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One thing that’s always bothered me about how team Minato’s often written in fanfic is that it’s always referring to Kakashi as Obito’s best friend, when Rin is???? Like, even when they’re all happy and alive? Rin and Obito have been best friends for years longer than they’ve even been on team Minato? Is that not the entire canonical reason Obito fell in love with her?

Personally, I’m of the opinion that they’re all best friends (or should be), though their dynamics with each other are vastly different. Kakashi and Obito are the bickering rival/in love with each other duo, Rin and Kakashi are the sibling and would-die-for-Obito duo, and Obito and Rin are the ride-or-die confidants. The three of them together are the slightly-too-deranged trio, of course. Minato is their mentor/father figure, and the four of them together are the self-sacrificial idiots. Kushina’s the designated bad influence.

obsessed with sokka’s name kinda popping up everywhere in school books years after atla. like yeah ur learning history about the end of the hundred year war? oh right with the avatars amazing team and some non bender named sokka who probably wasn’t all that important. on to gym class where u learn different fighting styles, did you know btw that the first guy to ever train with the kyoshi warriors was some random guy named sokka? oh well. can’t be late for physics where we learn about the invention of the air balloon and the submarine by … sokka? huh okay I guess, on to politics where we learn about all these important decrees over all the different nations which were first proposed by.. ah man, sokka? again? anyway art class now, here look at these paintings made by sokka

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No but seriously why all the warriors in Claymore are women is both because they are easier to control due to less power hungry due to how they are raised in a misogynistic society but also it's a commentary on how women are changed, abused, and then tossed aside by the people who abused and changed them because they no longer have any use. They have self hatred drilled into them because it's easier to control them that way. In Those who Rend Asunder episode arc we have four warriors who are trouble makers. One is consistently defiant and is slowly coming out of her self-isolating mindset due to human connection (Clare), one of them is actively finding dirt on the association and learning of ulterior, world-shattering motivations (It is implied she knew it even then (Miria)), another is very care-free and actively helps other claymores see themselves as human and therefor less likely to be controlled (Helen), and the last one generally just causes problems and strife within the group (Deneve). These four are sent on a mission that they weren't expected to come back from. It doesn't matter how well they preform in battle, they are causing trouble and are influencing others to change and think for themselves. Also commentary on how women should act. Miria should stay in her lane and not snoop around and think for herself. She should simply follow orders and coordinate with her team, which is her strength. She should not step out of that box. Helen shouldn't be so loud and boisterous, and simply use her limb-stretching ability to the organizations benefit. She shouldn't bring other warriors up. She shouldn't connect with those around her. Focus on your job. Deneve shouldn't be so herself. She speaks her mind and is blunt, but women shouldn't do that. Stop causing problems and just keep to yourself. ALSO THE THING where people desire their bodies and see claymores as a sort of exotic find, until they see their scars. Unattractive, othering. Something to be sick by. Scars forced upon them by men, using them as experiments for some war.

I love Claymore I love women

I was reading this fic and it mentioned how in canon zuko was always wanting to get to the master forms and iroh would only teach him the basics because he hadn't mastered them. And it made me think about how aang and zuko are really on like the same level when zuko starts teaching him? And it's just.... Weird tbh. Yeah katara wasn't a master when she met aang but she knew an anstonishing amount considering she was self taught and she did become a master before aang did. And then obviously toph is a master from before they even met. Why was zuko aangs teacher? It's a little misogynistic I think that he didn't need to be on the same level as the girls and also I honestly think azula would have better fit that plot (though obviously in canon this would never happen since bryke literally hates her)

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I really wanted to slap Zuko when he said this to Aang. Like dude, you do realize that the dead nation that you are making fun of is dead thanks to your family, right? The very same family who has profited from the deaths of the air nomads and countless others for a 100 years since the war started? Kindly shut the fuck up. He's lucky Aang didn't get pissed with him and decide to kick him out of the group. He would have been completely justified.

i’m surprised that katara didn’t go off on zuko for that because she’s always been shown to respect the air nomads and their culture. poor girl was going through it this episode so i don’t exactly fault her or the writers for it either. katara deserved better than to have her trauma be used as a tool to forgive zuko.

Yes!!!

It’s like you guys didn’t even watch the Southern Raiders, because nowhere does Zuko helping Katara deal with her trauma is a means to end solely for forgiveness.

Zuko recognized that Katara was projecting her frustration towards the Fire Nation onto him. This is a dynamic that defines their relationship since Crossroads of Destiny where Katara literally says that she views Zuko’s face as the face of “the enemy.” He’s a representation of the forces that tore her family apart, which happens again earlier in the same episode when she and Sokka have to separate from their father when Azula attacks the air temple. This repeating pattern makes Katara upset, so she redirects it unto Zuko, a more tangible target whom she still justifiably angry at.

