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throw these children on the pyre (they will light your funeral fire)
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Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
TW: canon-typical references to zuko & ozai's agni kai, the whole situation with the 41st division is also heavily discussed, but overall there's nothing super graphic, and no actual character death. please let me know if there are any other warnings that should be added.
Wordcount: 1,030
Originally published: June 9th, 2023
Summary: maybe, if things weren't the way they were, it's something the rich fuckers in charge might've actually seen coming.
but then, if things weren't the way they were, the agni kai wouldn't have happened. if things weren't the way they were, the whole plan wouldn't have been introduced in the first place, and it certainly wouldn't have fallen solely to a thirteen year old boy to decry it.
so maybe, really, this was always going to happen.
(or: that first agni kai has far reaching consequences.)
Notes: n/a
Transfer Notes: this was initially written in my phone notes, and wasn’t really meant to turn into anything, which is why it’s in lapslock. this work is also the first one i’ve locked on ao3, and i will likely be locking all others in the future to avoid ai scraping. don’t quite have the same qualms about posting it here bc for some reason i feel like it would be a bad idea for anyone trying to train writing or chat ais by scraping fucking tumblr.
maybe, if things weren't the way they were, it's something the rich fuckers in charge might've actually seen coming.
but then, if things weren't the way they were, the agni kai wouldn't have happened. if things weren't the way they were, the whole plan wouldn't have been introduced in the first place, and it certainly wouldn't have fallen solely to a thirteen year old boy to decry it.
so maybe, really, this was always going to happen.
you see, here is something that is expected: news takes time to travel.
here is what is not: official orders mean half a dozen extra layers of bureaucracy for every new pair of eyes that pass over them, mean waiting on desks in piles for hours or days.
and rumors? well, rumors take far less time to spread than troop movements.
it goes like this: one soldier gets a letter.
she thinks that her siblings have a real sick sense of humor that's only rotted further since her leaving.
but then two more soldiers get letters.
funny, that the same silly, horrid rumor reached them as her, when their families are all so far apart. but hey, rumors travel fast, and the war is many-legged.
except it's not just one, or two. then it's three, five, a dozen, forty-two, the nephew of a serving maid in the imperial palace, the daughter of a guard in the heart of a caldera, too much, too many, and suddenly—suddenly, thinking this is just a baseless rumor is getting harder and harder. suddenly, people are talking. messages from family members are being compared, from friends, from old co-workers and classmates they thought didn't give half a damn about them, from every far corner of their nation and then some—the mainland, the outer islands, the colonies, the front, even.
because suddenly, half the squadron is getting more letters in the span of a single week than they have in their entire lives, nonetheless their three and a half months since joining up or being conscripted.
and with every letter the tension grows thicker, the silence heavier, morale lower.
every piece of parchment, every shaky character in dark ink pleads the same thing in so many shades, dripping like molasses in their throats, blood down their chins, latching into their very bones no matter how hard they try to shake them, listen. listen. please, dear agni, listen. fight. run. anything. goodbye. i love you. please live. you're not meant to leave alive. he burned for you. it wasn't enough. you need to go. stay alive stay alive stay alive please stay alive.
the orders that will put their division into the jaws of death with no remorse are still buried in a pile of parchment somewhere with others just like it, weighted down with a cup of tea spiked with something sharper, prospective deaths paid no mind in exchange for more important things.
what else is not expected, then?
well, that young soldiers will not take their own kill orders laying down so lightly.
that half of them didn't choose to be here in the first place. that being a fresh face might mean bright-eyed idealism, but it also means that they haven't made solid connections here yet, haven't fully settled into this routine like they'll live it for years, haven't grown numb to what they'll eventually be asked to do, or started thinking about things like military career paths.
that, perhaps, loyalty isn't so much bought with three squares a day, a hard cot, and a barely-livable pay every two weeks to send home to people they might never see again, as it is earned, through things like actions, like sacrifice, like trying to put a stopper on the blood before it's spilled.
