#they remind me of atla

[mugentakeda]

do you think people would see how katara and aang interacted in book 1 and be like "wow you guys are so devoted to each other!!! how long have you both been friends?" and theyd both be like "just now going on 2 weeks :)" and the people would be like "what"

#they both are so cringefail and weird #like two gummy bears that held hands so hard their hands melted together #their dynamic goes from absurdly close friendship > ?????????? > the most annoying pda couple ever #yet somehow maintain this deranged devoted dynamic throughout that whole pipeline #i swear they remind me of zolu in that way #DEVOTION................... #kataang #katara #aang #atla #avatar the last airbender #alicias art

[vaspider]

Edit: REBLOGS ARE OFF FOR THIS POST 'CAUSE Y'ALL CAN'T RESPECT A SIMPLE "PUT YOUR CRITICISMS ELSEWHERE" REQUEST. Fuck's sake.

Look, y'all. I keep seeing people talking about how few episodes there are of Netflix's ATLA vs the animated ATLA, saying they 'crammed' things in to eight episodes vs 20, and it's annoying the shit out of me, so here's some math:

Each episode of ATLA's animated version is 23 minutes long. Every episode of the Netflix series is at least 50 minutes long.

The full runtime of the Netflix s1 Avatar is 7 hours, 9 minutes. The full runtime of ATLA animated s1 is 7 hours 40 minutes. So Netflix's ATLA is ... a little shorter, but the difference between the two in actual runtime is 31 minutes.

31 minutes is not small -- it's basically "what if they took your lunch break out of your work day" -- but it's also ... not THAT big of a difference.

There are plenty of other things to criticize, I'm sure -- DON'T SAY THEM ON THIS POST, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT AND I HAVEN'T FINISHED THE SHOW YET -- but the difference in actual runtime between the two shows is actually not that much.

#avatar the last airbender #atla netflix #seriously don't tell me what you don't like #i don't care #go elsewhere #i am enjoying the show #it reminds me of when my daughter was young

[dragonbonez]

And what’s the first thing I do after finishing finals? Indulge in a little meme redraw of my favorites. 💚💛

Honestly Aang is going to be right there with Toph for these mugshots. The guy went to prison and made friends with all the other prisoners like it was nothing! That and I’m sure whatever they did was probably Toph’s idea and worth it.

#taang #toph x aang #aang x toph #avatar aang #toph beifong #atla #atla fanart #my art #they probably have a bunch of these from each nation #they probably make it their yearly picture they sent to their friends #kinda like people send pictures during Christmas in movies #like ‘Happy Avatar Day from the Earth Kingdom!’ #and every year someone has to remind aang that he should be setting an example as an avatar #and they do eventually stop but not before getting one last hoorah and sending their last (last in the liberal sense) mugshot #and Aang has a plate that says Toph will you marry me? #and Toph’s sign says ‘DUH!’ #and behind their picture is a note that says there won’t be a wedding ceremony but everyone can send cash to Sokka #and they’ll go crash at his place at some point and pick it up #… ok I’m stopping now

[snapesmorningcoffee]

#severus snape #harry potter #snape #snarry #fem!harry potter #harrie potter #harriet potter #severus tobias snape #sevharry #snarriet #harry james potter #what you mean #its canon ok #carrying atlas #bc everything remind me this #severitus

[narrativelysignificantturtleduck]

something that makes sokka extremely adhd relatable is that he's constantly looking for his Thing, the one Thing he's good at or useful for that makes up for any failings or flaws or ways he just can't measure up to others. at the beginning of the show he defines himself by being the oldest boy in the village & best warrior, but then he gets his ass kicked by zuko and suki and sees aang's raw power and he can't exactly think fighting is his special skill anymore. but he still thinks he has to be defined by fighting ('man of the house' daddy issues) so he calls himself the guy with the boomerang bc that's turned out to be his most useful and versatile and unique weapon, the one that other people can't outclass him at (after all, it's his most successful attack in his fight with zuko). when he loses it in "avatar day" he explicitly says it's like losing a key part of his identity and the moment katara goes "hey you're good at solving mysteries" he's like "yeah! i'm a detective! that's my new thing! and gets a new set of objects to signify it ("i believe in the power of stuff"). but detective sokka doesn't last bc throughout the entire episode he and katara are pretty equally matched in detective skills and he gets his boomerang back anyway. failed experiment.

