#Jesa

[knightofthenewrepublic]

#my memes #avatar the last airbender memes #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla meme #the shadow of kyoshi #atla kyoshi #kyoshi #rangi #atla rangi #daofei #avatar kyoshi #flying opera company #hark #jesa #kirima #kyoshi novels #rise of kyoshi #the rise of kyoshi #lao ge #lek #bullet lek #wong #flitting sparrowkeet wong #yellow necks #xu ping an #mok the accountant #the big lebowski #jeffrey lebowski #the dude

[daydreamerfox24]

Drawing jesa and kyoshi before she failed at parenting

#digital painting #jesa #avatar kyoshi #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla fanart #the rise of kyoshi #the shadow of kyoshi #rangshi #my art

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Jianzhu, losing his fucking mind: For the past 7ish years we've tried the Earth Kingdom way of finding the Avatar, but we keep getting sent all over the damn place! Even the poles! Wtf is going on. Me, knowing Kyoshi's ass was being yeeted around on a flying bison during that time:

#rise of kyoshi #kyoshi #jianzhu #EAT SHIT JIANZHU! #hark #jesa #they're little stinkers #i may or may not be re-reading rise of kyoshi again (and by that I mean I totally am) #jesa and hark being the real heroes here #giving jianzhu high blood pressure #'you want a lot of characters to have high blood pressure don't you silly?' #i want rangi to have high blood pressure cause she's cute and funny when it happens #i want jianzhu to have high blood pressure cause I want him to fucking die #they are not the same lkdjsfk;jfa #i like to think they tried the damn magnet again after finding Yun and were like 'oh would you look at that! it says Yokoya! we found him!' #and kyoshi is just standin there alkfjdksjflsfj #there you are! #i thought I posted this #this has been in my drafts fo rlike a week TT0TT #note: they were looking for Kyoshi for 7 years #BUT she was on a bison for 5ish when she was with her parents #I guess they just gave up for two years? TT0TT

[fuzzykidney]

Take on airbending and how it relates to spiritual stuff.

I know Jesa supposedly lost some of her bending because of her choice in becoming a career criminal. And it interfered with the ideals of Air nomads. But so did Zaheer murdering people. I’m thinking the biggest difference would be their own guilt or connection to themselves. Zaheer was sure of himself. Meditated all the time. And centered on what he was doing. Jinpa is shown to be pretty strong but he still strays ideals from the Typical air nomad teachings. Part of being free like the wind I would think is accepting who you are, even if it’s slightly different or way different than who you are “supposed” to be. But maybe Jesa struggled with that. Got her tattoos early and was most likely dedicated to her cultures teachings until she found Hark. I’m sure it confused her and she wasn’t sure of who she was at that point or where she belonged. Like she didn’t know what was right or what she deserved. Almost like what one could consider a struggle of faith. That I think might have been more detrimental to her power.

Zuko lost his power in firebending and had to find it again. Within himself (with some help). Jesa just compensated instead. Dealing with anger and some hidden self hate for who she turned out to be.

Or it was just A rumor and she liked the fans as weapons.

My take.

#kyoshi #avatar the last airbender #atla #aang #avatar kyoshi #avatar yangchen #avatar aang #airbending #air bending #air nation #air temples #Jesa #Hark #Jinpa #Zaheer #Laghima #rise of kyoshi #avatar rok #ROK #shadow of kyoshi #avatar sok #SOK #kelsang

[jp9639]

just relized the reason the earth kingdom way of finding the avatar didn't work with kiyoshi was because jesa hark and her were traveling by skybison and not staying in one place

#kiyoshi #Avatar Kiyoshi #the rise of kyoshi #the shadow of kyoshi #Jesa #hark #avatar the last airbender #atla #Avatar

[teaminstinctinwonderland]

Kyoshi’s bending and her heritage are very interesting.  She is undoubtedly really powerful in earth bending, to the point struggling with precision and small items.  

But.

The element that seems to come the most naturally to her is air.  She airbends with force with very little training.  She basically practiced with Rangi and then probably on her own, and even in that first time with Rangi it just naturally came once she got her mind in the right place.  

