I- I just can’t get over Zuko and his arc. Everything he did - everything - was out of this insane drive to prove everyone wrong, to prove that he was worth something, and it amazes me that he never realized just how valuable he already was.
His sister tells him ‘You waste all your time playing with knives. You’re not even good!’ and he masters dual swords.
His sister is a prodigy and he’s told he’ll never catch up. He learns from dragons. He trains the Avatar. He takes her down (with the help of a very skilled waterbender)
Anything his family said to him, he managed to turn around and build on it. He thrived on it, exploded from it, turned all the negativity into a positive path and it’s just… it’s amazing.
There’s just no end to my love for this character. No fucking end.
Bonus: The weak, banished prince has fangirls for all the ages. Take that, Ozai.
people saying negative things about a character you love that aren’t even constructive criticisms of their character or valid points and are just pointlessly and immaturely rude
girl hell yeah, I swear to god idk why they do that, they think gay people are zoo animals that strip or something
My face when I hit on a girl at a gay bar and she says she’s straight and so is her boyfriend and all their friends.
That has to be extremely aggravating.
Straight people like to experience gay tourism to show us queers how open minded they are. As if it didn’t occur to them we might be hanging out in gay bars to meet other gay people.
My gay friend took me to a gay bar once i dont see the big issue of me going there whilst straight. Its not some exclusive club for gays only the same way we dont ha ve straight people clubs.
So you don’t think there’s a reason there are gay bars?
There is a reason it is for people to find like minded people but its NOT exclusive for gays only. Just like standard clubs arent only for straights i have had quite a few gay friends over the years and not one has batted an eyelid as ive joined them at a gay bar, I understand some people go there because they fetishize gay people and are looking for gay bffs but not EVERY straight person is like that.
Gay bars exist because before 2003 it was illegal in most states to be gay and one of the few places where gay and trans people could go and be themselves was a fucking mob-owned bar. The cops used to kick down gay people’s doors and arrest them while they were in bed. Trans people couldn’t walk down the street without getting at least questioned by the cops. Bars were the only space for us, and even then they’d get raided by the cops.
It’s why the riot that kicked off the modern gay rights movement happened at Stonewall, a bar. It’s why gay gathering places are bars instead of coffee shops or restaurants 9/10 times. (It also doesn’t hurt that drinking eases the pain of being the almost constant target of harassment and anti-gay legislation, also why alcoholism is so high in our community)
This isn’t some fucking hookup culture thing, or finding “like minded people” it’s something that was forced onto and built into our culture.
You’re exploiting our spaces that you forced us into to begin with. Don’t walk in here and tell us why gay bars exist when you’re this fucking ignorant.
the idea of consuming two conflicting things that promise to do the opposite of each other has always been hilarious to me. there’s a liquid shot-based sleep aid called 6 hour sleep and as soon as I saw it i immediately imagined mixing it and a 5 hour energy together for a 1 hour nap
Look, I moved to a new school almost every year growing up, and got into a lot of fights as the perennial new kid. One thing I learned very quickly is that when you’re in a fight, you’re in a fight. Act accordingly. Doesn’t matter if the ringleader is an orange buffoon or someone who looks like a cartoon villain. WE ARE IN A FIGHT. First focus on doing what’s right (impeach Trump) and **then** worry about Pence, who may be implicated in the whole Russia debacle anyway.
Also, Mike Pence is not that bright? Did you see the VP debates?
And remember, the last time the media and the DNC colluded to cherry pick “the perfect” opponent, it ended up with Trump in the White House
PLEASE believe me, anyone who isn’t straight, white, “Christian,” wealthy and male……you’re already IN a fight. Act like it. Don’t pull any punches. Republicans won’t
Bottom line: Racists like Jeff Sessions stay running the DoJ whether Trump or Pence is president. Betsy DeVos doesn’t stop attacking hungry children in public schools. Things don’t get any “better” if we pick “different” Republicans
Please get this through your heads: the *entire* Republican Party is thoroughly foul. So fight them. ALL of them, ALL the time, at every step of the way
Last thing: That mentality of, “Don’t fight too hard, or you might disrupt the status quo and make things worse” is precisely why the Democrats have lost so many seats in state and local governments over the last 30 years
I say, the way to break the status quo and make things better is to bloody their nose, and fight like hell every single time, and that way they’ll learn to think twice before they mess with you. Make them understand the word “consequences”
