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atla-suki · 1 year

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characters from the kyoshi novels ranked in order from least stinky to most stinky:

1. hei-ran. she’s so fancy and proper, need i explain?

2. rangi. mama raised her right.

3. wong. daofei be damned he’d find a way to smell like roses.

4. zoryu. he’s the firelord c’mon now.

5. kyoshi. pre-rok i think she’d smell a little stinky bc of work. but aside from that she probably washes her hands every 10 mins and smells decent when she’s not cleaning up after yun. in sok and after she definitely smells good.

6. jinpa. i love him sm and he probably smells good BUT he spends heaps of time w his stinky bison so that costs him a little

7. kirima. smells alright.

8. kelsang. again, smells okay but nothing amazing

9. atuat. probably smells like my grandmas couch idk i can’t explain. that kinda musty smell yk but she’s still got decent hygiene.

10. lek. teenage boy smelly sweaty gross. that’s all.

11. jianzhu. ok he doesn’t smell BAD per-se, but he definitely uses too many fragrances to make himself smell good and it’s just too much at once and doesn’t have the desired effect. that counts as smelly in my book

12. tagaka. she probs just doesn’t care tbh

13. kuruk. loml BUT he definitely is a bit stinky

14. yun. see idk i feel like he’d have great hygiene usually but also would go 4 days straight w/out a shower bc he just forgets to. he also loses points bc he spent like 2wks in the spirit world and was ABSOLUTELY smelling rank after that + i feel like once he entered that villain era he just stopped caring. stinky boy.

15. xu ping an. dude was in prison for AGES there’s no way he doesn’t stink.

16. lu beifong. the mustiest man alive. idc if he tries to be presentable he still stinks.

17. lao ge. bro is a million years old. that’s a million years of stink slowly accumulating.

18. uncle mok. certified stinkiest.

#atla #roksok #lol uhhhh this was in my head today #have 🤲#do i tag everyone????#just my golden 3 i think #kyoshi #rangi #yun #i’m forgetting some people i think but oh well #sorry for this (not sorry in the slightest)

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teaminstinctinwonderland · 2 years

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In an AU where Yun was the Avatar, how much longer does it take Rangi and Kyoshi to get together?

Aided by an exasperated Yun, as he sets them up in increasingly obviously staged scenarios

#kyoshi #avatar kyoshi #rangi #yun #avatar yun #rise of kyoshi #we know he ships them #hei ran #kelsang #earth kingdom #atla #kyoshi novels #why do you need me to patrol the kitchen?#.....maybe someone got hungry after they broke in

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perenlop · 2 years

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idk what it is abt the second kyoshi book but im slugging through it ngl

#i passed it off as me struggling to get back into reading but i tore through ella minnow pea and im glad my mom died really quickly #and while the first kyoshi book took me a second i still really liked it #book 2 in comparison feels really slow and drab and i dont really care abt her conflictin this one #i like the yun mystery but its not mentioned all that much and idk how its gonna come up #im at the bit where she just met the fire lords brother #or i think its his brother. the lookalike to the fire lord #i think its like the fantasy politics i tend to find that kinda boring as a conflict if its like the main thing #bc a lot of this book has been ppl telling kyoshi she needs to be a better leader #i feel like in comparison the conflict in book 1 was a LOT sharper and more unique of a conflict for this universe #and jianzhu was a cool ass antagonist and having him as a pov character was interesting and was fucked up and i liked it!!#but here its just kyoshi and how she needs to be like palpable to society and like since its a prequel ik she'll prevail somehow #and idk its fine ig but not nearly as interesting as ''the former avatars best friend had to take on avatar duties #and was broken by the responsibility and grief and blames himself for his death so he ends up forcing the title on a young boy #grooms him to take the role and abuses him to force his powers and then proceeds to murder him when he finds the real avatar #and thats just ONE thing that was really interesting abt the first book like kyoshi not being discovered and scorned bc shes the daughter #of a thief and an air nomad and how that formed her ideaology AND that combined w jianzhu's influence on her life #and her relationship w rangi and how ugly jianzhu's methods expand over the book AUGH #i like her and rangi in this book still but partly paranoid theyre also gonna break em up bc rangi isnt talked abt in the source #so theyll do that to ''explain'' that #idk maybe the book will pick up soon. yun come back #echoed voice

