#aang tags my beloved

[starlight-bread-blog]

Kataang on Balance and Rage

There's a common protest to Zutara especially that typically goes like this:

"If Zuko and Katara ever got together they would spiral into endless fights, since both are hot-headed. Because of these traits, they need someone who is calm. Like Aang and Mai. They balance them out".

I already adressed how Zuko and Katara seem to balace themselves out just fine, and that Katara isn't actually that hot-headed. There's a lot to be said about Maiko, and I will in another time. But for now, I'd like to focus on Kataang. This argument doesn't quite work for me because Aang is repeatedly proven to be unable to effect Katara's rage.

THE WATERBENDING MASTER

When Katara challenged Pakku to a duel, Aang tied to put up the fire. Telling Pakku she didn't mean that, and telling her she doesn't have to do this for him. Due to his peace seeking nature, he wants to pprevent the duel and is communicating this to Katara.

(1th) Aang: I'm sure she didn't mean that.

(2th) Aang: You don't have to do this for me, I can find another teacher.

Did it work? Well,

THE CHASE

The entire Gaang is sleep deprived. Katara and Toph get into a heated argument about unpacking camp. Aang tried to stop the argument, and once again it didn't work.

THE SOUTHERN RAIDERS

This is an extremely controversial episode. I'm not gonna get into who's right and who's wrong. I'm just here to make an observation.

Katara decided to seek justice/revenge on the man who killed her mother. Aang, being a pacifit, encourages her to forgive him. He tells her a story about the monks, that revenge wouldn't help her. As you know, Katara still goes on the quest.

Later when she spares Yon Rha, she highlights to Aang that she did not, and will not, forgive him.

IN CONCLUSION: Aang tries to calm Katara down, but that doesn't seem to work. To suggest that Katara should be with Aang because he can balance her out would be a mischaracterization of their dynamic. He can't do that.

#Later Aang cheered to Katara in the waterbending master so good for him #we stan #anti kataang #anti bryke #anti maiko #anti anti zutara #zutara #pro zutara #zutara meta #zutara analysis #kataang critical #anti aang #aang critical #TAGGING TO BE SAFE #zutara my beloved #yeah it's a pretty shallow meta #but I have plans and I feel like I have to debunk this before getting to the stuff I care about #zutara forever #zutara was robbed

[tinkkles]

i love that we're still censoring katααng vs. zutαrα posts btw. the cultural impact

#when korra started airing i made like 1 (one) pro zutara jokey post and got like 6 hate dms and i dont even think i tagged it #atla is like my favorite media of all time but kataang fans are just so fundamentally wrong that i cant engage with the fandom at all #our beloved zuko... their wretched aang... i know i am complicit in this ongoing violence

[endlessdaydream]

I get it, live actions aren’t for everybody and that’s totally fine. Not everyone’s gonna like it. But to shit on the stupidest things, or draw the dumbest conclusions??? Blocked. Y’all look dense as fuck. Views will be mixed as they always are, quit clogging up the tags with your negativity and find some chill 😂 The originals are still there to watch or read and enjoy…so go do that…it’s literally on the same app 👏🏻 I’m trying to be understanding I am, but some of y’all are so damn hung up you’re letting it completely destroy something you’d otherwise enjoy

Anyways!! Here’s some of the stuff I loved from the atla live action!

•cinematography, soundtrack, costumes - all on point

•getting to see the airbenders flourishing!!! Also the dude who played Gyatso?! Didn’t think I could love him more!! Even though it was painful as FUCKKKK getting to see the first invasion of the fire benders was an epic masterpiece

•speaking of, the first scene?? With the earthbender soldiers in the fire nation?? Iconic

