Ships and Sexism in Avengers: Age of Ultron by AngelicMayumi, literature
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Ships and Sexism in Avengers: Age of Ultron
*Warning: Spoilers ahead! Please do not read unless you've seen Avengers: Age of Ultron or otherwise just don't care about it being spoiled for you!!*
So I have been completely MIA for a long time! Recently there has been a lot of controversy over the latest Avengers film, which I saw yesterday. This controversy involves a lot of upset shippers, accusations of sexism, and general grumpiness, which I felt the need to address so much that I came out of hiding.
Specifically, "fans" seem to be upset over a few things in the movie, and are handling it in a less-than-grown-up way. Firstly, there seems to be a lot of upset over a (now cannon/canno
Republic City High School - Chapter Fifty by AngelicMayumi, literature
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Republic City High School - Chapter Fifty
Chapter FiftySpace Earth
I was nearly home when I felt a tugging on my shoulder. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest when I felt the hesitant grip, and I spun around on instinct to give my attacker a nice hunk of stone to the gut. When I saw a little girl with pale green eyes looking back at me through the dim evening light, I was nearly too late to pull my hand back and recall the attack.
"Toph?" I mumbled, squinting to see. "What are you doing at my house?" She stared at me for a long time before I noticed the flesh-colored spaces between the bangs on her forehead. No arrow. Oops. "Er, sorry. Katara."
"Hi," she said, looking down
Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Nine by AngelicMayumi, literature
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Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Forty-NineCrime Rate
When Dan-Tei gave Haruka her official registration for the team, I was still in a bit of a daze. Rinzen and I stared as the new waterbender took the papers from my cousin and looked through the dates for our practice.
"This is great," she said gratefully, bowing to all of us in turn before waving as she made her way towards the doorway of the gym. "Thank you, I'll see you all at practice!"
Rinzen stuck out his bottom lip and blew a breath of air up to rustle at the free hairs falling over the arrow on his forehead. The gym door shut behind Haruka, and I wrinkled my brow.
"I don't like her," Rinzen mumble
Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Eight by AngelicMayumi, literature
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Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Eight Revival
"Hah," I sighed, slumping down over the table in exasperation. "This is taking forever."
It was finally the day of auditions for our new waterbender, and I sat at a rectangular white table with the boys. Dan-Tei, sitting between Rinzen and I as the team leader, flipped through pages of applicants. There were so many red lines through names I was starting to see red everywhere. This was seriously torture. Wasn't there one probending-level waterbender in the city?
"Don't complain," Dan-Tei scolded me. I glared. My cousin was really aggravating sometimes.
"She's right," Rinzen droned on the other side of Da
Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Seven by AngelicMayumi, literature
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Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Seven Air Dried
All I could do was sit on the bed with my eyes closed shut in embarrassment. Rinzen had been dressed and waiting for me to collect myself for several minutes, but I couldn't help it. My face was still red.
"Jeez," he mumbled. "It's like you're scarred for life or something."
"I'm sorry!" I squealed, squinting open my eyes at him.
Yup, he'd been dressed for quite a while, now standing in a pair of autumn-brown sweats and a white T-shirt. His hair was still down and slightly damp, falling back over his scalp and partially over the arrow on his forehead. He just stared down at me with a glazed-over expres
Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Six by AngelicMayumi, literature
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Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Six Home of the Beifong Clan
Hmmn, So this was the place. After a long time of snooping around and trying to figure it out, I kind of felt stupid that I hadn't realized it in all the years I'd passed by this building. This was the home of the Beifong Clan, and it certainly suited them.
The tower had been build when I was little, so I didn't even remember life without it. It stood above the city as one of the tallest skyscrapers, and loomed over me like a cloud. It was scary, thinking of actually going up there. People passed me by on the sidewalk as I stood on the front steps, fingers lingering on the doorknob. I let ou
Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Five by AngelicMayumi, literature
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Republic City High School - Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Five Independent
I tried to be brave, standing at Kono's house and knowing I wasn't there to see her. Kono wasn't here anymore, and I felt kind of alone being there. I'd never even been inside Kono's house before. My face was red with embarrassment as I mustered up my courage and rapped my knuckles on the door. I cringed at the sound, wishing it weren't too late to take them back.
I held steady until someone came to open the door, and felt my heart race when the doorknob jiggled. There was only one person living here, now, and I knew who that person had to be.
Korra's face appeared as soon as the door opened, and I nea