#azula x zhao

[azulas-daddy-kink]

Gotta love the puriteens in fandom bitching about ships that are older than they are. My dude, Zhaoko is old enough to vote! Zucest, Zhaozula, and Ozula are not far behind... sit tf down lol.

#anti anti #fuck antis #proship #fandumb #fandom fuckery #atla #zuko x zhao #zhaoko #zuko x azula #zucest #azula x zhao #zhaozula #ozai x azula #ozula

[thepublishingpress]

the fire burns so bright (until i cannot hide)

Sokka always feels like he has something to prove.

From being a worthy son, a strong warrior, to a wise leader.

But there is something else that he yearns to prove, in his heart of hearts, buried deep.

He wants to prove that he isn’t a monster.

He’s not like them.

His father tells him, again and again, I know you are not like them, I know you would never do that, never betray us.

I know, I know, I know.

But it all feels fake.

It always feels fake.

Sokka knows that in the elders’ hearts, in some of the mens’ hearts, maybe even in his parents’ hearts, they fear him.

They are terrified of what he can do.

And beside him, beside his flame that he can push to the surface and burn this place to the ground, is a blue-faced figure, standing tall, silent and watchful.

But Katara doesn’t know this.

He didn’t know this, for a time.

No one knows this, except for the elders, his parents, and some of the men.

And he was fine with that, he was fine with his powers.

Until they took his mother away.

After, he always felt stares, crawling up his body, 

The judgement, the renewed suspicion.

And so, is it really any surprise that one night, feeling alone, and bitter, and isolated, he cries?

He tries not to cry too loud, to avoid waking Katara or Gran-gran or even Dad and causing them to fly into a panic, muffling his sobs with his parka.

He stops, though, when he feels a hand on his shoulder.

He flinches, and opens his mouth, prepared to shoo away Katara or maybe even Dad, but stops, freezing when he sees its face.

A blue face, marked with intimidating snow-white fangs.

His mother had always told him he was blessed by a spirit, but Sokka had never bought it. After all, the spirits and the Avatar abandoned the world, so why should they care about him? A fire child, an ashmaker.

But here one of them was, crouching next to him.

“Who are you?” Sokka whispers, because he would really like some answers.

The spirit tilts its– his? –head and says, “I do not know. I do not remember. All know is that I am is your protector.”

“I’ll give you your name,” Sokka decides, “The Blue Spirit.” He chooses to call him.

“I like that name,” He tells Sokka, “But now, will you tell me about your pain, child of the flame?”

Sokka blinks. That subject change was very fast. But he supposed Blue was like that. Quick, to the point. Sokka scooches closer to his supposed guardian. “It’s just that I’m Water Tribe,” Sokka confesses, and spirits does it feel good to let this out. “We’re all about, um, watery stuff you know? And I’m, well, like you said, a ‘child of the flame.’”

Blue seems very thoughtful, placing his hand under his chin. “You are Water Tribe by birth, but fire flows through your veins,” He muses to himself. “Agni certainly loves to play such games.”

“I just wish Agni hadn’t picked me.” Sokka complains.

Blue chuckles, only for a bit. “No one, not even most spirits, would like to get caught it Agni’s web of odd games.” He agrees.

Sokka grins at him. “At least I have you now.”

And that was the beginning.

~

When the Fire Princess came, Sokka was terrified. 

He felt ready to run and to hide, but he felt and cold hand on his shoulder, and resolve filled him once more. 

He put on the face paint.

And was instantly knocked down.

Sokka tumbled through the snow, and there was his presence again. He’s taking this guardian role very seriously, Sokka thinks in the back of his head as Katara rushes towards him.

Then the tiny 12-year old boy came, and sacrificed himself to keep their village safe.

Katara tells him they have to find him, and that she doesn’t care if he doesn’t want to, because she’ll go anyway.

(But Sokka, being the genius he is, had the forethought to get a boat before Katara even opened her mouth.)

~

When Sokka had tried to show-off to the Kyoshi Girls, he did have his reasons.

They were dumb reasons, but reasons nonetheless. 

He was also definitely not expecting to be humiliated, the girls laughing at him, and the hot burn of shame scalding him like heated water as he leaves.

But he remains curious as to how they fought, the fluid motions interesting him.

So, later, he approaches the leader– at least, the person he assumes to be the leader– and asks her to teach him.

He humbly kneels down and says, “I’m sorry for what I said,” He apologizes. “I would be honored to be taught by you.”

Suki raises an eyebrow. “Really?” She asks, skepticism dripping off her voice. “You be willing to be taught by a girl?”

Sokka bobs his head. “Of course.”

She smirks. “And you swear to follow all of our traditions?”

“Yes.” Sokka agrees.

Her smirk grows wider, which, honestly, should have put up some red flags for Sokka. “Just so you know, I do mean all of them.”

Sokka didn’t understand until he put on the dress.

Sokka grimaced as he twirled around a little. “It’s a dress,” He complains. “I can’t fight in a dress!”

“It’s not a dress,” Suki says patiently. “It’s our armor.” When the slight pout was still on his face, she says, “Hey, listen. That silk is for bravery, and gold for honor. Wear that with pride.”

Sokka pauses. Those things were good. Maybe it wasn’t so ba—

“Hey, Sokka! Nice dress!” Aang says cheerily, and Sokka knows it’s probably meant as a good thing, but spirits does he want to strangle Aang.

Sokka pulled a face. “Let’s just get this over with,” He says glumly.

