#we stan sokka in this house

[muguathepapaya]

It’s Master Katara

After one too many officials dismiss Katara, she gives a friendly reminder :]

#This was a lot of fun to draw #never tried to do water that wasn’t in a painting before so this was cool #Katara #aang #zuko #sokka #master katara #avatar the last airbender #papayadraws #firelord zuko #atla fanart #Katara fanart #Katara water bending #water bender #water bending #Katara has every reason to be angry #in this house we Stan Katara

[jasmine-tea-latte]

Zutara antis: You only ship it because you want to bang Zuko’s pixels that’s why you self-insert as Katara!

Me, an intellectual:

Nah, but do you have any idea who I did want to be when I was watching the show for the first time around back when it first aired?

This Bad Bitch (TM) right here:

✅ Leader of a group of badass warrior women

✅ Down to earth and independent

✅ Overall seems like a well-adjusted individual who’s always got your back

✅ Puts the sexist member of the Gaang in his place and has him chugging that respect women juice for the rest of his life

✅ Did I mention she’s a badass?

✅ Has one of the greatest strategical minds / funniest characters in the show ever simping over her like a lovestruck dork

So the point is that no, just because someone ships Zutara doesn’t mean that they self insert as Katara (and even if they did? Who cares? Like A@ng isn’t a self insert of his creators, but I digress.)

Anyways Suki is my awesome warrior queen and deserves all the shout outs. That is all 💚

#suki my love! #in this house we stan Suki #Suki is the real MVP of the series #suki #suki x sokka #sukka

[sokkastyles]

Saw some Azula stans saying that she isn't cruel or awful because she treated her prisoners well, and they cited the fact that Hakoda was healed from his wounds the next time we see him after the invasion, so apparently that means that Azula treated him well in the prison. What do you think?

Seriously, though, we don't need to point to how Azula might treat her prisoners to decide whether she is cruel, because we have plenty of other examples of her being cruel, like threatening to kill soldiers if they don't sail into dangerous waters, forcing her friend to perform her circus act in extremely dangerous conditions, smiling when Zuko is burned, making fun of Iroh for grieving Lu Ten's death, making fun of Zuko's scar two other times, making fun of her brother and friends when they talk about their trauma and calling them "sob stories" and "performances," and suggesting burning down Chan's house to make herself feel better about him rejecting her, to name a few.

She may have not mistreated the prisoners but she definitely was trying to hurt Sokka in an extremely cruel way when she told him Suki was her "favorite" prisoner. It's ambiguous what that means and it may not mean she went out of her way to treat her cruelly, but it does imply a joy in Suki's suffering which is definitely cruel. Like, she's not saying Suki is her favorite prisoner as a compliment, the way it's delivered is intended to make Sokka dwell on Suki's pain, and it works. It's an extremely cruel line for multiple reasons.

Also? I don't give a shit how well she treats prisoners. She's a conquering princess from an imperialist nation, she doesn't have a right to imprison people for defending their homes, and it's perverse to argue that wrongfully imprisoning people is treating them well. Particularly indigenous people, considering the colonialist history of indigenous peoples being forcibly removed from their homes, imprisoned, and told that they were better off for it. That statement, particularly when applied to Hakoda - and yes, I have seen Azula stans say Hakoda is "better off" for having been imprisoned - is shockingly ignorant.

#azula #hakoda #suki #sokka

[comradekatara]

responding to @levitatingbiscuits reply here because this post is already way too fucking long and I am not subjecting your dashboards to all that, but I do think this conversation is interesting enough to continue it (albeit under the cut):

I agree that roach work’s comment was annoying, and if you were responding to that, I get why you said what you said. this person regularly adds replies to my posts that are completely unrelated to the original point I was making, effectively derailing my argument and getting a bunch of reblogs from their followers who don’t have the common sense to ignore their pointless (and in this case, editorializing) additions. but everyone reblogging my post with your addition attacked me in the notes, as if I had said/implied all that you were arguing against, when I quite literally did not. and they said some quite nasty things, as if I couldn’t see their comments! I don’t go seeking out ppl saying shit about me ever, but if you do it in my house, we’re gonna have a problem.

as for your points...