•Omashu: unpop opinion I’m sure (bc y’all hate change but simultaneously hate when it’s carbon copy????????🤦🏼‍♀️) I loved how they incorporated like 3 or 4 episodes into one, and they flowed really well together. Jet is FOINEEE. Mechanist was perfect & his son is a freaking badass, amazing casting! Even though it was change, the secret tunnel scenes were still really freaking cool and the badgermoles were SICK AS FUCK. Also I love that Bumi was still cooky but not just randomly cooky? Like mans was run down from being king basically the entire war…which FAIR. And it made sense that he was peeved with Aang BECAUSE they were such good friends. Like the other avatars being mad at him? Yea that’s whatever. But for Bumi it was kinda personal. Also CABBAGE MAN WE MISSED YOU 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Oh! And the way they mentioned other episodes like they were lore when Zuko was trying to find Aang? That was an amazing way to tie back to the OG series

•I love how they incorporated the blue spirit, Koh, the fog of lost souls & parts of the ep where sokka and Katara got sick & Aang had to get them frogs - just reimagined it. Oh also Hei Bai! Yea, I loved that whole episode. Koh & Hei Bai were SCARY as fuck, it was awesome!!

•HAHN MY BELOVED…I ADORE YOU! Favorite character that they added/changed. Katara getting the other women involved in the battle?! Tui & La? The oasis?! 😭😭 stunning!!!! I also LOVEDDDDD Aangs avatar spirit that he turned into, literally perfect! And I loved the change that he gave himself over to the spirits wrath..fucking SICK. Also right before aang turned into the spirit/whatever that’s called, I was praying they’d do the line and thEY DIDDDD!!!

•Fire lord Ozai?? 😳😚 nothing needed to be said - perfection

•Kyoshi?! The Kyoshi warriors?! SUKI?! - speechless

•I like that they’re making more of a point to show how smart Sokka is! Mechanist calling him an engineer…I hope they play more into that! Ik they did a bit in the show with the subs (cartoon), but still

•”~hE rAn~” seriously my favorite line, I was DYINGGGG!!! The scenes with Zuko and Iroh, Zuko before the war meeting, the leaves from the vine being in the background at the funeral….ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME?! Zuko’s crew being the crew he SAVED?! And when they find out they all do the fire nation bows to their prINCE?! 😭😭😭😭

I’m being fair y’all - things I don’t love/hope they change:

•this one I’m 50/50 on - I don’t love that they tried to give Kuruk a reason for disappearing. They tried to pull shit from Korra to make him look meaningful & not useless as an avatar and it didn’t hit for me

•some of the wigs: obviously we won’t see Yue again, but I wanted her hair to be white. I didn’t love the wig but it wouldn’t have been as bad for me if it wasn’t so grey. Also do NOT love Azula, Tylee or Mai’s hair. Ik they look just like the show but whether that’s wigs or their actual hair (I’m clueless) it needs some serious improvement. Azula’s looks great down, I just don’t like how big the side pieces are that frame her face when it’s up.

•Katara, my love, I am PRAYING part of your development is also going to be her becoming more outspoken and badass, bc this season we saw the tiniest of glimpses of it, not a fan (unless it’s a part of her development…she did grow up in a tiny ass tribe so I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt)

• IK they’re going with a much more serious Aang, but pleaseeeee give us some actual moments of him being a kid. We saw that like twice 😭

•Dante is the PERFECT ZUKO, I will hear NO slander. However, I need him to be more of a dick. I’m hoping we’ll get that when he gets super desolate when they’re on the run & then we have Zuko alone & he has his inner battle. I need snarky dickhead Zuko, so you can truly see the big differences between what he’s fighting (himself vs. who his dad wants him to be)

Have fun kids!