He ends up getting knocked down again and again, over and over. He gets frustrated, throwing his fan into the wooden pillar.

Suki sighs. “Sokka, you don’t use brute force in this style of fighting,” She explains. “You use the enemy’s strength against them. Now,” She tugs the fan from the pillar and hands it over. “Try again.”

-

The peace Sokka was feeling was quickly disrupted, for Fire Princess Azula arrived.

She and her crew started attacking the Kyoshi Warriors. Azula was perhaps the most vicious in her methods, flipping Kyoshi Warriors, sending them flying. Sokka felt his heart beat, faster and faster. He flew into action, jumping forward, fighting with his fans, albeit a little clumsily.

But Azula sadly is able to knock him over as well. 

“You seem to be getting better,” She says mockingly. “For a peasant, I suppose.” She raises her fist to deal the finishing blow, but an invisible presence, and Sokka knows it’s Blue, drags him faster than any normal human could.

“Sokka!” Katara cries, rushing forward. “Come on! We have to leave.”

“But–” Sokka tries to say, but then Suki is there.

“You have to leave, Sokka” Suki tells him, and maybe his heart cracks a little here.

“Wait!” Sokka says, “I just wanted to say, I’m sorry for treating you like a girl when I should’ve treated you like a warrior.”

Suki smiles. “I may be a warrior,” She says softly, leaning forward and pecking him on the cheek, “But I’m a girl too.”

He blinks, but he can’t say anything in reply because Blue has started dragging him again.

Later, Aang confirms Sokka’s theory that the bald kid is absolutely insane because he rides the Unagi, that crazy serpent thing, and extinguishes all the fire.

He tries to talk with Blue about it later, but the spirit just huffs, and like a child, crosses his arms and looks away whenever Kyoshi Island is mentioned.

~

The first time Aang meet Blue, they tell him later, is when Sokka is kidnapped by Hei Bai.

Aang finds Blue in a panic, frantically searching for his chosen. The moment he sees Aang, Blue grips his shoulders and begs him to find Sokka.

As they search, Blue explains. “When the spirit kidnapped Sokka, they somehow separated me from him. I can’t– I can’t find him in here, the spirit is hiding him somewhere, I can’t–”

Aang places a comforting hand on Blue’s shoulder. “We’ll find him, don’t worry,” He promises, and Blue relaxes.

Meanwhile, Sokka is screaming as Hei Bai drags him away, kicking and struggling.

Hei Bai seems to quickly tire of this, tossing him away into the fog. 

Sokka hits the ground a bit too hard, and passes out.

-

Blue shakes him awake. When Sokka opens his eyes, Blue sighs with relief and hugs him tightly. 

“You’re alive,” Blue murmurs, his voice muffled by Sokka’s shirt. “I thought I failed and that– that you were gone forever–”

“But I’m not,” Sokka says gently, “I’m still here and sarcastic and incredibly as strong and manly as ever, Blue.”

Blue huffs. “Sure you are.”

(Things don't stay all chummy for long. Aang has a time limit, the comet, and then...)

~

When Sokka heard the screams of his little sister, he ran. 

She was crying, and crying hard as she ran away. Aang stood a few feet away, looking horrified. 

Sokka felt anger rising in his chest, breaths puffing out quicker. 

“What happened?!” Sokka screamed. “Who did this to my sister?”

“I did!” Aang said, voice cracking. “I'm sorry, I was practising firebending and it got out of control–”

And Sokka’s brain stopped. The words circled around in his head. 

Practising firebending, got out of control, practising firebending–

It got out of control. 

Sokka’s breathing quickened as he remembered the day he tried to firebend and Blue’s face had been burnt and Sokka had cried and cried and begged for forgiveness until Blue told him he was a spirit and he was fine and now this had happened to his sister. 

“Get out,” Sokka said, voice shaking. “Get. Out!”

And Aang obliges, running away. Sokka packs up Appa, rambling to Blue. 

His hands tremble as he places all their stuff. “I could have done that to Katara, Blue. I could have done that to anyone. I already did it to you!”

Blue sighs. “Let me do the packing, Sokka.” Blue says gently. 

“Why?! I'm fine! Completely fine! Totally focused.” Sokka exclaims. 

“Sokka, you're completely rattled. You're even tying up Momo.” Blue points out. 

Sokka realized this was quite true, and begrudgingly obliged. 

~

Sokka’s heart is quaking, because he has to hurry fast. 

He has to save these people.

He’s not what Jet said he was, he’s not an ashmaker, he’s not like those people that took his mom and Jet’s parents from them!

He’s good, and he repeats that to himself over and over.

(Somehow, it feels like a lie.)

But Blue is there, and it makes him feel good.

(But only a little.)

“Please!” He begs the town, “I’m not a spy! I’m serious! The dam will break, and your town will be flooded!”

The soldiers growl, coming closer at them with their very pointy spears. “Just look at your clothes!” One of them says in disgust. “Some other nation scum, I’ll wager. The Water Tribes certainly must be weak if they sent you.”

The others grumble in agreement.

Sokka might’ve been drowned with them, trying to convince them to listen, but someone steps forward.

“Listen to the boy!” An old man says, voice shaking from age. Sokka realizes it's the elderly man Jet tried to attack. “A crazed young man tried to attack me just because I was Fire Nation, even if I did no wrong against him! I certainly wouldn’t put it past him to blow this town to smithereens if given half the chance.”

The town evacuates almost immediately.

-

When he finds Katara and Aang, Katara is beating the living daylights out of Jet, tears forming at the corner of her eyes.