that people are far less stupid than those in charge often account for, and even with minimal training, a newbie division of hundreds and thousands outweighs the two dozen officers trying to keep them in line thrice over with far more room to spare. that, when motivated, people are willing to push back. sometimes, they're even willing to do so together.
their marching orders are only twelve days away by courier and three by hawk when the entire 41st division makes a very, very vocal decision to resign.
maybe jeong jeong made a name for himself, being the first to desert.
but there's power in numbers. and suddenly, there's a whole lot of kids who are very, very motivated to make sure a bunch of greenlings just like them (and their friends and their families) don't get put on the pyre next.
this is war, of course. sacrifices have to be made. after nine decades and counting, every one of them knows that. but—nine decades and counting is an awful lot of time, to learn the difference between going to battle with even the faintest hope of survival and going in with your death warrant already signed; between dying for a broader, greater purpose, and dying for something that could've been achieved any number of other ways; between what's necessary and wasteful.
(they'll fight a war, sure. just not the one their nation had really been counting on.)
and, well, if the rookies aren't safe—who is, really?
the 41st is far from the last to leave their posts. in the span of only a single month, ozai accomplishes what no other firelord has for the past six hundred and forty nine years: he begins turning his own army against himself, en masse.
half a world away, a spirit and those of one thousand and one people it's inhabited lay perpetually active as they have been for the past several decades, inside the body of a little boy, inside the warm embrace of his animal guide, inside the freezing prison of the glacier they're entombed in, inside the dark, lethal waters of the south pole, and together, they wait, for the spark that will light the fire that will split the glacier that will bring balance. it will be waiting for years yet.
on the shores of the earth kingdom, on the creeping slopes of the fire nation, a revolution starts now.
#throw these children on the fire (they will light your funeral fire)#atla fanfiction#fic#fanfic#fanfiction#avatar: the last airbender#41st division#fire nation#avatar the last airbender fanfiction#avatar the last airbender#atla#lapslock#transfer tuesday
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https://www.tumblr.com/hurts4maya/741688007153827840?source=share
*plonks this post here for you*
*shaking* hahahaha yeah uhm haha was that first gif the uhhh homoerotic tension casanova film???? i think in that movie he's in love with this woman who's dressing as a guy for a bit or something but i looked at that like OHHHHHHHH. GAYYYY. anyways.
#thank you anon hehe#people sending me or tagging me in david tennant posts is never not funny to me#like yeah i'm a lesbian but the current One Guy I Think Is Pretty is#also considered pretty by like. half of tumblr hehe#also. all the doctor who ones are so funny cos only like one of those he initiates and it's a genetic transfer lol#aroace ten my beloved getting passionately kissed by the women of the universe#thanks so much for the ask <3#and happy david tennant tuesday thursday
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i feel really sad. just squashed under the heavy weight of sadness
#it's the way that no matter what i still can't see any happy endings for myself...#it's one of those days when i just want to disappear forever and none of my coping mechanisms are working#i know part of the reason is that i have to return to the extremely literally trauma triggering job on tuesday#i'm going to try to get transfered to a new (again) location to finish out my 'contract' plus i do like the skills i learn at my job#if they won't transfer me i will have to quit and i've never quit a job before#there's other things going on too though. idk. just hate that my life's turned out like this#but from what i've seen with my particular combination of mental issues#i've been punching above my weight almost my whole life#i hope this isn't the limit#brain stuff
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Ngl I’m getting tired of people asking me about my start date for the new role im gonna be taking up soon. Like. The area isn’t done being built yet. The SECOND I know a start date I’m gonna be frolicking around my current location cheering about it, Y’ALL WILL KNOW. I WISH I had a start date but I don’t 😭
#even worse the MANAGERS are asking about it#LIKE WON’T YOU GUYS KNOW BEFORE I DO?#it’s probably gonna be by May or June. HOPEFULLY earlier?#then one person had the audacity to say they lied to me about it like no?#i literally had a meeting about everything the other week. I have the job#sorry it just pissed me off and I need to rant lmao#I know people are just excited and one of the hosts is waiting for me to leave so she can transfer into bussing#which idk why she wants that downgrade but whatevs#but trust me. I wanna get out of here I’m losing my sanity more and more each day lmao#but luckily I don’t close the rest of this week#off at 10 tonight I open the next two days#off Tuesday bc someone thankfully took my shift#then work 4-10 Wednesday and Thursday#and off Friday and Saturday#having a lil’ potluck with some friends on Friday then taking my niece to her first ever convention on Saturday!
