#this is a case of the latter

[scrollypoly]

Feeling oddly validated in this chillis tonight

#theres a reason i only have a handful of people blocked #aside from the bots obviously #i dont like blocking people. if i block you i have a damn good reason #some are personal. some are just #you give me uncomfortable fuckin vibes and i dont like nor trust you #this is a case of the latter #glad i somehow dodged all this even tho i got messaged by one of the players #ill gladly watch from the sidelines #tho i can also say ive been seeing red flags in this person from their dms to me literally 2 years ago #my posts #im being purposefully vague dont @ me #i dont want to be involved i just think its so gd funny #all the twists and turns to read through its like a movie #im so so sorry to the other creators tho. believe me #i know how it feels to trust someone and learn theyve turned their back on you and talked shit about you #they have every right to feel as hurt and betrayed as they do #and you. focal point of all this. you are pretty scummy to be pulling this shit after bragging your experience and maturity in this fandom #saying others should know better bitch you should know better!! #quit projecting your superiority complex onto others and stay in your gd lane #okay . . . rant over #delete later

[sapphic-agent]

Let's Talk About How Book 3 Ruined Aang

If you've seen any of my prior ATLA posts, you know that I don't hate Aang. In fact, I quite liked him in Books 1 and 2. He was flawed, as all characters should be, but the show didn't shy away from those flaws or justify them. He was called out for burning Katara and rushing his firebending, Sokka and Katara were rightfully upset when he hid Hakoda's letter, he willingly owns up to the fact that his actions helped drive Toph away, and his entire arc after losing Appa and finding hope again in The Serpent's Path was beautifully done.

(Hell, even in The Great Divide Katara says what Aang did was wrong and he agrees. It's played for comedy, but the show still makes the effort to point out that what he did wasn't the right thing to do. You're just meant to understand that he was fed up and acted off of that)

Those flaws and mistakes were addressed and improved upon and helped Aang to grow as a character.

But for some reason, that aspect of Aang's character was completely flipped in Book 3.

The best examples of this are in both TDBS and EIP. Both the show and the fandom are too quick to brush off that Aang kissed Katara twice without her consent, one of which after she explicitly said she was confused about her feelings.

(And yes, she is angry in response and Aang calls himself an idiot. But after this, it isn't really addressed. They go on like nothing happened for the rest of the episode. Aang's lamentation comes from screwing things up with her romantically, not that he violated boundaries)

The show never really addressed why what he did was wrong. Not only because he wasn't given consent, but also because both times he isn't thinking about what Katara wants. In both instances, Aang is only thinking about himself and his feelings. This is something that persists through a lot of the third book. And by Sozin's Comet it ultimately ruins any character development he had built up in the second book.

One thing I feel was completely disregarded was the concept of having to let go of Katara in order to master the Avatar State.

For me, the implication wasn't that he had to give up love or happiness necessarily. He was emotionally attached to and reliant on Katara, to the point where she was needed to stop him from hurting everyone around him and himself. This is obviously detrimental to his functionality as the Avatar. And the point of him "letting her go" wasn't that he had to stop caring about her, it was that his emotional dependency on her was stopping him from being the Avatar he needed to be and that was what needed to be fixed. I don't even think it's about the Avatar State itself, it's about being able to keep your emotions and duty as the Avatar separate.

(If you look at Roku, he loved and had a wife. It wasn't his love for her that messed everything up, it was his attachment to Sozin. He wasn't able to let Sozin go and not only did he lose his life for it, the world suffered for it. It's the unhealthy attachments that seem to be detrimental, not love itself)

And Aang realizes that in the catacombs, which is how he's able to easily enter the Avatar State and seemingly control it. He let Katara go.

So then why does it seem like his attachment to Katara is not only stronger, but worse in mannerism? He liked Katara in Books 1 and 2- obviously- but he was never overly jealous of Jet or Haru. He only makes one harmless comment in Book 2 when Sokka suggests Katara kiss Jet.

