firelordrozula - an elf named ro
an elf named ro

chaotic neutral writer | armchair historian | local witch | coffee consumer

479 posts

Andre Braugher; Best Known For Portraying Frank Pembleton In HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET And Captain

Andre Braugher; best known for portraying Frank Pembleton in HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET and Captain Ray Holt in BROOKLYN NINE-NINE has died at the age of 61.

Andre Braugher; Best Known For Portraying Frank Pembleton In HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET And Captain
Andre Braugher; Best Known For Portraying Frank Pembleton In HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET And Captain
Andre Braugher; Best Known For Portraying Frank Pembleton In HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET And Captain
Andre Braugher; Best Known For Portraying Frank Pembleton In HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET And Captain
  • luckyreviewgardener
    luckyreviewgardener liked this · 1 month ago
  • thewillowtree3
    thewillowtree3 liked this · 1 month ago
  • planetloverr
    planetloverr liked this · 1 month ago
  • electronicobservationcupcake
    electronicobservationcupcake liked this · 1 month ago
  • ngoumapulcherie
    ngoumapulcherie reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • ngoumapulcherie
    ngoumapulcherie liked this · 2 months ago
  • delicatewobblermakerbasketball
    delicatewobblermakerbasketball liked this · 2 months ago
  • crispyzom
    crispyzom liked this · 2 months ago
  • copperdwarf
    copperdwarf liked this · 3 months ago
  • froggotheepicfrog
    froggotheepicfrog liked this · 3 months ago
  • iactuallykissedsharawheeler
    iactuallykissedsharawheeler liked this · 3 months ago
  • chillixcheese
    chillixcheese liked this · 3 months ago
  • hotchniss12
    hotchniss12 liked this · 3 months ago
  • durpzwithaz
    durpzwithaz liked this · 3 months ago
  • moonvyx
    moonvyx liked this · 3 months ago
  • cowbiroan
    cowbiroan liked this · 4 months ago
  • thecomiclesbian
    thecomiclesbian liked this · 4 months ago
  • ash---ketchup
    ash---ketchup liked this · 4 months ago
  • lilenariinpink
    lilenariinpink reblogged this · 4 months ago
  • lilenariinpink
    lilenariinpink liked this · 4 months ago
  • eli-james99
    eli-james99 reblogged this · 4 months ago
  • eli-james99
    eli-james99 liked this · 4 months ago
  • bisonbee
    bisonbee liked this · 4 months ago
  • yellowceiling
    yellowceiling liked this · 4 months ago
  • tainted-executive
    tainted-executive liked this · 4 months ago
  • laura-aguiniga
    laura-aguiniga liked this · 5 months ago
  • longpotatocat
    longpotatocat liked this · 5 months ago
  • hxress23
    hxress23 liked this · 5 months ago
  • landsharkfandomtrash
    landsharkfandomtrash liked this · 5 months ago
  • currant-preserves
    currant-preserves liked this · 5 months ago
  • campbell-rose
    campbell-rose liked this · 5 months ago
  • cyanopicas
    cyanopicas liked this · 6 months ago
  • observetheburgundy
    observetheburgundy reblogged this · 6 months ago
  • observetheburgundy
    observetheburgundy liked this · 6 months ago
  • cosmichoneyz
    cosmichoneyz liked this · 6 months ago
  • fuzzyprincesscollector
    fuzzyprincesscollector liked this · 6 months ago
  • orange-juice-record
    orange-juice-record liked this · 6 months ago
  • sewersnake
    sewersnake liked this · 6 months ago
  • avoidace
    avoidace liked this · 7 months ago
  • shuutingstar
    shuutingstar liked this · 7 months ago
  • edenoozy
    edenoozy liked this · 7 months ago
  • a-globbering-mattress
    a-globbering-mattress liked this · 7 months ago
  • technicallypleasanttree
    technicallypleasanttree liked this · 7 months ago
  • etherealdisneyvillainness
    etherealdisneyvillainness liked this · 7 months ago
  • fandomsforall
    fandomsforall liked this · 7 months ago

More Posts from Firelordrozula

10 months ago

Hello fellow writers, I was doing pretty good with my current novel, but I feel like I hit a wall and Iā€™m starting to lose my motivation to continue.

