prince zuko got you all out here thinking every dark haired antagonist boy is gonna do right in the end when zuzu was the exception not the rule
I really wish it weren’t though? I think it’s really telling that a lot of people like redemption arcs because we want to see people be good despite their pasts. The fact that there are so little redemption arcs in media is very upsetting because it just sends the message that people can’t change which we know is not true. I absolutely don’t mean this for characters like Kylo Ren though lol
Redemption arcs are hard and Zuko’s was successful for a couple of reasons:
1) Zuko wasn’t the worst character in the Fire Nation. From really early on it was shown that, compared to Zhao, Azula, and other Fire Nation leaders, Zuko was consistently more noble. He tried to be a good person and do the right thing, even when doing so led to him suffering for his actions.
2) Zuko suffered for his mistakes. He suffered when he turned away from Iroh, he suffered when he betrayed Iroh, and he suffered even after his face turn. There were consequences for his mistakes; he didn’t get off scot free because his childhood was hard. He was still held accountable by the narrative made to take responsibility for the wrongs he did.
3) Zuko made tangible amends to the people he hurt. He rescued Hakoda, helped Katara get closure, and became Aang’s firebending master. He put in work to make up for the things he did and rebuild bridges with his new allies.
Most redemption narratives fail because the guilty party is guilty of much greater crimes than failing to capture the hero, never works to make amends, and never suffers for their mistakes. You wanted to see Zuko redeem himself because he had the capacity, wanted to do the work, and paid dearly for his mistakes.
“14-year-old Parkview High School Freshman, Caleb Christian was concerned about the number of incidents of police abuse in the news. Still, he knew there were many good police officers in various communities, but had no way of figuring out which communities were highly rated and which were not.
So, together with his two older sisters: Parkview High School senior Ima Christian, and Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology sophomore, Asha Christian, they founded a mobile app development company– Pinetart Inc., under which they created a mobile app called Five-O.
Five-O, allows citizens to enter the details of every interaction with a police officer. It also allows them to rate that officer in terms of courtesy and professionalism and provides the ability to enter a short description of what transpired. These details are captured for every county in the United States. Citizen race and age information data is also captured.
Additionally, Five-O allows citizens to store the details of each encounter with law enforcement; this provides convenient access to critical information needed for legal action or commendation.”
BUFF FEMSHEP MOD (Source Files for manual install) One .mod file to give Femshep a more defined body. Six meshes have been altered: Alliance officer dress blues, crewman uniform, science uniform, underwear, dress*, and injured. This affects 3 different PCC files (CTH, SHP, NKD), so remember to back them up. If you use intro outfit replacement mods, this can be installed over without conflict. A separate source package with each UPK has also been uploaded for advanced users who want to manually install the meshes. Detailed instructions in the readme. Requires ME3 Explorer.
*This does not alter any DLC files, so to ensure the appropriate model shows up in any forced dress scenes in the Citadel DLC, you must edit your Coalesced (instructions here). Unfortunately, this does not make the default dress textures any less hideous. **Because the mesh is shared with NPCs, all female crew will also have this body type. The same goes for dress blues and science, but the changes are subtle and mostly make the arms less tube-like.
yo just a quick reminder to my underage followers that if you’re made uncomfortable by adults being in your online social sphere, you are 10000% within your rights to ask those adults to unfollow you.
the line between ages online can be perceived as a lot thinner than irl because you’re interacting through text, so boundaries can either be muddled or dissipate completely. if you’re uncomfortable with the implications of someone 30+ cracking dirty jokes around you (as a teenager) or liking/reblogging your selfies, you are absolutely allowed to ask that they not interact with you any further.
the responsibility of not doing weird + creepy shit and ensuring your comfort falls on the adult, and if they refuse to comply b/c they think that’s a stupid reason, block them.
sometimes out lgbtqia+ people forget how vital it is to preserve safe spaces where closeted people are welcome in their (deserved) frustration at 20 y/o straight dudes calling themselves allies for brownie points.
but the ‘s’ in ‘gsa’ is important—not for the straight people, not for the allies, but for every fourteen year old girl who asks her unsupportive parents for a ride to a meeting under the guise of “allyship”. we can’t get rid of the only chance at community some of the most vulnerable people in ours have.
LemonGrenade 