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xsdjkl · 2 months

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I love Kyoshi's justice

I love Jianzhu's "I visited consequences upon them" and Kyoshi's "What will you do now? Knowing that your every step will have consequences?". I love Kyoshi showing mercy only to tell herself "No more exceptions for today". I love Kyoshi getting involved for innocent's sake minutes later only to be hated by them. I love Kyoshi hating herself for using Jianzhu's techniques knowing exactly what it felt like to die slowly as your lungs caved in on themselves. I love Kyoshi caring more for an innocent's life than Fire Lord's. I love Kyoshi sacrificing innocents to prevent a war for Fire Lord's sake. I love Kyoshi telling Hei-Ran she'd kill Jianzhu in front of Fire Nation's nobility. I love Kyoshi telling Yun killing Jianzhu didn't bring her peace. I love Kyoshi using the Avatar state to heal Rangi instead of giving in to the power capable of obliterating the world in her grief. I love Kyoshi making a choice to heal instead of destroy.

I love how Kyoshi's original perception of justice was born out of fear of Jianzhu. I love how easily Kyoshi was capable of slipping into his sense of justice. I love Kyoshi despising Tagaka, Xu Ping An, and daofei. I love Kyoshi wearing daofei makeup and being loyal to her sworn brothers and sisters. I love Lao Ge telling Kyoshi she could protect herself from her duty by applying a strict rule of always showing mercy or punishing. I love Lek's story about his brother being killed to uphold the law even when it meant nothing in the end. I love Tieguai's warning that approaching justice in a case-by-case manner will scar and wear on Kyoshi. I love Kyoshi keeping to gain more and more scars. I love Kyoshi finally moving on from the past even when it hurts. I love the consequences of Yun being incapable of doing so. I love Kuruk's tragedy caused by Yangchen's mistakes. I love Yangchen teaching Kyoshi to accept her choices as her own and not seek approval. I love Kyoshi embracing her dreadful reputation to protect those who might despise her to the very end of her days.

I love how everyone's choices and consequences matter in Kyoshi's story.

I love how the very last words about Kyoshi in the books sound "She still had to be careful not to lose her balance and fall. Kyoshi kept her eyes focused on her difficult path, sometimes stumbling but making sure to catch herself, taking one step at a time."

#avatar kyoshi #kyoshi #the rise of kyoshi #the shadow of kyoshi #atla #avatar the last airbender

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avatar-news · 1 year

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Update: It’s likely these characters’ voices were being cast for a video game, not a movie/show.

Original post below:

Exclusive: Kyoshi, Rangi, Yun, and more Kyoshi novel characters will appear in Avatar Studios’ first movie/show!

We have a huge Avatar News exclusive for you today... and an Avatar News redemption?!

We can confirm that Kyoshi, Rangi, Yun, and more characters from the Chronicles of the Avatar novels The Rise of Kyoshi and The Shadow of Kyoshi by F. C. Yee will have substantial roles in Avatar Studios’ first animated movie and/or show, both slated for 2025!

Currently we don’t have details on which of the first-year projects-- the adult Gaang movie lead by Aang and Katara, or the new earth Avatar show-- the Kyoshi characters will appear in. Right now, a solid guess between the two is the show; it would make sense for the previous earth Avatar to feature in the next earth Avatar’s story. However, this is just a guess and the adult Gaang movie could easily have some kind of Kyoshi-related plotline we don’t know about yet (what we do know is that it’s set 12 years after ATLA and has a rumored title of Hidden Kingdom). It’s also technically possible that the Kyoshi characters are for a later project, but the production timeline strongly favors one of the first-year projects. In both cases these are almost guaranteed to be flashbacks/visions/etc. (And based on some other details I can’t share yet, I’m fairly confident this isn’t for a Kyoshi movie/show itself.)

