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cienie-isengardu · 1 day

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Avatar The Last Airbender: North and South

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #gaang #aang #katara #toph beifong #sokka #aang demanding apology for calling zuko the ash maker awww

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bluespiritshonour · 3 days

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Another thing I've been muling over: a complain I've seen about Maiko is that she keeps him from going on the right path—and... I agree.

For Mai, Zuko's well-being is her sole concern and the rest of the world could crash and burn and that's... Okay?

Realistically speaking, your support system should NOT be one person. One thing I love about ATLA is that (despite romance writing not being one of it's strong points) the lack of ships that follow the tropes.

Kataang is not an archetype. Neither is Sukka or Maiko.

Having your support system be just your romantic partner isn't healthy (for them or for you) or realistic. But most romances do that and until I watched ATLA it didn't occurred to me that that's not a good thing.

ATLA and Maiko are very realistic in that Zuko needs both the Gaang and Mai. He needs the Gaang to hold him accountable for every shitty little thing he did—and he needs Mai there to keep from spiraling and self-destruction.

Zuko and his uncle were de facto conquerors, so they had to do much more to redeem themselves than Mai and Ty Lee (mere soldiers, but NOT innocent) had to.

Zuko had to work hard to earn the Gaang's forgiveness (personal opinion: he should've grovelled more and he should've been called out on his racism against Aang) and Uncle Iroh reconquered Ba Sing Se in the name of it's people.

They both did reparations to the very people they hurt. And their crimes were much more direct and vicious compared to Mai and Ty Lee’s.

As someone not as responsible as them, Mai and Ty Lee's redeeming themselves was at the Boiling Rock.

And well, when Zuko is Firelord right after the war—he would be paying for the crimes of his ancestors. He needs the Gaang there to keep from acting like he did with Katara pre-Southern Raiders (everyone else seems to have forgiven me!) and he needs Mai to keep himself from actually spiralling into self-destruction and undeserved guilt (Sozin's and Ozai's faults aren't his even if he's paying for it and someone needs to remind him that)

So, yeah. He needs them both for different things.

As for Mai, her conflict was that she was never allowed to express herself. And loving Zuko made up for that—she finally stands up for something she believes in (not in the cause, but in Zuko) and Zuko didn't even have to do anything beside exist. He didn't “fix her.”

Although, again I do have the the complain that Mai has to do a lot of emotional labour for him and if you really are gonna shit on Maiko: it's Zuko who needs to step up, not Mai—well, Mai tried to “fix him” and she couldn't!

That's so important to me!—I’m tired of girl fixes boy narrative. And she couldn't fix him because only he could fix himself and Mai herself is used to making the best out of a situation and being selfish/passive/choosing the path of least resistance. She tried to do to Zuko what worked for her (or maybe didn't, considering she was coping)—and well—later when Zuko's Firelord it'll be Mai who keeps him from harming himself.

Zuko needs both to be balanced out.

He needs multiple people to act as support system and that's both healthy and realistic. Mai isn't everything and neither should she be.

I know what the comics did; don't bring them up here. It's not about the comics.

#maiko #atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #mai #atla mai #gaang #zuko and the gaang #atla maiko #honestly i would admit that atla's writing of romance is lacking #but if you don't like maiko it's not mai's fault #if anything it's zuko's #jerk didn't even apologize for his behaviour on the ember island #mai threw her lot in with him whole heartedly no hesitation #he should've made up to her too #say whatever you want but mai loved that boy #in defense of mai #i just felt like word vomiting #pro maiko

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astra-kamari · 27 days

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Ok can we talk about how toph held up a huge ass building? I feel like this is never addressed.

The Gaang is in the sand, which is already hard for Toph to see/feel, and then she holds up this giant library?? While trying to protect Appa.

Also, can we talk about how its not one mass of rock-it's made of bricks, and being held together by gravity. She really said "Every one of you blocks, pillars, tiles, boards, and the rest of you are going to stay in your exact spots and not sink to the spirit world BECAUSE I SAID SO!" while she was fighting super mystical spirit magic. While fighting and actual spirits power. For who knows how long, because Sokka and Aang had time to check every date till Sozins comet would hit at least a few months away.

Can we also talk about how Toph was so upset and ashamed about loosing Appa due to sand bending skill that she practiced hard to perfect it.

#honestly this sene is so underrated #astra rambles #atla #avatar the last airbender #toph #toph beifong #Gaang #sokka #aang #katara #zuko #sozins comet #appa

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izabesos · 2 months

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behold the avatar

#my art #fanart #atla #avatar the last airbender fanart #aang #avatar aang #aang fanart #atla fanart #avatar show #netflix avatar #gaang

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outpastthemoat · 2 years

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personally i think there should have been at least one episode where sokka collects aang and zuko and is like, “looks like we’re running low on supplies. time for a GUYS-ONLY field trip. three days of hunting and fishing and polishing our swords. y’know, manly warrior stuff. (aang, sotto voce: actually sokka i’m a vegetarian as you know--) you girls have fun sitting around braiding your hair and talking about your crushes” and then the entire episode is just zuko and sokka lying around by a river, plucking blades of grass and staring up at the stars confiding in each other their deepest feelings and most secret insecurities while aang braids flower crowns, and whenever the screen cuts back to katara and toph and suki, they’re fighting and screaming and hacking away at river pirates and evil spirits and legions of assassins and hired mercenaries with swords. you know, as girls do.

and when the boys finally drag themselves back to camp (they stayed up way too late discussing what true leadership really means and whether or not power always corrupts) they find suki and toph and katara lounging around with black eyes and fresh bruises and bloodstained weapons and sokka shrieks, “what were you guys DOING while we were gone???” and karata just shugs innocently and says in her sweetest voice, “oh, you know. just girly things”

#atla #gaang #zuko #my meta

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romaincrisis · 23 days

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the gaang sleep version

shhh they are mimiendo

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zuzusexytiems · 2 months

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the gaang's back 🥹💜

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bernard-the-rabbit · 1 year

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friendship bracelets for the gaang <3

[ID found by clicking alt on the piece]

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chaichai-draws · 8 months

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It’s okay Aang, eventually (right,,,?🔪)

Ahahaha,,, hahaha,,, sorry @lovelyelbowleech I know there’s more to take away from the last two chapter of War Games but mmmm aaaah hmmm uhhhh

#atla fanart #atla fanfic #avatar: the last airbender #avatar the last airbender #aang #sokka #katara #toph #zukka #war games #war crimes #all’s fair #all’s fair fanart #war games fanart #fic art #fanart #lovelyelbowleech #Gaang #avatar fanart

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silima · 2 years

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funky little guys

#atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #gaang #aang #sokka #katara #zuko #suki #toph #artists on tumblr #id in alt text #my fancy comics #i found the quote on the incorrect quotes generator & reassigned some dialogue lol but the actual source for the dialogue is leverage

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seheartz · 25 days

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winding down by the swamp

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thatssroughbuddy · 5 months

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he is trying his best

#why don’t you have a cup of calming jasmine tea and maybe then you’ll calm down #I kept the username the same on purpose it suits him #gaang #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #uncle iroh #iroh #zuko #atla meme #avatar meme #incorrect atla #incorrect avatar quotes

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ambriel-angstwitch · 5 months

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Katara: Would you still love me if I was a worm?

Aang: Of course I would! And if you were a worm, then I'd be a worm too. We would live in the dirt and make the flowers grow and get worm married and have worm kids.

Sokka: Would you still love me if I was a worm?

Zuko: Sokka, what in Agni’s name are you talking about?