Bi-Han and Raiden intro dialogue? Kung Lao suffering misfortune? Protective nature and anger issues?
Raiden is fully willing to throw hands with Bi-Han for Kung Lao's safety. Screw Bi-Han being a traitor and Lin Kuei's Grandmaster, screw being made mortal to defuse his anger issues. He's throwing hands and - perhaps - commiting murder. For Kung Lao.
I absolutely adore Hakodad fics because I feel like the thought process is basically “what if Zuko had another father figure and three more uncles and two additional siblings and also a cute emotional support animal because our baby deserves it?”
One thing about being a woman (and in particular a black woman) is always being burdened with the expectation to remain resilient and gracious, to remain strong through struggle
That's why I love female characters like Nesta Archeron and Felisin Paran, who are bitter, who are broken and exist in sharp shards, who cut even the people who try to hold them because that is simply the form they exist in.
Through simple proximity they cannot help but hurt the ones they love, even though they don't want to
That is the realest, most human shit ever
But fandoms will always despise this in female characters because they expect them to have a sense of grace, a certain level of acquiescence, and an overt kindness to those around them
Fans often expect these characters to perform according to their expectations of femininity and completely ignore or brush over the internal struggles or moral values of these women. It is not enough for these characters to think or act for the benefit of others if it doesn't feel like a direct apology to the often male characters who are important to the audience
Fans ignore how words or actions may hurt these characters while magnifying how the characters words or actions hurt others.
There is no empathy for unkind female characters and straight up contempt for 'ungrateful' ones
My codywan piece I did for New Beginnings by @thecodywanzine. Thank you for all the hard work!
(Actually, this was a re-drawing of a piece I did two years ago. I decided to draw this cuz I thought the end of the war is the beginning of their new days.)
I only speak English and the fact that people speak it mostly fluently as their second, third, fourth, etc. language. So I’m just really curious how much of y’all speak fluent English on here and speak a different language outside. It amazes me.
Whatever else you might say about Scarlet and Violet, I challenge you to find another game where you can strut around as a giant purple spider and menace the local wildlife.