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;; Hey guys! This week was crazy and I took some vacation, so I've been a bit...scarce heh. But we should return to our regularly scheduled programming on Monday! Hope you're all doing well! :3
My partner and some friends took my meme and got this beauty made for me!!
#ooc;; time for tea#mobile;; attempting world domination#Tuesday started a snowball effect#i got my new position and will be transferring over in about a months time!!!#and i may or may not have leveled up this week#i feel old now#hope all is well here!#i have been lurking but hard to catch everything <3
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god that tiktok really just reminded me how important hearing other gay voices is to my wellbeing lmao
#my gay coworkers keep transferring out so i’m constantly surrounded by cishetties#tuesday with the pathfinding besties is like an Oasis tbh#also shoutout to all the gay ppl in my phone and on my puter. u genuinely make life worth living
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I got my graduation tassel in the mail yayayayy I decided not to go to the graduation ceremony bc I don’t know anyone there really and I don’t really have many ppl that would go but my school was super nice and sent me this anyways 🥹
#i’ll deff go to my graduation when i get the next degree surely i’ll know more ppl by then lol#but like i was never close to any teachers and i never made friends at my school so 🤷♀️#plus I barely have any family and i know none if my work friends would go so eh#anyways glad to have it!!#i gotta go back over there to my school and talk to a counselor abt transfer help bc im clueless!#ive been meaning to go but ive been busy on all my days off w chores and waiting for maintenance ughhhh#and the days I wasn’t busy they weren’t open for dropins#ah well i can go see them Tuesday probably
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i feel rly irredeemably horrible rn...longing for emotional support....anyway vent in tags
#physically i feel so ill etc . and i have to catch up on so much#and i just got a grade back for an assignment and it wasnt a 1st and literally almost . cried bc#it rly was supposed 2 be. i dont have my housing sorted out for next yr and i am rly worried#i look hideous rn bc my face is rly swollen and it was a fat transfer so u dont get to see results for like#6 months but mostly the swelling should settle in like a month but that means i will just look#kind of monsterous for a while. i cant do archery anymore bc it involves heavy weights ig which im supposed to not do#and its like as soon as i find smth i like it is taken away...i feel . like shit. etc. and according to the clinic it is Not Normal to be#so weak. have to get lasik in a few days while still recovering from transfer + nose surgery so i literally#feel like my body is going to give out but also idk if i will find time to catch up on stuff etc i feel likr my brain is rotting#i basically have no support system rn except my gf bc my friends are all so busy w their own stuff#which is also v bad. like i cannot rely on her as my sole source of emotional support#feels like academics etc have taken a backseat this yr so far and that is Horrible like i need that to not be the case#but im too nauseous and weak etc to sit up for prolonged periods of time taking notes#taking 7 antibiotics a day etc..idk . i have to travel 6hrs#tmrw then have lasik on monday then travel back 6hrs the same afternoon or tuesday morning#like i legit already feel like my body is giving out idk how i will do this. and i feel so incredibly alone throughout#all of this . idk.#genuinely i am turning into a black hole and if things get bad again i will lose it . i hate this feeling i hate the#marked loneliness that comes b4 things spiral downwards and this feels like it#that was a lot ✌️ anyway if any1 has any advice or words to share or anytjing to say ever pls do#i need human interaction soooo badly#personal
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hi! i have a dumb question but was film school scary? i majored in lit for undergrad and now i’m going to a film program for screenwriting for my masters BUT IM SO SCARED LMAO….like ahhh idk idk!! i have one friend that majored in film for undergrad and she was always studying, working on projects, etc. and now she has so much experience on her resume (w internships, projects etc.) n i don’t have any but got in to the same uni as her (both w screenwriting as our major) so i’m just scared i’m not prepared…
eeeee anon that is so exciting!!!!!! congrats!!!
