How Did I Get Here?

Sokka in the background: yeah except for that time in high school when you kicked the shit out of Zuko’s dad

aang: violence is unproductive, and the antithesis of —

sokka, talking over him: because watching Zuko’s dad get his shit rocked by teen Caillou definitely made ME feel good. and if you do something that makes people happy, doesn’t that mean it’s a good thing?

Ozai: *does something characteristically shitty within Aang’s field of vision*

Aang:

the rest of the gaang watching Aang judo flip Ozai over a table:

Aang, sweating: oh wow crazy how that happens isn’t it? Technology is amazing

Gyatso: It was from your school. They were calling to tell me that you’ve been assigned after school detention for the next month because you beat up a grown man on campus today. Would you like to tell me your side of the story?

Aang: it was Zuko’s dad and he deserved it

Gyatso, who had a speech about the perils of succumbing to violence prepared but who also knows all about what a dirtbag Ozai is bc of his weekly brunches w Iroh:

Hot Girl Summer is over get ready for Frog and Toad Fall 🍂

If "Domestic Housewives" are a thing, that implies the existence of a "Feral Housewife", so I've decided to make a silly little Aesthetic for that idea. Please take this with a grain of salt, I just wanted to make this for fun. Also, this could apply to all genders, so Househusbands and Housespouses are always welcome too!

Baking and Cooking at weird times, like getting up to make brownies at 3 in the morning

Playing your favorite Music for your plants to help them grow

Planting catnip in your garden so the local cats will visit you more often

Appreciating Dandelions, Mice and other “pests” that most homeowners would despise

Cleaning while listening to stuff like ‘The Crane Wives’ and ‘The Oh Hellos’

Tongues and Teeth by the Crane Wives is their anthem

Probably has plenty of Pets instead of children

Does whatever they want, has plenty of agency

Either Tomboyish, or Feminine in an unconventional way

Hates having visitors inside the house

Telling folktales and scary stories to local people and children

Probably a Kitchen Witch, or even just a Witch in general

Flirting with the postman, or the local gardener

Living life like a Ghibli Movie, or like they live in Moomin Valley

Hair done up in a messy bun or braid that ends up falling out as the day goes on

Silly Apron designs for cooking and baking

Foraging!!

Afternoon naps that last from 2 to 4 pm

Painting and Drawing on the walls of the house to “give it some character”

Drying herbs on ceilings and in large, old books you won’t be using

The kind of neighbor that has fairytale-like rumors spread about them, like kids telling one another not to go by their house or she’ll steal your voice right out of your throat

Befriending local animals (and spirits?)

Embodying Sophie Hatter from Howl’s Moving Castle

Passive Aggressive or very Sassy

Doesn’t want to be tied down, hates the idea of being bonded to one person for the rest of their life

Planting easy-to-grow plants on the side of the road

I mean listen, I’m in my 30s. These labels don’t mean a lot to me anymore. Like, literally everything is normal. Everything is fine so long as nobody’s feelings are being hurt. Don’t worry about some label that used to be useful maybe not being useful anymore. Thank it for its service and let it retire. Maybe one day it will be useful again. That doesn’t change anything about you, because you are, and always have been, a complex, multifaceted, constantly changing kaleidoscope of emotional and sexual needs, and “asexual” is just a word that helped you make sense of it for a while.

Like, y’all, give yourselves a break. Sex is complicated. Some people are straight their whole lives, and then they meet one person who changes everything. Some people are one thing for a while, then they’re another thing, then they go back to being the first thing. Some people stay one thing forever. Some people are really into something in their 20s that grosses them out to even think about for the rest of their lives. All if it’s normal.

The words you put on your orientation are not elementally a part of you. They are tools, and as tools they should serve a function. That function can be to help you understand and categorize your own experiences and desires. It can be to help you find a community. It can be to help you get laid. It can just be to set social expectations. These words can be a revelation when you first apply them to yourself: they can be life-saving. But you are not beholden to them. 

Sweet Dreams - Rora Blue

2020.