#leantailean

[leantailean]

quick sketch of Azula

#Azula #princess azula #atla fanart #Avatar The Last Airbender #azula fanart #princess of fire nation #fire nation siblings #fire nation family #fire nation #fire siblings #atla #my art #leantailean

[comradekatara]

Toko? I’m interested since their dynamic is so under explored despite a lot of potential!

@leantailean asked: Zuko/Toph?

I definitely think that a lot of work has been put into zuko’s flustered blush in the “i’m going with zuko!” moment, but really, if someone you didn’t know very well grabbed your arm and proudly proclaimed that she wanted to spend time with you, you would get flustered too, assuming you were also the awkwardest boy in the whole world.

I do think their dynamic is very interesting in terms of foilage. toph is in a unique position to empathize with zuko not only because she was never subjected to his violence, but because she is also an abused disabled aristocrat who ran away from home to join the avatar. she’s really only heard about zuko through iroh, so she’s positioned to show him far more affection and understanding than the rest of group, who also foil him of course, but in far less materially concrete ways.

I do imagine them eventually developing a lovely friendship postwar, with toph sort of acting as zuko’s personal lie detector (he needs someone to help him pick up on social cues so bad), but as it stands, there isn’t much there wrt their friendship. toph is the one giving every time (empathy, advice, vulnerability), and zuko never actually gives anything back (besides simply burning her feet, which was an accident, he is also quite rude to her on their pseudo-field trip, which is understandable considering how stressed he is, but also, not great). toph is a very understanding and sympathetic person, but if zuko doesn’t make an effort to be kinder to the twelve year old child who has been nothing but gracious and helpful to him, at some point they will hit a wall.

as for romantic potential, this ship has always kind of baffled me because I truly see none whatsoever (sorry i guess). besides just the age gap, which i’ve already discussed as a sort of nonstarter involving many of these ships, and besides the kind of obvious (to me, at least) fact that they are truly the gayest members of the gaang, there’s the fact that zuko would simply be an awful boyfriend to toph, for the reasons i’ve listed above. to be frank, i don’t even think he knows her name.

i’m not saying i ship tokka, but i don’t really understand why anyone who ships toph with zuko (bad bf, doesn’t care about her, very little onscreen development) doesn’t just ship her with sokka (very good bf, her best friend, the central figure in her life, shielded her with his body from falling debris and held her hand with everything he had at the end of the world as they prepared to die together, etc etc) considering the age gap wouldn’t be a barrier (it is to me of course, but ymmv). i think the only real appeal is that people just wanna smash two fan-favorite characters together without really considering whether it narratively makes sense for them to do so. shrug

#prying-pandora666 #leantailean #asks #toph&zuko #toph #zuko #look. i love disabled homosexuals as much as the next disabled homosexual #but their dynamic is kind of go girl give us nothing #and that’s just platonically

[erisenyo]

“What happened doesn’t change anything.”

OR

“It’s okay to cry…”

Zutoph please ❤️

For this prompt game!

Zuko doesn’t know why he’s feeling so awkward after last night’s unthinking ease, so shy putting on his clothes when Toph can’t exactly see, so uncertain of how he's supposed to be.

And Agni, he knows he’s overthinking it, he does. But he still feels dizzy from how fast the morning went from heart-leaping excitement at finding Toph’s solid, sleep-heavy weight against him as he woke to...well, to this.

“Why are you just sitting there?” she huffs, tone nearly brusque as she tugs on her clothes, no art or artifice to it and he’d think that was just Toph if he didn’t vividly remember every second of the way she slinked out of her clothes last night, laughing the whole time, like all she needed to put on a show was his heartbeat to guide her.

“I—” He takes a deep breath, trying to ignore the too-familiar feeling of needing to work up the courage to say something. “I had a nice time.”

She cocks her head, blank.

“…Last night.” He clears his throat when she still doesn’t react. “It was…” Amazing. Funny. Exhilarating. Silly. Just physical in a way he never imagined sex could be. Unbelievable, because he never even let himself hope that she might feel—

“Yeah, Sparrowkeet, it was a good time,” she snorts, haphazardly tying off her belt. “Now what’s a girl gotta do to get food around here?”

“Sparrowkeet?” he blinks, thrown. That's...not what she was calling him last night, or before. “It—I can—or I can have the servants bring—”

“What, like my legs suddenly don’t work?” she interrupts, rolling her eyes. “Don’t think you were that good.”

