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I guess you could say I’m not much of a patriot…

So, someone did a thing. From the summery:

Avatar: The Last Airbender re imagined with thematically similar cultures of the Ancient Near East. Ancient Egypt is Water, Sumeria is Earth, Ancient Zoroastrian Iran is Fire, and the Air Nomads are Hittite priests.

Apparently, the original author is @valarhalla, and it appears they are a student studying the Ancient Near East, which explains why this fic is so mind blowingly awesome. and detailed. I mean, I’ve had similar ideas, but there’s no way I could ever do it justice. 

I’m not sure if they intend to write more, but I’d love to see the Fire Nation court and shit. 

Anyway, give it a read. It’s really awesome and well written. 

A-fricking-men

Don’t be a Severus Snape

Be a Lemony Snicket

So, someone did a thing. From the summery:

Avatar: The Last Airbender re imagined with thematically similar cultures of the Ancient Near East. Ancient Egypt is Water, Sumeria is Earth, Ancient Zoroastrian Iran is Fire, and the Air Nomads are Hittite priests.

Apparently, the original author is @valarhalla, and it appears they are a student studying the Ancient Near East, which explains why this fic is so mind blowingly awesome. and detailed. I mean, I’ve had similar ideas, but there’s no way I could ever do it justice. 

I’m not sure if they intend to write more, but I’d love to see the Fire Nation court and shit. 

Anyway, give it a read. It’s really awesome and well written. 

I think the reason people hate Tony Stark so much is because they simply cannot understand what a true redemption arc is. Tony is the embodiment of realizing one’s mistakes and repenting for them for the rest of one’s life. From the moment Tony got hit with the shrapnel in his chest and realized his own ignorance and naivete, he’s dedicated his existence to destroying everything Stark Industries previously represented, more so after Yinsen died to give him a chance at escaping.

Yes, Tony made mistakes. That’s the point. Ignorance is not excusable, even if Stane was the one to do the bad deeds, and he is just as guilty (arguably a bit less than Stane). But he has more than paid for that ignorance. The arc reactor, his plenty near death experiences, his PTSD, anxiety, the near loss of both Pepper and Rhodey — all of that is his punishment (and his own mind which places ten times more guilt on his shoulders than should).

If people can’t move past his mistakes and see him for the hero he is, then that means that they aren’t able to give people second chances and don’t believe people change.

Tony wasn’t a pillar of morality and American patriotism since he came out of the womb like Steve, he had to grow and change and learn from his mistakes to get to the version of himself that he is today. And that is the reason people love him — because, putting his wealth and genius aside, Tony Stark is all of us. He is human, he errs, he grows and betters himself. Tony Stark is the hero all of us can be the minute we stop living in ignorance and work towards changing our ways.

The sugar bowl contains the trailer to season 3.

Preach

psa that you can like moira without defending her actions and acknowledge that she is (arguably) the first truly evil villain with few to no redeeming qualities and still like her/find her interesting as a character

Me, logging onto tumblr only to be greeted by people getting mad about some old Dutch guy's feet

I guess Frank has never heard about the current president.