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THE PARALLELS 🤧

Katara & Aang in AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, 2.01 — The Avatar State || 2.11 — The Desert || 3.16 — The Southern Raiders

#i'm crying #them #no thoughts just them #atla #kataang #quillthrillsatlatalk

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actually crying over this interaction katara has in my fic on kyoshi island where she realizes how nice it is to have girlfriends

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“Guess what your brother’s up to…” Ayiti was beaming, barely holding back her laughter now.

“Spirits, I’m not sure I even want to know.” Katara rolled her eyes, carefully curling up the centuries old paper in front of her and tucking it alongside the others in her cloth satchell. “What, did he accidentally get a sword stuck in some important monument after bragging to some poor unassuming villager about his swordsmanship?”

“Better.” Ayiti’s eyes flashed with amusement as she settled into the plush stool opposite Katara. She reached forward, hands resting on the varnished wooden table as her elegantly almond shaped nails drummed rhythmically in anticipation. “I missed his grand entrance, but apparently, he’s been set on helping us poor, untrained Kyoshi warriors! He pranced his way in, going on and on about how he’s the best warrior in his tribe. I got there just in time to see Suki wipe the floor with him.”

Katara groaned in embarrassment, burying her head in her hands as she slumped against the table. 

“No, no, you don’t need to be too embarrassed for him.” Ayiti rested a comforting hand on Katara’s arm as the Water tribe girl looked up, her scepticism apparent in her expression. “He was actually pretty sweet after Suki humbled him. He said he was ready to learn, that he had been overly cocky when he came in.”

Katara wrinkled her nose. “That doesn’t sound like the Sokka I know.”

“We were surprised too! He let us paint his face in the traditional style of Kyoshi warriors, even put on the armoured gown too!” Ayiti giggled again, remembering. “Although he was a little embarrassed when Aang saw him in it. I think Sokka interpreted Aang’s attempt to compliment him as Aang poking a little fun at him.”

“What’s Aang been up to, anyways?” Katara tried to make the question seem thoughtless, throwing in a shrug to accompany her words, but Ayiti’s shrewd expression saw right through her. 

“Wouldn’t you like to know!” She crooned, a teasing grin on her face. “C’mon, you’ve gotta get your mind off of the Avatar, and you’ve had your nose buried in scrolls the whole day. Let me show the future Waterbending master around my little old village.”

Ayiti helped Katara gather the rest of the scrolls and drop them off in the guesthouse, then dragged her between the different stalls, chattering animatedly. Katara had never really gotten to have a girlfriend her age, and she couldn’t believe all that she’d missed out on. For once, she felt her age. Back home, she took care of so many of the village kids whose parents had been lost to fire nation raids. She felt like it was her responsibility, that it was the least she could do, and she did enjoy it.

But perhaps she hadn’t quite grasped what it had taken out of her.

For every hour Sokka spent hunting for food and training to be a warrior, Katara spent parenting children, washing laundry, cooking, cleaning, repairing homes and weapons. She wished for maybe the millionth time that she and her brother had been able to have proper childhoods, present parents to lift that burden from them. She remembered Aang reminding her that she still was a kid. 

Here, walking around the market with Ayiti, she slipped into conversation excitedly, the two’s conversation oscillating between mentions of what the war had taken from them and more lighthearted teasing, and she was beyond grateful for the simplicity of a friend who saw her. 

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♥ this will be coming out along with the rest of ch4 on wednesday! check out the first three chapters of this (ongoing) fic & my ao3 here! ->

#atla #katara #sokka #aang #kataang #<- because thats how it reads when u age aang up hehe... #avatar the last airbender #avatar aang #zuko #iroh #fanart #atla kataang #atla fanfic #atla fandom #ao3 #writing #ao3 recs #ao3 works #ao3 link #ao3 writer #confessions #fluff #eventual romance #kataang fanfic #aang aged up au #older aang #prince zuko #atla zuko #sassy aang #quillthrillsatlafic

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hehhehhhhe i love writing flirting dialogue its so so so much fun

#kataang #ao3 writer #ao3 #writing #atla fanfic #quillthrillsyapping

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i honestly feel like this scene & aangs actions in this episode as a whole is a really good representation of the idea that in healthy relationships, you shouldn't just blindly support everything that your partner does.

we see that when it comes down to it, katara doesn't actually want to kill this man. katara, in her heart and soul, despite all the anger and fury she harbours toward the fire nation, is emotionally mature enough, when she's in a healthy state, to realize that more killing and bloodshed will not undo what has been done. aang sees this & recognizes that her grief will not be removed by doing this, the same way that he knows for himself that even if the fire lord killed all of his people, killing him isn't worth the damage it would do to his values.

i genuinely do believe that he isn't trying to be controlling, or restrict her healing. rather, he's trying to make sure she understands the gravity of the situation, the toll that literal murder will take on someone. he, as a loving and supportive friend, sees his friend on the path to doing something that will ultimately be self-destructive, and is trying to prevent her from making an awful mistake.

he recognizes that killing this man will only tear her up inside, bring her down to the level of someone who kills others, who gives in to self-destructive impulses.

him doing this shows that he does understand her needs- he supports her going to face her mother's killer, but makes it clear that extreme violence is not what will help her heal.