What’s interesting is that our very first Avatar News exclusive report on Avatar Studios’ slate infamously had a Kyoshi movie as the first project. This became pretty controversial for us when it was announced that the first movie would actually be about Aang (gasp, Avatar News was wrong!!!!!!!!), and even though a first-year project about an earth Avatar (just, the next earth Avatar rather than the previous one) later came to light, and we got confirmation a Kyoshi project was on the table, and we explained how all this together could have been the source of confusion that led to the Kyoshi report, certain segments of the internet peanut gallery have continued to hold this against Avatar News. But ohhh no, Avatar News kept its nose to the grindstone and some might say that Avatar News was vindicated by this new information! But Avatar News doesn’t care about petty matters like that, Avatar News is just happy to be here. ^_^

The Kyoshi novels are some of the absolute best entries in the whole Avatar franchise (and by the way, live-action Kyoshi agrees!), so this will hopefully be welcome news to everyone who was super excited when there was a Kyoshi movie and then disappointed when there wasn’t. Currently we’re waiting on F. C. Yee’s confirmed next Chronicles of the Avatar novel, the second Yangchen book, which will potentially be announced this month. What we know F. C. Yee isn’t involved with, or at least wasn’t 9 months ago, is the animated movies/shows. Right now, we don’t know if that’s changed in the time since that interview. We do know House of Cards’ Kenneth Lin is writing the adult Gaang movie, but there’s no crew information for the new earth Avatar show yet. It’s possible F. C. Yee could now be joining that as a writer, especially if that is where the Kyoshi characters will be showing up. But! That’s just speculation for now, and there’s already a lot to be excited about just from today’s news.

#news #movie #aang movie #next earth avatar #chronicles of the avatar #kyoshi series #kyoshi #rangi #yun #avatar news exclusive #paramount plus #kyoshi movie

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mah-o-daryaa · 5 months

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The Cycle Repeats: Part IV

One of the key themes of the ATLA franchise is the concept of the Avatar; master of all 4 elements, the fusion of humanity and Raava, the spirit of light and order, whose sole duty is to bring balance to the world, and be the bridge between both the physical and spiritual realms. Along with this comes the idea of reincarnation, which is the premise of the Avatar Cycle, the idea that the Avatar reincarnates in a cyclic order in any of the four nations (fire, air, water, earth). Another concept related to the Avatar Cycle (although originating from the fandom) is the idea of the Avatar fixing the mistakes of their past life, which is often indicated in differences in both habitual circumstances and personalities between both predecessor and successor, and therefore differences in morality.

But what if I were to tell you that the saying "history repeats itself" is also true among Avatar incarnations? Not exactly going the same way, but rather parallels between the lives, personalities, and accomplishments (and failures) of past lives?

In this series of metas, I will be going over parallels (or in some cases, foils) between certain pairs of Avatars that lived decades, or even centuries apart, and yet could not have ever been more similar.

An Unlikely Analogy II: Avatars Kyoshi and Korra (+ Yun)

"Kyoshi was the Earth Kingdom-born Avatar immediately succeeding Avatar Kuruk of the Northern Water Tribe, and preceding Avatar Roku of the Fire Nation. She died at the age of 230, making her the oldest confirmed human, and was also an exceptionally tall woman, towering over most people. Kyoshi was born to two criminals: Jesa, a renegade Air Nomad nun, and Hark, a thief from an impoverished family of Earth Kingdom actors. She inherited her later signature outfit from her parents, adopting her mother's golden headdress and metal war fans and her father's daofei face paint."

"Korra is the current incarnation of the Avatar and immediate successor of Avatar Aang. Born and raised in the Southern Water Tribe, where she mastered waterbending, earthbending, and firebending, she later relocated to Republic City to attain a similar proficiency with airbending under the tutelage and guidance of Tenzin, as well as to help her overcome her aversion to the spiritual aspects of the bending arts. With the assistance of Aang's spirit, Korra gained the ability to energybend and, after connecting with her past lives, she gained the capacity to enter the Avatar State at will, marking her transition into a fully realized Avatar."

"Yun was the friend of Kyoshi and Rangi and the earthbending pupil of Jianzhu. Talented, charismatic, and handsome, he was misidentified as the new Earth Avatar after a long and difficult search. Following the revelation of Kyoshi's identity as the true Avatar, Yun was betrayed by Jianzhu, who felt the boy's usefulness had been exhausted and allowed Father Glowworm to carry him off in the mountains."