I feel like this is in part, yes, because she so heavily takes after her mother.  She looks like her, she’s tall like her, and I think she even has some of the attitude as Jesa probably had.  We never meet her, but she was a crime boss.  

But it’s also I think due to Kelsang’s influence, the one person who ever helped her was an air nomad.  He was her surrogate father

She really is always such an interesting examples of two cultures coming together.  

#kyoshi #rise of kyoshi #shadow of kyoshi #rangi #hei ran #kelsang #yun #avatar yun #avatar yangchen #jesa #flying opera company

[thepomegranatewitch]

chag sameach and happy chuseok!

This year, for the first time ever, I built a sukkah. It was tough. I'm not going to lie, even doing it on the cheap it was expensive. There was a lot of hot, hard work.

But I am so, so proud of myself.

I put in the effort to make sure my kids have access to both of their cultures through me, and then I got a shady hut to sit in this last week. I also am making sure to be visibly, loudly, publicly all my selves, so another queer, neurodivergent, mixed race Asian Jew out there knows they aren't the only one.

For those who don't know, Sukkot is a Jewish harvest-time festival celebrating the harvest with some ancestor veneration. It's not a big deal holiday anymore, but it was one of the three pilgrimage festivals during Temple times. I've seen lovely photos of streets in eretz yisrael lined with many sukkot. Chuseok is a Korean harvest-time festival celebrating the harvest with some ancestor veneration. It's not such a big deal holiday anymore, but many people still use it as a time to travel and spend time with living relatives. I hear tell of planes and hotels being booked out for months and traffic being horrendous as people roadtrip to childhood or ancestral hometowns.

Here's some photos of mixed race Jewish Korean queer joy. If you follow the link at the bottom, you can watch the video with voiceover on my instagram. (I could download the video, but because I added the theme from Practical Magic behind my words instagram wouldn't let me download my own voice.)

Come with me and enjoy!

Image description: a light skinned mixed race person with dark hair and eyes, large dark green glasses, a white kerchief, and a light blue jeogori with dark blue collar and cuffs and white dongjeong smiles at the camera, gesturing with one hand upwards and back to the grass fence sukkah wall behind them.

Image description: building the sukkah. A series of five shots, the first two with the person described above wearing a long sleeve green tee and a striped buff straw sunhat on a cloudless sunny day. They use white cotton twine to stitch reed fencing to a metal pop up tent frame, with the top lowered to waist height. The third shot, without people, shows the roof completed and raised to useable height, with flowering bougainvillea and white oleander in the background against a cloudless blue sky. The fourth shot shows the sukkah with walls and an orange outdoor extension cord going into the sukkah. The top has more schach of flowering bougainvillea, pyracantha with orange berries, and an olive-like ornamental covering the roof under the metal frame point. The last shot, at night, shows the interior of the sukkah with a round outdoor table and four patio chairs with cushions inside. Sandbags hold the corners of the sukkah, and a large blue tapestry with a combined sun and moon is pinned to the back wall. Outdoor lights are strung so the sukkah interior glows brightly against the dark night.

Making songpyeon! Songpyeon are as important to Chuseok as a hanukkiah is to Xanike or a seder is to Pesach. They are two to three bite rice cakes traditionally stuffed with sesame seeds, pine nuts, beans, or chestnuts, mixed with honey. They are steamed on pine needles to make a sweet, earthy, chewy treat. I wanted to buy them, but nowhere locally sells them. The white and purple are from our first batch, and the decorated green and purple are from batches six and seven. We had seven batches in 48 hours, and I am grateful my preschooler has been getting plenty of playdough time at school - they were really good at making songpyeon!

A note on togetherness: it is traditional to make songpyeon at home together. I have many memories of the work and stress that went in to pulling off picture-perfect holidays, and while the photographed objects are perfect, the smiles never reach our eyes. I committed to making ugly art and focusing my energy on enjoying time with my four and one year old. I want their foundational memories to be enjoying time together, not me screaming at them to make perfect edible art. It was only on the last batch, when we had an empty afternoon stretching out before us, that we tried some more beautiful candies. I think they turned out great.

