#peace time and healing

[aimlacely-sapphic]

🔥Fire Lord Zuko Headcanons🔥

My semi-canon compliant headcanons of Zuko after the war with a side of Zukka

Zuko's first few months as firelord are a bit of a mess. He's desperately trying to put together some semblance of functional governance in place of the corruption left in his fathers wake, while simultaneously trying to negotiate peace treaties and settlement agreements with nations his predecessors attempted to destroy.

He's overworking himself, not sleeping enough, forgetting to eat and overall just not doing a great job taking care of himself, convinced if he doesn't take care of things instantly then he's not doing enough.

It all comes to a head once the assassination attempts start getting out of hand. At that point Zuko is simply not sleeping so Sokka, Mai, Tylee and Iroh stage an intervention (you cannot convince me Iroh would stay in Ba Sing Se once things start getting out of hand)

His security get upgraded, Toph gets brought in to vet the staff (she can tell when people are lying!! why wouldn't she get to kick people out of the palace?)

And finally things start to settle down

Once the peace talks and negotiations are done he starts transforming the Fire Nation itself

A lot of people have written about this but I am absolutely convinced that Zuko spends the first year trying to get the palace staff to trust him not to hurt them

By the second or third year they are willing to speak to him and have more than small talk

He goes about making a lot of changes in policy but first he disappears for 2 days only Sokka and his head guard knowing in advance

He goes incognito through dozens of towns and villages

He visits schools (putting his blue spirit skills to use)

He goes to orphanages and homeless shelters

He goes back to the Sun Warriors to tell them about the end of the war and seek advice on how to reshape the way firebending is taught to everyone (and maybe he ends up adopting a dragon egg in the process...)

When he returns to the palace he is ready to transform the nation

He makes it a crime to use corporeal punishment

He brings back old traditions and rule for Agni Kais where they can only be fought by adults against adults provided they both agree to the fight. The Agni Kai stops when a person surrenders or at first burn.

He wanted to completely end the practice of Agni Kais but tradition could not constantly be broken by his reign (according to his advisors) so the changes just make them less common or harmful until they go obsolete

He puts in place programs for veterans to get the treatment and support they need.

He creates a fostering program where children who have been left behind can find love with parents who have lost children or veterans who want to bring love and hope to the world

He works with Aang and Sokka and Master Piandao to create new curriculum for the schools which is historically accurate, brings back culture and joy and teaches students to think for themselves

He includes some of the wisdom from the sun warriors in the new curriculum so that firebending, and really all fighting forms can be taught with their duality in mind. Fire burns but it is also life. Martial Arts can be use to kill, but they are also an art form.

Making the curriculum stick is a longer process but with help from people on the inside, slowly but surely schools start to teach in a better. kinder way

Its around the time of Zuko's 20th birthday when advisors start to bother him about marrying.

It is while trying to avoid their matchmaking that he start realizing that he likes Sokka (he's an oblivious biromantic asexual, why would anyone expect it to take less time)

Not much changes when they get together, they still spar and go to the gardens to feed the turtleducks together, Sokka still makes silly faces behind ambassadors backs, Zuko still goes down to the kitchens to make them a pot of tea to have together witting in his room (the kitchen staff are used to this by now)

But they start sharing more intimacies, finding what feels comfortable for them in the form of hugs that last just a bit longer and chaste kisses on shoulders and cheeks and foreheads.

And when the egg from the sun warriors hatches and a tiny dragon comes tumbling out, they name him Druk and take care of him together

Zuko continues to go on trips incognito a few times a year and it is on one of these trips what he finds a young child alone on the side of the road. When he learns that she has know family he tries to taker her to the orphanage in the town near by. She runs away and there is nothing Zuko is willing to do to get her to go.

She has a grittiness and fighting spirit that reminds Zuko of his younger self, an independent streak and impulsiveness that border on dangerous. And even though Zuko has to leave her that day he can't stop thinking about her as he returns to the palace.

Sokka notices right away and they talk about her, and adoption, and the fact that Zuko needs an heir and end up figuring out that they want a child of their own to raise now that Druk is all grown up

When Zuko next returns to the town he brings Sokka, a legal witness and adoption papers with him.

He introduces her to Druk and when she pets him and falls in love they start to talk to her. She begins to trust them, telling them her name is Izumi and that she doesn't like the orphanage because it reminds her too much of her past.

They stay for a few days getting to know her and when they ask if she wants to live with them she does say yes.