“No, I—” Right, she doesn’t like to feel pampered, or infantilized, or anything like she can’t take care of herself. Right. “I just thought it could be nice,” he tries again, trying not to fidget, trying to make his voice a little more sure, a little more like it was last night. “To stay here. Together.”

She grunts, tugging her tunic on inside out. “I thought you wanted me to level some farmland or something. Make some terraces.”

“Well, yeah, but—”

“I’m not suddenly some fragile flower just because you fucked me, Zuko,” she cuts in, so sharp that he can’t help from rearing back from her tone.

“What—I didn’t—” He never said—why would she think—

“What happened doesn’t change anything, dude.” She rolls her eyes, somehow managing to give him an unimpressed look without ever actually looking at him, and Zuko doesn’t know if the word dude has felt quite so much like a knife to the gut before.

“You want some fainting fire lily who’ll collapse in your bed all day after a good fuck?” she’s continuing like this is some fight, stomping around for her headband, the fact that it’s on the floor by the door frozen in Zuko’s throat. “You can call Mai back.”

“That’s not—Mai wouldn’t—” He doesn’t want that, never wanted that. And Mai isn’t that, for one, even if he and her were still falling into bed together whenever they got bored enough for it to seem like a good idea.

But more importantly, Toph isn’t that, has never been that. And why would she think he wanted—why would she think he would have done anything they did last night if he—if he didn’t—

“Now where’s breakfast. I'm starving,” she says, jamming her headband onto her head like it’s any other morning, like last night they didn’t—like last night she didn’t…

…Like last night never happened, Zuko realizes, feeling suddenly so, so small. Because maybe that’s what she wants. For it to just...be nothing.

“Right,” Zuko says, squeezing his eyes shut against the sudden, hot sting, falling back on years of experience in sounding steady when he isn't, “Right. Let me just—”

“I can find it,” she says, already shoving through the bedroom doors.

“—finish getting dressed.” Zuko blinks his eyes back open to stare at the door as it slowly swings closed, eventually registering the way his hands are twisted in his tunic hard enough to tear. He stares at that a moment, then forces his fingers to loosen, forces himself to take a slow, deep breath, forces himself to get up and get dressed and not think about the fact that he should know, he should know, that reaching for fragile, impossible things only ever makes them crumble.

--

Toph strides away from Zuko's bedroom quickly as she can without outright running, silently thanking Oma and Shu that she’s the only one who can read heartbeats because she does not need Zuko being able to see through her right now, not like this. Not when she knows exactly how it is for a Fire Lord’s plaything, regardless of who that plaything is or how much he might like to think otherwise and fucking balls, there's a reason she’s never let herself do something this dumb-shit stupid before.

Sure, she’s never heard rumors about Zuko like that, not outside of Mai. But Toph knows how it works, even if he doesn’t. And she’s not going to do that. She’s not going to cut herself down to fit, she isn’t going to make herself small so anyone else can seem taller, is never going to hold herself back.

Not even if it means having...If it means finally getting to have...

She grits her teeth and shoves that thought away, stomping along the corridor and sinking her earth sense down toward Caldera’s slow-beating volcanic heart, and lets that fill her senses instead of whatever too-fast, too-sharp, too-confusing, too-impossible thing Zuko’s heart is doing behind her.

#asks and answers #ask games #leantailean #Turns out I can in fact write angst for these angst prompts... #Zuko #Toph #Zutoph #my writing #fic writing

[maikingsenseofit]

Announcing Maiko Week 2024!

Daily Maiko announced on Twitter that MAY-Ko week will be from May 1st - May 7th 2024!

Here are the prompts, they look amazing. It will be so great to have our first Maiko week in two years

Please tag your friends, artists, and writers to make this week extremely special!

@bluespiritshonour @an-aspiring-jester @akiizayoi4869 @count-horror-xx @justinedont

@leantailean @privatefire @attackfish @loopy777 @swan2swan @rms10 @valkyrie-kun +MORE

#mai #zuko #maiko #avatar the last airbender #atla maiko #pro maiko #Maikoweek2024 #atla

[awkwardfoxdraws]

Zuko: "Why are we lying on the ground?" Toph: "I like the ground." Zuko: "ok" Gift for @leantailean

#atla #illustration #artists on tumblr #fanart #sketches #illustrators on tumblr #avatar the last airbender #toph beifong #toph #zuko x toph #zuko fanart #zuko #prince zuko #fire nation #zutoph #firelady toph

