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oneatlatime · 3 months

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Any predictions for season 3, or are you planning to dive straight in?

You're not the first person who's mentioned s3 predictions, so I'll give it a shot, but I'm really not sure if I have anything to use to make predictions. S2 ended in a very final, end of arc kind of way. Lots of things have been tied up. I don't even know where they're all flying off to. Back to the Southern Water Tribe, since the Earth Kingdom's a bit of a bust? The Fire Nation's out of the question, the Northern Water Tribe probably has mixed feelings about seeing them again, maybe the Eastern Air Temple? Although even that might not be safe, since Aang's travel plans to said temple to meet the Guru were known by various Earth Kingdom generals. And that stupid King.

I think the Fire Nation contingent are going back to the Fire Nation, and I am looking forward to a Zuko with eyes at least somewhat open interacting with FN citizens/nobles/military etc. who are still completely drinking the kool aid. I think it's going to suck for Zuko. Should make for good TV though. Lots of conversations where both people are saying entirely different things while thinking they're talking about the same thing.

I said it before, but I'm worried for Iroh. He's for sure arrested, but is he going to be executed? Obviously I don't want that, but unless Iroh still has enormous popular support, and the Firelord's grasp on power is incredibly shaky, I don't see how permanently eliminating a traitor (from a FN perspective) can be avoided. Then again. Kids' show.

As for the Gaang? In broad strokes, Aang still needs to learn firebending to fully Avatar himself, then he needs to defeat the Fire Lord (who is quite the homebody apparently - seriously, where is this guy?). So next season Aang will shake off his lightning hangover, find a firebending teacher, defeat the firelord. He'll probably have to commute to the Fire Nation to find the Fire Lord first. No idea what he'll do in between those things. Perhaps inadvisable shenanigans? That would be in character. His biggest story arc all series has been learning to accept his status as Avatar, but between his talks with the Guru and opening his last Chakra in the finale, I think he's done it. So all that's left is the main plot and goofiness.

Katara has the same problem she had going into S2 - she's mastered waterbending, so she needs a new conflict/arc. S2 answered this demand by... having her hang around? What did Katara do this season? Bend a bunch, set up camps, tear down camps, wreck Jet, support Aang, be nice to Toph that one time, yell at people. I hope she gets something meatier in S3. I still think she should meet some good FN citizens that challenge her morals.

Sokka was also kind of just there this season, although if I'm being mean I'll say that he was also kind of just there for S1 too, which is why it doesn't feel as odd as Katara's lack of purpose. I loved his stuff with Suki. Suki is officially the glow up of the season. I loved their interactions together, and I love the growth she poked him into doing. I'd like to see more of that. So less a prediction and more of a hope: S3 Sokka develops the ability to rely on/trust others (or maybe realises others can be relied upon/trusted is more accurate), hopefully with Suki somehow involved. And I loved his dad too. I want to see more of that guy, but since a cardinal rule of kids' stories is getting rid of the authority figures asap, it won't happen.

Toph. Honestly I'm stumped. She already broke the universe. Where can she go from there? Unless she's going to devolve into an antagonist, which I absolutely don't want, I don't see how she can top her S2 plot. And Aang's got earthbending down, so I guess she'll be like Katara was this season: tagging along. Not that I'm complaining; I love me some Toph in any form. We have seen that she wants to make peace with her parents, sort of, probably? Or at least give them another shot? But I kind of don't want her within 100 miles of her parents. So I don't know.

Appa & Momo will hopefully be tagalongs in S3 too. I learned my lesson this season about wanting the animals to have character arcs.

I guess the antagonist in S3 will be the Fire Lord, finally. Who else is left? Zhao tried, he died. Azula tried, she won. Unless S3 has an Azula rematch. But would she want that? She's already proven that she won. She can go home and enjoy the spoils of her victory (which may or may not include Zuko - I'm kind of unclear on exactly how much agency Zuko is going to have in the FN, especially since I'm not actually sure that he has permission to be there as a free man - didn't the arrest warrant Azula was executing in episode 1 list both Zuko and Iroh?)

There's nothing left for the Gaang in Ba Sing Se, so I doubt they'll go back there. Frankly it's the FN characters who have roots there. I wonder what will happen to Iroh's tea shop? I wonder if his investors will find out who he is? I wonder if money talks louder than national loyalty? (It's the Earth Kingdom - the answer is yes) Wouldn't it be funny if Iroh busted out of imprisonment and went right back to serving tea? And everyone sent to find him would be thinking "this is the famed tactician the Dragon of the West - he's probably travelling the FN plotting a coup as we speak. That devilish mind of his must have safe houses set up all over the nation." When actually he's right back where he got caught, doing exactly what he was doing when he got caught, to great and not-very-quiet acclaim?

I think S3 might have an overall darker tone too, within the bounds of a kids' show. I don't know what place Ba Sing Se occupied in the mind of the average person in the Avatar universe (although refugees seemed to revere it), but the city's fall to the FN represents a very big FN victory. The Gaang will probably be the most underdoglike in S3. S1 was mostly stalemate, then a big FN defeat. S2 was opened with the FN taking Omashu and closed with them taking Ba Sing Se. The FN have never been in a better position, and I bet the NWT is safe from further invasion only until the FN have built their fleet back up. So even the few free areas could have an expiry date on their freedom.

This is rapidly devolving into rambles, so I'll conclude by saying I have no clue what's going to happen next season, and that's exciting.

#ask

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thebluemallet · 3 months

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My Immediate Thoughts on the Latest Avatar: The Last Airbender Trailer

THE SHIP DESIGN FOR THE FIRE NAVY SHIPS! THAT MAST!

This must be the North Pole and leading up to the Siege of the North.

Appa soaring through the skies.

Yeah, they're really going to go and show us the attacks on the Air Temples. On the one hand, I'm excited about the new material. On the other hand, I feel like I shouldn't be excited about witnessing a genocide even if it's fiction.

IS THAT FIRE LORD SOZIN? OR IS THAT JUST A RANDOM FIRE NATION GENERAL?? I THINK IT'S SOZIN??

Aang breaking out from the iceberg seems a lot more violent than the cartoon but it also looks awesome! And if I were Sokka and Katara, I'd be scared shitless seeing that.

I think that's Monk Gyatso voice in the beginning? And he specifically says that the Fire Nation is embarking on a dark path instead of the super vague "storm clouds are gathering" like in the original cartoon. So Aang goes into that iceberg with more knowledge in this adaptation than in the cartoon.

Daniel Dae Kim looks great as Fire Lord Ozai!

Azula with a bow and arrow? Guess she's expanding her skill set.

Blink and you'll miss it, but that is JET that Katara, Sokka, and Aang are talking to before there's a big ass explosion behind them.

WE'VE GOT THE MOTHER EFFIN OSTRICH HORSES, BABY!

IT'S ZUKO COMING TO RESCUE UNCLE IROH WHEN HE GETS CAPTURED BY EARTH KINGDOM SOLDIERS!

Aang, Katara, and Sokka checking out the ruins of one of the Air Temples. Southern Air Temple, maybe, probably?

Water Tribe! Don't know if it's Northern or Southern but it could be the aftermath of Zuko coming to the Southern tribe to find Aang.

Katara coming in with her belief that Aang can save the world.

I'm in love with every shot of Appa flying!

THE AIR SCOOTER!

AND HE CRASHES INTO A STATUE LIKE HE DOES IN THE ORIGINAL OPENING CREDITS!!!!

There you go! You whiny little complainers finally got your sarcastic Sokka. And he definitely has more emotional range than the Sokka in the other project that shall not be named so I approve!

THAT'S ZUKO'S TINY LITTLE WARSHIP CRUISING AROUND THE SOUTH POLE LOOKING FOR THE AVATAR!!!

UNCLE!

That's not Zuko pinning up that picture of Aang. Maybe it's Zhao?

I fucking love the masks on the Fire Nation soldiers!!!!!!!

Zuko, you moody, angsty, traumatized teenager! I love you!

(This better get renewed so we can get awkward Zuko. I want to hear him say, "That's rough, buddy." I want to know how many takes they ruined when they eventualy film that scene.)

