#tea shop!iroh

[io-lu-art]

A tale of Ba Sing Se.

#my spirit animal #lee #junior #tales of ba sing se #zuko #ma man #he's so sleepy #just like me #iroh is just happy his nephew is at peace #illustration #art #procreate #fanart #uncle iroh #tea shop #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender fanart #atla #atla fanart

[thebxghag]

There's a little au that lives in my brain where Ursa took the kids after Azulon's death and fled to Ba Sing Se where Ozai couldn't reach her. She was surprised and terrified to find that Iroh was still there, blending into the crowd too. Except it turns out he didn't want to go back either.

So they all went and lived together in his tea shop and nothing overly dramatic happened -- until it did. :DD

#anyway this is very silly #my art #fanart #atla #avatar the last airbender #Uncle Iroh #Iroh #Azula #tea shop au #silly stuff

[kilo-charlie7]

Rainy evening at the Jasmine Dragon.

#avatar the last airbender #atla #atla zuko #zuko #zuko fanart #jasmine dragon #tea shop #iroh #uncle iroh #my art #my fanart

[mochapao]

'it took my uncle ten minutes to do my hair...'

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #uncle iroh #iroh #tea shop zuko #ba sing se #art

[akabanerio]

*Zuko getting crowned as firelord*

Ba Sing Se citizens: THAT’s LEE FROM THE TEA SHOP!!!

#katara #zuko x katara #atla zuko #avatar zuko #zutara #incorrect avatar the last airbender quotes #atla katara #avatar aang #fire lord zuko #atla #tea shop au #general iroh #uncle iroh #iroh atla #ba sing se

[dathomirdumpsterfire]

i feel like maul would get into tea because the perfectionism and theatre of good tea making would appeal to his inner neurotic thespian. he would also just enjoy flavors, after knowing food scarcity. a small 6oz cup is probably the right rate of hydration for him post lotho minor, on fuckin repeat all day of course, so i imagine he picked the habit up naturally.

#dear gods give that boy some chamomile #it won't fix him but maybe it'll prevent a few of the rage induced stomach ulcers #.... this is the entire baseline you'd need to start a tatooine centric tea shop au #it's the ba sing se tea shop arc from atla except poor maul doesn't have an uncle iroh #SOME ONE GET MAUL AN UNCLE IROH #stat!!! #this will also probably not fix him but he deserves an uncle #might chill him out a little to have someone patient to monologue too #.... why are we always trying to fix maul with a lover when we could probably do this better with an upgraded father figure #me @me and also @all of us #hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm #ANYWAY! #darth maul drinks tea #star wars #darth maul #nightbrothers #sith #maul opress #zabrak #tcw

[chremes007]

ATLA in Thai high school au

Iroh opened a boba tea shop near the school with Suki and Sokka, who just had gotten together, as his regular customers. While Zuko, his nephew, just wanted to read manga in peace.

(no scar! zuko but he got very poor eyesights instead 😔)

#zuko #sokka #suki #iroh #sukki #avatar the last airbender #atla #my art #jasmine dragon tea shop #uncle iroh #thai au #modern au #fanart #might draw other characters later!

[demaparbat-hp]

what is your Lee and Kya AU based off of ATLA

I've always been a little bit obsessed with Zuko's journey through the Earth Kingdom in Book Two, especially the time he (and the Gaang) spent in Ba Sing Se. The city, the people, the Dai Li, the conflicts... Everything is amazing. I love Jet's arc, and I never get tired of seeing Zuko (however briefly) feel happy and complete with a humble life.

There's beauty to the simplicity of life, and I'd like to explore that with ZK.

Book Two AUs will always be my go-to. From reluctant-travelling-partners to Bluetara-in-Ba Sing Se—I love all of it, so it's only natural the Lee and Kya from the Tea Shop AU came to exist.

The AU itself is only a bunch of scenes in my head so far. Of all my AUs, it's one of the most focused on the vibes and characters than the plot itself. That's not to say there's not a story involved. It's just not my main focus.

