#Atla season 2

[goofyshyuckintrial]

Circus Freak™️ 💖

#atla #ty lee #ty lee atla #avatar the last airbender #atla live action #atla season 1 #atla season 2 #atla fanart #my art #avatar fanart #avatar the last airbender fanart #fanart #ty lee fanart #ty lee avatar

[zuladefender]

my favorite zuko hairstyle wasn’t actually s3… it was s2’s little spiky buzzcut.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #atla zuko #prince zuko #zuladefender #atla shitpost #atla season 2 #his s2 buzzcut was top tier

[zukkaart]

Do y’all ever think about “Fire Nation Man”?

I’m rewatching some of my fave episodes and I have so many questions

Why is he called fire nation man when he’s an earth bender? He could be from the colonies but then why is he in Ba Sing Se? And then why does he love the fire nation if he’s seen the war? If he’s from Ba Sing Se why does he love the fire nation so much? Why were people Boo-ing him if they don’t know about the war? Why was he Russian and literally NO ONE ELSE in either series was? How was he so good he could compete against the boulder? What is happening?????

#avatar the last airbender #sokka #zuko #sokka avatar the last airbender #atla #fire nation #fire nation man #earth rumble 6 #the blind bandit #toph #Katara #aang #Atla season 2 #also what was his deal with transporting himself via dust devil? #I have so many more questions

[minty-and-fresh]

this episode always breaks my heart

#mintyfresh's art stuff #atla #atla fanart #avatar the last airbender #zuko #prince zuko #atla season 2

[daisymooonart]

Quick Toph painting for my art class

#daisymooon.art #i love herr #toph beifong #toph #atla #avatar the last airbender #avatar #toph atla #toph avatar #the blind bandit #avatar season two #atla season 2 #krita #drawn on krita #fanart #art #digital art #digital painting

[hey-whats-the-holdup]

Thinking about how Zuko made one (1) good decision and immediately got sick over it

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #zuko atla #s2e17 #s2e17 The Earth King #atla book of earth #atla season 2 #avatar #meme #textpost #memes #shitpost #zuko redemption #zuko avatar

[beif0ngs]

There is no live action adaptations of Avatar: The Last Airbender...

#atla #Avatar the Last Airbender #atlaedit #animationedit #*mine #flashing tw #this is my coping mechanism #praying season 2 of the live action series doesn't get greenlit on Netflix #because if they ruin Toph's characterization i will literally start throwing rocks at people

[awwyeah107]

I made this because today has been a whirlwind of fandom news for me (except for the still needing to watch the last 2 episodes of the most recent Loki season...I simply was reminded of that, lol) and this meme was the perfect way to express the overwhelm XD

#zack and cody #doctor who 60th anniversary #percy jackson #pjo series #shadow and bone #grishaverse #six of crows #avatar the last airbender #atla live action #loki season 2 #fandom #multifandom meme #fandom meme #doctor who #loki series

[seasideoranges]

haven't stopped thinking about this since i saw the atla photos from yesterday, it's been bugging me

#ALSO YEA i was gonna draw zuko with his iconic topknot but i rlly like the short hair he had in the beginning of season 2 #zuko #prince zuko #atla zuko #avatar the last airbender

[sofuss-y]

multifandom sketch dump heheheehgrheheehehehhe i need to draw more mk and invincible ive been slacking ..... more sketch dumps coming soon with some omniman honkers involved MUEHAHEAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

#johnshi #johnny cage #art #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #sketch #invincible #my art #prime video #mortal kombat 1 #mortal kombat 11 #mk1 #mk11 #mortal kombat #kenshi takahashi #invincible series #invincible season 2 #rex splode #atla fanart #atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #zuko fanart #MORE COMING SOON KIDS !!!!! #frat boy johnny holds a special place in my heart. #REX HAD THE MOST BOMBASTIC CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT EVER #anyway im rewatching alta so yk...i had to draw my bf #OMNIMAN COMING SOON BUDDY DW IM COOKING IT RN #everyone needs to watch invincible RIGHT now it will ruin your life but in a good way

[ittsybittsybunny]

ATLA Live Action Series Review:

The Good

Aesthetically this show felt right. Sure sometimes the outfits didn't quite feel lived in, but I always felt like I was watching a fantasy world with decent effects and interesting design. Also, I really enjoyed the sets!

