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Listen, you can’t write perfect characters. No one cares about reading about someone who never screws up. Your characters need to make bad decisions, they need to hurt people, and they need to be hurt. They should doubt themselves and do things they regret. That’s where the magic happens, when they’re flawed, messy, and human. People don’t fall in love with characters because they’re flawless; they fall in love because those characters remind them of the chaos inside themselves. So don’t be afraid to put your characters through hell. Only then will their journey mean something.
I'm more of a lurker than a poster on tumblr because I've completely lost the habit of actually voicing out personal thoughts on anything I remotely enjoy online (most social media turning into ways to find work will do that for you) but I've just realized. I don't need to hide anything here I can just yap and be free. The way tumblr always intended..... no one will mind if I suddenly go on a wild rant about the hyperfixation du jour........
ON the subject of undernegotiated kink in fanfiction. i think we should talk more about how the concept of "not talking about it" is just as much wish fulfillment for some people as "in-depth, therapy-speak conversations where everyone is clear and understood" is for others
like yes, in reality the antidote to shame is open honest conversation with someone who will validate your feelings and wants blah blah blah but SOMETIMES what i want out of my fanfic is characters being understood without having to expose themselves in that way. SOMETIMES it's fun to not dismantle the shame and repression all the way and to instead treat that understanding-despite-not-being-clear as the fantasy
Sister Michael: An Icon DERRY GIRLS (2018 - 2022)
obsessed with the guy who just won gold in windsurfing
My personal head canon is that Ilah and Azulon had several children in the 10-15 years between Iroh and Ozai. They just didn’t live past infancy or toddler age for one reason or another. Not to mention the numerous still births and miscarriages. Which is why they put their all into Iroh.
It probably took a toll on Ilah and her marriage. So when she was pregnant with Ozai it was probably nerve wracking for her, but he was born healthy and lived past infancy. I’m between whether his birth killed her or she died not too long after he was born though.
We need more information on this woman and I hate how the series disregards the women of this family.
Thought about this cause iroh looks around 60 while I'd put ozai at 45-48, and they dont have any siblings in between them and they dont have different mother's. Did azulon wait 10yra to try for another baby?
I do wonder if abuse is a strong word, and I think that’s what I keep coming back to. Idk if it’s abuse, and I don’t believe Ursa did it intentionally. The word abuse gets thrown around so flagrantly that anything and everything is abusive behavior. It’s a larger conversation of the dynamics in a family run by a narcissist.
What bothers me more is that the narrative doesn’t call out Ursa for failing her daughter. Or she doesn’t recognize how she wronged Azula and instead places the blame on the child and not the adults who failed her.
I do think Ursa has her own issues that caused her to coddle Zuko and ignore Azula (at least that’s how I write her). In all honesty, the comics with Ursa are a mess and I take them with a grain of salt.
Please reblog for larger sample size, I'd particularly like to see what people outside my circle think. Also @atla-polls if you'd be kind enough to reblog, I'd appreciate it.
Not every story is about seeing yourself in it. Sometimes it’s about learning to see other people too.
Ozai: Sometimes I feel like I failed as a father.
Zuko: Sometimes?
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honestly as a proshipper i'm sick of writing essays on why i enjoy complex media. i could teach antis about critical thinking and depiction not equaling condoning all day and they still wouldn't listen.
i'm just going to start saying i don't give a fuck.
kids could see this content and be affected? don't care. it's triggering to you and others? don't care. it's not what the original creator would have wanted? don't. care.
it's not my job to educate antis. i'm tired.