In case I haven’t made it clear, idgaf if you disagree. I go so hard for these live actions because it’s fun! It’s just supposed to be fun and different and new. If you get so serious about it you’re ALWAYS going to be disappointed, there’s no way around it bc nothing is ever going to be as good as the original book, the original show, the original tale. OG atla is ALWAYS gonna be the winner, nothing will compare! So sit back ~relax~ and find some joy in the little things

#also if I see anymore of you IDIOTS say Aang was flying in episode one? I’m gonna choke #atla #natla #Netflix atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #netflix avatar #netflix avatar the last airbender #zuko #aang #katara #sokka #toph #uncle Iroh #northern water tribe #southern water tribe #kyoshi #kuruk #Roku #yangchen #monk gyatso #appa #kataang #zutara #azula #ty lee #Mai #fire lord ozai #momo #atla spoilers

[prying-pandora666]

Let’s Talk About Fanfic and Fanart For A Second

I have no idea why this person got so mad at my post about how the fandom would probably empathize with Aang (and his painful backstory) more if he had grown up into a more shippable/attractive age like the other boys.

But tag yourself if you also make and promote convoluted fanfic that will never be respected by the masses. @book4air my beloved.

Making art because you want to is enough reason. You don’t need to be popular or profitable. The fact that you enjoy it is reason enough. I promise.

And hey! Sometimes, as a nice bonus, it even gets you an IMDB credit or two!

Or invited to a Netflix premiere!

And may even get you recognition from the people who make the things you love.

More importantly, sometimes your art helps others connect with the material when they previously couldn’t.

Most importantly though, sometimes it just helps you make it through the day. Sometimes it’s the reason to get up in the morning. Sometimes it’s where you go when you’re suffering excruciating pain from your disability, or mental illness, or trauma. Sometimes when I’m bed ridden, working on the project, learning from other skilled and lovely creatives in the fandom, or getting to teach the next generation, is what keeps me going.

Make art because you want to. And not for the tenuous ���respect” of people who are dedicated to hating you for no other reason than you had the guts to do it.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #avatar #Fandom

[midnightpink]

and breathe again

read it here on ao3

The guy they pull out from under Lake Laogai freaks Sokka out.

Not in like, a personal way. He doesn’t have anything against the guy, even if he looks scary as hell, with all those bruises and scars. It’s just—

Well. He’s living proof that people are capable of a lot of things Sokka doesn’t want to believe they are.

by: r_astra

Words: 6,262, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English 

Series: Part 2 of i'll find my own way down

Collections: Best of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the pickiest and pettiest, miQ_y's fav fav fics, Lumi's library of favourite fics, God Tier ATLA fics, Qqqqqq115, ATLA hyperfixation go brrrrr, I promise to reread you 🥺❤️, My Cabbages!!!!, Fanfiction Masterpieces, But muuum they're my emotional support fanfics!, MoreATLAship, the peanut butter to my jelly, A Collection of Beloved Inserts

Fandom:  Avatar: The Last Airbender

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Sokka (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Jet (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Azula (Avatar), Hakoda (Avatar), Bato (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar)

Relationship: Sokka & Zuko (Avatar), Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Sokka & The Gaang (Avatar), The Gaang & Zuko (Avatar)

Additional Tags:  Angst, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Past Rape/Non-con, Character Death, Badass Zuko (Avatar), Protective Sokka (Avatar), Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con

#atla #zuko #sokka #katara #aang #toph beifong #hakoda #sokka/zuko #sokka x zuko #zukka #fic rec

[divorcedmalewife]

i was tagged by @torturedpoets my beloved to answer these questions and then to tag nine people to get to know better!

last song: Love Me (When You're Gone) by Whales Talk

currently watching: Dimension 20 Fantasy High Junior Year baby!!!!

three ships: kimchay (KinnPorsche), akihiko/shinjiro (Persona 3), Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)

favorite color: dark blue

currently consuming: I think this means media but it is way funnier to say a food or drink. I'm going ham on some taco bell right now

first ship: probably Aang/Katara if I had to guess! before I knew what shipping was, anyway.

relationship status: single af

last movie: the timothee chalamet Willy Wonka movie. it was okay, lol.

currently working on: Fanfic of my own d&d character alxnsjsnals

I tag @daethsticks, @aikinn, @kinnbig, @booksnchocolate, @thewholedamnboulangerie, @majestictortoise, @wildelydawn, @weii-wuxiian, @figuerockfaeth

