prince zuko's arc is like what if you were good. what if you were passionate and loving and good down to your bones, but you were raised and indoctrinated in an abusive environment that you want so badly to be right, and good, and true, but it's not and the very values you've learned are good are actually not good, and your real goodness gets you hurt by the people who are supposed to love you. what if suffering is the only thing that can teach you because in order to be truly happy, you'd have to flip the table entirely. what if you can't do it. what if you can't bring yourself to leave. what if you believe that the only way you can be powerful, stronger than suffering itself, is to be unhappy and obedient. but then why are you so angry. what is the true reason for your obedience. are you in control, or have you simply given up control to someone who knows better? but do they know better? and does it even matter? you are sixteen and in command of an army and if you can't be good, which is to mean bad, you are worthless. you are bad at being good, but equally bad at being bad, and not once in the past 5 years have you actually remembered that you can just be.
Community college professors: this semester with all of you has been a great experience and a major example of dynamic exchanging of opinions. Exemplary work, everyone. Enjoy your well deserved summer break and feel free to reach out to me if you need absolutely anything in the future; letter of recommendation, shadowing, or even a simple question from future frameworks you’re studying. Thank you for such a great semester.
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There's a bunch of adhd advice out there that's like "people with adhd tend to work better under deadlines due to the anxiety so here are ways to artificially induce a stress response in order to get you to get work done" and it's like well what if I don't want to be stressed out all the time in order to function