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I want you all to know that an Arab Muslim from Tunis proposed the Theory of Evolution near 600 years before Charles Darwin even took his first breath. Don’t let them erase you.

Ya know, I've honestly forgotten what it feels like ti be happy.

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If you remember this, you had an amazing childhood!!!

A small snippet based on my text post. To sum things up about it, basically someone started a running joke about Aloy and Beta being oblivious hermits, and they decide to enact their revenge like any true siblings would.

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“Hey Aloy? Can I ask you something?” 

The huntress in question looked up at her sister, and hummed in response. While it wasn’t unusual at all for Beta to ask her questions, something about this time just seemed… different. 

Perhaps it was the tone of her voice, the set of her shoulders, or something in the air. 

Or maybe it was the shine in her eyes speaking of untold pain and mischief for someone deserving. 

“Where do babies come from?”

All hustle in the common room froze. No one moved nor made a sound, beyond Erend’s wheezing as he choked on his ale. 

It was like a spark between them. A moment of connection. The stars had aligned, their crops were watered, their pores were cleared, and for once, Aloy and Beta were on exactly the same wavelength. 

Revenge.

“Well Beta,” Aloy answered slowly, hastily covering the sadistic gleam in her eyes matching Beta’s own as everyone else sighed in relief over the fact that clearly, Aloy had it handled now.

Oh, those sweet summer children. Those poor unfortunate souls. Those novices tripping over their hunting spears. Like she would ever give up such a golden opportunity. 

Aloy employed every bit of training Rost ever gave her, every moment she pretended she was Rost, every last bit of experience she had gained in her twenty-something years to keep her composure. “I don’t actually know.” And all at once, the tension skyrocketed. Alva squeaked and dropped her glass, spilling water everywhere. Kotallo stared off into the middle distance, like he was chiseled out of stone. Zo twitched, her hands spasming erratically over her stomach. Erend let out a strangled whine, thumping his chest to get his breath back in him. Aloy locked eyes with Beta, each of them acknowledging that this, this moment right here, was truly the start of a greater connection. A greater whole. A true sisterhood. It started right here, getting sweet, sweet revenge on everyone on base. She turned to the others, Beta copying her movement. 

“But I’m sure someone else knows. Why don’t we ask them?”

The sisters watched in concealed pleasure as everyone else turned green. Yes, life was good.

Awww yeah, she's a beauty

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ATLA Culture Index: What’s in a Name?

Trying to better organize this Tumblr since it’s getting to be pretty expansive.

Water Tribe

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Earth Kingdom

Part 1

Part 2

Beifong Edition

Part 3

Part 4

Joo Dee Edition

Part 5

Fire Nation

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Air Nomads

Part 1

Like what I’m doing? Tips always appreciated, never expected. ^_^

https://ko-fi.com/atlaculture

I made the mistake of reading the transcripts of the director’s commentary on the episodes of ATLA, and some things really stood out:

1. It’s astonishing how there’s zero commentary on any of Azula’s softer moments.  They actively shy away from talking about any of them.

2. Azula is “crazy” because she’s manipulative and has “an over the top personality”?

3. Bryke seem to have no knowledge or understanding Azula’s backstory, and in fact the idea of Azula having a backstory doesn’t really seem to cross their minds.

4. I’ve increasingly convinced that no one on the writing team was attempting to write Azula with a tenth of the complexity she ended up having.