#tag game #literally all ive been able to think about is persona 3 and my d&d campaign and fantasy high

[lazyveran]

I'm the anon eating your art and all that, passing Azula around like a blunt is actually so true

Also what's the au about and where does it start bc I want to read all of it

i assume u mean the political marriage au ? which is currently being written! i havent posted the actual thing yet but someday i will. i've tagged most my rambles on it as political marriage au if you wanna have a gander. it's essentially an azutara postwar politicking fic (ina no aang universe) centered on the northern water tribe n the fire nation. also toxic yuri yipeeee !!

ty for the interest n thank you for eating my art beloved anon

#political marriage au #anon ask

[bearsandbeansart]

9, 14, and 18 for the Year in Review Artist version thing?

9. What's your favorite set of tags/comments received this year?

Pretty much any guess as to why the Gaang were brawling in the Gaang Fight drawing. Some highlights: 'they're fighting over who gets to steal Zuko for the next life changing field trip', 'Zuko said his favorite fruit was tomatoes and Aang agreed with him', 'Momo started it', 'it's Toph's birthday and this is how she wants to celebrate', and my personal favorite, 'someone brought up the age old debate about whether raisins should be permitted in cookies.'

14 was answered here.

18. What work of yours do you go back and admire the most?

Usually I go back and look at sketches, just to see what I was working on. But I do often go back and look at this drawing of Amity Blight, because I really like how the border came out and the pose and the rain. It's one that I've come back to a lot, to try to figure out why it didn't really pick 'do well'- the post has a total of 4 notes, and is my worst 'performing' drawing I've shared. I think it comes down to a combination of me barely ever drawing anything for TOH and Amity not being a popular character on her own. She gets the Asami Sato treatment, I think, in that she's beloved by the fandom for being the main character's girlfriend, but anything to do with just her on her own simply doesn't spark as much interest.

But I also go back and look at any Jet/Agni drawings I've done because they are tragically the only fanart of this ship in existence. Especially this one. I think I got the lighting down just perfect here.

#artist wrapped

[tiny-katara]

cilla my beloved not to bother you in the asks again BUT i realized i’ve never seen your LOK thoughts & i’d love to know them! (i just saw ur tags & u mentioned the animated movie probably wouldn’t be any better than lok - agreed - so i assume you’ve seen it, but if u haven’t then feel free to ignore this!)

have a great day my bestie!!

bestie you literally cannot bother me in the asks i don't think it's possible. i love seeing you pop up in them! it makes me so happy <3

if i'm being perfectly honest, i've only seen 3 or 4 episodes of lok, but i do have a vague understanding of the plot and it's such a mess??? some of these things i say could very well be misinformed, so don't hesitate to correct me lol.

honestly i think korra herself is kinda cool. she reminds me a lot of katara tbh because she wants to fight and she's really good at it. her design is cute and i do like her shorter hair as well. i think her little gang is also pretty fun and they all had some good potential. it's also never going to not be funny that korra and asami both date mako and then decide that dating each other is better. also bolin seems like he's a cute little dorky guy, which i whole-heartedly support. they all deserved better characterizations but the overall concepts weren't bad at all.

something about korra that really bothers me is that energybending isn't exclusive to the avatar. it seems pretty dangerous for the average person to use, so i wish that it had just stayed as something the avatar could do to maintain peace when absolutely necessary. it just feels wrong to take a core part of someone's identity. kind of reminds me vaguely of the way our restraints work at the hospital i work at. we consider chemical restraints to be much more severe and intense than like literally tying someone down to the bed because takes their identity and very being away from them. we have some pretty nasty patients here in america and i have never seen us use chemical restraints and my unit has some batshit people. so yeah, something about that whole thing rubs me the wrong way. i think taking away ozai's bending was valid because he had abused it, but that conclusion was far too easy for aang to come to. it is not something that should be taken lightly.

