#avatar thoughts

[dreaming-of-the-reality]

So I know this may be “controversial” but I’m so sick of seeing people complain about the new Avatar movie and try to cancel it over the most ridiculous things.

For starters… they are 10FT tall blue aliens with 3 fingers living on an alien planet that takes about 5 years to get too, from the future. How are people trying to make this about the human race living today in our times?

People complaining because Jake has dreadlocks… it’s called ✨Na’vi culture✨ on earth it may be an African cultural thing, but they aren’t on earth, they are on Pandora where the Na’vi are an alien race that believe it or not, do in fact have their own culture. Besides they also have a giant braid that has stuff inside of it…

People mad because they think Jake is trying to be “indigenous” when he’s “just some white dude pretending” like bro… it’s called acculturation and assimilation. What else would you expect him to do? It’s like getting mad at a European trying to embrace an Asian culture because his partner and kids are Asian and live in an asian country…

And finally, the people who are for some reason getting triggered because Avatar 3 will have an element of the new Ash tribe and Fire Na’vi saying that James Cameron is “copying” Avatar the last air bender. There are so many ways to break this down but here’s two: 1 is about an alien planet with 10FT tall blue people that have glowing dots on their skin, the other is about a bunch of people controlling elements… (essentially) how are people making connections here?

The other way to break this down is: Pandora is a lot like earth, it’s has ✨biomes✨ and different ✨environments✨ right. So there’s this thing called ‘adapting to your environment’. The Omatikaya is Forest Na’vi which is aliens that live in the forest. The Metkayina is Reef and Sea Na’vi which are aliens that live by and in the sea… the fire Na’vi (from what I’ve heard) live close to or in a volcano… they don’t control the elements they simply live in environments to which they have adapted to and hence the reason they are given different names.

From the sounds of things Pandora has reefs, forests, mountains, deserts, snow(?) and is again just like earths structure and environments. Which makes it so much better than all these other futuristic outer space movies where there are planets that seem to be only 1 biome and earth is the ONLY planet that has multiple.

On earth, people who live or come from Europe are called European. People who live or originate from Africa, are called African. People who originate from Asia, are called Asian. On Pandora, Na’vi who come from the forest are the Omatikaya people. Na’vi who come from the reefs or oceans are the Metkayina people.

So before you all start raising your pitchforks and torches claiming “cUltUraL apProPriation” about 10FT tall blue aliens from outer space, take a second to realise how dumb it sounds. If you didn’t like the movie, that’s okay, but don’t ruin it for the rest of us. It seems today that no one can enjoy something without someone criticising it and ruining it for the ones who just want to watch a cool movie with beautiful aesthetics and nice visuals…

To anyone who’s made it this far into the rant, I appreciate it. To those who don’t agree, I don’t care but feel free to disagree all you want, and to those who agree, again I don’t really care but cool.

#avatar thought #avatar the last airbender #avatar thoughts #avatar #avatar the way of water #avatar 2 #jake sully #james cameron #na’vi #pandora #rants

[fl3shm4id3n]

I got another fic idea

In this version of Fish Girl, Y/n has a unique connection to the Ocean like Moana. Due to Y/n being a human Tonowari and Ronal (mostly Ronal) doesn't really allow Y/n to be in the ocean since she fears she'd drown. But the whole time in secret Y/n has been learning how to control her 'waterbending' until the Sullys came, then her and Kiri have some kind of connection to one another since they both have some kind of ability.

#avatar the way of water #atwow #avatar 2022 #avatar x reader #avatar x you #avatar x y/n #fish girl #fish girl series #avatar thoughts

[ml-typhonverse]

I had a thought today of the Fire Nation and dragons. A nation that believes that within every heart is a dragon, and that dragon hoards the people the person loves. After all, what is a dragon without a hoard?

Zuko's hoard starts out so small, because he has a lot of love to give but isn't great at recognizing it when it's given back. He's been taught through his childhood that a hoard has to look a certain way. High quality jewels and gold coins. Traditional.

But Zuko's hoard winds up full of smaller things. A scarf woven with turtleducks from his mother, a tea-scented scroll of proverbs from Iroh. A golden hairpin sharp enough to kill from Azula. Those were the only things in his hoard when he's banished.

