You know, I feel like A:tLA really found a way to resonate with the struggles that a lot of kids face.
Aang is the struggle of the “gifted child”. He’s told from a young age that he’s going to do incredible things that puts him under a lot of pressure until he finally pulls off the ultimate procrastination trying to avoid the stress. He shows a lot of talent in what he’s good at, but when he tries learning something he’s not immediately good at he is easily discouraged. He’s also almost paralyzed by the fear of failing. (To be fair, the stakes are very high in his case).
Katara is the child with all of the talent she could ever need, but none of the opportunity. She has a real natural talent for waterbending, but no place at home where she can get training to develop the talent. It reminds me of kids from my school who were extremely talented in theatre, but couldn’t afford to participate after they instated the $200 “pay to participate” rules on extracurriculars.
Toph is the child with plenty of talent, but physical limitations that she has to go beyond. She has to prove that she is twice as good to get the same respect (and boy does she ever)! And she has to balance making sure that no one treats her disability as her defining characteristic, while still making sure it’s accounted for. Her parents would have let her blindness rule her life and she had to fight just to get the chance to show her talents.
Sokka is like the kid with lots of talent, but in an area that’s not very valued. At least not when compared to the benders. Like the kid who draws incredible comics in their notebooks, but is looked down on because they just can’t get an A on their report cards. Or the kid who is a talented pianist that everyone asks about getting prepared for a “real career” while the kids on the football team are being told to watch for recruiters.
That’s just the Gaang, but you could keep doing this with so many characters (I mean, everything about Zuko!), but I’m just really grateful that even in this fantastic setting there were a lot of things people could identify with.
For those of you who don’t know, I’ve had some health issues in the past month or so.
I took a blood test 3 weeks ago that showed I was moderately anemic, and my doctor put me on oral iron supplements with a repeat blood test and coeliac test due in 6 weeks time. Apart from being expensive ($24 per 150ml, and I required 20ml/day) I’m unable to tolerate them and have been experiencing severe abdominal cramping and other GI issues, menorrhagia (worse than usual), fatigue and light headedness.
I’m booked in to have an infusion of iron tomorrow (16.10.2018) and have already incurred an expense of $40 for the injection, plus $230 for the appointment. I’ve borrowed money from my parents to cover the cost of the appointment.
My doctor has also referred me for an ultrasound to rule out endometriosis. I’ve been informed this will cost $300 and I’ll only be rebated $80, leaving me $220 out of pocket. It’s booked for next Friday 26.10.2018.
I cannot afford this and I’m hoping you can help me. The full $300 is needed to ensure I can get my rebate, but at the absolute minimim $220.
I can provide consultation notes, medical referral/image referral with some details redacted on request.
I’m not actively seeking donations (though if you wanted to I wouldn’t say no).
I’m a freelance artist with 7 years’ experience and I want to take commissions. I have an art tag at #peyarts, but my full portfolio is here. I specialise in small illustrations. I’m professional and easy to work with, and my prices are reasonable.
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15.10.2018
I’m just about to go into my infusion! Still seeking donations and/or commissions.
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I have one commission already (thank you!!!) but can take more 🙂
Roy : Setting the bar really low, but I’ll allow it.
One of the most iconic movie kisses from the first Spider-Man film in which Mary-Jane pulls down Spider-Man’s mask to kiss him upside down
This whole scene is reminiscent of The Lord of the Rings, with the forging of the ring. It also mirrors Frodo catching the One Ring on his finger in the Prancing Pony in The Fellowship of the Ring
The whole scene parodies Axel Foley’s arrival in California in the film Beverly Hills Cop. Eddie Murphy who voices Donkey also played the title character Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop
The singer, model and actress Angelyne is well-known for her copious amounts of Billboards and the Fairy Godmother’s carriage even parodies Angelyne’s trademark pink Corvette
Remember the scene from Rocky Horror where they all get confused and say each others name?
In The Seven Year Itch Marylin Monroe’s white dress is blown by a train while she tries to hold it down
Birth of the Xenomorph anyone?
Masked vigilante Zorro has a habit of carving his ‘Z’ initial on his enemies. Antonio Banderas who voices Puss in Boots also played Zorro in the films The Mask of Zorro and The Legend of Zorro
Maybe it’s a thing among ginger tomcats to hate Mondays?
A song from the late 50’s where a man takes a love potion and falls in love with everything he sees
if you get an advert with a little boy saying to his mum ‘can you close my closet?’ or something like that SKIP IT.
its an advert for the halloween reboot and it has a jumpscare at the end
Doesn’t really fit my blog, but as someone with anxiety I wanna help my pals with anxiety 💗
Please take a break….
I’ve been scrolling through my dash near constantly for way too long and the only posts on here right now are posts about The Dragon Prince. I wanna watch it, but I haven’t had time yet and I’m afraid to read any posts because they all contain spoilers. Please guys, just take a breather.
when i was in 3rd grade there was this girl named sydney who was really nice but everyone thought she was weird cause she was obsessed with horses and were kinda mean to her but anyways she let me borrow her aragon books an i could only read like 5 pages of that shit cause it was so boring, and she was like, i know you didnt read my aragon book, i mirror watched you last night and since then ive been absolutely fucking terrified
same year we had a zoo field trip, she and her mom offered to take me so i felt like i had to repay her so
i stole a fuck ton of snacks from everyones lunches
while they were feeding the elephants then i asked her mom if we could eat in the canopy zone away from everyone else and i gave them all the snacks & her mom was like “are you a mischievous spirit that my daughter has befriended ??” i was like no im a third grader … right after that they moved. i think its my fault
They probably watch you occasionally to this day
she fucking better she said she would protect me from imps
Captain-Radioactive-Mentality 