diagram and the math to go with it. You found yourself a little mesmerized by the way he simply just knew what to do, confidently scratching away at the paper as easily as one might write the alphabet. Your eyes trailed from his long fingers and calloused hand sweeping over the page, up his toned arm (lingering on his bicep a little longer), and to his face. He chewed at the inside of his cheek in concentration, sometimes parting his lips to murmur the logic to himself.

For someone who often said a lot of stupid shit, he sure had a pretty mouth.

You considered what he might do if you snatched a fistful of his shirt and yanked him into a kiss. Would he shove you away and leave? Awkwardly but kindly reject you? Or, would he kiss you back—throw the work out of the way and grab your face to coax you in deeper? Maybe push you back onto the bed and—

“Okay, so basically—”

Jesus Christ, get a fucking grip.

“—from the problem and draw it out like this to apply the formula, yeah?”

Sokka looked to you expectantly and you blinked at him as your face burned. “Sorry, I zoned out. What did you say?”

“C’mon, I know you hate physics but you gotta at least pay attention to me if you wanna pass,” he teased, shifting close enough that the sides of your bodies pressed together. Was it getting warmer in your room, or was it just your best friend?

He launched into the explanation again and you nodded along while internally willing the blood to leave your cheeks. Even as your thoughts ricocheted around inside your skull he managed to break it down in a way that somewhat made sense. He sat back and watched as you slowly worked through the next problem. You glanced up when you heard a soft pop to see him applying chapstick.

“Is that a new flavor?” you asked.

“Yeah, chocolate orange or something.” He held the tube out to you. “Wanna try?”

Fuck it.

Before your rationality could catch up you pressed a hand to his cheek to turn his head and pulled him in for a kiss. Your lips only slotted together for a brief moment before you pulled back to stare wide-eyed at each other. You could feel the fire creeping from your cheeks down your neck, mirrored in the reddening of his tanned skin.

He blinked. You blinked.

The chapstick slipped from between his fingers. Rationality arrived late.

You bolted.

“Uh, see ya later!” you shouted as you threw the door open and rushed out of the room.

“Wait, (Y/N)—“

You didn’t stick around to hear the end of his desperate call. Even thought it was your dorm and you were barefoot you still raced down the hall, wincing at the sound of a door slamming behind you.

“(Y/N)!”

Damn that lanky bastard. You were booking it and he was already hot on your heels. You barreled into the door leading to the stairwell and almost made it down the first step when he grabbed you around the waist and yanked you back. Despite your struggles, the arm hooked across your middle was unyielding until he pushed you into the corner and crowded you against the wall, hands caging you in from either side. Your heart was racing and you weren’t sure if it was because of your escape attempt or that he was close enough you could smell his body wash and deodorant. It was almost enough to make your head spin.

“Sokka, I-I don’t know why—I’m sorry, please, I shouldn’t’ve—“

“(Y/N),” he said firmly and your mouth snapped shut. “Why did you run away?”

“Uh, I—well, um...” You shrunk down against the wall and swallowed hard. “I-I don’t know.”

“You didn’t even give me a chance to respond.”

“Look—“ You paused and stared at him once you processed what he said. “What?”

He laughed, dropping one of his hands to brush against your cheek before threading into your hair to cup the base of your skull. “You really don’t get it, do you?”

“Get what?”

With that he surged forwards and kissed you enthusiastically, making you gasp into his mouth. You balled your hands into the front of his shirt to keep yourself steady as you melted into him. His free hand pressed into your lower back to bring you in closer. His tongue slipped out to tease at your bottom lip and he chuckled when you had to quickly grab his shoulders as your knees almost buckled.

“Get that,” he murmured against your lips, pressing his forehead to yours as the two of you gasped for air.

“Oh,” you breathed, “that.” You hummed happily when he kissed you again, his stubble scratching against your chin and under your palms when you cupped his face.

You both looked up when a stairwell door somewhere above you slammed open, followed by a group of jostling male voices. Sokka grinned when you glanced at him with wide eyes and shiny, swollen lips. You tried to hide behind him as the clamor bounded closer and closer. The group of guys rounded the next flight and gave shouts of recognition upon seeing you two standing against the wall.

“Sokka!”

“Hey, man!”

“Hey, guys,” Sokka said, holding his hand up in greeting.

“What’s up?”

“Oh, is that (Y/N)?”

“Nice, dude!”

“Ah, yeah...” He sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck and you raised an eyebrow at his turned head. They all cheered and congratulated him, slapping his back as they passed and disappeared down the next set of stairs. When Sokka met your eyes again you cocked your head.

“Who were they?” you asked.

“Honestly, I’m not sure.”

“Sokka.”

“My reputation precedes me, what can I say?”

“Mine doesn’t.”

“Well—“ he suddenly became very interested in the underside of the stairs above you “—my reputation may or may not involve talking about you. A lot, apparently.”

“Huh?”

“I don’t do it on purpose!” he interjected quickly, taking your hands in his. “It’s just—I dunno, I guess I think about you a lot, so...”

“Oh.”

“Fuck, okay, that sounded weird.” You laughed a little at his embarrassed floundering. “I just mean, like, things that remind me of you or, y’know, stories that involve you...” he trailed off, flushing at your amused smile. “Stop it!”

“Stop what?”

“Making fun of me!”

“I didn’t say anything,” you giggled, hooking your arms around his neck.

“You’re still laughing at me,” he whined, lips turning into a frown. His hands slipped back down to your waist.

“You’re cute.”

He raised his eyebrows. “Yeah?”

“Yeah.” Without preamble, he ducked down and hoisted you over his shoulder as you shrieked in protest. “Sokka! Put me down!”

“No can do, baby; we have unfinished business to attend to.” He said as he marched you back in the direction of your room.

“You’re gonna finish my physics homework?”

“Nope.”

Oh.

A/N: 2k words bc, again, i have no self control. thank you for the request!

ATLA TAGS: @hotgirlazula @octophopi @blazedbakugou @protect-remus @akiris @sunflowerazula @wooscottoncandyhair @chewymoustachio @ohno-caroline @sunflowerr-mami @1vitamin @ladylizzieofdarbyshire @u-4iia @nymeria-targaryen @tommy-braccoli @dizzy-miss-lizzieeeeee @a-sloppy-bitch @nomin-rights @siriuslyslyslytherin @starryncn

SOKKA TAGS: @fiantomartell @avatarayeaye @zvkta @sher-lockedmarvel @grandmascottlang @captainshazamerica @yuesallura

#sokka x reader #sokka x you #sokka x y/n #x sokka #sokka fluff #sokka imagine #sokka fic #atla sokka #atla x reader #sokka #mine #requests #atla fic #avatar the last airbender

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poeticmoonspirit · 2 years

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A Zutara fic request you say?!