But suddenly he's insanely jealous of Zuko (to the point of getting frustrated with Katara over it), off the basis of the actions of actors in a clearly misrepresentative play. Katara showed a lot more interest in Jet and Aang was completely fine with it.

(Speaking of EIP, Aang's reaction to being played by a woman was interesting. He wore a flower crown in The Cave of Two Lovers. He wove Katara a flower necklace. He wore Kyoshi's clothes and makeup and made a funny girl voice. He willingly responded to Twinkle Toes and had no issue being called that. And for some reason he's genuinely upset about being played by a woman? Aang in Books 1 and 2 would have laughed and enjoyed the show like Toph did. His aversion to feminity felt vastly out of character)

I guess my point is, why did that change? Why was Aang letting go of Katara suddenly irrelevant to the Avatar State? It felt like him letting go was supposed to be a major part of his development. Why did that stop?

Myself and many others have talked about The Southern Raiders. The jist of my thought process about it is his assumption that he knew what was best for Katara. And the episode doesn't really call out why he was wrong. Maybe sparing Yon Rha was better for Katara, maybe it wasn't (the only one who's allowed to make that choice is her). Pushing forgiveness? That was wrong. But the episode has Zuko say that Aang was right when the course of action Katara took wasn't what Aang suggested.

Katara's lesson here was that killing him wouldn't bring back her mother or mend the pain she was going through and that Yon Rha wasn't worth the effort. That's what she realizes. Not that she needed to embrace forgiveness. How could she ever forgive that? The episode saying Aang was right wasn't true. Yes she forgives Zuko, but that wasn't what Aang was talking about. He was specifically talking about Yon Rha.

And that was wrong. Aang can choose the path of forgiveness, that's fine. That's his choice. But dismissing Katara's trauma in favor of his morals and upbringing wasn't okay.

I know it sounds like this is just bashing Kataang. But it's not simply because I don't like Kataang, in my opinion it brings down Aang's character too, not just Katara's. But let's steer away from Kataang and Katara for a minute.

The one thing that solidifies Aang's character being ruined in Book 3 for me is the fact that he- at the end of the story- does the same thing he did in the beginning.

He runs away when things get hard.

Aang couldn't make the choice between his duty and his morals. So he ran. Maybe it wasn't intentional, but subconsciously he wanted an out. And this is really disappointing when one of the things he was firm about in Book 2 was not running anymore. His character went backwards here and that's not even getting into the real issue in Sozin's Comet.

There's been contention about the Lion Turtle intervention. For many- including myself- it's very deus ex machina to save Aang from having to make a hard decision. And that in turn doesn't reflect kindly on his character.

Everyone- Sokka, Zuko, Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, and Yangchen (who was another Airbender and was raised with the same beliefs he was and would understand which was the whole point of him talking to her)- told him he had to kill Ozai. They all told him it was the only way. And he refused to listen to any of them, rotating through his past lives until he was given the answer he wanted.

And before anyone says that I'm bashing Aang for following his culture, I'm not. Ending the war peacefully, in my opinion, wasn't the problem. In a way, I think it allowed the world to heal properly. However, that doesn't make up for the fact that Aang refused to make a choice and face the consequences of that choice. Instead, he's given an out at the very last second.

Even if he couldn't kill Ozai and someone else had to deliver the final blow, that would have been better than the Lion Turtle showing up and giving him a power no one's ever had before. It would have been a good compromise, he doesn't have to have blood directly on his hands but what needs to be done needs to still get done. It would also show that being the Avatar isn't a burden he has to bear alone. That when things get hard, he can't run away but he can rely on the people closest to him to help him through hard decisions.

