#yagoda

[comradekatara]

#we needed more old ladies in atla #one of the shows foremost critical failings #i am being so fucking serious when i say this btw #personally kanna has my vote just bc. we’ll look at my url #but i love them ALL SO MUCH #id in alt text #kanna #the herbalist #yagoda #lo and li #hama

[revenge-of-the-shit]

The thing about the live action change with Katara and all the female waterbenders is that this attempted girlboss moment just does not work. Not only is terribly forced, it's also just tactically stupid. The enemy is literally launching fireballs at the city and Katara has gathered up all the female waterbenders who are supposedly (we are supposed to infer) only healers and completely untrained in fighting and it's supposed to be a #girlboss victory that Pakku relents and allows them to fight?? Like, even if several of them were in fact either secret prodigies or warriors who trained in secret (and I don't doubt there must have been), it's also just a tactically stupid decision in a battle to 1. Put all of your healers and medics on the front lines doing wall repair and battle instead of, you know, healing the injured soldiers and civilians, and 2. Put untrained fighters in a battle, and 3. Put an untrained child with no tactical training in charge, no matter how much of a prodigy and how intelligent and willful she is.

If they changed the script even slightly and given female waterbenders a chance to train, like how Katara did in the OG, it would make much more sense. If they had something else - maybe one of the senior disciples had been secretly training his female waterbenders friends in secret, and they in turn had been training a few - or perhaps, maybe there were some friends, a guy learning to heal while his gf learned to fight from each other - maybe it would have helped. Unfortunately they did not and this scene served only to fall completely flat.

#Atla #Netflix atla #avatar the last airbender #Katara #Pakku #Yagoda

[peony-pearl]

Super bitter about Yagoda not getting any real applause or showing up with the White Lotus, bc while I totally understand Katara’s want to learn waterbending to fight, Yagoda’s class was shown as sub-par (which yeah I do understand bc Katara was disappointed to be relegated to the ‘women’s work’ class)- and yet Katara still went on to be a skilled healer but Yagoda is never mentioned again :T

#atla meta #Yagoda #Katara #this isn't a dig at Katara #this is me being upset at the lack of strong influential ladies #Yagoda deserved better

[die-auster]

One of my favorite girls with my favorite hairdo.

Zuko approves.

#avatar the last airbender #color wheel challenge #color wheel meme #color wheel character challenge #song #song avatar #song atla #yue #princess yue #yue atla #atla fanart #kya #kya atla #yagoda #jin #jin atla #jin fanart #jin from ba sing se #atla girls

[theduckeminence]

You know I’m getting tired of most ppl portraying the Northern Water Tribe as the most devilish, demonic nation that exists — so much so that its somehow worse than the Fire Nation (aka the literal imperialist nation that is responsible for genocide??).

Like yeah yeah I get the NWT follows a heavily gender divided societal structure and therefore will lead to sexist values and misogynistic mindsets/ideas. I understand why people would hate on the NWT for that reason.

With that being said, I think its a lame/boring take to just straight up paint them as this “evil” and bad nation of people.

I would have found it more fun and interesting if people actually went about showing the NWT in a complex matter in terms of their society, culture, and etc (rather than immediately paint them as a bad nation specifically due to the sexism laced in their old fashioned traditions).

Also not to mention the Northern Water Tribe separated gender roles is most probably inspired by the fact that indigenous groups such as the Inuit often separate their work among genders (or really sexes honestly but y’all get what I mean).

And I personally feel the reason for such a strict division in gender roles is perhaps due to the 100 Year War and the NWT doing what they could to preserve their culture — leading down to canon present in ATLA.

#but thats just a whole other post i made before actually #atla #avatar the last airbender #northern water tribe #water tribe #water tribes #yue #yagoda #yugoda #arnook #pakku #hahn

[federer7]

Gypsies from Village Yagoda with Dancing Bears, Bulgaria, 1933

Photo: Jacko Vassilev

#Jacko Vassilev #1933 #bulgaria #gypsies #bears #yagoda

[avatar-news]

Exclusive: Irene Bedard has been cast as Yagoda in the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!