I 100% agree that defending katara against people who unfairly vilified her, especially during the [vomits] atla renaissance (netflix you will rue the day...) is justified! I quite literally said aloud just last night, “anyone who hates katara can die,” and I fully fucking meant it. I don’t know why you seem to think we don’t agree here. maybe because I don’t think the solution to combatting idiotic, racist & misogynistic fans is by extolling katara to the point where you can’t appreciate her for her flaws. her flaws make her who she is as much as her virtues, and I would never negate the depth of her character just because I love her. I don’t “stan” katara, I appreciate her as a character who inspired me as a child for her strength and growth and brilliance, who is stunningly well-written and compelling.

meanwhile, the older I get, the more I’ve come to appreciate sokka. yes, I too was obsessed with katara the moment she came onscreen, especially when she showed the full depth of her anger over sokka’s misogynistic comment. I’d literally never even seen misogyny addressed before, let alone been given permission to be angry with it. katara knows her worth, and that makes her so fucking important!!! and yes, I know what it’s like to raise misogynistic brothers; it’s a thankless job!

katara was immediately inspiring to me, but appreciating sokka and the full depth of his character has been something earned with time. i think it's incredibly easy to misread him, dismiss his underlying motivations, and just generally discard him for the sake of the more exciting and shiny characters (in my case katara, azula, toph, iroh. truly appreciating aang has also been something i needed to grow older to do, but i think the more my maternal instincts develop, the more i want to pinch his baby cheeks and wrap him up in a big hug and kiss his forehead and put him in my pocket... i digress). i have come to forgive sokka for his sexism, and even excuse it. does that mean i think katara isn't in the right to challenge patriarchal ideas? of course she fucking is! just because sokka was deeply misguided in his gender essentialist views for logical reasons (before meeting suki, that is) it's not like katara should excuse him for it. katara has every right to get mad, every time she gets mad, and i love that her anger is treated as a virtue, because it is! her anger is righteous and sympathetic and revolutionary. she is so fucking important.

by "delicate touch" i didn't mean "sokka isn't acting like an airport dad" because i would never deny his grumpiness. sokka can be a massive cunt most of the time, and i love that about him. he is a miserable, neurotic, curmudgeonly little freak, and frankly, that rules. i think we need more teenage jewish grandpa representation always.

^ literally sokka

i think by delicate touch (again, i wrote this post like 3 years ago, i don't even remember writing it) i just meant that as much as he does kvetch, he also knows how to engage them in a way that gets them to do what he wants. when he makes them go to the library, he frames it in their terms, as if he's taking a vacation (frankly, taking a vacation to a library is something i've actually done, and it was awesome, but we all know how their library excursion turned out, so, yknow). or just how the only time he ever actually even reveals like a fraction of his insecurities is in "sokka's master," because as much as he complains, he never actually wants to burden them with his internal problems (which is not why aang bottles up his shit, and i think we all know that). as much as he complains, he also tries as hard as possible to preserve their innocence whenever he can, especially when it comes to aang. he could've been way less indulgent of aang's antics, but he isn't, because he knows how important it is for aang to be a kid despite the enormous loss he's suffered. anyway, since i know how hard it is to wrangle twelve year olds and try to convince them to do something when they'd rather do something else, sokka is fucking jesus on the cross for that, and you can't change my mind.

and by "de facto chief" i don't mean that sokka was the one taking care of the whole tribe. obviously kanna and the other adults were the ones in charge of making sure the community functioned smoothly, because again, sokka was like thirteen, and thirteen years olds are fucking useless. what i meant was that sokka took what hakoda said to heart, and thus considered himself the first and last line of defense should the fire nation ever return. it's not remotely a reach to think sokka was prepared to die for katara, because a) his mother literally did and b) his father all but told him to? maybe he was just trying to placate his kid, because i really doubt hakoda would actually be in favor of letting his son get himself killed, but it's clear that sokka took that to heart in the way in which he prioritizes katara over everything else. also, it's clear that hakoda does respect sokka a lot. he calls him a "great warrior" and a "genius," and it's not in vain, sokka is those things! hakoda sees his son better than he sees himself.

and i would never claim that katara talks about her issues for attention or sympathy from others. that's absurd. anyone who does so is plain wrong. but empathizing with others isn't emotional labor, it's healing for her, it's cathartic. when she talks to haru, jet, zuko, hama, aang, etc. about her trauma, she's doing so from a place of healthy emotion and vulnerability wherein she is exchanging empathy between them, receiving comfort and comforting in return. sokka doesn't know how to do that, which is a shortcoming to be sure, but the fact that katara is so open about her trauma does signify that she never felt a need to bottle it up the way sokka clearly does. (i would argue sokka's arc in the entire "swamp" episode is about the spirits all but taunting him for being so repressed about his trauma, but that's for another post.)