The white are plain, the purple is made with blueberry juice, and the green with green tea powder. We stuffed ours with a mix of honeyed pine nuts, honeyed white sesame seeds, and honeyed black sesame seeds. We also made a batch tinted rosy brown with beetroot powder.

Image description. Set of seven photos showing songpyeon being made. The first three show a plate with measured but unstuffed pieces, shaped pieces, and the same person as above in a black shirt, black apron, and teal tichel using a spoon to stuff a white songpyeon with sesame seeds. These all sit on a table with a large print of orange fruits, leaves, and flowers. The songpyeon are white and purple. Below that is a set of four images with green and purple songpyeon decorated with purple and green flowers to leaves. They are simple in design. The first two show the paler, uncooked pieces sitting on cloth liners and pine needles in a bamboo steamer basket on the table, and the last two are steamy shots showing the cooked pieces, now darker, still in the steamer basket in the pot on the stove.

Some shots of the sukkah just before the triple holiday started: Chuseok, Sukkot, and Shabbat. After all the work I did (plus baking our challah), we got takeout for dinner.

Our lulav is not standard. We don't have an etrog, but a very special lemon our friends grew and gifted us the harvesting thereof. The palm came from our home, and the willow from our friends,' but instead of myrtle I opted for redwood branches (also from our friends' home). These are similarly fragrant, grow in sets of three, and were foragable by me and the baby close to home. I believe there is a balance to be found between traditional observance, and localized observance. It's not right for everyone, but it is right for me and my family.

The table with with shabbat candlesticks and food is our jesa table. Jesa is an ancestor veneration ceremony in which food and bows are offered to the ancestors. They consume the energy from the food, and leave their blessings behind. When we consume the food, we receive the blessings. For more on traditional Korean practices, I recommend popping over to instagram to follow Mudang Mia, Mudang Jenn (who has a free digital magazine), and Mudang Seo Choi (who regularly has kickstarters for books!).

Image description. Four shots of the sukkah interior, showcasing the food. First shot shows a table set for two adults and two children, with printed homemade colouring books at each child's place setting, The table has a blue tablecloth, three takeout boxes of food, a takeout container of fried rice, a small floral arrangement, a challah wrapped in a red and gold cover with bees woven in, a bottle of de-alcoholized red wine, a bottle of pomegranate juice, a large jar of lemon water, and takeout containers for soup. The second shot is the same set but pulled back and showing the whole interior so the lulav table relative to eating table is visible. The third shot is a very narrow table with a blue cloth printed with smiling white suns on it. It has two glass shabbat candlesticks, a package of beeswax candles, a stack of five coconut jellies, chopsticks, and a plate with homemade songpyeon in white, rosy brown, and purple, white mochi with red bean paste, and three cylindrical puffed rice snacks. The fourth shot is of the lemon and lulav bundle as described above. The lulav is wrapped and tied with white cotton twine.

Bonus: the video I made, with voiceover available on instagram.

You aren't alone.

moadim l'simcha.

Image description: a twig with flowering pomegranate in various stages for seven buds and blossoms total. It has a large white circle behind. Collaged on top are three rounds of moon cycles, spiraling in towards the center in black.

#sukkah #sukkot #succos #sukkos #chuseok #jesa #jewish #judaism #earth based judaism #jewish art #queer art #mixed race art #mixed race #hanbok #jewish witch #witch sukkah #queer joy #jewish joy #mixed race joy #asian joy #songpyeong #lulav #homemade #handmade #the fifth acre

[kyoshi-lesbians]

I don't think I've ever seen any meta about Kyoshi's parents, I would dearly love to hear your thoughts on them given how much you love ghosts in the narrative <3

the thing about kyoshi is that her story is a romance partly because its tragedy and fully because she exists in the bildungsroman genre. the intensity of these themes are made possible through her parents absence. 

her story is centered around creating a code of ethics - and based on the rest of avatar canon, we know that she was successful in creating and sticking to a code of justice, stable enough to carve herself into living stone for some 200 years to fulfill her avatar duties fully. 

but in the beginning of her story she doesn't really have an authority figure who guides her moral development, who tells her what is right and what is wrong. 