She is an Indigenous Iñupiat, Yup'ik, & Cree actor best known as the legendary voice of the Disney Princess Pocahontas in her titular 1995 film and reprised in Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), as part of a long career also ranging from the cult classic Smoke Signals (1998) to HBO’s Westworld.

The now 55-year-old Bedard plays Yagoda, a healing waterbending instructor in the Northern Water Tribe who shares a surprising connection with Sokka and Katara of the Southern Water Tribe from all the way across the world.

Yagoda showed up in one pretty quick scene in the original animated series, so it will be interesting to see if her live-action counterpart has an expanded role!

Filming of Season 1 has already wrapped, so she has already finished filming her scenes for Season 1.

#news #live action atla #season 1 #casting #cast and crew #irene bedard #yagoda #avatar news exclusive

[atla-fashion]

Outfit for Yagoda

Ports 1961 Fall 2019

#yagoda #water tribe #avatar the last airbender #atla fashion #ports 1961 #blue

[original-sheepsandwich90]

Yagoda, Yakone's wife.

#L.o.K. #Yagoda #Yakone's wife

[azulso]

Mother A and Larry would be so proud of them

#gordon cormier #aang #aang atla #irene bedard #yagoda #avatar #avatar the last airbender #avatar netflix #the stand #the stand tv show #the stand tv series #the stabd cbs #the stand 2020 #stephen king #mother a #mother Abigail #larry underwood

[slapiz]

Sobre Isaac Babel

José Miguel Garofalo rememora a su aire, el artículo del escritor cubano Lisandro Otero, Isaac Babel: Un genio literario adelantado a su tiempo. Isaac Babel, periodista, escritor y dramaturgo de origen judío, nacido en Ucrania. Ningún escritor soviético sufrió tan intensamente las contradicciones entre el poder político y los desajustes de la utopía en marcha como Isaac Babel. “Caballería…

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#André Malraux #Beria #Isaac Babel #Kolya Topuz #Letras #libros #Lisandro Otero #literatura #Maximo Gorki #Primer Congreso de Escritores Soviéticos #Stalin #Voroshilov #Yagoda

[comradekatara]

If you're still doing weird pairings and you already mentioned the herbalist and old lady lesbian bliss, whay do you think of the potential of the herbalist/yugoda?

okay well first instinct is obviously to say yes one million times yes. but um actually. idk if either of them would want to move they both seem pretty happy where they are. maybe when they were younger the herbalist would have travelled the world, but even the nwt is pretty isolationist so idk if they would’ve had the chance to ever meet. that said, if they did they would be sooo cute together. I 💗 old lady yuri

#elfantasmadepoe #asks #the herbalist #yagoda #yugoda #????????? #bah idk

[lahistoriaestaviva]

El envenenador de Stalin.

El envenenador de Stalin.

Yagoda pasó sus días con la oscura tarea de preparar píldoras y pesando y combinando líquidos. Yagoda era judío. Había nacido en el seno de una familia polaca y pobre, y sus estudios de Farmacia, que a duras penas logró completar por su débil voluntad, le procuraron un puesto de ayudante en su pueblo natal de Nizhny Novgorod, de donde también era natural el novelista Maxim Gorki, que llegaría a…

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#cheka #historia #la historia esta viva #stalin #urss #veneno #yagoda

[peony-pearl]

“There now,” Yagoda murmured. “I think I’ve been able to heal the worst of it.”

It had been a long few weeks. The Order of the White Lotus had been making their way through the Earth Kingdom after coming together by the command of Iroh.

Pakku had initially told Yagoda to stay in the North Pole, but she outright refused. They could need her there to heal them as they prepared for the war’s end. Katara had proven to her she could do anything, and at her age, there was still much to do.

Jeong Jeong looked at his arm, which had been broken during a jailbreak. The Order had dismantled a Fire Nation prison, and Jeong Jeong was on the receiving end of a rough physical encounter with a burly guard. The capable Firebending master was tough enough, but one lucky move, and the guard struck Jeong Jeong’s arm with an iron club.

Jeong Jeong, despite the injury, was still able to repel the guard, and after herding the prisoners free, the Order made camp not too far away so the injured could be taken care of.

