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Even if zuko has a plan to end the war, making katara work amongst people who likely hold racism towards her and aided and supported the genocide of her people is still weird, especially since zuko benefits from the fire nations oppression of people throughout s1 when hunting the Avatar. Not good choices to make in a zutara au :/
Believe me, I've made these arguments against myself over and over again.
I know I'm putting Katara in an extremely difficult and unjust position in this AU with—from an outsider's point of view—little to no reason other than "I just wanted to see her in Fire Nation armor and kicking ass" and no consideration for the context. I'm not trying to somehow forgive nor redeem the Fire Nation's actions in war just because...well...just because. Not at all. People who've read Soundless (or any other of my wips, really) know that's not the case. On the contrary—I always do my best to see the war through a realistic, mature lense. And that includes everything that makes the Fire Nation so terrible in the first place.
That being said, there are some things I considered when deciding to make Katara side with them (even if her true motives lie elsewhere) in this AU. And they are not excuses. Just, different layers of context.
First of all, she was desperate. By this point in her life, her mother was dead, her father had left to fight the war, her brother followed behind a few years after, and she was left filling the empty spaces when, by all means, she wasn't ready for the responsibility. She had been feeling helpless and hopeless for years, and ached to do anything to help her people beyond doing chores and taking care for the children.
Let it be known that Aang's apparent betrayal comes from a place of trauma and misplaced anger on Katara's part. Much like how she put the Fire Nation's sins on Zuko's shoulders in S3. She is not on the right here, but this is her natural way to process and understand grief. There are many different aspects of her development as a child involved in how she views the Avatar—and, by extension, Aang—but more on this later.
Katara was young, and reckless, and she had just been "betrayed" by the first person who ever looked at her and saw more than the perfect caretaker she was forced to be. She was not in the right state of mind to make a decision like that and, to be honest, she couldn't have predicted the consequences. She saw a clear path to contribute to the end of the war, and by La she would take it.
On Zuko's end, you might argue that he should have known better than to let her join him and, well, you would be right. But there were many things about Katara's trauma response and state of mind that—unless he had known her for a long time—he couldn't have known. He will definitely blame himself later on, when the racism and cruelty towards Katara begins, and especially when word reaches her family at sea.
It's Katara's job to smack some sense into him from time to time and tell him that, yes, he should have tried harder to stop her (and she would probably be better off because of it) but what's done is done. And, by all means, the decision was hers to make. If anything, it's their fault, not his alone.
Now, Katara doesn't suffer the entire AU. That would just be cruel.
Zuko's crew was handpicked by Uncle Iroh, so you can expect dissidents, traitors and a few White Lotus agents who were smart enough to keep their true opinions quiet. There are...mixed opinions in that bunch, of course, but that's expected and, to be honest, rather easily dealt with. They are mostly honourable people just doing their best to end the war from the inside.
The real problem comes when they cross paths with, say, Zhao's fleet (or Hakoda's, let's be real).
And you may ask why Zuko is hunting down Aang, then, if he's secretly a goody-two-shoes himself... I'll explain that later in depth, so stay tuned.
In short, I know the decisions I've made, as a creator, are debatable at best, and downright blasfemous at worst. But they're deliberate.
I want the readers to feel conflicted about Katara's choices in this AU. I want people to have mixed opinions about the war, the (apparent lack of) morality, the characters, you name it!
I'm not trying to glorify a victim of war joining the side of the ones responsible for her people's genocide, even if it's just for show and she's actually set on destroying their government from within. Not at all.
Katara made a stupid, horrible decision, and she's going to suffer the consequences. But she's also going to fight to reach her goals, because she's stubborn like that.
I know most people may have a little trouble understanding where I'm coming from, because they don't have all the information necessary to make a full opinion.
I'm really thankful for these kind of asks. They let me explore these concepts and AUs in depth, and see what you think about them. I'm only human—my opinions are not infalible, nor The Right Ones, and this is a kind of discussion that I love to have.
So, keep the asks coming!!!
