the first step ursa and azula take to soothing the severed parts of their relationship involve ursa making azula laugh.

its like a crab shedding the old shell and getting a new one, azula thinks. mother had been tense and paranoid as they made their way out of caldera city, through the colonies, onto a supply ship, and across the ocean for three whole days. then they finally landed in some random earth kingdom harbor and started walking. it wasn’t until the ocean was finally out of sight and they were surrounded by nothing but trees and dirt that mother relaxed.

and how strange is that? azula hadn’t realized that she’d never seen what her mother looks like while relaxed, until she did. it reminds azula to unclench her own jaw and loosen her own tight fists.

azula isn’t worried, though. there isnt a single man walking the earth kingdom that packs as much of a punch as lu ten does, after all. what’s a bunch of mud and rocks to lightning?

however, lu ten has been working himself like a dog picking up day long jobs and favors for any person they come across to make extra coin. they still have plenty left from the jewelry and gold trinkets they traded at the port town, but lu ten is someone that likes to be overly prepared, so he does it anyway. and on top of that, he does katas and sparring with her and zuko every morning at sunrise to make sure they shake some sparks out. until they can find a place that they know for sure they’ll be settling down in, the bending will have to be kept at a low.

so, mother tries to ease his burdens by cooking.

mother quickly discovers that she is no good at cooking.

apparently, even before being wedded to father, she had never been in a situation where she needed to cook for herself. then the servants at the palace cooked for her. but now there are no servants.

zuko took a handful of the rice mother prepared, and spat it right out. he then claims he bit down on a rock.

the sheer dismay on mother’s face combined with the disgust on zuko’s were the funniest things azula had seen in weeks.

she cackles like a hyena-lynx, and doesn’t even notice how her mother turns to her, her dismayed expression shifting to wonder.

martha thinking that love is something that you have to earn. that with enough time, maybe she can be clever enough, useful enough, for the doctor to finally look at her and notice her. in the end she should’ve known better. after all, she’s been trying to prove her worth since she was a child.

I know people love to make Eddie the coparent to Steve, but let's be real, the og parent of the party was Jonathan and then Steve became his coparent.

Tuvok & Seven of Nine should have been overbearing co-parents to the borg children

We need a TD character who always wears a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads because they know how likely it is that they’ll end up horribly injured on the show. Bonus points if they don’t even skate or do anything that would require that level of protection normally.

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what i like the most about crash course in romance is the authentic depiction of how much parents influence their kids, and the way they tend to relate and behave to each other in every day’s life

When DR pt2 comes out and office worker Jay or just any type of worker Jay is real and he has a kid with him I want someone to draw him to that one tiktok audio that is like 🎶 A single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids and never stops... 🎶 Because that is just so Dad Jay core

if they do go the mhok moves to songkhla to learn how to be a chef and day stays in bangkok to finish his studies (and learn to be independent) route i will have peace with it and i understand the messaging if they don't do an arbitrary break-up; but i do wish p'aof wasn't so fond of seperate growth tbh; i understand the messaging but mhok learning how to do stuff for himself and put himself first and day becoming independent doesn't have to happen away from each other; that sort of growth can happen side by side and i do think my preferred ending would be then moving to songkhla together for a bit because i think day does need that separation from his family to show he is a capable adult and mhok deserves to be supported in investing in his future

How does Moon feel about Zephyr throwing the chancla at Pebbles in that silly switcheroo situation?

pissed, but well Zephyr isn't the sort to not take accountability for her actions or not have a good reason for them in the first place and Moon is a sensible person so i'm sure it wouldn't descend into something nasty

The people who are genuinely angry that Devi didn't end up with Des or Ethan like one of them didn't throw her under the bus for his trifling mother who dismissed her trauma and the other isn't a literal criminal who could have landed her on academic probation only see Devi as a placeholder for their hot boy fantasies.

You don't see her as her own person with her own set of quirks and principles that she spent learning and unlearning over 4 years. You don't see her friendship and eventual romance with the one she ended up with as something desirable because it's not something YOU desire. You don't care that it's something that works for Devi because you don't care that she's not you. She's not self-insert y/n with her messy bun of the early 2010s and it irks you that she ended up with someone as equally flawed and intelligent she grew to love and who loved her just as much because Ben isn't your typical swoon worthy love interest boy band member either.

He's a real person and everyone pulling out the activism card of "she ended up with the white boy!!!!" can't seem to accept that.

im glad my new years resolution this year is To Get Weirder because suddenly every time im like “ugh but thats so sudden, what if this stranger thinks im wierd 8^(“ i remember my resolution and suddenly i transform into a quirky neurotypical

I see the vision guys

I feel like if Focalors sees her people as doing no wrong in the eyes of gods, then Venti would see Mondstadt pulling some shenanigans against the ruling powers and would just go "oh haha my people are so amazing, aren't they <3" and lets them do their thing

Like this is the guy that went along with a regular human bard's plan to overthrow a literal god despite being a teeny tiny wisp of a breeze during a war between gods

Currently devastated that I'll probably never write an Enemies to Lovers as poignant and nuanced as North & South

r.ebirth is a bad game except for when it's not trying to be a good game. when it's trying to be a good game it sucks and when it's bad it's bad. but when it's not trying to be good it's so good

not to be dramatic but getting myself a wax warmer was one of the best things I've done for myself in terms of 'little things to make myself happy' I am terrified of open flame in the house due to past life events but really love scent as something that can soothe and calm and idk I just love that I can fill my house with scents I like and that are soothing but there's no fire and I am focusing on more like this for 2024. Welcoming little simple things into my life that I may have said 'no, that's frivolous' to before.