Biting Callout @ Myself

Biting Callout @ Myself
Biting Callout @ Myself

biting callout @ myself

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4 years ago

@snapeaddict .........

6 years ago
Sketchy Dump. Will I Ever Stop Drawing Risa Holding Otani? The Answer Is A Resounding No.
Sketchy Dump. Will I Ever Stop Drawing Risa Holding Otani? The Answer Is A Resounding No.
Sketchy Dump. Will I Ever Stop Drawing Risa Holding Otani? The Answer Is A Resounding No.

Sketchy dump. Will I ever stop drawing Risa holding Otani? The answer is a resounding no.

3 years ago
I’ve Been Waiting A Year To Post This

I’ve been waiting a year to post this

4 years ago

So wait...

A “simple” spy is someone who works for the enemy. This is Snape as a Death Eater trying to spy on Dumbledore.

A double agent is someone who seems to work for the enemy but is actually betraying them with them thinking the spy is loyal. That’s Snape during the 1st Wizarding War, betraying Voldemort and working for Dumbledore.

A deep-cover agent is a person who still works as a spy, for a prolonged period of time (months or years), infiltrating the enemy and taking posts of responsibility and importance in the war, gathering precious information while cutting off all communication with his side of the war until they are “woken up”. That’s what Voldemort thought Snape was doing in becoming a member of the Order, a Potions Professor and Dumbledore’s (fake, but in reality not fake) spy, only to reveal himself as a true Death Eater after all.

A triple agent is someone who acts as if they betray the enemy but who’s really working for them, making the target believe a (false) tale of betrayal. That’s what Voldemort believes about his spy after his resurrection, when Snape tells him he’s “spun a tale of deepest remorse” to Dumbledore.

A quadruple (?)/fourth-time agent is someone who says that they faked a betrayal to the enemy but who’s really betraying them: they’re “faking a tale of false betrayal to the enemy”. That’s Snape who did betray Voldemort and made him think he convinced Dumbledore of a betrayal that was fake... although it was not.

Dammit Snape that’s a lot 😰

4 years ago

Snape: dont let my erection fool you i am actually very sad

5 years ago

Avatar Aang, Feminist Icon?

Avatar Aang, Feminist Icon?

“Who’s your favorite character?” I hear that question come up a lot over Avatar: The Last Airbender, a show particularly near and dear to me. Iroh and Toph get tossed around a lot. Zuko is very popular. Sokka has his fans. But something I’ve noticed? Aang very rarely gets the pick. When he comes up, it’s usually in that “Oh, and also…” kind of way. Which is strange, I think, considering he’s the main character, the titular airbender, of the entire show.

I never really thought much about it until a couple weeks ago when I finished my annual re-watch of the series and found myself, for the first time, specifically focused on Aang’s arc. Somehow, I never really paid that much attention to him before. I mean sure, he’s front and center in most episodes, fighting or practicing or learning big spiritual secrets, and yet, he always feels a little overshadowed. Katara takes care of the group. Sokka makes the plans. Zuko has the big, heroic Joseph Campbell journey. Aang…goofs around. He listens and follows and plays with Momo. And yes, at the end his story gets bigger and louder, but even then I feel like a lot of it dodges the spotlight. And here’s why:

Avatar casts the least traditionally-masculine hero you could possibly write as the star of a fantasy war story. Because of that, we don’t see Aang naturally for everything he is, so we look elsewhere.

Avatar Aang, Feminist Icon?

To show what I mean, I want to talk about some of the show’s other characters, and I want to start with Zuko. Zuko is the hero we’re looking for. He’s tall and hot and complicated. He perseveres in the face of constant setbacks. He uses two swords and shoots fire out of his hands. He trains with a wise old man on ship decks and mountaintops. Occasionally he yells at the sky. He’s got the whole 180-degree moral turn beat for beat, right down to the scars and the sins-of-the-father confrontation scene. And if you were going into battle, some epic affair with battalions of armor-clad infantry, Zuko is the man you’d want leading the charge, Aragorn style. We love Zuko. Because Zuko does what he’s supposed to do.

Now let’s look at Katara. Katara doesn’t do what she’s supposed to do. She doesn’t care about your traditionally gender dynamics because she’s too busy fighting pirates and firebenders, planning military operations with the highest ranking generals in the Earth Kingdom, and dismantling the entire patriarchal structure of the Northern Water Tribe. Somewhere in her spare time she also manages to become one of the greatest waterbenders in the world, train the Avatar, defeat the princess of the Fire Nation in the middle of Sozin’s Comet and take care of the entire rest of the cast for an entire year living in tents and caves. Katara is a badass, and we love that.

So what about Aang? When we meet Aang, he is twelve years old. He is small and his voice hasn’t changed yet. His hobbies include dancing, baking and braiding necklaces with pink flowers. He loves animals. He doesn’t eat meat. He despises violence and spends nine tenths of every fight ducking and dodging. His only “weapon” is a blunt staff, used more for recreation than combat. Through the show, Aang receives most of his training from two young women – Katara and Toph – whom he gives absolute respect, even to the point of reverence. When he questions their instruction, it comes from a place of discomfort or anxiety, never superiority. He defers to women, young women, in matters of strategy and combat. Then he makes a joke at his own expense and goes off to feed his pet lemur.

