#tenzin and kya

[bernard-the-rabbit]

everytime they refer katara as "the best healer" in tlok i have the urge to punch my wall

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#MASTER KATARA U FOOLS #THIS WOMAN DIDN'T BEAT THE ASS OF AZULA DURING THE SOZIN COMET #FOUGHT AGAINST THE RULES OF THE NORTHERN WATER TRIE #JUST TO BE KNOWN AS THE BEST HEALER #my trashy art #atla #atla fanart #avatar the last airbender fanart #avatar the last airbender #katara #katara fanart #tlok bumi #tlok bumi fanart #kya II #kya ii fanart #tenzin #tenzin fanart

[symphoniesofsorrow]

Had to be done. Sorry

#kyalin #legend of korra #lin beifong #kya ii #tenzin #the legend of korra #avatar the last airbender

[bacipinoto]

What if Katara and Aang’s kids had their roles swapped out?

Presenting:

Bumi, the healing waterbender

Kya, the airbender

And Tenzin.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #legend of korra #kataang #avatar #bumi ii #kya #tenzin

[wilcze-kudly]

I sorta ran out of characters in the end but i had fun lol

#asami sato #kuvira #opal beifong #mako #wei beifong #prince wu #king wu #huan beifong #tenzin #bumi ii #bolin #kya ii #suyin beifong #lin beifong #varrick #korra #legend of korra #tlok #avatar #the legend of korra #avatar the legend of korra #atlok

[flamingtoads]

Gaang kids back at it again <3

#gaang kids #tenzin #izumi #kya #lin beifong #bumi #suyin beifong #kyalin #avatar #legend of korra #avatar the legend of korra #lok #bumi ii #kya ii #the memes return #bruh i had to deep dive to find the original meme #flamingtoadart

[unbeifonged]

lin has 100% fucked all three kataang siblings. both kya and bumi are aware of this, because they’re not totally oblivious, but poor tenzin still believes he’s the only one.

then, one day, tenzin suddenly has the epiphany during dinner (with his entire family around, including lin and both siblings), and has to try to stay calm while he realises what all the quips made by kya and bumi around him really meant.

#the vendiagram of their types is a circle #featuring lin’s face #headcanom #the legend of korra #lin beifong #kya ii #bumi ii #tenzin #tenzin tlok #kya tlok #bumi tlok #linzin #kyalin #linumi #tlok

[avatarkyoshisfansss]

op

#thoughts?? #was hard to fit everyone where i actually wanted them tbh #lok #the legend of korra #avatar the legend of korra #legend of korra #damn this show has a lot of names #korra #asami sato #mako #bolin #opal beifong #suyin beifong #lin beifong #jinora #tenzin #bumi #kya ii #kuvira

[synne-i]

Ops!

Kind of forgot i had a Tumblr... But i thought I could post an old comic (at least the first chapter) i origionally thought about making before i started on "could you talk to her?"

Enjoy!

Keep in mind this is over a year old.. ew

#kyalin #lin beifong #legend of korra #avatar #avatar: tlok #bumi lok #tlok bumi #tenzin legend of korra #tlok kya

[prickly-paprikash]

Since the discourse has reared its ugly head once more, the simple answer is no.

Aang was not a deadbeat, unsupportive, absentee father.

He loved all three of his children and was supportive of them. When Kya came out in the comics, she mentioned straight up that Aang was nothing but supportive of her and who she was. Aang made mistakes in parenting, but he was also stuck in one of the worst situations possible for him.

For one thing, it's been stated that Airbending culture has different views when it comes to family dynamics. Never once does Aang mention his parents, and it's clear that Air Nomads did not put emphasis on the standard nuclear family organization that other nations did. From context clues alone, and many have inferred in the past that Air Nomads were communal, so it stands to reason that their parenting was communal. Monks, Nuns, Masters—all of them were most likely parents to every single child. The responsibility of raising and educating a child was shared amongst the nomads, and that there was no real difference between biological and adoptive parents. Airbenders shared nearly everything, and that meant family as well.