there's kelsang, but he wasn't able to be around for most of her childhood after he took her in. we learn only in the meeting with tagaka that kyoshi does have similar morals to kelsang −  she would've conjured a fatal storm against pirates to save people, too. but she didn't know that about him until that moment. her feelings on that weren't learned by example. 

and where kelsang feels guilt for betraying his peoples' values, kyoshi didn't have a concept of justice stemming from her culture. she's always been an outsider within her fractured nation; she was considered worthless until she wasn't. kyoshi is guided first by her honed instinct for survival and intense empathy and above all humility shaped intimately by her social position in the lower class. she didn't have the opportunity for anything else.

so her code of morality starts as reactionary - her parents were daofei who abandoned her, so all daofei are heartless honorless filth. jesa and hark are haunting the story for creating the conditions that set the stage for the entire narrative. 

enter: the romance. within every plot point that shapes kyoshi's worldview of right and wrong, kyoshi's relationship with rangi is what truly centers her. arguably the greatest betrayal of her values is kidnapping and threatening Huazo and Chaejin. she left rangi behind for what she viewed  - what she was told, repeatedly - was the dirty work moral duty of the avatar. its when she went where she wouldn't let rangi follow that kyoshi almost loses herself. and it's when rangi is fighting side by side with her that she's able to stop yun from hurting more people and offering mercy by killing him - following the morals that she's chosen.  

kyoshi's worldview up until her avatarhood was based on what she needed for basic survival and resentment at jesa and hark for forcing that upon her. with their absence they exasperated the challenges every avatar must face determining the course of justice.

#thank you for this wonderful question! #apologies for how rambling the answer turned out lol #kyoshi novels #kyoshi #jesa #hark #rangshi #asks #anon #r.post

[comparativetarot]

Seven of Swords. Art by Camila Quintana, from The Jasmine Dragon Tarot.

Jesa is the Seven of Swords. I chose her because this card means betrayal, deception, getting away with something and acting strategically.

If you don’t know her, this is Kyoshi’s mom! She used to be an Air Nomad nun until she met Hark a thief. She left the Air Nomads to be with Hark and together created one of the most renowned Daofei outlaws, The Flying Opera Company. Once she lost touch with her spiritual side from not practicing the Air Nomad ways, she started using fans to elevate her air bending, this is where Kyoshi’s fans come from!

#Camila Quintana #The Jasmine Dragon Tarot #Seven of Swords #Seven #Swords #Minor Arcana #Tarot #Avatar #Jesa #Racial Diversity

[whycauseitscts14]

my nessa barrett playlist

#nessa barrett #janesa barrett #josh richards #jaden hossler #mads lewis #tiktokers #music #playlist #music lover #pop music #incoming artist #Nessa #Barrett #la di die #naden #jesa #Spotify

[twistedsoulmusic]

Here are some lovely fresh sounds from the new French artist Jesa. Fans of Lianne La Havas, Nai Palm and Esperanza Spalding will find much to love. These subtle influences make Jesa's sound so comfortingly familiar yet intriguing. Chilled out but exuding masses of confidence, all framed by her lush vocal, 'Five Little Birds' is an impressive first statement.

#jesa #alt soul #jazz

[daydreamerfox24]

Rise of kyoshi question. I dont understand why kyoshi's parents just left her but then took another kid? Did they know they basically replaced her

Y'know thats one of the things that frustrated me in the book.

If they didn't want their child to be a daofei why did they didn't do the same with lek after rescuing him for his sake? Maybe they knew kyoshi was the avatar and she can't live her life as a daofei, but I don't think they did know. Then she was left in the streets to starve cause the person they left Kyoshi threw her out.

I'm still searching for a valid-maybe canon- response to this topic but until then I will stand by Kyoshis side for being angry to her parents cause it was really traumatic to get abondoned and replaced ( yes not just Yun has this trauma even though as the fandom we just ignore this fact just because she didn't go mad)

#avatar kyoshi #kyoshi #rangshi #the rise of kyoshi #kyoshi x rangi #the shadow of kyoshi #rangi #avatar the last airbender #atla #lok #yun #jesa #hark #im still thinking about it

[an-odd-frog]

AI FANFICTION?