But it grows slowly, full of things no dragon should add to his hoard. A crown of dried flowers and a ball of skybison fur shaped like a poorly made turtleduck. Blue and silver beads and a bone skewer perfect for roasting meat. A moonstone tumbled from a waterfall with all the power within. A lump of obsidian perfectly shaped and powerful, and all the more beautiful for it. A simple fan, both lovely and deadly. A set of throwing knives and a pair of bells.

Yet it doesn't stop there. His hoard fills with tea and letters and drawings from children he's never met because 'dad and mom are home again' and the war is over and the hoard grows taller and taller until one could barely see the walls around it. But Zuko knows where everything is. For a dragon knows each and every piece of their hoard, and in Zuko's heart, there's room for it all.

Azula's hoard, on the other hand, starts small and stays that way. She only wants quality items in her hoard; her love will not be wasted on those unworthy of it. Eventually though, there's nothing left.

A golden crown from her father. (Melted by his own flames because what is the Fire Lord to a Phoenix King?) The dragon-embroidered scarf from her mother. (Ripped to shreds; she always thought Azula a monster). Iroh's scroll, a perfect match to Zuko's. (Burned to a crisp as he always favored Dumdum over her.) Mai's daggers and Ty Lee's bells. (Crushed to powder. They betrayed her, and for Zuzu?!)

In the end, Zuko can bury himself in warmth and love while Azula rages at her emptied hoard, before curling herself around the one remaining treasure to sleep.

A dragon scale, red to black from a burned face. (It's all she has left.)

#avatar the last airbender #avatar thoughts #zuko #azula #dragons #dragon hoarding #zuko goes for quantity #azula for quality #one ends up better than the other in the long run #azula is a perfectionist #and it ruins her

[keshi-gommu]

I've been rewatching Avatar the Last Airbender, and it's been really tough seeing and experiencing a lot of the parallels with Zuko and Myself.

In season 2, episode 1, when Azula is introduced, she convinces Zuko (and Iroh.... kinda) that his father, Ozai, cares for him and wants to have him home. When it's found out that's a lie, Zuko becomes furious and Azula taunts him by saying Ozai sees Zuko as a failure and that he'd never want Zuko home. After Zuko and Iroh escape, they cut off their hair which symbolizes their royalty and family lineage.

It reminds me of about a year ago when I went home to Atlanta to talk to my dad and stepmother, and how hopeful and happy I was to finally feel like a family after nearly 6 years of avoiding them. And when I talked to them, even though they were harsh (like Azula when she first engages Zuko with the lie that he is wanted home) I walked away feeling that I could finally be home and loved by my father. Except, the next day, when I asked why they were so hard on me in particular, I was told I (essentially) needed it because I was such a hard child and that they wouldn't apologize. I was told how my mother never loved me and that I'd never be whole unless I forgave (read: submitted to) my dad.

It reminds me of how I changed my last name and gave up my status as my father's child. I watched my own family lineage flow away from me like Zuko watching his own royallty drift down river. How desperate I felt to be loved by a man who has no problem exploiting the most vulnerable populations, and was happy to take more and more time away from me and my mother. How I wouldve been separated from my mom if there were no courts. Perpetuated by a father who had no problem fighting and choking me as a 10-11 year old child who was afraid and who didn't want to fight him.

#atla #avatar thoughts #trauma dump #trauma #hearing zuko ask #Father Regrets? #hit me hard in the childhood

[aboutiroh]

You know what’s astonishing about Katara? She grew up in a world without bending.

It’s not surprising that Sokka calls her bending ‘magic water’ in the first episode. It might as well have been magic to them at that point; they had never seen it in practice until they meet Aang.

So not only did Katara not have any teachers, she didn’t have any kind of guidance, no visual aids, no idea of how bending is supposed to look or work. The first time she ever sees actual waterbending movements is when she steals the waterbending scroll from the pirates. The first time she meets another waterbender is when she reaches the North Pole, where within weeks she outmasters pretty much everyone and goes on to teach the Avatar.

Everything she does is so incredibly impressive, and yet I can’t help but feel the most proud of her when she catches a fish on that little boat.

