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wet vs dry

There is a three panel comic at the top. In the first panel, Lois smiles and holds a handgun behind an unsuspecting Clark. She says "Hey, check this out." In the second panel, she holds a bigger gun and says "Hey, check this out." In the third panel, she holds a chainsaw and says "Hey, check this—" she is interrupted by Clark turning around and saying "Are you mad at me or something?"

The bottom left drawing shows Lois smiling and swinging a chair at Clark’s back only for it to splinter into pieces. Clark wears a calm look on his face. The text above Lois says "break furniture over your partner's head for enrichment."

Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa), family Tytonidae, order Strigiformes, Australia

Stills below the cut lol

This deep-sea fish has one of the best strategies for hiding in the deep-sea 🖤✨️

The California slickhead (Alepocephalus sp.) is often found below 1,000 meters (about 3,300 feet). Their name was inspired by the lack of scales on the fish's head. Those large eyes give the slickhead an edge in an environment where food can be scarce. It can glimpse even the faintest flickers of bioluminescence—the “living light” produced by deep-sea animals.

this moment is one of the most insightful ones for both characters and its honestly so satisfying to get a scene that strips away the exaggerated personas they both rely on (sokka’s performative confidence and toph’s cultivated toughness) and shows us two children who are still shaped by parental loss and neglect.

sokka canonically represses his trauma and internal struggles by constantly running away from them. he constantly refuses to confront the inevitable, choosing instead to focus on the present and going to great lengths either to forget or to ignore anything that makes him uncomfortable. the death of his mother is one of the things he probably actively AVOIDS thinking about. therefore, the admission that he can no longer remember his mother’s face must have felt devastating, even humiliating, to him. because memory is proof that love has once existed and if he cannot remember her clearly, then some part of him fears he has moved on too easily, or worse, hadn’t loved her enough. the guilt he feels because of this makes him think he’s undeserving of grieving her at all.

and yet ☝️ he shares that information, something he has never told anyone before, with toph. he chooses to sit beside her and willingly share a piece of his past, a glimpse into the most traumatic experience of his life, completely unprompted. he trusted her enough to do that because he believed it could help toph’s situation and understand his and katara’s behaviour better, because his care for those he loves is everlasting and unconditional.

toph, in return, decides to let her walls down and open up. and i don’t know about you guys, but that’s a pretty big DEAL. toph’s entire identity is built around resisting pity and proving her strength, largely because her parents reduced her to fragility for most of her life. so when she admits that katara has cared for her more gently than her own mother ever did, she is essentially exposing one of her deepest insecurities; the fact that beneath all her posturing and independence, she desperately craves tenderness and emotional recognition. all that plus tearing up in front of someone, especially while discussing her parents’ neglect is therefore an enormous act of trust for her.

so here’s our favorite adoptive space dad Bail Organa in Revenge of the Sith:

and here he is in Rogue One:

meanwhile, here’s Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith:

and here he is after the exact same amount of time: