#book one zuko

[demaparbat-hp]

Prince Pouty ™

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #prince zuko #atla art #atla fanart #atla zuko #zuko art #zuko fanart #ponytail zuko #uncle iroh #iroh #atla iroh #Iroh art #Iroh fanart #zutara #If you squint I guess #Prince Pouty #Book one Zuko #atla netflix #The hype for ponytail Zuzu is real #such an icon #Angry Turtleduck boy #I don't know how Iroh kept his sanity after so long around Zuko (clue: he didn't) #You can say whatever you'd like but Zuko was actually the adult in that relationship #Sometimes anyway #Funny thing that Zuko is pouting in about 80% of this #Prince Pouty indeed #Also Book III was the peak of Zuko's infamous Hair Development and everyone knows I'm in love with his Book II Lee hairstyle but... #The ponytail is dorky and I love it

[pineapple-frenzy]

Book 2 au: sparring sessions and short hair katara

They like to have sparring sessions in order to keep their bending skills sharp. They allow themselves to go all out and not hold back at all cause they know if anyone got hurt, Katara could just heal them

But anyways, wouldn't it be kinda funny if Zuko accidentally burned Katara's hair tho? Aofkqldkkajfjd

The "I think we can save the hairloops" line is from @linnoya-writes thank you for that!! :>>

#zutara #zuko #katara #atla #book 2 au #my art #i mentioned in my last book 2 au post that i wanted to include short hair katara into it and y'all were so supportive of it!! 😭😭😭 #so this is how i think it would go #it would happen as katara is trying to evade one of zuko's fire balls #she manages to avoid it but since her hair is long it still caught on fire #she'd be pissed so she water whips the hell out of zuko #and then promptly forgets about it akfhkakdkakdj #even after the sparring session she still hasn't remembered cause 'oh no zuko's in pain i have to help him!' #it isn't until zuko even mentions it that she remembers #zuko thinks she's more calm than i thought she would be after burning her hair so he mentions it to her #little did he know katara just forgor aldjlakdkaljd #n e ways zuko does feel bad so she offers to help fix it up for her #i think after the haircut katara would find herself looking in mirrors when there are any around cause 'zuko thinks i'm beautiful?? really? #zuko doesn't know this tho and he thinks katara is till sad about the unwanted haircut so he keeps telling her that she looks beautiful #and katara just keeps losing it aldjlakdlald #in conclusion they are idiots your honor

[anney-baker]

Completely random but

While I was reading about the ATLA LA creators butchering Sokka's character arc and the Kyoshi Warriors' plot it suddenly hit me

In 2x05 "Avatar's Day" Aang wears full Avatar Kyoshi gear at his trial that Sokka and Katara brought from the Kyoshi island including accurately done makeup

They didn't bring the sensei and Aang couldn't go with them as he was imprisoned, obviously

There's exactly one person in the team who spend the most time with the Kyoshi Warriors

Sokka wore AND learned how to do the Kyoshi makeup, and used his new skill to help Aang months later

And by omitting this "unnecessary" tidbit of him being introduced to the Kyoshi outfit in S1 the LA creators caused a plothole way farther down the line

(unless they're planning on removing the Avatar's Day plot altogether, which is quite big on worldbuilding, should I say)

Like, the og show plot is very condensed while not appearing to be as such, that is until one tries to get rid of the "extra" "not-needed" scenes and nothing makes sense anymore.

#you must be surprised to see an atla post in my blog #but it's my fav show. ever #how come la creators have ONE job and manage to suck at it😩 #sokka wouldn't become one of the most faved characters on par with zuko if it wasn't for hic arc #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla book 1 #atla book 2 #atla sokka #sokka #atla live action #atla la #anneybaker

[yourhighness6]

"Zuko and Katara would argue all the time if they ever had a romantic relationship"

Are

you

absolutely

sure

about

that?

#it seems to me like kataang are the only ones arguing here #except maiko is too so nvm #putting end of book three zutara interactions and end of book 3 kataang interactions side by side is actually eye opening #zutara #anti kataang #anti maiko #anti anti zutara #katara x zuko #zuko x katara #atla #avatar the last airbender

[blluespirit]

i wish that there was more time between the day of black sun and sozin's comet bc zuko's official desertion from the fire nation would have the most insane ripple effects (and it would be nice to see the gaang interacting a bit more than we got but hey i'll take what i can get)

zuko's desertion would have been essentially impossible for the fire nation to bury since it was such a big deal that he returned at all. so i imagine the smear campaign against zuko would have been craaazy. i think it would have been interesting for the gaang to try and deal with that when navigating the FN. zuko would be very recognisable i think at this point, and it would have made staying hidden much harder. would they still have chosen ember island? maybe the kids didn't recognise zuko and azula during The Beach , but with the prince of the fire nation committing treason would there be more wanted posters? would there be more talk around the island? would zuko have to remain hidden while the rest go out and get food?

i wonder if zuko deserting and very meaningly committing his loyalty to the avatar influenced other soldiers in the FN to also desert? or would it have had the opposite effect and made people feel more patriotic since zuko was banished, returned under the guise of having killed the avatar, and then left when aang announced his survival to world during the failed invasion?

SPEAKING OF THAT!! the rumours around this would be INSANE. we know what really happened, but the public don't. did zuko and the avatar plan this so that there would be an inside man during the invasion and then zuko used that chaos to escape? what really happened in ba sing se if zuko didn't kill aang, but azula thought that he did? (again: we, the audience know the truth, but the general public don't). if zuko and the avatar where working together... for how long? was iroh involved somehow since he also disappeared the same time that zuko did? did iroh get captured on purpose to be close to zuko to possibly help him if needed? did zuko break iroh out of jail or did one of the guards or was iroh alone? you could spiral on this as just an average person in the avatar world for years like. if youtube existed in atla imagine the video essays breaking down all the conspiracies

its a kids show so obviously Nothing Bad Happened BUT in the Boiling Rock, zuko getting found out as not only an imposter (already, a very bad situation), a traitor (extremely bad), AND the traitorous (ex) prince of the fire nation (devastatingly terrible) would have been... incredibly dangerous for zuko. in zuko and iroh's original wanted poster, the official translation says “Permission is granted to kill them on sight” and this was before zuko has gone right ahead and committed Treason On Purpose. the warden is not going to be nice. when the warden visits zuko in his cell he literally tells him "If these criminals found out who you are, the traitor prince who let his nation down, why they'd tear you to shreds." the boiling rock would be hell trying to survive. it also puts a lot more weight on zuko refusing to leave sokka in their first escape attempt. also ozai obviously knew that he has his son was in prison bc he... broke in to the prison bc azula was there but then zuko manages to escape with sokka (another imposter) and suki and hakoda (POWs) and chit sang (a prisoner) and two of azula's trusted friends end up in prison for treason as well i just. that is literally insane for the average person to hear about. again, THE CONSPIRACIES!!

when zuko eventually does take the throne there's a lot of conjecture around what zuko did while he was banished and moreso, what he did the second time he left, this time voluntarily. i think zuko's loyalty would be questioned a lot; by other world leaders who are understandably wary about the fire nation and its motivations, but also by its own people - some who believe that zuko is a traitor to his country and is trying to sabotage it since he helped end the war.

idk these are all just me rambling but it would been so interesting to explore the implications of zuko leaving the fire nation and how that would have impacted the gaang and how they interacted with others in their travels. there are so many fic where zuko joins the gaang early, but neither myself with the aus that I have written, nor many that ive read have explored this very much or at all.

#this is basically a thought stream #zuko #sokka #aang #katara #toph #the gaang #book 3 #i think that like.... zuko leaving would have been crazy. it should be the talk of the town! #the gossip mill would have been on OVERDRIVE #it also makes it so hard bc no one knows what the truth actually is #one day in court as fire lord one of the foreign dignitaries is like ummm fire lord is it true that you systematically #robbed upper class earth kingdom citizens to help fund local militia groups to take back land occupied by the fire nation #and like zuko is just sitting there like WHAT #zuko: yes i did rob people. #the foreign dignitary: 👁️👄👁️ #avatar the last airbender #atla #the boiling rock #the day of black sun #the firebending masters

[wheelercurse]

Avatar: The Last Airbender

book one: water

#tvedit #atlaedit #atla #avatar: the last airbender #avataredit #avatar #zuko #katara #Aang #appa #book one: water #sokka #gifsets by me #aesthetic

[aangarchy]

My friend is watching ATLA for the first time and was complaining about "Katara's many boyfriends." I had to stop and remind her that not only is Katara 13 and going through puberty and hormones, she's also never interacted with a male her age besides her brother. She never really thought romance could be an option for at least a long time, with how small her village is

Ugh, i genuinely have a deep rooted disgust for people who complain about Katara being a normal teenage girl in this show.

I also really wonder where they get the idea that she has many boyfriends, because the only guy she truly had a romantic connection with besides Aang was Jet. I'm assuming for the other "boyfriends" they mean Haru and Teo, both of whom were literally just friends with her and happened to help her with something. It's also not even about "suddenly romance being an option", it's not like she threw herself at every handsome boy she happened to stumble upon after leaving the south?

Haru and Katara bonded over lost parents and Katara did Haru a great service by inspiring him and his dad to get out of prison, and Katara never did any of that because she had a crush on Haru. She did it because she has an incredibly strong sense of justice and hates standing by when people are suffering and families are torn apart. A crush on Haru was never even implied, except for when Haru told Toph that Katara inspired him and his people to break free, and Katara blushed. But even that, she could just be bashful bc Haru gave her such high praise. With Teo, yea he literally just helped her get on a glider for the first time, i do not see a romantic connection whatsoever. Jet was truly the one guy that Katara fell for, because 1) he's older, 2) he saved her from fire nation soldiers and showed up her older brother, and 3) he's a good manipulator that knew Katara found him attractive and used it to his advantage.

It always seems like Katara specifically is being held to such high standards. She's a skank bc she has too many boys around her, she's annoying bc she brings up her mother a few times, she's bossy bc she tells Aang and Sokka not to do anything dangerous, she's overbearing bc she told Toph to help out while setting up camp.

It's misogyny 101. Sokka is allowed to be loud and obnoxious, Zuko is allowed to act out of anger and grieve his mother, but Katara apparently should just sit down and be quiet. People say all of this when Katara is easily one of the most fleshed out female characters of cartoons in the early 2000's, but because they're not used to women being fleshed out suddenly she's "too much".

Sorry for going on such a tangent but ppl like this truly do piss me off lmao.

#also katara is 14 but that doesn't have anything to do with anything #also if your friend saw Zuko as one of the 'boyfriends' especially in book 1 : there's something wrong with them #avatar the last airbender #atla #avatar #ask dori #kaslynspeaks #katara

[huevotm]

MY COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

I am rewatching ATLA and recently finished Book 1, so I really wanted to draw some ponytail Zuko!!

#my art #atla #atla fanart #zuko #atla zuko #prince zuko #zuko book one #avatar the last airbender

[yiangchen]

okay i'm a zutara shipper through and through....however....i absolutely ADORE jinko alright??? like,,,, if jin had appeared in the atla finale as uncle iroh's first employee of his tea shop and she shared an awkward flirty moment with zuko hinting at something more happening between them in the future, just LISTEN. i would have screamed. i would have yelled. i would have been on the fucking floor. also just....imagine the look on uncle iroh's face when he tells zuko who he hired. imagine zuko's flustered reaction in front of the gaang PLEASE

#would have made so much more sense than zuko randomly getting back together with mai #also this would just give major sukka vibes #suki and jin were both introduced in one episode and had great chemistry with a main character #but after they meet it seems unlikely they'll see each other again #but sukka does!! #and its so unexpected!! #and they pick up right where they left off a whole book later!! #jinko could have done the same thing okay just LISTENNN #jinko #atla

[muffinlance]

Hey so I've been thinking

And the thing I've been thinking is that it's been years since I've touched Little Zuko v the World

And realistically it will be years more until I'll have time to properly write it again

But

It would be fairly quick to write up the next two books in outline form, a la Amnesia Zuko, where I flesh out Really Important (Or Hilarious) scenes and summarize the rest.

So.

How do people feel about me doing that?

#if ever there was a story that would work well in Condensed Chaos form #it's Little Zuko #I'd mark book one as complete and post the other books as new parts in a series #most likely #avatar the last airbender #atla #Zuko #Sokka #Katara #Iroh #Azula #I really really want more baby Azula screen time #the Azula Alone arc has been planned for yeeears #Little Zuko v the World #HASHTAG LET HAWKY HAVE HER BABIES 2K23

[allgremlinart]

Albert Kim leaving natla and the guy who directed episodes 3 and 4 stepping up as showrunner .... ☹️ we shall see. I guess.

