#and loyalty

I’ve got a few must-haves: kindness, accountability, reciprocity, intelligence, generally positive attitude, emotional maturity, humor, physical chemistry and ability to strike that fine balance of heaping doses of masculinity with heaping doses of humility and encouragement.

favorite episodes: 4x17 demonology

WOW this question is awesome! thank you love <3

(sorry in advance because you know my non-existent english)

The Last Kingdom:

- Sihtric: (what a surprise right?) This was love at first sight :__ I thought he was cute and I felt a lot of empathy towards him when I saw him flinching like a deer caught in the headlights :’( And his evolution was amazing and one of the best things of the show (although too subtle and too little screen time auch). He’s a wonderful man and warrior, and he’s kind and good and so nice with everyone (the flowers to his wife, his unbreakable loyalty to Uhtred, the way he’s with Osferth and Finan). He’s one of the most interesting and well-develop characters of the whole show. Seriously, everything I could write here wouldn’t do justice of how high I think of him and how much i love my baby dane <3 H

- Finan: I love him to the death. His loyalty and his relationship with the rest of Coccham squad is everything that’s good in this show. He’s funny and he’s kind and he’s the one always comforting everyone. I loved how in s4 we saw him even more “human”: comforting Uhtred, taking care of Athelstan, being so gentle and sweet with Eadith <3

- Uhtred: I wouldn’t be fair if I don’t talk about Uhtred. I don’t think he’s always right (and we know he is not haha) but I think I get him? I understand why he does what he does and I think he always do what he thinks it’s the right thing to do. And I respect and admire that, because he follows his heart, and as Father Beocca said, it is a good heart. I love that he takes care of people and he’s so loyal. And he made a really nice family of outcasts with Finan, Sihtric and Osferth and he gave them a family. And I’ll be forever grateful to him for how sweet he was with Halig, who wasn’t the greatest warrior, but he was his friend and he took care of him because of that, not because his sword habilities (im getting emotional ups)

MCU: 

- Tony Stark: He’s literally the love of my life. Yeah, I know there are a lot of antis out there saying he’s egotistical, selfish, etc etc. That’s not who I believe Tony Stark is. I like him because I think he’s compassionate, he’s hard-working, he’s kind and he puts everyone before him. And yeah, he has had struggles, but he deserves kindness and compassion, not hate. So yeah #tonystarkdefensesquad

- Steve Rogers: I’m sensing a pattern here but yeah, I like him because I think he’s good and he made decisiones based on what he thinks it’s the right thing to do, the good thing. Yeah, he may get it wrong sometimes but I think he tries to be better, to make up for his mistakes. He will always be my brooklyn kid and I luv him. 

- Bucky Barnes: HE’S MY BABY. ‘nough said. Just kidding. But yeah, he’s amazing, and kind, and nice, and he took care of Steve and was the loyest of friends. Id hope to see more of him because I want to see him smiling and being happy (for once in our lives please let him be happy)

Downton Abbey

- Sybil Crawley: She’s my favorite female character from all times, I want to grow up and be like her. She’s clever, kind, compassionate but she’s never naïve, she fights for what she believes and yet she remains the purest and sweetest soul of the whole show. My baby <3

- Tom Branson: His character development was amazing. He’s such a complex and well built character, and I’m sad that we couldn’t see more of him when he was with Sybil. He’s strongly opinionated and he stands up for what he think it’s right (yeap, sensing a pattern here). He’s also caring and sweet <3

- Cora Crawley: she’s a wonderful character, the kind of woman you look up to. She’s strong and organised and clever, and has a fantastic sense of humour <3.

So yeah, really long post, sorry for that (thank you if you read it all omg)

But Zuko, Prince Zuko, you're a lot of things, but you're not a traitor, are you? - Azula

Save it? You're betraying your country! - Mai

If these criminals found out who you are, the traitor prince who let his nation down, why they'd tear you to shreds. - Warden

Down with the traitor! Down with the Fire Lord who betrays his own people! - Kori

Fire Lord Ozai had many faults, but he was never a coward. He was never a traitor. - Mayor Morishita

The fact is, the whole of Fire Nation believed Zuko as a traitor. That’s just it. His defect was considered a betrayal to his nation and it WAS betrayal. Say what you will, but you can’t deny that the Fire Nation had obviously benefitted from the war and even the colonies had prospered even better than they were before. No matter how you view it, if the Fire Nation lost then they would be on the losing end, and they were. The Fire Nation didn’t just stop the war because they magically believed they were wrong. They just stopped because the Fire Lord had commanded them to. Just look at how unpopular Zuko actually was after his coronation. A lot of people still saw him as a traitor to his own country.

Even long before Zuko had defected, he was already disloyal to his nation when he didn’t inform Zhao about the Avatar’s return. Remember this?

Zhao had emphasized why giving such vital information was imperative to their nation yet Zuko still chose not to tell him because he wanted to regain his own honor. Remember? Zuko’s really big on honor lmao

Notice how Zhao used ‘loyalty’ instead of ‘honor’. Had he used honor instead, then Zuko would’ve probably told the truth, or at least had second thoughts about it.

Also remember that pond scene of Zuko and Azula about the Avatar’s supposed death? Zuko didn’t tell Azula the truth. Another disloyal act. Big win for the Avatar, a big loss for his own nation.

Yes, the Fire Nation were the bad guys. They started the war, tore millions of families apart and ruined many lives, but I still find it puzzling how some people can compare the Fire Nation particularly just to the Nazis or Azula to some ruthless rulers/leaders when they actually never did anything inhumane?

*edit- Please understand there’s a difference between wrong and inhumane. What the Fire Nation did was war expected. What the Nazis and especially the Japanese did wasn’t at all and it wasn’t necessary either. Read up what the Japanese did and we’ll talk...

Even when everyone had betrayed and abandoned Azula, she still took upon the role her father had simply tossed over to her and vowed that she would be the greatest leader in Fire Nation history. Even till the end she still remained loyal to her nation. She knew the responsibilities of being Fire Lord and what it meant to be one. It wasn’t just about ruling and power, but it was also about taking care of her own people. Azula knew that.

The thing is, Azula knew her people. Just from Smoke & Shadow we saw how Azula knew how the Fire Nation citizens would react to every situation she made.

Zuko didn’t, and that’s why he responded poorly in Smoke & Shadow.

Zuko may have lived with the Earth Kingdom commoners and knew what they needed, but he didn’t know what his FIRE NATION people needed, because he was only thinking about the other nations. He only realized that and changed his ways AFTER his meetings with Ozai.