Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt.
— Meša Selimović
I saw this tiktok on twitter and I just had to 😂
So as some of you may know from this older Rarijack post of mine about the Rollercoaster of Friendship special, I really love these two background characters from Equestria Girls who are so obviously a couple! I grab screenshots when I can because the staff keeps showing them together in really adorable moments, and they had so many good ones in this special.
They’re just so cute they deserve it!!
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This hc has been gnawing at my mind all night)) in the Fire Nation they propose with knives. we know that the NWT (and maybe SWT) propose w necklaces. I’m imagining Zuko giving Sokka this gorgeous knife but sokka doesn’t know it’s a proposal thing. So he’s like “thanks babe :)” and Zuko is just waiting for a yes or no. But sokka is oblivious. And so Zuko is like “he prolly just has to think abt it and talk to his fam”. Like a month passes and sokka mentions it to iroh and finds out the truth
Yes. Yes. YES!!!!
Okay, so
Zuko has been meticulously hand-carving the handle of this knife or weeks wanting to make sure it is absolutely perfect for when he proposes
and he’s so goddamn nervous and second guessing himself
like they might’ve been dating since the war ended but what if Sokka still thinks he’s moving too fast?
Or what if Sokka never actually intended for this to end in marriage?
(that’s crazy and Zuko knows it’s crazy but anxiety doesn’t have to make sense)
He’s so nervous he doesn’t even tell anyone his plans to propose because he’s so scared of failure and doesn’t want to deal with the ‘how’d it go?’ if the answer is ‘bad’
Zuko just decides it’s better if he kept this decision to himself until after he asks
Because then, if Sokka says ‘no’ well... Zuko won’t have to relive that every five minutes with everyone impatiently asking what happened
So he finally finishes the knife right before joining Sokka on a trip back to the South Pole
That’s where they met, after all (tho their meeting was definitely less than romantic lmao)
But it’s also where Zuko confessed his feelings for Sokka after the war
Where they had their first kiss
And where Sokka first said ‘I love you’ to Zuko
It only seems natural that he propose here, too
And it’s Sokka’s home
Like yeah, he might primarily live in the Fire Nation now but that doesn’t change anything
Their first day there is filled with catching up with Hakoda and Bato and Katara and Aang
So Zuko waits until the next day to give it to Sokka
It’s after dinner when everything calms down and the sun is setting that Zuko pulls Sokka outside over by the pier where he first confessed to him
And Zuko has this little speech that he’s planned out in his head which gets mangled together and bits and pieces thrown out until just the bare bones of it remain in a somewhat coherent form for him to say
Which essentially ends up being him rambling about how happy he’s been with Sokka and how much he loves him and recounting their first kiss that happened nearby several years ago
And he pulls out the knife and carefully presents it to Sokka while saying something hopelessly vague like
‘I wanted to give this to you. Please accept it.’ or ‘I hope you like this’ or even just nothing at all because this is Zuko we’re talking about lmao
And Sokka is like ‘wow - Did you make this?’
Zuko is just kinda like ‘yes?? it’s... tradition. Do you... like it?’
Sokka’s answer to that one is ‘it’s beautiful, Zuko’ and a kiss on the cheek
And Zuko is very confused because Sokka did not react at all like he expected
Like any of the worst or best case scenarios that Zuko’s run through in his mind (and there were a LOT of them) were so completely different
But Sokka didn’t really say ‘yes’ or ‘no’
(It doesn’t cross his mind that maybe Sokka doesn’t know what the knife was for)
But he doesn’t want to pressure Sokka for an answer because he knows that marriage is a big deal and all
He tries not to be hurt by the lack of an immediate answer, though because well maybe Sokka just wanted to talk things over with his family
and that’s fine, Zuko can wait
so he waits
and waits
....and waits
and his hopes are slowly dwindling but Sokka also hasn’t returned the knife or even... said anything about it.
He knows Sokka still has it, he’s seen it with him
Meanwhile, Sokka is trying to plan his own proposal and figuring out if he should make Zuko a betrothal necklace or maybe go with the Fire Nation tradition which...
he realizes he doesn’t actually know what that is
But he wants to find out and weigh his options or maybe he can combine the two traditions together somehow to make it really special
So he goes to talk to Iroh to 1. get his approval since he is essentially Zuko’s dad since Ozai is less than trash and 2. ask what the Fire Nation tradition is as far as marriage proposals go
So he takes a secret trip to Ba Sing Se and drops in just as Iroh’s closing up shop and they sit and drink tea
Iroh is THRILLED when Sokka tells him his plans to propose which takes a big weight off of Sokka’s shoulders already
...and then he asks what the Fire Nation tradition is
Iroh starts talking about it but Sokka doesn’t hear anything past ‘hand carved decorative knife’
bc ohFUCK
and Iroh like stops talking when he notices Sokka’s not listening anymore and is like ‘are you alright?’
And, shaking, Sokka pulls out the knife and holds it up and is like ‘would - is... does this look like a uh - a proposal knife, maybe?’
and Iroh looks at it and is like ‘Yes! That’s an excellent example. Where did you get that?’
And Sokka goes quiet and sheepishly is like ‘...Zuko gave it to me. Like. Three weeks ago.’
And Iroh’s just like deadpans ‘You are an excellent match for my nephew’
Sokka’s not sure if that’s supposed to be a compliment or not but, hey, the Uncle approves!
Now Sokka has to figure out how to un-fuck this situation, though
He travels back to the Fire Nation as quickly as possible and like sprints through the palace until he finds Zuko and like drops down in front of him, knife in hand and already rambling a million words per minute
About how he didn’t know Zuko was proposing marriage to him when he presented the knife
and essentially his whole journey realizing this including the parts where he was trying to figure out how to propose to Zuko
and ends it with ‘So YES, of course I want to marry you I just... didn’t know you were asking me to marry you when you gave me this bc i’m a dumbass’
Zuko is like shocked and has no idea what to do but also hella relieved bc omg he seriously thought Sokka was just trying to figure out how to turn him down this whole time and ahhh
and then Sokka is just like ‘so... so um... Is that offer still on the table? Are - Does this mean we’re engaged?’
and Zuko realizes he hasn’t said anything and breaks into a grin as he pulls Sokka into his arms to kiss him
only breaks the kiss to say something sappy or - actually, no, he’d be snarky af about it now that he knows it was a misunderstanding
prolly something like ‘No - I really want to see how you were planning on proposing, actually’
And like he’s teasing, of course, but Sokka still surprises him a week later with a betrothal necklace right before they make the official announcement of their engagement
(which there’s been a LOT of talk and rumors about with Sokka walking around with that damn knife not knowing what it was for lmao so no one’s really surprised in the slightest)
Iroh’s speech at their wedding consists of him recounting the moment when Sokka realized that his now-husband had just proposed to him... three weeks later sitting in the Jasmine Dragon lmao
you should ship this because it clearly has more evidence than any of your ships
(Okay but seriously Wiz Kid and Curly Winds are the cutest thing!!)
Fred Hampton Jr visiting his father on Father’s Day…his grave is annually shot by local police
I was today years old when I learned that when you type "otp: true" in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship
Can we please stop associating being a good person with how much you're willing to suffer in silence for other people? You can be a kind person and still say "no, I don't have the time/energy to help you with that." You can be a kind person and still say "this makes me uncomfortable, please stop." You can be a kind person and still say "I disagree and here's why." You can be kind and still say "I'm not okay with this." Being kind is about treating people with kindness and respect, not about being the human equivalent of a doormat!
Just a place for me to keep all my random musings and fangirlingishness... Yerp.
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