ZUKO AND IROH TEAM UP AGAINST THOSE EARTH KINGDOM SOLDIERS!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you know guys, maybe we should hear out what the fire nation has to say?

Nope, sorry, I was distracted by the abs. They should have had him silhouetted because I'm pretty sure this is the AGNI KAI WHERE HE BURNS HIS KID'S FACE!

Avatar "I don't want the responsibility!" Aang.

It's giving "Because I never wanted to be" and "I'm just one kid" energy.

THE FACT THAT I WILL NEVER GET TO CUDDLE APPA IN REAL LIFE IS A CRIME!

Sokka coming in and reminding Aang that he's not alone in this.

Reminds me of early on in the show when he says "Katara and I aren't going to let anything happen to you."

Momo's excellent comedic timing, there.

IT'S JUN! AND NYLA! IT LOOKS SO FREAKING GOOD!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! IF THAT'S HEI BAI, THEN I'M GOING TO SHIT MYSELF WHEN THEY SHOW KOH!

Oh, Zuko isn't showing up to Kyoshi this time, it's ZHAO!

SOKKA AND SUKI LOOKING AMAZING FIGHTING TOGETHER!

THAT'S TEO AND AANG FLYING AROUND! THAT'S TEO AND AAANG!

I guess one of the big changes from the cartoon is that we'll see Teo and his dad in Omashu instead of the Northern Air Temple because that's DEFINITELY Omashu they're flying around.

AANG! YOU'RE SO PINT-SIZED COMPARED TO SOKKA AND KATARA! AND THE RUNNING HUG! I CAN'T HANDLE THE RUNNING HUGS! THEY'RE MY KRYPTONITE!

BLUE SPIRT! WE'RE GETTING THE BLUE SPIRIT AND AANG FIGHTING TOGETHER!

Aang ready to kick some Fire Nation butt.

I wonder if that's part of the Siege of the North? It looks like Sokka flies him in on Appa and Aang drops in.

I think the next shot is the South Pole when Zuko attacks trying to find Aang?

Aang pulling out the Matrix moves when Sokka lets his boomerang fly!

KING BUMI! They were really accurate with the costumes here.

KATARA FIGHTING OFF ZUKO AT THE NORTH POLE!!!!

Jet looking like a badass and fighting off some fire benders.

I know I've guessed this several times, but THAT WAS DEFINITELY AANG AND ZUKO AT THE SOUTH POLE!

I like we see the glow slowly going over the tattoos as Aang goes into the Avatar state instead of it just going straight to glowing.

AND THE CHANTING! I LOVE THIS MUSIC SO MUCH!!!

I think Aang's last transition to the Avatar State is definitely him at the Southern Air Temple when he finally has to face what happened to the Air Nomads, but I could be wrong.

Anyway. February 22 isn't that far away and there are not enough words to describe how excited I am for this.

#avatar the last airbender #atla #aang #katara #sokka #prin #uncle iroh #fire lord ozai #azula #admiral zhao #suki #kyoshi warriors #appa #momo #king bumi

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jessfandrawer · 2 months

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What do you picture Jin dynamic with the members of Team Avatar like?

Interesting question @pedanticat, ummm... this might get long. And keep in mind, while I like to puzzle out how my thoughts would best fit into canon, this is all still personal interpretations of the characters.

For the group as a whole, I think Jin would blend in. She'd get along with everyone, but would naturally find the greatest benders and warriors of her generation intimidating (Zuko: How come you were never intimidated by me?, Jin: Because when we met, you were just some guy named Lee!). She's ordinary in comparison, which is not intended as a dig because it's something I like about her, and by extension Jin x Zuko. I think she'd sort of fade in and out of the group dynamic, being the weakest combatant, but perhaps having some knowledge or perspective that occasionally proves useful (whatever you may headcanon that to be).

Individually speaking:

Aang - He wants to be friends with nearly everyone. Jin has no idea how to act around THE AVATAR, so she's too formal with him and Aang finds this frustrating. They bond over appreciating simple pleasures. I also think Aang would be the most taken by the story of how Jin and Zuko met. He's a romantic, but also, the date occurred very close before Zuko set Appa free. I think Aang would find that interesting. He's also happy to have a new person to show his marble trick to!

Katara - She'd do everything she can to make Jin feel included and welcomed. This causes an early misunderstanding where Jin thinks Katara is forcing a friendship between them, and Katara worries that Jin is being standoffish because she feels like the odd one out. Once they have a heart-to-heart, they relate a lot through self-care stuff. Katara is also the most confused by Zuko and Jin's relationship.

Sokka - She's chill and sometimes joins in on razzing Zuko. 4 stars, would go on a double date again.

Toph - Erm, not sure about Toph. I guess they would be the friend group members who are almost never alone together, so if they ever were, they would have no idea what to do or talk about. Maybe they can complain about the Earth Kingdom uppercrust together. 🤷‍♀️

Suki - Jin feels most comfortable with Suki (though she's still quite starstruck) and loves getting non-bender self-defense tips from her. I could see Jin/Zuko and Suki/Sokka going on lots of double dates together for those older team member vibes. Jin and Suki chat easily and have an easy-going yet confident air about them.

Appa and Momo - Flying with Appa is super fun, but as a city girl, Jin is not used to interacting with large creatures. She's more shy with him when they're on the ground. Momo could land on Jin and she'd give him continuous scritches until he decided to glide away without her even thinking about it.

#jinko #headcanons #jin and the gaang #sukka mentioned #asks #Dang now I kind of want to draw Jin and Momo

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graphx · 2 months

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so…that avatar show, huh?

me no likely:

they made aang leaving an accident. like he didn't deliberately try to run away from his problems, it was just coincidence on a midnight fly and he even says he will go back when he clears his head (then everyone else frames it as intentional??? Even himself???)

Kataras character literally feels like her ember island counterpart and made her perfect and I hate that she doesn't get mad at aang talent at all because she can't be TOO MEAN NOOO WHATEVER WILL WE DO IF SHE HAS FLAWS??? OR A REALISTIC REACTION TO FRUSTRATION OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING SHE VALUES A LOT CUZ ITS HARD??? (took away all of her development about having to be the bigger person and gave it to sokka??? Fun loving joking sokka??? Even tho it ties in with her toph conflict later?)

jet blows up things with jelly and hurt civilians but…the entire point of jet was that he hurt people who did nothing wrong and there was definitely fire benders doing something wrong so he can justify his actions?? And the entire point was that he needed to REALIZE his actions were unforgivable before moving on from his vengeance to ba sing se?But now he does nothing wrong because we can't have the pretty boy terrorist be TO00000 BAD

i get that we are supposed to emphasize the power of friendship thing in the bumi episode but it just seems like instead of aang realizing he is going to make hard choices with no right answer his friends take that decision/responsibility AWAY from him? And the point in the show is that while he cant rely on others and has to do it alone???

azula sounds like she's complaining about zuko like a normal teenager gossiping to her friends even tho her entire beach episode was emphasizing how she is NOT A REGULAR KID AND DOESNT ACT LIKE IT. Or being mad zuko got banished and got himself an opportunity? No azula only cares about her dads orders/approval at this point she doesn't take zuko seriously as a threat? She was glad he was gone and tried to take him prisoner? Complaining that she is "risking her life undercover?" Did we watch??? The same source material???

would have been so easy to show badger moles and benders but noooo lets just make them savage animals that don't react to VIBRATIONS AT ALL ya know THE EARTHBENDING TECHNIQUE

why the hell is kyoshi getting mad at aang for not fighting WHEN SHE IS TRAPPING HIM IN A DREAM TO LECTURE HIM INSTEAD OF LETTING HIM FIGHT??

Good!