I once again posted the first paragraph of their respective pages, and you might be wondering why I've included Yun. The reason is that, although Yun was misidentified as the Avatar, he still has various parallels with both Korra and Kyoshi during his "journey". On the surface, you might say that they are more balanced; they have both similarities and differences between their morals and personalities. You would be right on this account, so let's dive in!

(WARNING: There will be possible spoilers for both The Rise of Kyoshi and The Shadow of Kyoshi. If you do not wish to be spoiled, I suggest not reading any further and scrolling past this post until you have finished reading both novels. You have been warned.)

First, we have to take account the parallels between Kyoshi and Korra. The problems that arose during their times were rather complex; Kyoshi's predecessor Kuruk left behind a destabilised Earth Kingdom overrun by criminals, while Aang, although he brought the world to peace, had left behind both the Equalists and the Red Lotus for Korra to deal with. In addition, according to the first chapter of both The Rise of Kyoshi and the premier of The Legend of Korra, Welcome to Republic City (Book 1: Episode 1), both Jianzhu and the White Lotus had been looking for the Avatar for years. Jianzhu and Kelsang had been trying to locate the Avatar across the Earth Kingdom, while the White Lotus had searched both the North and South Poles. This is also where Yun comes in.

Initially in Book 1, Korra had similar opinions on violence and control as Kyoshi did (only justice will bring peace), and even befriended a polar bear-dog (Naga) at the age of four. (Polar bear-dogs are considered to be dangerous animals in the Avatarverse.) However, there is a difference between how each Avatar reacted to her status. Kyoshi denied it and ran away (which I have mentioned parallels with Aang), whereas Korra was the one who discovered her status and accepted her fate as the Avatar, saying that there was nothing more she wanted to be, which is a parallel to Yun's false identity as the Avatar. Ironically, Kyoshi (like Aang) ran away from her duties when the world needed the Avatar, while Korra accepted her duties during a time when the world had long since advanced beyond the need of an Avatar.

Both Kyoshi and Korra are also of mixed ancestry; Kyoshi's father was from the Earth Kingdom, while her mother was a rogue Air Nomad. Korra's father, like Kyoshi's mother, was a rogue immigrant to another nation, being a member of the NWT royal family, while her mother was from the SWT, which gained independence from the North after the Water Tribe Civil War. Kyoshi and Korra are also the only two Avatars to master the elements in their home nation, rather than travelling abroad (Kyoshi learned earth-, fire-, and waterbending with the FOC in the Earth Kingdom and mastered air- and waterbending in the Fire Nation, while Korra mastered water-, earth, and fire-bending in the White Lotus Compound in the South Pole and learned airbending at Air Temple Island in Republic City). However, Kyoshi was constantly on the run, living on the streets as a child, whereas Korra lived in comfort, but isolation.

However, their bending affinity are opposites. Kyoshi struggled to earthbend due to her sheer power, to the point that she had trouble bending small amounts of earth, while moving chunks of the seafloor with ease (not how it typically works), and favoring its elemental opposite, air, in combat. Korra, on the other hand, preferred earth- and especially firebending in combat, while struggling to airbend due to its philosophies contradicting with her drive and hot-headedness.

Now, the parallel between Korra and Yun. Korra and Yun's respective upbringings parallel each other; both grew up isolated in compounds, and being taught by the companions of their predecessors, being told that the only thing that mattered was their status as the Avatar. As a result, this caused a serious mental stunt for both of them, especially when it was revealed that Yun wasn't the true Avatar. Korra wasn't taught how to properly handle politics, whereas Yun went all-in and hunted Kyoshi down Tai Lung-style. Ironically, this was originally supposed to be a way to protect the Avatar, issued by their predecessors, Aang and Kuruk respectively, which was apparently misinterpreted by their supposed caretakers (The White Lotus and Kuruk's companions respectively).

Finally, the parallels between Kyoshi and Yun. Both are similar in that they both grew up abandoned in the streets; Kyoshi in Yokoya, and Yun in Makapu; at least until they were moved into Jianzhu's mansion in Yokoya. Both were "cared" for by a former companion of Avatar Kuruk (Kelsang and Jianzhu respectively; note that I put quotation marks on "cared for" because Jianzhu pretty much physically and mentally abused Yun), but this is where the similarities end.