Imagine you're Aang, spending twelve years of life being raised by every adult in the temple. Sure, he was exposed to nuclear family dynamics when visiting other nations and befriending Bumi and Kuzon, but his exposure to their culture was most likely limited. Now, not only is he a father to three beautiful children, but he must raise them in a way foreign to him. There are no other Monks to raise his children—it's just him and Katara. I've no doubt that Sokka and Toph chipped in whenever they could to ease the burden of parenthood, but they were leaders and figures of great importance as well. Not to mention that Toph had her own daughters to take care of.

Aang is also the Avatar, the central spiritual figure amongst the four nations. His presence would always be demanded in other nations. Peace Summits. Negotiations. Ceremony. Dealing with splintered Fire Nation cells and loyalists. Aang had to lead the people of all four nations back into balance, and he was in the unique and unenviable position to heal the scars of a 100 year war due to the absence of the Avatar.

Finally, the dude is also the Very Last Airbender. Of course he'd show favoritism to Tenzin. Bumi was a non-bender and Kya was a waterbender already taking after her mother. Aang was a war hero, a political figure, a man out of time and history, the Avatar, and the Only Living Airbender. The weight of his culture and people all rested on his shoulders, and so he passed on that responsibility and hope to the only other living Airbender at the time. Aang needed to spend time with Tenzin because only through Tenzin could the practices of the Air Nomads survive.

Aang was basically having to transition from a communal family mindset to a nuclear family's; he had to balance romance, fatherhood, and being the Avatar in a Wartorn World; and he had an obligation to every Airbender in history—millions of souls and their memories, passed on from one very flawed father to his newborn son. Every part of Aang's life as a father was met with trials and tribulations, and his family still came out loving him, albeit with some resentment underneath.

No parent is perfect, and Aang could have done so much better when it came to communicating with his children.

But none of his mistakes ever meant he was an abusive, cold, distant father.

He was overworked, acclimating to a style of family not his own, and desperately reviving a century-long dead culture all by himself. The fact that every single one of his kids still loved him and cherished him only solidified the fact that Aang was a father who did his very best.

Being the child of the Avatar would always mean living in his shadow. That resentment, of Aang being needed by the world while his children sought him out, would always be there. Doubly so for Tenzin, who grew up with the Avatar as his father and continued his life-long work of breathing life back into the Air Nomads. Say what you will, but at least Bumi and Kya had the freedom to choose who they wanted to be. Tenzin, no matter what, would always grow up to be the Airbending Master because no one else could.

Aang loved his children. Aang loved his wife. And they in turn loved him. But just like every family, complications rose up and planted the seeds of bitterness and resentment. The only thing that stopped these from blossoming into actual dislike of their family was that Aang's love and respect for his children was always genuine, and that Katara stood firm in making sure their children knew they were beloved.

Aang and Katara's family would never have been ideal in the first place, but they did their best.

And their best was certainly enough.

#avatar the last airbender #aang #katara #bumi ii #kya ii #bumi #kya #tenzin #avatar meta #paprikash ramblings #sokka #toph beifong

[the-badger-mole]

So you were like the first person I saw call Aang out for being a bad father, and I'm watching through LoK for the first time now and there's this scene where (this is after Bumi gets airbending) Bumi says "even though I'm Aang's son, I never really felt like part of the Air Nation" and then Tenzin is like "You are now." NOW???? GIRL WHAT???? Literally HOW does anyone defend Aang's parenting when one of his sons is like "you're right, you never were part of this half of your heritage, but now you are, because you've earned it"

Listen...when I tell you my anger in that moment was transcendent! Had I had just one more cup of espresso, I'd have shifted dimensions into the ATLA universe and slapped the taste out of Tenzin. I'd have hit him hard enough that Bryke would've felt it, because WHO looks at that moment and think it speaks to a healthy family dynamic???? And even then, at least Bumi got some sort of resolution to his issue with Aang. Kya? Crickets...

I can never be harsh enough on Aang because in canon, he's an absolute creep of a character. His nascent physical abuse of Katara is canon, but because he's small, bald and has a Pollyanna smile, we're not allowed to hate him. Luckily, I've always been a bit of a rebel.