I don't know what ratings you're comfortable with, but I've always wanted a modern college au where Katara is a regular at the Jasmine Dragon and interacts with Zuko a lot (who may or may not kinda dislike each other based on one bad experience) and meet anonymously on an online forum. They chat for weeks totally unaware of who they're talking to until Toph dares Katara to send a risqué photo, and Zuko immediately recognizes who exactly he's been chatting with. Things get awkward, apologies are made, and boom! Romance commences for these dorks.

Or just an awkward and romantic tea shop au. 😅

It had been weeks since Zuko saw Katara. The last time being the art exhibition he told her about during her shift at his favorite coffee place. Between classes and his side graphic design projects, he didn't really have much of a social life. So meeting her was a breath of fresh air and one he found he needed more frequently.

As soon as Zuko got home, he decided to turn on his laptop and play this fighting game him and Sokka play occasionally. He entered the chat room and found he had a friend request. Before clicking "add", he decided to look at the person's profile. They were his age and a girl. This is interesting, he thought. It wasn't that it was unusual for girls to play this game, but it wasn't common either. Squaring his shoulders, Zuko decided to type a "Hey, what's up" to get the conversation started. A minute later and a response came saying, "Lol, hey yourself." And from there, the conversation lasted about 5 hours and Zuko honestly couldn't say he hated it.

BlueSpirit427: so whats your family like

PaintedLady7: I have an older brother, grandma, and dad. Mom passed when I was 8.

BlueSpirit427: I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked

PaintedLady7: no it's fine. I mean, it's normal to ask questions like that, right?

BlueSpirit427: yeah but I've only known you for a few hours lol

PaintedLady7: well true. How about this...we ask each other stuff and that way it'll be even

BlueSpirit427: if it works for you then it works for me. You okay with that?

PaintedLady7: um, yeah. I'm the one who asked you that, lol

Zuko mentally face palmed himself for saying that. Of course she's okay with it, dumbass! He quickly responded with an apology and it went on from there.

The next day, Zuko went back online to see if that girl was online. She was. He found himself smiling which was weird for him. The only girl that ever made him smile like that was Katara and he barely knew her.

PaintedLady7: you live near Dai Li Airport right? I'm not too far from there so why don't we meet up? Tomorrow at 4pm? By the tea shop next to the coffee place

Holy shit! She wanted to hang out with him?! Oh Agni, please save me, Zuko internally screamed.

BlueSpirit427: yeah let's do it, lol. Just give me the address and we're good

PaintedLady7: awesome! Hey, is it weird I've never seen you before? I just wanna make sure you're legit

BlueSpirit427: I get it, but I promise you we're around the same age and I'm not some creep.

PaintedLady7: alright, I trust you. Which is weird bc I hardly ever trust people these days

BlueSpirit427: well count me as one of the people you can trust

PaintedLady7: ok, well I gotta go do homework so....see you later?

BlueSpirit427: yup, goodnight

PaintedLady7: :)

Zuko saw the green icon near her name turn red, meaning she was offline. He yawned and shut his laptop closed. He walked into the kitchen to grab a snack but saw Haru near the pantry eating the last one.

Zuko pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "Every single time, Haru! You always eat up the graham crackers."

He looked away, sheepishly, "Sorry, these are so good that I just couldn't help myself."

With a sigh, Zuko turned away from his roommate and went back to his room. He'd deal with that traitor later. Turning off his light, he couldn't help but feel excited for tomorrow.

____

Katara tied her long, thick hair back into a ponytail then headed out.

The sun was exceptionally bright today. She made sure to put on her sunglasses to shield her eyes, but also as a fashion statement.

She would be lying if she said part of her didn't worry about this little get-together. She never met the guy before and quite frankly she was sick of dealing with dishonest guys. Haru made her promises all the time and never kept his word. Jet on the other hand....

Let's not talk about Jet.

She headed up the stairs to make it to the Jasmine Dragon, the best tea shop around. She took her phone out, trying to send a quick text to the guy, asking if he was there yet when she bumped into someone.

"Oof, sorry—"

"Ah, my bad."

The two looked at each other. The guy had a scar on his face. Realization suddenly kicked in.

"Zuko?"

Zuko's eyes widened when he saw who he bumped into. "Katara?"

She pulled her purse strap closer on her shoulder. "What are you up to? Haven't seen you in forever."

Zuko rubbed his neck sheepishly, "A little this, a little that."

What was that?! What are you, twelve? He inwardly cursed, cringing at his response.

Katara laughed, "Still interesting, I see."

He chuckled. "Yeah, well, I'm supposed to be meeting someone here today. Like, right now."

"Oh? Me too! What a coincidence!"

Zuko rubbed his neck again, something Katara noticed him doing whenever the silence between them grew awkward.

"Uh, well. Would you like to join me for a cup of tea while we wait for our people to show?"

Zuko nodded, "Yeah, I mean, that'd be great."

They spent the next hour chatting about random things, oblivious to the time and the fact that neither of their respective people showed up yet.

"So wait, your uncle owns both the tea and coffee shops?"

Zuko sipped his hot leaf juice, as he called it. "Yeah. I mean, don't get me wrong, tea is his first love but he found that coffee is just as good."

Katara hummed, sipping her raspberry tea. "What you said before, about your family...that must be tough. Sorry you have to go through that."

Zuko shrugged. "It happened a long time ago," he took another sip of the warm liquid, "what about your family?"

Katara noticed the change in subject but didn't comment on it. "I have my older brother, grandma, and dad. Mom died when I was 8."

Zuko froze. He heard that same thing from the person he was talking to online. He decided to take the risk of looking stupid and asked, "Do you know someone named PaintedLady?"

Katara's eyes widened. Then she sat there until the pieces of the puzzle came together. "You—you're BlueSpirit?"

Zuko sat back, mouth agape in shock. "You mean all this time..."

Katara bursted out laughing, holding her stomach. "Zuko, we're so stupid!"

Zuko tried to hold it in, but hearing her laugh made all his worries go away instantly. A giggle escaped his lips until they were both crying from the sudden realization.

"That was so funny," Katara said, wiping the tears from her eyes.

And they became best friends because of it.

#anon asks #zutara #fic request

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atlabeth · 3 years

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transferred part 17 - atla smau

part 16 | masterlist | part 18

summary: trying to run from your past is hard, but falling for your brother’s roommate is even harder. little do you know he’s falling for you as well.

a/n: ahahah a ??? im sorry?? that this took so long?? as you know ive been dying of school and exams and even though ive gotten a couple oneshots out and did my celebration i just have not had the energy to write a whole mf chapter. but it’s here ! after a month of waiting

wc: 4.8k she is a LONG ONE FOLKS prepare yourselves

warning(s): cursing, alcohol and getting drunk, toxic relationships, mentions of cheating, implied emotional abuse, y/n having a breakdown, just an overall mess

“Katara, don’t pull so hard!” You exclaimed, reaching a hand up to touch your scalp. You had entrusted your sister with styling your hair for the party tonight, but only after insistent nagging on her part. She had invited — or forced, as you liked to call it — you over to their dorm to get ready for the party that night together and do all kinds of girl talk. You figured this was a trap to get you to talk about you and Zuko, but it’s not like you would deny an opportunity to hang out with some of your favorite girls.