Avatar Aang, Feminist Icon?

Now there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for all this, and it’s the one that shielded Aang from the heroic limelight in my eyes for ten years. The reasoning goes like this: Aang is a child. He has no presumptuous authority complex, no masculinity anxiety, no self-consciousness about his preferred pastimes, because he’s twelve. He’s still the hero, but he’s the prepubescent hero, the hero who can’t lead the charge himself because he’s just not old enough. The problem is, that reasoning just doesn’t hold up when you look at him in the context of the rest of the show.

Let’s look at Azula. Aside from the Avatar himself, Zuko’s sister is arguably the strongest bender in the entire show. We could debate Toph and Ozai all day, but when you look at all Azula does, the evidence is pretty damning. Let’s make a list, shall we?

Azula completely mastered lightning, the highest level firebending technique, in her spare time on a boat, under the instruction of two old women who can’t even bend.

Azula led the drill assault on Ba Sing Sae, one of the most important Fire Nation operations of the entire war, and almost succeeded in conquering the whole Earth Kingdom.

Azula then bested the Kyoshi Warriors, one of the strongest non-bender fighting groups in the entire world, successfully infiltrated the Earth Kingdom in disguise, befriended its monarch, learned of the enemy’s most secret operation, emotionally manipulated her older brother, overthrew the captain of the secret police and did conquer the Earth Kingdom, something three Fire Lords, numerous technological monstrosities, and countless generals, including her uncle, failed to do in a century.

And she did this all when she was fourteen.

Avatar Aang, Feminist Icon?

That last part is easy to forget. Azula seems so much her brother’s peer, we forget she’s the same age as Katara. And that means that when we first meet Azula, she’s only a year older than Aang is at the end of the series. So to dismiss Aang’s autonomy, maturity or capability because of his age is ridiculous, understanding that he and Azula could have been in the same preschool class.

We must then accept Aang for what he truly is: the hero of the story, the leader of the charge, who repeatedly displays restraint and meekness, not because of his age, not because of his upbringing, not because of some character flaw, but because he chooses too. We clamor for strong female characters, and for excellent reason. But nobody every calls for more weak male characters. Not weak in a negative sense, but weak in a sense that he listens when heroes talk. He negotiates when heroes fight. And when heroes are sharpening their blades, planning their strategies and stringing along their hetero love interests, Aang is making jewelry, feeding Appa, and wearing that flower crown he got from a travelling band of hippies. If all Aang’s hobbies and habits were transposed onto Toph or Katara, we’d see it as a weakening of their characters. But with Aang it’s cute, because he’s a child. Only it isn’t, because he’s not.

Even in his relationship with Katara, a landmark piece of any traditional protagonist’s identity, Aang defies expectations. From the moment he wakes up in episode one, he is infatuated with the young woman who would become his oldest teacher and closest friend. Throughout season one we see many examples of his puppy love expressing itself, usually to no avail. But there’s one episode in particular that I always thought a little odd, and that’s Jet.

Avatar Aang, Feminist Icon?

In Jet, Katara has an infatuation of her own. The titular vigilante outlaw sweeps her off her feet, literally, with his stunning hair, his masterful swordsmanship and his apparent selflessness. You’d think this would elicit some kind of jealousy from Aang. There’s no way he’s ignorant of what’s happening, as Sokka sarcastically refers to Jet as Katara’s boyfriend directly in Aang’s presence, and she doesn’t even dispute it. But even then, we never see any kind of rivalry manifest in Aang. Rather, he seems in full support of it. He repeatedly praises Jet, impressed by his leadership and carefree attitude. Despite his overwhelming affection for Katara, he evaluates both her and Jet on their own merits as people. There is no sense of ownership or macho competition.

Contrast this with Zuko’s reaction to a similar scenario in season three’s The Beach. Zuko goes to a party with his girlfriend, and at that party he sees her talking to another guy. His reaction? Throwing the challenger into the wall, shattering a vase, yelling at Mai, and storming out. This may seem a little extreme, but it’s also what we’d expect to an extent. Zuko is being challenged. He feels threatened in his station as a man, and he responds physically, asserting his strength and dominance as best he can.

I could go on and on. I could talk about how the first time Aang trains with a dedicated waterbending master, he tries to quit because of sexist double standards, only changing his mind after Katara’s urging. I could talk about how Aang is cast as a woman in the Fire Nation’s propaganda theatre piece bashing him and his friends. Because in a patriarchal society, the worst thing a man can be is feminine. I could talk about the only times Aang causes any kind of real destruction in the Avatar state, it’s not even him, since he doesn’t gain control of the skill until the show’s closing moments. Every time he is powerless in his own power and guilt-ridden right after, until the very end when he finally gains control, and what does he do with all that potential? He raises the rivers, and puts the fires out.