ah i may not be the best person to ask as i didn’t technically go to film school in the literal sense (aka a program where you are constantly making films & getting hands-on experience), i got a degree in cinema studies (which, in my program, has a program within the cinema studies program for screenwriting that u have to submit a whole application and portfolio for etc). i chose not to go to traditional/hands-on film school because i was privileged enough to have film classes offered at my high school, which i took throughout my entire high school career. i felt like, after four years of practice, i had a pretty good grasp on the practical side of film + editing + all the elements of production n post production, and didn’t want to spend $$$$$ on something i already knew.
but!!! if your masters program is focused on screenwriting, then i don’t think you’ll be doing much hands-on pro / post production stuff??? unless they talk about like on-set rewrites and script doctors, but even then i’d assume that would only be a very small portion of your program. if you can look at the syllabi for a few of your classes you might be able to get a good idea of what to expect!
my point is, if your program is heavily focused on screenwriting (which i assume it would be???) then practical experience on-set + with post production wouldn’t really serve you all that much. if your friend studied film from an academic standpoint & studied film narrative and writing etc or had an internship with a screenwriter (not sure those exist???) or a writers room, then they’d probably have a bit of an upper hand.
either way, i wouldn’t worry too much anon bb <3 you got into the program because the faculty deemed you worthy and capable of being there! they most likely won’t just jump into the material and should offer some sort of refresh/review on the basics before they get started. better yet, they might even fully teach you the basics right off the bat! i can’t say for sure because i don’t know the program u got into obv, but there’s a chance they accepted other lit students too that have a writing background but not a screenwriting background. you probably won’t be alone! and worse case scenario and you feel like you’ve totally been thrown to the sharks, there are tons of incredible screenwriting resources online & in textbooks that you can check out, too!
#i feel like i rambled here#hopefully i got my point across HAHAH#anyway i’d put money on you being totally fine#like i said if ur friends experience is more hands-on film work instead of studying narratives etc then she doesn’t rly have anything on u#usually for screenwriting programs you have to submit a portfolio of *writing* samples not film#there isn’t a whooole ton of on set experience that would really transfer well to scriptwriting#like i wouldn’t say a cinematographer would be able to write a good film just because they’ve worked on a set#so uhhh yeah!!! i think you’ll be fine lovey <3#have a wonderful tuesday n stay safe!#inky.bb#clari gets mail
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Today is really one of those days where I'm being reminded of all the things and people I like at my job left and right. There are such good people here, and they like and appreciate me so much, which SUCKS because my department is run like SHIT and I gotta dip for my sanity
#i literally have a phone interview scheduled for my lunch break next Tuesday#and then one of my fave coworkers was like hey I'm gonna be showing some kids around Tuesday and I'd love for them to see you#me a fat butch lesbian with my they/them pronouns on my nameplate#I'm also doing a little finagling as the head of my queer group i run at this company#since someone in the group said their branch was discussing not putting up their flag due to past harassment from members/safety concerns#and i was like 'nah i know the guy who hired the security guard at hq' and told him about it and he was like wow yeah no that's fucked#so now he's thinking about ways to get them a security guard if that will make them feel safer#like i KNOW the people in this fucking company i can do GOOD at this fucking company#but I'm sick of how mismanaged my department is and I'd walk into the ocean and let it take me before I'd transfer back to customer service
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#i had another meeting with a potential phd advisor today. idk how i feel abt it#i think i wasnt at my best bc im so very very exhausted#which is 1000% my fault bc i was at my fireds house until like 11 ans probably overextended socially#but i dont think it was awful. i think i asked thr right questions. he seems pretty hands off#i think hes pretty successful with a big lab and his own lab space. the research is super cool#but i think if i go that way itll be a big challenge so idk#agh im so tired. and i have to go sampling again tomorrow. idk what im gonna do#i guess ill have to get up at like 5.30 to prep for field work. go to the store at 6#then i have a meeting at 7am and at 8 im going out to the feild probably until at least 3pm#so no getting stuff done for me i guess rip#actually its even more fucked bc i think were leaving Thursday night for more field work all weekend#hhhh so that means tonight i probably need to fucking transfer algae#and i have to give an lecture to a class next week so idk when im gonna make that presentation and practice. i guess i prob only habe to do#20min but i think feel like i might have to do the whole 50min so fuck me i guess#but also i need to find time to code a bunch of bullshit and write. i really need to write#and im just waiting on my boss to submit a recommendation before i have my 1st application done#hhh i just wanna sleep :-( im all wrung out. idk what im gonna do. freak the fuck out maybe idk#i just wanna draw :'( why does the universe say no?#unrelated#how tf is it only Tuesday?