“Sorry,” she chuckled. “Just think of it as retribution for all the times that you pulled my hair like this when you did my braids.”

You rolled your eyes good-naturedly and glanced over at Toph and Suki who had already gotten ready but still lounging around the dorm to hang out. “So.”

“So?” Suki repeated.

“So when are the questions going to start?” You asked with a small laugh. “I appreciate the invite over here to get ready, but I know you all just wanted to ask me about what’s going with Zuko. So ask away.”

“What happened during that car ride—”

“Has he said anything to you since the kiss—”

“What’s going on at the tea shop—”

“Woah, woah! One question at a time!” you interrupted as they all started going on at the same time. “First off, nothing happened during the car ride. We worked out some miscommunications, and we’re all good. Second — yes, we’ve talked since the kiss, but there’s been nothing groundbreaking. And third, the only thing going on at the tea shop is the tea that we’re serving.”

Toph groaned and shook her head. “Are you serious? That’s so boring!”

“You’re telling me that nothing has happened in the couple of weeks since the kiss? Like, are you sure you’re not in a secret relationship with him and just neglecting to tell us?” Katara asked.

“There’s nothing going on,” you insisted. “As much as I want something to go on, I… haven't’ really said anything either.”

“What?” Suki cried. “You are crazy for him, how have you not tried to make something out of this yet?!”

“I don’t know!” you shot back defensively. “I guess I’m just scared that everything will go wrong.”

“Look,” Suki began as she took a seat on the floor in front of you. “You are kind, funny, gorgeous as hell, and an all around amazing person — and Zuko has it just as bad for you as you do for him! So embrace all of that, get out there tonight, and make a move!”

It had been too long since you had gotten a pep talk from Suki, and it was strangely refreshing. You nodded and sat up. “You know, you’re right! I have just… I’ve been sitting around, waiting for him to make a move because I’m too scared of getting rejected. But I am a delight! I am a lovely person, and I am a delight. Besides, we’re both adults! Even if he doesn’t like me the same way I do—”

“Which he does,” Toph interrupted, which earned her a joking glare.

“Even if he doesn’t like me the same way I do,” you repeated. “We’re still going to be friends. It’ll just be a couple awkward weeks, and then we’ll be back to normal.”

“That’s as close to the spirit as we’re gonna get!” Katara exclaimed as she gave you a high-five.

“It’s about time,” Toph joked as she hit you on the shoulder. “Now, are you gonna get ready or what?”

“Right,” you chuckled. “I did get this super cute dress a while ago that I haven’t gotten a chance to wear. I think it’ll be perfect for tonight.”

“What are you waiting for, girl?” Suki asked. “Show us!”

After showing off your dress, you had finished up the final touches of your makeup and gotten one last pep talk from all of your girls — you were feeling more confident than ever, and you were sure that tonight was the night you would tell Zuko how you felt.

Back at the apartment, the boys were going through a similar dilemma.

“Zuko, what are you so scared about?” Sokka was hanging upside down off of the couch, a move he must’ve picked up from his sister, as he questioned his friend.

“I don’t know, everything? She could reject me, she could start to hate me, I could ruin everything that we’ve built over the past few months— you know, it’s not even that bad, what we have right now! What’s the harm in just staying like this?”

“Zuko,” Aang groaned. “I get being cautious, but this is just too much! You’re letting your fears get in the way of you and Y/N being happy. You kissed her, right? And she kissed you back! I’m telling you, if you let her know how you feel tonight then everything will work out. Trust me!”

“Seriously, buddy — it’s just painful at this point. It’ll be kinda weird having one of my friends date my sister again, but somehow, you two being apart is worse. Just tell her already!”

“Okay!” Zuko exclaimed defensively. He finished doing his hair then ran his fingers through it, ruining his work completely. When Sokka gave him a weird look, he shrugged and smiled to himself a bit. “Y/N likes it this way.”

Sokka gestured at him in disbelief and shook his head. “This is exactly what I mean!”

“Okay!” he repeated. Zuko leaned against the kitchen island and nodded. “Okay, I’ll tell her how I feel tonight. After she’s gotten into the party a little, I’ll take her outside and I’ll tell her how I feel.”

“And then you’ll kiss and it’ll be happily ever after!” Aang crooned.

Sokka rolled off of the sofa and stood up, then picked up the car keys from the table. “Someone text the girls, because we’re leaving. I can’t deal with this anymore.”

“You’re gonna do great tonight, Zuko,” Aang reassured as he gave Zuko a pat on the back. “Just remember why you like her in the first place, and speak from the heart. She likes you, so as long as you’re you, things will go great.”

Zuko nodded and gave Aang a small smile. “Thanks. I hope you’re right.”

As the two of them followed Sokka out of the apartment, he took another deep breath and tried to psych himself up. He was sure that tonight was the night he would tell you how he felt.

The seven of you regrouped with each other where you would be spending the rest of the night — because a ton of students were expected to celebrate the end of the first semester, the party was being hosted in a warehouse that a couple of kids had rented out for the night. It was more extravagant than the first party you went to in every way — you could hear the music thumping from all the way down the street as you got out of the car.

“Do you think we beat them here?” Suki asked as she helped Toph out. Katara locked the car and looked around, shaking her head as she pointed down the street. Sokka, Aang, and Zuko were all walking up together, having parked a couple cars down.

“They beat us by a minute. Probably broke a hundred different traffic laws in the process.”

“You guys made it!” Aang exclaimed as he gave Katara a kiss on the cheek. “Sokka forced Zuko to let him drive here, said he’s too slow and that he wanted to beat you all.”

“Sounds like him,” Suki joked as she took Sokka’s hand. “You ready, Big Shot?”

“I’m always ready,” he grinned, earning a laugh from you and Katara. Your eyes fell on Zuko as he walked up and you smiled, already starting to feel your cheeks heating up.

“Wow, Y/N, you look…”

“Amazing?” you guessed coyly.

“Breathtaking,” he clarified, the beginnings of a smirk playing on his lips. You laughed and looped your arm through his, and the two of you began making your way towards the party.

The rest of the group shot each other looks that ranged from overjoyed to bewildered to confused. As they started to follow you, they realized that getting the two of you together might be easier than they thought.