Never recovering from zuko and leaves on the vine playing at the same time

at least sokka got some development?? It could have been worse tbh

I like that they explained the avatar possession stuff can only happen in certain places

my cabbages made everything worth it

giving iroh and lu ten a bit more depth! I like that everyone subtly framed it in a good way but zuko was more empathetic

im a mixed bag on how they handled suki (great to show that she is unsociable from being an isolated warrior all her life but I hated that they just…beat up sokka for no reason by taking out his misogyny arc…. And didn’t frame it as a bad enough thing?? And then they just… got over it? With no real apology? Cuz it’s fine now that they think the other one is hot!! Problems solved!!!)

i like that they made jet and kataras relationship less “ooooo hot bad boy!!!” And more a mutual relationship (then they threw it out the window for no reason cuz JET IS BAD BUT NOT TOO BAD! KATARA NEEDS TO GIRLBOSS!!!! U guys can make empathic characters while still making them bad not giving him misogyny problems he never had???)

sokka and katara sibling moments? They were okay

(I’ll update when I watch more)

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #avatar the last airbender show #atla live action #atla netflix #avatar the last airbender netflix #avatar the last airbender live action #analysis #media critique #Meta

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azure-firecracker · 2 months

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I thought I’d do a liveblog reaction to the ATLA live action so this is just a chaotic stream of my thoughts as I watch. Spoilers ahead (fyi I’m going to be tagging these as “atla stream of consciousness”)

Episode 1 (Part 1)

The fire nation theme already got me excited lol.

Earthbending CGI is slightly sketchy. You can tell firebending got the whole budget

Firelord Sozin doesn’t have enough gravitasse imo. Like the music is out evil-ing him.

Oh shit they are getting graphic.

“Which is why we have to kill them all” that’s very on the nose.

I don’t recognize anyone bending in the intro but it looks cool (who’s narrating though?-they’re not doing a good job)

Air temple looks gorgeous!

AANG IS SO CUTE I CAN’T!!

I know people have complained about him being able to fly but it doesn’t really bother me. New universe, some new rules can apply (within reason).

“There may come a day where you wish you had spent more time with your teachers” THAT’S SO CRUEL (specifically cruel to me).

“Great comet festival” all I thought of was the musical.

I can see the Tibetan influences more evidently in the Air Nomads that’s cool.

Aang and Gyatso are so sweet omg!

I need to rewatch The Storm but does Aang know he’s the avatar or not in the original? Gyatso telling him feels new to me.

Edit: I’ve been told that he does find out but months before he runs away, and the thing that sets him off is being told to leave (thanks @ragnarssons !) For me it makes a little more sense the original way but I don’t deeply care.

Gordon’s delivery on “I never asked to be special” OKAY THIS KID CAN ACT.

This Aang and Gyatso scene has me emotional wow. Do more of this and less burning people.

I already knew that Aang didn’t run away and I get streamlining some stuff but I do think it was a pretty core trait to change and having him be slightly more morally grey would have been more interesting, especially because his monologue was already leading there.

The Fire Nation people do not need to say “we’re gonna kill everyone” so many times. Do they think we don’t understand?

Airbending CGI looks pretty good too.

I get why they’re showing people burning and it makes sense I just really have trouble watching it.

In terms of showing the Air Nomad genocide, I can understand why they did it. When you’re doing a reimagining, especially with the tonal shift, it’s good to have a new beginning or a new something to set yourself apart from the original. It’s a different story and that’s okay. That being said, I don’t like how gruesome everything is. I feel like a lot of the same fear factors could be achieved without showing everyone (especially Gyatso) burning, and it feels like it’s violence for the sake of shock value trying to be edgier or something (I also don’t like gruesome stuff generally so that may be me).

More to come! These are long so I’m splitting them up a lot because I have MANY thoughts.

#atla #atla live action #natla #netflix atla #atla stream of consciousness #avatar the last airbender

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tobitofunction · 1 year

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🐉 Part 4

Finding Ursa time based on the comics

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Part 5 part6 part 7

After having to explain why Azula is coming with, everyone is ready for take off.”You ready?” Zuko asked, you nodded your head,” Are you flying on Appa?”,”I need to stay close to Azula, otherwise I would have loved to fly with you” he said,” Talking about Azula, she is staring” you said nodding towards her, she had arms crossed and eyes were narrowed staring at Haku and you,” It’s the first time she sees a dragon”,” If she only thinks about harming Haku, I will not hesitate to fry her”,” Noted” he said,” Zuko are you coming? Aang shouted,” Let’s find your mother,” you said squeezing his hand, Zuko smiled and kissed you,” Oogie” Sokka said shivering,” Sokka don’t be rude, be happy for Zuko, he seems happy,” Katara said nudging him in the rips,” I wouldn’t complain if Suki would have been able to join,” he said crossing his arms,” I would love to but I need to keep an eye on the Palace,” Suki said from behind making Sokka turn with a big smile,” SUKI” he yelled, wrapping his arm around her,” I missed you so much,” he said before kissing her,” I missed you too, please be careful. Azula has attacked Zuko twice already. He’s taking it because he wants his mother back, which I understand but” she sighs,” We be careful, no need to worry. But be careful too, the Palace is still not safe. I heard about the break-in” Sokka said cupping her face gently. Suki melted into his touch and smiled at him,” I love you Sokka”,” I love you too” he answered,” Oogie” Aang joked making Katara laugh, Sokka frowned at Aang which made Suki laugh in response,”I need to go back inside. Have a safe trip” she said as Zuko climbed up on Appa where Azula was already waiting, her’s glance was still on you and Haku,” What a lovely sight. I thought Dragon were extinct?” she said to her brother,” Well as you can see they aren’t but the public will not know about it. Only specific people do” Zuko said,” I’m honoured Zuzu,” she said.

After crash landing because of Azula and then being attacked by a Wolf Spirit, magical moth’s which shot out of the wolf spirit you as a group decided to make camp for tonight. You pulled a red sleeping bag out of your bag and laid it out beside Haku,” Here, I brought this for you” Zuko said, he held out a small mattress in his arms,” Thanks” you smiled taking it from him. “ It is probably your first time camping,” he said as you placed the mattress under your sleeping bag,” Yes, it’s quite exciting,” you said, your face lighting up,” You pretty when you're excited,” he said moving a stray piece of hair from your face,” Want to be to help collect firewood?” he asked, you nodded,” What about Azula?”,” Aang is watching her,” he said taking your hand and leading you into the woods.

“Is this good for firewood?” you asked holding up a medium-sized twig,” I say so, anything smaller than it while be a no” he said making you nod.

Soon the two of you returned to camp, you handed Sokka your firewood and he began building into a tent-like shape. As soon as Sokka was finished Zuko lit up the fire with his bending.” Zuko has your egg hatched yet?” Aang asked peaking Azula’s interest,” Unfortunately no” he said with a disappointed sigh,” It takes time, your the first non-Valyrian to have a dragon for what 100 years? I believe the egg will hatch” you pecked his cheek,” You own a dragon egg,” Azula said,” Yes, it was a gift,” Zuko said slowly studying his sister face on what she was about to do,” Must be nice, the only thing I get gifted is a couple of hours daily in the nuthouse,” she said making Zuko bit his lip.

Soon everyone went to sleep, for safety Sokka brought up the idea of handcuffing Azula and to Zuko’s surprise, both Aang and Katara agreed. Zuko felt a wave of sympathy flow through him seeing his sister handcuffed trying to sleep.” It’s just for safety, they be coming off in the morning” you said noticing his gaze, Zuko wanted to say something but he decided not to, he rather kissed your lips and pulled you into his chest,” Tired?” he asked, you nodded cuddling deeper into his chest,” Your so cuddly” you said with a tired smile,” But Haku is warmer” you said making Zuko lift a brow,” Really but is Haku as cuddly as I am”,” No, so join me soon then. I already got used to having your body next to me when I sleep” Zuko smiled warmly at you,” I join soon” he said making you nod.