i also hate they solve the airbender crisis by just "now everyone bends" because it just kind of fuels this idea that if you don't have an exceptional skill, you're not as good as other people. like nonbenders have their strengths too??? getting rid of them does not solve the problem, it will only create new weaknesses. becoming too reliant on something that can be taken away is dangerous. we want a functioning society, not a building on the edge of a cliff that will crumble if one little stone chips off.

one of the worst things about korra is how they treat bloodbending though. do you have any idea how fucking useful that could be??? literally life saving. so many zutara fics under like 100k handle bloodbending better than a 4 season show and that's just ridiculous. katara should have been able to hone the skill and find its weaknesses and strengths. it's honestly very ignorant and just shows that they have a very poor understanding of the importance of blood in the body, which i could excuse if they didn't also demonize the skill and treat it as pure evil. i swear part of the point of the oringial show is that no form of bending is inherently good or evil and then they do that??? they don't even have a proper understanding of their own themes.

i don't think i really need to mention that the show is just full of blatant sexism towards katara doesn't get a statute, autonomy, accomplishments, etc. but that happens to all the women??? like where tf is suki??? you're telling me this girl that hijacked an airship and just vanished off the face of the earth??? yeah, i don't think so.

also yue??? she's badass of her own accord--and this a bit of a tangent but yue is a badass in a feminine way. like katara and suki are both feminine and badass, but they're badass bc they'll beat you up in the street if you're out of line. yue is badass in the sense that she is endlessly serene and patient and can calmly take you down without a single rude word. she will not be a pushover even tho she is kind and she is understanding, yet stern with her judgements. she is so cool snd it literally does not make any kind of sense that she is not mentioned or given a statue or any kind of acknowledgment. its literally so ridiculous and infuriating.

toph is treated slightly better, but is still a bad mom and everything surrounding her is just a mess. the fact that the stupid cabbage guy (sorry i don't really like him that much lol) gets his own statue makes my blood boil. like i know it's supposed to be a joke, but it's just a slap in the face because none of our beloved female protagonists get the same respect. it's disgusting.

i really don't even have the strength to get into kata/ang and their children and the damaged relationships and ignored cultural values and all of that, but just know that it's absolutely horrifying that katara had to give so much of the culture and identity she was proud of up for a man. no one should ever have to give up a piece of their identity for their partner.

anyways thanks for the ask bestie <3 you're welcome to drop in anytime i really do love hearing from youuu!!

#anti kataang #anti bryke #lok is a bit of a mess #the writing isn't great tbh #like i just... no #katara deserved better #so did suki #and toph #and sokka #i forgot about him for a sec but he does too #and yue #everyone does really #even aang #he didn't need to be a bad father #but here we are

[backhurtyy]

wip game!

tagged by my most beloved bestie @rejectscanon <3

Here’s how it works: in a reblog (or new post w/ rules attached), post up to five (5) filenames of your WIP’s; not titles, file names. 

Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to post!

After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write three sentences in that file. If the file name is one you can’t share (for example, an event fic), write three sentences on it anyway, and then write three more on another to share.

That’s it! You can invite others to join, or just post. 

wips (heavily cut down from how many i actually have because. some of those are NOT happening anymore, lets be honest):

i don't know where to put my hands

be still my foolish heart

gravedigger, dig my grave

cat shenanigans (*zukka)

meow and furever (*tlou)

do something w this?

letters

desk buds

STEVE TORTURE

shattered edges glistening

snippet (from be still my foolish heart):

Zuko comes back just as he and Aang are finishing up their funnel cake, and Aang makes a hasty retreat that he disguises as going to throw away their plate, then never returning.

It’s not exactly subtle, but Sokka’s too distracted by Zuko sitting next to him to really care. He’s holding a stuffed otter-penguin, and Sokka grins.

“You won a game!”