It wasn’t hard to get into the spirit of the night once you got into the party. There had to be at least a couple hundred people there, but it didn’t take long for everyone to start breaking off into groups. Suki had roped you in karaoke while Aang had taken Zuko to meet some of his friends, giving Sokka, Katara, and Toph time to strategize before setting the plan in motion.

“Okay!” Katara shouted so she could be heard over all the noise. “I don’t think we’re actually gonna have to do that much tonight! Just.. keep him busy for a while and then give him an out, and we’ll do the same with Y/N!”

“Yeah, yeah, I know the whole plan. I made it up, remember?” Sokka wasn’t completely focused on the conversation at hand as his eyes darted around the scene, seemingly searching for something. His eyes suddenly lit up and he started to back away from their small group. “There he is! Sorry Katara, gotta go prove to a bunch of freshmen that they don’t know anything and I’m better than them. Aang can handle Zuko!” He grinned at her then ran off into the crowd before Katara could protest.

She sighed and turned to Toph. “Suki’s got Y/N occupied and Aang’s got Zuko, so it looks like it’s just you and me, Beifong. Whaddya wanna do?”

“You’re telling me you don’t want to see your sister embarrass herself with karaoke?” Toph asked.

Katara laughed and grabbed Toph’s hand as she started to lead them through the crowd. “You know what? That sounds perfect. After all the work we’ve done for her and Zuko, I think I deserve to laugh at her for a while.”

The first two hours of the party passed by quickly. You spent the first thirty minutes making a fool of yourself with Suki as you sang a couple classics on karaoke — though it was a bit humiliating, you had an amazing time. The second half of the hour went to the beer pong competition that Sokka’s friend Zhen had organized (they did end up winning, so you supposed his pride was well earned), and the next hour was dedicated to dancing, drinking, and letting loose. You had finished the first semester of your masters program, so you felt like you deserved it.

You had stolen away to an emptier corner to give yourself a breather as well as some alone time — you were enjoying yourself, but it was close to claustrophobic in the heat of it all. You were passing the time on your phone when you heard a familiar voice call your name. Your eyes immediately shot up as you tucked your phone into your purse, and you were met with your favorite pair of golden eyes.

“Hey,” Zuko breathed, taking a second to straighten his ruffled clothes. You couldn’t help the smile that played on your lips as you ran a hand through his hair to muss it up even further.

“Hey yourself,” you laughed. “What’s so important that you had to run all the way over here?”

“I have something I need to tell you. It actually is really important, but I think it’d go over better if we weren’t in the middle of all this chaos.”

You would be lying if you said that didn’t make your heart beat a little faster, and as you felt your cheeks heat up you realized that this was your chance. “Uh, yeah. Sure, totally— I actually have something I need to tell you, so that’s perfect!”

“Really?”

“Guess we’re just in tune.”

Zuko smiled as he took your hand and started to lead you through the crowd, but when you heard someone calling your name you froze. The blood in your veins turned to ice, and your grip on Zuko’s hand tightened. He shot you a questioning look but you didn’t even see it.

“No,” you muttered, barely legible. “No, not here.”

You almost didn’t want to turn around to confirm your suspicions. You could’ve ignored it, pretended like you didn’t hear it over the sounds of the party, but there was a voice nagging in your head that you couldn’t just ignore it, you had to find out if he was really, truly here — so you did.

You wanted nothing more to be wrong in that moment — honestly, you thought that you were hallucinating at first. You hadn’t had that much to drink, but maybe the alcohol combined with the sleep deprivation was making you see things. Unfortunately, it was real. You could never forget those eyes.

“Hahn,” you mumbled, the sight taking a moment to register. “Hahn, what the hell are you doing here?”

“What does it look like I’m doing? I’m here to party, and I’m here to see you.” The grin on his face didn’t waver as he looked you up and down, choosing to ignore the blatant shock on your face.

“You are not here to see me,” you clarified coolly. “We’re not together anymore, and ex-boyfriends don’t make hour-long drives to see their ex-girlfriends, especially ex-girlfriends that they treated like trash.”

“I figured you’d be more happy to see me than this,” he huffed. “Ungrateful as usual.” Hahn seemed to finally notice Zuko and scoffed as he looked at him. “What, is he your new boyfriend? You really downgraded.”

“You have no right to talk to her like that—” Zuko stepped forward to say more but you held out your hand to stop him. You gave him a short nod and stepped forward yourself.

“Hahn, I’m going to ask you one more time.” You could feel your hands shaking, whether it was from rage or fear you didn’t know. Your voice was deadly calm, but it was taking all of your energy to stay that way. “What the hell are you doing here?”

Hahn laughed and crossed his arms. “You’re joking right?” His amusement was a notion that you didn’t share, and he cleared his throat uncomfortably before he continued. “You wouldn’t answer my texts, and you obviously still want me after the things you sent me. My brother had a game here and I came along to see him, so I figured I would pay you a visit as well. You never really officially broke up with me, y’know. Are you really going to let three years go down the drain because of one little incident?”

Now it was your turn to laugh — it was from pure disbelief rather than amusement, though. “Are you serious? Hahn, I left you! I walked out, I moved out, I transferred universities to get away from you! Are you really so dense that you still think you stand a chance based off of some drunk texts?”

“Woah, you think you’re giving me a chance? Y/N/N, this is my olive branch to you — I messed up, I know I did, but that doesn’t mean we can’t fix things up! I could have any girl I wanted back at Kyoshi, but I’m here because I want you — I love you, babe. You know I do.”

“You don’t get to call her ‘babe’,” Zuko snapped. “She doesn’t want you here, so why don’t you just save yourself some trouble and get out of here?”

Hahn snorted and shook his head. “Stay out of this, fireboy. Y/N’s a big girl, she can speak for herself.”

You looked around and saw that a modest crowd was forming around the three of you, and more than a few people were filming. If you didn’t want your relationship problems to become BSSU news, you had to defuse this as soon as possible.

“Listen,” you interrupted. “Zuko’s right, Hahn. It was a mistake to come here — if you’re as smart as you always say, then you would know that. Just.. go home.”

Hahn scoffed as if he couldn’t believe what you were saying. “No, you listen. I’m trying to do you a favor here, Y/N! I made one mistake, and apparently that was enough to ruin everything we had.”

“You know just as well as I do that it wasn’t one mistake!” you cried. “If you can really get any other girl you want, then do it! I mean, that wasn’t a problem for you during our relationship, so I don’t see why it’s a problem now. We’re not getting back together, so just stop!”

“It’s him, isn’t it?” he sneered as he gave Zuko another onceover. “He’s the reason you’re acting like this. I never thought that you would sink so low, but you’ve clearly gone soft. Come on, stop acting like a baby and we can talk this out alone.”

He started to reach for your hand but you pulled it back, and before you knew what you were doing, you had handed your drink to Zuko and your fist was flying right at Hahn’s face. It hurt like hell, but the pure satisfaction from seeing his shock as he recoiled was a painkiller on its own.