Zuko watched you lay down beside Haku, the white Dragon moving his body around yours,” You two seem closer than ever” Sokka said wiggling his brows,” Why are you still up?” Zuko said avoiding Sokka’s comment,” Drank to much water as I was trying to get the taste of moth out my mouth. Now my-”,”I get the picture,” Zuko said. Sokka looked behind him saw Katara shivering slightly,” A bit chilly tonight huh?” he said getting up and walking towards his back,” Thought you Water tribe folk like the cold?” Zuko teased sipping from his tea,” I guess we haven’t been home in a while” he answered pulling out a blanket and walking towards Katara and putting the blanket over her. Her scrunched-up face immediately relaxed when the blanket covered her body. “ Even after all those snowballs to the face you still look out for her” Zuko said softly as Sokka sat back down opposite him. Sokka shrugged,” I throw witty remarks at her and she throws snowballs at me. That’s how our relationship is” he said,”It seems like you pulled the short end of the stick” Sokka smiled and looked behind him,” Katara is my sister. When it comes to her I don’t mind pulling the short end of the stick,” he said and Zuko knew he meant every word. Zuko frowned and looked behind him, where Azula was sleeping against a tree shivering even worse than before. “Do you have another one of those blankets?”,”Sure here” Sokka said standing up and handing Zuko the nice warm blanket,”I need-”,” Thanks for the blanket,” Zuko said cutting off Sokka as he didn’t want to hear more about his bladder problems.

Zuko gently laid the blanket over Azula, while he was doing that he noticed something in her boot. It was a letter, Zuko’s eyes widened reading it. Zuko folded up the piece of paper and walked towards where you were laying, Haku opened his eyes slightly to see who was coming closer to him and you, but once he realised it was only Zuko he closed his eyes again. Zuko laid out his sleeping bag next to you,” Everything okay?” you asked with a drowsy voice,”Mmh” he said, his back turned to you, he was clutching the letter to hist chest, an odd feeling began rising in him. He needs to talk to Aang about in the morning.

“I can’t believe it” Aang said after reading what was in the letter,” It makes so much sense. That’s why Ozai could banish me without a second thought, I am not his son” Zuko said,” Then why didn’t he get rid of you sooner?” Aang asked handing back the letter,” He was about to. The night before she disappeared my Grandfather commanded Ozai to kill me as punishment for trying to take Iroh’s birthright. He didn’t argue, he was just going to do it” Zuko said re-reading the letter again,” But he didn’t, your still here” Aang reasoned,” My Mother stopped him somehow”,” I don’t know Zuko. It can’t be true! Or it shouldn’t be” Aang continued.

Meanwhile, you awoke to Haku growling, you got up and saw Azula attacking Sokka and Katara,” Haku bode (Haku tail)” you commanded as you knew you personally weren’t a match for Azula, Haku swung his tail at Azula making her crash against a tree stopping her from continuing her attack on the water tribe siblings,” Woooo Haku for the win” Sokka shouted. Azula got back up but instead of attacking again she ran deeper into the forest, setting fire to the bushes she past,” Where is she going?” you asked,” Aang and Zuko are having a talk over there” Sokka said while Katara tried to stop the flames with her water bending.

“All night, I’ve had this odd sense of hope”,” HOPE? What are you talking about? If you not Ozai’s son what does that mean for your reign? Whose the rightful Fire Lord” just then Azula came up behind them. Attacking them without a second thought, speaking words about some woman and how she told Zuko to steal the letter from her. Zuko’s and Azula fought alone while Aang checked on the rest. The fighting between the two royal siblings ended up with Zuko holding Azula up by the cliff edge,” Answer me this, you had the letter all night but didn’t burn it. Why?” Azula teased making Zuko throw her onto the ground behind him,”We can spend the rest of our lives fighting but it won’t bring us closer to finding our mother” Zuko said, not answering her question and began to walk back to camp,” I wonder if the albino king would still let you marry his daughter after he read the letter?” Zuko stopped for a second before continuing to walk.

You threw a bucket of water onto a bush stopping the flames from spreading,” Are we ready to leave?” Zuko asked gaining your attention,” Your okay, I’m glad” you said putting down the bucket and throwing yourself onto Zuko,” Yeah, I’m fine” he said with a sheepish smile, Azula’s words echoed in his head but also yours, back you meet first, saying that your father approved only because of his blood connection to Roku but what if him being fire lord also played a factor?. Zuko’s thoughts were interrupted by your lips on his,” You sure you're okay? You seem out of it” you said,” I’m fine, just nearly got fried by my sister” he said stroking your cheek with his thump.” Your sister nearly set the whole forest on fire” Aang said,” Even with Aang’s helpd it took us until now to stop the spread” Katara added with an angry pout,” Nature hates you” Sokka hissed making Azula roll her eyes at him,” Let’s go before she decided to burn us next” Aang said.

Soon you arrived at the entrance of Zuko’s mothers home town,” Emā naejot umbagon kesīr ( You have to stay here)” you said rubbing Haku’s nose bridge, you then leaned your forehead against his,”ruaragon sȳrī ñuha dōna run (hide well my sweet thing)” you said,” You need to teach me, I would love to know your language” Aang said,” It be an honour” you said,” Zuko, you should learn it too” Aang said,” I guess I should, would you teach me?” Zuko said with a smirk and wrapped his arm around you, a giggle left your lips,”I would love to” you pecked his lips making Sokka groan,” Can we keep the PDA, down on a low. It’s unfair, you can smooch around while I don’t have Suki” he said, Zuko rolled his eyes,” Can’t promise that” he said as you pulled away from him.”Let’s get dressed” Aang said making Sokka confused,” Why?”,” Having the Avatar and Fire Lord will draw attention” Katara said throwing fire nation close at her brother,” That makes sense” he said.

“You hid your white hair under a hat, you looked down at your clothes and then at Aang and frowned,” Sorry that’s all we had for non-flashy clothing,” Zuko said,” I look like a boy,” you said,” Didn’t know you were into boys Zuko” Sokka giggled making Katara slap him,” More like a peasant” Azula snarked,” Play nice” Zuko growled and took your hand in his and began walking towards the small town.

It’s quite busy for a small village Katara said,” Look they are performing a play” you gasped pulling Zuko’s arm towards the stage,” I recognise the scene, it’s the final battle scene in Love Amongst Dragon” Zuko said,” The masks are beautiful” you admired,” Hey Zuko, the water spirit mask looks like your mask, which you used to break me out prison” Aang said,”Sshh, what with disguising ourself if you shout my name anyway” Zuko whispered yelled making Aang rub the back of his head,” Aww this play is so romantic” you cooed watching the final kiss happen, Zuko smiled at you and reached for your hand again, he was about to go in for a kiss when Sokka groaned behind him,” What did I say about PDA?” he whined as he saw Aang and Katara kiss.

You began asking around about Ursa,” You have very feminine features for a boy” an elder lady responded to your question about Ursa,”And your eyes, honey look at boys eyes. Purple, what s sight” she said pulling her husband towards you, you began feeling like an animal in a zoo as more people came closer to look at your purple eyes,” Special aren’t say, the most beautiful shade of purple” Zuko said grabbing you by the shoulder and dragging you away towards the others who were talking to a man holding the blue mask from the play,”This is Nornen, he has Information about Ursa” Zuko said,” Let’s go to my place so we can have some Privacy” he said.

“I don’t want to pry but you have wonderful eyes,” Noriko, Nornen’s wife said as she pours you tea,” Thank you, and you have a Wonderfull house” you smiled as bowed her head,” How long have you been married?” Aang asked as she sat down on the table. You looked at Zuko who was smiling at the door, you followed his gaze and saw a little girl standing there, she cocked her head aside looking at you,” Why are you wearing a hat inside?” she asked slowly coming towards you,” Do you want me to take it off?”, she hesitantly nodded, you then quickly took off your hat revelling the silver hair underneath, the small girl's eyes widen with awe,” Wow” she said reaching for your hair,” Kiyi, don’t touch strangers hair without asking them first” Noriko said,” It’s fine, you touch it” Kiwi’s small hands gently touched your hair,” Wow, you look like a Princess, minus the clothing.... are you in hiding?” she said making you giggle,” Kiyi, what a beautiful name” you said,” What is your name?”,” Y/N”,” That sounds like a Princess name, a warrior Princess name or even better a dragon empress name” she rambled making both you and Zuko giggle, Azula meanwhile rolled her eyes.” Want to see my doll?”,” No!”,” Gladly”,” Of course” the three of you said. She ignored Azula and ran outside the room for a second before reappearing with a rag doll in her hands,” This is Kiyi” she said holding up the doll,”I thought your name is Kiyi?” Zuko asked playfully,”It’s such a great name I had to use it twice” she shrugged making you smile,” I used to have a doll just like that, my mom made it for me.... I lost it and I was really sad but my Mom made me a new one, I loved it because she made it for me,” you said, you felt tears building in your eyes,” I need some fresh air,” you said getting up, Zuko wanted to follow but Kiyi began talking again,” I wanted to make her prettier but it didn’t turn out so good,” she said sadly looking at the dolls haircut,” My sister used to the same,” Zuko said trying to comfort the small girl,” I actually gave them headsets, I can show you if you like?” she smirked as Kiyi yelled no and moved the doll away,” Azula stop” Zuko said.