#eps 3&4 sucked so much ass. 'episode 1 was the worst' no it absolutely was not. but. #I wont be praying for anyone's downfall. the zuko+aang bollywood fight in one of those eps was great. and I did like the Bumi stuff. so. #we shall see. (also saw rumor that Netflix wants to decrease the number of episodes which. A) how the FUCK would you get through book 2 with #<8 eps I have no fucking clue and B) I will send pipe bombs. Netflix dont ruin your own shows challenge.) #natla

[ponytailzuko]

i hope when people see book 1 zuko they think to themselves "that one insane guy on tumblr would love this" i really do.

#cal.ibrations #when my friends send me book 1 zuko like 'knew u would like this' man... #so joyous #if no one else in the world got u when u make b1 zuko content @ me and ill hype u up CRAZY

[pineapple-frenzy]

Water and Fire

Here's the colored version of my piece for @zutaracoloringbook !! I had a lot of fun participating in this and I'm gonna have more fun coloring in other artists' beautiful work uehehe

Check out everyone's amazing work here and have fun coloring!!

#zutara #zuko #katara #atla #my art #zutara coloring book #zkcontrast2023 #i just finished coloring this cause i only had time now sjuslkdjkdm #also em definitely coloring other pieces from the book #i have like 3 i wanna do and i started coloring one already uehehehe #it's really fun coloring other people's line art #it's like doing a collab with them :>>

[nothoughtsjustmhaandotherthings]

Writing an enemies to lovers story is so much fun. It’s like watching a cat fight its reflection in a mirror. You guys can bite and bleed and curse each other’s existence as much as you want but it’s no use. No lasting harm will be done. In *checks notes* about two books and twenty chapters you WILL be confessing your undying love for each other.

#even better when the hatred is one-sided #this is about Xiulan and Zuko specifically #their drama is so entertaining to me #ocs #fanfiction #archive of our own #fanfic #ao3 #writers on tumblr #atla oc #atla #atla zuko #zuko #prince zuko #avatar the last airbender #enemies to lovers #childhood friends to enemies to lovers #atla brainrot #atla book 1 #atla book 2 #atla book 3

[seeminglyseph]

I feel like Zuko is the embodiment of that one post like “mama may not have raised a quitter, but she did raise a fool, and it turns out that is a terrible combination.”

Which is probably why he’s one of the most relatable characters in media.

#atla zuko #I was half way to saying this about Sokka and realized technically it doesn’t quite work #but the ways in which it does inform why they make good foils #and why Zuko and Katara make good foils #and why I was a diehard zutara back when the show was airing #god that takes me back #I was in high school when atla was on tv #I bought the first season on individual DVDs… I feel a million years old #I made amvs to book one with no context #why does that feel like a million years ago???

[icegoddessrukia]

You know, so much of the fandom bashes Katara harshly for one harsh comment she made in The Southern Raiders to Sokka, when she was highly upset about her mother's death and she felt Sokka was dismissive of her feelings (which he kind of was, to be honest) and they go on about how unfair it is that Sokka didn't get an apology. Meanwhile, I've never seen any fans complain about how Zuko literally says the most disrespectful thing about Aang's culture (the "this isn't air temple preschool" comment) when he's literally the prince of the imperial nation that wiped out Aang's entire culture in the first place. Aang is just supposed to let that slide and no one in the Gaang defends him either. He never gets an apology for his culture and religion being mocked by an imperialist. Zuko is two years older than Katara here and this is after he went through the Day of Black Sun development when he realized that the Fire Nation were horrible to the other nations. There's no excuse for Zuko being such an asshole to Aang but I guess because he's Zuko, he gets a free pass while Katara has to be bashed forever for saying something unfair when she was traumatized and no one was really listening to her.

#Zuko Critical #anti-zuko #pro-Katara #pro-Aang #katara defense squad #aang defense squad #atla discourse #zuko criticism #I could also go on about how the entire Gaang mocked Aang for his religious/cultural beliefs when he was about to fight Ozai #which was somehow okay #but if someone did that to Sokka or Zuko fandom would be pissed off #and the way Sokka was a jerk to Katara so many times especially in Book 1 never gets brought up either #where was her apology? #Sokka critical #not that much but just to be safe #I don't blame Aang btw he did try to empathize but it wasn't enough for Katara in that moment #I don't feel Zuko's way was the solution either at all btw #I just think Katara needed to process her hurt but because she's a more sensitive person no one was really getting it