Sokka tells them all of the village’s survival. 

“You’re a traitor, Sokka!” Jet screams at him, “A traitor! You’re no better than the Fire Nation! You are an ashmaker!”

Katara looks murderous, but Sokka cuts in before she could say anything.

“No, Jet.” Sokka says calmly, though inside the words sting, “You became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people.”

-

“Sokka,” Katara says carefully as they leave, “Why did Jet call you an ‘ashmaker?’”

And now, he cannot hide anymore. He just opens his palms, and small flame flickers.

Katara gasps. “Sokka, you–”

“I know,” Sokka says shakily, “I know. I’m an– an ashmaker.”

“Sokka,” Katara whispers, “Don’t say that.”

And Katara hugs him, and so does Aang, and then Momo joins in and Appa lets out a little roar.

And, as always, there’s Blue. And even if Sokka can’t see his face, he thinks he’s smiling.

~

The Northern Water Tribe is disgusted by him.

Really, he should’ve expected it.

More awful and hateful words are thrown at him, especially by Hahn. They push him into the snow. 

Yue is the only one who doesn’t care.

She is nice to him, and finds his fire fascinating.

“Why?” Sokka asks. “Why do you like it?”

Yue pauses. “I am a non-bender,” She says softly. “And being a firebender is always better than being a non-bender. At least people take you seriously and they respect you. Even if in their heads they think you a monster.”

Sokka thought about that a while after, and realized it was true.

He and Yue talk a little more, and he realizes he’s falling for her, fast.

(He doesn’t see the angry aura radiating off Blue in massive waves when he figures this out.)

-

Sokka cries after the Siege.

He hates this, so much.

He hates Zhao, he hates the Sun Spirit, he hates–

He hates his firebending!

The hot tears of shame and hatred and grief rush out of his eyes.

And then there’s whispering sounds, going faster and faster until it suddenly stops and Blue appears.

Blue crouches in front of him, and grabs his chin.

Sokka stares into the seemingly soulless eyes.

(But Sokka knows there’s humanity in Blue. He knows how Blue reacted when Sokka got kidnapped.)

Blue carefully wipes Sokka’s tears away with his thumb.

“I know now,” Blue says. “I am not only your guardian. I am also to be your friend.”

Sokka cups Blue’s hand, which is now resting on his cheek.

“Thank you,” He whispers, and Sokka means it. “You give me more warmth than any burning flame.”

&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&

A/N: uhhh yeah it took a while- i decided to split this into the books bc i realized how lengthy some of the episodes would get (like the boiling rock for one. theres a reason its split into multiple parts.)

(also to see if anyone would like this lmao)

@ultfreakme as promised, it is here!

#atla #avatar the last airbender #writing #fanfic #fanfiction #aang #sokka #zuko #blue spirit #zukka #yue #zhao #azula #princess azula #atla azula #azula avatar #atla katara #katara #jet #avatar jet #atla sokka #atla jet #jet atla #zuko atla #katara atla #prince zuko #blue spirit zuko #zuko x sokka #blue spirit x sokka #firebender sokka au

[all-bi-myself-lol]

Not that anybody asked, I just wanted to do this.

A couple of things:

-Katara’s sarcasm and sense of humor are very underrated, and her bending growth is the best in the series. I would marry this woman.

-I hate Ozai because he is abusive to his children and an all around psychopath. However, I do believe that he is a very well written villain.

-Into the Inferno (Sozin’s Comet pt 3) is my fav because I think it has the best fights in the finale and I love me good fights.

-The Great Divide is boring as hell.

-I have many problems with Aang. That deserves another post.

-Ty Lee is super badass and I think she isn’t talked about enough.

-Azula’s plans were brilliant and I think if she didn’t go off the rails, she would’ve been the best firebender of all time.

-In my opinion, Zhou is not a bad villain, I just like him less than others like Azula, Ozai, and Long Feng.

-Zutara has a lot of chemistry in my opinion. I think about them daily. I read fanfics. I write fanfics. I will forever ship them.

-Obviously there are worse ships out there than Maiko (Insest, pedophillia, etc.), but of the cannon ships they are my least favorite, followed by Kataang. I may elaborate on this later.

-Water is my favorite element because I just love how much waterbending looks and if I could be a bender I would definitely choose water.

-Obviously the Fire Nation does terrible things, but before and after the war, they are the most inclusive and functional nation by far. I also just think it has the best natural beauty.

#I will never stop talking about this show for as long as I live #avatar #avatar the last airbender #katara #zuko #aang #zuko x katara #atla #zutara #hot takes #Ty Lee #azula #Ozai #zhao #fire nation #water

[writebecauseyoucannotbreathe]

Azula: Mother, why did all the books you read to me as a child involve gory implications?

Ursa: I haven't the faintest idea of what you could possibly be referring to.

Azula: Jack and Jill?

Ursa: I didn't write that. That was read to you word by word.

Azula: The original had them falling into a volcano?

Ursa: It never said. I never clarified. One must always be aware of ones surroundings.

Azula: What about all those Fire Nation romances where several people die? I know those you hand-selected.

Ursa: It adds depth. One does not go to theatre for the mundane. Love is passion! Love is fire! Of course someone has to die!

Aang: I would have rather avoided the lightning.

Ursa: You survived didn't you? Sacrifice is necessary lest you want a boring love story.

Azula: Wait, how did you and dad meet?