Now, there are a handful of scenes in the Kyoshi novels which particularly stood out to me. The parallels between Yun's ability to bend the tiniest speck of dust vs Kyoshi struggling with the finer movements but easily raising the entire sea floor during her fight with Tagaka. The parallels between Kyoshi almost drowning herself to connect with Kuruk for the first time while forgetting she can waterbend vs Yun returning to the physical world only to be denied access to water.

We have to remember that the element of earth plays a central role in Rise; Kyoshi is a born earthbender, the book takes place in the Earth Kingdom, earth is the only element Yun can bend, earthbending is the only advantage Jianzhu has against Kyoshi, most of the FOC (Kyoshi's daofei gang) are earthbenders,etc, while the element of water is a central theme in Shadow (which is ironic, considering the book takes place in the Fire Nation), as is Avatar Kuruk's legacy as the Water Tribe predecessor of Kyoshi. In the original series, Iroh states that water is the element of change. During the whole novel, water represents the ability to move on, the ability to change. In these two scenes, water represents both Kyoshi feeling overwhelmed by her new duties as the Avatar and Yun's desperation to prove that he is the true Avatar.

Also, during the final battle, Kyoshi kills Yun by freezing his heart and lungs. Her ability to waterbend represents her ability to move on from the past and change, whereas his lack of waterbending represents his inability to grow, to move on from the past, to change. Yun even bends the earth similar to water, but it's a mere imitation of the bending art, not the skill itself.

Generally speaking, most people can easily spot the similarities (and in some cases, differences) between Kyoshi and Korra. From bending to upbringing to the conclusions of their respective histories, one can find some details between both Avatars. What they don't see is their biggest connecting link; their similarities with Yun. The False Avatar acts as the foil to enhance both characters, their histories, and their legacy. In the next part, we'll discuss the similarities between the current Avatar Korra and the Water Tribe Avatar before her, Kuruk.

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#atla #past avatars #kyoshi #korra #yun #avatar yun #<- prev tag is literally MOCKING him #lok #kyoshi novels #the rise of kyoshi #the shadow of kyoshi #the cycle repeats #mone's theory #mone digs deep

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drpoisonoaky · 1 month

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How’s it going @drpoisonoaky ?

I wanted to run a fic idea by you. The idea is a (Kazula) Azutara/Rangshi time travel Au story.

Remember during book III, when Azula assaults the Western Air Temple? The Au idea, is that during that battle. Azula and Katara begin to have a one on one fight. Neither master bender is quite able to overcome the other and their fight progresses to a stalemate. Until a combined attack of Water and Fire accidentally hits an old Air Nomad relic.

This relic breaks, and that causes a sort of temporal disturbance that hits Azula and Katara. Blinking them out of existence in one moment, only for them to reappear “somewhere else”.

That somewhere else is the then peninsula of Yokoya. Here Azula and Katara take stock of the situation (after trying to kill each other again…) and realize that they have been sent several hundred years into the past during the era of Avatar Kyoshi. Only the world is not as the history books told them. For one, who is this “Avatar” Yun? Why is Kyoshi working as a servant. Azula is confused by just how close Rangi and Kyoshi are. Historians in the Fire Nation always write that the two were just “very good friends”. But they seemed to be more than that.

So Azula and Katara have to work with Kyoshi, Rangi, and the flying opera company along to save the world from Jianzhu’s tyranny (which reminds Azula uncomfortably about Ozai) and also Yun/Father glowworms machinations. All the while trying to find a way back home. Along the way, Azula and Katara begin to develop feelings for each other. In a very much an enemies to lovers manner. Bonus points if Katara who is finally admitting that she wants Azula for herself, is jealous when Kirima starts flirting with Azula.

The rest of Gaang, will be in for quite a surprise when the two manage to (eventually) return to their time. Not only is Azula committed to joining the Gaang and stopping her father, but she and Katara are dating.

So what do you think?