Meanwhile, Sokka was helping Nornen make food but he noticed you sitting under a tree rubbing your eyes,”Is everything okay with them?”, Nornen asked concerned,” She just had a lot of things happen to her in a short while. I be back in a second” Nornen nods.

“Princess, is everything okay?”,” You don’t have to call Princess,” you said giving him a weak smile,” But are you okay?” he asked again,” The little girl had a doll which reminded me of the one my mother made, it’s still on Dragonstone”,” The only thing I have left of my mom is Katara, the fire nation destroyed nearly everything else about her. Only the necklace Katara wears was saveable” you frowned,” I’m so sorry,” you said rubbing his arm,” What I am trying to say...not really sure to be honest *awkward laugh* we are friends now and if you need a laugh just call me. I’m the jokester guy anyway” he winked,” Come on dinner is ready, if it’s bad blame Nornen if it’s good it was all me” he joked making you giggle.

“Hey, you okay?” Zuko asked rubbing your cheek,”It be okay” you said kissing his cheek before sitting down beside him. Kiyi was on your other side still admiring your looks.” You have stunning hair, I have never seen hair or eyes like yours before” Nornen said,” It’s hard to explain, I am fire nation, however. We just lived far from the mainlands” you said, Nornen and his wife nodded,”So what do you know about Ursa?”

#Zuko #prince zuko #firelord zuko #avatar zuko #zuko x you #zuko x reader #zuko x fem!reader #zuko x y/n

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jodjuya · 2 months

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I just watched the first episode of Netflix's ATLA adaptation and it's fine actually? Perfectly adequate adaptation.

No, it's not the exact same as the original animation, but just go watch that if that's what you want to watch?

Netflix can go ahead and profusely thank Shyamalan for setting the bar so low, because I'm satisfied with this.

A couple days ago I watched Little Joel's video bitching about it (which has since been taken down from YouTube for bs copyright reasons, but it's still here on nebula), and now that I've watched that first episode of avatar for myself, many of the things he complains about are perfectly fine in context.

Paraphrasing, but like,

"Aang is flying without his staff I guess he can just do that now." - that's not flying? he's just falling with style

"Aang's 'i know who I am' monologue is shitty exposition" - bro he's just a scared little boy venting to his pet cow; that wasn't a conversation he was having with another human being

"why are we being shown these fight scenes of unnamed characters we don't care about" - because it's telling the story in a different way to the original show?

"these firebenders don't seem that powered-up by the comet what's even going on here" - bro they can now rocket-jump from ground level straight up to the air nomad's plateau at cloud-height, and the fire attacks of regular mooks are punching right through the defences of air masters. That's the power of Sozin's comet: rocket-jumps!

"Gran-Gran reciting the original show's intro is just dumb fanservice and dumb excessive exposition" - she's doing the old person thing of reciting old people's stories to a young person who doesn't care, to make her point that this young person in particular has never heard those old people's stories before, because he's the subject of that story who got time-travelled from then-a-days to nowadays. (And also, yes, it's gratuitous fanservice (but this who entire show literally only exists for the sake of gratuitous fanservice so why are you complaining about that?? (seems to me like going to the library and complaining that they only have books there instead of Belgian waffles)))

"Katara shouldn't be saying that 'these days nobody visits other nations anymore' because what do you even mean 'anymore'? Her entire life has been in the shadow of war, there is no 'anymore' because she doesn't have any experience not under the shadow of war" - she said that in response to Aang reminiscing about visiting his old pals in the Fire Nation, which isn't the done thing ANYMORE! She wasn't talking about her personal loss of visitation rights to her own pals in the Fire Nation! Aang was talking about how things used to be different, that's why she said it's not like that ANYMORE, because she's contrasting her experience to his! Not her own to her own!

And so on and so forth

Like, it's fine for this new show to be different to the old one! Being different is not sinful! Eat a Snickers or something before your next hot-take video. Get your blood sugar up so you're less of a sourpuss.

Heck, it took until this new show for me to comprehend that the Fire Nation's genocide of the Air Nomads was a purposeful act with the specific intent of killing The Avatar: we don't know which air-bender is The Avatar so we just have to kill every air-bender to make sure we get 'em!

I've watched the original show all the way through at least four times and I had never picked up on that point. I had always thought that the Fire Nation attacked everyone equally all at once in every direction and only genocided the air benders by happenstance because their pacifism made them uniquely unsuited to self-defence.

NATLA opening with conniving villainy is good because it's given an amount of sense as to why all this shit is happening. Gives more to the audience to work with than "the fire nation attacked everyone for no reason just because they're the Bad Guys", which is all the original show really had to offer for quite a while, exposition-wise.

Imma have to go back to the original and rewatch it again, but all that flashback exposition stuff with Sozin's out-of-control ambition and leaving Roku to die, that stuff didn't come up until like the third season right? When Aang and Zuko went off to befriend the last two dragons?

Anyway, the new show is fine. It would have been nice if it had been given the same treatment Peter Jackson gave to LOTR, but as it stands, the sky isn't falling and it's not worth getting mad about.

#atla #natla #blogging

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stitch1830 · 1 year

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Some of my favorite mama toph hcs are

Toph visiting Aang's house for whatever reason and momo being her little bodyguard and curling up around her belly. When Lin and Suyin are born and are brought to visit not even a couple of weeks after theyre born momo immediately knows who they are and curls up next to them to protect them and loves them so much

Lao and Poppy buying a ridiculous amount of clothes and blankets and baby equipment before and after lin and suyin are born

Iroh getting emotional when being handed newborn Lin and later Suyin and holding them and realizing how much time had passed and how the little 12 yo girl he met years ago had children of her own

happy new year

Hi Anon, thank you for the ask!

Pls I love these mama Toph headcanons! I also feel like these headcanons can apply to any AU, whether you prefer Toph as a single mom or in a relationship, these just fit perfectly!

I always liked Momo and Toph’s mini relationship, they seemed like good buddies in the show, so thinking that Momo and Toph still shared a bond years later is double adorable. But yes I agree that Momo loves chilling on Toph’s belly, either to monitor those who pass by her or to take a little nap with Toph. Sometimes when Momo is flying off and doing his own thing, he’ll go to Toph’s place for a bit to hang out and curl up with her.

And Momo loves snuggling with babies in general. They’re tiny and warm and cuddly and they’re adorable! But there’s something about Toph’s kiddos that makes him love them so much and is so protective. And while Lin was an easier baby and enjoyed being curled up next to Momo, Suyin was a bit fussier, so it took her some time to warm up to the lemur. But if anyone was to hold her or cuddle with her, she’d want her Mama or Momo and that was it. With Su, let’s just say Momo was a frequent flyer in the Beifong house lol! Toph loves how good he is with the girls, though.

Lao and Poppy definitely splurge on their grand babies, especially because I don’t think they ever considered being grandparents once Toph reached a certain age. So now that there are babies to spoil, they do it. Toph always complains that they are buying too many things for the girls, but Lao and Poppy always argue back that they have an incredible amount of money that is of little use to them in the afterlife, so they plan to spend it all on the babies. Toph rolls her eyes a bit, but she’s grateful that her parents are being supportive. (This is of course in an AU where Lao and Poppy are good/better parents, but it’s my go-to that the Beifong’s are happy because they deserve it LOL).

And pls Iroh most definitely would get emotional holding the Beifong babies, and I think Lin would especially hit him hard. He loves everyone in the Gaang and they all hold a place in his heart, but I think that the quality time that Iroh spent with Toph initially is a very fond memory for him. And so knowing that the same girl who said that she could handle things on her own and didn’t need help, has a little baby of her own? It just moves him deeply and he admires the woman that stands in front of him, and her newborn baby.

