"stress" By Yoan Capote - Made Of Bronze And Concrete

there’s a reason why the entire story of avatar the last airbender begins and ends with katara. there’s a reason why we are introduced to katara first before we are introduced to any other character. there’s a reason why katara is the narrator. there’s a reason why the creators have emphasized over and over again that katara is just as titular to the story as aang - she’s the other main character.

when you water down katara - remove her compassion, her ability to connect with others, her nurturing role, her ANGER and RAGE and DRIVE - you water down the very fundamentals of the story. you drastically and severely alter the core dynamics of the gaang, because katara was so important to the development of every single one of them. she was the rock and glue that held team avatar together.

katara was unlike any other character to ever appear on television; she was a young brown girl who took no shit from anyone, yet at the same time remained kind and compassionate and nurturing. katara was a force of nature; proud of her heritage and culture, burdened by the responsibility of being the last southern water bender of the water tribe, angered over the death of her mother and everything that the fire nation took from her, determined to help every single person in need, determined to change the world, angry and resentful because old men and rules and laws kept telling her what she could or could not do, thus, she was determined to restructure thousands of years of patriarchy that stood against her from accomplishing her goals and dreams.

watering down katara into at most 2-3 tangible characteristics, stripping her away of all her motivation and agency and nuance, telling the audience that she wants to help and change the world only to have her stand in the background with an air of grief, demonstrates that the writers of the live action fundamentally misunderstand the spirit of avatar. and that’s something so unforgivable. no matter how many changes they decide to make, or how much they decide to stay true to the original story in other areas, no matter how many flashy VFX fight scenes we get - if you fail to properly understand katara, you fail to understand the heart and soul of avatar the last airbender, everything that makes avatar such a timeless classic.

"happy halloween" FOR YOU, remus lupin is having the worst day of his life

The bombing is so intense, Gaza’s Civil Defense is unable to respond

The humanitarian situation is getting so much worse

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Chronic illness journal ideas :

Notes from appointments

Medication lists

Things to keep in your hospital go bag

Symptoms tracker

List of your diagnosis

Some information about all of your conditions

Pain tracker

Headache tracker

Mediation tracker

Self care ideas for low spoon ideas

Useful resources / websites

Favourite chronic illness quotes

Brain dumps

Natural remedies for things

Favourite podcasts about chronic illness

Write out the lyrics to a song that you relate to because of your chronic illness

Mood trackers

Flare up trackers

Books about chronic illnesses or chronic pain you want to read

Flare up essentials

Pain scale

List of your physio exercises

List of things to mention / questions to ask at your next appointment

Emergency info

Emergency contacts

Write a letter to your pain or to your illness

Who are you without your illness

Lessons you learnt from your illness

Which things have changed in your life since becoming ill

Things to pack for an overnight stay in hospital

Write down your daily obs so you can keep track

What was your diagnosis journey like

Write a letter to your doctor/s (rant, thank them etc)

What has your illness taught you about accountability

How do you let go of the thought ‘why me’

How do you cope with loneliness

Are you kind to yourself

What do you need to remind yourself on bad pain / flare days

Quotes / poetry / songs to help you through difficult days

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The Pitt - STICKY

The Mass Casualty episodes you will always be famous!

please keep talking about rafah. we're on the precipice of one of the darkest unfoldings in human history. please pray for rafah.

This is different from Al-Shifa:

CNN

Nearly 300 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital, says Gaza Civil Defense | CNN

A mass grave with nearly 300 bodies has been uncovered at a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Gaza Civil Defense workers sa

There are images of decomposed bodies wearing what appear to be scrubs... with their hands tied. Meaning they were executed while bound. I will not be sharing them because I'm tired of showing our martyrs' bodies to people.