Writing Character Arcs/character Development

the author's barely disguised longing for a kinder world

*in a rap battle* i wonder who your mother could have been if she never had you

My one true AtLA wish is for Katara to not have noticed that the Jasmine Dragon was run by Iroh and Zuko in disguise until “Lee” was standing right in front of her serving her tea and, like that one Perry the Platypus and Doofenshmirtz scene, she can’t attack him because she too is bound by societal conventions to not cause a scene in a nice public fine-dining area (after all, the Jasmine Dragon is in the Upper Ring of Ba Sing Se) so they just make awkward small talk until she leaves or the end of his shift because Katara orders multiple cups of tea in order to pseudo-interrogate Zuko whenever he brings it over (as quietly and fake-politely as possible) and because Iroh undeniably makes the best tea. Katara walks away thinking “Zuko’s a pretty ok dude once you get past all the teenage angst” and Zuko walks away thinking “Did I just make a friend?”

When you gotta get rid of all the marble penises in your house

I don't believe in a fictional couple if they didn't share, before getting together, those moments:

sexual tension (unless they're ace) + bonus point if they realize it and it surprises them

vulnerability from both of them, they gotta have witnessed the other comforting them, and being at their lowest and letting the other see it, be a part of it

rage/intense negative emotion, not necessarily to eo, actually it's better if it's not, just seeing the other being feral, whether it is part of their character or uncharacteristic of them, it's important either way

caring, it feels like it would go without saying but bc it seems so obvious so many ppl skip it! NO! It's the most important one, the only one you cannot have too many of. Show me they care, constantly. They should be biased to eo all the time, whether they know it or not, and always include the well-being of the other as part of their equation when they make decisions (not saying they have to follow it, every story have reasons not to, but it has to be on their mind at the very least).

I probably have many more but those are the top of my list right now.

prometheus: hot take,

the greek gods: no give that back

They're besties, your honor.