#dema answers#atla#zutara#zuko#avatar the last airbender#katara#hunters au#Katara joins Zuko AU#zutara au#zutara fic#Sorry for making this so long. But I loved writing it and thinking about it from a different pov#So thank you again for not shying away from making these kind of questions#It's always good to see things from a critical perspective#Please share your opinions about these themes! It's doesn't matter how different or seemingly nonsensical they may be.#Every single one is important#And the more asks the more I get to share and think about this AU#So it's a win win situation
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reigen arataka, greatest psychic of the 21st century, esteemed internet sex symbol. crowned twink supreme by winning 69% of the votes on anitwt, crowned ultimate dilf days later, and current lead for the anitwt milf off by a landslide. most recently, though, has just lost the poll for the title of ultimate tumblr sexyman to sans undertale by 0.1% of 244,809 votes total - culminating responses from the official japanese and english mp100 twitters, various industry professionals, and a fanfic from toby fox himself.
all of this within the span of six fucking days
#mob psycho 100#undertale#sans#arataka reigen#toby fox#reigensweep#sanssweep#mp100#shoe.txt#THIS IS SO HYSTERICAL LIKE WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TODAY. WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK#THIS IS GENUINELY SO FUNNY?????? EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS SO FUNNY#AS IF EVERYTHING IN THIS SITUATION ISNT HILARIOUS LIKE…. the statistics in the polls. the PERCENTAGES. THE AMOUNT OF VOTERS#i didnt mention it here but HE KEEPS WINNING ALL THESE POLLS EXCEPT FOR ONE MP100 SPECIFIC POLL WHERE HE LOST TO MOB
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The sensation of waking up next to you ❤️💙
+bonus doodle:
…and they mimir’d happily ever after the end. ❤️
(ID under cut!)
Miles is roused from sleep by sunlight shining on his face. Slowly, his eyes adjust to the light, until finally, his scope of awareness broadens to a body he had been sleeping on.
Page 2
Miles looks up to the figure that holds him, and upon seeing, his eyes widen in recognition.
Miles looks up to the figure that holds him, and upon seeing, his eyes widen in recognition.
The bottom panel of the page shows minimal details of a window shedding light onto the bed and blankets as seen from a higher view in the room.
Page 3
On the other side of the bed, Phoenix rests, his head propped by the headboard. His hair is messy from sleep, and his expression is thoughtful. The light of the morning highlights his features.
The sun shines through the blinds of the window.
Phoenix finally notices his observer, and turns to look at him.
Page 4
Phoenix takes Miles’ hand in his, and lifts it to gently kiss the ring on Miles’ finger. They both move to share a kiss, and their hands shift to hold one another. Miles’ ring sparkles in the sunlight.
Page 5
They link their fingers as they kiss, and the morning creates a quiet atmosphere around them.
They part, but remain close, their fingers fully interlocked. Phoenix greets “Good morning,” with a tender, loving expression as he looks at Miles. Miles’ own expression is soft, unguarded, and fixed on Phoenix.
Page 6
Phoenix and Miles settle back into their shared bed; the morning sun illuminates them. They both smile softly, seeming happy and at peace. Miles rests his head under Phoenix’s neck, and his hand on Phoenix’s chest. One of Phoenix’s hands rests over Miles’ own on his chest, while his other hand holds Miles closer, revealing a matching ring of his own. Both rings shine softly in the sunlight.
Bonus image
A small simple drawing of Phoenix and Miles having fallen asleep again while holding each other as in the final page of the comic.
End ID.]
