Coming Into A Fandom Late

Has nothing to do with my blog but why not

People talk about this all the time, but I need to talk about it some more.

ATLA continuously showed the strong contrasts between Sokka and Katara’s family vs Zuko and Azula’s.

They’re set up similarly, of course, with the mother absent, a younger sister and her older brother. The sister is, in some way, considered superior than her older brother toward the beginning because of her abilities, whether it be that she’s a prodigy or just has bending altogether.

But I just,,, HHHNNG.

First, let’s talk sibling relationships.

Sokka and Katara don’t get along all the time. But siblings bicker often, and that’s really all it is for the most part. They genuinely love each other and are devastated when one or the other gets hurt.

Azula and Zuko, as previously explored, don’t like each other but get along fine when their father isn’t there to pit them against one another. (i.e. 3x05 The Beach). Azula has tried to kill Zuko on multiple occasions, and she’s never had trouble manipulating him, even in their younger years. And it was all to please her father or because she was the favorite.

But what I REALLY want to talk about is the parental relationships.

Katara and Sokka loved both their mother and father.

Azula and Zuko both favored a different parent, and that parent favored them in return (not to say that Ursa didn’t love Azula, because she did, but there was clear dysfunction present in their relationship).

Katara and Sokka had a father that loved them both and did what he could for them.

Ozai, was, well, Ozai, and didn’t ever show any care or love for his son because Azula was always better.

Hakoda loved Katara and Sokka and never favored one or the other. (He never degraded Sokka for being a nonbender.)

(Ozai would have killed Zuko if he were a nonbender.)

It’s just apparent how the members of one’s family, primarily the fathers in these cases, can change the entire dynamic.

If Ozai didn’t treat Zuko like he did, and didn’t favor Azula to an extreme, maybe Azula and Zuko wouldn’t have the relationship shown in the show. Maybe they would’ve been more like Katara and Sokka, just a little bit.

If Hakoda has chosen to favor Katara because she could bend, Sokka would grow to resent her while she’d grow to believe he was inferior.

And I just think about that a lot.

Rant over. Sorry this was long-winded lol

Yeosang: My boyfriend is too tall for me to kiss him on the lips. What should I do?

San: Punch him in the stomach, then when he doubles over in pain, kiss him.

Yunho: Tackle him.

Wooyoung: Dump him.

Jongho: Kick him in the shin.

Mingi: NO TO ALL OF THOSE. JUST ASK ME TO LEAN DOWN

I did it, it’s gone. We are finally free of the shackles that bound us. Do not thank me, for they will come for me soon. Use your time to escape. Do me one favor, please live a happier life. Thank you. Good-bye.

baby: [is crying]

Chan: *awkwardly picks up baby* it’s okay... you’ll learn how to do that on the inside when you get older

jeongin:

Jeongin: hyung are you ok

Megamind the musical would slap though: 

The transition between kid Megamind and adult Megamind being the kid Megamind blowing up the school and adult Megamind emerging from the blue smoke in full villain costume, complete with manic laughter 

Roxanne’s opening number being her trying to write a piece for the museum opening “An ocean inside a bigger ocean…” 

A reprise of the above song when she’s singing about Megamind and her confused feelings for him

Megamind and Roxanne’s sad duet in the rain “Love Someone Like You/Love Someone Like Me” 

BLACK MAMBAAAAAAAAAAAA

Hal’s evil rampage song “Under New Management.” 

Megamind and Minion’s duet about their weird but special friendship 

Metroman’s “I have eyes that can see” starting off silly but slowly transitioning into a sad ballad about how, unlike Megamind, he’s never loved his assigned role and wants to be his own person, doing what he loves

“I’m Bad” being the closing number

Are you taken?

as a fucking joke, absolutely

Chan holding a gun to Felix: Tell me the name of god you freckled piece of sh*t

Felix: Can you feel your heart burning? Can you feel the struggle within? You cannot kill me in a way that matters.

Chan cocking the gun with tears streaming down his face: I’M NOT SCARED OF YOU!

Chenle: Why are you looking at me through a fork?

WinWin: I’m pretending you’re in jail.

Chenle: Why

WinWin: It’s spiritually healing

now from the top make it drop

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