#like thats just Azula

[aceyanaheim]

No one :

Absolutely no one:

Not a Single Soul I Swear

Me: Azula + Surface Pressure from Encanto

Me: But Also Azula+:What Else Can I Do from Encanto

#acey speaks #azula #atla #liste ln listen #'give it to your sister don't ever wonder if the same pressure would have Crushed You Under' is Already fire hazards #and specially Zukos jealousy of Azula's golden child status not to mention 'no cracks no breaks no mistakes no pressure ' is just #like thats just Azula #but 'i make perfect practice poses so much hides behind my smile' #and 'what could i do if i just knew I didn't have to be Perfect if i just needed to be...if they just let me Be' #and 'it just Seemed like your life's been a dream from the moment you opened your eyes' #listen Ive connected the dots #I've Connected Them

[mugentakeda]

various doodles of cousin lu ten with his babies

#i was originally gonna keep the last one separate but since i drew the one of baby zuko i thought id just throw them all together #i thought it was SO funny that baby zuko had a tiny little ponytail. i love when babies have tiny ponytails that stick straight up... #baby zuko was stressing everyone out by dragged off by palace pygmy pumas and baby azula was stressing everyone out by biting everyone #(mostly her uncle though) #she didnt get her rabies shot thats why she acts like that :/ #lu ten #azula #zuko #atla #avatar the last airbender #alicias art

[multifandombullshitbabes]

have we ever thought abt the fact that zuko is literally azula's older brother. like she's his little sister. that's his little sister. throughout a big, big part of atla plot, he was actively running away, scared of his little sister killing him because he KNEW she would/could. can you imagine that? your little sibling, wanting more your father's approval than your companionship to the point of death? every time they fought, zuko was fighting his baby sister. azula was fighting her big brother. this is making me so sick. they were 16 and 14 years old.

#avatar the last airbender #atla #atla zuko #atla azula #zuko #azula #hey look i posted a thing #the absolute maddening grief of it all. like what do u mean??? thats his lil baby sister!!! what the fuck!!! #when she was a bby he was probably so protective and they were so small n they must have loved each other then #before the responsibilities ozai put on them. before all that. they were siblings. they loved each other. #until they were taught that did not matter. zuko learned that it did again #despite all the pain of it #azula actively ran away from learning it from feeling that pain #because she would rather be hated and feared and powerful than to ever be weak ever #this is so heartbreaking #i think this hits especially hard cuz me n my sis are like 2/3 years apart in age. like. i could not imagine having to fight her to the dea #i just couldnt. i rly rly couldnt

[osdove]

give me redeemed!azula who is still mean, but only out of habit, and has to stop herself from starting fights at the dinner table because she said that ursa’s roast duck was so undercooked zuko must have prepared it.

the only two people she doesn’t insult (or at least, she does her best to stop herself) are aang and sokka. aang because he’s been the kindest person to her since her breakdown and recovery, and she feels like she’s disappointing him whenever she’s mean in front of him. sokka because he’s funny. she used to insult him yea but he’s been teaching her how to roast loved ones.... lovingly.

(side-note: she is, in fact, mean to kiyi, but kiyi loves it and is mean right back to her. azula and azula 2. gremlins united.)

#osposts #azula #azulaang #sokkla #atla #more azulaang is how i interpret this bc ig thats where my brain is at #but the image of azula and sokka plotting out nicknames and roasts for the others #it brings me great joy #i would include toph in on the no insults thing but i do think azula would take advantage #of the blindness #invests in the worlds first im with stupid shirt #flips toph off whenever she can #toph would throw rocks at her #just believing in this rather than the canadian!azula shit #bc its funnier and also more like her

[ayoalex]

Thinking how Azula can lightbending which means she's calm of mind and out of rage when bending and she do it many times! Even when on pressure!

Truly a prodigy.

And then in the comics she can now do sparky and redirect it and instantly bend as well (few of the thing that I like from the comics).

And even on a break down clearly not calm of mind and with a lot of rage she is still able to lighting bend, like wow.