Such great Mama Toph headcanons, and a perfect way to begin the new year! Thank you so much for sending these in, Anon. I do love hearing about Toph headcanons :D Hope your new year is off to a good start and that you have a great day!

……

Send me asks about ATLA, LOK, or anything! :D

#toph #toph beifong #lin #lin beifong #suyin beifong #poppy beifong #Lao beifong #momo #iroh #atla #lok #headcanons #toph beifong loving hours #my asks #thanks for the ask!#anon #gosh I just love mama toph headcanons #and momo curling up on toph’s belly? tears—#so so cute

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sainamoonshine · 2 months

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Okay so I have watched like, three Avatar live action episodes so far and here are some quick thoughts on it. (Spoiler alert this is a positive post, negativity DNA unless you want to make me sad)

- Right off the bat it should be noted that my standards for good tv / movies are pretty low these days. Due to the general state of tv / movies, I have been forced to place the bar of acceptability at « I can see what is happening on the screen and the character’s costumes have colours ». NATLA passes both criterias with flying — well, colours.

- Secondly I actually like the way the show handles the character arcs. I feel like people who are complaining just noticed that they changed or toned down some aspects of the character arcs, and were so angry that they straight up stopped paying attention instead of noticing all the new and nuanced things that were added in. Every character is getting an interesting and intriguing storyline, they just don’t look exactly the same as in the original. If that makes you froth at the mouth, may I suggest not watching any adaptation ever maybe? Because huh that’s kind of what adaptations do.

- Unfortunately the pacing is kinda clunky and some of the dialogue is irritating, especially the recurrent thing where a character who would usually prefer to die before speaking about their feelings — or wouldn’t have the emotional maturity to even realize what they are feeling — just turn to the camera and loudly announce « I am feeling this thing! ». However, those two issues are obviously a result of not enough episodes. They had to cram A LOT in eight episodes and that is Netflix’s fault, not the showrunner’s. With eight episodes they basically had the choice between not having the time to properly « show not tell » and therefore having to cut out the character’s more subtle emotional states entirely, or try to work in conversations and monologues in which the characters just straight up say things to each other. So you get Aang telling Appa he’s scared of being the avatar and Zuko actually admitting out loud that he has hope that he might get to go home. It is what it is.

- They clearly ran out of money for wigs tho. Gran-gran’s wig is horrendous and the only thing I cannot forgive.

- Aside from some clunky pacing and gran-gran’s wig tho, everything else has slapped so far. Sokka is PERFECT. Suki was great too. Sad that they didn’t put Sokka in the full Kyoshi warrior getup but it does create an unintentionally hilarious moment where the kyoshi people are all like « um no we don’t have any outsiders in our village, no sir mister fire soldier » and meanwhile this idiot is just standing there all dressed in BLUE

- Aang is also perfect. Zuko is perfect. Katara is doing that thing where you bottle up all your anger inside and never make it anyone else’s problem and just keep smiling and being nice and polite and then you die, which unfortunately seems to make people think she just has no anger? Lmao okay.

- the cgi was hit and miss in the first episode but then got a lot better

- the fight choreographies are ON POINT OMG

- I didn’t remember why I didn’t like Jet (forgor most of his arc in the show) but just remembered I didn’t like him, which made for an interesting ep 3 viewing experience lol

- also Kevin from supernatural?????

- would prefer it if my husband stopped saying « okay Anakin! 🙄 » every time someone gets set on fire but I think that might just be an issue in my household

#natla #natla spoilers #atla netflix #avatar netflix #positivity tag #mature and respectful discussion tag

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flameohotwife · 1 year

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potential prompt idea: kataang star-gazing in the South Pole 😌

A short drabble for you, my friend! Also on ao3:

Peace in the Starlight

“It’s so quiet out here tonight,” Katara whispered, leaning against Aang for warmth. The absence of the wind was almost unnerving, especially with her husband around. She snuggled in closer and Aang rubbed his hands up and down her arms as they leaned back against the snow of their hut in the Southern Water Tribe.

Aang hummed in agreement. “It is quiet, but maybe it feels extra quiet to us because it’s been such a loud day and this is the first bit of peace we’ve felt in hours.”

Katara chuckled. Loud was an understatement. They’d spent much of the day flying on Appa, and had made the terrible discovery that Kya was getting her two-year molars and that she experienced motion-sickness on long flights. Kya had flown on Appa many times before in her young life without issue, but only for an hour or two at once. Unfortunately, this trip from Air Temple Island to the South Pole was much, much longer than that.

Kya wailed the entire day. Not quite two yet, it was all just too much for her little body to process. Katara could tell Aang felt terrible, but there wasn’t much they could do. They needed to get South for her father’s retirement celebration, and both of them had been caught up in Republic City for too long to take a ship. Not that a ship would have necessarily been better, Katara thought.

Poor Bumi had tried to cheer her up to no avail, before deciding to spend his time reading or hanging over the edge of the saddle to talk with Aang on Appa’s head. But even he got sick of the noise after a while and, like most nine-year-olds, began to complain himself.

“How much longer?” he’d whined, pressing his hands against his ears in attempt to block out the auditory assault.

“Still a couple more hours, Boom. I’m sorry,” Aang said.

“UGH!” Bumi yelled at the sky. Those last couple hours had been filled with Kya’s screams, sickness, and Bumi’s near-constant grumbling, while Momo chittered nervously about their shoulders.

Now, though, it was quiet. So quiet that their ears were almost ringing with it. They’d arrived in time for dinner, which Kya obviously refused to eat. Aang took her and gave her a soothing bath and put her down for bed while Katara and Bumi caught up with Hakoda, Sokka, Gran Gran and Pakku. Much later, once everyone was finally in bed, Aang and Katara escaped to recuperate and decompress. Together.

They sat in that silence for a while, relishing it.

“The stars are beautiful, though,” Katara said eventually. They always seemed brighter in the South Pole than in Republic City, but they were particularly spectacular tonight. The universe seemed to twinkle in chorus above them, soothing her frazzled nerves.

She felt Aang’s head tilt down towards her, and she angled her neck to peer back up at him. She grinned, already knowing what he was going to say.

“Not as beautiful as you,” he said, leaning down even more to press a soft, sweet kiss to her lips. She sighed through her nose, losing herself in the comfort of him.

“You’re so cheesy,” she teased when he eventually pulled back, but her wide smile gave her away.

“Yeah, but you love me,” Aang said, cocking his head and donning a smirk of his own.

“Mmmmmm, that I do,” Katara breathed, lips so close to his she could feel the warm clouds of breath that escaped. “I love you, too, Sweetie,” Aang replied. Then he closed the miniscule distance between them to capture her in another kiss, erasing the hardships and exhaustion of the day. Maybe the stars weren’t brighter here. Maybe it was just the love she felt in this moment that made everything around her sparkle just a bit more. Whatever it was, she wanted to hold on tight and never let go.

#kataang #kataangtag #cloud family drabble #cloudbabies #kataang fanfiction #cloud family drabble collection #prompt response

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sugarqueen-katara · 2 months

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Netflix Avatar: the Last Airbender review

So, I just got around to watching ep 1 and I wanted to share my thoughts. I'll probably do this after each episode, but I am slow at watching things so this might take a while.

To make this more fair, I'll review the show as a seperate show and then review it as an avatar fan.

Maybe minor spoilers ahead so be aware!

As an individual show:

The context was repeated many times in different ways - it was a bit overkill but as "a new viewer" it makes the situation very clear

the genocide was such an emotional scene and very well done, but a little "convenient" (Aang leaving to clear his head at the perfect time and all the airbenders being in one location at the same moment that the fire nation arrives)

the characters seem cool maybe? Don't know much about them ~ yet

The bending looks epic

Overall a good and entertaining introduction episode, interested to see where this goes.

As an avatar fan

the intro sequence being done by Kyoshi is an interesting choice. I love Kyoshi as a character, but what is her relevance to Aang's story. If they wanted to do an avatar wouldn't Roku make more sense? Also the narration no longer being Katara reflects the changes of how important her role is to the story (will talk about more later)

No major complaints about the scenes at the air temple found the whole a great addition to the story.