“Yeah,” Zuko grins, looking down at the otter-penguin for a moment. Then, he shoves it at Sokka. “This is for you.”

tagging @zukkaoru and @that-was-anticlimactic <3

#okay feel free to send asks if youd like but i have to finish my homework so itll take a hot sec #but i would love to share snippets so please please please! #also. motivation to write. please. #nellie.wip

[depressedstressedlemonzest]

Show and Movie tag

I was tagged by @auds-and-evens @sweetbee78 and @stocious to post 9 of my favorite TV shows using GIFs.

TV Shows First!

#1 Shameless dock sluts my beloved.

#2 Stranger Things, Eddie Munson my beloved.

#3 The Office, I just love these idiots. But it's a good show to play in the background so I don't have to do things in silence.

#4 Good Omens the show that got me started with Tumblr and with writing Fanfic, and reading it for that matter.

#5 Impractical Jokers these idiots can always make me laugh. Again another good background noise show.

#6 Game of Thrones I had checked out one episode later into season 6 or 7 and was like, if this episode sucks I'm not going to watch it. It was a pretty damn good episode.

#7 The Golden Girls I didn't start watching it until I worked with old people and it is so damn funny.

#8 The Middle, if the older brother and the sister's ages were switched it would be me and my brother.

Aaaand #9 Avatar The Last Airbender Zuko and Toph are the best and I will not be taking questions. (yes that's Aang, but this is a gorgeous gif)

and by @vintagelacerosette to post 9 of my favorite movies! So I'm gonna combine the two into one giant giffy post.

#1 This is The End it's so goddam funny, this was the first movie I watched with my husband and it's still makes me laugh.

#2 Zack and Miri Make A Porno, this is SO FUCKING FUNNY, every time I buy cream I have to quote THAT scene

#3 The Hunger Games The OG Hunger Games, and Catching Fire are my favorites of the four movies

#4 The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey, I like the other two films, but this one is my favorite of the three.

#5 Beauty and the Beast The OG is my favorite, but the live action one is great too.

#6 Thor Ragnarok we get funny Thor, black suit Loki, hot af Valkyrie. A trifecta really.

#7 The Road To El Dorado these idiots were the best.

#8 Moulin Rouge, It's got everything.

#9 When Harry Met Sally. I love Harry's speech at the end.

I'll taaaaaag @witchboywitchboywitchboy @bethanysnow @oneguardian15 @suchagallabitch @flamingbluepanda @doodlevich @energievie

#honorable mentions #our flag means death #king of the hill #supernatural #pirates of the caribean #pitch perfect #guardians of the galaxy #the help

[dyketower]

azula's fans want azula to be like aang. it seems that they don't like the azula that they see in the show they want to change her into something that she is not. she can be a decent person but she is not nice & pacifist like aang,and i dont want her to be.-(mean azula with a soft spot for the people she like 💕my beloved.💕

no ur valid because i’ve definitely seen takes that always make me go “huh??” when it comes to azula. my girl is mean, a complete control freak. azula the type of person who would refuse to trigger tag anything bc "if you're mentally ill that's not my problem" and i love her for that. her trauma plays a part in her personality for sure but god that doesn’t stop/excuse her from being the walking embodiment of a red flag.

#azula #atla #answered-asks #said red flags are funny actually #the girl is 14 like what did y’all expect?? #teenage girls are built to be the worst people in existence they are MEAN #(this message was approved by a former teenage girl who has definitely caused some boys trauma)

[livingvicariouslee]

Thank you @not-so-blue​ and @a-whiff-of-a-dream​ for tagging!

Do you play any instruments? Uhh, i can play a few chords on the guitar :D but no not really. Used to be able to play the flute quite well.

Favorite book characters? Honestly, I don’t think I have any. I have lots of favourite books, but no favourite book character as of now.

What's your star sign? Aquarius

Favorite color schemes? Anything blue! Love blues and purples together and blue and orange.