“How’s that for soft?” you spat as you rubbed your injured knuckles.

“You.. you bitch!” he yelled, staggering back a few feet as he put his hand over his nose in an attempt to stop the bleeding. “This is how you repay me after everything? You should be thankful I’m giving you another chance—” he started to reach for you again, but you slapped his hand away. You cast a glance back at Zuko and saw that he had been joined by Sokka and Katara, and knowing that they were with you made all the difference.

“I don’t want another chance!” you shouted. “You are the one that fucked up, you are the one that made my life hell, and you are not the one that gets to give out second chances! I gave you so many chances, and you messed up every single one! Hahn, I never want to see you again. And if you ever try something like this again, if you ever even try and talk to me again, I will do something so much worse. Now do the smart thing and get out!”

You gave him one hard shove to the chest then turned on your heel and ran. It was the coward’s move, you knew it was, but you couldn’t be there anymore. Tears blurred your vision as you pushed through the crowd to get to the back door, heaving shaky breaths once you finally made it outside. You could hear familiar voices yelling and felt the slightest tinge of joy knowing that your younger siblings were giving Hahn hell.

You leaned against the side of the building, pressing the heels of your hands against your forehead to try and stop yourself from having a full on breakdown. You started to count backwards from twenty in your head as your eyes scanned the area for something, anything, to ground you. It helped in the sense that you weren’t about to lose it right then and there, but you were still on the brink. You slid down the wall into a sitting position and hugged your knees to your chest, the tears finally falling.

This was your university, this was your night, this was for you to make new memories and end your first semester, but like everything else he had come in and ruined it. You had no idea how he even found you, how he knew you would even be here, but it scared you.

“Should’ve blocked you as soon as you… fucking asshole… can’t believe..” you mumbled incoherently as you pulled your phone out with shaky hands, blocking and deleting his number. You dropped your phone in your lap and then put your head in your hands, still trying to process everything that happened. You didn’t even look up when you heard someone coming outside, but somehow you immediately knew who it was.

“Hey, Y/N.. Are you.. okay?” Zuko’s voice was full of sympathy but also caution, as if you were a delicate flower you didn’t want to tear.

“Do I look okay, Zuko?” Your words came out much more aggressive than you wanted them to, and you bit your lip. You had always expected his kindness to be a double-edged sword, something he used just to get something from you, but it never was. Not even once. It made sense after what he told you, and it just made him an even better person in your eyes.

“I’m sorry,” you sighed. “I didn’t mean it like that, I’m just.. not. Not in the slightest. Hahn was the last person I expected to see tonight.”

Zuko moved over and sat down against the wall with you then hovered his hand above yours, giving you a chance to pull away. When you didn’t move, he set his hand on yours, filling you with the comforting warmth that you missed.

“You don’t need to apologize. What he did was fucked up.” He cracked a small smile. “Punching him was pretty badass though.”

You wiped a tear away and let out a soft laugh. “It was about time I stood up for myself. Our whole relationship was built off of this sick power dynamic that he loved to wield over me. Things were fine for the first few months, of course. He had this douchebag reputation on campus, but I believed that I could change him, that I could be the one to make him settle down, and— and it felt like I had at first! He was the sweetest guy, and he always brought me things and took me out on dates and it was just- it was just a dream. But I should’ve known he was using me. He had never changed, he had just gotten better at hiding those parts of himself.”

“I had zero sense of self worth and he used that. Told me that if I broke up with him I would never find anyone better, always convincing me that I was the one in the wrong, that if I wasn’t so dramatic then we wouldn’t have all these arguments. And the worst thing about it? I believed him. I believed him every time.” Your voice cracked on your last sentence and you could feel yourself getting choked up again. You swallowed hard and tried your best to push your emotions back down. “I was so terrified that he was right, that I would end up alone if I broke up with him, that I stayed. And that was our relationship for the past three years — built off of fear and manipulation.”

“A lot of people wonder why I transferred here. Sure, I did it for my masters, but Kyoshi has a perfectly fine program. I had already established my life there, I had an apartment, lots of friends, and yeah, I was going to go through with it. I was going to get my masters back there, but I… I did it because of him. I left because of Hahn.”

“Y/N. What did he do?” There was a dangerous undertone to his words, and you placed your intertwined hands on his knee. You didn’t want him to do something he would regret, and more selfishly, you needed him here right now.

You closed your eyes and let the question hang in the air for a moment. You hadn’t told anyone the truth of how your relationship ended with Hahn, and this wasn’t how you had pictured telling Zuko. If you were being honest, you didn’t think you would ever tell him — but he deserved to know.

“He cheated.” You said the words so easily, so simply that you almost shocked yourself. It shocked Zuko too; you could see his eyes widen slightly from your peripherals.

“Yeah. He cheated on me. That’s how things ended. After everything I put into that relationship, everything I did for him, everything he took from me… I still wasn’t enough for him. I got home from class one day to find him in bed with another girl, and… that was it. Something inside me just snapped. That was my moment of clarity — no yelling, no crying, no… anything. I just left. A friend let me crash at her place, and that night I started the process of transferring here. I made a promise to myself that I would never let someone like Hahn in again, and… well, now we’re here.” You laughed humorlessly and wiped a tear from your eye.

It was like the breath had been stolen from Zuko’s chest. He had never fully understood why you were so reluctant to open up to people, but this explained it. You weren’t someone who gave out love freely, but you had to Hahn — and the way he had treated that love made him sick. He had ingrained in you the ideal that you couldn’t be loved, only tolerated, and that was why you had such a hard time accepting help from anyone. The thought alone made him want to find Hahn and get him back for everything he had done to you. The only thing stopping him was that he didn’t want to leave you alone.

“Y/N,” he muttered. “I had no idea. Katara and Sokka didn’t even know.. Why did you hold all of this in?”

“Because I was scared, Zuko! I got myself into this mess with a stupid boy that everyone had warned me about, so I felt like I had to get myself out. Even when things took a turn for the worse, I felt like I couldn’t involve anyone else because it was my fault. It was my fault for trusting someone like him, it was my fault for believing all of his lies, it was my fault for not being good enough. And even after everything he did to me, a part of me still missed him.” You let out a laugh that was a touch unhinged. “There’s something seriously wrong with me.”

“Y/N, look at me.” You tore your eyes up from the ground and at Zuko — his golden irises looked the same as the first time you met him and it was oddly comforting.

“There is nothing wrong with you. Okay? And I know it’s easier said than done, believe me, I know, but you don’t need to be scared. I understand why you were so hesitant to share what happened with Hahn, but you don’t need to be. I don’t know how much weight my words have, but I want you to know that you can always tell me what is happening with you. Whether it’s a life changing event or just what you did that morning, I’ll listen to you. You aren’t alone, Y/N, because I’m here for you. I always will be.”

