#sick cover tho

[aroaessidhe]

2022 reads // twitter thread  

Godslayers

Sequel to Gearbreakers

dystopian sci-fi future with god-mechs and the people who destroy them

Eris is captured, Sona is brainwashed, the rebels need to find a way to save them and save each other, and take down Godolia

#godslayers #aroaessidhe 2022 reads #hm. I enjoyed book 1 with some 'this is YA so I'm not 100% into it' but. this was a bit of a mess #sona’s brainwashed or whatever and i think it’s trying to have this whole dramatic ‘break through with the power of love” #but like. do they even know each other that well. like you have to build a relationship first and i feel like they barely got to know each o #ther in book 1? like at one point one of them calls the other the love of her life and i asjdhfjksdhgkjsf okay…..where…. #like i didn’t believe the brainwashing at all #a lot of the dialogue felt overdramatic and unbelievable #there's just randomly a masquerade ball near the start ???? #also suddenly a bunch of time jumps and tone shifts in the middle. #like it’s all drama but then there’s a chapter where it’s been a month and it’s a random domestic scene #and suddenly there’s an attack and eris looses a hand! and then it’s been 4 months and it’s domestic again #anyway it's been a week and i barely remember anything...probably if i could have listened to an audiobook i would have focused more but.... #sick cover tho #oh also it vaguely offhand mentioned side characters are ace? slightly weirdly #yet couldn't use the word lesbian for sona...pls..

[comradekatara]

What do you think of Ozai as a villain? 👀 i'm seeing people saying the live action Ozai is better and i'm like "nah". They missed the point of the character

i mean i think a lot of people misunderstand ozai because people want a compelling character (especially a compelling villain) to be “layered and complex” in a very specifically emotional sense. but i do think ozai is layered and complex, simply in a different way that people expect. azula, for example, is a great villain because she is psychologically complex, and every action and motivated is entrenched in layers of nuance. but ozai is thematically complex, functionally layered. his underlying emotional motivations, however, are beside the point.

ozai’s narrative function is primarily to be metonymically figured as the embodiment of patriarchal and imperialist violence. ozai performs this function through interconnecting the domestic (his abuse of his wife and children) with the national (his role as sovereign of an empire). zuko’s disavowal of ozai in “the day of black sun” very explicitly ties his personal abuse to the logic of imperialism, and zuko denounces both logical tracks through acknowledging their interrelation. it’s hardly an uncommon character construction either: the domestic (specifically, the patriarchal nuclear family model) as microcosmic of the societal (specifically, patriarchal societies that are otherwise organized along unjust hierarchies) is prevalent across plenty of narratives, from the house of atreus to king lear to succession.

my personal favorite example of this trope as it is employed is in palace walk by naguib mahfouz, because al-sayyid does function as sovereign of his house, but he is also grappling with the consequences of being a colonized subject, and that colonial shame and humiliation both complicates his relationship to power but also reifies his patriarchal role within his family, his very real pain and disempowerment leading him to exacerbate his domestic abuse and tighten his control over his wife and children. al-sayyid is also, notably, not strict and controlling beyond the purview of his family, but within his own house, he very deliberately positions himself as an inviolable patriarchal authority.

however, unlike al-sayyid, ozai is a sovereign in every sense of the world, and even positions himself as akin to a god. but, as we can infer from “zuko alone,” ozai is not impervious to patriarchal abuse (or he wasn’t before ascending the throne), and thus has suffered his own shame and humiliation fostering his god complex due to compensation (and through the internalization of the logic of patriarchal abuse). ozai perpetuates the cycle of abuse as he, too, once suffered it (much like logan roy, to name another excellent example of this archetype). so while ozai is no longer a victim in any sense of the term, it is important to understand the psychology underlying his belief that he is ontologically deserving of the undivided respect and submission of the entire world due to his position of power.

ozai genuinely believes that he was teaching zuko respect, because respecting his authority is one of the values ozai holds most dear. because, of course, to speak out against ozai as an individual is to speak treasonously of the fire nation, and vice versa. and he expects his children to display their unquestioning loyalty to the Father(land) above all. the second they question him or confuse that priority in any way, they have irrevocably forsaken him and thus must be discarded. that is the logic of (to quote utena) a man who has made himself “end of the world.”

moreover, the other most crucial aspect of ozai’s character is how he is framed. until book 3, we never actually see his entire face. he is always a goatee, a spaulder, a disembodied smirk, a voice echoing through the flames, a crown. ozai as metonym goes both ways. and it serves to emphasize his ominous nature, as someone who is so powerful that we cannot truly view him head on. he’s framed in an almost godlike way.