sokka wanted a bag to carry supplies in, not because it was fashionable. he enjoys that the bag matches the belt he got from the earth rumble tournament (he had no intention of purchasing such a belt), but katara is the one who shows an interest in fashion. and to be clear, i'm not saying that sokka would immediately know how and what to forage in unfamiliar terrain; foraging is fucking hard, and that's when you already have any kind of guide. katara is definitely the one buying the groceries, i won't argue that. whenever sokka is in the vicinity of a grocer while wearing blue, they tend to dismiss him with outright hostility, while being much more sympathetic to katara. it's a running joke that throughout the earth kingdom adults are far kinder to katara than to sokka. but this isn't actually an issue when they're hiding out in the fire nation and both disguised in red, curious! i wonder why adults fed imperialist rhetoric their whole life might internalize the idea that a young water tribe girl is harmless whereas a water tribe boy is a threat to be treated with hostility... but yknow, it could also just be vibes. katara does generally have a more pleasant attitude. it could just be that. who can say!

as for "jet," as i've already stated, i don't think the gaang has a leader. but katara does grow to trust sokka's instincts more and more over the course of the show. and sokka only tells katara not to trust jet once he has evidence! he tells her that he beat up a harmless old man, and katara still takes jet's side, even though he's obviously lying. as for aang, i really don't think sokka's instincts not to trust a person who for all intents and purposes should not currently exist and suddenly waltzes into their life while ignoring their current reality are that contrived. katara thinks she's in a story that she is the narrator and hero of (which, metatextually speaking, is true), but sokka thinks he's in a war and is thus suspicious of magical little manic pixie dream boys. and not for nothing, aang does set off the fire nation flare that alerts zuko to the location of their village, so sokka's instincts were actually correct here, even if aang is of course an angel.

and katara calms aang down from the avatar state, what, twice? and once she's literally just talking to him from behind a rock. her act in "the desert" is 100% a testament to her bravery and the unique bond she shares with aang, i'm not denying that whatsoever. sokka simultaneously shields toph in this moment, which granted is far less dangerous than what katara does with aang, but is also a subtle moment that demonstrates the nature of his bond with her (i don't really have a point here, i just love aang & katara and sokka & toph's relationships). i don't remember katara comforting aang for burning her, i just remember her reasonably telling him that he can't let his guilt get in the way of learning firebending, and showing him that she's healed to calm him down. and the comics are stupid, so i'm not even gonna address this point. anyway. sokka does come to trust her to fight her own battles as the show goes on and she gets demonstrably stronger, but he still worries about her whenever she's in trouble, and would do anything to protect her. he's still her big brother.

katara's idealism is inspiring & beautiful & heroic. but yes, it is also naive. that's not even a bad thing! katara fighting to preserve her childhood wonder and innocence in the face of incalculable loss is deeply moving to me. aang and katara show sokka and toph how to become more awe-inspired and vulnerable over the course of the show. sokka never would've suggested a beach party in "sozin's comet" if not for aang and katara's influence. that's growth. but that doesn't mean that katara was right to trust zuko in the crystal catacombs, or that she was right to trust jet, or aunt wu, or hama. i understand why she trusts these people (especially jet and especially hama), and it's hardly a bad thing to see the potential good in everyone, but zuko's betrayal hits her so hard because she had mistakenly put so much faith in him right before he turned around and helped azula kill aang. of course she sees potential in both aang and zuko, though. she's the heart of the show, and they're both mirrors to her character in significant ways. sokka is not a part of this central thematic triad, and he doesn't care that he's in a story, he just wants to make sure that his friends and family don't get murdered. they have different narrative priorities, but katara's are admittedly much prettier.

also, of course sokka wouldn't say he sees himself as a sacrificial lamb. even if he realized this about himself (which i also don't think he does), he wouldn't say it. saying it would negate the entire point. but i do think it's justified by the text. katara clearly carries the guilt of knowing kya died for her, and it's what inspires her to try and be her own mother for herself and her family, and to be the best waterbender in the world. sokka doesn't have that guilt. while katara feels it her duty to remember, to carry on her mother's legacy so that her sacrifice was not in vain, sokka feels it his duty to repress, to tamp down any shred of humanity that is not relevant to the war and to making sure his sister isn't killed for who she is. i don't think it's a reach for him to want to emulate his parents in this regard, since he clearly idealizes them and their bravery in defending their home, their culture, and their family.

no, i don't think sokka acts like a mom or a dad or even a wacky uncle (a grandpa, maybe). my point was to illustrate how neither of them are parents. they may try to emulate their parents in many regards, but they are still both very much kids, who happen have both seen far too much for their years. and katara mourns kya differently (more, as she claims, which i believe to be true) because her death was deeply personal to katara, in a way that it just wasn't for sokka. like i said, sokka represses his trauma. he claims that he thinks about yue all the time, and yet he barely ever talks about her. a defining moment in his life, which is hakoda leaving him behind, is only revealed to us in a flashback that occurs while he's sitting quietly by the fire watching over katara and aang as they sleep. katara's way of mourning kya was to try to become her in her guilt over her sacrifice. do you really think sokka doesn't understand the implications of this?