Bending: Yes some of the fights feel very quick, but the bending looks cool. It is certainly better than 10 benders lifting one big rock. I can honestly say the opening bending fight scene gave me so much hope for this show.

Kyoshi Warriors: I loved seeing them in live action, and I thought Suki's performance was great!

Omashu: I think the mashup of the mechanist made sense since that is an important character overall and I would hate to see him cut. However, both Jet & the secret tunnels felt sloppily thrown in.

Northern Water Tribe: I really loved the way it looked, and appreciated the two episodes we spent here. I think Yue gained more agency in this interpretation, and why shouldn't the moon spirit be a waterbender. Also, episode seven felt the most in tune with the original show's spirit.

Zuko: I think he was one of the most fleshed-out and best parts of the show! Dallas Liu really captured Zuko's spirit, and the scene between him and Aang in episode 6 was wonderful!

Soundtrack: Hearing the original soundtrack bits is always great, and when I first heard the ending music I was so excited.

Is the show perfect, no - but I wouldn't mind a season 2.

The Bad

Pacing: Turning 20 episodes into 8 was bound to lead to some cuts...but oftentimes times things felt too quick or disjointed. I think there were editing problems contributing to this for sure, but sometimes things skipped around too much without a clear purpose as to why. Also, why bring in plots from later seasons when you barely have enough time already?

Writing: This show definitely suffered from exposition dumping, though it did get better as time went on. I think the biggest example of this is actually opening in the past rather than the present. We do not get to learn along with Aang that the world has changed, instead, we get to learn that 100 years have passed....which doesn't hold the same tension or worldbuilding.

Clunky Dialogue: Along with exposition, clunky dialogue is another example of bad writing. I think sometimes I felt like the acting was kind of meh in the beginning, but then over time I began to realize it had far more to do with the lines characters were trying to deliver. The actors themselves are not bad, just cursed with awkward writing and lines that feel out of touch with the setting they're in.

Main Trio: I don't entirely know that I believe Katara, Sokka, and Aang are friends as opposed to 3 people stuck together to save the world. Aang feels a little too somber for a young kid running away from his responsibilities, Sokka is protective, but not exactly the heart of the team, and Katara is sort of just there until the last two episodes. Where is her struggle, her desire to learn so strong she steals from pirates? Also, while Gordon Cormier did a great job, Aang does zero waterbending on his own, is overly serious, and tells Katara not to fight. Where is his desperation to protect his friends? It feels like they all lost emotional depth.

Tension: Bringing Ozai, Azula, and Zhao out in the beginning immediately causes us to lose the realization there is an even bigger bad. Part of why Ozai is so terrifying is he is a primarily silent villain until the third season when we finally see the face of the "big bad evil guy" behind it all. Yes, they add to Zuko's backstory, but again, they are revealing the villains too early. Azula is the antagonist of season 2 and one of my favorite characters, so I hope they do more with her in the future. Finally, Zhao is supposed to be an example of the uncontrollable nature of fire unrestrained, instead, he comes off as vaguely threatening with the supposed true power being Azula.

Characterization: While all characters are bound to lose something in a shorter show, it still felt like certain characters were more mutilated than others. I am sure there are 100 different opinions on who, but I think the biggest victim was Katara.

Katara: Katara manages to go from a complete novice to a bending master in what feels like a matter of days. The journey feels short, and that makes the results feel largely unearned. Katara is one of the strongest personalities in the show, determined, kind, and fiery. In many ways, she is the unpredictability of water - equally dangerous as it is necessary to live. She is the child of a war who lost her mother, forced to grow up too soon, and even raised her older brother. Yes, Katara often gets stereotyped as the mom friend, but overall she feels underutilized in this show. We really don't see enough of her journey until the very end.

Iroh: Iroh was always comedic but most importantly wise. Even when Zuko is trying to give himself advice, he mimics Iroh. Instead, he seems to be used more as comedic relief without the underlying experience. He just doesn't feel right. Also, he kills Zhao instead of Zhao getting himself killed - which is less about Iroh and more about the writing than anything.