Ok let's address Aang's flying. So first we can all agree that it goes against LOK lore. However, the other thing that bothers me is it is not clear when he needs a glider and when he doesn't. If he could fly why does he need a glider at all?

Now for the water tribe siblings! Let's start with Sokka. Some of his jokes were good some were meh... He is just kind of a jerk ~ which obviously is also the case in the animation ~ so I guess it depends on how the other episodes explore his character and develop his arc

Now for my poor girl Katara. They fail to show her complex character. We don't get any Katara sass or anger. All we get is caring Katara. There is not this duality that we usually see with her. She was also robbed of narrator and basically main or second main character to the show. The animation sets her up as the driving force of the show, now she's just kind of there. ~ Also I wanted to address everyone complaining about Katara's actress being the weakest. So first of all please don't send hate to Kiawentiio (I saw really awful comments under her instgram post which is really no ok) - I'm not saying your not allowed to think this, but maybe don't spam it under her posts. Next, I personally haven't had an issue with her acting so far, if anything the writing probably needs to be improved. And for anyone who says she can't show emotions go watch Anne with an E to see that she can act and the issues in the LA might be with directing (maybe I'm just biased because I love that show)

Aang is ok... his fear of responsibly shows but his goofiness is absent.

Now I am not the biggest Zuko stan ( don't get me wrong his character and arc is so well done in the animation he is just not my favourite), but I feel like he is the one character that I enjoy and have no complaints about so far in the LA

There’s something off with Iroh can’t really put it into words, but he just doesn’t have the same effect with the lines he delivers (this is only the first episode so I’ll have to see if it gets better)

Now, since I am largely a kataang blog ~ yes I am disappointed with the lack of penguin sledding but more in a sense that it removes Aang’s goofy behaviour. Then again, this isn't that big of a deal. Also I enjoyed the change of gyasto helping Aang out of the avatar state (it gives a different vibe but I’m not against it).

Overall, it is 100x better than the movie. Is it perfect? Not at all. So far,I think the main problem is that they tell instead of show. If you are able to detach it from the original (which is hard for me as you can probably tell from the review) and not think about what's missing it can be really enjoyable.

These are just my opinions. If you don't agree no need to hate or argue✨✨ (I hope this isn't an issue since it is not on Twitter)

#atla #natla #netflix atla #netflix avatar #netflix atla review #avatar the last airbender #natla spoilers #honestly I just went justice for katara

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oneatlatime · 9 months

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The Waterbending Master

Finally! Only took the whole season to find one.

This one apparently also has commentary. I'll leave it off for now.

After countless episodes without, we finally have another hybrid animal. Behold:

A koala Sea-otter? That makes noises like a Raven. Alright.

Sokka saying "I'm not one to complain" is a) pretty damning evidence of his amount of self-awareness b) self-deprecating sarcasm c) a funny line that I'm reading too deeply into

Why is Appa flying so low anyway?

Subtle signs that these guys are way too used to relying on bending: -no railings -no alternate propulsion source (seriously, not even an oar?) -no emergency supplies in case a trip runs long (I don't even see an emergency sandwich, and come on guys, it's not like waterbending controls the weather)

Random pinball bumper style ice stabbies does seem like a good defense though.

Not so subtle exposition dump from Zhao the asshole. Avatar writers are usually better at integrating catch-up dialogue. Looks like Aang will be arriving just in time to defend the Water tribe from the invasion that, ironically, he summoned. Talk about self-inflicted problems. Do you think if Aang had found a waterbending teacher somewhere else, the Fire Nation would have left the water tribe alone for another hundred years? Aang's been learning on the run; they could have picked up a single waterbender and hightailed it back to some cave in the earth kingdom to learn there. Or the water tribe could have sent a waterbender out to find the gaang as soon as rumours of the avatar reached them. See? This was avoidable.

Always love me some sea-bison.

They have bending doors like Omashu. Actually is this a door or a lock? I think the water level is changing.

Is this a hybrid animal? The yak thing, not the two legger.

Last time you got a hero's welcome, Suki's village burnt down. Foreshadowing?

How often does this lady see sea-bisons? She just passed by one and didn't even bat an eye. Is there a secret sea-bison colony that's spent the last 100 years hiding from the fire nation in the north pole?

Music Night! Need a better lyricist.

What's going on here? Did they roast a giant turtle thing and now they're cooling it to serve by dunking it in water? Did they feel the need for a steam effect for the guy's speech so they heated up a giant thingy and dunked it in water? Is it a weird boat thing? It looks like it has a face. I bet it's a ritual object.

Are these pot stacks the water tribe version of Totem Poles?

Oh nuh uh. Nope. 16 is way too young to marry.

This girl is so into him I can feel it through the screen, the dvd player, and the 15+ years since this aired.

Even the head guy's like "yeah, he's an asshole, What can you do?" Let's put this asshole and Zhao the asshole in a room together. They can out-asshole each other. Should be fun.

Remember back in episode three when I said that Zuko needed to learn how to lie? This is why.

Nevermind, we don't need to put Zhao and Paku in a room together to out-asshole each other. Paku wins. As far as I've seen, bending is not gender specific, either in who gets it or how it's taught/used. What kind of idiot would tell someone born with the ability to wield an incredible weapon that, actually, they aren't allowed to? How did this attitude get instilled in the first place? Why didn't the first guy who ever said this get slashed to death by ice stabbies thrown by the ten nearest female benders? Are these northern water tribe people so unbothered by the war that they can afford to sideline 50% of their forces? More than sideline, render incapable of defending themselves or others? Obviously this tribe is far too privileged if they can afford this attitude. And also far too bored. I guess hiding behind that giant ice wall for 100 years left them so understimulated that they turned on themselves.

Bad attitude? Fucking bad attitude!?! There's only one guy in this episode with a bad attitude and it isn't Katara. Zhao looks downright pleasant compared to this Paku guy.

Question for Paku: why would the Northern Water Tribe's rules apply to a Southern Water Tribe member?

My god these two are so cute. Sokka could propose they disembowel whale carcasses for their activity and the princess would say yes.

So the parrot lizard did survive the fall over the waterfall.

They're little tiny children. Katara, who has spent her whole life wanting to learn to bend to fight, has literally been shoved back into the igloo with a bunch of babies to learn lady-bending (no offence to the babies). How how HOW is she so calm right now? If I were in her situation, I think I'd be so angry I'd be ugly crying. And also plotting how to murder that Paku guy.

WHAT.

Paku the asshole is apparently a proponent of the tell don't show philosophy of teaching. The Tell-while-doing-unspeakable-things-to-my-lunch don't show philosophy.

Unexpected backstory. This lady must have been pretty close to Gran Gran if she recognises a carving she presumably wore for maybe a few months about 50 years ago or more. Also this lady is shockingly dumb if she can't see why Gran Gran left this misogynistic hellhole, but I guess it can be hard to see it while you're in it.

Nitpick time: How does the teacher recognise this? Isn't this just the water tribe symbol? Probably the most common symbol in the whole north pole?

Nosferatu Zuko. Nosferzuko. Zukoratu? Iroh's pause here was so long that I checked in case I had muted by accident. And how does your crew being taken by Zhao the asshole make your crew traitors Zuko? Orders are orders.

So we're adding asassinating royals to our list of reasons Zhao is an asshole. I think he's won the title back from Paku.

Fuck this port I guess.

Zuko's dead. Huh. Bye then. Gotta say I don't get why he's so big in the fandom.

This princess sure does send some mixed messages. At least she didn't ghost him.

"Master Poophead." My God. It's perfect. Why didn't I think of that?

Aang passing on what he learns to Katara. Why didn't I think of that either? My plan was to get Katara to launch unprovoked attacks on Paku's students and study how they defend themselves until she can copy / surpass them. Mostly so I could watch Katara beat the crap out of sexists.

Die mad about it you troglodyte. Disrespect? How nice it must be to have enough of your culture left that it can be disrespected. And you're going to deny the avatar training, thus dooming the whole world to death via fire nation, because you're butthurt? Freakin manbaby.