Imo she's like THE best firebender in Atla time. Clearly she needs more experience but I feel she's is better than Ozai cuz that man literally doesn't fight till the damn comet comes and even still he's barely that good, he fight with anger and that's like... So Zuko, like no wonder he sees himself in Zuko, both of them are so average while Azula is just so good.

Like she was on her WORST in that Agni Kai and still Zuko was struggling a little bit and he was IN HIS BEST, THAT WAS THE BEST WE EVER SAW HIM.

I'm sorry but Azula by the time she's like 18 would be unstoppable cuz the way she sees other types of bending and USE IT WITH HER OWN BENDING? And she doesn't only use her bending, she can fight without it too!

I need an Azula spin off where is just her fighting, I miss her so much

#azula atla #azula #princess azula #zuko get better but like by s2 he literally stopped his practice with Iroh and he didn't even master the basics #i feel like people want him to be good with fire bending so badly #but he just not... #because he just doesn't get the basics #he doesn't listen #he doesn't FEEL it #u can see the way other prodigies are #and zuko is just like the rest of benders and thats FINE #zuko has his sword and his awkward smile and his dummy heart #prodigies are that because they feel the elements and u can see by how they bend while the rest are good/average cuz they just bend

[puppyeared]

Atla live action 😐

#thats my honest reaction 😐 #to be fair ive only seen 20 minutes of the s1 finale bc my parents are watching it but. mmmmm kinda mid #like. the casting is definitely an improvement since the last time they tried a live action but it feels like the writing falls flat #or maybe im being harsh bc ive only heard negative criticism on it beforehand. but fr anytime u bring up the original its already #good and not just because its the original. so much fucking detail went into it to the point of someone noticing azula wielding mai's knive #to how well thought out irohs character is used as a way of uniting the cast especially as zukos foil #i heard that sokkas sexism was toned down and i have to agree that feels like a cheap move. like i get WHY they think it would be better #but its not about how that reflects on real world its about how it affects the story. sokka starts out as a misogynistic asshole because #it makes it that much more impactful when he changes. toning that down makes it flatter and makes his character development weak #and someone pointed out they didnt even make him wear the kyoshi warrior uniform and i know it feels like such a small detail but #come on man. they did that in the original because not only does it help him really walk in their shoes - wearing 'feminine' clothing and #makeup and having suki explain its significance but it also ties in with the shows theme of harmony and intersectionality #i was also disappointed when they had the fire sages explain how the water tribe draws power from the moon because in the original it was #IROH who explained it to aang and everyone else BECAUSE we as the audience is under the impression hes with the 'bad guys' #and it builds up to how he learned from the other nations which reconciles his past as a war general and his character overall #AND its an excellent starting point for the cast and audience to understand how the nations arent as closed off as you would think #plus you would think its only fire nation doing propaganda but they expanded on that with earth kingdom censorship and it WORKS #a lot of things in the live action also feel arbitrary like. they gave momo a near death experience for 5 minutes for no reason #im firmly on the stance of bringing back filler moments instead of putting major events right after each other so that u give your #audience a sense of time passing and to really absorb the story. but i think thats more like shock value than filler and yeah its a small #thing to gripe about but those things build up and its really annoying. the thing abt avatar filler moments is that however small #its at least meaningful. hell even the beach episode emphasizes how isolated zuko and his friends are as child soldiers #i also swore to never watch the first live action since it was that bad but i really liked the stylized tattoos they used for aang #anyway. those arejust my thoughts. im not gonna watch the rest because im a ride or die for the original aftr growing up and #rewatching it at least 20 times as a kid. but theres definitely room for improvement and i wish ppl wouldnt take it as 'better' just cuz #netflix is adapting it. i wouldve killed for them to just reanimate the entire avatar series and touch NOTHING ELSE no redub #no changes to the story. just reanimate the thing and leave the rest alone and youd make easy money just the same #ALSO its very jarring not hearing jack desena and dante basco voicing sokka and zuko cause their voices were the most recognizable to me #i get that its because its live action but im allowed to feel a little sad abt that. and uncle irohs accent was really soothing #yapping

[canadiancryptid]

Finally got around to finishing Netflix's ATLA adaptation. I have a LOT of notes, but I think the biggest one is this:

At the end of Season 1 of the original, Aang had at least started learning waterbending alongside Katara, and a little bit of Firebending with Jeong Jeong. Outside of the Avatar State, he had at least started 3/4 elements.