sure, he dismisses the domestic labor she does, which sucks of him for sure, though i'd argue it's just as much his cerebral stem bro attitude that prioritizes ideas and theory over those little manual tasks as it is straight up sexism. but yeah, it sucks. i know very few men who appreciate the work that goes into those "feminine chores," and it's absolutely because what is categorized as feminine is devalued by society. but yes, i think if the binary established is between "mom" and "servant", sokka sees katara as someone who is simply better at feminine labor, and that's not great of him, but katara does enjoy being feminine, so i understand why he'd make that assumption, seeing as the only thing she doesn't seem to enjoy is doing his laundry for him, which, yknow, checks out. do your own laundry, sokka.

again, katara has a more personal connection to the events surrounding kya's death. it's why her saying "you didn't love her the way i did" is both deeply hurtful, and something she clearly believes to be true. what she really means is, "you didn't grieve her the way i did," and it's because sokka doesn't feel like his very existence was responsible for her death. "the southern raiders" is a deeply personal episode for katara, and zuko is the one who understands her trauma, more intimately than sokka can, because kya did not sacrifice herself for him, but ursa did with zuko.

and yes, katara's seemingly throwaway line about how she's lost her childhood innocence hits really hard. it's why she's so immediately drawn to aang. because she wants to have fun again, but no one is there to encourage her, certainly not her depressed as fuck brother who only cares about being a better warrior. aang and katara inspire each other to preserve their innocence and they get to be kids together, which is what makes their friendship such a beautiful thing.

katara has a lot of skills and roles sokka doesn't. he can't midwife, he can't heal (obviously), he can't shop for groceries in the earth kingdom without being abused by vendors. he could probably cook and sew if he set his mind to it (we never actually see katara clean, but we do see sokka clean appa) but katara seems pretty confident in those areas, so why step on her toes. but sokka also has a lot of skills and roles katara does not. he reads maps, makes schedules, strategizes in battles, helps invent new technology, is able to fight without bending, is able to sense red flags that katara refuses to see, etc etc. they balance each other out, both emotionally and practically. considering that they basically raised each other, and didn't have parents to do things for them, it makes sense that they each have their own skillset, and function as a codependent team.

"the desert" puts her in a new situation to show that she's the group's heart. not just the group's heart, but the show's heart. she is the narrative center. that's what i mean by "the desert" being a trial for katara. it's not that no one else will step up, it's that they can't. aang is in the first stages of experiencing an immense grief, toph is feeling guilty and scared and lost, and sokka's attempt to quench their thirst put him out of commission for the rest of the day (though granted, he was trying to be helpful). katara is always there. she will never give up on people who need her. that's a core tenet of her character, and it is what makes her not only so kind and giving, but also a revolutionary leader. it's why i think she should go on to be chief, because while sokka wants to be like hakoda, he's not actually a warrior at heart, but katara is an inspiration to many, and her connection with people and the way she sees the best in them is what makes her the pride and joy of her people, just as much as her waterbending skill.

toph and katara are both in the wrong in the chase. katara comes from a communal society where everyone pitches in, so she sees toph as a spoiled brat for not helping her. toph came from a family that acted as if she was useless and helpless, so she thinks by letting every member of the group carry their own weight, she is affording them the basic respect her parents did not afford to her. it's a classic miscommunication, which escalates because katara and toph are both very loud, assertive middle schoolers who don't enjoy compromising their beliefs. they eventually do, which we see illustrated in the spa episode. but katara clearly wants to go to the spa and enjoys every second of it, she's just taking toph with her because she thinks toph needs a shower. for the most part, they both have a good time, katara because she enjoys feminine activities and relaxing, toph because she likes mud and spending time with her friends, and both of them because they got to do violence to some mean girls.

aang also gets mad at toph because he's prone to take katara's side in arguments, and also she insults appa, which is the final straw for him, even though toph is fully right about appa's shedding being how azula tracks them. toph leaves because she thought she was joining people who would make her feel respected, but they don't. katara literally mocks toph for being blind. i also got bullied for being disabled when i was their age, and i don't blame toph for not taking that shit. it's downright cruel. iroh helps her adjust her perspective, but ultimately sokka is the one who makes her feel most welcomed and seen, and while she loves katara and aang, it's clear that sokka is her best friend. he's also the only one who doesn't interfere in their fight in "the chase" (because he knows there's no winning against two extremely stubborn, sleep-deprived powerhouses).

