7 quirky cat behaviors and what they mean
I, personally, would have called this “7 perfectly normal but frequently misunderstood cat behaviors and what they mean”, but you get the point. - Grump
Now comes the part where I double-cross you.
Dai Li, arrest the Fire Nation Princess.I don’t care what anyone says, THIS IS THE BEST DIALOGUE IN THE ENTIRE SERIES!! AZULA 👏🏾DID👏🏾THAT👏🏾
A while ago, someone made a good point as to how Azula was from a place of privilege and believes herself to be better than everyone. This scene really shows that, at the same time it has a deeper meaning when it comes to the Fire Nation and their colonization toward the other nations (the earth kingdom , the air nomads, etc..etc..) .
In a way, this scene is supposed to reflect that. Their sheer disregard for established cultures and traditions simply because they believe they were born better. The scary thing is that people like Azula and the rest of the fire nation believe that their colonization is a good thing, and that it is helping these nations. But it is not. In this gifset you have to realize that becuase Azula comes from a place of privilege, she believes that she is entitled to this throne.
And that because Long Fei did not come from a place of privilege, then he is below her and doesn’t deserve something he worked hard for. Albeit he is a shitty and terrible person and I am not excusing him, he is a victim to of colonization. Just as the Dai Li is and the rest of Ba Sing Se.
With this scene, I do think it is important not to take it as a moment of empowerment or see it as a feminist moment because you are praising an entitled girl for exercising her privilege to belittle someone below her. However, you can appreciate the dialogue and the fact that this was written in such a clever way. You can appreciate that Azula is an well written character as well and that this scene speaks volumes of her character and the privilege that she carries with her.It’s also so evident in the beginning of Season 3 when Aang goes to Fire Nation school that the kids are raised with this idea. They teach that the Fire Nation is helping the Earth Kingdom by colonizing. There’s also the historical revisionism of saying the Air Nomads had a military that the Fire Nation strategically bested rather than that they committed genocide against a peaceful people with no military.
Yes, yes all of this. So putting that into perspective, Azula’s thought process makes more sense and is even more scarier. In addition to that, this has really been drilled into her head since she is the princess.
Another important thing I wanna point out is that she is also wearing traditional earth kingodm clothing from the Kyoshi warriors. Clothing she stole from women that she and her group belittled for their culture and battle clothing.
So essentially we have a privileged imperialist, outright belittling a culture in both action and the clothing she is wearing (which azula wearing the clothing of a kyoshi warrior is CA).
Even still had the Xmas decorations out on the shelves, and Xmas stock sat right there next to the Eggs
“The lawsuit, which was initially submitted in August 2016, alleged that hundreds of thousands of Washington residents were “deceived” into paying “at least $73 million in subscription fees over the last five years for a near-worthless ‘protection plan.’”
Isn’t it great how instead of even attempting to provide actual goods and services corporations are now just straight up turning to cons to make profits? Isn’t it great how these people were one of the biggest contributors to the destruction of net neutrality? Isn’t it great how the service in question is literally a “protection” fee as though they were some kind of internet mobsters?
Time doesn’t heal all wounds
Expecting time to heal you is passive
To heal requires an active process and choice to heal
I’m seeing a lot of stuff recently condemning creators for “ abusing” their own characters and I have a few issues with it.
As a content creator, I’m trying to make a dynamic story. This means that my characters will go through bad stuff. It’s to make conflict in the story. Lots of different stories need to be told. Little Red meets the wolf in the woods to teach a lesson about strangers, Lolita shows the struggle of sexual abuse, Frodo survives a war inside and out.
If I make you feel so strongly for a character you cry- I’ve done my job as a writer. ( Its OK to cry, I cry every time I read Where the Red Fern Grows, my heart aches every time I re-read a characters death and know I couldn’t stop it if I wanted. The point is to feel.)
Putting a character I’ve created myself, who does not actually exist through a hard time is important for telling great stories, exploring humanity- Look up, “ A Good Man is Hard to Find” its a short story about a murderer. Think critically, whats it telling you?
Looking at something bad and yelling BAD and PROBLEMATIC is not a good way to ingest media. Stories have so much more to them.
Did Coraline deserve everything that happened to her in the Book/Movie Adaptation? Was it right to put a fake little girl through all that fake trauma for the entertainment of children and adults? Not looking at it that way, that makes everyone who enjoyed the movie seem like a monster. But does Coraline show little kids and young adults that even when the monster looks like a loved one, they have the strength and will power to overcome? Yes. And that’s important.
Really look at the media you’re consuming. Sometimes, yes- it can advocate for something not nice. But its not as black and white as Tumblr or Twitter makes it seem.
