Crimson Night

Being abused at home, bullied at school and lost in the world, the library and all the books I could escape to the most amazing worlds, kept me alive!

I would walk to the library, and spend all day, from 10 am to 9 pm reading there!! I got special awards for how many books I read, I wrote little blurbs on why i loved the books (probably why I love to BETA and do ARCs) 

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Just hit the green arrows and the reblog!!!

As a 50 year old woman, the library offers me so much. Digital art pads to borrow, 3D printing, book clubs that are face to face (yeah, the introvert likes face to face because a moderator will stomp on anyone getting snarky)

New books in LARGE PRINT! I’m visually challenged and as much as I love my kindle, The feel of a real book in my hands will always be a beloved feeling!

Will the elusive pigeon fly away ?

“Blue fire: Only Azula has demonstrated blue firebending. While not to be confused with lightning, blue fire also seems to possess more physical force and produces a combustive effect that is more intense than that of normal fire.” -Avatar Wiki

Blue fire:

Blue Fire is a cutter, more focused, cleaner; burns the oxygen more effectively than (dirty) red fire.

This explains why Azula uses her fingers instead of fists for the most part. Even when she was younger, Azula always prefers precision over strength (ie uses her fingers and mastering her katas perfectly before firebend).

-Sifu Kisu (the fighting instructor and consultant for the Avatar franchise)

Firebending is based on Northern Shaolin style, except Azula who gets her own sub bending style (and Toph). Her firebending is mixed of both Northern Shaolin and Chachuan, but it stands different from other firebenders due to the intentional Chachuan element.

"Unlike Northern Shaolin, where nearly every strike is delivered with a high degree of power, Chachuan’s forms and attack sequences are performed in continuous waves, with each movement leading into another, coalescing into a single (or multiple, depending on the situation) powerful strike(s) at the end. [...]

Chachuan is a style that embodies contradiction and balance, and has been heralded as vigorous, yet precise, graceful and authoritative, elegant but forceful. In combat, skilled Chachuan practitioners must be extremely efficient, due to the high physical demand the acrobatic style places on its user. The prodigious skill required of a Chachuan practitioner, along with its renowned beauty and effectiveness, make it the style perfectly suited for Azula’s personality."

Source: Fighting Styles: Azula by @kyrievali

The only times we see Azula use a fist instead of just her fingers are when she fights Zuko at the Western Air Temple

and in their Agni Kai

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