katara didn't sacrifice her childhood for the sake of her family, her childhood was robbed from her. there's a crucial difference. she doesn't sacrifice her own emotional needs to comfort others, she engages in fruitful dialogues. the only person she actually sacrifices anything for is aang, you're right, and i do think that's extremely important as an aspect of her character. she believes in the power of the avatar, and she loves aang deeply. it's why if aang is the soul of the show, she is the heart.

zuko isn't a dad to aang, that's just a ridiculous thing to say, sorry. i don't think sokka is a dad to aang either, if anything they're brothers. zuko acts as a brother to aang and katara too. he's their older, grumpy, kind of an airhead, kind of a jerk brother. sort of like sokka 2: electric boogaloo, except unlike sokka, he's a wide-eyed idealist just like they are! idk where i was going with this. my point is i love this trio. lol

you're right to criticize what roach works said, but you were wrong not to specify the target of your criticism. just because someone adds a dumbass comment on my post doesn't mean i endorse it. and just because i make a post appreciating sokka doesn't mean i don't love katara. i mean, i think it should be pretty obvious that i love her a lot. it seems like we grew up in fairly similar circumstances, and while i know what it's like to grow up with a cerebral math bro misogynist brother who gets far more credit for doing far less work and is utterly fucking useless at taking care of himself, that doesn't mean i resent sokka, a fictional character, for whatever commonalities they may share.

katara and sokka are both flawed, multi-dimensional, well-written fictional characters, and i've given a lot of thought to their motivations, nuances, and the unspoken symbolic undertones of their dynamic and its relation to the themes of the narrative. we don't have to agree on what every unspoken detail signifies, but i don't appreciate being misinterpreted, and i especially don't appreciate the implication that i don't love katara, because i absolutely fucking do, with my whole heart, and anyone can see that. she means a lot to me!!! her virtues, her strengths, her flaws, and her failures. she doesn't have to be perfect to be amazing. in fact, if she were perfect, i doubt she'd be amazing at all.

#analysis #katara #sokka #katara&sokka #aang&katara #katara&zuko #might turn a lot of these points into longer analyses eventually #since this is really scattered considering it's just a response to a response to a response of some annoying mf #who loves leaving annoying ass comments on my posts #pour one out...... #(to be clear im talking abt the roach guy. not the biscuit guy) #literally read this reply at 7 am and then spent the next 4.5 hours responding to it????? procrastination is a hell of a drug....... #also being-right-itis. which i do need to be cured of. but not today!!!!!! #anyway im putting this under the cut so hopefully no one sees this and takes it as incentive to harass this person???? which shouldnt need #to be said but i do have way too many followers on here statistically speaking some of u MUST be freaks #sigh. #anyway i hate how widespread the term headcanon is even when what ppl really mean in that context is 'interpretation' #headcanon =/= interpretation #and anyway it seems like we mostly agree #so i think this convo should end here on a cordial note in which we agree on most things and agree to disagree on notes of interpretation #because otherwise we're just going in circles #and there's really no point to that

[blackmagecat]

Made it to episode 3. Sliiiiightly better than episode 2 but the issues from the previous episodes are starting to repeat themselves

Spoilers below

Azula’s intro (and Ozai’s to a lesser extent) now suffers from the same thing Zuko’s does. I am not convinced she is a threat, merely a salty brat that is jealous of her brother.

It is a shame we didn’t get the recruitment scene of Mai and Tai-Lee because those encapsulated perfectly why Azula is a terrifying force to be reckoned with. Even her own best friends fear her

Honestly, she probably shouldn’t have been introduced this early in the show to begin with

They also blew the load too early on Ozai. He works best as a distant tyrant, a nightmarish concept formed in the viewer’s mind over time. We begin to sympathize with Zuko precisely because most audience members can probably imagine having someone like that as a father, to say nothing for desperately wanting to please him.

And of course, Ozai monologues his entire motivation within six seconds of his first appearance like everyone else. Daniel Dae Kim does what he can with this.

Props to our Azula for pulling off the character’s original cadence. Mai and Tai Lee try this to a degree of lesser success

Tai Lee’s wig. Ouch.

It was an interesting choice to combine the Jet, Omashu and Northern Air Temple storylines. Still feels like a bit of speed running but in this case it kinda works

Speaking of pacing, they really need to let the humor hang more. There’s a scene of Sokka’s that the editor just cuts away from too quickly and for seemingly no reason. Like… just let these actors show off their expressions and emotions for once

It’s really disappointing how Katara and Sokka get into a serious inter-sibling conflict and then it gets resolved like a scene or two later. I cannot keep stressing how this show really needs to let these characters breathe.

Admiral Zhao doesn’t feel particularly threatening to Zuko’s mission either? I know this is building up to the Northern Water Tribe but I also wonder if we’re ever getting their Agni Kai. His was always a great parallel to Ozai’s.

