Art by @ansdrela on Instagram. Posted here with the artist's permission.

Link to the og post https://www.instagram.com/p/CcT15LaJcO_/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

#Korrasami #TheLegendOfKorra

I want to talk about disability representation and healing in Legend of Korra.

I know Legend of Korra only calls the poison "metal" and doesn't ever identify it, but based on these facts:

1. silvery-grey
2. Is in liquid form at room temperature
3. Causes neurological symptoms
4. Causes inability to feel limbs
5. Causes inability to walk or loss of coordination and/or balance
6. Vision problems
7. Severe pain

This all fits with Mercury poisoning. Now mercury poisoning is a slow neurotoxin killer. It has to build up over time in order to kill someone, which is why Zaheer and his lackeys put a shit-ton of it into Korra. She had to have so much in her blood for it to work fast enough to actually take her down in the Avatar state. This also accelerated her symptoms.

And it's why she is in a wheelchair unable to move or feel her legs, why she has neurological issues afterward, and why it takes her so long to recover and learn how to walk and have coordination and balance again.

Mercury poisoning if left in the system for a long time can cause kidney and brain damage; however, lucky for Korra it's not in her system long enough. Barely an hour or so I think? It's hard to say about passing of time in that show, but Team Avatar and others got to her pretty fast. So that means it wasn't in there long enough for permanent brain and kidney damage.

However, she'd still need to be regularly checked for any neurological issues that might pop up overtime. This could include vision problems, nerve issues such as nerve pain or tenderness or numbness, tingling in her extremities, and others more specific to the brain or nervous system within her spine.

This doesn't mean she'd die at a young age. A person with these issues can live to a ripe old age as long as they continue to be monitored and given the care they need. Korra has that care with all the people who loves her, and I'm positive Asami would make sure Korra has the best care in the world (considering Asami's wealth). So Korra could easily live to an old age with Asami.

She would still be able to do Avatar duties as well, even if she ends up with some neurological issues down the line. She just needs to adjust her approach to compensate and allow others to aid her in her duties (like Asami helping her and the brothers and Air Nation, etc). It's okay to rely on others.

This is all to say that Korra is disabled now, and that's okay. Disabled people like myself exist and we deserve love and care too. We deserve to THRIVE. There is nothing bad or evil about disability.

I know that our society tries to shove 'disability=bad' down our throat, but that's to justify the horrific treatment society does to us.

Anyone can become disabled at any time. Maybe that might instill fear into some people, but I can assure you that it doesn't have to be scary. If we build systems of care instead of systems of harm, we wouldn't have to fear becoming disabled because that system of care -- like the one Korra has at the end of the show -- would help us thrive to the best of our ability.

We deserve those systems of care. We deserve love. We deserve good healthcare, housing, food, and other necessities for free/low-cost.

We don't have to live in systems of exploitation that throw away our lives because the capitalist overlords deemed us non-productive and worthless. We can take their shitty ideology and throw it in the wastebin.

And instead build up communities of care and mutual aid. We see how Korra's PTSD and her symptoms improve once she is back in the circle of her community of care with Asami, Mako, (eventually Bolin), Tenzin, Jinora, Ikki, Meelo, Pema, Kya, Bumi, and even the Beifong family and Lin. All of them provide care and support. Through that community of care, Korra learns how to thrive again.

That is what we need to build up. That's why I love her arc.

I too went through that dark period of pain and isolation. I too ran from my PTSD, literally as in ran to a different state to escape it, which like Korra discovers, doesn't quite work out well. We can't escape it. We have to face it and CHOOSE to heal.

It is ONLY when we CHOOSE to heal that we experience true growth. We don't learn and grow because of suffering in or itself. That's a lie told to us by society to get us to stay in suffering, to not choose to heal, to not choose to end the exploitation that hurts us.

No, we learn and grow because of the CHOICE to heal and build ourselves up in a healthier and more just and kinder and more loving way. Often, we make that choice because we have support to aid us in that healing, to give us what we need to follow-through.

Growth and learning cannot happen until we choose them.

Korra choose to heal when she's with Toph, and in doing so, she reconnects with her community of care, who in turn helps her recover and helps her learn to thrive again. So no matter what the long-term repercussions of mercury poisoning is for Korra, she will have her community of care to help her get through that and continue to thrive.

That is what I wish all disabled people could have.

#korrasami
#LegendOfKorra
#AvatarKorra
#TLOK #Korra #TheLegendOfKorra
#writing
#disability #disabled
#DisabledRepresentation
#MercuryPoisoning
#Healing #CommuntiesOfCare

Yes, I did manage to weave quantum mechanics into a Korrasami fanfiction. Avatar-verse lore's way of dealing with energy, spirit energy, etc... leaves room for me to play with the limits there. Especially since the shows, books, and comics never fill in enough lore to explain how the spirit energy works (or why time is weird there, especially before the portals were left open). So I decided to fill in some gaps.