[kataraslove]

saw this on twitter so i decided to start a version on tumblr 💗

fan card - avatar the last airbender

fan since: 2010 (but officially had persistent brainrot since 2021 after the renaissance)

favourite character: katara!!!

least favourite character: ozai

favourite season: book 2

favourite episode: the waterbending master

favourite ship: kataang 💖

tagging others if they’d like to do their own version:

@chiefesskatara @survivalove @atypicality @flameohotwife @coyotelemon @akiizayoi4869 @transboyzuko @transaangg @autistic-katara @my-cabbages-gorl @ididgettomeetyou @yangvik @dukeofdelirium @leantailean @galacticmountains @khrystyav @northerngoshawk @toph-bi-fong @vibee2001 @coconutsaiyan @arcmagecallum and anyone else who would like to do it <3

#atla #avatar the last airbender

[chocomd]

Forever

Rating: M

Genre: Romance, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort

Summary: When Aang makes a slip of the tongue, he and Katara face what they both have been avoiding.

The idea for this fic was inspired by this beautiful Kataang art by @leantailean

Read on AO3

————–

When Aang returned to camp from settling Appa in for the night—rubbing down the sky bison’s furry haunches with a large horsehair brush and tossing him a few watermelons as a bedtime snack—he found Katara sitting by the crackling fire.

Her legs were tucked under her, and she leaned to the side with one hand on the ground. The campfire bathed her figure in a soft, dreamy glow. With warm orange light flickering over her eyelashes and the curves of her lips, she looked like a nature spirit emerging from the deep blue shadows of twilight.

She was beautiful.

Katara turned her head as he approached. “Enjoying the view?” she said with a smile.

Aang realized he was staring. “Yeah,” he breathed.

Her smile turned coy, and she patted the ground beside her. “You might enjoy it better close up.”

He most certainly would.

Continue reading on AO3

#kataang #kataangtag #kataang fanfic #aang #katara #atla #atla fanfic #avatar the last airbender #chocomd #chocomd writes

[vibee2001]

Appreciation post:

Shoutout to @lanjunlazy @lucky-chan34dl @leantailean @heyhanibee @pottyospanna @itsthedeadlyduo @coyotelemon

Yall are soooo talented it's unreal!!

The kataang/atla fandom is blessed to have you all!💙💛

#avatar the last airbender #atla #katara #aang #yall make the best kataang art frfr

[ladyofthelands]

To all those who create

Another year down! I wish you and yours a prosperous new year. May your muse be ever faithful in her inspirations, giving you ideas when you have none, guidance to flesh them out, and rest when it is needful. Happy 2024🎉🎊

pass it on

@deadcatwithaflamethrower @husborth

@wuxiaphoenix @obiwanobi @chaunguyenj @samvelg-likes-things @husborth @stagbeetleboy @ginkotracks @padfootastic @liaonyxrayne @d3epfriedangels @teecupangel @quasar-crew

@stealingyourbones @norcumii @frostbitebakery @only1benkenobi @yuumei-art @olderthannetfic @beemovieerotica @teeth-taste-nice @blue-sunshine-mauve-morning @birdantlers

@penny-anna @ljf613 @leantailean @quarra @wolfsrainrules @fanfiction-artist-prototype @minnow-doodle-doo @jube-art @3pirouette @xenosaurus @camgirlkaminari

@i-am-ct-5555 @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses @phantost @cookietastic @firefox-official @teapirate @phoenixyfriend @oriandcate @wellpresseddaisy @achairwithapandaonit

#new year #happy new year #2024 #writers #artists #authors #.txt #not fandom #reblog game

[leantailean]

Maiko

#Zuko #Mai #Avatar The Last Airbender #atla fanart #maiko #maiko fanart #mai avatar #firelord zuko #prince zuko #my art #leantailean

[ai-fandom-police]

I don’t trust @leantailean at all sorry. They’ve been dishonest before and backpeddled on rancid takes involving ships wars and even tried to call Zuko a Neo Nazi. I know this isn’t a ship discourse blog but it’s suspicious for people to be dishonest and rude in other contexts so ai usage wouldn’t surprise me (and also even if someone has a “process” many times they use ai to speee it up, FYI)

They just blocked me after refusing to do video proof of art.