and throughout all of this, he's figured out that people find his insistance on getting them fed & his grumpy comments funny and so he begins defining himself as the meat and sarcasm guy, and when he's a tough spot in "bitter work", bargaining with the universe to get him help, he offers that up as all he's got to give. it's obviously a Joke that he immediately asks for meat after telling the universe he'll give it up but it's also pretty indicative of how much he clings to these identities. it's all he's got (he thinks), of COURSE he can't actually give it up. they stuck that boy in a hole for 22 minutes and it revealed so much about how he sees himself.

at some point (likely around "the library" when he takes initiative to come up with a fire nation invasion plan) he also becomes the plan guy, the idea guy, and the gaang find themselves looking to him for leadership. this is perhaps the closest to fully encompassing sokka that any of his "[blank] guy" labels get, since coming up with plans involves planning when and how to fight (boomerang guy) & how to get everyone fed (meat), and people not following his plans is a major source of frustration (sarcasm).

this all culminates in "sokka's master", where the show finally names the underlying insecurity driving this quest - that he's a nonbender. katara being the last waterbender meant she was in danger and that keeping her safe was top priority, and even though hakoda and kya wouldn't have played favorites sokka probably felt a little like the unfavorite child for not being special like her. he lacks an ability, and believes his life has less value bc of it. almost like somebody with a disability and internalized ableism

(interesting, one of the people who most consistently mocks sokka for being a nonbender is toph, early on. toph has a lot of internalized ableism herself, a fear of vulnerability bc she doesn't want to perceived as weak like her parents thought she was. her bending is her disability aid, the thing that allows her to be stronger than people think, so she dismisses a nonbender until she learns better.)

piandao's response to sokka's lack of self-worth is not to train him to be great at one thing, but to introduce him to a variety of different arts, show him that his value lies not in having any one skill but in his capacity to learn and grow. there's no single thing that makes him worthy. it isn't even the combination of all of them that makes him worthy. he simply is worthy.

and i don't know if this is a unique narrative in fiction or anything but it really means a lot to me that sokka doesn't have One Thing that "makes up" for him not being a bender. he's of course extremely skilled and prodigious at many things he does in the show but there's no one savant talent that "justifies" him being in the group and i feel like so many disability narratives - especially for kids - go that route and i really appreciate that atla doesn't and simply says people are valuable because they are valuable, not because of their special abilities

#nina's personal log #sokka #seeing 'avatar day' again reminded me i had this in the drafts #ALSO i think toph is a different disability narrative than sokka but also more nuanced than typical this is NOT saying hers is bad #it's very good #nd atla tag

[sulkybender]

disability Zukka now and forever

#atla #zuko #sokka #zukka #they matter so much to me #my Roman Empire #supporting each other #loving each other #reminding A CERTAIN SOMEONE to use his cane

[gurinpotte]

evidence dump of the brain altering that rewatching atla for the first time as an adult has caused in the past few weeks

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #aang #katara #zuko #kataang #tiny bit of maiko #kataang kiss on the cheek for katara seeing as she's always the one kissing on the og #kisses for this girl #i love zuko #you get a good grade in redemption mr hotman #an sleek adult aang reminding everyone he doesnt eat meat. like me #an buff aang is his loose robes phase i needed to see it #i love aang #too much for my own good #sketches #gurinillustratesatla #avatar the last airbender #i'm sorry this blog has really derailed as a themed blog i'm sorry

[pineapple-frenzy]

art request: more cat parents!zutara please!!! perhaps in the style of those 80s family pictures that are cringey but funny, thank you <3

I had to google what those 80s family pictures looked like and this is what I came up with

Hope you like it!!

#zutara #zuko #katara #atla #atla modern au #cat parents!zutara #my art #art requests #i haven't drawn them with their cats in so long!!! #thank you for reminding me of my fav modern au

[hyacinths-in-a-storm]

I think avatar would’ve been funnier if Ursa had at least one sibling.

#ursa watching azula push zuko into the turtle duck pond: #aww this reminds me of the time my sister held my head under water because I stole her doll #it makes no sense but hear me out on this one #too tired to explain but I’ll try and expand on it later #ursa #azula #zuko #atla #avatar the last airbender

[purple-ravaged]

did i post this here??? i can NOT remember

#it’s definitely on my insta #posting that kacchan just now reminded me #my art #fanart #atla #atla fanart #zuko #zuko fanart #atla zuko #sketchbook #posca #posca art

[mugentakeda]

when your day is through and so is your temper you know what to do im gonna always be there

#long time no zutara am I right amigos #I was just listening to the song in the caption and it hit me that it reminded me of them. esp after the agni kai #zutara #katara #zuko #atla #avatar the last Airbender #alicias art