Ozai is weirdly a little too nice. Yes, he burned Zuko and pits his kids against each other, but he feels toned down in a show claiming to be more mature than the original cartoon.

Azula is perhaps more realistically worried about losing her status as the golden child, but she is also missing the cruelty she and her father share. I understand worrying about making your character cartoonishly evil, but the Fire Nation is currently a deeply nationalistic empire trying to control the world. Where is the deep-seated belief that they are better than other people, not just trying to bring balance to the world? There is a line between creating complexity and toning down the very real evil inherent in this plan.

Roku: I can only say what the fuck was that. He was barely there, and not the serious master to Aang's youthful exuberance.

The Ugly

Show, Don't Tell: The show's single biggest issue seems to be speeding through story parts by simply stating things. Instead of allowing the audience to discover, trusting that we are smart enough to understand, let's just blatantly say things like Zuko is the only reason the 41st division is alive to their faces. Even though in the context of the story Ozai literally already said that.... it's the division, the division for Zuko, Zuko's division.

Thematic Misunderstandings: I think this show makes several minor changes with major implications, such as airbenders actively fighting the firebenders, when airbenders are known for their pacifist nature and the lie of an Airbender fighting force is actively propaganda. Similarly, Aang very quickly accepts his role as the avatar and doesn't even run away in the beginning. Without this conflict between his desire to be a carefree child and the fact that the world needs him - the show loses a key aspect of Aang's character. Also, the obsession with downplaying the avatar state as something dangerous feels like a disservice to the tradition, connection, and strength of the avatar, which can be permanently destroyed as the trade-off for that kind of power. It's dangerous for the balance of the entire world, not just because it's powerful!

The Agni Kai: Zuko's fight against his father is one of the defining moments of Ozai's cruelty, not just because he is willing to fight his child, but because Zuko tried to do everything right. Zuko shows deference to his father, apologizes, and most importantly refuses to fight! The determination not to upset his father and still be grievously injured and banished is a hugely important theme for the fire nation and Zuko's life as a whole. He tries to do everything he is supposed to and only regains his father's acceptance after he "kills" Aang. Zuko's struggle between moral vs. social right and wrong in contrast to his family is hugely important to his character.

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TLDR: ATLA was a fantastical animated television show that was never afraid to show character development and flaws. When you turn 20 episodes into 8, you are bound to lose something. You hollowed out the middle, leaving the shell of important moments and events without ever wondering if all the times in between formed the true spirit of the show.

Rating: 6.5/10 It's perfectly fine and worth a watch. Not a disaster, but certainly falls flat of the original.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender tv #atla tv #spoilers #natla #i loved it i hated it i mostly sat through it #i would like a season 2 though #aang #katara #sokka #zuko #iroh #uncle iroh #azula #ozai

[missfay49]

he just BECOMES as yggdrasil? he just, you don't understand, he just becomes the tree? the core of time itself? he just wields the power of literal gods and transforms the flow of all timelines into a tree, using the timelines themselves as the fibers and pathways to create a self-supporting structure that he feeds his own power through like life-support? for all of eternity? to keep everyone and everything in existence EXISTING??? he just takes the form of the thing he has grown up knowing about, yggdrasil, for his whole life, dreaming of conquering all sentient life forms on all the trees branches, and instead of conquering it, he creates and powers and guides the very flow of time itself that those people will freely live upon? the symbolism. i'm dying, the symbolism. yall. yalllll.

#loki #loki spoilers #loki season 2 #i cant #i can't live like this #atlas #doomed for eternity to hold up reality #burdened #with glorious purpose he is burdened

[venus-light]

Good Omens S2’s ending is so agonising, but I do think it’s going to make Aziraphale’s development significantly more impactful in S3! As a second act this has every painful, fascinating ingredient that made Zuko’s arc in ATLA so outstanding, and Aziraphale’s core conflict/fatal flaw draws from the heart of his character!

He loves Crowley deeply but he’s still clinging to Heaven’s brainwashing, and he’s never actually treated Crowley as an equal or sought to understand Crowley’s perspective yet.