and then, in “the awakening,” we see him without reservation. he is a tall, imposing man, but he is also, fundamentally, just a man. in “the headband” we see his face through a fire nation propaganda poster, as if to imply that his face is not more sacred than any other face. his poster is immediately followed up with aang’s recreation of his portrait with noodles. before book 3, holding ozai’s gaze is impossible, as he is merely a looming spectre. but book 3 immediately and ruthlessly undermines the notion they have been building up for two seasons, and through comedy, no less. ozai may be uniquely powerful and uniquely evil, but he is still just a man, and by the time he crowns himself phoenix king, destroyer of worlds, we are well-aware that he is not innately, divinely superior in any way, and his fascistic performance simply looks ridiculous.

unlike azula’s claim that “the divine right to rule is something you’re born with,” there is nothing unique or ontological about the role of the emperor. there is nothing ontologically superior about the colonizer’s relationship to the colonized besides the material dynamics of power informing their relationship. the father as head of his family is not ontologically necessitated any more than the structure of the nuclear family is predicated on innate anthropological roles rather than being socially constructed and maintained through systemic violence. ozai is not ontologically special, and his claim that he is seems even sillier as he goes up against the avatar, who actually truly is.

when ozai faces aang in the final battle, it is a significant fight because it represents the culmination of all the ideals aang has constantly fought for and asserted within ozai’s imperialist paradigm. and by refusing to submit to ozai’s logic of domination, aang disempowers ozai wholly. not because lack of firebending makes one totally powerless, but because lack of bending makes one powerless within ozai’s logic. aang renders ozai victim to his own ideology, playing his own imperialist dogma against him. instead of killing ozai in combat, as ozai expects, aang humiliates him by asserting his cultural values and their continued relevance over ozai’s values. the culminating battle against ozai, with the spiritual light that threatens to overtake aang, is a battle of one ideology winning out over another. it is the culmination of a century of genocide and colonialism by an imperialist power. it is the undermining of ozai’s entire worldview.

ultimately, we don’t need to see a lot of ozai to understand him. we can understand ozai perfectly through zuko and azula, because he positioned them as extensions of himself and thus their respective embodiments are simply their ways of performing him (azula is obviously a better actor). his complex psychology is beside the point, because his narrative function is to represent the imperialist forces that aang must battle. and they do this by establishing him as an ominous and terrible deified man, and then undermining him as little kore than a human being with an incorrect worldview. so he is interesting, not because he’s “complicated,” but because he reflects the central tension of the show in a satisfying way, and that’s what matters.

#lilith-91 #asks #analysis #ozai #synthesis #azula&ozai #ozai&zuko #azula #zuko #putting this under a readmore even tho it’s only 10 paragraphs….. for shame #im on mobile rn but if u go thru my ozai tag you’ll also find a lot of other posts and more in depth analyses of the things i cover here #im sick of linking to other posts tho #at this point everyone should just be wholly familiar with my oeuvre #(im lazy)

[kenobihater]

of all the star wars movies, which of them do y'all 1) enjoy the most 2) consider the best quality and 3) think you've rewatched the most. add your answers in the reblogs or replies, i'm genuinely curious how much of an overlap there is within everyone's three answers. mine don't overlap at all! they're revenge of the sith, empire strikes back, and the force awakens :^)

#len speaks #star wars #revenge of the sith #empire strikes back #the force awakens #not tagging more films than that bc i cant b bothered. incoming tag ramble ahead bc i have sw brainrot rn and im making it everyones prob❤️ #i rlly struggled 2 remember if id watched tfa or aotc more. i went w/ tfa bc it was formative to me as a teen and ive seen it probably 6ish #times? whereas aotc was the first sw movie i remember (specifically the scene of obiwan serving c*nt in the bar lmao) but i've only seen it #for sure 4.5 and maybe 5.5 times. the .5 is from when i got bored after obi-wan's scene ended and ran off to go play in the mud or smthn 😭 #i'm sure tfa will eventually get surpassed in number of rewatches by aotc and rots bc i don't fw the direction of the ST but that's my #current ballpark estimate of my total number of rewatches #as an adult tho if i just wanna watch a star war i'll go with aotc bc it's fun and ends semihappily and i can turn my brain off for the #spinny lightsabers. it's great background noise or for if you're sick or whatever. rots on the other hand? i won't talk through that unless #i'm quoting it with my brother and i am LOCKED IN 100% entirely entranced by it all #i almost picked rogue one for the best quality answer but i think the character writing is weaker and the facial cgi is creepy. esb beats #it by a hair imho bc of that. the vader hallway scene goes hard tho!!! #also i'm not covering shows or games or books or anything else in this post - simply the films. might ask abt shows later but that might #also give me hives bc so many of the shows suck ass and i don't rlly want ppl extolling the virtues of t.bb in my notes 💀 #and yes i do think one's enjoyment and one's opinion of quality are two things that often overlap. but sometimes you just like something #bad and that's awesome. like rots is the best of the prequels by a large margin and i adore the opening and characters and many of the #scenes but that doesn't mean it's the best star wars has to offer ykwim? it's my specialest most favoritest sw movie but that doesn't blind #me to the dialogue lmfaooo