It's one of the most common Book Two AUs ever. Zuko and Katara are separated from their companions, find each other and travel together to Ba Sing Se, learning how to work together and falling in love along the way. Nothing new there, except for a few scarce scenes that are so precious to me and, by extension, to the AU itself.

They get help from Uncle Iroh and the White Lotus to get to Ba Sing Se, but they go alone (he'll eventually join them, just not for a long while). No Uncle Iroh = no Jasmine Dragon = more time in the Lower Ring.

There's also a lot more of Jet (and his antagonistic, one sided crush on both Kya and Lee), and possibly some spy/informant work for the White Lotus. Also short hair Zutara because we need more of that.

For some reason, Katara isn't searching for the rest of the Gaang (maybe she believes them dead, or perhaps they were forced to leave her behind at the Swamp and her deeply ingrained abandonment issues resurfaced).

Zuko is Tired with a capital T. Tired of the war, tired of trying, tired of everything.

Uncle Iroh is off on some obscure White Lotus business, and he trusts them both enough to draw them into the Order and ask for their help.

So, a little drama, some spy shenanigans, and lots of fluff.

#dema answers #atla #zutara #zuko #katara #lee and kya from the tea shop au #zutara au #ba sing se #jet #uncle iroh

[zuko-always-lies]

Iroh would be such an awful role model for Azula. And I don’t mean “Dragon of the West Iroh,” I mean “redeemed Iroh.”

#Azula #anti Iroh #I suppose he could teach her to never take responsibility for her actions #to do nothing when people are being harmed #to care only about Zuko and her 'destiny' #to mock the victims of her imperialist aggression and their families by setting up a tea shop #in the city them died to defend

[the-badger-mole]

Okay, so the idea of Katara and Zuko eloping is adorable. We love it. BUT what if instead of eloping, they gathered their friends for a party and SURPRISE! It's actually their wedding! Someone write that for me. Pleeeease????🥺

#atla #zutara #surprise wedding #yes like parks and rec #but also maybe not that exactly #like a fancier version of that #maybe at iroh's tea shop? #which is in caldera not ba sing se #because iroh isn't stupid #THE YEAR OF CONTENT!!!!

[adriancatrin]

i wanna talk about iroh’s “four seasons” and why it’s used as the musical motif for sokka & yue

i’ve seen a few different videos/theories about why this song is used for sokka & yue, but none of them matched my personal thoughts, so i figure i’ll just share them. it’s a stretch in regards to what the writers were probably intending, i admit, but it’s how i’ve always interpreted it

winter, spring, summer and fall (x2)

four seasons, four loves

four seasons, for love

the lyrics have Always reminded me of the japanese idiom 一期一会 (ichi-go ichi-e), which is usually translated to something like “one season, one meeting” or “for this time only.” it’s like a reminder that every moment happens only once, and you should cherish the moment and the memory, for it cannot be repeated.

the analogy: four seasons is to one season as four loves is to one meeting

why have iroh sing the song first?

the idiom is heavily tied to japanese tea ceremonies; the fire nation is partially inspired by japanese culture, and iroh is characterized by tea. also it’s just the kind of sentiment iroh would appreciate.

and then we have sokka and yue, whose relationship is brief but unforgettable. within a span of what i assume is a few weeks, they meet, fall in love, and then tragically part

one could look at what happened to them as only a tragedy, and i imagine sokka probably does for a little while, but in time i feel he would learn to love and cherish the time he had with yue for what it was—that he would simply be glad for having met her and having gotten to know her. and of course he’ll always love the moon for its reminder of the time they had together.

it reminds me a lot of that post by @/starpeace:

the love was there. it didn’t change anything. it didn’t save anyone. there were just too many forces against it. but it still matters that the love was there

one season, one meeting—it doesn’t matter that it was just for a short period of time. this one of sokka’s many seasons will always have been for his love for yue