Ursa: There's a reason why your father never considered another after my banishment, dear. Our love was never mundane.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #azulaang #azula #aang #ursa #incorrect quotes #atla incorrect quotes #aang x azula #ursa x ozai #incorrect atla #zhao doesnt count because tbh I dont think ursa considers him competition like zhao could never be fire lady #zhao also doesnt consider himself competition hes in it for the promotions

[moneneki]

Since you’ve written so many amazing big-brained ATLA rarepairs, which would you say are your favorites?

Hello and thanks a lot for both the complilment AND the ask!! I just love so much your Irosami content 😭😭😭

As for my favorite ATLA rarepairs... It's a but hard to say, but I'm extremely fond of Zhayu (also of Yue/Zuko but I don't know if it still counts as a rarepair) and Azula/Kuei, I just find those dynamics fascinating.

But as an important note, I love with my whole heart all the tags I've contributed the first work to! Now that I go through my AO3 profile I realize those are a few already 😂 but in particular, Hahn/Toph and Jin/Kuei. There's the very specific AU about Poppy Beifong/Zhao that I started writing as a crack fic joke and then it turned into a serious thing for me 😅

Thanks again, and sorry it took me so long to get to answer!!

#i Think i've created 6 tags? #I'm very proud of those #thanks for the ask!! #moneneki answers #moneneki #zhayu #yue x zuko #azula/kuei #Hahn/Toph #Jin/Kuei #Poppy Beifong/Zhao

[kingoftheu]

Avatar Fic! Ty Lee and Azula go to the Fire Festival and stuff!

#avatar the last airbender #avatar #azula #azula avatar #avatar azula #ty lee #ty lee avatar #avatar ty lee #fire nation #Fire nation culture #avatar mai #mai avatar #zuko #atla zhao #ty lee atla #ty lee x azula #tyzula #lesbian #bisexual #pansexual

[locknessquik-icetea-monster]

Finally got around to making one of these lol. I hade way too much fun with this.

Gotta love being a multi shipper ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷

Some of my favourite ships weren’t on here so I made a second one with some other ships I love and some I hate just to keep it even.

Ships I added:

- zue: Zuko x Yue (also known as yuko)

- hakursa: Hakoda x Ursa

- bakoda: Hakoda x Bato

- zhaoko: Zhao x Zuko

- katoph: Katara x Toph

- zutaraang: Zuko x Katara X Aang

- rozin: Roku x Sozin

- tysuki: Ty Lee x Suki

- zucest: Zuko x Azula

- tyzuki: Ty Lee x Zuko x Suki

- aangji: Aang x On Ji

- jinjetko: Jin x Zuko x Jet

- bahakya: Bato x Hakoda x Kya

- yuzukki: Yue x Zuko x Sokka x Suki

#kataang #zutara #yuetara #azutara #jetara #zukka #jetko #jinko #maiko #sukka #yukka #yueki #zukki #jetkotara #suyukka #maileezula #tyzula #zue #yuko #hakursa #bakoda #rozin #tysuki #tyzuki #aangji #jinjetko #bahakya #yuzukki #atla #atla jar ship game

[iminaworldofpureimagination]

#atla #azula #ozai #aang #sokka #suki #jet #katara #toph #mai #ty-kee #zuko #zhao

[azulas-daddy-kink]

I know it isn't your main ship but i loved reading your zhao and azula works on ao3. They're so good and they would be a hot unstoppable couple. I didn't think I'd end up seeing the chemistry between then but they do in your story. I hope one day you write more stories with zhao and azula together, with that same level of smutty goodness you put into your ozula stories. I would love to read them whenever they come out.

Thank you for your compliments, I'm really glad you enjoy my Zhao/Azula works! It is a pairing I always wind up coming back to at some point, so you can definitely expect to see more of it in the future.

It's a shame it's so slept on, I think it has really great potential, too. And Azula's upbringing, particularly in regards to Ozai's abuse, would naturally lead her to go seeking out unhealthy relationships with older men.

#ask response #anon ask #atla #azula #zhao atla #azula x zhao #zhaozula

[ariihen]

some thoughts on netflix's adaptation of atla:

kiawentiio was done dirty cause she has so much of katara's bite and sass in her interviews

u can really tell the writing is the series' weakest point because the actors have what it takes to bring those characters to life but they'll only be able to do so much with the script and direction they're given

the wigs are SO ugly. yue had it the worst imo. she deserved better

suki was perfect

LET SOKKA WEAR DRAG U COWARDS

why the fuck are ppl just bending without bending forms and stances. why is aang able to fly without needing to lose his earthly tethers

why are they randomly cutting and pasting scenes in weird places

why is the swamp scene combined with the spirit world????? that was important in setting up toph's introduction????

the fact that the writers knew it made no sense for katara and sokka to end up in the spirit world with aang so even the characters said it and they just handwaved it bc plot lol

so much exposition. clearly the mark of a good story is when the character have to TELL u everything that's happening 🫠

the writers are such big kyoshi stans

like why is she taking other characters' roles

why is gran gran doing katara's intro

iroh and zuko are cute

zuko's choreo is so good

zhao is still a dumbass

his death is unsatisfying. what happened to getting fucked by the spirit world if u fuck with it. where's the ocean spirit dragging his ass to its demise. why is iroh providing his sentence

mai and ty lee are doing nothing but have terrible wigs and give exposition on ozai's motives that they somehow knoe about

aang: *gets told there's no easy way out in being the avatar*

also aang: *gets told everything he needs to know*

badgermoles are empaths now????