#atla #anti aang #anti kataang #anti tenzin #justice for bumi and kya #lok

[punkeropercyjackson]

I do NOT think it's fair for Zutara shippers to hate Zukka for a chunk of the fandom popularizing bad tropes and being mean-spirited like sorry not sorry but you're calling EVERY Zukka shipper misogynistic racists and queerphobes as if you're not the ones who came up with 'Fire Lady Katara' and 'Momtara x Dadko' and mocked Aang for trying to emphasize with Katara's mom dying with her by comparing it to him and Appa being the only living beings from what happened to the Air Nomads and call him all sorts of vile appalling shit that should NEVER be said about a fucking 12 year old because he's feminine and silly and not the perfect love interest 24/7 and takes pride in his tibetan heritage AND stripped Katara of all her accomplishments and nonconformity and layers and anarchism because you see her as worthless if she's not Zuko's arm candy while also making degrading comments about her sex life because she had kids with a guy you don't like with added anti-biracial kids propaganda as a bonus AND are so unsympathetic to Mai because she's Zuko but a girl so you're not into her that you unironically think she's a wench plus don't even actually care about Mailee seeing as it has way more evidence than Zutara on every level yet you only see them as a sidedish to prove you don't hate women AND even Zuko dosen't get speared because mans deadass ended the series with everything he'd ever wanted INCLUDING being a better dad than Ozai was to him to AANG but none of it matters apperantly because he choose what was best for himself after 16 years straight of abuse instead of some random ass crush you THINK he had for not even technically a year.You do NOT get to talk shit about Zukka stans,they're just a normal noncanon mlm ship fanbase with a small side of bad eggs,Zutaras are an entire rotten eggs ile from a supermarket that's been abandoned for almost 20 years because it never actually opened but old people who complain about 'kids these days' keep thinking it'll open one day despite it being announced a million times it never would and saying it's elder abuse in response

#i hate you zutara shippers💔💔💔 #anti zutara #zukka #t4t zukka #pro zukka #zuko #sokka #katara #aang #mai atla #ty lee #kataang #pro kataang #t4t kataang #kataang defense squad #mailee #pro mailee #t4t mailee #pro maiko #aang and zuko #punk katara #tenzin #kya lok #bumi lok #dadko #atla geekery #trans #autistic girl summer #💌 #summerposting

[coconutsaiyan]

I don’t care if this offends someone but if you think Aang was as bad as Ozai when it comes to parenting then you’re a fucking idiot.

Like the mental gymnastics you have to make to come to a conclusion proves you don’t have a lot of brain cells

Tenzin said they were a happy family at the end and Bumi and Kya obviously agreed.

#aang #Katara #Ozai #Zuko #LOK #Korra #Kya #Bumi #Tenzin #atla #anti zutara #kataang

[waterfire1848]

I’ve seen a few fics where The Gaang is transported into the future and sees Korra’s time but has anyone ever done a fic where Tenzin, Kya, Bumi, Izumi, Lin, and Suyin are transported into the past during the Hundred Year War?

#fics #the Gaang #azula #katara #zuko #sokka #Aang #toph beifong #Suki #mai #Ty Lee #Tenzin #Kya #Bumi #Izumi #lin beifong #suyin beifong #avatar the last airbender #legend of korra #time travel

[bacipinoto]

What if Aang and Katara’s kids had their roles swapped out? (part two)

#atla #atla netflix #avatar the last airbender #aang #katara #avatar aang #legend of korra #bumi ii #kya #tenzin

[wilcze-kudly]

Someone needs to take my image editing softwares this is getting out of hand

I had a very vivid image of Amon calling a penis a hot girthy staff of carnal desire and you have to suffwr too

#asami's buisnesswomzn/engineer/inventor lingo for cocks hell yeah #iroh ii #tenzin #prince wu #jinora #suyin beifong #ikki #asami sato #baatar jr #wing beifong #wei beifong #huan beifong #kuvira #lin beifong #zhu li #kya ii #meelo #korra #bumi ii #kai #varrick #avatar wan #bolin #mako #amon #noatak #baavira #weilin #legend of korra #tlok

[crypticbadname]

What if Kya was the airbender and Tenzin was the waterbender?? Ive been obsessing over this idea for days and Ive only found one unfinished fic and it is driving me madddd

#legend of Korra #avatar the last airbender #avatar korra #tenzin #the last airbender fanart #airbender kya ii #waterbender Tenzin #kya ii #waterbender ikki #Meelo #Ikki #jinora #randomcrypticart #my art