[aroonescape]

wip of iii

#sorry ive been mia so long #the first thing i've drawn in months and its more sleep token #i gotta make my way through all the boys #ive been travelling tho so thats nice!! #now that im back i gotta draw sleep token to keep the demons away lol #sleep token #sleep token iii #sleep token art #sleep token worship #st's resident lanky boy #i wish i could play bass like him he looks like hes having so much fun #im working on it #i'll play some sick st bass covers one day

[holistichiatus]

doodling

#warframe #holistichiatus #bald wisp number 1 and ppl that cover it are cowards #the witch hat gets a pass tho bc its pretty sick

[keii]

Morning after Yoosung's bday 🤭

#okay i will admit i had no direction that i wanted to do for yoosung's bday art #i was drawing 3/4 profile facing left and was like #shit... i like how this look even tho it's bland as hell... #so what better to just make some impromptu bedroom scene #and it's not like i totally procrastinated-- #I WAS ALSO SICK FOR A WEEK #ALSO I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DRAWING CLOTHES #whenever i draw yoosung he'll forever be covered in hickies i swear to god #gotta draw him pretty... AS HE SHOULD BE #you know i always thought i drew him w more muscles than he actually has-- AND I KNOW I DO-- #but after seeing the mm beach merch where they gave everyone muscles #LADKFJALSDK WELP there's no stopping that now #anyway i knew i was gonna be late w this anyway so did a random scenario haha #art #killamonart #fanart #mystic messenger #mysme #mm #yoosung #yoosung kim #bummie #i love him AHHHH #o it was my dad's bday too... i... said happy bday to him... #pretty sure i sent a text to the right person... why didn't he text me back =__=

[creekfiend]

I am such. a mother. fucking. grumpus. I want to smash things. I could kill a health insurance exec with my bare hands. I could bite their throats out

#my insurance is now refusing to cover the one migraine med it has been letting me have #EVEN THO ITS BAD AND DOESNT REALLY WORK #THEY WONT LRT ME HAVE ANY OTHERS #I GET DAILY MIGRAINES NOW BUT THEU WONT PAY FOR MEDS AND I CANT AFFORD THEM #GUESS ILL JUST DIE! #sick

[yourlocalabstraction]

When I first started listening to The Heart Acoustic, I kept mishearing “automaton freak” as “otamatone freak”.

Now I can’t stop picturing Mind holding a fucking otamatone patiently waiting to take control of the song

#otamatones are the perfect instrument for tormenting your enemies #seriously tho a tme otamatone cover would be so sick #this was funnier in my head #cccc #chonnys charming chaos compendium #chonny jash #cj mind #expect more text posts this week bc I’m currently on vacation #cj rambling

[thekidsarentalright]

had a dream last night abt the peterick podcast becoming real so really hoping that was prophetic or smthin. please

#also had a dream they covered austin by blake shelton which. somehow feel significantly less likely and yet #i love that song so also hope thats prophetic HFJDNDK patrick singing country i love you #need to stop dreaming abt fob tho bc i end up missing them sm when i wake up its sick 😭 #txt

[descendantofthesparrow]

oh how wonderful, my dad caught covid and now i may have it-right when i get my wisdom teeth done :D

#yay~ #my step mom said to test for it tomorrow instead of today cuz it wouldnt register until later-probably-but ive had a sore throat/tight ches #since yesterday #so i think i would probably tell me if i did have it cuz ive already got symptoms #luckily its just a small cought and my sore throats gone now #tho the nose stuffs comin in now T_T #hopefully people will be able to cover my shift cuz we've been slow so only 3 people get staffed on the weekdays now #and i was one of the 3 people #soooooo #yeah #hopefully sav didnt get sick ahhhhhhhhh #she was awesome on thursday for me and i hope my brush with my dad on the stairs didnt get her sick

[inaflashimagine]

i read your nagumo fics and god were they delicious but no one understands im FAMISHED and i need more fics of my man it’s crazy cuz i just miss him every hour 😢😢😢😓😓 well whatever so like if you could write more nagumo fics or any recs that’d be so amazing 💗

omg so real this has been my mood for so long haha. any time he’s in a new chapter i go insane and feel the urge to make a nagumo fancam/edit (I haven’t touched tiktok in over a year). my delusional self is hoping for that anime announcement during jump festa but also i want a good studio to pick it up and do the series justice!!

regardless thank you for reading i’m so glad you like them:) I’m currently 18k words in a nagumo x reader x rion fic that will likely be multi chapter (it was supposed to be a one shot originally ugh) bc i’m unhinged so hoping to post that soon! if there are any additional recs I’ll share them but there should be 1 (maybe 2💀) in my nagumo x reader tag