bumi they nerfed u

aang they nerfed u

gyatso u deserved a cooler fight to the death they really nerfed u

it's so fucking stupid that aang has to be in shrines to talk to his past lives

kinda cool they go into more detail of the past avatars' lives ig. even if only slightly

katara vs pakku was so lackluster

these bending fights are so lackluster unless ur zuko ig

no srsly how are some ppl just bending without forms. like sozin in episode 1 roasting that dude by just holding him

jun exists only to flirt w the dragon of the west and good on her, me too girl

what's the point of sokka getting suki's fan if he's not even gonna use it...

there's no stronger relationship than sokka x momo

oma and shu are gay i think. love that for them

why tf did aang spend this entire story not even trying to pick up another element. katara literally offers to learn with him a few times and he just didn't feel like it lol

OG azula was impressive and scary. netflix azula feels more like the eldest asian daughter trying rly hard to get her parents' approval. idk she's just alright

so much expositions

ok sure let's have time sensitive plot A not conclude in one episode, have it stretch to the next episode, and still only rush in concluding it at the very end in the backburner of plot B. let's just handwave the fact that those people definitely should've died in like the three days it takes them to resolve plot B

the cabbage merchant is cabbage merchanting

effects are good

#atla #netflix atla #netflix avatar the last airbender #atla spoilers

[cute-angi]

Me: watching natla

Natla: Azula praises Zhao in front of her dad. Zhao simps for Azula in front of her Brother.

Me: Wow. Wow. Wow. Wait! Stop! No!

My brain: Zhao x Azula

😣 i am sorry

#atla #zhao #general zhao #admiral zhao #princess azula #azula #natla #natla spoilers #avatar live action

[stripedsocks12]

avatar x avatar au

so basically this au doesn't follow either storyline in particular, and its basically avatar the last airbender but they're all aliens

The "fire nation" is the RDA and TAP students, the RDA being people like Zhao, Ozai, and Iroh, and the TAP students being Mai and Ty Lee.

Zuko and Azula are half na'vi/avatars. Azula is more aligned with the RDA, while looking more Navi (three fingers, no eyebrows) while Zuko looks more like an avatar. (I'm revamping their designs already)

Aang is a nomad (ofc) raised by Gyatso after being found as an infant hidden in the brush near his parents bodies. Which were looted by the RDA, even the songcords, so their clan wasn't recognizable. Gyatso himself is an escaped Sarentu. And bald. Aang is the Alaksi Nari (I have to write more on that) but this won't follow the story of that game.

Sokka and Katara are from a sea clan to the south, having been raided in the past, they harbor harsh grudges against humans. Hakoda leads the war effort as the Olo'eyktan, and has little time to tend to his children, leaving them in the care of their grandmother.

Yue is the tsakarem of a sea clan to the north, and was saved as a child by her spirit sibling Tui. (Guess who La's spirit sibling is)

Toph is a young blind na'vi from the plains, who sees through the eyes of her mounts. She's absolute ass at gathering and favors the soundblast colossus and hammerhead titanothere.

Jet (I'm sorry) had his queue severed when his camp was attacked when he was young. Since then, he's sworn revenge and attacks any human he sees. Smellerbee and Longshot are from the same camp and accompany him. (To keep him out of trouble mostly)

Momo is a terapteron, Appa is a pachyderm. (unless I find a better fitting animal)

#please bear with me i wrote this on my phone #I had to get it all out of my head #avatar the way of water #avatar frontiers of pandora #avatar the last airbender #avatar x avatar au #avatar #na'vi

[writebecauseyoucannotbreathe]

Aang: Azula how old did you think I was when we first met?

Azula: Seven.

Aang: Seven???? You would have been okay with murdering a seven year old??!

Azula: It made it easier in a way. If you haven't been alive that long there's not as much to miss.

Aang: ...oh.

Azula: Also, you're bald and seven makes far more sense than a hundred and twelve.

Aang: Fair enough.

Azula: How old did you think I was when we first met?

Aang: ...seven.

Azula: Aang, I know you're lying. Try again, Avatar.

Aang: Okay, fine I thought you were twenty one. In my defense, it's really hard to tell age in this century.

Azula: You thought I was that much older than you? Tsk. Tsk. You had a crush on me.

Aang: So? We're together now and it's not like you act your age.

Azula: Hmph. Fair point.

Aang: ...

Aang: How old was Zhao? Because I thought he was younger than me and if he's not then my previous interactions with him bring up a lot of questions.

#azulaang #atla #avatar the last airbender #azula #aang #zhao #incorrect quotes #atla incorrect quotes #aang x azula #incorrect atla

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A lot of people rightfully parallel Kataang to Omashu but there is 1 more pair of entities (or entwinted) they directly & heavily parallel in this episode: Tui & La in TSOTN Part II

In that episode the Water Spirit La loses its other half Moon Spirit Tui in a cruel murder orchestrated by Firebending Master Admiral Zhao. With the death of Tui, all hope is lost. Because the Moon itself imploded in a time of war. La goes on a roaring ramage of revenge against the invading Fire Nation fleets. Thanks to the oasis water, La lives on thanks to the soul of Princess Yue

In this episode the Waterbending Master Katara loses her other half Avatar Aang in a cruel murder orchestrated by Fire- & Lightningbending Master Princess Azula. With the death of Aang, all hope is lost. Because the symbol of spirits & humans itself has died in a time of war. Katara goes on a roaring rampage of revenge against the Dai Li, Princess Azula & Prince Zuko. She is devestated & it isn't until Iroh yells at her to escape that she does. Thanks to the oasis water, Aang lives on thanks to Katara resurrecting his soul & body from death