All these issues aren't necessarily a problem with Aang. Aang prior to Book 3 didn't have most of these problems. This is a problem with the way he was handled

#aang critical #anti aang #tagging just in case #i don't want aang stans accusing me of cross tagging #it's really not anti aang tho #long post #anti bryke #this is their fault #look how they massacred my boy #anti kataang #katara deserved better #she's not the focus here #but i thought I'd add that there #character analysis #atla critical #anti book 3 #which is kind of an exaggeration #because a lot of book 3 is great #it's just most of the latter half

[sysig]

Puts the “plates” in “Fellplates” (Patreon)

#Doodles #Handplates #UT #Fellplates #Gaster #Papyrus #Hurt Gaster! Do it! Maybe classic will get a shiver down the infiniteness of the multiverse! #I wonder if he'd actually do it to himself or if he'd get it put on him by someone else for the full dramatic twist haha #Who even would? Asgore from sheer force? Alphys?? Idk lol #It's just the irony for me for now ♪ #Although to completely cover them there'd have to be four rather than two :0 Hmm #Alphys' gift of fingerless gloves was a lot less invasive hm ♪ But that's part of the fun #I don't mean to keep doing crossovers - quite anyway lol - but hmm could that be 2-P from Fellplates with so much empathy in his eyes? #I guess it's the question of if Monsters Are or if they are Made ♪ Personally I'm partial to the latter but I do still fall into the former #Well either way - the important part is a Papyrus that doesn't like what he sees! He knows how much those hurt first (or 2nd? pfft) hand #And then just some errant thoughts about the Lost Soul head style and Gaster's void scars - give 'em to this version why not #Does any Gaster remain unscathed? Would he even be Gaster in that case? :) #A smile behind the white glow and tired eyes ringed by dark scars ♪ Fellplates is fun because he always looks good when he's suffering #The void smoke is still quite fun to draw hehe

[miramelindamusings]

I’ve been drawing Eddie and Chrissy lately :)! The first one is a sketch for an idea I have where its a hellcheer version of Francis Tipton Hunter’s “Helping with Homework,” and the last one is a bit of a continuation of Eddie and Chrissy exchanging mixtapes--Chrissy is listening to ZZ Top’s “Pearl Necklace.” Also, I’m not sure if anyone else remembers Schoolhouse Rock! (it was already old when I was a kid), but it was an American educational program from the 70s and I thought it might be cute for them to bond over it - “3 is a magic number” is a personal favorite (x)!

#hellcheer #eddssy #edssy #eddie munson #chrissy cunningham #eddie x chrissy #corroded coffin #stranger things #st #in case it's hard to see Chrissy is reading The Last Unicorn :) #I really think Chrissy would help with homework and make sure Eddie graduates #for the song it was a toss up between Poison's Talk Dirty to Me and ZZ Top's Pearl Necklace #But I personally think the suggestiveness of the latter was a better fit #I put some random precalclus problems I found on a worksheet online for the homework help and I immediately got a headache #trying to teach myself how to solve those problems haha #my art #my fanart #digital art

[cryptvokeeper]

don’t get me wrong I think the general interpretation of Leo being like “I put up a cocky front but deep down I don’t actually think I’m that great and that’s why I have something to prove” is good. It’s cool, plenty of drama/angst potential and probably what the creators were going for, I’m here for it.

But there is a distinct appeal to me of the slightly-to-the-left interpretation of Leo being like “it’s not a front, I know I’m that good/smart/skilled, but I also know I’m seen by others as just the goofball face man and that’s why I have something to prove.”

