#a:tla azula | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

spiritmoodboards · 7 months

Text

Shipboard for Aang and Azula (A:TLA) soulmates/quotes/forbidden passion themes For an anon!! Hope you like this~

We're closed for now, thank you~

33 notes · View notes

starlight-bread-blog · 24 days

Text

7K notes · View notes

spidey-loving-starkid · 1 year

Text

Do you ever think about how 1 of the 1st waterbending moves that Katara learns, that she doesn’t come up with herself, is the water whip that she learns from that waterbending scroll, which also happens to be 1 of the final moves that she uses against Azula, using that move to manoeuvre Azula into a place more favourable for Katara??

Do you ever think about how in that same episode that Katara learns that, Sokka tries to steer a boat, and laments how he doesn’t know how, because that boat wasn’t made by The Southern Water Tribe, and then, later, steers an entire Fire Nation war balloon with precision and intent, and knows how to destroy them effectively and efficiently, while also being a co-inventor of the inspiration invention of those Fire Nation war balloons??

Do you ever think about how, when face-to-face with The Avatar in the Avatar State, after repeatedly threatening to imminently kill that Avatar like the other Air Nomads, Ozai’s 1st move is to firebend directly towards Aang’s left side of his face, the exact same spot that Zuko has his scar on??

Do you ever think about how Zuko was challenged to his 1st Angi Kai due to his desire to protect people being unnecessarily put in harms way, and his final Angi Kai was ended due to the same reason??

#Avatar #Avatar: The Last Airbender #ATLA #Katara #Sokka #Zuko #Aang #Azula #Ozai #A:TLA #ATLA meta #Tess Speaks #Buffy Speaks

9K notes · View notes

dyingroses · 6 months

Text

Avatar: The Last Airbender + text posts and stuff

848 notes · View notes

tired-teddybear · 6 months

Text

listen i love firelord!zuko as much as the next guy* but yk what i love even more?

zuko getting to be a teenager and not having to rule a country that literally just ended a 100-year long genocidal war with no actual political training or experience and a shitload of trauma

like just have iroh rule for five years at least before shoving the responsibility onto him. ideally zuko wouldn’t have to rule at all because clearly that was never something he wanted, but you’d have to rehabilitate azula first

azula was definitely actually trained for the role anyway, cuz ozai obviously never planned to make zuko fire lord. she’s a natural leader and actually wants to be fire lord

yes i’m still mad they made 17 y/o zuko firelord, no i will never stop being mad about it

*yeah this is a lie i do not love firelord!zuko i think it’s a terrible ending for him. free my boy

#atla #a:tla #avatar the last airbender #avatar #fire lord zuko #prince zuko #zuko #atla zuko #uncle iroh #princess azula #atla azula #general iroh #iroh #fire hazard siblings #fire lord azula #avatar: the last airbender #team avatar #fire nation

957 notes · View notes

lutzlig · 1 year

Text

3K notes · View notes

zukkaart · 8 months

Text

280 notes · View notes

justblaterando · 1 year

Text

Just your monthly reminder that when Mai said the ICONIC the LEGENDARY the GENIUS the SPECTASTIC “I love Zuko more than I fear you” she was ready to die.

My girl brought knives to a LIGHTNING fight.

681 notes · View notes

lizardlicks · 2 years

Text

Everyone gets up on Ursa because Azula says "[she] thought I was a monster," and like. Fuck what do you have to do to make a kid think something like that about themselves and their relationship with their parent, huh?

But I keep having this thought. That she has a second parent. One that she's been trained to parrot. One that's had so much more time with her, who has a vested interest in driving a wedge between her and any other source of positive interactions in her life. Who's worked to mold her in his image of perfection. And those words sound less like Ursa OR Azula, and a lot more like Ozai.

#azula #ozai #ursa #AtLA #a:tla #avatar: the last airbender #avatar: tla #meta #the lizard is starting to ramble #I think that's why in her break down ursa keeps telling her she loves her #azula's subconscious knows this #but she rejected that love for her father's favor a long time ago

3K notes · View notes

waywardavatarenthusiast · 9 months

Text

the saddest part about azula is that she has quite literally been sold for parts in universe and narratively.

despite the narrative condemning her for taking pride in and prioritizing her abilities/privileges, they are the only reason why anyone in her life bothers to interact with her.

as for the narrative, atla creators seem to hate her, but take all her most notable qualities and use them to manufacture low grade azula variants in an attempt to create a character as memorable and generate a fanbase even half as impactful as hers.

spoiler alert: it is yet to work.