The difference however is: La x Tui dance for eternity once more, different but content. Kataang however go would not go on to live their lives until Sozin's Comet ends

#legend of aang #ATLA rewatch #tui #la #book 1: water #the siege of the north part 2 #book 2: earth #crossroads of destiny #lb #tui and la #katara #aang #kataang

[snorlaxlovesme]

thoughts and feelings about the Netflix's Live Action Avatar, now that I've finished:

overall, net positive! as i said in my previous post about the first 3 episodes [x], i'm someone who goes into adaptations with minimal expectations, treating it more like fanfiction, so I can spend more time enjoying myself than being a butthurt baby, so with that in mind i can say that I enjoyed myself a lot! there are episodes that i'm actually really excited to rewatch (5 and 6 are bangers and i won't be told otherwise)

i'm not going to lie and claim that any of the actors will be winning Daytime Emmys, but there were a few standout performances for me at least:

-Zuko was incredible. i love the way this version leaned into Zuko's desperation to capture the Avatar, because now he finally had a real chance of being able to come home after all these years. his acting pre- and post-Agni Kai in the flashbacks felt so sincere. his optimism was adorable before the war meeting and his shattered expression after Ozai banished him was fucking heartbreaking.

-i really loved the boy who played Aang. he was so charming and cute! and i think as the episodes went along he gradually got better at displaying more subtle emotion. for such a young child actor i thought he was doing amazing

-Sokka's actor was putting in work in the back half! i was impressed! the first half of the show I was pretty neutral about Sokka's acting but the more development he got the more I appreciated what his actor was bringing to the table. i think he just needed to be paired with the right acting partners in a scene to bring out the best of his abilities. Katara didn't give him much to work off of, but his scenes with Sai and Yue really hit

-Zhao was great too! they really re-worked his character to be a lot more important from the jump and i loved seeing how underhanded he was being during all of Zuko's quest. normally seeing Zhao on-screen just annoys me but i loved this version and how patronizing he was to Zuko

-idk man every time Gyatso was on screen I was crying. that's just how it is. every time i saw his face it felt like a warm hug

i think the weird part of this adaptation is that the parts that were adapted were pretty mid (or sometimes just bad) in a lot of cases, but whenever they added in their own original ideas it really shined! i feel like that's not the case with a lot of adaptation, people want to see what they know, but honestly if they added in more of their own original writing in s2 I would not be mad because i loved what these writers were bringing to the table (for the most part)

-i've already said that the way they structured ep 1 to include the start of the war was awesome. that was a cool change to show the audience from the jump that they weren't planning on boring everyone with a one-to-one(but worse) adaptation. it also set the tone really well bc my GOD do firebenders be setting people on fire in this show

-big fan of the early inclusion of Kyoshi and the idea that Aang can only convene with past Avatars at their temples. that was not a Hard Rule in the original and it always felt weird to me that sometimes he needed to be at a certain place on a certain day to communicate with his past lives but then in the finale he just had to meditate wherever he was. but yeah, they used Kyoshi lore from the novels and did indeed lose my mind about it

-Zuko and the 41st division. that was SUCH a cool storyline that was woven in starting at episode ONE and i was genuinely impressed with how hard it hit. i didn't see that coming and it had me CRYINGGGG. so yeah, BIG thumbs up for that original storyline. and also they inclusion of the post-Agni Kai Zuko recovering in the hospital and getting banished for claiming that maybe the weak just need the opportunity to get strong. heartbreaking, devastating on its own (Zuko's actor truly was killing me, i loved him so much) but once we see Zuko and Azula start going toe-to-toe next season that line will hurt me even more

-the bonding moment about calligraphy between Aang and Zuko was a really good bait and switch. in the original Blue Spirit episode Zuko didn't talk to Aang at all before firing at him. i like that i was expecting it to play out the same way as before but instead they had a moment of connection before Aang triggered Zuko and all potential for empathy was lost.

-which seems like a good time to address Zuko's character. i want to be clear when i say that i liked something because it was different from the original, it doesn't mean that i like it BETTER than the original. i simply think the new version is fun fanfiction that was written better than i expected. so when i say i like how they dealt with Zuko's obsession with honor, i'm in no way implying it's superior to the original. simply a good different

-anyways. in the original, Zuko's obsession with honor is fully connected to his need to be wanted by his father again. OZAI is the only one who can restore it, and it can only be restored by completing an impossible task for him. in the Netflix version it almost seems like Zuko's honor is tied to the disillusion that the Fire Nation itself is honorable. the bit about Lieutenant...Yi? sorry i'm getting his name wrong, but Lieutenant Yi gossiping about a superior officer, Zuko's disbelief that the Fire Nation would ever use such underhanded tactics like planting spies in Omashu, it was clear to me that Zuko bought into a rigid sense of morality and honor when it came to the Fire Nation. i hope we see more of that in s2 so that we can see Zuko's world truly rocked when he and Iroh become refugees

-Katara being hailed as a master was very sweet! i wish she would have gotten SOME training from Paku (could still happen at the start of book 2) but I did enjoy that during the Siege of the North that she got her own little battalion to command bc she was seen as worth warrior

