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Tuesday: Tropes
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hobnailedboots and I'm hosting this week.
The theme for today is tropes (for which, see tvtropes.org): maybe someone's show is falling victim to Executive Meddling? Perhaps people need to be Undercover Lovers?
As always, remember the rules:
-No more than five prompts in a row. If someone fills one of your prompts, you are then free to prompt again!
-No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
-No spoilers in prompts!
-If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space.
Prompts should be formatted as follows:
-Fandom, Character+/Character, Prompt
Some examples:
-Merlin, Arthur/Merlin, Belligerent Sexual Tension
-Supernatural, Dean/Castiel, Green-Eyed Epiphany
-Harry Potter, Malfoys, Magical Nanny
You don't need to link to a specific trope; as long as it's a known archetype or convention then it's fine (e.g. shared body heat).
Have fun, everyone!
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hobnailedboots and I'm hosting this week. The theme for today is tropes (for which, see tvtropes.org): maybe someone's show is falling victim to Executive Meddling? Perhaps people need to be Undercover Lovers?
As always, remember the rules:
-No more than five prompts in a row. If someone fills one of your prompts, you are then free to prompt again!
-No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
-No spoilers in prompts!
-If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space.
Prompts should be formatted as follows:
-Fandom, Character+/Character, Prompt
Some examples:
-Merlin, Arthur/Merlin, Belligerent Sexual Tension
-Supernatural, Dean/Castiel, Green-Eyed Epiphany
-Harry Potter, Malfoys, Magical Nanny
You don't need to link to a specific trope; as long as it's a known archetype or convention then it's fine (e.g. shared body heat).
Have fun, everyone!
tag=tropes
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He learned from them that the day Korra discovered she could bend three elements was also the day they had been forced to abandon their “United Front of Disciplining” tactic. It wasn’t that they didn’t try, they explained to him once Korra had drifted off to sleep, it was only that they became too busy keeping their igloo home from falling apart. The “time-out” corner became a nice idea that belonged in some faraway utopia where their daughter wasn’t a precocious spitfire who could levitate rocks and raise a tidal wave out of the mop bucket to boot. It was obvious that they were proud, that they loved her as fiercely as she loved bending, but there was a sliver of truth beneath her father’s exhausted chuckle that one of her was enough to keep them on their toes.
How fortunate for them, Tenzin thought wearily upon finding her room empty again, that I’ve inherited her difficult teenage years.
Since her unsanctioned arrival in Republic City, Korra had done nothing but undermine his authority at every turn. Her training was impatient and undisciplined, she bent every rule he set to the breaking point, had run off to not only watch a pro-bending tournament but join a team as well despite his express wishes to the contrary, nevermind the whole situation with Tarlokk’s strike team. When he thought about it, something as simple as upholding a curfew never had a hope.
(“Just think of it as practice for the future!” Pema had teased gently, and the thought of doing this another four times had him burying his face in his hands, wanting to never emerge again.)
He searched the courtyards first in the naïve hope that she was practicing, and then moved on through the now-familiar pathway, going down the list of places he optimistically hoped to find her before considering the ones where he most certainly did not wish her to be. Just as he had half made up his mind to leave Air Temple Island for the gaudy Bending Arena, he saw the massive furry outline that could only be Naga curled up in the meditation pavilion. Where Naga was, Korra couldn’t be too far off.
“Korra?”
Naga lifted her head and turned towards him before huffing softly and nudging the figure leaning against her.
“What? Oh. Hey, Tenzin,” came the sheepish reply.
“Korra, do you realize—“
“—how late it is and how worried you were when you went by my bedroom and found it empty?” Korra sighed, more defeated than annoyed, “Yeah, I got it. I'm sorry. I just… well, I needed some air. Although I guess you’d know that better than anyone by now,” she ended with a wry smile.
“May I?”
At her nod he settled down next to her. “I know how frustrated you are. And that all this talk of patience doesn’t help with someone as headstrong as you. But you’re making real progress, Korra. You may not see it, but I do.”