By the same point in NATLA, he's only at 1/4. I don't think this kid has bent a single drop of water. So far he is just a *really* good airbender who can do some spirit world stuff. That should give you a good idea as to why I have a few issues with it.

#THEY COMPLETELY REMOVED AANG LEARNING WITH KATARA ON THE WAY TO THE NORTH #LIKE I UNDERSTAND REMOVING THE BRIEF FIREBENDING EARLY ON TO SOME DEGREE #BUT THE TWO OF THEM LEARNING WATERBENDING TOGETHER WAS PRETTY IMPORTANT #I have a whole lot of other nitpicks like how they kept sprinkling in moments with Azula that didn't add much of anything #and how all of season one of natla didn't seem to establish her as well as the very first episode she was in from season two did #but this is just the biggest thing I have at the moment #atla #avatar the last airbender #netflix atla #natla #natla spoilers #netflix avatar the last airbender #cryptid says stuff #OH DON'T EVEN GET ME *STARTED* ON WHAT THEY DID TO BUMI HE FELT LIKE A DIFFERENT CHARACTER #overall it is better then the movie did by a HUGE margin and they got the main character's name right so thats something #there were definitely things about it I liked and places where there was clearly love put into it but also places that were not done great #there were changes they could have done better and changes that shouldn't have been made #and I think most of the problems I have comes from the 'could have done better' category and overall it wasn't THAT bad

[heliianth]

is it still cool to be a netflix atla hater bc i want to point out how weird it is that they seemed to try making ozai a more "interesting" character by making him more sympathetic and how much it bothers me. like. why is zukos agni kai the scene where we try to shift focus onto ozai's emotions. why are we lingering on his face looking sad while he's horrifically mutilating his 13 year old son like someone is forcing him to do it

#like?? thats not to say anything about the way it buys into ''zuko and azula were pitted against each other'' misunderstandings of the text #i also wanted to mention how the la's focus on what the fire nation is doing and constantly cutting to it especially while refusing to- #-develop aang sokka and katara is really strange #but if i did that i would have to talk abt how the writers seem to be convinced that overt violence means something is mature #and if we did that i could just link a video essay. we would be here forever #heliichats

[applecherry108]

Guess I’m starting a tag bc I cannot be stopped.

The AGONY of the faint leitmotif of “leaves on the vine” while iroh talks about how he owes Zuko 😭😭😭😭😭😭

#I’m on episode 4 now and GENUINELY do not understand where all the hate is coming from #no it’s not as good as the source material and that’s fine #that doesn’t make it bad #I think theyve made a lot of very smart decisions as far as adaptation goes #like centering multiple plots within Omashu. that’s smart as fuck! #and sure there’s not as much breathing room for filler but the characters?? are still?? having mini side quests??? #ffs TAO is here. that in and of itself is shocking #also they are straight up burning people alive on screen on the regular. #I think this adaptation has already justified itself by casting literal children and just. letting them face the horrors of war #it’s easy to forget how young these characters are when animated but it’s fucking hard NOT to be constantly reminded #when watching actual 12 and 14 year olds. #azula hasn’t done much yet but fuck dude. THATS A CHILD! THATS A MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIQUE! #also maybe I’m overly forgiving of the younger actors being a little stiff and awkward. but like. they’re kids. it’s okay. #apple talks #apple reacts to Netflix atla

[cringefailzuko]

i don’t talk enough about how much i enjoy the parallels and dynamic between sokka and azula where they are incredibly similar -- both incredibly intelligent, master strategists, witty, control freaks, insecure -- and the understanding that grants them of each other. or would, if azula was ever willing to let go of fire nation propoganda and her own superiority complex long enough to relate to someone. i think it would be fun to watch them play pai sho against each other. sokka would win, of course, but thats what would make it even more fun.

