Virago Mizu Truther

Like at the time, I was also the biggest show off with a big ego who wanted to do everything in a "cool, tough guy" way. Move the classroom chairs, open the bottle caps or jars of any family member or classmates, etc

It helped that most of them indulged me, unless it was moving something heavy which my mom would always protest against. She often joked that I was trying to be "macho"

Toph had the biggest arrogant swagger coming from a little girl I had ever seen, which I hadn't expected when I first started watching the episodes with her appearance.

I related to her even more when she was actually happy to find out she was played by a big bulky guy actor during the Ember Island Players episode. (She only had to heard his gruff ass voice btw, dropping a cool one liner)

• Sporty, Macho type of girl

● Hated feminine descriptors used for her

• Never "Grew out of" being masculine

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Yup yup!

I've seen this post before on Instagram and tiktok and I completely agree. Because of the lack of butch lesbian rep ppl in there desire for more of that representation don't really take masc presenting woman who are straight and like men seriously.

It's a struggle on both sides with lesbians butchs not getting there deserved representation and Virago woman's sexuality being devalued and treated like it doesn't exist.

This is why we have a label. To keep fuckers from attacking us.

No. Hot take for some, but you're going to have to stomach this one.

Masculinity is not soley from men and can be expressed by women in diverse and beautiful ways. This belief/bias shows that we prioritize men (particularly cis men) in that front. Butches, Studs, and Masculine women in specificity are ignored by society and belittled. They have alooot to show for it too.

Tagged by @bixxelated, thank you so much!

last book: If audiobooks count, Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-Reum. It's a collection of essays about how to get the most out of reading, and it really made me reflect on my own reading journey and gave me some solid insight on how to better absorb what I read (the irony is not lost on me that I listened to a book about reading rather than actually, physically reading it lol).

last song: "On The Way" by AiNA THE END (I've had an ongoing DanDaDan fixation for the last year and I adore the OPs/EDs).

last movie: My goal this year is to watch more movies but I have been failing miserably at that haha...pretty sure my last one was Persepolis about a month ago.

last series: I'm still slowly making my way through The Apothecary Diaries anime and plan to read the light novels once I catch up. I've also been reading The Murderbot Diaries series off and on and love it, I need to catch up before the next book.

salty or sweet: I have a major sweet tooth, though sometimes my preference depends on my mood.

coffee or tea: Tea!! But is that really a surprise lol

working on: Work has been severely kicking my ass and draining all my time and motivation lately but I have been slowly chipping away at my (extremely delayed) Whumpuary fics, my current one focuses on Pomni having (yet another) existential spiral in the aftermath of the events of episode 7 (it may or may not be sliiightly biased toward my favorite ship at that haha).

last book: I’ve been reading my partner Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda Dewitt. It’s been quite entertaining, and all of the characters are asexual like myself. The main character is from the same part of America as I am (like, the specific area in the state I live in lol), so that’s silly hehe

last song: “MANIAC” by Stray Kids. This is my number one song on my Spotify “On Repeat” playlist rn lol

last movie: IRON LUNG!! It was my first time seeing a movie at the theater in months. I don’t watch as many movies as some of my other friends do, considering most of them study film lol, but I should definitely try to watch more movies this year myself :)

last series: I have so many series on my watch list (most of which I’ve already seen most of, I just haven’t seen a newer season), but I haven’t been watching a ton T-T to be honest, I think my last series was Stranger Things; I finished the final season with my mom earlier this month or late last month

salty or sweet: Ooo, salty for me, probably. I crave sweet things often too, but nothing makes me salivate like falling down a rabbit hole of salty and savory cooking videos in my Instagram reels T-T

coffee or tea: Of the two, tea! However, I don’t really drink either of these a ton. But my mom’s been brewing a lot of chai tea recently, and I love chai tea, so I’ve been enjoying that a lot these past few weeks

working on: Things have been so insanely busy for me recently, but there’s a couple things I’m working on. The biggest thing is school related. For my senior project, I’m writing a biography about my grandmother. She was born in Korea during the time of Japanese colonialism, ran away at eight years old to hide in Japan for many years, traveled to America, etc. She’s lived an amazing life, and I’ve been wanting to write about it for a while now. She gave me newspaper clippings from an interview someone conducted with her back in ‘86, so I had to translate all eight installments (as they were all in Korean T-T). Since I’ve been so busy with this project, I haven’t had the time to work on a lot of fics :( but I wrote a Febuwhump fic that I just have to edit and post!! It’s definitely late, as the prompt was from the first week of this month, but better late than never, I suppose lol. I had other plans for Febuwhump, but those might be delayed because of school. However, I intend to post them eventually!!