I noticed that if I take too much time away from it, I start getting bored and work on something else. Iā€™m determined to finish this one, any suggestions would be helpful on how you got past this.


Tags :
10 months ago

my advice to kids on the internet is don't get too attached to your username and absolutely do not blend your offline life with your online presence. you do not want your future self to have any connection to the stuff you are saying and doing right now

you don't have the privilege of every embarrassing thing you said being lost to a defunct bbcode forum like my generation did. please, please leave yourself the opportunity for a clean slate. you'll thank yourself later.


Tags :
10 months ago

Letā€™s Read ATLA: The Search pp151-209

image

So Iā€™m surprised that this was a part of the story I havenā€™t been spoiled on but Iā€™m pretty sure I know whatā€™s going on here. Yes, Ursa, it IS strange. I think you should run.

image

Yep. But also wtf. Ursa didnā€™t want to leave and Ikem is making this all about him. The whole thing where he has a new identity and doesnā€™t tell Ursa at first is also super creepy.

So while Ursa was stuck married to Ozai and had to watch him destroy her children, she wrote letters to Ikem - because she did love him! - because he was the only thing that gave her hope. And I can see why Ursa, as wrongheaded as that was, would want to believe that Zuko was Ikemā€™s. But Ikem didnā€™t receive her letters and went off into the spirit forest to become an incel, apparently.

image

Of course Zuko is willing to give up finding Ursa to help the waterbender and her brother, because they need the help more. Heā€™s grown so much from the selfish person that was obsessed with his own honor that we first saw in book one of ATLA. And of course Azula sees that as a sign of her brotherā€™s ā€œweakness.ā€ That also echoes what Ozai told Zuko about being Fire Lord, that he shouldnā€™t worry about morality because whatever decision he makes is the right one. Azula is also still stuck in that mindset, which is why she says that Zuko is weak even when he is strong, i.e., heā€™s the fire lord, so he should be just taking what he wants.

Thereā€™s just not enough of a narrative reason for Zuko to believe that this is the best chance of finding Ursa, though. Of course it is, but I donā€™t feel like the writing made that clear enough to the characters, who just stumble from one spirit shenanigan to another.

image

I like how the spirit, who announces herself as kind and benevolent, chose to honor Azulaā€™s request even though she blatantly interrupted.

ā€œAs plain as can be.ā€ Thatā€™s a bit harsh, isnā€™t it?

So then Azula runs off because her entire motive is to like, kill Ursa or something. I guess that was the point of the whole hallucination plotline, so that Azula could have a motive for going with them. Itā€™s still stupid, though. I donā€™t think Azulaā€™s motive is justĀ to kill Ursa, though. I think she also wants to reconcile the part of herself that knows, deep down, that her mother loved her, and is desperate for that love. But again, they could have done that without implying that Azula is CrAzY.

image

Nobody told me about this I have Important Questions. Like: Noren WTF?

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209
Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

Some of yā€™all acting like Ursa chose to forget her children without a second thought. Like, this traumatized woman is forced to leave her children with her abuser to save one of her children, knowing that heā€™ll probably be harmed anyway, and NOBODY told me that Ikem was the one who pressured her into forgetting her family because heā€™s a weirdo incel. Itā€™s also really sus that Ikem gets to keep his memories and KNOWS who Ursa really is. And at this point Ursa has nowhere else to go, so she basically is reliant on this guy who has this weird kind of power over her, but at least heā€™s not Ozai, I guess.

But WHERE is the AU where Ursa gets a new face but keeps her memories, and finds a way to integrate into her childrenā€™s lives and protect them from afar?

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

ā€œNot the OTHER pair of siblings that keep shooting fire at each other, theyā€™re with me, but -Ā ā€œ

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

I think theĀ ā€œeveryone wants to be beautiful without realizing they already areā€ thing is a good sentiment, but Mother of Faces herself was the one who said Noriko was ugly. And yeah, that isnā€™t what Rafa needs.

Would Zuko ask for a new, unscarred face if he had the chance? Would he ask to not look like his father? Would he also want to forget who he is, especially now that heā€™s questioning whether he wants to be Fire Lord?