[yikes077]

Rewatching the animated series, and I know it’s just bc character design and stuff, but thank god the four elements chose the specific national areas they did. I mean, water benders without blue or grey eyes?? Fire nation without the edgy black spiky hair?? The animals that teach bending really went “they match the colour aesthetic so they’re cool. They can learn earth bending”

#when they tried to pretend katara was an earth bender to get sent to jail #no wonder they thought the lemur was earthbending he fits the colour scheme #I was just watching it like how could they believe she’s an earth bender she’s wearing blue are you crazy #I mean like zuko and azula look like they bend fire #they’re just so pointy #and katara has the bluest fucking eyes Jesus #it reminds me of that one post where it’s like “I could never have ice powers bc I have a winter colour pallette #atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #katara #fire lord zuko #zuko #prince zuko #aang #avatar aang #atla aang #sokka #atla sokka #azula #also ofc there are exceptions to this like lowkey ty Lee looks like an airbender #ty lee atla #but it was just silly to me

[emuanon34]

Something I noticed in the ATLA ship tags compared to ship tags in other fandoms is that when I followed the Zutara tag I expected to see a bunch of cute fanart and amazing fanfics being on my dash like with other ships, but instead I get a few of those and a bunch of shipping war discourse. Like the ATLA shippers are fighting for their lives to justify why they like a ship while I grew up shipping characters who have never even met.

#There are so much rich themes to pick apart with this show and y’all spend time fighting over who Katara should be with #Also the “Anti Bryke” tags are fucking psychotic #Avatar #Avatar The Last Airbender #Avatar: The Last Airbender #ATLA #Zutara #Maiko #Kataang #Karara #Zuko #Prince Zuko #Aang #Avatar Aang #Ship #Shipping #Like I’m not big into Kataang because they remind me of Dipper and Wendy and I wanted to see what political intrigue Zutara can have #I just checked the Zukka tag and you guys are all saints

[bandagemanl0ver]

i forgot to post this here. i think it’ll do better in tumblr.

#from the twitter trend #surprisingly i think these two have the same kill count #or aang’s might be higher actually. maybe. since it’s war. and if you count the past lives?! #dazai reminds me of sokka #my friend said they were both the trope of really smart strategist that’s dumb at everything else and #gets accidentally high by a plant in one episode #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd anime #bsd manga #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla fanart #dazai osamu #avatar aang #aang #atla aang #bsd dazai #bungo sd #dazai

[simlit]

Chosen of the Sun | | dawn // forty-six

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KYRIE: Al? ALPHANEI: There you are. I thought you’d never wake. KYRIE: Wake? No… I’m… I’m dreaming. You’re gone. ALPHANEI: So I am. And you’re losing faith. KYRIE: I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to help you. Everything feels so out of my control. ALPHANEI: I know. KYRIE: Tell me where you are. Tell me how to find you. ALPHANEI: Not this time, little brother. KYRIE: But— ALPHANEI: It’s like I always told you. The Moon watches over us, and only she knows the way. KYRIE: Don’t give me that nonsense. The Moon has never done anything for us. Even now, I can’t see a damn thing. If it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t be here. We’d be somewhere else, living normal lives, and you’d be safe. ALPHANEI: Is it really true that she gives us nothing? Do you think you’d be happier never knowing them? KYRIE: I… ALPHANEI: It’s not a perfect life, but it was ours. KYRIE: We deserved better. ALPHANEI: So many of us do. Do not forget what drives the Selenehelion, truly. All those wishes longing to be granted. I know you hear them, too. KYRIE: And all the pain? All the suffering it’s caused? ALPHANEI: Mm. Remember it, Kyrie. When the time is right, you will find your way to me. 

#ts4 #ts4 screenshots #ts4 story #ts4 bachelor challenge #chosen of the sun #oc: kyrie loren #oc: alphanei loren #this kind of reminds me of that scene from ATLA #where sokka tells toph that he can't remember what his mother looked like #and that when he imagines her it's katara's face he sees #anyways I think kyrie is kinda like that #thanks for coming to my tag talk

[ofswordsandpens]

iswtg every time someone construes the Southern Raiders episode as if Aang was the angel on Katara's shoulders while Zuko was the devil a fairy loses its wings

#and I mean this so far beyond even shipping discourse or whatever #saw a post on twitter that made me physically ill #/zuko almost made katara lose herself aang reminded her who she was/ #EW GROSS WRONG #atla