I absolutely love this idea like wow, the only but might be Azula willing to join the Gaang I think she would help them to beat her father but be part of them idk, but I really like the idea, you should totally do it!!

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edas-boytoy · 28 days

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Wooo character ask game🪼🪼

Hei-ran and Atuat bc yeah yes yup if it's an ask from me then who else and I like your thoughts about them, aaand also let's go with Falin (or other dunmeshi character if you don't want to do her)

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

16. What's your least favorite ship for this character? You can't skip this if there's not any lol

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Uhullll LETS GO :)) Thank you! <3

Under the cut bc some answers got too long

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

Hei-Ran: I love that no matter how you spin or twist it -- you can turn her into a villain as terrible as Jianzhu -- she still genuinely cares so much about Rangi. She's incredibly pragmatic, except when it comes to Rangi -- as shown by her making her plan to bait Yun so much worse and more dangerous by keeping her out of it.

Atuat: I love how she doesn't care about hierarchy. "Fire Lord? Who's that? If my wife needs to seat down, she's seating down, excused by you or not!" Admittedly we get very little of her, but I also like how she allows herself to be silly in serious situations.

Falin: I haven't read the manga yet (shame on me), so I'm going off of the anime. I love how soft spoken she is and how it contrasts to her power.

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

Hei-Ran: This is more so a criticism of the writing than of the character, but I wish she did more in book one. When you compare her in books one and two, it really doesn't make sense that she's so inactive in book one. But putting this in character terms, I wish she was less trusting of Jianzhu.

Atuat: NOTHING! She's perfect.

Falin: I need to read the manga...

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

Hei-Ran: No. She'd hate me, probably punish me... maybe that's not such a bad idea...

Atuat: Yeah! But she'd need to heal both our livers weekly.

Falin: Sure! She seems sweet and quiet. I'm also quiet... I think we'd get along.

16. What's your least favorite ship for this character? You can't skip this if there's not any lol

Hei-Ran/Kuruk -- I HATE IT! They'd be toxic in a way that isn't even entertaining. She needs someone who doesn't take her bullshit LOL

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Hei-Ran: Hot! -- and then, wow, crazy self-sacrificing milf. Now, ehrrr, I still think those things LOL but she gets to be a much more complex character when you consider her motivation is security in the context of the FN unification.

Atuat: Ooh cooky sunshine. Now, ooh hot feminist, horny doctor, but still cooky sunshine, etc

Falin: Ooh soft spoken powerful butch. Now, ooh soft spoken powerful butch harpy!!!

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fuzzykidney · 2 years

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A cute conversation I picture between Rangshi. I would draw it if o had such talents. Possibly replace Kirima with Yun?

Kyoshi: Hey rangi can I ask a question?

Rangi: Of course

Kyoshi: Would you love me if I was a worm?

Rangi: …what?….

Kyoshi: If I was a worm, would you still love me?

Rangi: That’s a ridiculous question

(Kirima walking past and getting intrigued)

Kirima: Were you turned into a worm before or after she met you?

Kyoshi: I don’t know

Rangi: Kirima don’t encourage her

Kyoshi: Why not? Wouldn’t you love me?

Rangi: What? Of course I do, but, Ugh ok.[deep breath] I would love you if you turned into a worm after we met. But I wouldn’t even know you if you were a worm first!

Kirima: Kyoshi, would you have your bending still? Avatar worm?

Kyoshi: I don’t know

Kirima: Would Topknot have to protect her honor by protecting you as an avatar worm too?

Rangi: (pinching bridge of her nose) Can we please stop

Kirima: you would be a very long worm

#Kyoshi #Rangi #rangshi #SoK #RoK #avatar #avatar the rise of kyoshi #avatar the last airbender #avatar the shadow of kyoshi #avatar kyoshi

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girlbossrangi · 2 years

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Rangi: How do you tell someone you love them?

Yun: Buy them flowers.

Hei-Ran: Talk to them about your honor and status.

Rangi: Got it.

Rangi: I’m gonna jump in a fighting ring.

