Well for one, I published it on this site long after ATLA had finished. Even long after Korra finished, for that matter. The fandom just wasn't as active. I have a version of this (with ten more oneshots already posted that I will eventually decide how to organize on AO3) on Fanfiction, but I didn't update it regularly, nor my main story that might've indirectly siphoned some people, What Meets the Eye.
Heck, I have two whole other ATLA stories on here that I've left fallow as well. :/ Worldbuilding is wonderful. But. Consistency is not my strong suit.
Honestly the reason you're probably here is the announcement of the upcoming new remake on Netflix, right?
Yeah it can't have been easy growing up in a culture that is so traditionally masculine, nor socially isolated, with some unavoidable classism soaked into her, too.
The hurting other people is something I've struggled with from a young age. I think it's actually forced me to be even more introverted than I otherwise am and hindered my social development. My biggest fear I think has never been to BE hurt, but to fail at connecting in such a way for another person to react that way, OR inadvertently hurting others because of insensitivity or just inherent self-sufficiency that may appear that way.
'emotions into words'. The non-verbal or at least not-whole-sentence thoughts was something that really grabbed at me while writing this. So much of our interactions consist of ideas that are implicit and sometimes that we are not even aware of ourselves. The switch from narrator to first person threw me to start off with, but then I came to understand why it had to happen.
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MetellaStella on Chapter 4 Mon 25 Feb 2019 01:51AM UTC
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