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so prepared for track five so long, london that loml hit me like a freight train

#the tortured poets department #taylor motherfucking swift #loml #so long london #actually insane #ttpd

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yknow it's a real shame that romans didn't have access to australia specifically for augury reasons. i really wish i could have seen a roman augur have to deal with australian birds. like imagine trying to properly interpret an omen from a fuckin. cassowary

#not to mention the magpies #like all those shiny hats they had??? #theyre gone

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Here's the thing. I'm a girl, and as a girl, I really like it when girls are portrayed in fiction. Especially fantasy.

But so much fiction/fantasy mixes up 'girls' with 'unstoppable forces of female badass' and there's not necessarily anything wrong with having a character who is an 'unstoppable forces of female badass'. But it gets old real quick. And it is not the same as portraying normal girls, or having good female characters.

And that's one of the many reasons I love Avatar the Last Airbender.

Because all the girl characters have flaws and weaknesses and sometimes act like idiots or jerks. They get emotional and make mistakes. They lose fights or arguments or are just wrong sometimes. Some of them are amazing warriors, and some aren't. Some are powerful or special and some are normal, with nothing special about them.

And I Love that.

I was around the same age as Katara when I first watched Atla. And I instantly connected with her as a character. I loved her optimistic attitude and her fighting spirit. And I could relate with her anger, and with her maternal instinct. I admired her fighting skills of course, but I loved how the show portrayed her compassion and kindness, the way she could both beat up a bunch of bullies AND enjoy a relaxing day at the spa. She was a baddass warrior that should never be crossed. But she was also a normal teenage girl who had a lot of the same internal struggles and problems that I did.

(I never connected to Toph on the same level, but I did relate to her on a few things. She's an adorable trash gremlin who would commit any crime for fun and I love that. But she struggles with being both independent and letting people help her, and I still struggle with that sometimes. I've learned that sometimes, you can help others by letting them help you.)

Yue is, in my opinion, a perfect example of a type of hero that seems to be disappearing. She is not a warrior. She is not a fighter. She's not even a bender.

Yue is a perfect princess, a perfect daughter. She is extremely feminine in a rather older sense.

And she was the only one who could save the world. She gave up everything for her people. She saved everything, everyone, the entire world. Without ever becoming a fighter.

Yue is a perfect example of a girl who was never more than a girl, and how that's okay. Not every girl has to be rough and tumble and fight for her rights in order to change everything. Sometimes it's okay to just be a quiet obedient girly girl. Sometimes that's all it takes to be a hero.

And I love that. Yue is strong in her own way. She is unique and interesting. She appears in only a few episodes and yet manages to be one of my favorite characters.

Song is another great example of this. Song is a healer in a small town. We don't see much of her but we see her compassion and empathy. She is gentle and generous. A healer not a fighter.

She watches Zuko steal her ostrich horse and does nothing.

Is that because she's kind and generous and knows he needs it more? Or is it because she's a healer girl who knows she can't actually stop those two from taking the horse? Maybe neither, maybe both. I have always thought that the scene where Zuko steals the horse and only the audience knows she saw it is one of the most thought-provoking in the series.

Suki is a badass warrior woman who is an awesome fighter and good leader. She is one of the best non bender fighter we see in the entire show. She was one of the smartest, most efficient, and powerful characters we ever saw.

She kissed a boy she had just met because she thought he was cute.

Now don't get me wrong I love SokkaxSuki. Its one of the best couples in the show.

But Suki totally did the old 'love at first sight' thing. And that is awesome. Because when she kisses him she delivers one of the best lines, not only from her, but, I think, in the entire show.

"I AM a warrior, but I'm a girl too."

Being a warrior doesn't mean that she isn't also a teenage girl. She might be a fighter, but she still gets crushes and likes to flirt with cute boys. And hey, she picked a good one. Not every boy is going to come break you out of prison.

Anyways, let's have more realistic girls in fiction. And please enjoy the next 24 hours.

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gonna drag out my game of thrones sokka crossover from the depths to try and convince myself to keep writing (I want to! so bad! I just need to sit down and do it)

Ned freezes.

