Kaltxì ma ayeylan!

my comm done by @cj-k ♡

The Omatikaya’s leadership is the most in depth and unique we’ve seen: I’ve gotten the impression that Tsu’tey was chosen as Olo’eyktan instead of say Neytiri (who is both a powerful warrior and a daughter of an Olo’eyktan and Tsahìk pair) because he was in love with and worked well with Sìlwanìn. Once Sìlwanìn was killed he was kept as Olo’eyktan instead due to his own merits alone, just like how Tarsem and Jake would be chosen for their merits over a surviving daughter of the past Olo’eyktan. But there also exists tension in clans on who the ‘correct’ successor is, as seen with Artsut wanting Arvok as Olo’eyktan over Jake, even if Arvok was still a teenager. Mated, sibling or familial pairs may be preferred over two random clan members becoming leaders, simply because the Olo’eyktan and Tsahìk will have to be able to collaborate and work as one, which is much easier when you’ve already got a bond to rely on. It does make me wonder if arranged marriages (e.g. Tsu’tey’s betrothal to both Sìlwanìn and Neytiri) are more common than we’ve seen, with future leaders growing up knowing and learning the other person they’ll lead the clan with in the future, barring extenuating circumstances.

1) reading a longfic chapter by chapter, leaving an increasingly emotional comment on every chapter, descends into keysmashes near the end: outstanding

2) read one fic by accident, clicked the author name, now working steadily through the backlog and commenting on everything, I wake up to an AO3 inbox full of enthusiasm: precious beyond words

Visual Dictionary Entry: A'ekir

or should I say inspired. these are certainly equally text based as they are visual. but this was the prettiest way to put his lore together, so I opted for being text heavy.

I often save/reread comments

I rarely save/reread comments

I do not usually save/reread comments

Not a "creator" but I do this w/ other compliments

Not "physically", but I remember/think about them

I haven’t gotten [nice/any] comments on my work before

Other (what do you do?)

Results/l do not consider myself a creator

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*Assume you have seen the comments once initially: do you deliberately seek them out or save them (e.g. screenshot) to look at again? Even if you’ve only made and shared 1 work 5+ years ago, you can answer as a creator! AI squatters not included.

I have a folder for my favorite ones that are very encouraging and I love to look back on them, so I was wondering if other people do this :> they truly can make the day of someone who’s work you enjoy (AO3 & tumblr are examples of timeless places, so it’s never too old or too late, if you’re worried 💜)