I’m not too convinced that Jet’s terrorism plot works well in Omashu, though I still respect the choice. Unfortunately the place becomes conveniently deserted of earth benders (and people in general) whenever it suits the plot.

Also Jet’s motivation, even for all his own monologuing, is kind of unclear? Fire benders bad but let’s kill Bumi because corruption or something?

Jet was never one for having sound logic but at least his plot in the original aimed to tangibly weaken the fire nation. Targeting one of, if not THE most powerful earth bender in the world just makes Jet seem like he might be secretly pro fire nation? Especially with all the intrigue surrounding the mechanist and his affiliations thrown in the mix. I dunno maybe I missed something there

There is also a distressing lack of Momo in this episode. In this house we stan His Royal Momoness

#atla thoughts #avatar the last airbender #netflix #atla spoilers

[eyes-of-mischief]

weekly fic recs | 27

fandoms: atla, bnha, mdzs, tgcf

atla

studying the blade by kryptonianmenace

⚔️ @ thebluespirit 6:56am wait shit i just realized no one knows who i am i can post whatever i want

blue spirit stan @ swordbitch 7:03am @ thebluespirit what are you gonna post?

⚔️ @ thebluespirit 7:05am @ swordbitch i’m gonna say the fuck word

Zuko is a YouTuber making videos under the masked identity the Blue Spirit. Team Avatar is a group of YouTubers who live together that are much more popular than the Blue Spirit. Until one day, Sokka reaches out.

atla x bnha

we are bound, by each crime and every kindness by hyugesoo

Todoroki Shouto dies, ice in his veins and ash in his lungs.

Zuko is born with fire on his lips and tears on his cheeks.

(or, when Shouto is reborn as a prince in a world desperately needing a hero.)

bnha

A Demolition Boy & his Cryptid BF by kewltie

Bakugou of the Demolition Squad is famous for running one of the most popular Youtube channels on the web that regularly blow shit up and jumped off a perfectly good building for shit and giggles. He's also famous for his Cryptid BF™, never appearing on camera except for a few bodyshots and all information on him is kept locked up tighter than Fort Knox, therefore drawing all sort of attention and curiosity toward his mysterious boyfriend.

Deku from Deku Explains is a hopeless chatterbox who is known for uploading 20-30 minutes video that talked about his favorite shows and comics and have one of the most devoted following on Youtube. He also can't seem to shut up about his boyfriend Kacchan, who regularly make his presence on the channel as a disembodied voice.

They should theoretically have nothing in common except a shared platform to host their content and an army of fans with an endless curiosity and devotion to their Youtubers. Vidcon is where we lay our scene and the internet is about to get a rude wake up call.

mdzs

a wild heart to tame mine by theroyalsavage

It's a tale as old as time. Boy moves back to the city he'd fled years before. Boy meets superhero. Superhero saves boy's life. Superhero accidentally breaks the front window of boy's place of employment.

(Lan Wangji just wants to retire from hero work and live a quiet life. Fate, however, has other ideas.)

light travels faster than sound by Anonymous

(explicit)

“Baba,” A-Yuan is saying, tugging happily on his father’s hand. “Wei-laoshi is here!”

“Yes, I see.” Lan Wangji dips his head in Wei Ying’s direction, then begins to gently steer A-Yuan back into the house. “Let’s step aside so that he may come in. Wei Ying, thank you for making time in your schedule.”

“Oh, it was no trouble,” Wei Ying says, waving a hand. It was: he had to rearrange two lessons with other students. “Really, I’m happy to do it.” He realizes he’s still kneeling on the porch, and clambers to his feet. “Besides, money is exchanged for goods and services, right? It’s your money! There’s no need to thank me.”

Lan Wangji blinks. “I suppose… Yes. That is one way of phrasing it.”

(Or: Wei Ying gets a commission, a tutoring job, and a crush.)

tgcf

he doesn't look a thing like jesus (but he talks like a gentleman) by cangji

(explicit)

kindergarten teacher xie lian is adept at minding his own business and getting on with his life - until he discovers one of his students has a very attractive uncle who may or may not be involved with organized crime.

If You Don't Know How to Blow, Blow for Me by trufflehargau

(explicit)

Xie Lian’s eyes flicked halfway up the length of San Lang’s body, sitting rather stiffly on the sofa. He looked kind of awkward, to be honest. Then again, awkwardness was probably a bit of a given when you were sex-coaching the flatmate you’d only known for two weeks.

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Or: Jun Wu has dumped Xie Lian for being bad in bed. Desperate to get him back, Xie Lian asks his new flatmate to be his sex-coach. His new flatmate surprisingly says yes.

hell is the talking type by theroyalsavage

Xie Lian hunts ghosts for the amusement of the internet, has a run-in (or two) with a demon, and falls in love with his best friend. Not necessarily in that order.