#iroh’s content and comments #atla #avatar: the last airbender #i was actually thinking about Sokka and how his opinion on bending changes throughout the show #but this turned into a Katara post anyway #I’ll leave my Sokka thoughts for another day

[demaparbat-hp]

They would.

#atla #lok #legend of korra #korra #toph beifong #lok fanart #lok art #avatar korra #toph beifong art #toph beifong fanart #korra fanart #korra art #avatar the last airbender #atla fanart #atla art #they're besties your honor #I saw the ref pic and inmediatly thought of them #The sheer badassery #Also ✨abs✨

[beif0ngs]

alright look, i just wanna know who is the writer that came up with the dumbass idea of replacing the line “Ever since I lost my son, I think of you as my own” with “Lu Ten would have been proud to have you as his father” in this scene for the Netflix live action series???

#atla #Avatar the Last Airbender #atlaedit #animationedit #Zuko #Uncle Iroh #*mine #GIVE ME THE NAME!!!!! #and it's funny how they chose to keep most of the lines almost verbatim in this scene but then replaced the MOST important line... #seriously who in their right f*cking mind thought that was the better line to say in this context HUH??? #the way it was originally written was such an important highlight of this scene too!! #IT LITERALLY SUMS UP IROH AND ZUKO'S ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP IN ONE SENTENCE #like i know certain dialogues can't be translated well into live action and some changes are necessary #but there was absolutely NO reason to change this particular line whatsoever in this specific scene

[buzzing-honeybee]

for some reason watching atwow i can’t help but to question why it’s shot in the way it is. perhapse its a stylistic choice. perhaps they plan on having all the movies in the future also be shot in this style and maby have flashbacks or what ever and maby cover some stuff?? like it just seems like the movie progressed so fast but many thats cuz i have a weird time perception of movies and media.

i mean it’s nice to see the different story lines and watch them progress but u just hope we get some of all the other characters in the future films.

or maby its just the writing style of whoever was the screen writer or like the person who creates the script.

#avatar way of water #honey.talks #i’m sorry if this makes no sense #i’m both high and sleep deprived #avatar thoughts #atwow #avatar the way of water

[skipppppy]

I love how despite not being a bender, Sokka is the biggest embodiment of everything the Water Tribe values in the show, both good and bad.

Change. Sokka who humbled himself when the Kyoshi warriors proved him wrong and took their teachings to heart. Sokka who always had a plan, a few hundred backup plans, and could still get out of a sticky situation on the fly. Sokka whose friends became bored and aimless without his quick wit and initiative.

Kindness. Sokka who went to save Aang before Katara even had to ask him to. Sokka who saw the humanity in an old man from the fire nation. Sokka who gave Jet a second chance despite being the first one to be suspicious of him. Sokka who showed Zuko to his room and held no resentment against him. Sokka who shielded Toph from falling debris with his body.

Ingenuity. Sokka who invented airships and submarines. Sokka who took down the drill. Sokka who broke into a Fire Nation prison rig and out of the highest security prison in the country. Sokka who levelled Ozai’s entire sky fleet in one tactical manoeuvre.

Love. Sokka who couldn’t remember his mother’s face but carries the grief of her death so deeply that he protects every woman he meets with the same unhealthy hypervigilance. Sokka who instinctually jumps to defend his sister despite their constant bickering.

Community. Sokka who gave up his childhood to become the sole protector of his village and dedicated his time to training the younger boys in combat. Sokka who learned to let go of his hypervigilance and put his trust in the people he’a afraid of losing so they can protect him like he protects them. Sokka who stood alone guarding the gates of his home as Zuko’s ship towered over them.

#sokka is the best avatar character okay. i just have thoughts #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla analysis #sokka #water tribe

[hyacinths-in-a-storm]

I had a weird fever dream in which whenever Lu ten wanted to refer to both Azula and Zuko at the same time, he called them Zaza

#💀 #I have very strange dreams and thoughts #even more so when I’m sick #exhibit 1 #lu ten #azula #zuko #atla #avatar the last airbender

[sourbons]

🧡💛♥️⬇️

#avatar the last airbender #aang #avatar aang #atla #avatar netflix #atla fanart #aang fanart #pro aang #(thats a tag? i thought everybody on my boy’s side!) #avatar #digital art #illustration #artists on tumblr #drawing #art #netflix #myart

[fl3shm4id3n]

I've been watching too many movies recently.

