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okay i know everyone is freaking out over klaus smiling over ben bc it’s probably going to be wiped off in the most painful way possible,,, but can we take a min to talk about everyone else??

BC THEY’RE ALSO OUT HERE BREAKING MY HEART

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Specifically obsessed with David and Emmy in this clip. OBSESSED!

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What I’m saying is, you were a terrible father.

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“omg i missed u sm” “lol we saw each other yesterday???”

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Bro... bro what if we kissed 😳😳,, inside of a shopping cart going at 100mph 🛒💨 ,,, and crashed into a wall💥 and we’re both boys 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

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Zuko: I like the strong and silent type

Sokka: *quietly lifts chairs*

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how toph picks clothes

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i have a fun headcanon that the gaang describes colours of clothes to toph (not that she cares much to begin with lol, only if she asks) as expiriences!

#atla headcanons #atla art

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stop calling sokka coming to respect women his character arc. that’s not his arc! that literally happens in the fourth episode! all he had to do was meet a woman who wasn’t his sister. it’s PART of his arc certainly, bc a lot of sokka’s character development comes from a) him learning to understand things about the world he either thought he knew or knew he didn’t know but didn’t have the answers to either b) learning that he doesn’t need to define himself in this very narrow role of masculinity that doesn’t actually allow for his true talents to shine. sokka grew up in a society regimented by gender. men were warriors and women did domestic work. he never questioned this, because he was too insecure and felt too inadequate to come to understand that it doesn’t actually have to be this way, that there is no biological basis for gender roles. suki kicks his ass, and he’s like “oh, actually, she’s really cool and I have a lot to learn from her.” and then his sexist comments? the three total that he makes at the very beginning of the show? well, they cease. but it’s just one example of how sokka processes information. he’s willing to look at any one situation from as many angles and perspectives as possible, and his open-minded approach to problem solving is one of his greatest strengths. but before he actually sees the world, he only has one perspective from which to work, and it’s flawed. but the thing is, his willingness to recognize this is immediate. he is willing to accept that his worldview is flawed, and he is always eager to learn more and gain more perspective. and that in and of itself is pretty incredible.

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Important question: Does lactose tolerance exist in the ATLA-verse?

I’m pretty sure it doesn’t but I’d like to hear other people’s thoughts.

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Zuko taught me there is honor in owning up to your mistakes. Don’t let past mistakes hinder you from doing the right thing.

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AVATAR: The Last Airbender fan art by ROY THE ART

#atla art

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Mai: I can't believe all these people dressed in all black. All black was my thing, and now everyone's doing it to be "cool".

Ty Lee: They're all posers.

Sokka: Mai, and I cannot stress this enough, we are at a funeral.

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I’M SCREAMING AT THE #tw hamilton

and also... i do recall the turtles... i’m gonna have to dig deep into my hamilton pinterest board to find evidence to cross match... but i think you’re onto something here

Im gonna say something and you guys are all going to yell at me

#i’ve decided to just OWN my hamilton pinterest board #which i coincidentally also started in seventh grade #i poured too much time in effort into that hyperfixation to not be proud of it

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So what if... Yue being a new Moon spirit... blessed Sokka with waterbending, just because she likes him and he would be even more chaotic with bending? What if???

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i remember seeing ATLA meta some years back (that, unfortunately, seems gone now) suggesting that Aang is overlooked in favor of Zuko as a mixture of culture clash and people being intimidated by Aang’s character arc.

Zuko is, superficially, a more standard protagonist; he goes from being explicitly on the wrong side, going through much suffering and having it beaten into his head that his entire family are abusive monsters who have wrecked unspeakable pain and suffering on the world, and eventually choosing to turn against his father to side with the Avatar, and thus the world as a whole.

Aang, conversely, doesn’t get much credit for his character development. Possibly, this is because a lot of this is subtle; the series doesn’t loudly announce or spoon-feed Aang’s growth to the audience, though there is a great deal of difference between season 1 Aang (who comes off as far more timid, indecisive and trying to avoid things that upset him) to season 2 Aang (willing to consider abandoning all Earthly ties in be able to save the world) and finally season 3 Aang, who famously is willing to get himself killed to uphold the values and most held beliefs of his people.

But the thing about Aang is that a lot of people seem to have found him unapproachable, though he goes through just as much conflict and stress as Zuko; Zuko just happens to do it in the ‘hotblooded, reckless and loud’ way that tends to be more widely relatable.

Zuko is a straightforward warrior/rogue who wouldn’t be out of place in a shoenen series. Aang was created specifically as a trickster archetype, and he even proudly remarks on how he solves as many conflicts as he can by being clever. Zuko goes straight at things; Aang doesn’t mind straight up making up a story just to fool people into not fighting already.

Aang doesn’t explode like Zuko; he internalizes things or represses them. He shuts his feelings down and tries to do what he thinks helps others, ignoring his own feelings in the process. He denies things, or tries to ignore them in other ways.

And there’s the fact that Aang is wise in a way that a lot of fans don’t really seem to get, or even approve of. He gets a lot of flack for advising Katara not to seek vengeance against her mother’s killer, on the basis that it won’t actually make her feel better, though the episode itself all but points to ‘HE WAS RIGHT THE WHOLE TIME’ as its basic thesis. Aang has an old sort of wisdom that, I think, makes him come off as unapproachable compared to Zuko.

Zuko, after all, is defined by not really knowing what he wants and chasing after things he thinks will make him loved, only to realize that it doesn’t make him happy. Conversely, Aang more or less knows himself; its why he is the hero of this story. He wants to help others over his own self interest, and he’s at peace with the person he is; his main issue is coming to terms with the duties of being the Avatar, and reconciling those duties with his principles and values. And the way this is done, seems off-putting to people.

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get u a gf who’ll literally commit treason for u <3 

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i got a commission from the incredibly talented Liv, aka @sword-over-water do do this piece from my fic ‘put your lips close to mine (as long as they don’t touch)’ and it’s my new favorite thing ever