#weekly fic recs #no prompt #atla fic recs #bnha fic recs #mdzs fic recs #tgcf fic recs

[electro-strike]

Tag game!

10 fandoms, 10 characters

Thank you @hot-flippin-mess for tagging me!

Avatar: The Last Airbender- Sokka: My main man and best boy

2. BNHA- Fumikage Tokoyami: A little edglord

3. Star Wars- R2-D2: Crime baby

4. Star Trek- Saru: Sweet boy

5. Pokemon- Raihan: He hot

6. MonsterVerse- Godzilla: We stan an old angry grump

7. Downton Abbey- Lady Mary: She is a snob and a prick sometimes but she is my snob

8- Wings of Fire- Darkstalker: Every list needs a good villain

9. Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon- Rhaenys Targaryen: A kick ass lady

10. How to Train Your Dragon- Toothless: Adorable dragon need I say more

#tag game

[fandomsandflyingstingrays]

I posted 2,681 times in 2022

That's 2,102 more posts than 2021!

100 posts created (4%)

2,581 posts reblogged (96%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@luzity

@mandaloriandragontrainer

@soni-dragon

@raayllum

@jellyjay

I tagged 2,607 of my posts in 2022

Only 3% of my posts had no tags

#the owl house - 1,032 posts

#the dragon prince - 546 posts

#the owl house spoilers - 472 posts

#toh spoilers - 470 posts

#luz noceda - 408 posts

#toh hunter - 309 posts

#amity blight - 303 posts

#tdp spoilers - 299 posts

#the dragon prince spoilers - 299 posts

#star wars rebels - 288 posts

Longest Tag: 110 characters

#well now i need to storm lucasfilm and demand an animated short of zeb teaching jacen to ride a space tricycle

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

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534 notes - Posted May 26, 2022

#4

Okay so I was rewatching The Ember Island Players last night and I know we talk a lot about the play being how Zuko found out about Jet’s fate, but does anyone ever think about how it was also probably the only context he had for a lot of the gaang’s adventures? Like that play is also how he discovers that Aang, Katara, and Sokka knew Jet in the first place. He meets Bumi in the next episode and the only background information he has on this man is Bumi randomly rhyming in a cave while Sokka and Katara were slowly consumed by crystals. The only context he ever probably gets for “my girlfriend turned into the moon” is that one weird scene with Yue talking about pickled fish as she ascends into the sky

821 notes - Posted February 18, 2022

#3

Okay I know we’re all freaking out about Hunter and Darius and Willow but the start of this episode also told us so much about Raine.

First of all, the fact that they were the only coven head to turn around when Hunter was calling. Taken together with Hunter’s palisman observations, this could signify a prior connection between the two of them- or just that Raine is a naturally empathetic person who doesn’t want to ignore this clearly lost young boy.

But then, look at their body language as Terra leads them away. Everything is slumped. It’s so clear that they wanted to stay and talk to Hunter. They’re definitely not as willing to go along with Terra as they were during the Coven Day parade- everything about their posture suggests how tired they are of being controlled by her. It’s hopeful to see.

(Also they still post dumb violin jokes on their penstagram and Eda’s still trying to get in touch with them, both of which seem like good signs)

1,077 notes - Posted April 4, 2022

#2

Just started a Gravity Falls rewatch in honor of the ten-year anniversary and one thing I need to talk about is how fantastic this show is at showing character instead of telling it.

One of my favorite scenes is the beginning of D&D&More D because when Ford is chasing the cycloptopus, each character gives one line that, if you hadn’t seen the show before, would instantly clue you in to who they are as characters. (Dipper: “What is it?” Mabel: “Can we keep it?” Stan: “Kill it! Kill it!”)

But lines like that go back to the first episode! Stan offers Dipper and Mabel an item each from the gift shop and Mabel asks, “really?” while Dipper asks, “what’s the catch?” Even if you hadn’t seen his whole journal-induced my-sister’s-boyfriend-is-a-zombie paranoia, you would know just from that dialogue that Mabel is the more optimistic of the two while Dipper is constantly on the hunt for what could go wrong. 