I've always wanted to explore the repercussions of what it might be like if more of quantum weirdness effected the macro world (not just the quantum world). So it was fun to try those ideas out in this fanfiction.

I think the hardest part about this fanfiction is that I was very, very specific on certain details in the story. Specifically so I could weave them together in later chapters/books. And this weaving of details from the past events, with present events, and then future events -- it's me practicing weaving long-form storyarcs over several books. It's also super fun to reveal that a detail in an earlier chapter impacted a later chapter.

I edited enough so it reads well. Tried to catch all SPAG errors. After I finish the series as a whole, I'll go back and thoroughly polish so each chapter feels like it is publishable-worthy. (Being fanfiction, it can't be published, which is fine. #AO3 is a great home for it anyway).

I have so, so little energy at the moment. So I have to balance things carefully if I want to still practice writing AND make it to my necessary health appointments AND rest. I think I found a balance, so hoping nothing disrupts it!

In case folks wanna read it: https://archiveofourown.org/series/3370741

#QuantumMechanics #ScienceFiction #FanFiction #AO3 #Korrasami #Writing

RT @AG_Nonsuch@twitter.com

Happy #PrideMonth, y’all! #bumbleby #bubbline #lumity #catradora #korrasami #sulemio and moreeee

There’s so many identities/ characters than I can fit in one drawing but know that you are all loved!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AG_Nonsuch/status/1673002343883759623

RT @artbykowachi
Old Softies 🌊⚙

#korra #asamisato #korrasami #legendofkorra #art

I'm actually really proud of this fanfiction I'm writing for #Korrasami: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44956177?view_full_work=true

It's half done now. I just got past a major plot point that had a big twist. I need to write the second half and edit it now.

I wanted to really dig in deep with how capital really doesn't care about people. I also wanted to address what #Anarchism actually is (community/mutual aid/building up), and also address the characters' trauma and healing journey. #Writing #LOK #LegendOfKorra #AO3

Per celebrare la giornata di oggi consiglio una #Fanfiction tra le mie preferite: https://archiveofourown.org/works/11009700/chapters/24529695 perchè l'amore è tante cose.
(CW contenuto sessuale esplicito 🔞 )

Spero che passiate un felice #SanValentino facendo quello che amate, con chi amate o facendovi chi amate a vostra discrezione.

Io ho in programma un'altra run su #HatofulBoyfriend insieme ai miei 3 miciotti.

#korrasami

Korra and Asami were one of the first canon queer couples in American animation. It's a crying shame Nickelodeon stifled the creators from making their relationship more explicit. (Apparently girls/boys kissing was okay, but not two women? *sighs*). But the comics make up for that at least. Turf Wars is particularly sweet and shows how deep the love they have for each other is.

So I'm trying to incorporate all of the above into the fanfic I'm writing. :)

#Korrasami #Avatar #LegendofKorra

World's number one #Korrasami fan

#LegendOfKorra

I've been thinking about why so many fans act like #Korrasami "came out of nowhere" or "wasn't built up to properly"

1. Unlike Aang and Katara in ATLA, Korra and Asami could never explicitly state their burgeoning feelings because of network pressures, even if the writers made efforts to imply them

2. Most of these fans are straight people who wouldn't imagine two women could be gay unless those women looked them in the eye and said "I'm a lesbian"

#LegendOfKorra

I am now going through #Korrasami fan art for the first time and my heart is so big I'm gonna die

#LegendOfKorra

#korrasami is trending on Tumblr. My night has now been planned out.

I flipped to the back page to see how many pages there were and OH MY GOD THEYRE SO CUTE :100_gay:

#Korrasami

Image with alt text because I'm a fuckin' dummy

#Korrasami

POGATHAN CHAMPION

#Korrasami

"Inner Spirit" 💙❤

#art #legendofkorra #korrasami #korrasamiday

#introduction post by way of saying happy anniversary to the couple (and show) that saved my life and paved the way for #queer representation in media, especially animation. #legendofkorra #korrasami

Happy #Korrasami Day 🥹

Korrasami Day is coming up, and I've been working on a two-part illustration for it. Here are some very rough WIP teasers of what you can expect.

(also: First official post on Mastadon! Yay!)

#art #legendofkorra #korrasami #wip

RT @KAIxJU@twitter.com

We are so thrilled to announce that we got to be a part of The Legend of Korra: Patterns in Time!! It was so fun to get a chance to write and draw these characters, we are so honored to be part of the project! Out in comic stores now, and in book stores on the 20th! #korrasami

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KAIxJU/status/1601316506482397184