Colonizers always have audacity, it’s a founding trait of their dogma. That’s why he gets to open a tea shop while his teenage nephew is surviving assassination attempts and trying to rule a nation that hates him before the age of 18.
“We must be swift as the coursing river” = Katara
“With all the force of a great typhoon” = Suki
“With all the strength of a raging fire” = Azula
“Mysterious as the dark side of the moon” = Princess Yue
FUCKING GENIUS!!
exactly this. “lockdown” had people caring less about work and the mindless, endless consumerism. ppl were organizing more and looking out for community members. co2 emissions dropped. it was the forcing everything “back to normal” that set society back, not the “lockdown.”
This one is my favorite. They are both 16 here– the age Shoto was saved and the age Touya could be saved. Shoto was so so right, they are so similar they are even more similar than he initially thought.
If ANY virus is airborne and symptoms take days or weeks to show, the best way we currently have to prevent the spread is everyone wearing respirators, regardless of if they 'feel sick'. But so many cities and states banned mask wearing. And every level of govt has stigmatized it
everyone is saying they can't handle another pandemic. they're talking about the 3 months we had on lockdown before everyone decided it was fine actually and went to parties and refused to mask.