hello, evie here! i mostly post about anime and manga (full titles for og posts, abbreviations for reblogs, spoilers usually untagged). asks are open if you want to chat ^^
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Zuko is canonically a sappy hopeless romantic who enjoys romance stories like Love Amongst The Dragons, we know this because his problem wasn't that his mom would take them to see a gushy romance play but that they did it badly. You don't care about something getting butchered unless you like that thing.
He has trouble expressing himself but tries to make thoughtful gestures and give little gifts to people he cares about to show affection.
Early on when Iroh and he are living in a cave and he's going through one of his Robbing People With Swords phases he steals a fancy tea set for Iroh in a misguided attempt at showing affection.
In another misguided attempt at affection he gives the Earth Kingdom boy his knife.
After struggling the entire night to bond with Jin because he's socially inept he does his cute little gesture of lighting the lanterns and risking outing himself as a firebender because he wants to make her happy. And then gives her a coupon for a free cup of tea when she clearly wants to kiss him, because he's clueless.
We see this style of showing affection come out with Mai as well except she sneers at it and shuts him down and hurts his feelings about it. He is the kind of sappy bastard whose first instinct on seeing something pretty is "I'm going to give this to my girlfriend :)" but it seems like this is supposed to be showing us that he and Mai aren't a good fit. He tries being sweet and vulnerable and makes little gestures, like seeing a beautiful perfectly intact conch shell and trying to give it to her, and she verbally rolls her eyes at him and hurts his feelings about it.
Later on when he's with the gaang and starting to feel safe being his true self, he's showing them affection in his typical way by making and serving everyone tea (and on a more subtextual level I think this is a way to demonstrate humility to them, since he comes from royalty he's trying to show that he sees them as equals).
He does other kind gestures to show his new affection for them in the forms of leading a prison break with Sokka and taking Katara on a trauma closure (but murder not NOT on the table if she wants) mission and waiting outside her tent all night like a wet dog on her doorstep.
Dude is a piner and a yearner. And you know what, you know who would LOVE IT if Zuko found that seashell and gave it to her and wouldn't turn up her nose at it? A certain waterbender who he acts more in love with than his canon gf.
Good point about serving tea to the gaang. It also shows what kind of political leader he wants to be and how he's going to approach diplomacy with the rest of the world. Which doesn't mean he's going to be a doormat, but serving tea in Asian cultures represents hospitality, harmony, and respect.
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I'm just saying, if you're going to worldbuild magic being a "raw, primal force, akin to and interweaving with nature itself" you gotta explain to me why animals don't use it
my buddy brings her angel girlfriend to the function, I spend the whole time refusing to look at or even acknowledge her existence, because I am a staunch atheist and dont believe in that nonsense. she starts to throw things at my head to get my attention and between volleys of marbles and kitchen utensils I grunt "swamp gas. aurora borealis. probably a weather balloon.youre seeing things"
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basically the best thing any character can do is decide they don't want to be afraid anymore - in fact they never want to be afraid of anything ever again - and take action so drastic they fail to realise that this too is a decision motivated by fear. or to account for the Consequences of that.
[with obvious perverted intent] hey. don't you want to release the safety catches on that character. don't you want to flip off all the switches holding them back and let the control rods go.
I passed a flower shop next to a tattoo shop and at first I laughed because I thought it was ironic and then i freaked because IMAGINE YOUR OTP IN A FLORIST/TATTOO ARTIST AU
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I like to think that after finding his way into Ingary, Howl would have a bit of trouble embracing the less technologically advanced way of living. In the book, Sophie thinks that his bathroom is strange and luxurious (besides the mess) for the indoor toilet, shower stall, a large bathtub, and several mirrors. It's not a far stretch to imagine Howl being appalled at the lack of adequate food preservation and enchanting a wooden cabinet to act like a mini-fridge. He sneaks a memory foam mattress back from Wales because he can't stand the customary hay and cotton stuffing. He heavily contemplates changing the black door to somewhere closer to a fish and chip shop, even if it's further from his sister's house. Fresh fish and potatoes from the market are fine, but they don't provide the same satisfaction as quick, hot food saturated with grease. Little tastes of home help to ease the secret guilt and pain of leaving everything behind - his friends, his family, and his whole world.
After giving his heart to Calcifer, Howl tells himself that he's done missing home. His little conveniences are now just something he keeps around for vanity and physical comfort. Deep down, though, he knew if that were really true, he wouldn't be soothing the cold, lonely nights with a quiet, shaky rendition of an old rugby song in his heart language.