Over time Zuko comes to find balance and love in the peace he created in the Fire Nation<3

Note: I cannot take credit for all of these ideas, some of them come from a bunch of fanfictions I've read over the years and especially Post-Canon Fire Lord Zuko (and his staff) by RejectsCanon

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #fire lord zuko #zukka #post canon atla #atla fanfic #dragon dad zuko #druk (avatar) #izumi avatar #the fire nation #peace time and healing #i'm biro ace #and definitely not projecting /s

[honeytonedhottie]

embracing being alone⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🧁

learning to be alone is such a crucial thing to learn at all times during your life, but especially during your youth. and something to understand is that sometimes, protecting your peace comes at the cost of being alone but being alone is peaceful! and not as bad as you might think that it is.

being alone offers an opportunity for self discovery and growth and rest and relaxation and reflection and the list goes ON. being able to enjoy your own company is a SUPER power bcuz it genuinely nourishes you so much.

enjoying your own company ;

you dont have to be codependent on someone else to make yourself happy or to make yourself feel good. what fulfills you and nourishes you isnt the relationships that u have with others. although that is an amazing and fulfilling thing, the most fulfilling thing is learning yourself. being alone REPLENISHES you, its like, hydration for the soul.

dont wait on someone else to do something that you wanna do!! if u dont have anyone to go with, just go on your own. you dont have to wait on others to be happy.

practice being alone ;

go on solo dates, practice planning to do something fun and just doing it by yourself. once you start doing things alone and you see how nice it feels, you'll want to do it more bcuz its so easy to enjoy your own company, you just have to get over your fear of judgement or of being alone and learn to enjoy and embrace it.

have a spa day

learn to cook a new dish

read a book

have a journalling session

schedule appointments for yourself

go on a long drive

some benefits of enjoying your own company ;

you can be yourself without filter

less distractions and you give yourself time to ponder and look internally

your in control of your space and your time

you can be creative and imaginative without interference

its peaceful

being your own best friend ;

treat yourself how you'd treat someone that you valued a lot. be compassionate and understanding and respectful. dont talk badly about yourself and dont be mean to/punish yourself bcuz u wouldn't do that to someone that u loved and cherished.

dont abandon yourself in times where life can become stressful. focus on being present and dont forget your worth. your self worth and value doesn’t come from how useful you are to others, your valuable simply because you are you. a human being who is deserving of love. your worth doesnt come from how productive you are or what you’ve achieved, instead your worth is already done and your valuable because of your existence. 

coping without friends ;

everything is temporary and meaningful relationships will always find their way to you. just understand that some ppl are here temporarily and some ppl are here for a lifetime but only you are here for all of it which is why its important to be alone and be comfy with that.

not everyone is gonna like you or wanna be your friend and thats okay. it has nothing to do with you and is almost always simply because of different personalities and its not personal

brush off rejections bcuz rejection is just redirection. when you dont take everything personally you'll notice how much happier you'll be overall.

know that the meaningful relationships and connections that u crave will come!! no one is here to be alone forever so you'll meet the people who pour into you and you'll meet ppl that u can pour into and you'll be okay!!

overall, enjoying your own company does wonders for your mental and physical health and its a useful skill to learn in general because it brings so much peace from being able to sit with your thoughts.

#advice #it girl #becoming that girl #self care #self love #that girl #it girl energy #dream girl tips #dream life #dream girl #self improvement #self development #self reflection #self growth #self healing #honeytonedhottie⭐️ #alone time #productivity #protect your peace #inner peace #inner thoughts #relaxation #dolly #girl blog #im just a girl #girlblogging #just girly things #reflection #tranquility

[shyghosties]

just taking it one day at a time

#my daffodils have started blooming !!! #it’s okay give yourself time to rest and heal #you deserve to feel at peace! #gif #original art #bunny #thank u for looking at my art I appreciate u!!!!!

[hawkeyedflame]

man i just really have no use at all for people who won't take responsibility for themselves. if you're miserable, do something about it. other people's help can be a blessing at times but if you don't realize that you're the only person who can save you, then you will never be saved. and you'll spend your whole life asking why it's happening to you and never getting a single ounce of closure.

i know. it's hard. hitting a point where you have no choice but to be honest with yourself about the fact that you are the problem is excruciating. it hurts. i know. i was that person. but once things got bad enough and i was staring down the barrel of being permanently disabled and unable to function independently, i snapped the fuck out of my delusion in which i was a hopeless, helpless victim with no say in my fate. i started clawing my way out. i had no other option. and neither does anyone. it is all, always up to you to save yourself. so fucking save yourself.