#Rottmnt #Wild metaphor incoming but it’s like the difference between a hersheys bar and fancy Ghirardelli or something #At the end of the day they’re both chocolate. But ones got a bit more depth. #where was I going with this again idk I got caught up in food metaphor #It’s like. With the first one it boils down to character A (in this case Leo) going “I’m useless because I’m not good at [thing]” #Resulting in those around him either going “of course you’re good at thing! Remember the time you were good at thing?” #Or sometimes “it doesn’t matter that you’re not good at [thing] we love you regardless of what you can provide” #And again THATS GOOD THATS SOME GOOD SHIT #I LOVE THAT #but with the latter it’s more like “I know I’m good at thing *but I don’t know how to prove it to you*” #And that gives you the best of both worlds where you CAN get character A feeling bad but not for their lack of thing #But because if no can see it surely they *must* be doing something wrong right? #And ALSO you get the characters around them getting all sorts of feelings of “we didn’t do enough to show we believe in them” #Or “we didn’t notice how hard they tried” #Cuz you can get that a little in the first one but it can come off as kinda meh cuz they didn’t actually do anything wrong #It also has more opportunities for emotions besides straight sadness #You can have anger and conflict of “why am I not good enough for you?!” #That straight sef deprecation doesn’t always allow for #You can also have jealously and envy that feels less toxic and more justified #Not that it strictly needs to be justified mind you #Sometimes some toxic feelings stemming from perceived inadequacy are fuckin *chefs kiss* #But again it’s abt the VARIETY yknow #This isn’t even about Rottmnt anymore I’m just rambling #It’s my post and I get to choose the bullshit tags

[maspers]

So I was watching Pokemon (as ya do) and I saw these dynamics:

And I thought.

wait just a diddly darn second I've seen this before

And not just because Pokémon shippers have been arguing about it for like a decade. 

No, I'm talking about this:

IT'S THE SAME THING

YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT

#pokeshipping #amourshipping #ash ketchum #misty pokemon #serena #elmo #zoe sesame street #abby kadabby #less romantic in the latter case #but STILL #idk how to tag this #pokemon #sesame street

[uncanny-tranny]

It actually does bother me that eating is treated like spending money - that you have an allotted allowance in the form of calories that you are supposed to budget.

"How are you spending your calories?" I'm spending them on experiences. I'm spending them on time with my community, my people, those who matter to me. I'm spending them on satiating a human need. I'm spending them on the feeling of being alive and not just living.

If there is one experience that I don't want to "pay" for, it's the basic human right of comfort, security, community, and care.

#anti diet culture #fatphobia #fatphobia tw #disordered eating tw #ed tw #(just in case) #ask to tag #if i had to choose between miserable counting and recounting and reallocating calories and... eating then i'm choosing the latter #there are absolutely health conditions which warrent the *need* to count and stay in a range #but that is entirely different than the societal pressure to be within the idea of a 'right' calorie/nutrient count #if you have a health condition which is affected by food/drink then do what you must to balance your wellness and health and happiness #there is absolutely nothing wrong with that #again that is very different than society coming in and telling you what it thinks you 'should' do about yourself #i know this sounds corny but like #does it not drive you insane to obsess over numbers if you don't have to? #does it drive you insane that you're often treated like you can't or shouldn't be permitted to just live? to ENJOY living?

[lastofthe20thcenturygirls]

i really do love that ryu sun-jae fell for im sol (19yo) and when her personality changed suddenly it did not affect his feelings at all. he loved her when she didn't know he existed he still loves her when she keeps following him around calls herself his fan keeps getting him gifts he even found her sleeping in his room

#usually it's like kim tae-sung's case #(still hoping they become besties and he doesn't falls for her) #like he rejected her and he wasn't at all interested but 34yo im sol was actually very cool #and now he's fascinated by her #knowing kdramas he's going to fall for this sol #19yo sol was crazy about tae-sung but 34yo sol is just treating him like a child and he likes the latter for sun-jae it's still sol #also it's kinda opposite for sun-jae 19yo sol didn't know him and 34yo sol is just going wherever he goes #lovely runner #kdrama #god i am awful at wording anything #im sol #ryu sun jae #kim tae sung

[gordonsicedcoffee]

BETSY RUSSELL as JILL TUCK SAW VI (2009) dir. Kevin Greutert

#could not find a gifset ?? of my woman ever ?? so here u go #saw vi #jill tuck #betsy russell #sawedit #horroredit #filmedit #mine #she's so. She #kramer gay as hell I would've gone CRAZY #the latter saw films just being jill facing the entirely horrendous & disturbing consequences of being w/a man who is into astrology #many. such cases #not even ONCE!!!!!!! #also. the saw writers can truly catch me outside for the mangling of her character. I will fight god & walk backwards thru hell about THAT #do not get me started!!! #anyway she's alive and I'm making out w/her. goodnight