As someone who had also lost their mother at a young age with zero closure, Zuko understands that Katara needs that closure when she yells at him to bring her mother back. Katara, who has likely always wondered about her mother’s killer, doesn’t hesitate to accept Zuko’s offer, indicating that she wanted to go after him all along but had no real avenue to do so. This shared connection is clearly significant if it results in Katara opening up to Zuko abut the darkest day of her life. It’s reflective of their interactions in CoD, but instead of Katara trying to “heal” Zuko, it’s Zuko “healing” Katara. In both episodes, the two lower their guards and find middle ground. Ultimately, the show’s lesson is that though not everyone can be reconciled with (aka Yon Rha), reconciliation is still possible for those who put in the effort.

How this is reduced to “the writers had zuko exploit katara’s trauma so she could just forgive him” is beyond me.

"How is this reduced to 'the writers had Zuko exploit Katara's trauma so she could just forgive him' is beyond me."

Ummmm, because that's literally what they did?

Book 3 was rushed to hell and back, especially once he joins the group. That much is obvious. At this point, Katara hasn't forgiven Zuko (and rightfully so) for his role in what happened in Ba Sing Se. There wasn't that much time until the finale. So the writers needed something to make Katara forgive him. Easiest way to do that? Hmmm, what was the one thing that they "bonded" over for all of 5 seconds in the book 2 finale?

Seriously, Zuko himself pretty much makes it clear why he's doing this when he goes to Sokka's tent to ask him about Kya's death. It was less about helping Katara with her trauma and more about having her forgive him by taking out her anger at him onto someone else who he thought actually deserved it. Which, Yon Rha did. But so did Zuko.

And I will always hate the fact that it's framed as Zuko being entitled to Katara's forgiveness. And you know what, you're right. The episodes message WAS that not everyone can and should be forgiven. Yet somehow, this completely goes over Zuko's head. At no point in time do we ever see him come to the realization that Katara may in fact never forgive him. And that it's OK. That he shouldn't try and force her to forgive him. Who knows, she may have forgiven him eventually when enough time passed. Maybe she wouldn't. But the bottom line is, that choice was entirely up to her.

Where are those Air Temple preschoolers, Zuko? Where are they? What happened to them? Don't worry; I'll wait.

It’s still funny to me how people come away from this episode criticizing AANG of all people instead of those VERY questionable jabs.

God could you imagine how mad geologists must have been to slowly watch the "hey all the continents kinda fit like puzzle pieces :)" guy get proven right

It was a woman that did it!

I love girl talk, especially when it’s complex geological theory

The Mid-Oceanic Ridge was discovered by American oceanographer Marie Tharp in 1952, despite not being allowed to go to sea on any of the expeditions because she was a woman. She discovered it by taking all the measurements that the men brought back from sea, and she said: "I had a blank canvas to fill with extraordinary possibilities. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, a once-in-the-history-of-the-world opportunity for anyone, but especially for a woman in the 1940s." Every time she mapped out the measurements, she found this huge rift in the ocean, but all her colleagues ignored her, but it was confirmed to be the largest physical feature on Earth.

Start on 36:50.

I will say that Iroh-Zuko-Katara’s actions(or rather Iroh’s orders to Zuko and Katara) during the series finale were terminally stupid.  Given Ozai is supposedly trying to burn down the entire Earth Kingdom, wouldn’t make more sense to have Zuko and Katara help out Toph, Sokka, and Suki trying to stop it? One earthbender and two nonbenders, no matter how skilled, seems like an awfully small force to defeat an airship fleet, to stake the lives of thousands or even millions of innocent people on. 

And what exactly is the particular harm in waiting a couple days after Ozai’s defeat to try to confront Azula and carry out the coup in the Fire Nation? If Ozai loses, than they’ll have the Avatar’s help in it and will have a far easier time at it, while if Ozai defeats and kills Aang, defeating or killing Azula accomplishes almost nothing.

And how does going to the well-defended heart of the Fire Nation during the height of Sozin’s Comet to try to carry out a coup even make any sense? Shouldn’t Iroh/Katara/Zuko expect that there be a large force of guards there? What exactly would Zuko and Katara hope to accomplish against Azula, a large force of firebenders(all boasted by the comet), plus whatever other loyalist forces are there, like the Dai Li? How exactly would Zuko and Katara have any chance of overthrowing Azula in that case? Without Azula’s breakdown they probably would have been both easily and quickly killed or captured, at least if they didn’t flee immediately.