#the hawk speaks #and examine your FUCKING DIET. #if you feel like shit constantly all the time it is virtually guaranteed that your diet is at least 90% of the problem #barring something extreme such as abuse/trauma obviously #but even then i wasn't able to heal from my trauma until i changed my diet #because i was so neurotic i couldn't actually work through what had happened to me #but finally.. FINALLY once i got healthy i was able to actually look at my trauma and make peace with it

[uncanny-tranny]

So much love and recognition to the people who don't know how they feel about recovering. To the people whose scars are fading away, and there's a sinking feeling, despite knowing that it's a good thing. To the people who miss when they were "worse," when they felt "broken." To the people who mourn losing their coping mechanisms, even the ones that were destructive, scary, or unpleasant. To those who feel guilty they're healing because their past self wasn't ready.

Whatever it is, there is nothing wrong with any of those feelings. It's a natural reaction, something you don't have ultimate control over. There is nothing shameful about yourself, and I admire the strength it takes to recognize how you feel, even the parts that do feel like the "wrong" reaction to a Good Thing.

#mental health #self harm tw #self harm mention tw #sh tw #mental health recovery #mental health support #i love you i love you i love you #i admire you and empathize with you and want to be your fellow man. i want to share this wold *with* you #and that includes sharing a world that you aren't sure you deserve or are ready for #the world can wait. humans have been here for hundreds of thousands of years. it can wait #when i think about all this what makes me feel better is remembering how many billions of people have lived #and it makes me feel better to know that there has never been a problem too big to have - to uniquely awful #i have my own conflicted feelings about this because objectively i am healing #but it feels like i have boarded on land after surviving the worst trip to sea ever... #...a trip that was plagued with my ship being flung through hurricanes and lightnight and i'm only manning a sailboat... #...and i have found land and that land is good... #...but my legs feel like they will give out underneath me because this is solid land that i have never stood on... #...and you get used to the constant seasickness and sealegs and wondering *how* you'll make it out - If you will... #...the peace feels like a ruse at times because all you've known was chaos. but it's a good ruse and a comfortable one #and so you learn i guess to sink into the comfort like a spft feather pillow

[a-path-by-the-moon]

#quotes #spiritual #inspiration #soul #life #inspirational #spirituality #universe #love #spirit #peace #peace of mind #time #life is beautiful #inner peace #spiritual growth #spiritual healing #spiritual awareness #spiritual development #spiritual awakening #mindfulness #mindful

[skeletoninthemelonland]

#it's me i'm the wind blowing #y'all things are a little more complicated when it comes to these two #(sits down and takes a sip from my dark blue coffee mug) #(thinks: i wish i had springtrap coffee mug) #so... #both of them have difficult pasts #both are parents trying their best on raising their children #THE THING IS #one can't let herself get too attached #while the other is still afraid all humans are the same #but at the same time. they just want to find peace and happiness #and they've found it at home #they found happiness living those very brief and mundane moments #like waking up every morning #having breakfast next to people that make you smile #making your way to school/work and seeing sunlight pass through the trees #and going home after a tough day and there are rain clouds approaching. you just know you're going to sleep well at night #this is how they heal. and in the mean time. let themselves open up to each other #I have a feeling this is gonna be a slow burn kinda thing #COUGHING REALLY HARD #ENDING THIS RIGHT HERE OKAY BYE #starbstalks #springdad au

[honeycombhank]

Apple Pie is just a lump of warm butter

How is it possible to be this warm and cozy and peaceful

#honeycombhank #healing #peaceful #sleeping beauty #sleepy rats #my pets #rats of tumblr #my rats #dumbo rats #cute rats #ratblr #apple pie #nap time #rat hands #rat teeth #rat nose #rat nap

[taikanyohou]

“Macau is no different. It’s unfortunate to be born in The Minor Family. A Minor means The Second. No matter how well we do, no one sees it. Why? Why was I born in this fucking family?” “Can we start all over again?” VEGAS + PETE + MACAU | KinnPorsche (2022).

#kinnporsche #vegaspete #vegaspetemacau #asianlgbtqdramas #* #faiza gifs #no they DESERVE this happiness so so so much. they have been through HELL and this is their time for peace at LONG LAST. #just ... knowing that finally FINALLY they've managed to break that cycle of abuse. that vegas' dad HAD TO DIE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. #vegas HAD to break down for it had to lose IT ALL for it he CANNOT CARRY THAT BAGGAGE INTO THIS NEW FAMILY WITH HIM. #and pete HAD TO CHOOSE THIS IN HIS OWN TIME AT HIS OWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS. #and ugh the way these 3 are going to heal one another and give SO MUCH LOVE to one another. love feeding love with love.

[baby-xemnas]

😭😭😭

#law san do your job and bully him sexually forever for the rest of your lives... #omfggggfg hes soooooo weak #he just got law back its so unfaiiiirrrrr #he just started healing from his heartbreak #hes in full ''appreciating what i have 1000 times more because i lost it once'' wound is so fresh #hes SENSITIVE and VULNERABLE #dont you think its kinda crazy adorable that law is so reserved and you could even say cold #even in the way he loves #but bеpo knows that no its real and its strong and loves him back THIS MUCH #the moment they are apart hes gone hes not there hes lost.... #and the moment law comes back he is so happy he is not even mad law left for a bit in the first place #too happy to think #too in love #bepоs heart can only be at peace when he is hugging law...even better if they are naked #attention from captain yes please #even tho he might cry from captain being rough bepо loves the intensity of it.....how can he not? its captain... #everything captain does he takes and he's grateful #look at him.........gentle thing #so full of love ...law what do you do to him that he is like this when you are apart huh.

[mackgray2023]

Success Through Finding Peace

Now that she has successfully dealt with the hurdle of reconnecting with both Hudson and Simon, Marceline is able to finally find the peace she has been searching for. Marcy had so much pent-up aggression and anger throughout the early episodes of Adventure Time. But after successfully reconnecting with her father figures, she has finally found peace. This is her version of success. Finding success displays ethos because Marcy has the credibility to give advice and talk about the issues she has gone through. By becoming successful and regaining agency over her life, we see that Marceline is a strong character who is credible and trustworthy. She ends up giving advice and helping her friends find success and peace later in the show. Having peace is so important and it was difficult for Marceline to believe she would ever be able to achieve it. But with her strategies of coping with trauma and learning to forgive Hudson and Simon, her character becomes much less aggressive throughout the show. The World Peace Initiative says that finding inner peace builds self-confidence, resolves phobias and fears, improves relationships, purifies your character, increases emotional stability, and much more. All of these traits are present in Marcy’s character after reconnecting with her father figures.

Even if she doesn’t see Hudson often, she no longer has to worry about him pressuring her into ruling the Nightosphere, so she feels comfortable visiting him occasionally and just hanging out. With Simon, she makes efforts to see him often and is very protective of him. Even if he is still Ice King and not mentally well, she still feels a responsibility for him and cares for him more than anyone in Ooo. She sees him frequently and encourages her friends to give him a second chance, she knows all he wants is to be loved. By fixing these formerly negative relationships, Marceline proves that she still has agency over her life, regardless of the hardships she has faced. Having agency is crucial and it is easy to think that your past experiences and current situations are what defines you. But what defines you is how you choose to live your life and set yourself up for success. By empowering herself through agency, Marceline has found inner peace, which is her form of success.

#healing #marceline #ice king #adventure time #success #peace #inner peace

[movedtodykedvonte]

My personal feelings in the Fionna and Cake ending is that it was perfect.

The story showed about how we can only control what is in our very personal and small world and not worry about or take on the responsibilities of that outside ourself.

We will make mistakes and wish we could rewrite them over and over and over until it’s perfect but we can’t. We will hate aspects of our lives and adore aspects of lives we don’t know the intricacies or hardships of but we can not insert ourselves. We have our own lives to live and rather than define it by a given purpose let us define the purpose as we go along. Not everything is revealed when it’s over, you may not get the answers but it’s okay to go somewhere and not know.

Some endings are happy, some are sad and some are just that, endings. They don’t have neat little bows or a “The End” on the last page but they allow us to put the past down and move on to whatever else lies ahead.