#this is the whole book #hands down #avatar kyoshi #kyoshi #the rise of kyoshi #atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #rise of kyoshi #kyoshi and rangi #rangi #rangi sei'naka #kyoshi x rangi #rangshi #avatar rangi #avatar kyoshi incorrect quotes

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legomocfodder · 2 years

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I've been reading the Kyoshi novels and, as always, I just had to make minifigs. So here's Rangi, Kyoshi, and Yun.

And I wanted to make another picture of them from before, when Yun was thought to be the Avatar

NSFW blogs do not reblog!

#avatar kyoshi #kyoshi novels #rise of kyoshi #shadow of kyoshi #rangi #yun #kyoshi #avatar the last airbender #atla #lego #lego minifigures #custom minifigures #purist minifigures #painted minifigures #lego avatar #lego avatar the last airbender

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a-crack-in-the-universe · 2 years

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I finished reading Shadow of Kyoshi a few days ago and now I have thoughts about Kuruk and his Team Avatar.

Spoilers from both The Rise of Kyoshi and The Shadow of Kyoshi under the cut.

First of all - his friends.

In all honesty, his friends sucked, except for the fire sage. They were horrible people except for Kelsang. I think they were kind of shit people to begin with, just that the chaotic time after Kuruk’s death made them worse than they already were.

I mean, Jianzhu was allegedly a good person before Kuruk died and he became so influential in the Earth Kingdom. But, he massacred a shit-ton of people at some point after Kuruk’s death, even if they weren’t innocent, and shows no remorse for it at all. He becomes known as the Gravedigger and is hated and feared by the daofei. He later abuses Yun, turning him into a trained killer, and does unspeakable things in order to possess and control the Avatar. The fact that Yun or Kyoshi was his old friend’s reincarnation didn’t seem to matter to him.

Hei-Ran had the highest number of “accidental” kills in the Fire Academy. And she also played a role in the abuse Yun went through, who again, they all thought was Kuruk’s reincarnation.

Kelsang is the least worst, mostly because he showed remorse for the dirty shit he did to keep peace in the Earth Kingdom, and didn’t take part in abusing Yun (he probably didn’t even know about it). He even tried to protect Kyoshi from Jianzhu and paid for it with his life. He was mostly just a terrible friend. I mean, what kind of close friend reacts to their friend’s love confession poem by making him destroy it? It’s unbelievably cruel. And even if he didn’t mean to cause a massacre through his air-bending, he still is culpable for those deaths and Tagaka was right to hate him for what he did.

Now - their friendship with Kuruk. I don’t think any of them were that close friends with him. Maybe they were true companions to the Avatar, but not true close friends to Kuruk. Hell, the fire sage looked like he was a better friend than the three of them. They stuck with him during the good times, but when he started secretly spiralling (ie. getting drunk, partying, womanizing) they apparently just assumed that he was being lazy and selfish and purposefully not doing his duty as the Avatar.

At the very end, they view him as a disappointment of an Avatar and think negatively about him. Jianzhu thinks about his death as “the only time he was ever early for anything”. Hei-Ran complains about Kuruk’s fire sage friend ruining him. Kelsang also doesn’t share any positive memories of Kuruk, as far as I can tell--the only memory he shares is the time he yelled at Kuruk and made him destroy the love poem he wrote.

Contrast this with how Rangi and Kyoshi’s friends thinks about Kyoshi. “You may be the Avatar, but there is only one Kyoshi”. Rangi is focused on Kyoshi becoming the best Avatar she can be, but she clearly cares about her as an individual as well. She and Kyoshi’s other friends care about her well-being, insisting that she look after herself properly. We see the same thing with Aang and his friends, and Korra and her friends. They all love and care about their Avatar as a person first and Avatar second.

I do not see that in Kuruk’s Team Avatar. To me, it just looks like Kuruk’s friends were mainly focused on training him to be a good Avatar and didn’t know him that well as a person, at least not enough to care unconditionally about him. So when he seemingly started shirking his Avatar duties and doing what they coined “being Kuruk”, they were disappointed and treated him like a failing Avatar first instead of someone who needed help.

I cannot imagine the Gaang or Korra’s friends treating Aang or Korra the way Kuruk’s friends treat Kuruk.

Finally, Kuruk.

