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comradekatara · 1 day

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i don’t normally do this here, but i’m answering this ask anonymously to respect op’s wishes. it’s a very interesting question!

i think the tragedy of yun is fascinating because in many ways it explores the central tension of korra’s arc, but then also magnifies it by revealing that this aspect of his identity which he assumed ontologically elevated him is actually a lie. he’s literally just some guy.

korra grapples with what it means to define her humanity and her agency beyond the box into which she is forced due to her status, but at least she has the luxury of actually being as powerful as everyone assumes her to be. and obviously, this can only really be considered a luxury when compared to yun, because he is cruelly and ruthlessly dismissed and dehumanized once no longer deemed “special.”

he serves no value to the world, to jianzhu’s ends, if he is not the avatar, and so his tragedy lies in the fact that if he cannot live as a fraud, he must be disposed of. he was never simply treated as a human being, because his father figure only actually cared about him as a means to an end, and his friend kyoshi is also the reason he has been so suddenly and violently stripped of value.

there’s this idea that yun seeks revenge because he feels entitled to power and deserving of his status, that he feels that kyoshi was better as his demure servant, and that for kyoshi to be the avatar he always believed himself to be is a perversion of the order he feels owed.

but of course he feels entitled to that power. he was groomed since childhood to be the avatar, and his alternative to that power is living on the street an orphaned child making money off of performing pai sho tricks. and it’s not that he simply basked in this power; no, he took this responsibility very seriously. he was jianzhu’s perfect protege, and so he tied his identity to being the avatar to the point that he had nothing left to give beyond that role.

just because he’s in the wrong doesn’t mean that his pain isn’t understandable, imo. like, just put yourself in his shoes. everything he ever thought he knew was revealed to be a lie, and he was left for dead in a matter of seconds. no one gave him a reason to pause, to consider an alternative. even kyoshi simply told him to let go of his pain, which of course would be an infuriating piece of advice to hear from the person who “won.” even if it’s not her intention, by telling him, essentially, to “get over it,” to simply move on from this existentially significant, defining injustice, she does sound like she’s gloating.

no one ever bothered to put themselves in his shoes, no one ever offered him true empathy. i don’t believe that yun was an entitled brat. i think that, like korra, he was someone who was depersonalized in his role, his image so heavily controlled by outside forces that he lost any sense of identity beyond that role, and was discarded once he could no longer perform it.

to swallow an eye — to reclaim the violence of that dehumanizing gaze, but also to consume it, to internalize it, to project it outwards — was always his fate. so no, i don’t think that there was any way to save him. he was marked for death the moment he was first misidentified as the avatar. his demise was inevitable, because it was born of human error; no one learns anything from their predecessors’ mistakes, they simply repeat the cycle. like all true tragedies, his destiny was fixed for him from the very beginning.

#asks #analysis #yun #kyoshi novels #korra #jianzhu #kyoshi #yun is so good actually…… like tell me u would have ‘let go of ur pain’ and simply risen above #lmfao! i think not

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kyoshi-era-week-24 · 3 days

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The Kyoshi Era Week 2024 will happen from July 14th to July 21st and we can't wait to see your contribution!

There are only 80 days to go, so check the prompts and rules and start preparing!

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faunshiii · 6 months

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has anyone read the kyoshi books :33

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kittbetelgeuse · 2 months

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Cat Crossing

Can catboys get bad luck? Birthday gift (that I forgot to post, oops) for Lyuka~

#kitt art #My characters #my ocs #character design #original character #gift #demon #catboy #femboy #cat #monster boy #Velo #Yun

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cosmicdraghon · 1 year

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keep your hands off the Avatar!

#my art #atla #kyoshi novels #the rise of kyoshi #avatar the last airbender #the shadow of kyoshi #kyoshi #rangi #rangi sei'naka #yun #chronicles of the avatar #avatar kyoshi

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iluvluvnutella · 8 months

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◦•●◉✿ 𝓐𝓴𝓪𝓽𝓼𝓾𝓴𝓲 𝓷𝓸 𝓨𝓸𝓷𝓪 ✿◉●•◦

#akatsuki no yona #yona of the dawn #akayona #yotd #officia art #mizuho kusanagi #yona #hak #kija #shin ah #shinah #jaeha #zeno #pukkyuu #suwon #yun

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snarkspawn · 1 year

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long time no swtor! hi

#swtor #star wars #the old republic #star wars the old republic #mirialan #chiss #sith warrior #bounty hunter #jedi knight #yun #iden roth #duan #the chaytan legacy #I made them ages ago but I never posted any of the drawings I did lol #well no technically I did post yun before but they've undergone some redesigning since then #and then duan I made for the new test server #which is always a great excuse for new ocs lmao

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okbrambleberry · 1 month

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This meme but with the Kyoshi characters.

Ps. I don’t know if we ever got precise descriptions for The Flying Opera Company so I did some imagining

#the rise of kyoshi #the shadow of kyoshi #kyoshi #rangi and kyoshi #rangi #jianzhu #yun #kirima #Wong #hei ran #firelordzoryu #lek #Lao ge

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strawberri-yan · 2 months

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The three stages when jing yuan-

#my art #yun #jing yuan

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razables · 2 months

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something something kyoshi novels text posts

#razables #kyoshi novels #kyoshi sei’naka #kyoshi #yun #kyoshi novels yun #rise of kyoshi #shadow of kyoshi #rangi #rangi sei'naka #we interrupt the fmab posting to bring you my ultimate sillies :)

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shrublub · 1 month

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thanks to fc yee for doing irreparable damage to my pining levels

+ haphazard drawings of yokoya trio:

#the rise of kyoshi #the shadow of kyoshi #kyoshi novels #tkn #f.c. yee #avatar kyoshi #kyoshi #rangi #rangi sei’naka #rangshi #yun #atla #avatar the last airbender #my art #fanart #artists on tumblr

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kyoshi-era-week-24 · 15 days

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KYOSHI ERA WEEK 2024: PROMPTS

To commemorate The Rise of Kyoshi's 5th anniversary on July 16th, the Kyoshi Era Week 2024 will happen from July 14th to July 21st! Please, save the date and check the prompts below to start planning!

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Sunday 14th - Team Avatar || Found Family || Daofei

Monday 15th - Parental Figures || Protectiveness || Possessiveness

Tuesday 16th - Yokoya || Fire Lilies || "Damned if you do, damned if you don't"

Wednesday 17th - Growing Old Together || Spirit World || "Distance makes the heart grow fonder"

Thursday 18th - Hair Brushing || "Blood is thicker than water" || "Do as I say, not as I do"

Friday 19th - Avatar State || Companion Animals || "Touch her* and I'll kill you"

Saturday 20th - Recovery || Healing || Jealousy

Sunday 21st - Gay Panic || Touch Starved || Flirtation

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*Feel free to change this to any other pronoun.

The prompts are supposed to inspire you, not to restrict you. So, do as you wish with them!