#mike and bryan

[atlafan]

I ranted on Twitter and thought I’d share with the class

#atla #avatar the last airbender #aang #Netflix #atla netflix #bryke #Mike and Bryan

[rithmeres]

i don’t think i’ve rewatched atla since becoming a committed pacifist and i just finished what was probably my tenth rewatch and i have never loved aang more. i've seen it so many times but i still came away with a new appreciation for the way the end of the story was handled. aang is the only survivor of a genocide and he is clinging to the last remnants of his culture and religion, and everyone is telling him the only way to save the world is to kill the dictator whose regime is responsible for the genocide, but to do so would abandon the deeply held beliefs of his people. if aang goes against his beliefs and kills ozai, his people's way of life dies completely and sozin wins.

aang knows it would be wrong but he can't see another way out so he prays for an answer, and the universe hears him and the spirits send out the lion turtle, and the creator answers him. and here's the thing that i never put together before today: aang would not have been able to energybend ozai if he had given in and wanted to kill him. the lion turtle tells aang that only the incorruptible can bend another’s energy, or else they will become corrupted themselves. and i think that aang, because of his love for the fire nation as he had once known it, was never corrupted by personal hatred for the fire lord or the fire nation. he was able to expertly hold two conflicting beliefs in harmony better than any adult could, the belief that ozai is a horrible person and the world would be better off without him and that he's still a human being with a life that is sacred.

and i don't think it's a matter of selfishness like some people make it out to be. aang is not some immature little kid who doesn't want to kill because killing is for bad guys. he's an incredibly wise and spiritual person who was shaped by airbender beliefs and upholds airbender beliefs, and he can see beyond the scope of this war. the balance of the world depends on the existence of the four nations, and aang does not just represent the air nomads, he IS the air nomads. he's all that's left.

despite many people’s interpretation of the four past avatars’ advice, none of the past avatars outright tell him to kill ozai. they tell him to be decisive, to bring justice, to be proactive, to be sacrificial. but none of them tells him definitively to kill him. he doesn't disobey or ignore their advice, he follows their ancient wisdom while still staying true to his beliefs. yangchen actually comes the closest to outright telling him to kill ozai (even more than kiyoshi, surprisingly) but what she fails to account for is that aang is not just the avatar, he is the last airbender, and being the last airbender is far greater a burden than being the avatar. no matter what happens, once he dies, there will always be another avatar. but if he is not careful to preserve the airbender way of life, there will be no more airbenders. yangchen could sacrifice her air nomad way of life for the sake of her duty to the world because there were thousands of other air nomads to continue their traditions. aang has no such privilege.

and it's not that he doesn't want to kill, it's that he actually doesn't think he can do it -- both that he won't be able to emotionally bring himself to kili someone, and, prodigy that he is, he doesn't have the raw bending skill to overcome a comet-powered master firebender. and then it turns from 'i don't think i can do it' into ‘i can’t do it.’ and when the avatar state gives him enough power to actually do it, he changes the answer to ‘i won’t do it.’ he overcomes all the combined power of his past lives to say no, i have found another answer and i will remain incorruptible. to kill is to maintain the power struggle of the fire nation and to reject air nomad wisdom and without airbenders the world CANNOT be brought into balance.

the only thing ozai cares about is power, and that's what the entire fight with ozai is about, physically and ideologically, because ozai only sees power in terms of force, fear, threats, and violence. to ozai, aang (and his entire people) are weak and undeserving of life because they are largely pacifists, but he fails to see the magnificent power that the airbenders do hold, spiritual wisdom and mastery of the self and contentment and joy and harmony and a deep understanding of the world that a man like ozai could never obtain. to kill ozai would ratify ozai’s worldview that power as he defines it is the most important pursuit in the world and the only way to assert one's right to be in the world is to be cruel and violent like him. i think to ozai, becoming powerless might be worse than being dead. he wants power, or he wants death, and aang gives him neither. it upends everything he believed in. aang, the avatar, but more importantly, the last airbender, armed by his past lives' power and his people's love and the spirit world's blessing and the lion turtle's omniscience (and toph's mastery of true sight through neutral jing), ends the war 100 years to the day after the air nomad genocide, in the way that his people taught him, with power that goes beyond force and violence, with spiritual wisdom, with an incorruptible soul, with mercy -- mercy that is not weakness, mercy that brings justice.

#they just don't make kids cartoons like they used to!!!! #also zuko said 'love and peace' in his coronation speech. i am squinting at bryan and mike. is that what it think it is #atla #aang #meta

[anelimjolie]

Breaking Bad <3

#breaking bad #better call saul #jesse pinkman #walter white #skylar white #mike ehrmantraut #saul goodman #bcs #brba #aaron paul #bryan cranston #bob odenkirk #jonathan banks

[bombsoverbagdhad]

I don’t think we’ll ever see anything like the Breaking Bad universe ever again. 14 years of top-shelf television and a movie epilogue and it all stuck the landing. Taking what was originally a comic relief side character and turning him into one of the most layered characters and the tritagonist of the whole universe. Taking a Greek tragedy about meth dealers and turning it into a love story between two lawyers and somehow making those two things fit perfectly together. Taking Cinnabon and somehow making it not look like crappy mall food. It really is just unbelievable when you look back at it all, and every single second of it is going to go down in history.

#better call saul #breaking bad #vince gilligan #peter gould #jimmy mcgill #saul goodman #bob odenkirk #walter white #bryan cranston #jesse pinkman #aaron paul #Gustavo fring #gus fring #giancarlo esposito #mike ehrmantraut #jonathan banks #kim wexler #rhea seehorn #lalo salamanca #eduardo salamanca #tony dalton #ignacio varga #nacho varga #michael mando #chuck mcgill #michael mckean #Cinnabon

[humanoidhistory]

RoboCop poster from Japan, 1988. Artwork by Mike Bryan.