Lisa and jean are both in the library have a weekly catch up. jean spends most of her time alone doing the paperwork for the country and working of fixing the education system in mondstat. Lisa and jean had been secret lovers for almost 2 years now. klee is in her room. she was just finishing her last book. she has no idea what is going on. they have never been apart. it is like they are on a date. or maybe they were. but it has been like this for 2 weeks now and she should still locked in her room Lisa contunued to gossip with her girlfriend and talking about the drama she heard from the people whispering. jean reached out to lisa and grabbed her hand. 'you're so beautiful when you're happy'. both girls sip their tea until klee pushes the door open sneaking down library stairs without being noticed. she was about to tell them that she had to go.  klee sat on the steps and watched the girls talk. jean placed her cup on the table and looked up at the clock, she still had so much more work to do and they had been sat there for an hour. jean and lisas eyes meet and klees face is filled with a look of love. then lisa looks at jean face and smiles. and it feels like the world is ending. she had no clue what was going through her head. klee was so happy jean looked happy if even for a moment, but she still needed to pee. klees face was filled in with love, jane was still smiling and looking at lise. her eyes filled up with tears and a tear fell down her cheek. she was happy. happy to see her lover. even if they were not together as much as they would have liked. they still were. the two young lovers.

#genshin fluff #jesa #wlw #geshin impact #lisa #jean #fluff

[fuzzykidney]

Well this drawing thing is pretty fun. I tried a different app today. However I can’t draw faces in general so doing so for the time being this will have to do. I’ve been up for hours. If anyone can make a better one I’m all for it lmao.

Kyoshi practicing with Kelsangs staff. Fits very well considering their similar heights.

#avatar the last airbender #atla #kyoshi #avatar kyoshi #avatar aang #avatar yangchen #airbending #rangi #Kelsang #jinpa #Jesa #southern air temple #eastern air temple #rise of kyoshi #shadow of kyoshi

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

All-Star Green Lantern:

Runaway Jesa Cruz finds a glowing lantern and an unconscious person with pointed ears and red-pink skin on an active train track. Attempting to get the alien to safety, Jesa is too late as the locomotive barrels towards them…and is completely wrecked against a wall of solid green light. Growing up fascinated by stories of space--especially the lost crew of the USS Sentinel (Jordan, Stewart, Gardner, Ferris, and Rayner)--Jesa had always looked to the stars...they just never expected the stars to find them first.

Thaal is a Korugaran stranded on Earth after the death of his partner Abin, he befriends Jessica Cruz only to discover she’s runaway with a dark secret of her own. He gives Abin's ring to Jesa to protect herself. The Lantern used to power their rings is an incubator for an infant Oan, Aya.

Pursuing Jesa is the Cult of Blood, led by the charismatic sociopath Sebastian Sanger. He and his followers worship Atros, the Spirit of the Blood Lantern. While the Lantern has transformed others with its power--Bernie the Animal Boy, Johnny Rankorr, and The Great Red Beast Sorov--others await its blessing, Sebastian among them, and believe Jesa's sacrifice will curry its favor.

In Sebastian's employ are the Manhunters, a group of assassins hired to track Jesa. The team sent after Jesa includes The Tattooed Man, Sonar, Deathstroke The Ravager, though their mother organization is a much larger league of mercenaries and assassins.

Finally, there's Prof. Jack Crane: an former academic who inserted a “Fear-Entity” into his body via self-administered surgery. Moving independent of Sanger and the Manhunters to capture Jesa and Thaal, Crane may prove to be the most dangerous of all...

#dc #all star au #fanart #green lantern #jess cruz #jesa cruz #thaal sur #thaal sinestro #sebastian blood #sebastian sanger #the manhunters #church of blood #red lanterns #atrocitus #atros #sonar #the tattooed man #deathstroke #animal man #rankorr #vladimir sorov #jonathan crane #scarecrow #parallax

[anarzaabloodladen]

Alignment charts because what the hell else do I have to do (geometry homework)

#shitpost #jesa narda #жеса нарда #ssshhhiiittt! #i think #ssshhhiiitttposting #alignment chart #i am losing my shit #yeah #weee