Aziraphale still seems to believe Crowley is just a ‘lost, confused angel’, rather than recognising what Crowley is actually doing: rejecting the system entirely and trying to do good on his own terms. Aziraphale still believes the desire to be Angelic and the desire to be good to others are the same thing, therefore if Crowley is good (as he’s shown himself to be) he must be secretly want to be an Angel and is betraying that whenever he argues against Heaven.

Aziraphale still hasn’t listened when Crowley explains over and over again that he DOESN’T WANT TO BE AN ANGEL. He’s still desperate for Heaven’s validation, even after he chose to leave, and there’s a deep void in his identity! He wants so desperately to be seen as “Good” (regardless of the actual morality of his actions) that it’s used over and over again to coerce and manipulate him! He also wants desperately for Crowley to be “Good” too, because at this point Aziraphale couldn’t ever let himself trust or accept Crowley if he wasn’t.

Aziraphale’s ‘angelic superiority’ is still constantly used to prop up his own identity, and he still considers deviance from Heaven (both in himself and others) as something shameful, embarrassing and in need of being ‘Corrected’. He also still believes Crowley needs/wants to be “Forgiven” by Heaven and that angels are inherently superior to everyone else!

Aziraphale’s default response to suffering being to make it about Heavenly purity rather than empathising with others also makes him extremely blind/self-centred in some situations. He’s proven that he’s willing to adopt empathy - the force that drives Crowley to compassion and forgiveness - if it helps to do good for others, but it’s still a very undeveloped skill in him.

At the start of this season Aziraphale lets Crowley sleep in his car for God’s sake, and apparently only calls Crowley when he wants something! He takes Crowley’s devotion to him for granted, and dismisses Crowley’s feelings and perspective on Gabriel instantly! Whenever they disagree on anything Aziraphale just assumes that he is Good and Crowley is Evil, therefore Crowley’s perspective isn’t worth taking seriously. And Crowley loves Aziraphale so much and is so afraid of losing him that he just… concedes. Over and over again. And keeps on forgiving him without Aziraphale ever realising how deep he’s cutting Crowley. Even now, Aziraphale still sees everything as a dichotomy between “Good” and “Evil”, “Angelic” and “Demonic”, with no middle ground or space outside of it. A worldview that fundamentally misunderstands Crowley’s entire life, moral compass and identity.

Aziraphale does love Crowley, but he still hasn’t reckoned with Heaven’s brainwashing. He still won’t ever be able to understand Crowley’s perspective until he gets the outcome he thought would fix everything, and realises that it won’t.

#good omens #thank you for all your comments & thoughts everyone!! <33 #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens season two #good omens season 2 #Aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #good omens s2 #venus writes #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #zuko #atla #atla zuko #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens season 2 spoilers

[seheartz]

🍵 teashop zuko doodle

#2 zuko doodles in a row? more likely than u'd think 🫂🫂 #my art #this was more painterly than usual and it was a lot of fun!!!! #this took about an hour and a half! whilst i was watching gilmore girls (im on season 7. am feeling a lot). #atla #zuko #rkgk #avatar: the last airbender #atla fanart #zuko fanart #netflix avatar #avatar art #digital art #illustration #avatar the last airbender fanart #avatar #avatar fanart #avatar the last airbender #gaang #gaang fanart #prince zuko fanart #art #artwork #artists on tumblr

[cantankerousreviews]

Yo, Zutara fandom.

All I see are posts about the scarf scene and Oma and Shu. Why are you all sleeping on these?

Are you telling me the fandom that feasts on the best meta is blind to what kind of Crossroads of Destiny Netflix ATLA is setting up?

They're not gonna do Yon Rah. They linked Katara's trauma to Zuko. They have Yugoda deliver this line the very next episode after we see how Zuko got his scar.

This crap is gonna be personal.

#scarf scene? forget the scarf scene #if the writers have any brains Katara will find out what happened to Zuko #zutara #natla #atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #katara #please get a season 2 I want to see people go ballistic

[lucilassie]

Destiny is a funny thing. 🔥

Model: @weirdfandomchick (Aang)

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