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willing my venmo transfer to go through bc i can order my sticker printer once it does
#clenching fists#pls#give me my money o god of electronic transfer#me in a prayer circle w myself:#venmo: it'll be there tuesday#me: prays harder
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Well I’m gunna go lift weights till I can’t feel my muscles anymore and listen to slipknot cause I’m so angry and idk what else to do
#if I can’t be let into this other class and get training this semester I’m just gunna have to focus on weight training#and hope that’s enough#i got transferred to do swing on Tuesdays which is fine I’ve always wanted to try it#and yk any dance training is training so whatever#but I need ballet#if I don’t do ballet on a consistent basis I will actually lose it#it’s like the only thing that actually matters to me I love it so much GOD if I can just get into this other class#so I can have someone checking my technique every week I’ll be ok
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Welp, looks like I’m getting a crash course in snow driving this afternoon. Hopefully not in the literal sense.
Help.
#the adventures of Usagi the rambling blogger#I mean I can't reschedule this emissions test appointment since I have an appointment with the DMV for my title transfer next Tuesday#and I'm going back to AZ this weekend for mine and Hadjii's sealing#and snow plows have not gotten to our street yet...#the drive out of the neighborhood is downhill#hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh#pray for me#I will definitely be praying for me
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THRILLED that non-fridays fans on blaseball tumblr responded so well to my incredibly irreverent fridays meme-orial, which i did not expect due to the fact that, in general, it can be assumed that MOST blaseball fans would not be celebrating the incineration of the ENTIRETY of their own team
#ari opinion hour#people said congrats in the tags WHICH IS EXACTLY THE VIBE I WAS GOING FOR#and which is also‚ for the record‚ FUCKING HILARIOUS#also apparently the breath mints had a couple players survive and get transferred over to the paws#the fridays did not lmao.#we were never worried enough about incins to ever get incin protection mods or whatever else#bc of our 6 incins 2 were entirely unlored yet + 2 werent really favored players#and the one who WAS a team favorite got released later <3#(come to think of it i actually cant remember a time we did any more than consider it. like i dont think we ever even TRIED to get smth?)#and then the 6th one was thomas england who basically immediately became the only player EVER to just. literally stop existing entirely.#so that one was yk at that point less abt him getting incinerated & more abt the fact that he Literally Did Not Exist On The Site AT ALL#TECHNICALLY u could argue that he actually doesnt count as an Incineration. since they rolled the site back‚ in the process reversing it#and anyway all that was super early so at the time of our incineration we were by multiple seasons the team whod gone longest w/o any incins#(thomas england was in s4 and second place was the tigers bc ruby tuesday. which says A LOT)
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wow
#not to be a customer but#I submitted an online form for my gym to get a personal trainer last Tuesday#didn’t hear anything.#called Monday abt it and got transferred to leave a message#didn’t hear anything. again.#called this morning guy said he would leave a sticky note with my number#didn’t get a call this afternoon#called after work and the lady went home early so she will be calling me Monday#that’s nearly two weeks and I just find that unacceptable#I want to move forward with my fitness let’s goooo
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