And now, as the last to be healed (at his insistence), Yagoda smiled at him. “How does that feel?”

Jeong Jeong twisted his arm, noting how normal it felt. “You are quite talented,” he said. Yagoda smiled.

“Thank you; I take great pride in my craft,” she said with a gentle smile. She looked upon his expression and noted his morose nature; she was already used to it, and yet she was still unsure about the man. “You are quite talented with your bending as w-”

“There is nothing talented about what I can do,” Jeong Jeong bit back. Yagoda sat, perplexed. She’d seen the man use his firebending multiple times; but the way he spoke surprised her. “There is nothing talented about spreading fire.”

Yagoda blinked. “Fire is essential to-”

“Fire is death,” Jeong Jeong insisted. “It spreads and turns everything to ashes.”

Yagoda put her hands on her hips. “In essence, that’s one way to put it.”

“That is the only way to put it.”

“I don’t believe that.” Yagoda said. Jeong Jeong shook his head, sighing as he began to stand up.

But Yagoda wasn’t finished. She reached back out to take the older man’s hand again, pulling him back down to keep sitting next to her.

“Have you ever been to either of the Water Tribes?” She asked. Jeong Jeong’s eyes peered away quickly.

“I...”

“Have you ever experienced frostbite?”

“... Not personally.”

“It’s terrible. It’s slow and painful; burning at your skin until it turns black and dies. Ice can cause a miserable death; so to not freeze, we rely on fire. Fire not only keeps us warm, but it cooks our food, and gives us a place of communion. A crackling fire means safety, security. Yes, it can be dangerous, but so can the water that extinguishes it. Water can suffocate, water can freeze and burn; it can thrash you around; but it can also nourish. All the same as fire.”

Jeong Jeong listened as Yagoda ran her smooth, delicate hands over his rough, scarred palms.

“Do you wish to nourish?”

“Of course I do,” Jeong Jeong murmured. “I... do not wish to be a death sentence with this curse.”

“You are not a death sentence. Nor a curse. No more than I with my water that I could very easily, if I were taught, use in my own violent ways. You as well as any other bender have fire inside of you, because it is a very building block of our world. You who are so talented are so hard on yourself because of what you were forced to do; and you have put that burden on you,” Yagoda said, reaching out to touch Jeong Jeong’s chest. “You, Jeong Jeong, are not a curse.”

Tears bit at Jeong Jeong’s eyes as the gentle healer smiled at him.

“Thank you,” he whispered. Yagoda nodded to him, standing and pulling him up with her. “You are quite talented in a various array of healing.”

Yagoda laughed in a way she hadn’t since she was young. “Thank you. Now, go catch up with the others; and get some rest.”

Jeong Jeong nodded, making his way towards Iroh’s tent. He glanced back as Yagoda was approached by one of the rescued prisoners about an old cut, to which she immediately ushered them into her tent to mend.

#atla #atla fanfiction #Jeong Jeong #Yagoda #whoops I thought about these two and had some feelings #idk I like Yagoda she seems cool #my writing #my art

[die-auster]

And I'm done!

Who waited for Ty Lee? There she is! I thought about Ta Min's bridal hairdo but her gown is mostly white and yellow. Definitely should have drawn her in the yellow segment 'cause I am a nitpicker and I wanted braids. Well, what's done is done. Aunt Wu is - and looks - great.

Why don't they braid their hair more often in the Fire Nation? They should. Especially men. No wonder I don't like their style.

If you feel like it you can support me on my Ko-fi.

#avatar the last airbender #color wheel challenge #color wheel meme #color wheel character challenge #song #song avatar #song atla #yue #princess yue #yue atla #atla fanart #kya #kya atla #yagoda #jin #jin atla #jin fanart #jin from ba sing se #aunt wu #yangchen #avatar yangchen #atla girls #ty lee #ty lee atla #ty lee fanart

[theduckeminence]

Let’s talk about The Water Tribe and Sexism.

From what I’ve seen in alot of posts, fans tend to point harsh fingers at how extremely sexist the Water Tribe is in terms of their culture and how their customs are divided into gender roles (at least for the NWT).