#i’ve been thinking about this for ages and i’m glad to finally get the thought out there #一期一会 has always been beautiful to me and it’s a great excuse to whip out the japanese keyboard as well haha #i don’t know much japanese but typing on that thing is sublime #i also put it as a small detail in my zukka tea shop sculpture lol #because i can imagine in the AU that sculpture takes place in.. their relationship Could turn out to just be an example of 一期一会 #obviously the moment the sculpture captures only happens once #but also they could just have their one fling and then never see each other again #and simply appreciate the time they had together for the fact that it happened at all #anyways #atla #avatar the last airbender #iroh #sokka #yue #thoughts #atla meta #yuekka

[trashfactorysstuff]

Back with some Mulan audios and my boy Lu Ten because we are gonna love him.

I love but hate how we didn’t get to see much of him but I like he does not feel forced. I’ll give them that.

Im a fan that think Lu Ten was also like his father but at the same time a war criminal. Much like a between on Zuko and Azula.

I use this audio to introduce an OC, Tao. Tao is an advisor to Ozai in general terms and is most likely in the war reporting to him, also a reason not to bother Ozai lmao. It's obnoxious but Iroh remains calm.

Some drawings of a week ago :-)❤️

#my heart bro #im gonna gaslight myself thinking he’s alive and working on Iroh’s tea shop with his father #uncle iroh #lu ten #Zuko #azula #general iroh

[thebxghag]

An older Tea Shop Au doodle that I still like -- kind of the spiritual successor to this one.

in case it's not readable, Iroh is saying: "Oh, Lala! There you are; your mother is looking for you"

#my art #fanart #thebxghag #atla #avatar the last airbender #tea shop au #Iroh #Uncle Iroh #Azula #princess Azula #dated it for this year with my signature but it's from like last year #in fact just over a year ago since this was done in January according to my file name LOL

[44um-theannoyinggirl]

Lee had a nightmare this night so I think uncle Iroh will let him to stay at home

(zuko says: Do I really need to go to work today, uncle?)

#Zuko #atla zuko #Lee from the Tea shop #uncle iroh #atla iroh #iroh #atla #avatar the last airbender #ba sing se #tea shop #Mushi from the Tea shop #Mushis boy is so scared #And tired

[fan-kingdoms]

it is 1:08 in the morning and i am screaming crying sobbing throwing up in my bedroom because i just finished my entire avatar rewatch and what the fuck i forgot how much emotion the ending makes me feel

#GODDDD THIS SHOW IS SO GOOD #rare and very important find: fandom where the source material is actually Good #THE AVATAR’S LOVE THEME PLAYING WHEN KATARA GOES OUT ON THE BALCONY 😭😭😭😭 #THEM HUGGING AND AANG JUST ENJOYING THE MOMENT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PUSH HIS FEELINGS ANYWHERE #KATAANG KISS!!!! #AND EVERYONE JUST CONVENING IN IROH’S TEA SHOP #I AM #WELL NOT IN DISTRESS BUT LIKE IF DISTRESS WAS POSITIVE #GOD. #screaming crying sobbing shaking etc etc etc etc #atla #avatar the last airbender #lettie’s letters

[peony-pearl]

Thinking about the possibility of Iroh potentially having served so much of his life (at least since his early 20s? Even younger??) on the battlefield outside of the Fire Nation that, after Lu Ten’s death and Iroh’s spirit journey, he began feeling how distant he was with his home, and just started caring less and less about being there (which also ties in with his depression post Lu Ten and Ba Sing Se loss)

#atla #atla meta #Iroh #unfortunately I HATE that he stayed in the Earth Kingdom immediately post-Zuko's coronation #wtf they went through ALL of that just for him to not be there??? #absolute slander I'm sorry like I get that people would be worried about The Dragon of the West being near the new Fire Lord but like #surely the Avatar can vouch for Iroh being there??????? #ugh I need to move on before I start ranting about the tea shop symbolism again