I want to write a fic with an Omaticaya reader having a magical long hair that heals and she saves Neteyam's life even though he did a Flynn Ryder and cut her hair in order to keep her safe from the sky people. Who has been after her for her magical hair.

Or one of Princess Mononoke with Neteyam and an Albino Na'vi who was abandoned by her parents and later to be raised by the Thanators.

This one scene.

#avatar the way of water #avatar 2022 #avatar x reader #atwow #atwow x reader #atwow thoughts #avatar thoughts #writing thoughts

[petricorah]

“nothing much dog, what’s up with you?”

-with new group members comes more opportunities-

+bonus

#sokka #zuko #katara #atla fanart #zuko fanart #zukka #apologies to everyone who just reblogged the wip lol it came out quicker than i thought bc it didn't do a background #sokka fanart #avatar the last airbender fanart #myart

[opens-up-4-nobody]

:-P

#i watched like 2 ep of the remake. thought: whats the point of this? and started rewatching the original #ill never not hear american dragon jake long when zuko speaks #atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #toph

[lapseinart]

I’m really fond of the idea of Zuko being a very competent bureaucrat. Is he an amazing fire bender by literally anyone other than the royal family’s standards? Hell yeah! But he’s also got an incredible head for facts and figures and his calligraphy is On Point and he can read really really fast so he’s just really good at paperwork.

And so one day Zuko gets fed up with Azula taunting him about being Fire Lord as soon as she escapes that he’s just like fine. And he dumps copies of rice tax allocations and legal petitions and a long list of candidates for a new Minister of Health and funding requests from the Minister of Education and the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Culture (all of whom he’s planning on firing but he gives them to her just to see what she does) and he says okay. Be the Fire Lord. Those need to be done by the end of the week. I’ll bring the rest down tomorrow.

And Azula’s beyond competent okay? She could do all of this and more. So she looks through everything, makes a few modifications, some of which Zuko even takes up because his little sister is a genius, but damn if it isn’t boring as hell. Sometimes when Zuko comes by she’s looking over a budget allocation for the Ministry of Agriculture and casually says, oh we had to arrest Minister Yu because he tried to assassinate me. His replacement gave us a new budget. And Azula’s eye twitches as she crumples up the parchment she was holding and thrusts her hand out to receive the new budget allocation form. She sets it on fire and pretends it’s the traitor. Nobody should get to kill her brother except for her.

And by Agni Azula knows what he’s doing because between the two of them there was one that actually enjoyed doing homework and one that would rather be outside practicing forms. But Azula Will Be Fire Lord mark her words. Azula was the politically savvy one. Azula was the one who knew how to maneuver all the pieces into place.

Azula wanted to burn all the paperwork, even if that was as good as admitting defeat.

She lasts until Zuko peers into her cell to comment on the fact that she couldn’t set a meeting with the cabinet on the day of the summer solstice without losing the support of the Sage’s (who were invaluable in maintaining the dynasty) that Azula loses it. She sets the paperwork on fire. Zuko opens the door to her cell and she stomps out.

Zuko is the Fire Lord, and the Lightning Princess stands at his side. Pointedly not doing paperwork.

#atla #zuko #Azula #fire nation #Zuko & Azula #paperwork #avatar the last airbender #lapse in thoughts #almost a #ficlet #lapse in writing #1k

[deimosatellite]

#when we thought the atla MIGHT be ok after opla but it turns out opla is just an exception #HS9D8FUIPJLK #annie rambles #opla #one piece #avatar the last airbender #ive heard mixed reviews about the atla live action but the consensus feels like the writers werent in tune with the source enough #where opla it really feels like the writers understand op at its core so thus were able to transform it #but maybe thats just me #80U9DSFPOJKL #i have so many thoughts on how much i liked opla i should make a separate post but like. for one not disrespecting source by #saying that the new take is ''more for adults" or whatever / all that nonsense #and again just respecting source material feels like a major difference here