#as always. obsessed with how sokka and azula have matching personality traits (like zuko and katara) but it's sokka and zuko #(and by extensions azula/katara) that have matching positions within their family. so i think thats just a lot of fun. #atla #sokka

[comradekatara]

ok smth that's always bothered me abt this scene is that if zuko had the time to do all that katara had the time to run out of the way. he simply had to take the most impulsive, dramatic route as per usual

#he was rly just like 'i need to take this lightning to parallel aang! for thematic cohesion!! the narrative demands it!!!!' #id in alt text #zuko #'its an act of love' doesnt make it NOT an act of stupidity ! #thats how zuko loves: by being stupid #and frankly hes stupid even for ppl he doesnt love #rmr when he tried to save zhao from the ocean spirit? #now why did he do that? #no self preservation instincts whatsoever #and yet somehow he thinks he's unlucky #beloved u should be dead one million times over by now #clearly la fortuna is in ur favor #also sidenote but why did zuko think azula knew that he could redirect lightning? did he really think ozai would admit to azula that he #got one upped by his limp wristed good for nothing traitor son?? lmfao #unfortunately zuko is so myopic he simply thinks everyone lives inside his head at all times and shares his exact perspective #lmao thats why he and katara are besties!!!

[mugentakeda]

the first step ursa and azula take to soothing the severed parts of their relationship involve ursa making azula laugh.

its like a crab shedding the old shell and getting a new one, azula thinks. mother had been tense and paranoid as they made their way out of caldera city, through the colonies, onto a supply ship, and across the ocean for three whole days. then they finally landed in some random earth kingdom harbor and started walking. it wasn’t until the ocean was finally out of sight and they were surrounded by nothing but trees and dirt that mother relaxed.

and how strange is that? azula hadn’t realized that she’d never seen what her mother looks like while relaxed, until she did. it reminds azula to unclench her own jaw and loosen her own tight fists.

azula isn’t worried, though. there isnt a single man walking the earth kingdom that packs as much of a punch as lu ten does, after all. what’s a bunch of mud and rocks to lightning?

however, lu ten has been working himself like a dog picking up day long jobs and favors for any person they come across to make extra coin. they still have plenty left from the jewelry and gold trinkets they traded at the port town, but lu ten is someone that likes to be overly prepared, so he does it anyway. and on top of that, he does katas and sparring with her and zuko every morning at sunrise to make sure they shake some sparks out. until they can find a place that they know for sure they’ll be settling down in, the bending will have to be kept at a low.

so, mother tries to ease his burdens by cooking.

mother quickly discovers that she is no good at cooking.

apparently, even before being wedded to father, she had never been in a situation where she needed to cook for herself. then the servants at the palace cooked for her. but now there are no servants.

zuko took a handful of the rice mother prepared, and spat it right out. he then claims he bit down on a rock.

the sheer dismay on mother’s face combined with the disgust on zuko’s were the funniest things azula had seen in weeks.

she cackles like a hyena-lynx, and doesn’t even notice how her mother turns to her, her dismayed expression shifting to wonder.

#runaway fire fam au #<- THATS WHAT IM GONNA TAG IT AS #i think ursa and azula healing has to start with ursa healing first #and being free from ozai alone lifted so many of ursas anxieties and stress #so she finally feels like she can act like a Person again #and seeing her mom as something more than just an overbearing figure that nags at her for everything she does #is definitely beneficial to how azula sees ursa. Tbh #alicias writing stuff

[prodogg]

You know Azula is one antagonist of the show, she attacks and hunts the gaang, Zuko&Iroh. She is not Zuko's abuser. She still is a villain and the "she is Zuko's abuser otherwise she wouldn't be bad/ you need to have done wrong things to get a redemption" argument doesn't fly, since her attacking the gaang,Zuko, fighting for the fire nation is what makes her a antagonist in the show and not your random ass she is Zuko's abuser BS. Her not being his abuser doesnt take away from her wrong doings lmao. Also their example of siblings are Iroh&Ozai and Lo&Li