Your eyes widened with surprise as you stared into his own. This was the most sincere you had ever seen Zuko, even more than the night he told you about his life. There was a nagging voice in the back of your head telling you to kiss him, feel that warmth again, forget about what had happened for just a moment.

But as the familiar prick of incoming tears returned, you knew you couldn’t. You were drunk, on the verge of a complete breakdown, and anything that happened between you tonight would be tainted with the memory of Hahn. So with a concentrated effort, you tore your eyes away from his and swallowed, your throat dry and scratchy from the screaming match you had gotten yourself into.

“I don’t think I can spend another minute here. I hate to ask, but.. can you take me home?” you asked quietly. “You might not be able to tell, but I’m not in a state to do anything right now.”

“Of course.” You gave his hand another squeeze to let him know that he hadn’t overstepped, and stood up. The two of you began the walk back to the car and Zuko let go of your hand, shifting so that he could instead wrap his arm around your back. You smiled softly and leaned your head against his shoulder, the gesture a welcome comfort.

“Thank you,” you whispered. He squeezed your shoulder softly in response, a silent notion that said everything he couldn’t.

Tonight had been a wreck, that much was certain. Your past had resurged in the most painful way possible, and you knew you wouldn’t be able to get through it alone.

But you weren’t alone this time. You had Zuko.

And with Zuko by your side… you knew you would be okay.

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low-budget-korra · 3 years

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Lets talk about Korra (again)

i already made this analysis, and it was well received but i dont know, i wanna do it again. Why not right? My english is better now than was when i made that analysis so i think this one will be better written

What a way to introduce a protagonist. This line and this scene tell us everything we need to know about Korra at that time and everything she knew about herself.

In book one Korra is a 17′s old teenager who have no idea how the world, how life is outside the training center she grew up in and had been locked up since ever. So she is not only naive but have lack of social skills

Oh, and not everyone who lack’s social skills will act like Zuko and Azula okay? Korra can be confident, expressive and outgoing and still have problems when it comes to social skills.One thing dont exclude the other.

“I’m the Avatar and you gotta deal with it” did you guys notice that only for that line we can see the entire opposite on how she treat her role as avatar in comparisson with Aang? And im not here to judge because is two very different contexts.

As far as we know, Korra grew up without friends or romantic partners. Of course, she had her training partners but i believe that they are just that.

So her entarely perception of herself was around her duty as Avatar, she didnt have personal life, she barely was Korra...She was The avatar and thats that.

So she came to Republic City, it was a mess.

Its funny to see that she have no touch when it comes to simply talk to people, i guess when you grew up away from society, this happens. And yes, she is cocky and had to learn that people arent there to somewhat please her, and she learned that quicky.

Thats why the Pro Bending was important for her character, not only for training but also as means of socilization.

Now lets talk about the villains: Amon and Tarrlok

The two of them represents two differents threats to Korra. Amon represents a threat to her duty as Avatar while Tarrlok represents a threat to Korra as a person.

In episode 4 we have what i still thinks is the darker episode from TLOK. In this episode Amon ambushes Korra in the final moments... Even knowing that they did their best to make Amon’s power and control be non-sexualized as possible still...He have her down on her knews, totally helpless and he even invades Korra’s personal space by touching in her face forcing her to look at him. He didn't have to sexually touch her to violate her.

And right after, the fear in Tenzin voice when asking what happened after seeing her laying in the ground like that, and how Korra is sobing in his arms teeling him how powerless and helpless she felt. I mean...Oh, and she keeps terryfied by him until he takes her bending.

Tarrlok in the other hand doesnt do much different from his brother and started to harass Korra because he cant take ‘no’ as a answer when Korra didnt wanted to join his task force.

Whats interesting is that if it wasnt for Tarrlok harassement and maniputation, Korra wouldnt have joined his task force and wouldnt have confronted Amon and wouldn't have gone through that terrible encounter.

The thing is that Korra is caught right in the middle of a politcal power dispute over the city, something that she for sure wasnt prepare for it. And both Amon and Tarrlok woud hurt or kill her without think twice about it if that means gain power. And that was exacly what happened

Tarrlok tried to manipulate her and keep her on leash where he could, and when his tatics didnt worked anymore he alreay had a plan B. Yes that whole metal box in that cabin in the middle of nowhere was made especifically for her and maybe Tenzin if he also get in his way.

In the end Korra lost the physical battle against both but won the ethical battle also against both. She was the responsable for expose both of them as corrupted and hypocrites. But at what price? Amon was able to remove the bends of the Avatar. And without them, how could she be the Avatar?

Remember that her entirely conception of herself was built around her duty as Avatar, be the avatar. After all, everything she was, everything she'd trained so hard for, had been destroyed in minutes. Thats why i still strongly believe that she was thinking about killing herself at the end, nobodys goes all sad and crying to in front of a clifft without thinking about jumping from it.

But she, i think given up the idea and just sit and started to crying when Aang appeared and help her, giving her bendings back in one of the best scenes of the show. So after have everything solve and still managed to get the boy she was in love with, things where great and she “move on”

In that first half, Korra is unbearable. Everything she learned in Book 1 how to be more mature, less spoiled and all, was thrown in the trash and she was the same "child" of the book one only worse.

Until I stopped and realized that I was also unbearable and childish like this when I had my bad phases of anxiety and depression, as defense mechanism and keep people away. Returning to Korra, and if this way of acting of her was nothing more than this defense mechanism?

Because guess what, i dont think she “move on” from all that happened in Book One that fast, and for add more drama she discovered that was her father idea of keeping her locked up training in that training center we saw in book one and not traveling like avatars before her. No wonder she felt betrayed. And for adding even more drama, people still keep treating her like child, so she was despered for some validation. Something that she found in her uncles arms but she was betrayed by him after.

In the end, Korra again goes through a traumatic experience when she has her connection with past lives destroyed. We see how it affected her when she apologizes to Tenzin, through tears. And Tenzin, as the excellent master he is, tries to motivate her to face Vaatu again (now merged with Unalaq, her uncle) and again she saves the day even after go throught a traumatic event

In the final moments, we see the innocent decision to reconnect the world of spirits and the world of men. And we also see Korra and Mako permanently end their turbulent relationship.

Book 3 begins in a more mature, we see all the characters being presented in a more mature way and it seems that Korra now has overcome everything that has passed. We have the relationship between Korra and Asami deepening as well

In Book 3, called "Change" we have a great sacrifice from Korra. Her life goes down a notch when she decides to save the new airbenders from Zaheer and the Red Lotus, the only villain until now that really threat her life since their sole goal was to kill the avatar.

Korra won again but this time victory costed way too much. Yes she save the day again but now she was physically and psychologically defeated. It was too much, she broke.