Naps or long sleep? A normal length sleep? Not really a fan of naps because I always wake up more tired and confused and sleeping too long gives me headaches :(

What languages do you speak? German and English

Dreams/aspirations? If i knew.. For now I’ll say just being happy and spending my time doing things I enjoy, surrounded by people I love.

Long or short hair? Long hair! I like my shorter hair (especially bc it dries so much faster) but I’m growing it out again.

Tea or coffee? Tea >>>

Bring a book character to life or go into a fictional world? Bring a book character to life!

Three ships? Katara & Aang (A:TLA), Tara & Christian (Dance Academy, my beloved), Zafira & Nasir (We Hunt the Flame)

First ship ever? Probably Katara & Aang

Last song? I know it won’t work - Gracie Abrams

Last movie? Tune in for love

Currently reading? Finished “The Island of Missing Trees” by Elif Shafak this morning

Currently consuming? Just youtube in general, next book I’m going to read is “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro

Currently craving? Sunshine, the beach, the pain au chocolates I got when I was in Paris

[utakoattack]

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

I always feel strangely, incredibly, honored whenever somebody tags me in these things, so thank you @somewhatavidreader and it was really fun reading about you!

Three ships

Sky and Prapai (Love in the Air) - I am a basic human, craving that good hurt/comfort, and they DELIVER. also love how much Pai finds Sky’s sass so hot, as its equally relatable and hillarious

Yona and Hak (Yona of the Dawn)  - Again, a man who just finds his beloved doing violence upon others really hot, it’s just something special~

Sorawit and That (Manner of Death) - I do not understand just WHY I love them so much, they dont have much screentime together and are in that vague-zone relationship wise, but daaaang they had something so unique

First ship

I realised that shipping was a thing while watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, and I became so pissed at Aang and Katara ending up together, when Zuko and Katara clearly had soooo many loaded and emotional moments, and then promptly fell down the youtube-AMV hole

Last song

I See You - MISSIO. This song makes me groove and cry at the same time, so it’s perfect for doing the dishes:)

Last movie

Watched Knives Out with my dad recently, and it was definitely an experience!

Currently reading

I’ve started Heavens Official Blessing and Orwell’s 1984 at the same time, and its quite the mix

Currently watching

I’m trying to train my chinese by watching Love Between Fairy and Devil, but I also got my mom hooked on SPY X FAMILY, along with Heavens Design Team

Currently craving

Control and solutions. I’m moving to China for 6 months in like two weeks and there is just too many things to keep in mind. And now I’ve become sick, and sorta just crave death and marshmallows.

I do not really know many people here, but i suppose the purpose here is exactly to change that! As is only propper, no pressure at all, ever!

@fijit4 @mycopingmechanismisdenial @jhontography @tomieowo @toooldforkpop @cianthemighty

[ao3feed-zukka]

Beloved of the sun

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/e4qxFpg

by sulkybender

“I know the war was all for nothing,” Minister Norai says. “That doesn't mean it had to go on forever, to keep people from seeing as much. If you make a mistake, you don't keep on making it and hope no one notices.”

“I'll remember that,” Zuko promises.

Norai laughs.

“Planning to start any wars, Fire Lord?”

“Not if I can help it,” Zuko says, smiling.

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Love, political intrigue and disability (plus or minus a civil war) in the first year of Zuko’s reign.

All hail Fire Lord Zuko, seventeen and allowed to fuck up.