#azula #do you have siblings? #like srsly do you? #also don't project your real life bully in her becuase she is not that #its just wrong and if you still see her as such fine thats your wrong opinon #if you think she is his abuser just reblog or comment with a yes #fandom should be fun and I dont have the energy to see this shitty take float around #also some of ya'll learn the difference between trying to understand the reasons why Azula did something vs justyfying them #pd talks #this is a no debate topic for me and I simply dont care if you think otherwise #like I get that she is mean to him but the boy isn't scared at all of Azula #he was just scared when he heard his father was going to kill him due to Azula wanting to mess with him #he wasn't scared of her lol #rewatch the damn show #atla fandumb #atla fandom problems #atla fandom fuckery

[osdove]

The argument against Azula getting a redemption arc being “she’s already great as a villain!  why would you want to ruin that?” is one of the most brain-dead takes in the fandom, because completely stagnating her growth as a character just because she worked fantastically as a villain does nothing but actively make her worse now.  Look at Smoke & Shadow.  That’s not the villain y’all are talking about when you talk about Azula, but that’s what you‘ve got.  Not every villain needs a redemption arc, but every villain needs an arc, because that’s how story writing works.  Leaving Azula as she is now is just insulting & does nothing for the overall narrative other than have a ‘crazy evil girl’ to mildly inconvenience the main cast every now and again.

And y’know, since Azula & Zuko’s stories are so closely linked to one another’s, Azula getting her redemption arc with the help of Zuko, who helps her as Iroh helped him - that would also be more growth and progression for Zuko. 

#azula #zuko #atla #atla meta #osposts #bc korra exists we know azula cannot cause an impact as a villain #at least post canon #at most she could maybe retake the throne but thats not azula's motivation #and then that could only last for so long #bc zuko and aang have to build republic city #the alternative is just killing her off or having her imprisoned forever #which if you want #what the fuck is wrong with you #like where's the arc there #where's the character progression. theres NONE #if she gets killed off then she's being fridged for zuko #if she's imprisoned for life then nothing happens at all #wish i shove this into every post i see about this

[hauntingblue]

Unless they were AN IDIOT.

#I'll have to do it myself... AS ALWAYS..... #ozai with azula.. oof..... #i was gonna say why would he flatter zuko and then i remember that he just pits them against each other like this #maybe its bc i am watching it in low quality but the spirit gaang look kinda funny #your dad is kinda cute ajdhakajsl #iroh!!! iroh get up!!!! #i fear azula has been woobified...... #the fucking gender roles of the water tribe being sidelined because they dont want to do a sokka mysoginist to ally arc makes me so mad!!! #like i know were not yet on the northern water tribe and thats where it gets important but still!!! they're gonna make girlboss katara #amd thats it!!! i can smell it #and oh sokka relying on the gender roles bc every man is born to protect and whatever to compensate the fact that he is not good at it.... #koh is nasty..... #iroh is right looking for friends for zuko.... look at him all alone on his boat.... he should be at the club #talking tag #watching natla

[maaaxx]

i think im starting a new fic soon and outlines are a bitch

#its another atla fic ofc #and this one will most likely actually be zukka #ihiap started off as a zukka fic but zuko and sokka had other ideas #but im outlining this one- so it might not stray off that far #like the stories about sokka but i think its mostly going to be zukos pov #katara and azula are going to be extremely relevant too #im just not too sure what specifically kataras going to be doimg #like there's two potential roles katara would play #im just not decided which one yet #also it might be another 'zuko and hakodas crew' fic #because i love those #and i didnt do the trope justice in ihiap #it was my first fic so thats why it was shit #im working on fixing it #im hoping this fic will be better #you guys should like... pressure me into making this somehow #it definetly wont be before next week if i post it #because finals and stuff #but yeah #tsd #< thats an abreviation for the potential fic title #so i might as well start tagging it now #max thinks shes relevant