[utilitycaster]

One of my greatest and simplest litmus tests is that if people are like "the finale of (insert literally any show) didn't happen" I have zero interest in hearing anything else. If they say the finale sucked then great, I can engage with that even if I disagree, but when people are like haha I deny the existence of outcomes I dislike it's like yeah I don't really want that energy.

#this applies to c2 but honestly I'm thinking about ted lasso #as someone who watched himym and bsg back in MY day when we disliked finales it was bc they were actually bad #and actually went against the themes of the show #not because our bad ships didn't happen #but also even in the latter case at least own up instead of developing a culture of delusion

[quasarifxxy]

You ever think about how Miri is unintentionally Kazurei's number one matchmaker. How, if it weren't for her, their hearts would still be closed off. Kazuki would still be running away from love, burying his heart in gambling and the like. Still wallowing in guilt and believing that he's undeserving of finding happiness. Rei wouldn't even consider himself capable of it, thinking that he is powerless beyond the cold-blooded murderer people (him) always believed him to be. They would be static, constantly hesitant and afraid to get past each other's walls beyond what they assumed is ideal, close but not enough to be able to completely understand each other. I mean, they do, but instead of having the guts to communicate and verbalize their inner feelings, they constantly tiptoe around each other's boundaries, hoping that the other will get the message. Miri, on the other hand, broke them free of their constraints and led them to the realization of what they genuinely want.

These two hitmen were emotionally constipated and the presence of Miri in their life allowed them to be capable, or rather, ready to love (again, in Kazuki's case). In the early days, I don't think that either of them were prepared to love at all. Even more, they'd deprive themselves of it -- it was an obligation as hitmen. To love was a hindrance in itself, and would inevitably lead to loss. From the bottom of my heart, fuck you Shigeki

I'm a firm believer that they only started falling in love in the events of episode 6-8 or even episode 11. In Rei's case, I personally headcanon him to have very light, warm feelings since the days Kazuki started taking care of him, but never having the name for it

#buddy daddies #kazurei #kazuki kurusu #rei suwa #just like kazurei my brain was tiptoeing my point the entire post #LMAOO #in kazuki's case i still believe he fell harder. #like #he just liked taking care of rei. its something he found comfort in doing #i was so tempted to elaborate on what rei thinks about love before miri's presence but #thats way too many loops #im just obsessed with the guy. good fucking god #hopefully u successfully comprehended this #my buddy daddies brainrot will NOT be reaching the end anytime soon #speaking of kazuki falling harder. remember the look he gave rei when the latter gained the courage to cheer on miri #YEAH #thats when he realized that hes just as devoted to their family. hed RIDE AND DIE FOR THIS FAMILY

[buttercupshands]

mixing is in progress...

#sketch #my art #shigaraki tomura #flowey #wanderer #scaramouche #otto apocalypse #I won't tag fandoms themselves since this is a mess #but this mess really describes what is going on in my head for past couple of months #this is hyperfixation pile #I can talk without rest about those four or at least could when it comes to wanderer #there's simply not enough stuff to talk about #Otto or Luocha too #Flowey and Tomura on the other hand somehow make the simplest stuff seem interesting #like... idk how many times I've talked about ch 235-237 they're just... #anyway it's a month old sketch that I finished just now #and I actually revisited all of those stories at least a little #forgot to color the phone in Tomura's hands but it actually looks better uncolored #fanart #in my head if you try to mix Wanderer with Tomura the latter will just do the same thing he did with Overhaul #which is showing that he is way stronger still #or something like that #Flowey is just chilling and so does Otto #as long as one does't annoy the other they're all chilling #but running is still the best option since all of them are highly dangerous #and would probably make an awful team since 3 out of 4 think that they are the important one of the team #while Otto is the one doing all the stuff while watching them fight #he's literally the voice of reason here and it's REALLY bad if that's the case #he's a great teacher and mentor but his life choices are still questionable #still better than afo for Tomura but eerily similar

[loversandantiheroes]

The dopamine is stored in the farming sims.