#narumitsu#wrightworth#phoenix wright#miles edgeworth#ace attorney#this is so sappy i nearly choked the entire time i was drawing it#aa#fan art#smooches#ah yes my favorite tag <3#rendevok#this is vaguely set post AA5 but i truly have no timeline in mind i just want them married#like ding DONG bitches get ur shit together aren’t u tired of pining??? it’s time to go apeshitt and furiously makeout#i’m going to start mashing them together like dolls i dont care anymore!!!#NRMTS KISS RIGHT NOW OR IM BITING BOTH OF YOU#(a win win situation for me)#anyway if you can’t tell i am deeply in love with phoenix and projecting onto miles so hard#who doesn’t love making him down horrendous for a little flavor?#image description and alt text are the same because i suck at those still#writing that out was deeply embarrassing for me bc for whatever reason writing it out is something WAY more visceral than drawing it#i wish to evaporate nobody look at me unless you want to talk about them kissiing more then my dms are open
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thinking about al haitham picking you up from work with a motorcycle hskdjskdjsl
#rin releases a plot bunny into the wild#genshin impact#genshin impact x reader#al haitham#al haitham x reader#i feel like sumeru city in modern!au would be a huge metropilotan city with crazy ass traffic#so he'd choose functionality over comfort when going to certain places#besides this way he gets to feel you fully against his back#win win situation if you ask him#look at me trying to justify my thoughts#but basically my thot process was: al haitham + motorcycles = hOT
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The King and his Shadow
That sounded better in my head than it did on screen, but you’re getting it anyway :))
Pov you’re complaining about the price of milk these days
#the mandalorian#din djarin#luke skywalker#dinluke#mandalorian#mandalore#tagging it as dinluke because… I do think so#those gauntlets were a gift#can’t get enough of drawing din with a fluffy cloak like the armorer#he thinks it makes him look more like a leader#awesome stuff to rest your cheek upon too I assume#it’s a win win situation#star wars
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Lovelie’s fighting for her life rn
AWEAWEAWE LOVELIE REALLY DOESNT WANNA BE THERREEEEEEE
#Happy fluffy marshmallow….#Lovelie having a collection of plushies? Now h e s the plushie—#Gets carried around like a rag doll-#AWEAWEAWE-#LOVELIE IS SO SMALLLLLLL certified ankle biter-#She’s trying so hard to make it obvious that they don’t wanna be there but mango (margo) has a death grip hug on him 💔🥄🥄#It’s a lose lose situation- lovelie will never win smhh (besides a new government assigned bestie-)
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Jason will be ecstatic when he finds out how Fae! Dick avenged him.
Hooo boy absolutely!
If we go with the “Dick knew the second Jason got resurrected” scenario, then it would probably happen after a nightmare where Jason has a panic attack about the Joker and Dick comfort him, telling him that it’s very hard for people to hurt others anymore when they’re currently spread over several acres of land as fertilizer for the trees. :)
Jason just kind of blue screens for a while until he realizes what Dick is trying to tell him and then he starts sobbing even harder and clinging to Dick, whispering thank-you-thank-you-thank-you over and over and over again.
Dick is very confused because?? “Little wing, did you truly think I’d let him walk away after what he did to you? If I hadn’t been on a time schedule i would have done worse.”
And Jason realizes that Dick is absolutely fucking terrifying but that’s ok. Dick promised years ago that he’d always protect and never hurt him. And Dick’s never broken a promise.
Ever.
#fae dick grayson#headcanons#the trees do not forget#the grass grows greener where joker died#eager to proclaim his death#dick does not understand why Jason is surprised#if Bruce wasn’t scheduled to arrive back at the manor any minute he’d have spent several more weeks torturing joker#hm well#it’s fine now because Jason is alive#and that’s all that matters#jason todd#batfamily#dick grayson#batfam#robin#if this was a red hood kind of situation Jason would have still been shocked#but it would have helped to make him go home too#so win win
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hiii the double trouble au lives rent free in my brain like I make a full breakfast and fluff pillows daily for these men 💕
Does Colonel König want kids? 👉👈 What if he thinks he’s too old for them until he sees how sweet Wifey is with small children and he gets hit with Category 5 Baby Fever?
lord knows if the Colonel and Wifey are trying then young König will do his damndest to put a bun or two in that oven because everything is an unspoken competition between those two, ESPECIALLY paternity.
Of course young recruit has to sabotage another important project >:)
But when he hears about it he's so insulted – you want a baby and no one told him?! Have you both lost your mind??
He’s the most obvious choice for this thing: he’s young, he’s active and he’s virile… His sperm is more potent compared to the Colonel’s for sure! It’s a bad joke that you’re trying for a baby with that tired old grandpa, but luckily he’s here to save the day.