#atla #azula #avatar the last airbender #avatar fandom #a:tla

211 notes · View notes

giveamadeuschohisownmovie · 3 months

Text

ATLA live action trailer is already way better than the Shyamalan movie.

On a more serious note, for the little differences from the original show, I’m actually fine with it. That’s the point of an adaptation, to do some things different from the original while maintaining the same, overall story. That’s part of the reason why HBO “The Last of Us” is both a good adaptation and can stand as its own thing.

Anyways, good start.

67 notes · View notes

starlight-bread-blog · 26 days

Text

My Interpretation of The Last Agni Kai

(Disclaimer: This isn't critisism of Zuko as much as it a small breakdown of the tragedy of the royal family. This post was also editted and it may not appear in reblogs).

Do you hear this language? "The showdown that was always meant to be". It's somewhat true, but I'd argue that it's not because of who they are as people. It's because of Ozai.

It's because they're the golden child and the scapegoat. It's because they've been put against each other by their abuser.

I would argue that she is sorry. She does love her brother, and she didn't want it to end this way. Zuko cannot see that, and he isn't sorry.

In The Beach, Zuko burns a picture of them, as a family.

To him, the picture resresents the perfect past. Before everything went to shit. But he no longer fits there. Even though he's back. He's frustrated, he hates the world, and wants to burn it all.

Especially after he has redeemed himself, he is sure there is nothing for him. His mother is gone, his father is abusive, and Azula: the prodigy, the favored one, who belittled him from the day Ozai began to favor her. She left him in the dust while making it extra dirty. She's barely his sister anymore, she's the untouchable force making his life worse.

In Zuko Alone, Azula practically taunts him over his planned murder.

This is what Zuko sees. Not a human, not a sister, but a boogeyman. After all, Azula always lies. What he doesn't see is Azula's reaction when she realizes the situation is serious. She'll never let him see that.

Azula could have burned the bridge all those years ago, when he was bunished. But she didn't. She is the reason he's back home, on that beach. Ozai was her God, she was disciplined to him and only him, even more than herself. And she lied to his face so Zuko could come back home. She's cunning, manipulative and dangerous, but she loved her brother.

Zuko can't see that. Even when "she's slipping", he can't see that. Of course he wouldn't, her love for him is overshadowed by the damage she caused him, and his envy of her. She's above him, the demon haunting him. As Ozai and their history led him to believe. And he sticks to this belief, until it's disproven.

(Author's note: Azula's face here makes me want to cry, props to the animator)

She's human, his sister. And she's trurly sorry it had to come to this.

The Last Angi Kai is a tragedy. It's the story of two siblings who grew up in an abusive household, with a dad who played favorites. One made all the wrong choices, while the other could not fathom the other's humanity. They don't reconcile, they put themselves against each other. Because it's the showdown that was always meant to be. And he only recognizes it wasn't, after it's over. Now, he too, is sorry.

91 notes · View notes

seawitchkaraoke · 11 months

Text

I still have so many emotions about Azula, specifically 11 year old Azula, who gets left behind by her brother and her uncle and is then, for the next three years, entirely alone in the palace with her father.

Like sure, the servants are there and she has Ty Lee and mai (though both of them must have left at some point in those three years, we don't know when), but that's not what I'm talking about. She is entirely, entirely without any protection from her father - not that she ever had all that much.

Here's the thing: Imagine you are Azula. You grow up and you know your mother loves your brother more than you (''my own mother thought I was a monster''). You know she cares about Zuko, she will comfort Zuko, she might even protect Zuko. You are certain she will not protect you (is Azula right about this assessment? It doesn't matter. Ursa's actual intentions aren't relevant in the face of what Azula perceives as true).

Your uncle isn't there and in his letters and gifts he shows that he too, does not care about or understand you. He sends Zuko a knife and a thoughtful message. He sends you a doll, that you burn.

Your father is ambitious and cruel and will not accept less than perfection. Luckily, you are a prodigy. Luckily, your brother is not. In contrast to him you can shine, you can burn so bright, you are safe as long as Zuko falls behind you. You are two years younger but you have to be better, you can never allow yourself to make a mistake where your father can see. It's okay though. Zuko is really bad at bending and even worse at lying. He should hide his mistakes if he can't stop making them. He's an idiot,, so he doesn't. You convince yourself you are happy about this.

Your father miscalculates and your grandfather orders your brother killed. You could let this happen. But if you do, you'll lose your shield against your father plus you like seeing him mess up. You pretend that's the only reason you warn him. It's not like you actually care about him.