Omg a post about that episode where Aang is not treated as the "bad guy" for shipping reasons and other nonsense, finally

Aang wasn't forcing his beliefs onto Katara, he was just drawing his pov from his beliefs and personal experiences

"Katara needed the whole trip to find her own way. Aang should had been understanding of the needs of Katara."

He did

#avatar the last airbender #atla #katara #aang #kataang #quillthrillsatlatalk #kataang positivity #people who don’t get it watched the show with their eyes closed i fear

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NO WAY I FORGOT ABOUT THIS SCENE IN THE COMICS I'M LITERALLY CRYING THEY'RE SO WATTPAD CODED AND FOR WHYY

thinking abt this tweet again

#they’re so funny I can’t this is sending me #kataang #ATLA #avatar the last airbender #quillthrillsatlatalk

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STOP BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO BOTH EACH OTHER'S BOOKTOK BOYFRIENDS

c'mon, every time aang went into the avatar state, you can't tell me you can't see katara saying "aang 🥺 this isn't you baby 😔 please, stop 🛑✋ for me 😌"

thinking abt this tweet again

#katara and aang are booktok bfs for eachother #you can't change my mind #atla #katara #aang #avatar the last airbender #kataang #avatar #quillthrillsatlatalk

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aw, her face 🤧

#kataang #avatar the last airbender #atla #quillthrillsatlatalk

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is it bad that "baby, you're my forever girl" would actually work on me

#SAME #quillthrillsatlatalk #atla #aang #atla aang

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omg i love my fans 🤭 what a sweetheart 🤧🤍

in all seriousness, i really do mean what i said to this person. some people really never learned the kindergarten lesson of if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything! normally i would just delete it and move on, but i just wanted to use this to call attention to how we as writers can take criticism that is just made for the sake of being hurtful and realize that it isn't really a reflection of us, but rather, a reflection of someone who just wants to spread negativity for no reason other than personal entertainment.

since i got back into writing, i have had so many people treat me with so much kindness & love and support!! (people like my lovely mutuals @aminahwritesstuff7531, @dukeofdelirium, and @coconutsaiyan, to name a few:)) so i'm choosing to not let this comment overshadow all of the kindness & positivity i've received from my talented/ kind mutuals & followers & the fic community as a whole.

i really do hope that all of these miserable people who can only manage to write uncreative, mindless comments do genuinely grow past this stage of their lives, go outside, and touch some grass.

it's a title of a fan-fiction about a kids cartoon. it was never that serious. please, go outside and take a look at the person you've become.

i really hope you grow into a person driven by kindness who can look at themselves in the mirror and feel genuinely proud.

thank you<3

#fanfic community #ao3 #positivity #hate comments #hate #writing #ao3 writer #comments #quillthrillsyapping #absolute weirdo #personally i could never #but you do you #anyways you get my point #have a wonderful day #and that includes this hate commenter

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my (quillthills) ATLA fanfiction masterlist:

"the teenager in the iceberg"- an in progress kataang multichapter au where aang was frozen at age sixteen, and katara falls first, and aang falls harder<3

"well, my (not-yet) boyfriend's in a band"- a atla au where the gaang is in an indie band, and aang ends up writing a love song that reveals how he feels about katara

"i'm no longer a kid, and everything has changed"- fills in the space between the end of season two and the beginning of season three, where katara spends weeks healing aang and picking up the pieces after his injury

"can you see me using everything to hold back?"- where the common zutara trope of zuko rescuing katara from a controlling relationship with aang is flipped on its head until it becomes kataang<3

"my heart is yours, it's you that i hold on to"- where katara and aang talk after saving the world, work through all their miscommunications, and realize the extent of their feelings for one another

"shining down on me"- a short & bittersweet sokka x yue fic inspired by mitski (which i swear has a happy ending)

"the avatar's adventures in parenting"- where aang is the good dad i believe he should be!!!

"i'm trying to tell you something, something that i already said"- where katara speaks to each member of the gaang individually and finds out that aang has been head over heels with her for years and no one ever bothered telling her!!

if any of these speak to you, they can all be found on my ao3 account:)<3 happy reading!!!