While the Colonel concentrates on making the house baby proof and ensuring that you’re both eating clean to improve your chances, young recruit simply chooses quantity over quality. Babies are made by, well, making them!
Doesn’t care if you’re ovulating or not (barely even knows what that means); you’re having sex multiple times a day. The Colonel can go and make those green fertility smoothies while he does what he does best. You can take the paternity test later, it doesn’t matter, it’s quite clear who's going to win this race. And isn’t it funny that the Colonel is out, buying a baby stroller for his kid…? :)
#I see this as a win win situation because young König does have the advantage of more potent sperm#but Colonel is a provider#basically a malewife#so both the baby and the mother are in good hands from all fronts ^^#double trouble au#2 Königs 1 reader#P.S. Colonel König in baby fever... anon you need to stahp 😫😫😫
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okay but in Armand’s defense it would indeed be extremely annoying to put all this work into gaslighting a broken man into being something resembling stable for SEVENTY-SEVEN YEARS only to live with the knowledge that he’d spin back into chaotic mess with a dude who says shit like “LEWEE WE BELONG TOGEZAIR OUR HEARTS ARE JOINED BY A CORD!!!!” as soon as the dick was back in play
#interview with the vampire#this show is my bachelor i am so ready#WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE HEART OF LDPDL???#WHO WILL SECURE THE FINAL ROSE#(and yes yes i know armand has his own lestat damage#and i can tell that he’s in this situation where he thinks it was a silver springs situation#and lestat like barely registers that decade or something#but …….. the loumand versus loustat of it all is my favorite thing)
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ppl: discussing about which players should be shuffled for balance/self indulgence
me, holding on to the current teams for dear life: NO PLEASE DON'T TAKE THEM AWAY FROM ME i want red team to get worse. i want green team, full of lone wolves and natural leaders, to keep arguing with each other while still getting shit done. i want blue team to keep being stubborn menaces with the most tragically wholesome and efficient farming subteam LET ME KEEP THEM A LITTLE LONGER PLEASE I BEG
#qsmp#let's wait for the events guys please maybe it has puzzles or build challenges#please just let me have them a little longer#i promise ill let them go after#they're literally in A SITUATION please i used to pray#please blue team is so perfectly divided bc on one hand you have tubbo pierre and bad who ppl would love to kill#and on the other hand you have tina niki lenay and missa#and if you kill them people will judge you you heartless bastard#that being said i support everyone's rights and wrongs#especially green team's rights and wrongs green gay ninjas gameplays funny moments sex roblox epic win
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ramon waking up to hang out with pac.. WHAT IF I CRIED!!!!
the kid who used to only wake up for fit now has many people he'd wake up/stay awake for. him chilling with mike yesterday. waking up for pac today. the times hes chilled with bbh or tubbo recently. god. GOD. that kid went from it just being him and fit to having such a big family aufhh
#i love this kid so much and im happy there are so many people who love him now too :]#i remember in purgatory fits biggest fear was if he didnt win nobody would save ramon#bc he was basically the only one there for ramon#but now if they were put in the same situation#theres so many people who would save him#like aughhhh#family!!#qsmp#qsmp ramon#qsmpattackz#splatattackz
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exiled
#i promised shirtless etho on a horse if quackity won#so here we go#but if i'm being honest i was going to draw this whether he won or not bc i've had the vision for this for a while#also this is perfect because this is more etho propaganda#so it's a win-win-win situation for me#etho#ethoslab#mcyt#hermitcraft#hc#fan art#my art
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I want a bill whump so bad, if dipper falls in love with bill every time he reincarnates but hes also a little bit different in every reincarnation, could there be one where hes almost entirely replused by bill, or already in love with someone else?
We all love to see that terrible little man struggling! Typically hurting Bill is accomplished via Dipper-death, but this is a neat alternate scenario.
You know he's definitely going to start out totally full of himself! Winning his husband back should be easy! Until he realizes he has no idea how he did it in the first place.