Avatar Aang, Feminist Icon?

Aang isn’t what he’s supposed to be. He rejects every masculine expectation placed on his role, and in doing so he dodges center stage of his own show. It’s shocking to think about how many times I just forgot about Aang. Even at the end, when his voice has dropped and his abs have filled in, we miss it. Zuko’s coronation comes and we cheer with the crowd, psyched to see our hero crowned. Then the Fire Lord shakes his head, gestures behind him and declares “the real hero is the Avatar.” It’s like he’s talking to us. “Don’t you get it?” he asks. “Did you miss it? This is his story. But you forgot that. Because he was small. And silly. And he hated fighting. And he loved to dance. Look at him,” Zuko seems to say. “He’s your hero. Avatar Aang, defier of gender norms, champion of self-identity, feminist icon.”

5 years ago
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS
Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS

Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS

Our 1st place contest winner requested a Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep comic as their prize.

4 years ago

Severus and Regulus on the beach

Severus And Regulus On The Beach

Reg's and Sev's very hot Death Eater summer included:

- Appearing on a muggle beach right before the storm both wearing dark swimsuits

- Imperiusing muggles into buying them ice cream or giving them money (Reg doesn't need them but Snape might, back in Cokeworth)

- Trying out amortentia on guys present just to reject their lovesick confessions in mocking voices

- Blowing gum bubbles shaped like mini Dark Marks

- Experimental weather charms, amirite?

- Last but not least, bullying Peter who was unfortunate enough (although, who knows...) to mix in among the muggles. You can see that this encounter may have influenced his...tastes and loyalties in the future...

And it was all because Regulus wanted to get even with his brother who called them both sissies!

Do not try this at your local beach, kids! (Please don't take this too seriously, okay? I need to have fun once in a while.)

6 years ago
How To Train Your Dragon
How To Train Your Dragon
How To Train Your Dragon

How to train your dragon

Outlast: Whistleblower edition

4 years ago

This is really sad

Never forget Severus was willing to go down the Shrieking Shack

(and no, I'm not victim blaming)

The fact I dislike Sirius so much, and all the people who protected him and closed their eyes on his actions when he was a student, is because there is something else in that "prank" he played on Severus, like the fandom likes to call a near murder, that I find even more terrible than the attempted murder itself or the fact he used one of his best friends, nearly ruining his life and putting blood on his hands. It is Severus' behaviour that is the most telling and disturbing.

All Sirius had to do was tell him how to get into the Shrieking Shack. He didn't force him, he didn't pull him and abandoned him there, didn't threaten him to go down the tunnel. He just told him how to do it, and Severus did. Imagine the amount of abuse one has to have been through already, to willingly do what your bully told you to do. Severus was a brilliant person, and he was not a fool. He knew everything that came from the Marauders was a threat. And still, he decided to go down the tunnel, knowing something most certainly dangerous and forbidden took place there. He was so desperate to get rid of his tormentors he was willing to break the school rules and put himself in danger to expose them. Just imagine the mental state you must be in to do that. Sirius used Severus' trauma to try and murder him, he used his nearly irrational fear of them to harm him even more. He knew Severus would do anything to have them expelled as he told Harry. Severus was so damaged he was willing to go down the Shrieking Shack if it gave him any chance to get them expelled.

This is so horrible it hurts, and a situation than can be found with real victims of bullying. They are willing to do anything that would help ease their own suffering. It can be many things, from self-harm to becoming a bully yourself, or suicide.

And we know Severus must have thought, when he saw Lupin, "at least now they have to be expelled". He must have been relieved while he was nearly killed - so imagine how he felt after. When Dumbledore put all responsibility on him and let Sirius stay at the school. Showing him his life was worth nothing, while it already meant so little to Severus at the time, and this did not change.

Severus was so desperate, so abused already, that it did not matter to him anymore the risks he took if he could be freed from the bullying. He wasn't helped by anyone so he took the matter in his own hands.

In the hand, he nearly got himself killed in his attempt to be set free from his tormentors. And Dumbledore closed his eyes and looked away, while such behaviour should have alerted him on young Severus' extreme suffering and bad mental state.

So NEVER minimize the effects bullying can have on someone. Reminder that Severus is a perfect fictional example:

"Mona O'Moore of the Anti-Bullying Centre at Trinity College in Dublin, has written, "There is a growing body of research which indicates that individuals, whether child or adult, who are persistently subjected to abusive behavior are at risk of stress related illness which can sometimes lead to suicide." Those who have been the targets of bullying can suffer from long term emotional and behavioral problems. Bullying can cause loneliness, depression, anxiety, lead to low self-esteemand increased susceptibility to illness. Bullying has also been shown to cause maladjustment in young children, and targets of bullying who were also bullies themselves exhibit even greater social difficulties. A mental health report also found that bullying was linked to eating disorders, anxiety, body dysmorphia and other negative psychological effects."

- Wikipedia

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