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likealittleheartbeat · 2 months

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I try to generally be constructive and engaged with the show I love on here, so on this day, I’ll just say that one of the most thematically important aspects for me from the original ATLA is Aang’s emotional core of real shame for running away when he was hurt by the monk’s decision to send him away. People who feel the kind of deep-seated shame that Aang feels from this decision can understand how that kind of all-encompassing shame is not built around a simple failure or a lie they tell themselves; it’s constructed from real misbehaviors and transgressions of their own sense of ethics—lashing out, telling lies, attempting to hurt others intentionally—that then have consequences (abuses, abandonments, or deaths) which seem to far exceed their expectations or even basic logic.

The combination of the misbehavior with exaggerated existential punishments (along with a lack of support and amend-making in the immediate wake of the events) is what transforms a sense of guilt (I fucked up) into shame (I am a forever fuck-up). Then shame, that sense of being a secret monster ‘no matter what I do or how good everyone thinks I am,’ invites all the avoidance strategies (Aang puts on big smiles, makes lots of jokes, constantly tries to make everyone happy, hops from town to town without building deeper connections). One doesn’t want to acknowledge one’s true feelings or let others in to see those feelings and experiences because it’s too painful to face the grief at the same time that you have to look at yourself for being responsible—even when you recognize it wasn’t totally your fault. It’s just that if you had just been good, less emotional, less human, then maybe the world wouldn’t be so messed up. Of course, in a zen view of things, the world will always be messed up in the same way it will always be beautiful. These are constant facts that always coexist in balance, and this is the truth that Aang learns and that undergirds the whole series.

So I always loved that Aang ran away. It was his sin and his salvation. And it becomes this constant tension for the series—he gets hurt in Bato of the Water Tribe and starts to run away from Katara and Sokka, he runs away to the Guru in the Crossroads of Destiny and his best friend is attacked, he and the gaang retreat after the Day of the Black Sun failure, he runs away to meditation in Sozin’s Comet when everyone wants him preparing for war. Aang’s reluctance to be a hero and the attachments and petulance for which he gets criticized are what metamorphasize to become his most noble attributes. They allow him to empathize with others shame and, ultimately, wield the kind of compassion that can deconstruct the power and perfectionism of imperialism.

So yes, Aang ran away from his temple 100 years ago. It wasn’t the mentally healthy choice. It wasn’t the ethical choice. It wasn’t the wise choice. It was human and emotional and shameful and real. Aang is a better character for it. ATLA is a better show because of it. And we are better people when we understand these kind of tragic emotional experiences that people are trying so hard to grow through.

#aanglove #vague posting about the nf adaptation lol #I won’t go off in my posts but I will in my comments #only 17 minutes in tbh #and already amazed at realizing how cool it was that the of series wasn’t told in a linear style lol #I do think the casting department went off for the nf series tho #the kid playing aang is so perf #and all the actors fit their parts so well #but the show doesn’t understand or seem interested in depicting colonial violence at alllll #and the language of the fire nation wanting to ‘take over the world’ is so much more marvel than a colonial rhetoric #and then aang just wanting to ‘go get some air’ to clear his head…😑#we aren’t allowed to have problematic protagonists anymore I guess #only people with perfect mental health strategies allowed in young adult fiction #because we view fiction from a moralistic standpoint now instead of an empathetic one #but 🤷🏻‍♀️

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failed-inspection · 4 months

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"is it... Terrifying?"

I had an AU idea where Saint attempts to give Spearmaster some closure by letting them see the iterators one last time, how their fate ends up, before they ascend them, also really wanted to mess around with audio mixing! In all honesty I'm VERY proud of how this turned out :o

Audio: Bojack horseman + Sundown + Howling wind ambience also taken from the game

#rain world #rain world downpour #rw spearmaster #my art #rain world art #rw five pebbles #rw saint #rain world saint #rain world spearmaster #rain world five pebbles #rain world fanart #rain world au #pmv #animatic #Oh god sorry for all the tags but uuh. Yeah I'm very proud of this #Reblogs appreciated forever and ever /nf

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druidonity2 · 9 months

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Anduin and Sylvanas (2004)

#world of warcraft #anduin wrynn #warcraft #sylvanas windrunner #fan art #my art #sylvanas's first model was a night elf model and when i was little i didnt follow lore so i thought she was a goth NF who abandoned the all #ance to make zombies with the horde

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luescris · 6 months

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Posting this before I decide not to

A drawing for a vent fic I've worked on since 2018 that's on my A03 called He Who is Hard as Stone (which I now dub to Heart of Stone because it's simpler/easier) and also sort of mostly inspired by @fihuli 's bad ending art (I hope it's not a problem that I've tagged you but if it is please lemme know augh) from once upon a time ago and. Lmao yeah haha

Handle on ao3 is luescris same as here if y'all are interested okay bye

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starboundsingularities · 8 months

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hi you get the drill whatever people still don't want to hire me i still have to pay for things you get it. sorry

kofi here if you want

#donation post #i am Kind Of Tired i think this world was made to break me #not getting itno that though #giant /nf on all of this. you guys get it by now. sorry again

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hermanunworthy · 10 months

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introducing HERM LIKELY!!! (this is an au that i came up w months ago and is very near and dear to me)

- instead of being raised by humans, scam and jodie were actually good parents and raised herm as a half demon half likely!

