SCAR KISS UWU!!!

thank youuu azia and dani @lavampira 💗

This is post ENW but before the patches. Cala is not having a great time. She hasn't told Hien how she got the scars from That Event yet because she doesn't like talking about it, but I thiiiink it's going to happen here (unless I decide to write another part to this lol) Here's some dialogue from early on:

"At least now we are rid of him for good." Hien's voice brings her back to the present. She can sense the concern in his voice. She squeezes his hand and she's not sure whether it's to comfort him or herself.  "He won't be coming back this time." She tries to laugh, but it comes out dry and quiet, empty in the silence of the room.  Hien cups her face. "Then let us not think of him any longer." She looks away.  "Would that I could. I see these mementos of our battles every morning when I dress." Her voice is low, biting. "Whenever I bathe or swim. Even when I'm with you, I--" She stops. Her eyes brim with angry tears that she dashes away with a sweep of her hand.  "He couldn't just die, could he? He had to make sure I remembered. He had to write his final twisted wishes onto my skin." She spits the last words out with a bitter disgust.

she was like an angel to me

I try to generally be constructive and engaged with the show I love on here, so on this day, I’ll just say that one of the most thematically important aspects for me from the original ATLA is Aang’s emotional core of real shame for running away when he was hurt by the monk’s decision to send him away. People who feel the kind of deep-seated shame that Aang feels from this decision can understand how that kind of all-encompassing shame is not built around a simple failure or a lie they tell themselves; it’s constructed from real misbehaviors and transgressions of their own sense of ethics—lashing out, telling lies, attempting to hurt others intentionally—that then have consequences (abuses, abandonments, or deaths) which seem to far exceed their expectations or even basic logic.

The combination of the misbehavior with exaggerated existential punishments (along with a lack of support and amend-making in the immediate wake of the events) is what transforms a sense of guilt (I fucked up) into shame (I am a forever fuck-up). Then shame, that sense of being a secret monster ‘no matter what I do or how good everyone thinks I am,’ invites all the avoidance strategies (Aang puts on big smiles, makes lots of jokes, constantly tries to make everyone happy, hops from town to town without building deeper connections). One doesn’t want to acknowledge one’s true feelings or let others in to see those feelings and experiences because it’s too painful to face the grief at the same time that you have to look at yourself for being responsible—even when you recognize it wasn’t totally your fault. It’s just that if you had just been good, less emotional, less human, then maybe the world wouldn’t be so messed up. Of course, in a zen view of things, the world will always be messed up in the same way it will always be beautiful. These are constant facts that always coexist in balance, and this is the truth that Aang learns and that undergirds the whole series.

So I always loved that Aang ran away. It was his sin and his salvation. And it becomes this constant tension for the series—he gets hurt in Bato of the Water Tribe and starts to run away from Katara and Sokka, he runs away to the Guru in the Crossroads of Destiny and his best friend is attacked, he and the gaang retreat after the Day of the Black Sun failure, he runs away to meditation in Sozin’s Comet when everyone wants him preparing for war. Aang’s reluctance to be a hero and the attachments and petulance for which he gets criticized are what metamorphasize to become his most noble attributes. They allow him to empathize with others shame and, ultimately, wield the kind of compassion that can deconstruct the power and perfectionism of imperialism.

So yes, Aang ran away from his temple 100 years ago. It wasn’t the mentally healthy choice. It wasn’t the ethical choice. It wasn’t the wise choice. It was human and emotional and shameful and real. Aang is a better character for it. ATLA is a better show because of it. And we are better people when we understand these kind of tragic emotional experiences that people are trying so hard to grow through.

ill be in the kitchen making evil meals

Me this morning: Here's a vague idea of what this moment looks like

Me two years ago - does it in a better way that I had totally forgotten about

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“It’s cold." “I know. I know, but we’re going to be alright. Do you hear me? You’re alright now. You’re going to be okay.” “I want to go home.” “We can’t go back home. We’re—we’re orphans now, remember? Nobody’s waiting for us back there.”

james and p03 comic panels i tried to recreate from a dream i had last night

the entire thing was way longer and involved conversations and shenanigans between them but i can not remember any specific panels besides these 5

the first three were the very final panels, james had a revelation and he and p03 start getting very cuddly together, the other two were just somewhere in the middle.. p03 forcing him to listen to a telephone and james saying That

Bad boy pearl! >:D

Day 401

Hey there :)

Was doodling them again and ended up scribbling out some notes/thoughts lol

So… An update…

(We’re watching episode 36 next, can’t recommend Toqger enough)

Whitty And Bf Personality Swap? Lovely Art By The Way, Truly Inspiring. ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡

hm I guess k, not feeling the most creative but here lol

idk lol

mostly based on this bc idk thought the vibes looked fitting in theory lmao:

Lilith wip (he/him!)

(Unseelie) Faerie Court Twisted Fate skin concept

My take on what the Unseelie court might look like. I hope we’ll get some dark/goth faeries too and it’s not gonna end up looking too similar to the Seelies :)

DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS | REPLAY [1/?] ➸ A CHILD OF THE DALISH

“We are the last Elvhenan. Never again shall we submit.” “The Oath of the Dales, and no smart-mouthed comment? Thank the Creators for small mercies.”