This… this is a child. A soldier, he sees, taking in the armour, the sword and… strange sheathed weapon on his back, the burns and the - the blood.

Maybe a year on Theon, Ned realises, and he feels ill at the thought. He can’t fathom why a boy - now that he knows it’s a boy - would be armed so. They’re in a time of peace, not war: but by the look of his leg and the strange way his body leans to favour one arm more than the other and the blood, one wouldn’t be able to tell.

*whistles innocently* anyhoo

idk who to tag, sorry if you've already been tagged: @lizardlicks @ablueeyedarcher @sockfus @writer-or-whatever

happy six sentence sunday!

tagged by @zombiethingy :)

rules: post 6 sentences of an unfinished work and tag 6 people

As the liquid swam through his bloodstream, Avatar Kuruk leaned his weight into the wall. Floral patterns and colors danced as he examined the space around him. This wasn’t his first time here, and it certainly wouldn’t be his last. He ran out of safe havens a long time ago.

As Kuruk’s head spun, a pair of dark green eyes locked with his. The woman was stunning, draped in tan and brown fabric that flowed over her body like the desert itself. Her height made her appear more slender, like an apparition Kuruk was accustomed to fighting.

uhhh i tag @appalesbian @korrasamibottles @hot-flippin-mess @edas-boytoy @transboysokka @erisenyo and anyone else that would like to participate!

#and i literally have this whole scene written out too #there is no excuse for me to not just post it and then be motivated by potential readers to keep writing #anyhoo #sokka #sokka in game of thrones #i have to flesh the worldbuilding out a tad more #BUT #i think it would be very fun #if only so i can write fatherly ned stark more #and a happy stark family #this scene is like three months before robert comes to ask ned to be the hand #imagine all the stark feels i can put into those three months #truly all that a girl could ask for fr #jon 🤝 theon 🤝 sokka - technically not part of the family but that wont stop ned from grabbing the adoption papers #guys the arya and sokka bonding is going to be unparalleled i thought id let you know

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Rating asoiaf characters based on how likely they are to use pocket sand:

Jon Snow - my hot take is that people are very delusional and wrong about Jon. It’s not that he’s too “honorable” or “good” to use pocket sand in a fight coz he’s definitely not above using dirty tricks. But you gotta ask, which Jon is it? Agot-acok!Jon is def not using pocket sand because he thinks it’s dishonorable and a coward’s weapon. Asos!Jon is 8/10 gonna use pocket sand because fuq honor. Adwd and beyond!Jon is 0/10….he’s got something far more devious in his pockets - broken shards of glass.

Dany - yeah she’s using it, 7/10. She’s a smart girl. Like her actions in Astapor and Meereen show that she’s not above using dirty tricks to get ahead. Now how much pocket sand is she willing to use and against who? That’s the question…I can see her hesitating if her opponent is a small child.

Arya - for sure using pocket sand 10/10. There’s no denying it. She’s actually studied which types of sand are the best suited for different situations. But she’s quick enough that people don’t know what happened until she’s far away.

Bran - he doesn’t even know what pocket sand is so 0/10

Sansa - she knows what pocket sand is but she’s usually not willing to use it because it gets her clothes and hands dirty. If she’s really pushed…maybe? 2/10 but she’d gladly watch someone else do it

Robb - oh 20/10 using it no doubt. He’s been pushing Jon to get on the pocket sand trend for years to no avail

Theon - went with Robb to the pocket sand factory for a boys’ date out. 20/10 using it and with RELISH

Ned Stark - knows what pocket sand is, is unwilling to use it himself, but will turn the other way when he sees his buddy whip it out 0/10

Cat - yeah she’s using it, I’m not willing to debate over this 10/10

Davos - um yeah 10/10 using it….look sometimes you have to use all the tools available to you to survive

Jaime - trick question because which Jaime? Pre-hand chop Jaime? Won’t use it on principle. It’s cowardly and stupid. Post-hand chop Jaime? Yeah….he’s using it because he has to so 8/10

Brienne - look she doesn’t want to use it, but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do 6/10