Anyway all the dialogue in this show perfectly serves to add to characterization and I love it so much

1,539 notes - Posted June 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

For the record the knowledge of a two-year time skip is making me lose my mind the number of implications this has

New outfits

Late-teens Callum and Rayla

Darker tone

Twelve-year-old Aanya

Ezran has been king for two years

Zym is two years old

Soren and Claudia have been apart for two years

Amaya and Janai have had plenty of time to start dating

Runaan has been IN THAT FREAKING COIN FOR TWO YEARS

ETHARI STILL THINKS HE’S DEAD

4,439 notes - Posted July 21, 2022

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#year in review #I'm crying at my longest tag I have no memory of writing that #but you know what I stand by it

[kat-unzel]

MERRY CHRISTMAS, if u celebrate Christmas, BUT I LUV U AND HOPE U HAVE A SUPER MEGA AWESOME SPECTACULAR DAY 💕✨🥰😩🥺❤️🥴

AHH BBY MERRY CHRISTMAS (also if u celebrate) ILY I HOPE YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU WANTED 💕💕💕 (and if u don’t I hope you’ve had a good day 💕 gib kith)

#we STAN sokka in this house #luv u bby

[chiliger]

Sokka lifting Zuko up like a rowdy raccoon-possum.

Idea courtesy of my best friend @thevioletathena

#chiligerart #Zukka #Sokka #Zuko #meme #we stan Sokka deadlifting Zuko in this house #avatar #atla

[meitanteisachi]

the s/o dragged me into watching ATLA and now i have a certain zutara inclination

#im taking it 1 episode at a time so im still in S1E7 #first impressions: #zuko reminds me of? sasuke??? LMAO #or is it neji? #or shoto todoroki?? or all of the above #sokka is hilarious but a lil shit tell me he'll get better #katara is wonderful #we stan responsible brave sisters in this house #oh my god Appa is so freaking adorbs it looks like our pet shih tzu #ship thoughts: #look at me. shipping zutara when they havent even met yet lol #me combing thru the zutara tag and seeing enemies-to-friends-to-lovers art #yes. yesssss #and?? it's zutara week in Tumblr? how convenient! #gisa rants

[zukoshotleafjuice]

okay but an incredible atla worldbuilding/continuity thing™ that i don’t see many people talking about is how we see right from the beginning that sokka has a ton of internalized misogyny

and initially you think it’s something to do with how he was the only ‘warrior’ in the village for years etc etc

but then the gaang reaches the northern water tribe, meets pakku and sees the rampant sexism there. and the audience realises that the misogyny we see sokka display is actually very ingrained in water tribe culture itself! and even though it manifests differently in the south than in the north, these are probably just attitudes that sokka was raised with! 

and so sokka learning to drink his respect women juice and reevaluating his earlier beliefs ties in so well with the show’s themes of understanding the world on your own terms and not being tied in to what your family/culture has taught you

#in this house we stan sokka. anyway atla is wild #atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #a:tla #sokka #atla meta #water tribe

[cloudywithachanceofwoof]

suki appreciation post

please enjoy

thank you for your time

#suki #atla #i love her #a Queen #In This House We Respect Suki #also she and sokka are iconic #an incredible duo #10/10 relationship #with 10/10 people #ride or die suki stans #where is the suki lore

[fulltimeshitposter]

Azula : so I heard you're taking my brother to prom

Sokka : yeah I was gonna ask you—

Azula : if you hurt him I will staple dead birds to your car

#avatar the last airbender #incorrect avatar #au where azula isnt a psychopath #i mean she kinda is but still #we stan azula and zuko being normal siblings in this house #azula #incorrect azula #sokka #incorrect sokka #zukka #zukka rights #poor sokka just wanna ask zuko out #zuko: azula plz stop antagonizing my boyfriend

[alphacrone]

i think the thing people tend to overlook when they’re meme-ing katara’s fixation on her mother’s death is that she absolutely blamed herself for not getting to her dad fast enough, or not fighting back against yon rha when kya told her to run. she was literally able to identify her mother’s killer by sight years later. she’s fucking fourteen. that is HEAVY trauma, and frankly I think she could have worse coping mechanisms than treasuring a necklace and being angry at the imperialist invading nation that imprisoned and murdered all of the southern water benders, waged war against her tribe, and wiped out the entire air nation.

#aang and sokka grieve in different manners #aang’s rage and pain take a different form than katara’s #and she was absolutely allowed to be angry at the prince of the nation that attacked her family and tribe #especially since the last time she trusted him aang nearly died #let katara be 14 and angry and grieving #like christ every character on this show needs therapy but it’s only bad when it’s katara hmmm #again this is aimed at the tik tok children whose memes i see on ig #*primarily #i dont see much katara hate nonsense on tumblr #im just cranky #in this house we stan katara and have since we were 12 #tw: death #ok to rb

[lesbians4akihayakawa]

Suki said “bitch move!” and i think that’s very valid

#atla #sokka #suki #sukka #sokka’s face at the end is so funny kajdhsggaha #in this house we stan suki #i will die for her !!! #queen shit !!