#atla #katara #sokka #aang #kataang #avatar the last airbender #avatar aang #zuko #iroh #fanart #atla kataang #atla fanfic #atla fandom #ao3 #writing #ao3 recs #ao3 works #ao3 link #ao3 writer #confessions #fluff #eventual romance #kataang fanfic #aang aged up au #older aang #prince zuko #sassy aang #quillthrillsatlafic #kataang fanfic recs #kataang fanfic writer

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now that i've unlocked the ability to write multichapter fics i have like five more multichapter ideas locked away in my google doc but i CAN'T write them because i still have one (1) more exam !!!!!

so so excited for tonight so i can be done w my history class and finally free to be active again

#ao3 recs #ao3 #avatar the last airbender #writing #atla fanfic #quillthrillsyapping

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actually so proud of my writing in the third chapter PRETTY PLS GO CHECK IT OUT 🙏🏻

sooo.... anyone else ever wondered how different ATLA would have been if aang had been frozen at age 16 instead of age 12?

yeah... me too 😌 my new fanfic "the teenager in the iceberg" follows the events of the show, but with only aang aged up, while everyone else remains their canon age.

also...cmon....how funny is it to switch zuko and aang's iconic dialogue to "you're just a teenager!" "...so are you?"

this idea was originally inspired by the talented @allgremlinart's aged up aang drawings, so please go show them some love!!:)<3

enjoy the excerpts from chapter three, that just dropped this morning!

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Katara watched Aang take one last, painful look at the temple, then turn to the sky ahead, lit up in shades of orange, pink, and gold. She swore she could see arrows in every cloud, arrows like the ones inked across Aang’s body, and the gentle breeze that carried the crisp night air towards them seemed to wrap around them like a loving spirit.

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“...You have no idea where we’re going, do you?” Sokka sighed, turning the map that was held against Appa’s saddle with a couple of rocks toward himself. “I’ve been charting our progress, and it’s starting to look more like a scrap of paper a toddler is practising circles on than a navigational tool.”

“C’mon Sokka, I’m an Air nomad, travel is in my blood. I have a very strong internal compass. Besides, you’ll find that as a nomad, I’m a master of evasive manoeuvring.” Katara raised an eyebrow, looking up from her spot near the back of the saddle as she stitched a rip in Sokka’s pants. “Besides,” Aang continued, typical teenage boy overconfidence emitting from his tone of voice. “I know it’s near water.”

Sokka leaned over the edge of the saddle, eyes scanning the blue expanse below them that stretched as far as the eye could see. “We must be getting close then,” he scoffed, his tone dripping in sarcasm as he slouched back into his spot across from Katara.

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“Aang,” she said distractedly, “could you hold this for me?” She handed him the mirror. 

“Y-yeah, no problem.”

She tugged out her hair ties, flipping her head upside down for a moment to make sure that it had all gotten loose, then she gingerly tugged a few tendrils of water from the nearby ocean and wrapped tiny streams around her hair, tugging out the crimped braid pattern and reviving her curls. Then, she carefully bent the remaining liquid back out. 

She couldn’t see his face through her thick hair as she stood back up, but from his voice, Aang seemed impressed. “I get that you haven’t been able to learn any big combat moves, but for someone whose bending is self- taught, you sure have a pretty good handle on these smaller things.”

She properly flipped her head up now, curls and waves bouncing around her face. Her dark brown locks shone with honey-toned highlights, all different shades of caramel and chocolate sparkling as they framed her face. She reached up, gently twisting and clipping a few strands out of the way, but a few wayward pieces still fell forward, gently brushing against soft, full lips and smooth skin. Aang awkwardly froze for a moment, caught off guard by how different she looked when her hair was loose and free. He had a weird urge to tell her so, but bit his tongue, instead focusing on her answer. 

“I learned most of the smaller things from helping Gran-Gran.” Katara’s eyes sparkled, clearly caught up in a vision of home as she reached up to brush up her hair. “ As she’s gotten older, her range of mobility has started leaving her. It’s not really comfortable or safe for her to stoop over to wash her hair, so I learned how to bring the water to her and wash it while she was sitting up, then I learned how to dry it for her fast.”

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Sokka yelped, his voice defensive and offensive all at once. “There is no way a bunch of girls in cutesy makeup and dresses managed to tie me up.”

“Awe, you think our makeup is cutesy? How sweet .” The girl's voice was crooning at first, sweet and gentle, but Katara could see from the way her muscles flexed as she held Sokka by the collar that there was venom hiding behind those words. She was right. “Throw him to the Unagi.”

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“Katara, c’mon, we’re supposed to be sticking together, where are you going?” Aang tugged at her arm until she was facing him, looking at her earnestly as if he hadn’t basically been flirting with all of those girls back there.