Again, I think very clumsy writing is the root cause. But in-universe, I would have to hold Iroh responsible, since he’s essentially ordering the Gaang around, whether he acknowledges it or not. The Gaang might be teenagers, but Iroh should have the wisdom to know better.

Ty Lee is the sort of person who is a massive jerk, really enjoys hurting people, and has the time of her life when she gets to beat up and humiliate someone, but who doesn’t really have the motivation or heart to go out into the world  to find acceptable targets.

That’s Azula’s job. 

AITA for realizing that my best friend is actually a ghost and not telling him because i'm worried that if he realizes he's dead he'll finally be able to accept it and fully pass on and i won't be able to hang out with him anymore?

AITA if i've been dead for a while but haven't told my best friend yet because he doesn't seem to have realized i'm a ghost and if he does i'm worried that he'll finally be able to accept it and let me go and i can't bear the thought of losing him?

AITA for killing that guy

You love to see it. (Not the destruction of trees, obvs, but shitheads meeting their oncoming comeuppance at the hands of trees.)

Okay, as someone with their doctorate in plant health (specifically trees and landscape plants), I'm frothing at the mouth livid.

Pollarding is a type of pruning done where you remove the upper branches of a tree with the intent of forcing it to grow more branches. Historically, it was used to produce fodder for livestock and wood for fencing, crafting, etc. but now is more of an aesthetic choice - it creates dense shade and reduces the risk of heavy branches becoming safety concerns later.

However, that pruning is something that occurs in January - March, when the tree is dormant. Not in the peak of summer, when there's a heat wave expected. By doing it during dormancy, the tree has already stored all of the nutrients and sugars the leaves held in the roots and trunk, ready for use in spring.

By pruning these trees now, they've severely damaged them, if not outright sentenced them to death. Leaves provide a tremendous amount of shade to the trunk, actively cool the area through respiration (pulling water through the tree and into the air around it), and provide sugars and nutrients necessary for growth through photosynthesis. These trees now have to work overtime to compensate and re-grow and entire canopy of leaves with reduced resources.

These trees are in what are sometimes affectionately known as "hell strips" - there's a concrete sidewalk on one side, asphalt on the other, and they get hot. Not just upwardly hot, but they heat the soil underneath them as well. The root zone of these trees don't get a lot of water to begin with (concrete and asphalt don't let water in well) and it doesn't seem like there's a lot of soil around the tree to begin with.

Trees in hell strips already have the heat and restricted root zones working against them - you can't have healthy trees if you don't have room for roots. Now these have to compensate and draw resources to push out new growth.

In addition, all of those pruning cuts are open wounds - places where infections and insects can enter into the tree. Usually mature trees can manage minor infections or infestations with no issue. But these trees are now extra susceptible because their immune response is weakened - all the extra energy available is going to new growth, not fighting off infections.

So there's a bunch of factors here that have put these trees at a disadvantage: the removal of most photosynthetic plant material, an increase in surrounding temperature, a restricted root zone, the potential for increased infection, and a heat wave expected in the next week. These trees are going to struggle the rest of their lives because of the decision to prune these trees like this now - all over a desire to break a strike so the studios don't have to pay their actors and writers and editors fairly.

I hope they get the book thrown at them with tree law. And then some.

food that’s totally devoid of nutritional value doesn’t exist. all food has macronutrients which our bodies rely on to support life, and the vast majority of food has a significant amount of micronutrients. pop tarts, cheeseburgers, french fries, pizza, cookies, chips, white flour products and other demonized foods contain vital micronutrients such as iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, b vitamins, vitamin c, and more. meat is a better source of some essential micronutrients than plant foods. 

vegetables and fruits are great, as are legumes, but they’re not the only nutrient-dense foods. they tend to be lower calorie & higher fiber foods, tho, which in conditions of scarcity (the reality for many ppl on earth, incl the ~developed world~) are far less efficient delivery systems for nutrients.

“empty calories” aren’t a thing - calories are units of energy - and you’d have to work pretty hard to find a food that contained no significant amount of any micronutrient. again, all foods have the macronutrients that keep us alive.

kindly get off my posts about the health benefits of eating foods you enjoy w this shaming nonsense about “foods that have no nutritional value”. i’m sorry your relationship w food is characterized by fear & a mistrust of pleasure, but we’re not here to keep you company in your misery

Oh okay so it's good then

Even going outside the context of the barbie movie, it is truly incredible that they could write that last part and try to frame it as a bad thing

As someone who took etiquette lessons, politeness is an incredibly effective tool for disarming bigots. You can either force them to reconsider their words/actions by directly and calmly confronting their behavior (by using the rules of society in your favor), or you can dip entirely while they appear to be in the wrong.