#answers#To really squeeze the good Angst Juice from a ripe Cipher you gotta put him in a position where he's helpless *despite* being so powerful#Killing Dipper off is a classic; Bill's got a lot of skills but full-on resurrection is outta his wheelhouse#The 'not in love' scenario offers another route that would be fun#One neat part of Bill is his lack of introspection#Sure of course Dipper fell for him! Why wouldn't he! He's great!#It's only when *forced* to look over the situation that Bill has to face facts: He didn't do that on purpose#No manipulation; no clever trick. Not something he can just *repeat* easily#He's gonna be REAL unhappy with trying to get THAT going around again#Of course it ends with him finally winning Dipper over once he STOPS trying to manipulate him into it#For that full-circle narrative#Which is a Good Ending for Bill! But leaves him with the lingering 'what the fuck' of STILL not knowing how he got it done#That's gonna bug you for ages now isn't it Bill
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as someone who doesn't have english as their first language it was really sweet to see tina progressively getting more comfortable with her korean around acau, i hope they hang more and bond over time, i love seeing her speaking korean and must be so heartwarming for her to finally being able to speak it with someone else and practice more often
#im so happy for her and it's nice that she could get better at korean meanwhile he could get better at english#it's a win or win situation#qsmp#qsmp tina#qsmp acau
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I made myself a personal playlist with the fnaf songs I like (because wow I’ve missed out on like five years of bangers and need to catch up!!). I thought I would make myself a playlist cover with my precious Helpy bear to inspire even more joy from it!! He stole/borrowed DJ Music Man’s headphones. :3
#I’d share the playlist itself but it is very much not done lol#also most of the songs are probably not unique to my playlist snd simply the ones I’ve liked most so far#there’s definitely better playlists out there for fnaf music fans haha#I mean if anyone REALLY REALLY wants to see it I can share but it’s too imcomplete to put on here do ya get me#anyway I love Helpy he became like my number two comfort character overnight lol#I love everything about him. his eyeshadow. his little buck teeth. those giant blue eyes#and I needed to experiment with bold line art and color so here we are! a win win win situation!#also I got a Helpy plush today and can finally kiss him on the forehead#life is really turning around for old jojo#anyway if you read this far you rock. thanks for reading this silly woman’s streams of consciousness hehe#fnaf#five nights at Freddy’s#Helpy#freddy fazbear pizzeria simulator#art
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The deadline has passed. Thank you to everyone who participated ✨🫶
CP2077 OC Gifs Giveaway part 2
Heyyy! 💕💕💕
Omg, time flies! Christmas is around the corner and I wanna give you some…gifts. *insert bad joke here haha.*
I’m doing another Cyberpunk 2077 OC gifs giveaway. I'll pick 2 random people from the likes on this post and take your OCs out for a spin, and make some gifs. 📸 (Remember to read the rules below.)
And no worries, it doesn’t matter if you use mods or not.
If you wanna see more examples of my gifs see this tag #cyberpunkaddict.gif.
💕 Rules
Like this post by December 25 2023.
Follow my blog.
Feel free to reblog if you want to, but it’s not a requirement.
💕 Thank you!
I know I keep saying this, but I cannot say it enough… Thank you so much for everything! This game will always have a place in my heart, and that’s because of this fandom. I just wanna give back, you know. Besides, I love making art so it’s my pleasure. :D
Gifs starring @punkraemans Lynk & @wilxfyres Virgo & @imaginarycyberpunk2023s Vinnie, & my OCs Villiam and Vanessa.
#cyberpunkaddict.txt#cyberpunkaddict.gif#cyberpunk 2077#cyberpunk 2077 gifs#cyberpunk 2077 oc#cyberpunk2077#gifs#no male v monday from me so instead i have a lil surprise! :D#making stuff for others boosts my creativity so this is a win win situation#i added a new rule which says you have to follow my blog#last time i wasnt able to get in touch with some of the winners and i dont wanna waste anyones time#i need everyone to take this seriously so thats why i added that rule so everyone can get updates#and that way i know you're not a bot lol#q
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