The words came out before she could stop them. “I thought monks weren’t supposed to go around flirting with any random girl, and they’re definitely not supposed to go around catering to a village full of fangirls.”

Aang raised an eyebrow, his expression teasing in a way that made Katara want to splash the smirk off of his face in a wave of water. “You sure have a lot of opinions on what you think monks are supposed to do, considering that I’m the only one you’ve ever met.” He shifted his weight, leaning in a bit closer. “Matter of fact, maybe it's just that you have a lot of opinions on what you think I’m supposed to be doing.”

Katara stiffened at the memory of the words that Sokka had just said minutes before. “Why would I care what you’re doing? I don’t. ”

Aang shrugged, reaching past her to grab a papaya and biting into it. After swallowing, he reached into Katara’s satchel, his hand brushing her waist as he pulled out some coins and quietly thanked the vendor. “Keep telling yourself that, Katara.” Hearing her name from his lips did something to her, but she kept her gaze level, eyes blazing with flame until Aang backed off.

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♥ check out the three chapters of this (ongoing) fic & my ao3 here! ->

#quillthrillsatlafic #and thank u for 100 kudos on it!!

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with all of the criticism NATLA is receiving, i'd like to bring up another point that i feel like i haven't seen many people talking about, and i think this really contributes to the lack of overarching atmosphere NATLA has.

music.

i think a lot of people have already expressed the sentiment that this live-action adaptation really misses on a lot of characterization. katara seems bland and one-dimensional, aang is constantly stressed and anxious about the future every time he's on screen, sokka just doesn't quite have that quintessential sokka-ness we as a fandom know and love.

i'd argue that part of the reason that the show is lacking that characterization is first because of screentime. as a show with ~20 episode seasons, the original atla has TONS of filler episodes, but these filler episodes let us see different facets of the characters and ulitmately aid in seeing how characters behave when the overarching plot is not driving them at that very moment.

however, i believe that even with a shorter season that can't fit any filler, you can still capture those kinds of moments. instead, what i'd argue worsened this lack of characterization is a lack of those silly, twangy themes we all know and love from the original.

you know what i'm talking about? aang would make a joke and we'd have goofy melodic lines playing, or momo would appear and we'd hear this:

the original ATLA was so creative in using music to paint a picture- in serious moments, it matched the mood entirely, in quiet, peaceful ones it made you feel like you were right there, on appa's back with the rest of the gaang, and in silly ones, it gave a sense of heart and lightness to the show.

watching the live action, we just didn't get that same range of emotion, and i do believe this is in part because the music just missed so much.

despite my criticism above, i'm excited to see the show renewed. i truly hope that the writers take the critiques they've seen from the fan's responses and use those to write the show better. the actors really are being limited by the directing & writing, and once that limiting factor is resolved, i really hope to see the show recapture that heart and soul that is so present in the original:)<3

#like CMON give me a goofy little song #atla is so good at those #avatar the last airbender #aang #katara #sokka #natla #anti natla #natla critical #natla criticism #atla #netflix atla #Youtube #quillthrillsatlatalk

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they really saw the pacifist monk and said this right here is a pure blooded patriotic citizen of the united states of america. somebody get this twelve year old the strongest machine gun we've GOT.

#why is AANG in the game and able to have a gun #but sokka isn't in fortnite yet??? #out of all of the gaang sokka and toph are like....the only ones i could see even considering usuing a gun 😭 #twitter #avatar the last airbender #atla #aang #atla aang #quillthrillsatlatalk

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op you're so talented but i'm CRYING i went to the original twitter kataang cosplay post and look at ts in the replies😭

atla twitter cracks me up you guys are so so funny this had me on the floor laughing for like a full minute

saw a gorgeous kataang cosplay on twitter and i had to redraw them

#atla #avatar the last airbender #kataang #katara #aang #twitter #funny twitter #atla twitter #quillthrillsatlatalk

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this may be a semi niche post but i miss anthpo's youtube videos SO much. no matter who i look at, no one is doing it like him in terms of effort, editing, charisma, general watch-ability.... but also with a good dose of emotion & heart to it.

i totally understand why he left, but....i wish he would come back 🤧

#anthpo #anthpo youtube #youtube #quillthrillsyapping

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ahhhh "the teenager in the iceberg" got to over 1000 reads and a HUNDRED KUDOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO SO SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i only jst got back into fic writing a few months ago, so to already have this many people reading my writing is crazy and so incredibly personal and flattering to me so THANK U <3

#ao3 writer #ao3 #avatar the last airbender #writing #ao3 recs #atla fanfic #ao3 link #kataang #atla kataang #aang #quillthrillsatlatalk