-OH and I love how they explored Sokka's character. again, them taking out Sokka's blatant sexism didn't bother me, so i was happy to see that in taking that out they DID work hard to make Sokka's character motivations rich and meaningful. having him have the same complex about being a lacking warrior as the original cartoon but with the added twist of overhearing his dad's harsh words about his abilities really added something to Sokka's insecurities. i loved the inclusion of Sai encouraging Sokka to become an engineer because it was clear how much that meant to him. considering in the cartoon he does become a pretty badass warrior (while still being mainly an Idea Guy) i wonder how this storyline will play out later. if he'll try harder to fit into the warrior box he thinks he belongs in or if he'll blatantly begin to reject that role for himself and identify more heavily with his engineer side

-the cave of two lovers had me worried for a second because Sokka and Katara were paired together for that and im like UMMM so i thought it was pretty funny how they reinterpreted "love is brightest in the dark" in that scene. not as good as the original, obviously, but a funny reinterpretation that i didn't hate

i probably have more to say on the additions but this is getting long so i think it's time to get to some criticisms. this show was not perfect by any means and i have several gripes with it so i might as well get that out now

-WAIT first i must say that a lot of the bending looked phenomenal. particularly Zuko and Aang's bending. both actors (and their stunt doubles) were great martial artists and the fire effects and air effects were done really well. i was really worried about how they'd adapt airbending (since air is invisible) and they did a great job adding in dust cloud effects and making sure the props in the scene moved they like would if they were blasted by air

-AND i must emphasize that i was not mad at them chopping up storylines and mixing them together. the Mechanist/Jet plotlines had similar themes of seemingly Good People doing unethical things for what they believed to be a good cause, so putting them in the same episode made sense to me. and having Sokka and Katara getting spirited away and caught up in that mist (a fun LOK reference that time, i loved the easter eggs) and then captured by Koh was a good way to separate them from Aang the Blue Spirit arc could take place. that also made sense to me. people who get mad about the re-shuffling of episodes frustrate me to no end.

okay, now onto critique:

-unfortunately, Iroh was a giant flop. i don't know how else to say it. i didn't really like any part of him, from his costuming to his writing to his acting. something about him felt like he was plucked out of a campy low-budget stage play and just thrown into this show while only know his campy stage play lines. both Zuko and Zhao give pretty grounded, emotional performances and Iroh is SO jarring by comparison when he's in the same room as them acting like a caricature of himself for no reason. his wig was terrible, i wish they had made it more flowy because it stayed the same shape and position the whole time, he used the WEIRDEST announcer voice the whole time (like why are you using a voice?? no one else is using a voice??), and his robes seemed out of place when everyone else was wearing leather armor. and they had a moment in episode 4 where an Earth Kingdom soldier really laid into him because back when Iroh was a general he was responsible for the death of Earth Kingdom soldier's brother. i was interested to see this bc we BARELY get to see Iroh's Bad Side in the cartoon and i was curious to see where the live action would go with it. but it ended with Earth Kingdom soldier slugging Iroh or slapping his face or something and Iroh made some snoody remark about how war changes people, and he WASN'T talking about himself. like bro this man just told you you COOKED his brother alive he has earned the right to slug you, what are you talking about! i was expecting remorse, or at the very least a solemn look of guilt over the person Iroh once was, but nothing. it was bad. obviously having the iconic Uncle Iroh be so terrible is a huge mark against the show. i simply cannot defend that

-circling back to Iroh's wig. well. the hair and make-up department went out of their way to make important characters look like their cartoon counterparts and that was not always beneficial. why did Yue look like she was from Whoville. who okayed that.

-many people have already pointed it out, but it was weird in ep 1 that Aang's decision to leave was because he needed to clear his head, not because he was running away from his responsibilities. i have no idea why they made this change, unless the reason was to have every single person (including past Avatars) dog on Aang for not being around during the past 100 years. but even that doesn't hit the same bc it truly wasn't his fault! he went for a drive and got caught in a storm! he intended to be back in a few hours! idk that change didn't make sense to me. i know Aang felt guilt regardless but the guilt was supposed to be from the intentionality of Aang running away

-the way Katara broke Aang out of the iceberg was weird?? she wasn't angry at Sokka for his sexism, but she could have been angry at him for SOMETHING that caused her bending to grow out of control. or at the very least when she was bending the canoe towards her she could have done a sharp pulling motion towards her that ended with her arms behind her, therefore forming the cracks in the ice (kind of a callback to how in the pilot Katara could really only waterbend backwards at first). instead her hands were fully facing forward and she was gently bending in front of her and that led to the ice sphere exploding behind her. its been bothering me. whyyy

-character-wise, Katara was pretty one-note. like the addition of her guilt for getting her mom killed with her subpar waterbending, while not bad, didn't make up for how much she DIDN'T have going on. it felt like they toned down a lot of Katara's character strengths AND flaws to give Sokka more room to arc, then shoved all of Katara's development into the last 2 episodes. they didn't show much of her resilient hope in the face of adversity or rage towards injustice or how petty she could be. part of this could be her actor, who i won't dog on because she is a child actor who will get better with time, but i don't think the flimsy writing of her did her any favors

-score wasn't nearly as good as Jeremy Zuckerman/The Track Team's. remixing some of the A:TLA's score doesn't make up for the fact that all the original scoring in this adaptation was flat by comparison