#in case anyone was wondering why i've been so quiet #bouncing between coral island and palia #also the latter has a single dad who is 100% deliberately pedro coded #like hello this is purple fantasy joel miller #and they finally made him romancable even #anyway hi i love you all i'm not dead #i'm just still in medication adjustment limbo

[sukimas]

if yakumo yukari asks you to do something just say no and walk in the other direction. not because it’s a trick or anything but because if you do a favor for her you will then in future have to interact with yakumo yukari.

#preferable as an enemy rather than a friend honestly #at least in the former case you know what to expect- getting ousted from gensokyo #cruelly yet beautifully #latter? well good luck getting rid of her now

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

.

#My issue with side y discourse generally is when they say you shouldn't use queer lables because your identity in Christ should be first. #like yes it should but if you're also comfortable calling someone straight then you're being a hypocrite #because that is an identical kind of lable #and same with other labels! are you comfortable calling yourself your ethnicity? your age? your gender? your job title? #then you're doing the exact same thing and in none of those cases is it considered that you're not putting your identity in Christ first #if I said I'm british people wouldn't be like ooh you're prioritising being British above God #like I COULD but not by using the label itself #I'm British. I'm female. I'm 21. I'm straight. #vs I'm british. I'm female. I'm 21. I'm bisexual. #I think if people have an issue with the latter but not the former that logic just doesn't follow through #and i know some people are more comfortable saying SSA #which I totally respect #but a. I personally am not because it feels stigmatizing and b. that's still a label in the same way #idk man I just don't get this specific approach. #also I know that's not all side y. but it defo is some of them!!!

[oklotea]

Sooooo I haven't moved on from the trolls world tour bounty hunters.

The reggaeton trolls and their really cool designs and music....

Hickory and Dickory's entire thing with playing the long haul in trying to get close to poppy to steal her string.......

THE KPOP TROLLS AND THEIR MISSED POTENTIAL AND AND THEIR DESIGNS AND THEY'RE REALLY CUTE AND LOVELY

And CHAZ THE FUCKING SMOOTH JAZZ TROLL!??!??!??!?! need I say more. I mean just look at him.

I am going to start. A fandom. Surrounding these guys. Just watch me.

They are so silly and I love them

#trolls #yes i have art of them that i am too embarrassing to show off but #trust that i am THINKING ABOUT THEM. ALL THE TIME. ITS RIDICULOUS #just..... THE QUESTIONS I HAVE SURROUNDING THEM. THEY HAVE NO LAND TO GO HOME TOO. BASICALLY MINORITIES. #and now that all the trolls are living in harmony they are much more accepted in places #but???? they still dont really have a place to go home too?? like. not a real permanent place #where did these guys come from? were they once part of a big troll music genre clan and then they left #or is there some sort of forgotten history at play here? #i like the latter #headcanon! all the bounty hunter subgenre trolls end up gravitating to one another so even before world tour they have already known each #other #aaaggghhhhhh these guys were so cool tbh. FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM WORLD TOUR #GOD I MISS THEM #I NEED THEM BACK #they have a weird cautiously getting along with eachother (most of the time) keeping a safe distance but still wary of one another #especially before world tour cause they would be aware that the giant genre troll clans dont like and stay #from eachother #so where does that leave them? #maybe these little guys had a rare case in which they didn't have the same animosity a giant portion of troll society have #and maybe deep down #as minorities #they're curious of one another. #and that things would be better if they looked out for eachother. #hickory trolls #wani trolls #tresillo trolls #chaz trolls #oklo makes a post