Kuruk is a total sweetheart and his friends didn’t deserve him. Is he flawed? Yes. Did he make mistakes? Hell yes. But he’s also actually a very sweet guy who tried to do his best with the situation he found himself in.

He loved his friends so much. In his flashback passages, you can clearly see just how much he loves them and it’s so heart-breaking how they end up believing the worst of him. And he chose to keep his spirit hunting secret from them, to protect them from what the dark spirits had done to him.

They really didn’t deserve him. I do wonder if Kuruk might have been a bit blind to their worse flaws? Or maybe he just loved them anyway.

And that’s pretty much all I have to say about this right now. I’ll probably write up more of my thoughts later, about Kuruk’s relationship with Kyoshi and Yangchen, why I think Kelsang behaved terribly during the love poem incident, and about Hei-Ran’s reaction when Kuruk is found sleeping with that maid during the severe illness he receives after killing one of the dark spirits.

#I really don't like Kuruk's Team Avatar #except nyahitha #nyahitha is cool #the rise of kyoshi spoilers #the shadow of kyoshi spoilers #trok spoilers #tsok spoilers #avatar kuruk #hei-ran #jianzhu #kelsang #nyahitha

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perenlop · 2 years

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maybe i shouldnt be getting new books when i still havent finished reading the second kyoshi book or “kingdom of sand” but like the first one is really boring so far to be fair

#also im focused on beloved since thats technically actually for class (tho i enjoy it a lot on its own)#echoed voice #im almost done with it and dont have any more actual novels to read for the semester so here we go #idk kyoshi is like a good protagonist and all but jianzhu's absence is felt very very hard #im sure the yun stuff will be interesting but rn im stuck on fire nation stuff and i do not care for it tbh #this is just me but i dont really like tropes like ''oh we're in a dignified place we have to be very uptight and sophisticated''#bc its always really predictable and i never care about the drama that comes of it andi think its annoying #kyoshi and rangi having to hide their relationship does make for some fresh tension at least but besides that its a drag #i do like that they show she's shaken over killing someone in the first book tho i hope they keep reflecting on that

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mostly-mundane-atla · 2 years

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why do you hate rangi?

Hate is a strong word, i find her more annoying than anything.

In any case, Rangi is a snob who got her every oppotunity handed to her through her mother's connections as nobility, companion and teacher to Avatar Kuruk, and headmistress of the Fire Nation Royal Academy. The only people of lower birth than her whom she doesn't look down upon are Yun (suggested to be hustling to feed himself by making a point not to mention any family, also believed to be the Avatar by the time she met him) and Kyoshi. The fact she never acknowledges nor does she at any point seem to realize her classist behavior is unfounded and unfair and she should work to get better about it makes her relationship with Kyoshi feel grounded in this idea that she's "one of the good poors" or even naturally inferior to some degree. There could be an interesting angle to that, something to dig into and analyze, but we don't get anything deeper than "she's upset with/hard on Kyoshi because she loves her!"

It would have been so easy to write her into a scenario where she had to play the bossed-around servant, either as part of a hiest scheme or expected dynamics between daofei and their abider companions, where she has to experience first-hand what people with fewer opportunities than her (like Kyoshi or the Flying Opera Company) have to put up with and accept as life or find other means to feed themselves. It would have been easy to write her as present for or eavesdropping on a conversation between Kyoshi and one or more members of the Flying Opera Company about hardships they've faced and what draws people to a life of crime (spoiler alert: 9 times out of 10, probably more often if we're being honest, it's desperation to escape a life of poverty) and realize they're just as human as she is, they have reasons for being the way they are, and to judge them on standards of honor that they don't always have the option to follow is assinine. If i may even be allowed to challenge Rangi as a concept, there's no substansial thematic or plot-based reason she had to be Hei-Ran's daughter, rather than, say, someone who fought tooth and nail to become her protégée and secure a better life. The closest she gets to experiencing humility is the shame she feels when her topknot is chopped off.

She had potential. She felt like she was set up to be as dynamic a character as some we saw in the original series. But she never actually developed. Her beliefs about herself are never challenged and her beliefs about the world never seem to actually change much.

She annoys me because she's an annoying character.

#response #not tagging it past that because i don't need zuko stans part 2 flooding me with anon hate

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