On a surface level, this is understandable as from an outside POV, when we see something involving strict and seemingly stereotypical gender roles, we immediately perceive this portrayal as sexist and even taking it as far as misogynistic. Though what we need to understand is that we need to take in the context of the situation/setting and what we are actually dealing with. What we need to do is to look from a different lenses.

For starters, the Water Tribe in general are inspired by indigenous and native groups—such as the Inuit. Though I am not indigenous/native myself, I can say is that, from what I learned, a lot native tribes and even other cultures tend to have customs and traditions that are separated into certain roles and jobs amongst one another. For example, in many Inuit tribes, jobs are often split between the men and women in order to get necessary things done to survive. This is typically normal traditional wise (though someone correct me if I’m wrong).

Now when applying these ideas to the Water Tribes, you can imagine that the Southern Water Tribe and possibly even the Northern Water Tribe following along with this similar system. Though some of you may be wondering—“How can the Northern Water Tribe be like that when they’re so extreme with their gender roles?”.

Well the answer is this: the fear of the colonial/imperial threat of the Fire Nation.

Picture this:

It’s the early years of the war and word has it that the war is quickly making its way to both the Water tribes. The Air Nomad Termination is still fresh in everyone’s minds and fear begins to arise within the nations—especially the water tribes. If whether by will or force, the cultural traditions and customs of the NWT could be threatened by the Fire Nation if they make their way up North. Not only are the well-beings of the tribal people a major worry, but the possibility of cultural extinction also stands on their minds. To prevent this from happening, the Chieftain and the Elders believe there is only one solution in order to protect their people from outside threat.

The Northern Water Tribe announces their isolation from the rest of the world.

Yet as the Northern Water Tribe closing their gates to any international interaction, the fear of cultural loss continues to reverberate within their icey walls. And if the Fire Nation are to ever knock on their gates unannounced, forcing their surrender, the next generations of the NWT would never remember their stories, their teachings, their traditional way of life—their culture as a whole.

This could not happen. They could not—and would not—let that happen. They need to be sure of it.

So, they had to do something about it. And they did.

Though it’s unspoken, gender roles begin to stiffen. They become more and more rigid over time.

Things from hunting to healing and other chores became more and more divided by gender—and less flexible and bending. Unspoken rules come into place as years go by. Men do the hunting and lead the households—taking most positions of leadership. Women do the healing, care for the children, and do the chores. The barrier of roles and duties between men and women of the Northern Water Tribe become stricter—separating.

So much so that it seems unheard of—almost unnatural—that men and women would go anywhere beyond the roles they knew they must fulfill.

It is of means of survival, after all.

Though, things didn’t have to be this way—and they don’t have to be. While these gender roles seem to be apart of traditional conformities, it is not, by law, forbidden for a water tribes-person to go against their own societal expectations—the status quo. Think Kanna and how she was expected to be betrothed and wedded, as well as how she was expected to remain as a housewife—feeling confined by her own tribes’ strict customs.

But that’s also not to say that it may or may be considered taboo in the eye of the most traditionalist folk within the tribe—maybe even considerably “insulting” and disrespectful to some (cough cough Pakku cough).

TDLR: So, in an attempt to preserve as much of their culture as possible from the posed threat of the Fire Nation’s imperial control (via isolation and sticking to cultural traditions), the Northern Water Tribe fortified their traditional customs to the point that it causes a divide between jobs of men and women—conforming them to these gender-based roles and preventing any more flexibility to go beyond the status quo without being deemed as disrespectful and possibly outcasted.

#This lowkey feels like word vomit #someone whos more knowledgeable in this than me can correct me if im wrong/offended anyone #ik ik i talked more about the nwt more than the swt and my apologies for that #i just had a lot more thoughts in term of the nwt and why it would be so strict with its gender roles #i probably might make a post for the swt but we’ll have to see #atla #atla meta #avatar the last airbender #avatar #water tribe #water tribes #sexism #yue #princess yue #arnook #kanna #pakku #hahn #yagoda #yugoda #i may honestly be mistaken by some of these details so someone pls correct if im wrong TvY