She laughed a little, “You sound like my mom. She and Katara were always my biggest supporters.”
He cleared his throat with a cough, “Yes, well, I hope you know we’re just the same. In terms of support, I mean.”
She leaned against him then, brash confidence leaching out of her until she was just like any other girl her age without the expectations of the public resting on her shoulders. “I know. Thanks, Tenzin, for everything.”
Maybe, he thought with some relief, getting them through these teenage years won’t be so bad after all.
“Soooo… with all this talk of support and stuff, would now be a good time to tell you I’m skipping the next few days of Avatar training to get ready for the tournament with the Fire Ferrets?”
“What?!”
Then again, maybe not.
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But one meeting with her adoring but nevertheless frazzled parents, coupled with a spectacular bending display of utter chaos courtesy of Korra, was enough to strike fear into his heart at the idea of ever having children of his own.
Awwwww- I can just picture his expression at all this... evidently he got over that last part, though. ;)
When he thought about it, something as simple as upholding a curfew never had a hope.
Pretty much. Can't let her know that he knows that yet, of course.
(“Just think of it as practice for the future!” Pema had teased gently, and the thought of doing this another four times had him burying his face in his hands, wanting to never emerge again.)
This is hilarious.
“Soooo… with all this talk of support and stuff, would now be a good time to tell you I’m skipping the next few days of Avatar training to get ready for the tournament with the Fire Ferrets?”
“What?!”
Poor Tenzin. This really is totally adorable gen fic- thank you so much for writing it!
Additionally, this is the first LoK fic I've actually read, so YAY
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To be honest I loved all your prompts, but Korra's kind of my fandom crush at the moment, so thanks :)
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Any Korra recs? I'm fairly ship impartial if it's well written so far. :)
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There's lots of really adorable fanart though!
http://legend-of-korra.deviantart.com/gallery/25956085#/d4vvis4
http://legend-of-korra.deviantart.com/gallery/?set=25956085&offset=24#/d4vog62
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2c53pLFF91qfrrfso1_500.png
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/084/3/6/katara_is_always_a_bad_influence_by_psychoe-d4tvezd.jpg
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Thanks for the pretties! I'd seen the Zhao one before- found that artist with the original series- but the rest are all new. The bad influence one is hilarious- poor Tenzin!
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Although to be fair Nickelodeon is doing their best to fan the flames of that fire sob why.
Happy to share the awesome! Tenzin's life is pain; I'd love to see if his brother and sister only add to it, haha.
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Shame on Nick, but I swear to God most of the fandom totally deserves that. :P In the meantime, if Pabu shows up on my doorstep in a basket with a bow around his neck I'll be perfectly happy. ;)
Happy to share the awesome! Tenzin's life is pain; I'd love to see if his brother and sister only add to it, haha.
I'm totally hoping he has a relationship with his brother on par with Sokka poking Zuko with a stick just to make him angry in season three
because I am a horrible personbecause Tenzin's reactions to that would be ***wonderful***. He’s kind of got that adorkably-failing-at-being-dignified trait Zuko had in spades, you know?no subject
Yeeees, I've never understood the need to prove to people that your ship is better and theirs is wrong and etc etc etc. But it really makes me sad when the characters that are "interfering" in a ship get vitriolic hate, come on now :(
asdglsal Pabu is the cutest! But I think I'd still take Naga in a heartbeat. Why do polar bear dogs not exist, I demand they exist!!!
Haha now that you mention it, I totally see that parallel! Oh Zuko. He was such a lovely ball of utter fail ♥
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KORRA AND TENZIN DAUGHTER/PARENTAL SUBSTITUTE MOMENT
everything is perfect
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Have you seen the latest episode??? Hnnnggghhh Korra and Tenzin are comedy gold ;o;
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But AHHHHh no not yet though I've been meaning toooooooo
also if that is the incentive will do so soon hopefully! ;u;bb
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(I also love pretty much everyone else, I can't help it!)
I hope you enjoy it :D