Words: 2683, Chapters: 1/10, Language: English

Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Suki (Avatar), Mai (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Aang (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Ukano (Avatar), Kuei (Avatar), OCs, boy howdy do we have some OCs

Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), others but we have a plot to manage here, Aang/Katara (Avatar)

Additional Tags: Fire Lord Zuko, Disability, Ableist Language, Hurt/Comfort, which is my idiom, Established Relationship, Depression, Civil War, Engineer Sokka, political intrigue and compromise, Cuddles, Self-Doubt, Self-Acceptance

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/e4qxFpg

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #zukka #avatar: the last airbender #atla #zuko #sokka

[sokkagatekeeper]

i think gyatso is so incredibly important to aang not as much as a father figure but as a support system. aang is so obviously an airbending master by the time he gets cracked out of the iceberg. he is so obviously and tragically a master by the time he’s first told he’s the avatar. throughout the show he displays an impressive comittment to the preservation of his culture and his beliefs solely through him, and the weight of this responsibility is only shown as such when he has to actively choose it over something else; aang is practically the most mature person in team avatar. so infantilizing aang is obviously wrong. however, the show makes a point to show that despite his impressive emotional maturity, his bending prodigy tendencies, say, a hundred and twelve years, aang is still biologically just a twelve-year-old child. and it’s very interesting to me the way this idea is introduced properly for the first time by gyatso, of all people.

upon finding out he’s the avatar, we see aang being expected to learn, train, perfect his airbending techniques, and pressured to do this by the other monks. the news of his avatarship, to give it a name, result in him being isolated from his peers, having only these people who are constantly chasing after him for him to become a child soldier as soon as possible, with the best intentions in mind, but still pressuring. so it comes to a point where aang can only turn to gyatso to be a child again. he cannot play with his peers anymore; he’s expected, as a master and the avatar, to behave more like an adult every day. but with gyatso, aang can play boardgames, he can make pies, he can vent, he can find a shelter and a safe space to act his age and trust an adult to do the same. gyatso values aang’s status as a child as much as, maybe even more than, aang’s status as an airbending master and the avatar. and unknowingly, he passes on those values and beliefs to aang.

so aang runs away, gets caught in a storm, wakes up completely alone except for two kids more or less of his age who act so much like how adults are expected to act, and he’s just like, this is wrong. so he takes katara penguin sledding, so katara can play with aang, she can have fun with aang, she can have a safe space to act her age around aang. and he continues to crack sokka out of his chell and encourage him to have fun, and he continues to wonder if zuko can have friends, can be better, if zuko even has a safe space to be child. so while yes, katara had sokka to shelter some of her hope and somewhat childhood innocence, sokka’s idea of masculinity and adulthood is deeply flawed thanks to isolation and a lack of perspective, and zuko may have the support of iroh to be able to act his age around him, but it’s not a space he understands. so katara still has the weight of a culture on her back, sokka has katara and his entire tribe, zuko is literally a trained soldier since he was thirteen. aang, for a change, gives all of them the same space gyatso gave him to act their age and be the children the war and the adults around them didn’t allow them to be in the first place. aang reassures katara of what she already knew: her childhood was stolen from her and she deserves and wants to be a kid; aang gives sokka a new perspective on maturity and responsibility and introduces him to the idea of actual fun; aang inspires zuko enough to chase him all over the world which brings him to realize he is just a kid, and that he didn’t deserve all that cruelty and isolation. because aang wants to be a kid, and aang wants to take responsibility, and aang didn’t deserve all that isolation, and aang had gyatso. aang knows, these kids have no one but him.

the way aang is able to preserve his own childhood while giving others their own, i believe, is in part shaped by the way gyatso took care of him and gave him so much room for his childhood on the first place.

#aang #gyatso #aang&thegaang #aang&gyatso #analysis #n #well i sure hope this makes sense #no shade to the other air nomads but gyatso is simply superior #ughhhh aang's relationship with gyatso is so complex & so important #aang and gyatso are like. the opposite of generational trauma #also sorry for dropping the 'katara's hope & innocence was in part sheltered by sokka' just like that ajfhakdhak #there's just no time 4 an elaboration #maybe for another day #teaching freedom #atla + childhood #wisdom in friendship #etc etc #aang tags my beloved #hash tag #AANGLOVE #!!!!!!!!!! #i literally spent 5 entire minutes on this wtf #how long have i even been thinking about this.......