-Bumi's whole thing was....weird. i didn't mind at first that they speedran through his reveal because i don't think there's a point to try and surprise the three people who haven't seen the original. 99% of the audience knew the King was Bumi, so I didn't see any problem with that. but the set-up flashback of Bumi lasted like 10 seconds and basically just showed him snort. it didn't give you a reason to get attached to him as Aang's past friend. and his current actions didn't help at all. the acting was very Michael Meyer's Cat in the Hat-esque. so. uh. SCARY AND OFFPUTTING. was not a fan of that all. and having him do a few random goofy tests for Aang AFTER already knowing his identity felt...weird? like what's the point of these now? and then having the reveal that he's NOT kooky, he genuinely IS pissed at Aang for being gone, well. hmm. it's not a bad idea in theory. i liked the concept of having someone FROM THIS TIMELINE (looking at you, Kyoshi, Roku, and Kuruk, and your unjustified rage toward Aang) be upset at Aang for leaving the world in such a state of imbalance. having Bumi be like DO YOU KNOW ALL THE SHIT I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH SINCE THE WORLD HAS HAD NO AVATAR, was an interesting line of thought i could have rocked with, butttt.....idk man. it's BUMI. he's supposed to be a living memory of Aang's past to give him comfort and wisdom! it hurt to see this version be so cruel to Aang and basically force him to try to kill him just to prove a point. i would have rather had them write out Bumi altogether and use that episode for something else than to smear his name like that

-i'm tentatively alright with Azula's plotline right now. the Zuko line "Azula was born lucky, I was lucky to be born" is really essential to how their rivalry worked in the cartoon. Azula was a cold-hearted prodigy while Zuko was compassionate boy but average bender. i liked the idea of showing how Ozai intentionally pitted his children against each other. i liked seeing Azula's moment of defiance where she claims she's DONE being tested because she know how good her abilities are. i liked seeing the origin of her lighting bending. all of those were cool fanfiction. the thing that worries me is that we, the audience, have already seen Azula's doubt in herself, something we weren't privy to until the very end of the series. plus showing how hard Azula trains kind of undercuts the fact that Zuko is supposed to think he can't measure up to her because of her natural abilities that he DOESN'T have. they DID plant the seed to Zuko that Azula was the one backing Zhao the whole time, so we do have some of their rivalry primed to go. but the rivalry in the original is extremely one-sided. it will be odd to see Azula fighting just as hard to earn Ozai's affection, because intrinsically she should think that game was won a long time ago. so yeah. i'm not mad about it YET, just interested to see how it plays out

and then there are little nitpicks that could be resolved in season 2, should it get picked up again

-Aang not learning any waterbending or burning Katara with firebending can be woven into the early eps of season 2 before Toph's introduction

-the gaang's chemistry will only grow stronger with time. as the cast becomes better friends, as the kids become better actors with age, and considering they don't separate much in s2, i have faith that will iron itself out naturally

-tbh im sure there are more but this is so long i'm fizzling out. i'm fading. i must stop.

but yeah! good and bad! there's lots to unpack but in general i think it was fun. i'm excited for more.

#netflix avatar #long post #i am. exhausted. #writing this took so long

[starstruckphantommoon]

Polar Opposites - Reader Information/Background

Name - (Your Name)

Nickname - (Your Nickname)

Age - (You are 16 years old in this story as I originally wrote this story as an Zuko x OC)

Gender - (The reader’s gender in this story is female but if you need/want to read it as a male or gender neutral story!)

Occupation - Taking care of the women and children of the tribe along with helping Katara with chores around the village.

Nationality - Southern Water Tribe

Bender or Non-bender - Waterbender

Appearance - (Hair Length) hair in (specific hair style of your choice), blue eyes (I know, I know, normally people just put (e/c) eyes so that you as the reader can just visualize their own eye color, but as the reader is from the Southern Water Tribe as well as Sokka and Katara’s sister I’ve decided to make reader’s eyes blue), tan skin and (body type and build)

Height and Weight - (Your Weight and Height)

Standard clothing: Water Tribe Outfit Other outfits: Earth Kingdom Disguise, Fire Nation Disguises (1 and 2), Casual Water Tribe and Battle Outfit Personality - Likes - Waterbending, hunting, listening to your Grandmother's stories around the campfire, being with your siblings and friends. Dislikes - People threatening you and/or your friends/family (Zuko, Azula and Zhao), When Sokka is being bossy and telling you that since you’re a girl you can’t be a warrior, Being told not to do what you wants (By Sokka), Talents - Waterbending, Hand-to-hand combat, her flexibility, using a bow and arrow, using a knife Hobbies - Meditating, reading, waterbending, sparring with Sokka and Katara (Mostly Katara since she’s a fellow waterbender), Relationships - Family - Katara (little sister), Sokka (younger twin brother), Chief Hakoda (Father), Kya (Mother - Deceased), Kana aka Gran Gran (Grandmother) Friends - Everyone in the Southern Tribe Romantic Interest/s - None yet... Enemies - Basically everyone from the Fire Nation (For now…) Biography - Early Life - You were born in the Southern Water Tribe and are the oldest child and daughter of Chief Hakoda.

Being the oldest of your siblings mean that you’ve always been very protective of your siblings, but after your mom died and your father went off to fight in the war with the rest of the men of the tribe, you became even more protective of them.

Before your mom died, you and Katara were very close to her and your mother gave you her necklace since you’re the oldest child.

When your mother died though… you realized that Katara was taking your mother’s death harder than you were, so you had decided to give the necklace to Katara.

Growing up - Before your dad left to go fight in the war, you had promised him that you’d keep Sokka, Katara and the rest of the village safe to which he knew that you’d keep your promise and do absolutely everything in your power to do so.

#x reader #fanfiction #fanfic #prince zuko #prince zuko x reader #zuko #zuko x reader #atla #atla x reader #a:tla #a:tla x reader #avatar: the last airbender x reader #avatar: the last airbender