#Betty is a chaos god Simon is just a guy and it’s okay their worlds don’t match them or each other any more #change happened and the more they fought it the more it hurt them #fionna learned this is just her life and that’s fine #I think people expecting a big emotional ending forget the show was mainly about after the healing process when you are just allowed to #drift and find what to do next like Simon or a sedimentary moment like fionna #everyone more or less already moved on they just needed to accept it like Simon finally did #and fionna had to except sometimes the moment is all there is and you have to move with it and not past #betty Simon fionna made their choices and now they live with them there is no change only being heard and they all got that and the peace #they could gain from it and ya missed the point if you think someone was cheated or their fate was left ambiguous or unfair #they are going to be what they are now fionna a non magical normal woman #simon a guy out of his time but okay about it #and Betty a being past itself and the world #it’s not extravagant but it’s what it should be the world goes on and sometimes the only change is you noticing it’s still spinning #fionna and cake #adventure time

[glass-noodle]

I must know what they do to Connor to make him depressed afterwards :(

You will pay for making me cry so much everytime I reread your comics

The answer is probably what DIDN’T they do 😅 Connor’s the first known merman in captivity and Kamski and Co. aren’t held back by scientific or medical ethics. You can fill in the blanks :’)

I will say that Kamski’s favourite experiments are those involving Connor’s rapid healing abilities. He’s had more than a few incisions/excisions, some of which have been less…anesthetized. Just to measure stress response and its relation to healing rate, of course.

He hides his spiraling as best he can, but he’s been cracked open and violated so many times, in so many ways, that on his bad days he often feels like nothing more than an empty shell. That he has nothing left to offer; to himself, to his family, to Hank.

He hates Kamski, but he did this to himself, after all. If only he had been faster, stronger…more resilient.

#I’m so sorry this boy is so broken #he will heal with time. promise #maybe not fully but back to having some semblance of peace and normalcy and agency #maybe even stop blaming himself one day #lab merman au #Connor #Kamski #tw torture #tw abuse #tw trauma #thank you for telling me this it’s the highest compliment an artist can receive 😚💕 #all my love and sorry for making it so angsty lol #*elmo on fire gif* #noodle talk

[comradekatara]

if i lived in the avatar universe and was from the water tribe and couldn’t waterbend but my younger sibling could and i just had to sit there and watch how powerful they got moving water with their mind and being able to heal and the sheer power and versatility of the form but no matter how hard i tried the water would not budge for me no matter what. well i would simply kill myself. sokka is so strong

#i rmr seeing katara’s waterbending develop and improve for the first time as a kid #and wanting that power so bad #having dreams about being able to move water and waking up distraught that it was just a dream #idk what I’d do if I was sokka #like the fact that he makes peace with it is crazy #I genuinely don’t think I could #and I know being a waterbender comes with a lot of baggage for katata #but it’s also so clearly a source of passion and joy and culture and healing and life and power #and knowing that you could have that... but you don’t!!! #oh man #no wonder he’s so depressed and bitter. honestly #like can u fucking blame him. I cannot #sokka #katara&sokka #but mostly a post about ME! because I want to waterbend #and my only consolation is that it’s physically impossible #imagine it being possible but u can’t! like srsly I’d end it all so quick #anyway i think this is why sokka hits different if ur disabled. iykyk

[bunnions]

look at us so in love. look at my buns. screams (◕▿◕✿)

incredibly self-indulgent art comms from the talented and kind @ruiaes. next time their commissions are open, definitely snag a spot ! 💕 i love them so much. thank you again for these beautifully soft pieces

#✦᠃ bakubuns #✎᠃ art #✿᠃ commission #my fav parts are how fluid the body language and the expressions look #i stare for too long and my grin stretches from ear to ear #adjfa;sjfwjfsfhsd #over the moon with how these came out #look at us #the earth is healing #looking at it brings me such peace (◡‿◡✿) #also my hair came out so good. if only my buns could look like that all the time #i'll never get over bkg kissing an open palm #I WILL NEVER RECOVER

[rosehipandroots]

oh fuck i'm having emotions about the hero's shade, twilight, and the song of healing again oh no oh fuck

ugh it's such beautiful symmetry, so circulatory in how time learned it to heal those who had no hope left and he tried to help twilight with it. how twilight was the one who helped ease time's regrets because of it. how the song was made to help the spirit, so in reality teaching twilight the song helped time himself in the end. how they both tried to save the other from the worst version of themselves and ended up saving their own life/soul through their actions and not even realising it bc they were so focused on the other and aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

#“it has the capability of healing a soul and giving peace to those who cannot forget.” #babe i will cry #they mean so much to me #crying screaming throwing up #rosy thoughts #legend of zelda #loz twilight princess #tp link #hero's shade #linked universe #lu time #lu twilight