last book: Restart by Gordon Knorman, a very short book I used to like as a kid that I found in a thrift shop and decided to reread! It’s about a boy who has an accident and loses his memory, who gradually finds out as he returns to school that he was the WORST person in the entire world and decides to try and make up for it. It’s uh. not great, but nostalgic, and pretty cute.

last song: Dough Re Me by the Stupendium <33 i love Stupes they put out nothing but bangers

last movie: uhhh I think it was The Princess Bride! my dad and I hadn’t gotten to spend time in a while so we sat down and decided to try a princess bride drinking game I have saved. we used kombucha lol. she finished hers about halfway through but I stayed on track, it was a lot of fun. good movie

last series: your boy went back to Rise of the TMNT chat I had a temporary turtle reawakening in the midst of all the digital circusing. watched Mystic Library/The Purple Game which is such a fun one, I love Donnie so much

salty or sweet: depends on which one I’ve already had more of because then I’ll crave the other. honestly it depends on how I feel in the moment but I’ll usually go sweet, I love me a little treat hehe

coffee or tea: coffee flavor in desserts and candy, but I much prefer to drink tea. Though it’s usually a fruity little number from the on-campus cafe or the sweet tea my grandma makes which can hardly be considered tea as it’s 3/4ths sugar

working on: oh so many things. where to begin. welllll if you saw a certain reblog chain a few days ago I’m working on a fun little AU with a new friend >:3 I also have three Digital Circus fics I’m chipping away at, other fandom stuff has been put aside for those. there’s quite a few things I want to draw but admittedly picking up the stylus has been difficult, I think I just took too long of a break and have to find my rhythm again. I’ve also got a bit of school stuff, you know how it is. and!! I bought a button maker 😼 so that has taken up a lot of my attention, it’s so much fun. Expect an art post and maybe an Ao3 post soon

last book: For non-fiction it was The Dressmakers of Auschwitz which was a history of women who sewed to survive in the concentration camps, as well as delving into the ways that WWII and the Holocaust influenced fashion of the time period. For fiction, it was The Ritual, which is about four guys in the wilderness of Sweden. Very bloody but well written but I enjoy the movie more in terms of the portrayal of the characters, explanation of events, and ending (though the endings are pretty similar).

last song: Automatic by Half-Alive. It's on one of the playlists in my current circulation lol

last movie: The Ritual. I had to watch it after reading the book.

last series: The Fallout series. I love it, and will probably be rewatching Derry Girls next.

salty or sweet: Salty. I'm definitely a salty person. Though I do love the occasional sweet treat.

coffee or tea: I may be a coffee drinker on the daily, but I tend to enjoy a cup of tea far more.

working on: Oh god where do I start? There's the multiple fanfiction projects, the cosplay project, building my DnD campaign, setting up the bioactive terrarium for Becky, making earrings for my landlord to sell (don't worry, she pays me), and making myself some new bleach painted t-shirts for some friends. Oh! And making my outfit for the "outshine the bride" wedding I'm attending in a couple months.

last book: American Psycho! I got this for my birthday two years ago and took forever to finish it (due to lack of time), but in the end, I'd say it was totally worth it. I remember begging my partner to give it to me as a gift for two reasons: because I wanted to read something more gory for writing reference, and because I fell down the Patrick x Paul yaoi rabbit hole. All for the gays, I guess. It was an enjoyable read

last song: “Eu quero que tudo vá para o inferno” by Roberto Carlos, a Brazilian singer. Been enjoying this particular song non-stop. It's from the 60s. And then I wonder why I got 60+ years old as my listening age on Spotify 🤧

last movie: The Ring (2002). My partner and I LOVE horror movies. We have a long list of horror movies films for us to watch, and last night it was The Ring's turn. Good movie! We didn't think we'd like it that much. We're looking forward the og version from 1998

last series: Haunted Hotel! I don't think I've ever laughed so much with a series lately. Every episode is so funny, and I'm looking forward for a second season! I love Esther and Abaddon a lot <3

salty or sweet: Sweet, all the way. I love sweet stuff and I couldn't care less about salty things when there's sweet as an alternative. Been a candy lover since I was a kid 😋

coffee or tea: Coffee. I was never a tea fan, it's just not for me

working on: A lot of things! Mostly of them related to writing. I love writing a lot so as soon as I stepped on another fandom, I'm full of ideas. I'm planning a long fic requested by my partner for their bday + a bday oneshot for a friend. I have a whole list of royalteeth ideas I want to write, and of course, a bunch of new ships, too. Planning a Caine x everyone week and (maybeee 👀) a TADC Kinktober later this year. I've been trying to draw too. I'm not good at it but I'm training

last book: A compilation of calculus exercises.

