Hey @linkeduniverse-incorrect We All Knew Who It Was. *nods*

idk if this has been already posted on here but i just saw this on twitter today and i must say i haven't seen an iconic cosplay like this little girl's in a while... kylo's outfit and rey's buns??? BRUH

vi got colonised tbh. it gives me that feeling when a rich white old man gets with a young SEA lady, brings her to britain and she only gets to see her family through facetime, and that's also the only time she speaks her native language because her man refuses to learn it

cait basically erased vi's identity as a zaunite. she loved vi in spite of that, instead of as a part of her. like how she told vi that she's not like the other zaunites, and saying 'i thought you were one of us' fully expecting her to step away from her people.

vi's been assimilated into piltover, even going against her own ideals by becoming part of the people (enforcers) who killed her parents, who were responsible for executing the systematic oppression of zaun. yet caitlyn's never assimilated into zaun, never even stepping foot into zaun beyond the first caitvi meeting and later when she was gassing the citizens. the show ended with vi living with caitlyn in the top 1% of piltover; no mutual exchange of culture. caitlyn never had to change her mind about zaun the way vi changed her mind about piltover, and remained oblivious to her own privilege and her family's legacy on zaun.

it's just that the sacrifices vi has made for cait, on her identity and on a moral level, has been completely one-sided. this, the imbalanced power dynamic and caitlyn's subtle prejudice against zaun (*) have never been acknowledged in the show. so for them to get back together and have their happy ending without some sort of introspective reflection feels. very uncomfortable. feels like cognitive dissonance.

(*) i say subtle because other than the warcrimes moment, cait often voices her opposition to extreme measures against zaun. however, she supports 'no extreme measures' and 'they are people too' as normative ideas, not really having the ability to recognise the violation of these ideas when it's in front of her and especially not when she's the one violating them. there's constantly an undercurrent of subconscious prejudice in her attitude towards zaunites, and just, a real lack of understanding

Consider: Fire Lord Zuko quietly putting all the Order of the White Lotus guys on his board of councilors because he’s tired of arguing with the Fire Nation elite who served under his father and if he’s gonna overturn a century-old fascist regime he’s gonna need some Agents of Chaos on his advisory board

- Iroh doesn’t come to meetings very often because his tea shop and customers come first and frankly, he’s done enough time trying to convince the nobles to do stuff, thanks. He has had enough of it by this point. When he does show up it’s mostly for moral support and when he thinks things are going to get heated (pun intended)

- Piandao is probably the single most consistent and valuable member and is extremely good at coming up with progressive and tactful ideas. He’s extremely bad at convincing the council, however. He also can’t seem to get through a meeting without challenging someone to an agni kai. Mostly as a joke. Partly as a power move. Like he WILL bring a sword to a fire fight DO NOT test him on that

- Jeong Jeong has never been on time for a meeting and probably never will. He shows up like a half hour late with tea and doesn’t say anything. His presence alone just freaks everyone out. There’s barely a councilor in there who hasn’t fought with him, been trained by him, or dated him at SOME point in their lives. He knows it. They know it. Zuko doesn’t know it but he appreciates how much gossip he gets to hear from Jeong Jeong when the meetings are over

- Pakku has only showed up like twice and dragged everyone so hard that they haven’t allowed him back. 

- Bumi shows up consistently just for the hell of it. He has a few straight-up brilliant strategies but mostly he’s just there to chill. He outclasses everyone with his outfits. He brings Flopsie to each meeting and no one is allowed to say anything because it would be rude and they are not aware that Flopsie will, in fact, not eat them. Zuko publicly does not acknowledge the 10 foot tall goat-gorilla that’s napping in the throne room. He is looking away. He does not see it

Are fedoras really that bad?

YES YES THEY ARE

something i noticed while rewatching atla, whenever zuko is shown sleeping on his side (rather than his back), he always sleeps on his scar, so he can still hear while he's asleep. as far as i can recall, that's the only in-show proof that he's deaf in his left ear. and i love it.

oh i did not know that! thank you for sharing!

guys look! fact!