Pod - *confused* “why would anyone carry sand in their pockets to a fight?” 0/10

Howland Reed - was actually the one who invented the best sand for it and is mass producing it. Probably used it to defeat Arthur Dayne 100/10

Meera - come on, she’s swamp person and howland’s kid so 20/10 using pocket sand

Bronn - involved in an MLM to sell pocket sand 100/10

Tyrion - the one who founded the MLM and recruited Bronn so 200/10

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nah but surely ned could have just told cat that jon was lyanna's son, like, the bastard story is good to keep the kid safe from the king and all, but surely he could have, idk, mentioned it to cat in the fourteen years of him living in winterfell before cat kicked jon out to join the night's watch

#ok listen #i love ned as much as the next bloke #but this was not a big brain moment #this child needs a mother #he does not need a jealous woman hating on him 24/7 #also not excusing cat here wtf #like ma'am that is a CHILD #even if he's a bastard BE NICE TO HIM??? #literally not that hard girlie #got #stark family #get these lads some therapy

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i need feminism because when jesus does a magic trick it’s a goddamn miracle but when a woman does a magic trick she gets burned at the stake

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drew this a few nights ago and have just been sitting on it, idk

#but like... the angst? #the drama? #the concern? #*smashes mug* another! #im intrigued #im usually intrigued when sokka is hurt but THIS 👀👀👀 #were they fighting together? #did zuko find sokka like this? #how did he find him if so? #on the side of a road or in a cell or #the possibilities are endless and i am here for all of them #zukka

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skills reading fanfiction has granted me

being able to convert fahrenheit into celcius in my head so my aussie brain can understand what's happening

#one day i will write my modern aus in australia and be content #alas #until then #fanfiction #fahrenheit to celcius #ok guys here's how you do it #say fahrenheit is 104 degrees #minus 32 #which equals 72 #then times by 5 which gets you to 360 #then divide by nine which gets you to 40 #so 104 fahrenheit is 40 celcius #and you just reverse the process from celcius to fahrenheit #have fun :)))

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so the house of representatives just passed a bill that will now move to the senate to BAN tik tok completely in the united states and they are expected to argue that “national security risks” outweigh the freedom of speech and first amendment rights. biden has already said that if it gets to him, he will sign it. whether or not you use the app…….this is something to be worried about

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Reblog to open a rail line from your blog to the person you reblogged this from

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i think that when katara talks, momo just hears little beeps and meeps, but when sokka talks, momo understands him perfectly. incidentally, this also happens to be the case with toph.

#when zuko talks theres an appreciation that words are exiting his mouth #whether they are listened to or not is entirely dependent on momo or tophs mood #when suki talks it used to be a snap response #like army style snap to attention #but over the years both realised that suki #bless her heart #had no idea what was happening either #so she was demoted to zuko level #its a pyramid you see #sokka on top #zuko and suki in the middle #then everyone else #jet would surprisingly be on the zuko suki level dont question it

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Zuko was wrong, actually. (I think.maybe.) Because juice, like, comes from the moisture in thing thing and then you remove the non-liquid bits, whereas in (most?) tea, you infuse the leaves with water instead of relying on the inherent water. True hot leaf juice would be if you extracted liquid from a couple leaves and heated it up, which would be expensive and probably bitter but a fun way to do it

#prev tags #Uncle: *weeping in joy* #Zuko: FINE I'll just call it boiled leaf litter then #Uncle: *weeping*

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“The entire British museum is an active crime scene” - John Oliver

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Jeff Bezos's Amazon and Elon Musk's SpaceX are both fighting in court to have the National Labor Relations Board declared unconstitutional. Starbuck's and Trader Joe's joined them in separate lawsuits. All of these companies have a disgraceful history of worker abuse and union busting. All of them have been charged by the NLRB with hundreds of violations of workers’ organizing rights The NLRB is standing up to their union busting. That’s why they’re trying to destroy the NLRB. I'm going to do my best to keep you all informed about this case as it snakes its way through the courts. The future of unions may depend on the final verdict. http://dlvr.it/T49LM1