Yall remember that one Psych episode where that expensive ring was stolen and Shawn really wanted the case? And Chief told him to solve this case about stolen hs computers? And he literally opened the file and figured it out and started casually explaining using logical evidence and then Gus elbowed him and he was like "the vIbEs" and he was RIGHT?

911 + memes 18/?

you probably know the modern family episode where they go to australia (s5 e20) and phil talks about climbing the sydney harbour bridge. well im in sydney and i saw this :)

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Its been a year and I haven’t seen this clip before wtf… Like hello?? 😳🏳️‍🌈

I just watched Avatar for the first time all the way through, and yeah, it’s great, but the one thing that surprised me was how different Katara was compared to the fandom interpretation I’d seen and internalized before watching.

Like, before you watch Avatar, you’ve seen all these memes about Katara and her mom, and based on those memes, you assume it’s one of those lines you have to get used to hearing at least once every episode. But then you watch the show and realize that she only talks about her mom maybe five or six times per season and you also realize she only brings her up when she’s trying to comfort someone or empathize with them because that’s how she processes her grief and that’s one way she connects with people.

Or you hear the infamous line, “then you didn’t love [our mother] the way I did” and you prepare yourself for one of the worst character assassinations ever only to see the scene after nearly three seasons worth of context and realize she was kinda right. She’s been the mother, the nurturer, the comforter. She’s been patient, gentle, and accommodating where everyone else has gotten to be insensible and reckless and childish, and the one moment where she allows herself to feel her grief, suddenly she’s this evil bitch and not, y’know, a 14 year old girl whose been thrusted into adulthood in a way no other character has. A 14 year old girl who should be allowed immaturity and raw emotion and anger instead of the patience and grace she’s been forced to extend to every character without even the smallest amount of gratitude or even consideration in return.

Or you see all of the clips where Katara puts Aang in the “friendzone” and you expect to have this wishy washy back and forth where Aang is putting his feelings out there only to have Katara neither commit nor express any clear reciprocation or rejection. Then you watch and realize that, as cute as the ship is initially, that there’s never a point where Aang returns any comfort or grace to Katara despite her always doing this for him to the point of coddling. That for as much as Aang says he loves her, he never seems to outgrow his perception of her so he can recognize her as someone who feels grief, anger, and pain as much as she expresses love, kindness, and maturity. And instead of having moments where he learns to see her beyond her strength or compassion, you’re instead given moments where Aang forces his feelings onto her, both romantic and non-romantic, and Katara is expected to just…shoulder those feelings the way she shoulders everyone else’s.

Katara is the most misunderstood character in the show. As much as people recognize the complexities of Zuko, Sokka, and Azula, they struggle to do the same for Katara because they see her struggles as somehow lesser, and therefore, less deserving of sympathy. They can handle her so long as she’s being endlessly patient and loving and kind, but the moment her endless love, patience, and kindness runs out, she’s suddenly this annoying bitch who can’t shut up about her mother or reciprocate Aang’s feelings. But Katara’s trauma does matter as much as anyone else’s. No, she wasn’t banished from her kingdom. No, she didn’t lose her entire community, and no, she isn’t the only one who lost her mother. But the difference between her and everyone else whose experienced loss because of the Fire Nation is that she’s never given time to process her trauma. Aang gets to lean on Katara constantly. Toph gets to express her feelings to Katara, and yeah, Sokka also lost their mother, but unlike Katara, he isn’t put in the position of being a substitute for everyone’s parent. He even admits that he sees his sister as a mother. The only characters who ever comfort Katara or allow her to vent is Zuko and her father and that’s, like, three scenes in a show where the other characters are consistently given opportunities to seek out Katara for unconditional support.

The fandom interpretation of Katara has been so bastardized that even those who haven’t watched the show know her for this fanon version and not for who she is. She’s such an interesting character beyond her fandom limitations, though. She’s brave, hot-headed, and hopeful as well as gentle and caring. She wishes to learn waterbending, not only because she wants to fight in the war, but because she wants to continue her culture’s practices because, and people often forget this, she also lost an entire subculture within her already fractured tribe. And she wants to defeat the Fire Nation both because of her deep love and empathy for other people, but also because she wants to avenge her mother. But because some of the fans have reduced Katara to a bitch who constantly whines about her mother and friendzones Aang, you wouldn’t know any of this, and it sucks because she’s the only character whose been dumbed down to such an extent.

so you’re telling me… donna left harvey because she realized she had feelings for him.

and when she told him she was leaving him he cried because the thought of her not being with him after 12 years is crazy and loyalty is harvey’s most significant trait in a person?????

and her *actually* leaving caused harvey (big, tough, harvard graduate, “i dont care or give af about anyone”, stone cold, harvey specter) to LITERALLY become sick to his stomach and have panic attacks?????? to become so angry at everyone around him about everything because if he doesn’t have donna whats the point of anything?????? no bcs he’s literally crying and throwing up at the fact that she isnt there with him anymore and that she purposely left him i’m going batshit crazy

i’m gonna scream he is so insanely in love with her

Formula 1 cars, explained for rookies (with Max Verstappen)

+ Bonus baby max:

also i think some of you have REAL bad cases of fandom brain sometimes

sorry to say but sometimes not everything is about shipping. sometimes the story is about The Story and not if two people get together. i know this might be hard to grasp for some of you but its true

that isn't to say you can't be focused on shipping it's literally just to say that sometimes you guys focus WAY too hard on shipping and kind of ignore Everything Else

That's what happens when you have an Australian boyfriend!

Fred Vasseur coming to George's F2 podium (where he also become an F2 champion) and then there's Toto

*and is that McLaren Chairman (Al Khalifa) beside Vasseur?

other merc' team members also came (jvowles seen in another video, marcus and bono)

someone go back in time and tell marcus he's going to be george's race engineer in 5 years time

Q: he (Lewis) didn't visit Maranello?

Fred: no *laughs* 😭

this tiktok is my roman empire

whenever new age Big Brother viewers say that something going on in the house is stirring up trouble or someone is being way too overdramatic i’m like … Dan Gheesling killed himself in front of the other houseguests thus altering their lives forever and trauma bonding them.