Book 4 begins and we only saw Korra in the final minutes and she is unrecognizable. We see that, once proud and courageous avatar, in someone depressed and cowerd. We never have saw Korra like that, even when she was afraid of Amon she wasnt like that.

Korra is afraid of being the Avatar again and her fight against PTSD is still one of the most sensitive, responsable and honest representation of Mentall Issues that i saw, and it was before this subject gain more space on media. It was before people started to give attention to this

I also think that she was having flashs from her other fights and not only the one against Zaheer.

Another thing I think is worth mention is that Korra took 3 years to feel safer and re-embrace her duties as Avatar. It was not 3 weeks or 3 months, it was 3 years. And anyone who suffers from some mental illness knows very well the stigma that is, the fight that is, because everyone wants you to be well faster as possible when the truth is that many times you spend years fighting against this. And this is a pressure that falls on you.Imagine, seeing all your friends moving forward while you continue "stock in the same place"?

Only after Korra confronts Zaheer, I think that was a way to show her coping with the trauma, she improves to the point of returning to be the great Avatar we know. I personally still struggles with this scene because put the victim in front of her agressor may not be the best idea but i understand that she needed to see that he was just a man and not the invencible monster her mind was telling her

One of the lines that stuck with me the most was in the TLOK version of the ember island players, the one that made a recap of the show before the finale. When Korra said “I was so naive” just before we watch her narration of her journey, we can feel pain, sadness and strenght. Janet was amazing in the way the delivered this line.

And this fucking quote i saw here on tumblr still is the goat: “The Last Airbender is a story of a boy who becomes a god. The Legend of Korra is the story of a goddess who becomes a girl "

And I still get really pissed when someone comes to talk shit about Korra because she is such an incredible heroine and her journey is also so incredible.

The story of how life can be hard and unfair, how it can hurt and paralyze, but there is always a reason to move on. We should always move on.

Korra is definitely not weak, quite the opposite, she is one of the if not the strongest heroine I have ever seen. Korra inspires overcoming

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kalinawtokilig · 3 years

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S/O who gets into fights

Pair(s) : Sugawara Koushi x Reader, Yaku Morisuke x Reader, Akaashi Keiji x Reader, Iwaizumi Hajime x Reader, Semi Eita x Reader

Ohoh, boi good luck.

Summary:

It’s not uncommon for you to get into a fight, as you don’t look nor act the type. You don’t ask to get into a fight nor provoke, you simply attract trouble, (Oh, a problem child,,) But if this person (or people) are talking smack about you, you bet your bum that you’re gonna sit down and let them. Nah, you put’em up. Warning? You ARE the WARNING.

Sugawara Koushi x Reader

((I love and pimp him. Pimp pimp pimp))

He hears it from Yachi. More like, the team does and Nishinoya and Tanaka are ready to throw some hands.

During practice, Yachi, the sweet girl, poor her; she sees you having an intense argument with two other third years when she comes to refill on water bottles.

She knows you, talking to you a couple of times. You were always a sweet upperclassman, kind and soft to her and the team, even Kageyama and Tsukishima showed you respect in your presence.

But when one of them swung the first punch to your face, you bet she dropped everything and hauled ass to the gym to call over your boyfriend.

Sugawara. Ah, yes, the duality of this man. I would say unpredictable, cause some say he’s the responsible type to stop the fight by finding a teacher and others say he’ll unleash Tanaka and Nishinoya.

I say, he’s the type to KNOW who you are and WHAT you are capable of. Yes, he can join in the fight, but last time he saw you fight someone he was unaware and baffled that you are able to land solid one punch (( WANNA BE SAIKYU HEROOO)) and knock’em out. Nah, he’s the type to collect the aftermath and try to bury the evidence ((What a sweet boyfie <3 ))

“Suga-san! (Y/N)-san i-is in a fight a-and I think they need help!” She screeches, catching the attention of the team members.

“Ah, I’ll be back. Gotta collect the corpses.”

Asahi, Hinata, and Yachi nearly pass out when he says that. “Corpses? (Y/N)-san killed them that quick? And Sugawara is the accessory???”

When he finally reaches you, though he knows you’re capable of standing your ground, he can’t help but worry the bruises and cuts on you. You may be able to keep standing, but that doesn’t mean you can avoid ALL their hits.

When he sees your figure, his fingers dig deep into his palms. “(Y/N)?” He calls out to you. You’re huffing and you straighten your back, turning to face him you smile lovingly to him. “Yes, Darling?”

He may simp for you but that doesn’t mean he can’t lecture you.

Sighing, he crouches to the two fools who decided to provoke you and talks to them in that tone where you can’t speak because you’re scared of what they’re capable of. He says that he’ll be watching them closely and that if they mention their S/O beating them up, not only will they all get suspended but Sugawara will make sure they’ll never face pride or regain their HONOR back. (ayye zuko wassup ?)

Standing up, he looks to you and holds your hands as gingerly as possibly, observing the irritated redness on your knuckles and the splotches of small red bloody dots. His nose scrunches cutely as one hand lets go of yours to cup your face carefully because of the now forming bruise on your pretty face.

Sighing, he smiles, brows furrowed, “Sugar, next time, go easy on them. I don’t want your pretty hands to be so messed up. I love you and I don’t mind bandaging them up and kissing them to make you feel better, but I feel the more you punch the more your hands’ll fall off. Then who am I supposed to hold hands with?”

You can’t help but crack a joke, “Ah yes, losing Daichi and me in the same year, my poor Darling~!” You coo to him.

“You’re lucky you’re cute.”

“Oi!”

Yaku Morisuke x Reader

((Babie,, cat babie ,,, dangerous babiee,,))

While the fiery, third-year, libero of Nekoma dislikes Lev, you absolutely cherish the tall boy and found him cute.

Kuroo makes fun of Yaku saying you should date Lev instead

then you retorted to the rooster head saying that it’ll be weird cause Lev is basically a little brother you’ve always wanted.

One day, after school, while your boyfie was at practice, you were on cleaning duty and overheard some students talking about your two favorite people.

They made fun Lev and then Yaku. They absolutely insulted him for his height and his plays while they made fun of Lev’s intelligence and lack of plays.

And they chose D E A T H

“Hah? Whatcha say?!”

Commence a brawl

You could’ve used the broomstick by breaking it in half and shanking them but you wanted them to know not to die JUST yet.

You were able to leave satisfied yet still pissed. The other students didn’t speak a peep, as to know not to mess with your temper and if they were a snitch, well, snitches get popped.

for the ones who talked smack, you both came to the conclusion to say that you guys were playing too rough with the cleaning supplies

When practice was over, you waited by the gate for your boyfie

Seeing him, you smiled at him and he came up to you, flicking your jaw

“Ow! Love, what was that for? You’re not give your soldier a loving and tender hug for defending you and our child’s honor?” You pouted cutely to him.