last song: Not technically a song, but I've recently fallen in love with Cockeye's "song" from Once Upon a Time in America. Ennio Morricone is the GOAT.

last movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Didn't enjoy it a lot, I had expected more psychedelic stuff and less romance. It's far from my favourite love story type.

last series: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared. I'm not big on series, and most of those that I've watched are animated. Quite enjoyed the absurd horror in this one.

salty or sweet: Sweet for me.

coffee or tea: Tea, especially green tea.

working on: Nothing fun to post tbh, studying is taking all my energy. Maybe some writing but idk.

last book: don't remember the title, but it was a nice book about bird species around the world :)

last song: "Inmortal" by Marina and the Diamonds, its such a good song, the fic ideas while listening to it never stop.

last movie: back when i went to the cinema to see Across the Spiderverse (i don't usually watch films).

last series: finally watched "The Owl House", it truly is as great series!

salty or sweet: difficult choice, but sweet wins.

coffee or tea: coffee, specially lattes.

working on: in my free times i work on my OCs and small oneshots of my favourite ships, still need to do a oneshot of a rarepair i promised a friend i would do.

last book: “The History of the World in Bite Sized Chunks” - I’m taking a history class and realized I needed to brush up on the basics… haha

last song: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears For Fears. I don’t listen to pre-2000s music a whole lot but every once in a while I’m in the mood for it

last movie: I don’t remember… Gladiator, maybe?

last series: blue eye samurai of course!

salty or sweet: I like my sweet thing salty and I like my salty things sweet! Maybe that’s cheating the question haha

coffee or tea: Tea! Especially chai. But I’ve been wanting to get into brewing a variety of loose leaf teas, and I’m determined to give coffee another chance.

working on: my drawing skills! I’m just focusing on form/anatomy/value right now but my goal is to eventually get really good at drawing gnc people :)

MizuxTaigen > Akemizu

I feel like I’ve seen WAY more content shipping Akami and Mizu than Mizu and Taigen, and even though I don’t hate the idea of them together, I’d hate if it the show made them canon.

1- Mizu and Akemi BARELY interacted with each other— they certainly never passed the status of acquaintances— especially after Mizu allowed the guards to take her after the battle at Madame Kaji’s. Compare them to Mizu and Taigen, who had developed so much more chemistry throughout the season, and were willing to sacrifice themselves for each other (even if they wouldn’t admit it). There was NOTHING to suggest a romantic relationship between Akemi and Mizu.

2- Akemi’s entire arc was her learning to be independent and discovering her desire to be great. My girl DESERVES to develop as her own character, not just as a romantic interest to the main character. Honestly, the only romance I would like to see (as a subplot) for her, is her relationship with the shogun’s son. Their dynamic would be really sweet— helping each other overcome their insecurities and fears, and learning how to rule together. They could actually grow their characters together, and push each other to be better— plus, they’re already married.

Here’s the thing! I’m not sure if I’m right about this but I hope I am: it actually seems like this is a problem being addressed directly in the show’s writing! Mizu DID already have a relationship with a man, one that depended on her sacrificing/compromising on her masculinity, but it didn’t WORK, because that’s not a real happy ending for her! That’s not what she’s meant for!

That’s why I think it’s SO interesting that Taigen is written so clearly in parallel to Mizu’s old husband— rather than pushing her away and being afraid of her masculinity, it seems to be what draws him in.

She is masculine and she is a woman, but never is she allowed to be both at the same time— when she chooses not to hide that she’s a woman, she feels she has to hide her masculinity… and when she chooses not to hide her masculinity, she feels she has to hide that she is a woman.

The seemingly very prevalent belief that only a woman could love Mizu as a masculine woman is SAD. I want to see the man she loves ON SCREEN swoon for her “monstrous, impure” entirety. She deserves that full circle moment after what happened with Mikio.