#we need to start a nagumo prayer circle or support group bc we’re small but mighty #i will always stand by nagumo and osaragi bc they’re so pretty yeah #all the characters are so cool and the art covers are SICK #the series has been gaining in popularity on social media tho even if it’s slowly so i have hope #I was debating whether to post that fic but f it I’ll post it for the 5 other people interested in nagumo reader self inserts + for Morgan #the fic is a mess but that’s okay!! she’s chugging along and that’s all that matters! #the masses (aka my ravenous mind) must be fed

[daz4i]

started looking for apartments like as a haha goofy thing to pass the time (and bc i wanna move out soon so may as well) and Hm. found one that seems almost too perfect for its price. like the only downside for me is that it's not in a neighborhood i wanna live in but it's still considered a good area, and it's the neighborhood i grew up in so i know the area well (like literally, 2 minutes walk from my old house) which is a bonus. one of the sites i found it on said the owner also signed some guarantee thing? which is a good thing apparently ig idk real estate terms. i kinda wanna go look bc i'm scared someone else will take it lol but i. am too scared to take any step there. Sad!

#i looked through like 5 different sites and this was the only relevant option to my needs btw #i could maybe go for a higher price but :/ i don't wanna rely on my parents TOO much #i'm still gonna need their help for this price but like my disability funds thingie can cover it as is too (it'll just be tight. yknow?) #for an apartment with an elevator that's still a sick price tho. an ac in every room? and it allows animals. damn #the location thing is. like i said it's a good neighborhood. but it's also religious which for me is... uncomfortable #(this is one of the reasons my parents were eager to move away from there actually) #still the public transit there is relatively good and within walking distance. so. Hm #I'd say it's sus that no one took it yet but it was posted today. within the last few hours even. bc the site said january 3rd #idk ig i'll talk to my parents abt it tomorrow maybe. see if they can help me with making calls too. hm #anyway sorry for the ramble i just got hit with a wave of emotions with no name i needed to turn somewhere outside of myself

[foxgloveinspace]

Well, my brand new Sony headphones started whistling very high pitched in the right year and I hope it didn’t cause hearing damage to be Frank with you all. I’m trying to see if setting them in front of the fan fixed it, but my guess is that I wore them with wet hair and that’s what caused it. For how freaking expensive these are, the shouldn’t be doing this oof.

#yeah yeah I know it’s my own fault if it was the wet hair but to be fair it wasn’t soaking wet hair it was damp hair #I guess ANY moister with them is bad tho. I’m so upset I could freaking cry #I hope sitting it front of the fan fixes it cause if not I have to get into contact with Sony #and I also probably need to contact metal hammer cause I tried to buy their magazine with sleep token on the cover #the payment got canceled and now they are like ‘we’d love to send your package but you didn’t give us a payment method’ almost want to #ignore that really ughhhhggggg I’m sick to my stomach about my headphonesssssss

[koishua]

stop putting in useless bad rap verses please thank you

#tp #it SO ruins a song yes im looking at kitsch #sick and tired of us saying this and barely any companies listening #the rap ruined cupid too like i adore my girls keena and saena so so much #but why the rap in cupid it hardly suited it at all im so salty so so bitter #so grateful for the twin version tho #the rap in higher SLAPPED but not so much here im afraid #also looking at most twice title tracks #although it's a diff case there bc seena is a good rapper oop #*keena dammit #bad excecution just irks me so so much #my point is STOP THE BADLY WRITTEN RAPS I BEG THE SONG DOESNT NEED A RAP VERSE STOP IT RN #also speaking bout fifty fifty im SO excited for when they start posting individual covers #pls start with sio bad cover pls #and give saena dance performances im BEGGING yall to let my gf shine she was so good in dancing high #sidenote everything else about kitsch slaps

[duskythesomething]

hhhh having some troubles with Cheesecake's husbandry but I'm too scared to ask on FB bc people in snake groups can be so mean

#mrowr.txt #ball python #reptiblr #snakeblr #his humidity WONT stay up even tho 80% of the lid is covered in hvac tape (except the spot for the CHE) #and he isnt passing solids :( just runny mess #im not sure if its bc hes on mice #or if thy're bad quality mice #or if hes stressed #or if hes actually sick #or any combo of the above!! #ill have to find the chance to get him into the vet if he doesnt do well this week #gonna try and see if he'll switch from large mice to small rats

[suzufield]

Might go for a run after lunch, which may or may not be a good idea (I'm recovering from a hip injury)

it would definitely be good for my congestion though

#one thing about going on runs: you WILL be covered in snot. even if you arent sick. so if you ARE sick? good fucking luck buddy #it's so good tho you can like. BREATHE after. #(in the winter) (not really such a thing in the summer)