His eyes widened a bit, a pink blush on his face until he squinted his eyes at you. “You got into a fight, again.”

“All in good nature, babe!” You stuck out your tongue to him, surprisingly he stuck out his tongue, to lick you with his own.

“Wha-”

“As much as I love you, you’re lucky that I wasn’t there or I would’ve killed you too to get rid of the evidence.”

“...Aw! You love me so much that you’ll clean my messes, I love you too, Morisuke!”

“...I love you too, you frickin idiot.”

Akaashi Keiji x Reader

(Ayyeee back at it again, Akaashi-kun, how ya doin?)

Akaashi may be a patient man, but this man can hold his patience with a sharp knife and cut it instantly

It was your movie date and while you waited for Akaashi to get popcorn and snacks, your saw one of your best friends.

You went up to say hi until you heard them talk bad about you, saying how Akaashi is only dating you to keep an eye on you or how you’re too naive that they obviously don’t want you cause you’re too clingy

with the cold, freezing, slushie, you ‘accidentally’ trip and spill it all over your now ex-bestie

like your bestie, that two-faced bih doesn’t go down without a fight

so basically this was your break-up fight

As he bandages your hands, you were too nervous to speak to him

You weren’t afraid of anything, not failing, not teachers or authority, nor suspencion

Though, you were very afraid of Akaashi’s silent temper

“Ah, Love-”

Pretty boy looks at you so quick you flinch for the upcoming lecture yet he says nothing which makes it even more scary for what he’ll say

“Are you mad at me?” You ask cutely, pouting and looking through your lashes while your head is down in shame

After a couple of minutes waiting for his answer, he sighs

“Blossom, you know how concerned I get when you get into fights. It...” He looks away, “hurts me to see you hurt...I love you a lot that I’m mad at myself that I wasn’t there to help you.” He confesses with a red tint spreading to the tips of his ears.

Oh dear LORD this man continues to speak heavenly got ME swooning-

“I should’ve known that friend of yours wasn’t true to you...I’m sorry I couldn’t see that. If you want, we can have Kenma pirate the movie and send us the link. Better than going out, right?”

((THIS MAN HAS THE AUDACITY TO SMILE LIKE A FRICKIN GOD AHW I HATE IT HERE))

Your eyes sparkle and you launch to hug him, he lets out s strangled yelp as he falls back onto the bed

Though easy to get into fights, you were easy to cry, as you were emotional to these kinds of things

“AGHAAHHSHI I LOVE YOU I FRICKIN HATE YOU CAUSE YOURE SO PERFECT UWAYWHH” ((omg me))

Chuckling, he buries his head into the crook of your neck, one hand on your side and the other petting your hair

“I love you too, blossom”

Iwaizumi Hajime x Reader

((YEES YES YES YES I STAN AND I PIMP ,, PIMP PIMP PIMMP)))

((LOOK AT HIM LOOK AT. HIM.))

What a cactus. Don’t we stan?

I stan. I totally stan.

When you get into a fight this man KNOWS he’s most likely gonna watch to see if there is any bih to try to hit you while you’re busy fUCKING UP WITH OTHERS WHO MESSED WITH YA

Iwaizumi is literally the chillest ngl

Will probably join if some CUNT ASS BIH decides to pull ya hair or pick up some petty stick to beat you with it

((the more i write at 4:30 AM, the more my mind expands to more fight scenarios ohohhhh get ready my friends))

Literally the toughest couple

no cap, no one will mess with you unless they’re tryna get f’d in the a in the most unpleasurable way (omg that rhymes)

Oikawa makes funny and teasing jokes about how you both look so intimidating that you’ll get wrinkles on your faces

“Keep barking, Oikawa, cause I can make sure my kicks can knock off that bitchy attitude <3″

“Why are you and Iwa-chan like this.”

“Lmao get wrecked Trashykawa.”

Sometimes you act like Oikawa’s guard too, the fans know of your rep around school, so they don’t bother Oikawa as much which means Iwaizumi doesn’t have to spike volleyballs at his head so they can head to practice without any distractions ((Though Iwa still does it when Oikawa gets too flirty when thanking you))

Omg I can go forever with Iwa holleeeeemolleee

I feel,, that when he’s bandaging up your face, your cleaning the cuts on his....chest.... n’ biceps,,,oof to be you...

I feel like getting into fights can also count as a date

how fun would that be

talking about your fight date with him in front of other ppl who don’t really know you

I imagine you and iwa-babes talking and you’re like, staring so lovingly at his face and reach to touch the cut above his lip and you’re reminiscing

“Babes, remember when we fought those two losers at the parking lot of a Target?”

“Oh yeah, I remember that. That dickbag got his ass handed to you, nice right hook by the way.”

Then the strangers RUDELY overhearing are like ‘Wth??? is this?? real?? did they actually fight two people?’

You did.

Oikawa posted it.

Semi Eita x Reader

((Grey haired babes hit different, y’know?))

he’ll just be >:|

I can’t say he’ll be mad at you, but more like, concerned that his face looks mad

The same with Akaashi, you’re waiting for him to lecture you, but he’s quiet when he’s...worried,,concerned

You got into a fight because some BIHS from another sports team talked shit about the volleyball team, SPECIFICALLY your boyfie (how convenient for the plot)

You may be smol but you have HELLFIRE

“AYE WANNA SAY IT TO MY FACE MUTHA-”

Long story short,,, you may have won the battle, but you are unsure if the war will reign supreme, by war I mean you’re preparing for Semi’s scolding

Waiting in his dorm room, you played the soundtrack he made for you and patiently waited until he came back from practice

When HE DOES come from practice, he opened the door to see you sleeping on the floor, back against his bed and when he was going to quietly coo at how cute you look, he gets a closer look at the split lip and bruised knuckles

...You have...a tampon shoved up your nose?

“Muse. Bubs.” He cups your cheek, then patting it gently.

When you wake up, you jump back

“BUBs, beh, listen, I, may have done something to someone out of provocation and insults whereas I also defended not only myself-” You wince at he narrows his lovely eyes at you, peering for you to go on (omg you frickin simp)

“I have protected you and your team from their,, falsehoods”

(Why are you talking like that lmao)

He blinks once. twice. going to his bathroom, he gets the first aid kid he ALWAYS had to restock because his babes CANT STOP GETTING INTO FIGHTS so he can patch you up

“I love you, but we can take their idiocy, it’s just your idiocy I’m worried about...” He continues on, then he starts to listen to the music you’re playing

you’re playing one of his playlists he made for you

specifically, “When I’m with You <3″

He becomes flustered and you wonder if HE’S okay

“Sh-Shut up, stupid! Stop getting into fights!”

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