#anti ai #art theft #signal boost

[coconutsaiyan]

https://www.tumblr.com/dattuff/733804771330473984/what-exactly-is-aangs-toxic-masculinity-that

Thanks for the ask anon. I’d rather keep this short but everything they’re saying is cherry-pick out of context nonsense. This way OP dismisses Zuko’s racism ridiculous. Of course they’re a zk shipper.

Leantailean’s reblog echo my sentiments and already pointed out Zuko’s racism and demand from Katara for her forgiveness.

Was Aang kissing Katara in the EIP episode right? Of course not and Aang definitely realized that. Zuko is more guilty of showing toxic masculinity with how he treated Mai at the party and after.

If you wanna look at examples at of what toxic masculinity is then look no further than A*drew T*te. He exhibits the worst part of toxic masculinity. Does Aang do what that asshole does or preaches? FUCK NO!

ZK shippers have this idea that Aang is a “nice guy” but he’s not that at all. Toxic masculinity is what Zuko has demonstrated while chasing Aang and his treatment of Mai. Toxic masculinity is what Sokka was before Suki knocked it out of him.

But guess what? They’re all kids! Kids make mistakes but they also learn from them. Aang, Sokka, and Zuko have learned from their mistakes and changed for the better. Katara, Suki, and Mai told them off like they should have. The boys learned and became better because of it.

ZK shippers once again show they have no idea what they’re talking about and cherry-pick out of context scenes to justify why their ship is better.

#okay this might have been longer than expected but whatever #CoconutAsks #aang #katara #zuko #sokka #zuko critical #anti zutara #anti zutara shippers #pro Aang #aang defense squad

[erisenyo]

Tag 9 people you'd like to get to know better, tagged by @leantailean (like over a month ago let's not talk about that part...)

Last Song: Bad Idea by Gunnar

Favorite Color: Turquoise!

Currently Watching: Naruto, in as much as chipping my way through it a few episodes a week counts as 'watching'

Last Movie: The Barbie movie, if we are talking about watching the whole thing

Currently Reading: The Last Mrs. Parrish for bookclub and it is 2/5 so far :/

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: How could I choose?? Savory if I had to but that's very much a current-mood thing

Relation Status: single

Current Obsession(s): Zukki apparently lol, interior design as I try to figure out what specifically I think is off about my living room setup, fun blazers and jackets and boots, and holiday shopping for all my people. I have 23 people to get gifts for and 15 left to go...

Last thing I Googled: [redacted] college men's basketball team 2011 roster (trying to ID someone I went to school with lol)

Currently working on: Editing Part 8 of my Zukki week series (the last installment), noodling on a prompt someone sent in on tumblr, and chilling with the cat

Tagging: @ash-and-starlight @haroldtea @lizardlicks @fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma @chitsangenthusiast @sword-and-stars @allgremlinart @chiptrillino @ssreeder

#tag games

[azulas-daddy-kink]

If you're still taking ship asks: brutally honest thoughts about Toko (Toph x Zuko)?

I don't ship it myself (Maiko is my beloved) but I have friends that do, and I respect that. It's a cute ship, and the hate it gets is really undeserved. Oh, and @leantailean 's Toko art is amazing! Anyone who ships Toph and Zuko needs to check out her blog if you're not already familiar.

#ask response #ship ask #atla #toko atla #toph x zuko #zuko x toph

[darmograeff]

Firelord Zuko

Drawing for @leantailean

#zuko #firelord #fire nation #atla #avatar #Avatar The Last Airbender #Zuko fanart #sketch #ZUKO THE FIRELORD

[ljf613]

Lemme tell you that I loved the playlist!!! It's really well done and all the songs were very fitting for them... Thank you so much for making it!! :3 I also saw the fanarts and I loved them, these artists are a blessing for sharing their art with all of us!!!! And about the other ship I told you, maybe it's for the best and it's healthier for me... I wasn't feeling anything good about that pairing lately because i had a very bitter taste in my mouth from what I've read and you (1)...-Wonderbabe

Are supposed to enjoy it... And like you said everybody has their own writing decisions and we should respect that... Maybe those stories weren't for my taste and were for other people's and it's completely okay because at the end of the day I have the possibility to filter my fandom's experiences

I'm glad you enjoyed! @leantailean and @aurantia-ignis are absolute treasures!

I've got a Toko rec list now-- I'm sure you've read most of the fics on there already, but there might be a few you haven't seen before.

#avatar the last airbender #toko #toph x zuko #toph beifong #zuko #otp: that's how i show affection #wonderbabe #sorry it took me so long to answer this one #life happened #thanks for the ask!