#king Bumi

[m-r-moth]

who should i add to the giant group pic?

the silly little cats have gotten out of hand, i love them so much

(for the rest just search the catla tag on my blog)

#CATLA #art #atla fanart #avatar the last airbender #but make them cats #them right now: from left to right #mean girl trio: #mei #tai li #zuzu 1 #azula #the gaang #suki #sokka #katara #aang #zuzu 2 #zuko #toph #momo and appa #white lotus squad: #uncle iroh #king bumi

[wileycap]

Headcanon: When he hits his teenage years, Aang starts fucking with his friends by making up all sorts of wild stuff that totally happened 100 years ago. Toph always says "he's not lying", but at this point the Gaang knows that The Gremlin Supports Lying For Fun, so Aang always suggests going to Bumi to confirm whatever bullshit he's spewing this time. And he always does.

The Gaang figures that Aang must be somehow coordinating this with Bumi, because no matter how absurd the lie is, Bumi is always 100% on board and can elaborate on it seamlessly. They keep trying to find out how Aang and Bumi are coordinating the lies, going so far as to intercept Aang's letters to Bumi to check for secret codes, but they can never find anything.

And the truth is that they're not coordinating. Bumi just rolls with whatever Aang comes up with because it's hilarious and Aang is his buddy.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #atla headcanons #king bumi #avatar aang #aang #the gaang #humor

[yourhighness6]

ATLA The Older Generations Textposts

#atla #avatar the last airbender #atla textposts #texposts #texpost #bumi #king bumi #ozai #fire lord ozai #iroh #uncle iroh #kyoshi #avatar kyoshi #ursa #firelady ursa #kuruk #avatar kuruk #jeong jeong #sozin #fire lord sozin #hama #holy crap thats a lot of tags

[sausage-rolll]

The amount of times I said something along the lines of "They would not fucking do/say that!" while watching the live action atla series is insane. It felt so weird to watch because the acting was pretty fantastic and the set design/costumes weren't bad for the most part either, but the writing and direction itself was painfully bad.

I think King Bumi is probably one of the worst offenders of being written completely ass backwards, which is a shame because the guy portraying him did a great job and I think he would have made a fantastic Bumi if the writing was better.

It feels like they missed the entire point of his character. They took his goofy/slightly mad front from the original show and dialled it up to 11 all the while completely ignoring all the nuance behind that front.

Bumi isn't just the mad king they portray him as in the live action, he's a mad genius. Despite his quirks, he's a fucking fantastic fighter and a brilliant ruler. Despite what you may believe from first impressions, it really does feel like he always knows what he's doing.

Even when he's being antagonistic towards the gang in the show, he's never actually putting them in significant danger. The crystals he trapped Katara and Sokka in were ultimately harmless and all the trials he gives Aang were more akin to games than anything. Even when he fights Aang in his episode he's very clearly not giving it his all, as seen when he single handily takes back his city from the fire nation during the eclipse and when he takes back Ba Sing Se with a small group during Sozins comet, when the opposing forces would have been at their most powerful. My point is that if he actually wanted to beat book 1 Aang, he could wipe the floor with him easily. But this version is fucking furious with Aang (wrongfully so this time around because he explicitly did not run away from his duties in the live action) And very much seems like he wants to cause Aang as much pain as possible, but can barely manage to land a hit on him when he's not pulling cheap tricks with the crystals.

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I'm getting very side tracked but god damn it! This is the man Aang eventually decides to name one of his children after. Their friendship was so sweet and meaningful in the original. Bumi was such an interesting character in the original! And all of that meaning is lost here.

Ironically in an attempt to make Bumi's arc more dramatic and dark, they ended up making it significantly less interesting, along with also missing major parts of his character.

#atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #king bumi #aang #bumi

[rose-nobles]

#rip cabbages

avatar: the last airbender (2005) | the king of omashu & the waterbending scroll avatar: the last airbender (2024) | omashu & into the dark

#avatar the last airbender #atlaedit #chewieblog #cinemapix #dailyflicks #dixonscarol #filmtvcentral #televisiongifs #userbarrow #userbbelcher #userdiana #userelio #userstream #usersugar #*edits #atla #natla #aang #king bumi #this was so cute & hilarious ^^ #eyestrain

[sleepy-sham]

Didn't get past episode 5 of the live action. My expectations were low but it somehow managed to be even worse than I thought it would be. Anyways here's some memes of the OG GOAT I made to cope ((Big Post #2))

more atla memes

#i swear to god the way they butchered bumi's character made me viscerally angry #atla #avatar the last airbender memes #atla meme #avatar the last airbender #avatar memes #avatar #aang #king bumi #mai atla #zuko #katara #maiko #kataang #sokka #azula #kyoshi #avatar aang #bumi #avatar kyoshi #princess azula #prince zuko

[aero-sense]

After gaining a little more information about Omashu from the games, I'd like to go into the South Asian/SEA references of the city.

The common headdress for men in Omashu are turbans. They wear it the same style of the Cabbage Man which @atlaculture has matched it to a Khăn Vấn, a vietnamese turban:

The turban does have a similar shape, but depending the style, the Khăn Vấn can be wrapped like a headband that shows hair in the back, unlike the Omashu turbans that wrap completely around the head. Turbans have a long history that spans many cultures and religions, so here are some other turbans I thought looked similar:

These are the Sikh turbans, also referred as a Dastār. This particular style shown in the example is called the modern Dumalla. I thought the wrapped style was similar to the turban design in the game.

Another kind are the Islamic turbans found in South and South East Asia, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh. The turban can come in different colors and patterns (I found only white ones for the examples, but I've seen green, yellow, and checkered before).

The women in Omashu also wear head coverings and this one in particular reminded me of the hijab style I've seen Indonesians wear.

Another cultural reference @atlaculture covered is how King Bumi's rock candy he encased Sokka and Katara with is like the rock sugar used in Asia. The method of developing rock sugar, or Misri, was invented in India and is the oldest refined form of sugar. It's used as candy or a sweetener for milk and tea. In Karnataka, it's served with water for guests in the summer.

Lastly, Bumi's name has ties to South and South East Asia. @cyndaquillt has already done a wonderful post going into Bumi's name from a South Asian view:

Bhumi (भूमि, pronounced bhoo-mi) is a Sanskrit word that means ground. The root of the word is Bhu (भू) which means earth.

There's also @ririsasy additions, that Bumi is the Indonesian word for Earth. In Indonesia, Bumi is a name usually given to males, while Bhumi is a name commonly given to Indian women, and is the name of the goddess of Earth in Hinduism.

There's many overlaps between these cultures and more, but overall Omashu leans towards a more South Asian/SEA setting than East Asian compared to the rest of the Earth Kingdom. Any additions or corrections are welcome!

#some of these references are a biiit stretched #because of atla's pan-asia setting #but whats so fun is the mix of culture #that occurs in real life as well #and i really like the idea of Omashu being south asian/sea inspired #to give the EK some variety #like how some of the villages zuko and iroh go to resemble korea or vietnam #atla #atla the game (2006) #king bumi #game sense

[natlacentral]

fks_designs: From illustration to prototype to final touches and last minute adjustments to the final look of King Bumi 💚

#farnaz khaki sadigh #crew social #natla #atla #king bumi #utkarsh ambudkar #instagram #bts

[bestepisode]

Vote on the second half of the season here!

Propaganda is encouraged!

Voting has closed on this round. Vote on the next poll here!

#atla #avatar the last airbender #aang #katara #sokka #zuko #toph beifong #the blind bandit #the boulder #secret tunnel #king bumi #swamp benders #azula #princess azula #atla mai #ty lee #ba sing se

[terapsina]

Let's do an AtLA Popularity Contest because I'm curious!

#aang #toph beifong #katara #sokka #zuko #suki #mai #mai atla #ty lee #azula #appa #momo #uncle iroh #king bumi #avatar aang #prince zuko #princess azula #atla #avatar the last airbender #polls #my polls #and yes appa and momo come as a pair because i had one free spot and i refuse to add ozai

[theforswornelite]

... I'm Sorry King Bumi Fans

#Bumi #King Bumi #Avatar #Avatar: The Last Airbender #Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) #ATLA 2024 #ATLA LA #ATLA

[spooky-feline]

So I know this is an unpopular opinion and I totally get why people are upset about the change in Bumi's character but I actually loved it. It felt a lot more interesting to see the 100 years of war weigh on Bumi.

Mostly I love the parallel that Aang wakes up in a world that is darker, scarier, harsher, more hostile, more bitter and more dangerous than the one he knows and remembers.

It's not his world at all, it's something completely different.

Then he meets Bumi, a person from his time! His world! Only Bumi has lived through this new world and it's taken it's toll. He too is darker, scarier, harsher, more hostile, more bitter and more dangerous than the Bumi Aang knows and remembers.

Which hits a lot harder.

But then Aang gives Bumi hope again and gets back the friendship he lost- so maybe, just maybe, he can give hope back to the world and get back the peace that was lost.

#natla #king bumi #avatar aang #avatar the last airbender #omashu #no hate to the haters

[kideaternomnom]

ATLA as Roblox memes.

Made by me.

#anime #atla #analysis #avatar #avatar the last airbender #zuko #azula #aang #zhao #iroh #toph #king bumi #atla netflix #firelord ozai #prince zuko #princess azula #toph beifong #avatar aang #uncle iroh #atla meme

[avalon-of-babylon]

Let's be real this was always going to be mid. It's an adaptation of one of the greatest not only cartoons but shows ever made and one that was monumentally aided by it being animated. M Night Shyamalan also personally took the bar out back and shot it. The bar was pronounced dead on July 1, 2010.

Now that being said the set and costume design are phenomenal and I personally love the changes made to Bumi and Zhao. Bumi might actually be out of his mind instead of just weird and it's clear that the past 100 years have taken a toll on him. Zhao on the other hand is less physically imposing while somehow becoming even more of a conniving little rat bastard.

#avatar the last airbender #admiral zhao #zuko #king bumi #atla #atla netflix #natla

[rose-nobles]

#how to live over a 100 😝

#avatar the last airbender #atlaedit #chewieblog #cinemapix #dailyflicks #dixonscarol #filmtvcentral #televisiongifs #userbarrow #userbbelcher #userdiana #userelio #userstream #usersugar #*edits #aang #king bumi #natla #scheduled post

[bitch-a-la-mode]

I find it hilarious that it’s never addressed how/why Bumi was able to become the King of Omashu, but I have some working theories on it:

Bumi was the born crown prince of Omashu and just never told Aang either to fuck with him or because he wanted to make normal friends away from royalty.

Even better if Bumi actually did tell Aang but Aang forgot/wasn’t listening.

The previous King of Omashu saw Bumi and was like “yes. I want that guy to be the heir to the crown”.

The king of Omashu isn’t a born royal like the Earth King or Fire Lord, but is actually elected by the people, and Bumi is just super popular or runs uncontested (he kills his opponents).

The King of Omashu is based on who the strongest earth bender of Omashu is (I imagine a competition every year or so where all the earth benders of the city compete for the crown and Bumi just obliterates them).

Bumi overthrew the previous king for whatever reason (he was bored).

And my personal favorite:

There actually is no official King of Omashu. The Earth King is the only royal leader in the Earth Kingdom. Bumi just declared himself king and everyone was too scared/impressed that they just let him be king.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #avatar #king bumi #avatar aang #atla aang #aang #omashu #earth kingdom #earth king #fire lord #avatar: the last airbender #avatar: tla