I am a Priya

Like I recall back when my disabilities got bad enough I had bought my first mobility aid, a rollator, and I went out with friends after to a family thing, and one of their parents just...god. He just would not stop asking me questions about my health and then going "wow that's such a shame, just a real tragedy, it sucks so much that this has happened you must be miserable" and I knew at that moment I was never ever going to let myself think of my disabilities like that because I have never felt so dehumanized in my life. Same guy made fun of me in a room full of people a few days later so bad it made me cry so that was really fun. My pride in my disability was forged in the fires of my rage at people for treating me like that.

I am so fucking pushy about how much I love my wheelchair because it makes me so happy and it really actually hurts to know that barely anyone who sees me in it sees it for the gift it is. For how proud and happy I am in it.

If I saw the clues and caught the hints then yes! I am clever and me and the author/creator/artist etc were in on it together the whole time!

If I didn't notice the clues or got fooled but can clearly see them in hindsight then "Ha! You won this time storyteller! I am delighted by this game we play!' and then I enjoy putting the pieces together afterwards and enjoying how clever it was. I feel like the creator respects me as an audience

If there is a "twist" that comes with 0 clues or foreshadowing at all I'm annoyed. I'm pissed off. I feel like I'm being condescended to and patronised. It's not clever or interesting and makes me annoyed I ended up caring about characters and plot points that ended up meaningless.

Because it's not that these stories don't have foreshadowing or plot clues. They just abandon it for a "surprising twist"

A story that pays off the clues is letting me into the fun and makes a participant in the story

Random plot twists that don't connect to anything in the story are not clever. If we don't see it coming because the writer didn't provide any clues, they aren't clever and it's totally unsatisfying (and I will NEVER read this writer again). These clues need not be lit up in neon with a parade of elephants and showgirls. But they need to be present

If no one figures it out, you're doing your job wrong.

If everyone figures it out, you're doing your job wrong.

Of COURSE some people figure it out, they're paying attention.

If you're doing your job right, and laying out the clues, a certain number of people HAVE to figure it out.

“nothing much dog, what’s up with you?”

-with new group members comes more opportunities-

+bonus

“Hm…It looks like updog in here,” Sokka says, with his hands on his hips. In the background, an exasperated Katara rolls her eyes with crossed arms. A caption pointing to her says she has heard this a thousand times.

“What’s Updog?” A confused Zuko asks.

Sokka turns around, extremely excited and grinning.

The bonus panel includes a happy chibi Zuko, smiling and blushing. “I’m good, thanks for asking,” he says.