YES! YES! BEAT HIS ASS! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!!!!!!

"I know. I don't care." + "I'm not doing it for you." = I'm officially in love with Katara. I took a while to warm up to her, I admit the first few episodes were a little rough, but this seals the deal.

This screenshot sparks joy. Last episode Aang bitchslapped a fire nation guy with air. This episode it's Katara's turn with water. The Firelord Uber-Bitchslapped Zuko with fire a few years ago. All I need is an earth bitchslap and my collection will be complete. Avatar: master of all four bitchslaps. Also this wouldn't have worked to goad Paku into fighting if he was half as mature as he thinks he is. Although he gets points for being harder to goad than Zhao in the Deserter.

In an episode where the A plot is Katara, the B plot is Aang, the C plot is Zuko, and the D plot is Sokka's love life, the writers still manage to fulfill the Beat up Sokka quota. Good job guys.

If only she'd aimed a couple of inches to the left. This show already includes a kid getting his face burned off. Surely a Poophead being separated from his nose is ok?

That's twice now she's lost her necklace. If the carving has lasted 50+ years, surely it's earned a metal chain rather than a hair ribbon?

Gran Gran! Bullet dodged! Excellent call!

That's a lot less beat up than I was expecting. And Iroh has never once given the impression that he isn't quietly ride or die for Zuko, so why would Zuko not expect Iroh to help him? Because Zuko isn't terribly perceptive? Because the writers needed a way to deliver yet more exposition?

I did notice that the healing lady specified that Gran gran was in an arranged marriage but Poophead was talking about love. Again, why was Gran Gran leaving a mystery?

Underrated moment of wisdom from Aang here. He gets why the princess is upset and he's twelve! But I'd bet good money that the idiot on the right has no clue what's going on.

Princess ran so far away that it's night time now. This episode is not subtle anywhere, so I figured that the princess being engaged was the cause of this whole blowing hot and cold thing. Despite being 16 and fictional, Sokka handles mixed signals and rejection with 10000% more maturity and kindness than many unfortunately non-fictional grown men I've met. Kudos to Sokka for being honest and respectful.

Even redeemed, Poophead is still an asshole.

Well that's a problem.

Fire Nation ships would be a lot more intimidating if they didn't look like shoes.

Final Thoughts

This episode was a lot of exposition, a lot of set up, and even some catch up. And it was not done as gracefully as this show usually does it. More than once the dialogue between characters felt like two actors lecturing the audience rather than the characters we know.

This episode also had twice the concentration of assholes. A Zhao episode I can deal with. An episode with a one shot asshole where Zhao doesn't appear? I could also deal with. But TWO grade A assholes in ONE episode? No. Too much.

My whole-hearted congratulations to Gran Gran for seeing Poophead for what he was, and refusing to put up with it. Leaving his ass didn't make him get the message. 50+ years alone didn't make him get the message. The granddaughter that ought to have been his being so disgusted by his conduct that she attempts to cut his face off didn't make him get the message. There was no way that this idiot was going to change. So congrats to Gran Gran for making an excellent call, leaving his ass to freeze, and getting two most excellent grandchildren instead.

I also have to applaud Sokka and Katara for not being bitter about the Northern Water Tribe. I can't help but notice the spectacular architecture, complete with embellishments and unnecessary non-structural doodads. Let's do a quick comparison (ignore the ship):

Left has one waterbender. Right has all the waterbenders. We know that Northerners can travel south thanks to Gran Gran. The North couldn't have sent one sneaky waterbender to at least make the south a ship-proof wall? That chief guy has some audacity calling Katara and Sokka their brother and sister or whatever when they've evidently left the south to rot for a century. And I know the Fire Nation, the War, bla bla, but you guys are so bored behind your walls that you're cannibalising your own capabilities based on gender just for fun.

RANT INCOMING

Since I'm on the topic, can we talk about how STOOOPID it is to separate your combatants from your medics? Here's a secret about combat medics: they're both. They learn the basics of combat, and they learn the basics of emergency medicine (And a LOT of other stuff besides). Basic training includes basic first aid for EVERYONE.

Because here's the thing. People who get hurt beating the shit out of other people are usually hurt in an environment where beating the shit out of people occurs. If they are injured enough that they can't get themselves out of the 'beating the shit out of other people' zone, then unless they can treat themselves on the spot or their fellow soldiers can administer first aid or get them out, they die.

Alternatively, if they can't get themselves out of the 'beating the shit out of other people' zone, then medics have to be sent in. A medic who doesn't know how to fight who gets sent into the zone will - guess what? - get the shit beaten out of them. Now you're two men down at present, and who knows how many more you're going to lose over the next few days because you're down a medic. So unless every single waterbending fighter in the Northern water tribe is going to go into combat with a waterbending healer literally attached to them, there will be mountains of unnecessary losses and avoidable injuries.

Now let's look at this from the other angle. What happens if the enemy breaches your defences (because all your defenders are merrily bleeding out from wounds their bending could heal if only they'd learned how) and then makes their way to your combat hospitals? Which are full of soldiers who are too injured to fight and healers who don't know how to defend themselves? Apart from the whole living surrounded by their element thing, waterbenders' greatest advantage in a fight appears (to me) be to be their miraculous healing powers. Katara completely healed her burnt hands to the point where there wasn't even scar tissue and she had no training at all. A skill that can erase burns (the thing firebenders give you) negates the fire nation's greatest weapon - their fire. Any fire nation general who's not an idiot would therefore target waterbending healers, maybe even over waterbending fighters. So any fire nation commander would absolutely put 'capture field hospitals' as one of their top priorities. This is a kids' cartoon, so let's ignore historical precedent as to what happens to nurses caught in field hospitals behind enemy lines and say that the fire nation would defeat the waterbending healers.

Let's paint a quick picture here: in the background, a field full of waterbending fighters sidelined by treatable injury. In the middle ground, an inexorably advancing wall of firebenders. In the foreground, a field hospital full of defenseless waterbending healers. Just peachy isn't it?

How fucking UNSTOPPABLE would a bender able to shrug off a fireball to the face then turn around and take out a firebending platoon be? Get one hundred - no fifty - benders who can both heal and fight, have them advance in two rows: Front row fights, switches with back row when they're injured, gets healed up, rotates back up to front row as a replacement. Functionally unstoppable barring the need to eat and sleep (so long as they bring their own water). The Northern Water Tribe had decades to develop that. Unlike the south, they had the time, the resources, and apparently so little going on that they took up sexism to pass the time. The wasted opportunity here burns. See kids? Sexism hurts the sexists too.

This northern attitude is just dumb. It's illogical. It's stupid. I'd call it a ham-fisted unsubtle after school special of a plotline if it weren't a fictionalised version of something that's literally baked into to many cultures worldwide, past and present.

RANT CONCLUDED

What else can I say about this episode? Aang and Sokka had like three lines each, but they were very in character. Sokka and the princess are cute together. Zuko and Iroh had a good dynamic when they weren't acting in service to exposition. This whole episode really feels like part one of a two parter.

I think something might have been off with the narrative weighting of this episode. There was an honest to god assassination attempt and I forgot.

While the shot of Paku looking put out that the ice disk landed so close to his face was funny, I would have preferred it if Katara had gotten in one hit beyond her bitchslap. Just one. His ego needed the beating which it got via the necklace thing, but I would have liked to see actual beating too.

If I had seen this episode as a child I absolutely would have lost my mind over Katara getting to beat up a sexist. I'd bet good money that this episode did lots of good for the self-esteem of little girls who saw it.

Katara's plot line is like the plot of the Waterbending Scroll episode, but in a positive light. In that episode her selfishness regarding bending got them in trouble; in this one it helped. Seen in that light, the fact that it's the necklace rather than Katara's skill that gets through to Paku is a bit undermining, but if "magical girl has such impressive skills that the sexist dinosaur throws away decades of sexism for the chance to be her teacher" had been the plot instead, I'd probably be complaining about cliches instead.

All in all, a bit clunky, a lot of set up, and too many assholes and frustrating idiocy for it to go on my rewatch list. Feminist beat downs are good for the soul, but I'm not sure they outweigh Poopheads.

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