#robocop #japan #poster art #sci-fi #film #1980s #1988 #mike bryan

[beif0ngs]

at this point, i'm just in awe at how they f*cked up a live action adaptation of ATLA twice... TWICE 🤦

#atla #Avatar the Last Airbender #huge red flag from the get go when Mike and Bryan decided to leave due to 'creative differences' #the characterization in the live action series was HORRIBLE #it's like they took every aspect that we love about the original characters in the animated series and just chucked it out the window #like what tf did they do with Bumi and Azula?!! #don't even get me started on Katara... #ugh i cannot even #and no amount of little references to the original animated series is gonna do sh*t #especially not if you're gonna ruin everything we love about these characters in the first place #just to clarify my gripe isn't with any of the actors it's with the WRITING #seriously just stop... #STOP MAKING LIVE ACTION ADAPTATIONS OF A PERFECTLY GOOD ANIMATED SERIES AND LEAVE THEM ALONE

[theo-is-dumb]

Hockey Colors of Love

The Hockey Colors of Love...

Individual Images under the break

Red: Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, 1988

Red-Orange: Jamie Drysdale and Trevor Zegras, Drygras

Orange: Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, McDrai

Orange-Yellow: Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman, Swaymark

Yellow: Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Sidgeno

Yellow-Green: Connor Dewar and Bryan Duhaime, Deweys

Green: Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, Bennguin

Turquoise: Vince Dunn and Adam Larsson, Larsdunn

Blue: Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, 1634

Indigo: Alexander Ovechkin and Niklas Bäckström, 819

Purple: Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, (idk their ship name)

Pink: Erik Johnson and Nathan Mackinnon (again idk their ship name)

🏳️‍🌈

#hockey #hockeyblr #jonathan toews #patrick kane #drygras #mcdrai #sidgeno #swaymark #deweys #bennguin #larsdunn #auston matthews #mitch marner #alexander ovechkin #nicklas backstrom #jeff carter #mike richards #nathan mackinnon #erik johnson #jamie drysdale #trevor zegras #hockey rpf #connor mcdavid #leon draisaitl #pittsburgh penguins #sidney crosby #evgeni malkin #bryan duhaime #connor dewar #vince dunn

[hoss-bonaventure]

he was so rightfully homophobic here

#summed up their entire dynamic in 6 words #jesse hopping in front of walt like ‘don’t kill him’ #id roll my eyes too #s5e1 was mike on his last straw with those gays #brba #breaking bad #waltjesse #mike ehrmantraut #jesse pinkman #walter white #aaron paul #bryan cranston

[noniez]

i am gonna fuck this $2 bullet journal up

#better call saul #breaking bad #jesse pinkman #walter white #saul goodman #jimmy mcgill #mike ehrmantraut #tony dalton #aaron paul #bryan cranston #kim wexler #rhea seehorn #my art #i dont have much to offer…..i’m in art school so don’t expect any art

[nicosart]

Would like to thank Breaking Bad for pulling me out of my art block and making me want to draw again!

#breaking bad #breaking bad fanart #walter white #jesse pinkman #jane margolis #gus fring #gustavo fring #mike ehrmantraut #skyler white #fan art #vince gilligan #bryan cranston #aaron paul #krysten ritter #giancarlo esposito #jonathan banks #anna gunn

[heisenpink]

He’s my partner.

Bonus:

#coloring the bonus gif was hell because it was so YELLOW #heisenpinkedits #breaking bad #walter white #jesse pinkman #mike erhmantraut #bryan cranston #aaron paul #jonathan banks #waltjesse #heisenbitch

[ebechnasheim]

BAD OMENS IN THE STUDIO SHOT ON FILM

📸 Bryan vía IG

I’m going crazy over here

#bad omens #bad omens cult #noah sebastian #nicholas ruffilo #mike taylor #jolly karlsson #nick folio #folio #bryan kirks #matt dierkes #THESE ARE TOO MUCH #fave #THANK U BRYAN

[hellhoundclown]

im not fixated on these shows (im lying)

#breaking bad #better call saul #saul goodman #jimmy mcgill #walter white #gus fring #gustavo fring #mike erhmantraut #jesse pinkman #bryan cranston #aaron paul

[anelimjolie]

name a more wholesome cast, I’ll wait

#pls rb if you find pics of the rest with pets thank u #breaking bad #better call saul #rhea seehorn #jonathan banks #patrick fabian #bob odenkirk #bryan cranston #aaron paul #brba #bcs #kim wexler #mike ehrmantraut #saul goodman #jimmy mcgill #howard hamlin #walter white #jesse pinkman

[onesourapple]

Observation: Every Walter White impression starts with “Jesse” every Frank Reynolds impression starts with “Charlie” and every Shrek impression starts with “Donkey”

#its always sunny in philadelphia #frank reynolds #charlie kelly #danny devito #charlie day #breaking bad #walter white #jesse pinkman #bryan cranston #aaron paul #shrek #that'll do donkey #eddie murphy #mike myers

[cosmoweirdkid]

#ethan page #ethan page vlog #the dark order #bryan danielson #bcc #blackpool combat club #eddie kingston #jon moxley #mox #mjf #maxwell jacob friedman #better than you and you know it #hey ew #psycho mike #danhausen #very nice very evil #aew #pro wrestling #wrestling #wrestling text post #meme