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

See, now, Maā€™am, you canā€™t be allĀ ā€œthe humans are insulting my workā€ when youā€™re likeĀ ā€œIā€™ll sell you this poor sad sack for a buck fifty.ā€

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

The Mother of Faces is the one who offers Ursa the chance to forget, and I donā€™t think Ikem knew that she could do that so itā€™s not like Ikem intentionally wanted Ursa to forget, and Ursa is the one who accepts, and chooses to remember Ikem but not anything about her life with Ozai. Itā€™s still creepy that Ikem has knowledge about Ursaā€™s old life that she doesnā€™t. Ursa makes the decision to forget her children in a moment of incredible pain while dealing with this trauma. She might have changed her mind later but canā€™t because sheā€™s not even aware of what she lost. and so many people on tumblr write about this as if she made this decision callously just because she wanted to be with her lover, when she doesnā€™t really have much of another choice and right now Ikem is the only thing in her life thatā€™s good. And to be fair, Ikem doesnā€™t try to hide Ursaā€™s old life from her when her kids come around. I still donā€™t like this, though, and Ursa is still a traumatized victim who is being retraumatized by this whole thing.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

This man knows exactly who Zuko is and could have turned him away and even thought he was making the right decision by sparing his wife, and Ursa would have been none the wiser. Itā€™s still shitty that Ursa doesnā€™t get to make that decision, but at least Noren isnā€™t trying to make it for her. Or for Zuko, who is welcomed by this family more than his own.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

Zuko, honey.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209
Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

Aaaand there we cut to another plotline. Thatā€™s a critique of this storyline Iā€™ve already read, and itā€™s a consistent problem with these comics. You might think,Ā ā€œbut surely weā€™ll come back to this part and not skip the emotional climax.ā€ You would think.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

I KNEW Koh was involved somehow!

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

So we get another story within a story of an estranged mother and son with the face/identity theme.

Then we go back to Zuko, but instead of getting Ursaā€™s reaction to Zukoā€™s revelation, Noren does most of the talking.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

Oh, Zuko.

Then Azula comes in.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

I compared the story of the Mother of Faces and Koh the Face-Stealer to Zuko looking for his mom, but maybe the comparison should be to Ursa and Azula, Azula resenting her estranged mother and blaming her for what she became.

And I know people dislike Kiyi as a character but none of this is her fault. I agree about the criticisms of Kiyi as aĀ ā€œreplacementā€ for Azula but the thing is, she also exists as a foil and parallel to Azula herself. Azula terrorizing this young girl by threatening her mother because she was traumatized as a young girl over the loss of her mother. Thatā€™s the cycle of abuse for you, folks.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

Neither Ursa nor Azula have the full understanding of the reality of their situations, but they still obviously care about each other.

Zuko moves to defend Ursa and maybe if he hadnā€™t done that, Ursa and Azula might have reached some reconciliation, but Zukoā€™s not wrong for being scared and wanting to protect his mother.

Azula says that if she kills Ursa then both she and Zuko will be free, because Zuko will also be free of a throne he doesnā€™t want. It wonā€™t make either of them free, though. Zuko knows that because Azula right now is a lot like he used to be, angry and taking all that anger out on everyone around her because she thinks itā€™ll make her free.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

This in contrast to Ursa choosing to forget broken family relationships. I think seeing what happened with Ursa makes Zuko want to try even harder with Azula.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

But, like all the times Zuko lashed out at Iroh, Azula canā€™t handle her brother genuinely trying to reach out because it contradicts that world sheā€™s built up to cope with her own trauma.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

There is a part of Azula that wants to accept the love from her brother and mother (even if Ursa doesnā€™t remember being Azulaā€™s mother, she did offer her love in that scene). But she canā€™t. It hurts too much. So she falls back on the old belief, that Zuko showing her love is just a weakness. Azula is also recognizing that Zuko showed strength by not giving up on being Fire Lord, although not for the reasons Azula sees the throne as valuable. Zuko knows he canā€™t give up the throne because itā€™s not just about himself, itā€™s about a duty to the world.

Lets Read ATLA: The Search Pp151-209

Mommy, I think weā€™ve angered the spirits now.


Tags :
10 months ago
firelordrozula - an elf named ro

Tags :