Your mother does Something and the next day she is gone, your grandfather is dead and your father is on the throne. It's fine. She was useless anyway. She killed Azulon to protect your brother. You try not to wonder if she would have done the same thing for you. You are 9 years old.

Iroh comes back and does nothing. You continue to be perfect and Zuko continues not to be. It's going great. You are a prodigy and your father loves you. As long as you don't mess up.

Zuko is an idiot. Iroh is a worse idiot. Your uncle let's your brother into a war meeting and of course Zuko can't keep his mouth shut.

When your father burns your brother's face, your uncle looks away. Your brother, who is kind and thoughtful and liked by the servants and loved by his uncle gets half his face burned off and no one steps in.

Your uncle looks away, but you can't afford that kind of weakness. You look and you smile. This is good. You want the throne. With your brother disgraced, no one will stand in your way.

Your brother gets banished and with him goes your only protection against your father. Your uncle leaves too, but it hardly matters. He didn't care enough to protect Zuko, he wouldn't have protected you anyway. You'll just have to be even more perfect to make your father proud of you.

You are 11 years old and you are alone.

#avatar #atla #a:tla #azula #there is also the popular headcanon that azulon actually ordered ozai to kill azula #and she lied and said it was zuko bc she didn't think her mother would try to save her #so. if you wanna make this even worse....#essentially though what i am saying here is #azula saw that being liked and being loved did nothing to protect zuko #so she became feared instead #my heart just breaks for her

256 notes · View notes

waterbenderkat · 3 months

Text

Archer Azula archer Azula we’re getting archer Azula.

#avatar #avatar: the last airbender #a:tla #netlfix #a:tla netflix #a:tla netflix spoilers #azula #princess azula #a:tla live action #waterbenderkat

65 notes · View notes

tired-teddybear · 6 months

Text

ummm okay so i’m gonna do a different post for each ship that i have a lot of recs for and then combine the rest basically

zukka/a:tla fic recs

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45209725/chapters/113734768 not zukka centered but it’s there, suki & zuko friendship, a personal fav of mine

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40467657/chapters/101379753 zukka, private investigator sokka, tea shop zuko

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38624070/chapters/96555618 zukka, young firelord zuko, zuko finds aang first, sokka & katara were imprisoned at the boiling rock, ambassador sokka

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36554995/chapters/91165651 iroh fakes zuko’s death and he is taken in/raised by the SWT, azula redemption, basically a zukka childhood friends to lovers au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28206249/chapters/69118440 zukka, (temporary) ghost zuko, sokka gets haunted, marriage of convenience

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27547486/chapters/67374928 zuko saves sokka at the north pole, they travel the earth kingdom together and accidentally fall in love

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26098987/chapters/63484135 zukka, moon spirit blessed sokka, political delegate zuko

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22884811/chapters/54697360 zukka, zuko and yue arranged marriage, sokka teaches zuko abt the water tribe, slow burn

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25629370/chapters/62213413 zukka, zuko escapes after being burned, azula redemption, zuko joins the gaang early

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29683659 zukka soulmate au, insecurities on each others skin

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17637347/chapters/41588558 zukka soulmate au, boomerang & scar tattoo

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16593572/chapters/38887565 zukka soulmate au, first touch mark burns

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28124265/chapters/68909811 zukka, guy in the chair sokka and blue spirit zuko (vigilante au)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33894868/chapters/84278719 zukka vigilante au, hellhound and aero

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27234958 zukka superhero and journalist au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24376396/chapters/58792420 zukka, early redemption, ba sing se, blue spirit zuko (be warned this is a rough one for angst and miscommunication/lying)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25260145 zukka, modern au, college, vampire au, fluff and humor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28662066 zukka, hockey player sokka x figure skater zuko au, the olympics

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25097560 zukka, FBI agent zuko, engineer sokka, goofy, a fav of mine, crack and humor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25414438 zuko!hades x sokka!persephone au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19255837 zukka, trans ftm zuko, canon time period

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21116591/chapters/50249441 zuko gets thrown overboard and saved by the SWT fleet, dadkoda, the crew adopts zuko

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23832139/chapters/57268093 slow burn zuko adoption

240 notes · View notes

intolerabletyranny · 4 months

Text

Haha funni edit of Zuko and Azula in the family-friendly game

#zuko #azula #avatar the last airbender #avatar #the coffin of andy and leyley #a:tla #avatar: the last airbender

121 notes · View notes