- in-universe, this was basically an au written by mark bc she was fed up w scam being a bad dad and felt bad about her nephew suffering trauma sm in canon (i imagine marks gimmick being that he makes revisions to the dndads story as if hes writing fanfic)

- herm was born in goofs realm (and visits very frequently) but mainly lives in hell w their parents (scam isnt home as often bc of "work") and nicky

- herm is scam and marks apprentice, and they often take them on "business trips"

- while scam shapeshifts into real people and mark into her own ocs, herm plays as dc heroes! (instead of villains, so theyre the batman instead of the joker)

- theyre still a theater kid who method acts (using marks revised transcript as their script), but w/o the identity issues. they just play different characters bc its fun and they like to mess w people

- nicky tried to keep the swifts a secret from herm bc he knew they would go mess w them on not-earth if they found out. which is exactly what happened

- the doodler is still a thing and the teens are still on the daddies mission, but herm basically shows up so they can scam taylor and then ends up derailing the whole mission bc they want to have fun w their nephew and their new friends

- their role in the friend group is sorta reversed, instead of being a "helpful villain" theyre like a "harmful hero"! (and by harmful i just mean. chaotic and inconvenient. as all likelys are) taylor is their sidekick instead of the other way around, and they see themself as the main character of the story (the main character by will wood is their anthem)

#i just wanted to see a world in which hermie is happy and clearly anthony does not want that so i made it myself #if anyone drew fanart of this au i could die happy /nf #sorry about how shitty the doodles came out i got LAZY #hermie the unworthy #hermie unworthy #hermie the unworthy fanart #hermie unworthy fanart #dungeons and daddies #dndads #dndads au #dndads fanart #herm likely #herm likely au #my art

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distant-towers · 2 months

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i bring you my slugcat sona, the aeronautic!

the aeronautic is a slugcat who loves to build things. it can build anything flight-related with the help of their iterator !!

it is very cool ans i think you should draw them /silly

#rain world #my art #oc -> the aeronautic #rw slugcat #rw oc #slugcat oc #draw them i dare you /nf

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ike-mcswains-mortician · 4 months

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fun fact my friend, one of the party members for my campaign, just texted me about their character and its a eight-ten year old child. and uh that’s the one who’s the champion of the fish demon and like the eye gore uhhh what have i done to this child oh nooo (no literally this child is precious oh my goddd and like my friend has no idea so i’m changing it a tad to be a bit less fucked up but yeah D:)

NOOOOO NOT THE CHILDDD oh my god that’s so sad wtf i will protect this child

yeah probably a good move changing up the fish demon… yeahg poor baby

#out of curiosity what are you changing it to? /nf #this lore is captivating btw i love the world building sm #ask #thedndgoblinwholivesinyourwalls #dnd #other people’s campaigns

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devilish-parrot · 2 months

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the smell of freshly moved grass. reblog if you agree

#/nf #ITS LIKE MY FAVOURITE SMELL IN THE WORLD AAAARGH #devilish rambles

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moss-and-marimos · 1 year

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present for ur birthday :))

sorry it isn’t really extravagant or anything, but i just remembered it was ur b-day and didn’t wanna miss it

happy b-day, u deserve it ;)

:((((( /pos I will actually just cry thank you so much, I am so very happy I love you and this au so much /p thank you !!!!! Hugging you and the kiddos so hard right now <3333

#if you don’t have anything in mind for what’s in dons gift #i think it would be cool if it was a replacement lens #for my sonas’ broken goggle lens #/nf #i don’t think that response put it into words how happy I am #but I’m so so happy #genuinely means the world to me #mutuals my beloved #love you so much mushy <333 #I’ll try to do a response drawing later but I’m heading out to dinner right now

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lilacs-stash · 6 months

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Polyam grand slams. You agree. Reblog

#/nf #/silly #Reblog bait #I guess?#Polyam grand slams #Poly grand slams #The world's worst polycule Ii #inanimate insanity #ii balloon #ii suitcase #Ii nickel #Ii baseball #object posting

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playerglx2020 · 8 months

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me when

#rain world #memes #meme #scavenger #rw scavenger #scavbot #no idea what tag should i put here #need for speed #most wanted #nfs most wanted #ps2

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failed-inspection · 3 months

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"Shaken out of my daze by the shrieks of machines. I am weak."

- ('Don't You See?' by Miracles of Modern Science)

Gosh, words cannot describe how proud I am of this, I always felt that song fit the vibe of Five Pebbles (or at least like, an iterator superstructure) really well, and I really wanted to do something with that!

Bonus version without lyrics!