Don’t worry. I’ll be alright.
Can we please stop comparing the LOK/ATLA situations to the Nazis or the Holocaust.
1. Not all political fights are about the Nazis. Believe it or not, there are other harmful ideologies out there.
2. Not every genocide is the Holocaust. Not all genocides were committed the same way or for the same reasons. The Nazis are not the only ones who ever rounded up people. These incidences are not interchangeable.
3. ATLA/LOK is not set in Europe.
4. The details of the political scenario/situation do not match.
Making these false comparisons to the Nazis is offensive. What you are doing is erasing the history and the suffering of other people and nations.
Please stop.
Genocides in history: Click to read
Edit: I am NOT saying that you cannot make comparisons to real history. I AM saying that false and lazy comparisons are wrong.
I am all for pointing out real world comparisons where they fit i.e. that is what this blog is about.
Avatars defying their leaders in their corresponding nation(s).
Avatar Kyoshi: How dare you defy your Avatar?!”The 46th Earth King ordered her to stop the peasant uprising in whatever means necessary, Kyoshi didn’t agree. The King ordered that she is to be arrested, but she attacked his guards and forced a compromise: agreed to give the peasants a voice in his ruling, while Kyoshi in turn agreed to protect Ba Sing Se’s cultural heritage from further disruption, which led to the creation of the Dai Li.
Avatar Roku: I’m sparing you, Sozin. I’m letting you go in the name of our past friendship, but I warn you, even a single step out of line will result in your permanent end.
Roku discovered that Sozin set up colonies within the Earth Kingdom. He confronted his old friend, and ordered him to end his aggression, Sozin replied that Roku’s loyalty lies with the Fire Lord and the nation’s progress. To which, they engage in battle and Roku won threatening to kill him if he does it again.
Avatar Aang:How could they do that to me! They wanted to take away everything I knew and everyone I loved!
After learning that he would be sent to the Eastern Air Temple in order to complete his airbending training far away from Monk Gyatso, who other monks thought was too soft on him, Aang ran away.
Avatar Korra: You might be able to manipulate Chief Saikhan into following you, but it won’t work on me. You need to be stopped!
Technically Korra has already defied her leaders (OWL) by running off to Republic City instead of staying in the South Pole AND Tarrlokk is a councilman of the Northern Water Tribe, but seeing as Korra is now living in Republic City, Tarrlokk is her leader (and is part of the Water Tribe)
She refuses to join his task force because it is a vanity project, even blackmail is not enough to let her join. She also gives an example that his oppression towards non-benders is just the same as Amon’s, which led to the epic battle.
1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.
2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated– sometimes utterly broken. You both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and doing, not by following.
3. Read as much as you can. Learn to speed read with high retention. Emerson Spartz taught me this while I was at a Summit Series event. If he reads 2-3 books a week, you can read one.
4. Connect with everyone, all the time. Be genuine about it. Learn to find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.
5. Don’t waste time being shy. Shyness is the belief that your emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.
6. If you feel weird about something during a relationship, that’s usually what you end up breaking up over.
7. Have as much contact as possible with older people. Personally, I met people at Podcamps. My friend Greg, at the age of 13, met his first future employer sitting next to him on a plane. The reason this is so valuable is because people your age don’t usually have the decision-making ability to help you very much. Also they know almost everything you will learn later, so ask them.
8. Find people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too. This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”
9. You will become more conservative over time. This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason, you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid. Trust me.
10. Reduce all expenses as much as possible. I mean it. This creates a safety net that will allow you to do the crazier shit I mentioned above.
11. Instead of getting status through objects (which provide only temporary boosts), do it through experiences. In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.
12. While you are living on the cheap, solve the money problem. Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck, extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead. (The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)
13. Learn to program.
14. Get a six-pack (or get thin, whatever your goal is) while you are young. Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t waste this opportunity, trust me.
15. Learn to cook. This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one. I’m a big Jamie Oliver fan, but whatever you like is fine.
16. Sleep well. This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you: you are INEFFICIENT, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.
17. Get a reminder app for everything. Do not trust your own brain for your memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing. Trust only the reminder app. I use RE.minder and Action Method.
18. Choose something huge to do, as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along. If you don’t set goals, some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.
19. Get known for one thing. Spend like 5 years doing it instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards, go ahead. Like I said, choose something.
20. Don’t try to “fix” anyone. Instead, look for someone who isn’t broken.
Written by: Julian Smith inoveryourhead.net
Opening and ending scenes in Season 2 of Game of Thrones
The Boy Who Lived Forever | Time Magazine (via gypsy-sunday)
This is probably the best, non-judgmental description of fan fiction I’ve ever heard of in main stream media.
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Korra pchat doodles shaded in Sai… Korra with a more “republic city” look was kinda fun to do.
omg totally an older Korra on the right.
and she has a scarf of her own too al;kdfjljd
