... & !!!

maybe im crazy but there's something i've noticed with how like. both zuko atla and hamlet (hamlet) are male characters whose stories heavily center on their struggles with trauma and guilt, who are shown to be emotional, and who i see running jokes about them being whiny bitchboys whose trauma is something to be mocked, who should've just manned up and quit whining etc etc. do you see what i'm getting at here. like. idk i've just never found it comfortable how people will make a big joke out of zuko's "obsession with honor" when it is, textually and explicitly, about him being literally exiled by his abusive father after being violently hurt by him in public and sent on a suicide mission that represents just how much his father hates him and sees him as a failure.

i studied hamlet in uni and this is exactly what happened and it seemed some people were actively avoiding changing their mind on it. hamlet was mocked regularly and often said to be too emotional, too driven by his "tragic past nonsense", etc. i do remember someone stating he was boring because "all his problems are in his head and if he got over himself there would be no play". hm.

XLOV on their concept (and gender in general)

bi ppl can't flirt normally it's always gotta be shit like this