Both options are great.

Because the thing is, when bigots pick fights, they are 100% counting on you to get louder than them. Or meaner. They want you to react emotionally and provide fodder for their 'You're Too Emotionally Immature To Understand' cannon.

What they aren't expecting you to do is say one of the following phrases in a polite, concerned tone:

For those of you who'd are spiteful and/or dealing with Fundamentalists/Evangelicals/generally shitty Christians:

And my all time favorite:

"It sounds to me like there are some seriously dark and angry forces at work in your heart."

(Nothing stops a Christian bigot in their tracks faster than implying the Devil is causing their bigotry. But you MUST be calm, polite, and gentle with your tone and wording. It is absolutely fair to twist the rules and play them at their own game, but you gotta play hard.)

TLDR: It's much faster to use etiquette, politeness, and rhetoric reversal when eviscerating idiots online and in person, because they aren't expecting you to weaponize their behaviors back in their direction. Don't get angry, get spitefully polite! :)

I once witnessed a very soft-spoken young Southern man take a hateful older woman’s hands gently in his and say “Sister, I am so sorry that the Devil has carved a home for hatred in your heart. I’ll pray for you.”

It was glorious.

This works with all sorts of inappropriate behavior. I work as the archivist in a public library, so I end up on the reference desk a lot, and sometimes patrons will say or do things that aren't exactly appropriate. When patrons try to hit on me, I put on a teacher voice and calmly ask, "Is that an appropriate question to ask someone at work?" and it shuts them down immediately.

This sort of thing always does the trick.

NEED!

Twitter OP is the one making them, by the way.

They're currently out of stock because it's a small business but they're going to be restocked soon!

https://acoup.blog/2019/09/27/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-vii-spartan-ends/

at their communal tables, spartans ate nutritious but bland food, sometimes described as soup or gruel. asimov relates there was a contemporary greek joke, of course spartans don’t fear death, if all you have to look forward to is gruel every day, death seems preferable.

i posted similar thoughts on livejournal back in the day, i watched 300 and laughed out loud in the theater.

I think it’s only fair that two thousand years of idolising the Spartans is followed by two thousand years of roasting them to heck.

This.

I gotta ask, how do people, like, do stuff???

here’s what i’ve figured out so far:

-gotta have eat first

-gotta sleep enough first

(seriously so many days i’m like “i have all afternoon I’ma Do a Thing” and then i just kinda buzz around and do Nothing and think “WHY” and then i’m like “oh yeah i’m really fuckening tired”)

-gotta be Excited About It (ADHD brain only does things if they’re Literally the Most Interesting Thing Happening Right Now) (so like, hype yourself up to work on a project, or think about how happy you’ll be with a cleaner room/all those chores done)

-gotta have small, doable first step (like, “get cloth from fabric drawer” or “open google docs”

-FUCK distractions (computer is in drawer, phone is Off)

-Engage the Senses (if task needs Brain, play vague background Music, if task needs No Brain, listen to audiobook/podcast)

-maybe set time limit so i don’t get lost??? e.g. i have a little egg timer that i use because the ticking isn’t distracting but is enough to remind me that Time is a Thing that is Passing Right Now

-gotta have Self Awareness and Thinky about the Moment (get into the habit of Consciously Noticing what you’re doing at the moment, so you’re more likely to go “wait, this isn’t what i wanted to be doing” and be able to redirect)

-be willing to redirect and try to do something else if whatever you want to do Just Isn’t Happening

-DON’T beat yourself up for only doing part of something, or failing entirely- all that does is make your brain associate “trying to do stuff” with “well that SUCKED”. Which means you don’t want to try again. Tell urself u did good for trying, and if it didn’t work, try again later, or figure out why it didn’t work and try a different way. Reward yourself for trying

this is what i’ve figured out about cajoling the Thinky No Worky Brain into Doing Stuff. it’s not 100% reliable, especially if I forget to do some of these things (like SLEEP), but it’s what i got, ya know??

I wasn’t actually expecting any answers when I made that post but damn this is really helpful, thank you <3

wow i wonder if that 300 year gap could be explained by any outside factors…….whoa! for some reason it lines up with the timeline of britain’s invasion and subsequent colonization of ireland! wild, huh? i wonder if the two are connected in some way? i guess the world will never know….

“why do the Irish hate the English so much? It couldn’t have been *that* bad!!”

This was in place till 1973.

Seeing non irish people reblogging this makes me happy

The stereotype of “the Irish are drunks” is English propaganda used to justify paternalism and controlling the Irish. It’s bullshit.

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