Oogies 😒

I’ve noticed that a good portion of my followers are passionate fanfic writers and I’m really happy to see that my Tumblr has become a source of inspiration for people. While I’m not very knowledgeable about the technical qualities of music, I do have a pretty broad range of music that I enjoy. I thought I’d share some music from the various cultures that inspired the ATLA-verse, connecting them to different characters/settings in Avatar.

Altargana is a classic Buryat (Mongolian) folk song that compares the growth of the altargana, an enduring and evergreen bush, with the love of parents for their child. It emphasizes the importance of parents to the growth of a person, just like roots to the Altargana plant. This songs reminds me of Iroh’s quote regarding the Water Tribe:

“The people of the Water Tribe are capable of adapting to many things. They have a deep sense of community and love that holds them together through anything.”

The above video is my favorite rendition of this song, but there’s many different covers of it on YouTube.

🐧 by あい@i_sensei97

genuinely one of the worst things that’s happened to television in the last few years (exacerbated by streaming services) is death of Filler. going from 20 episodes to 8 because “we didn’t really need that episode where the main characters went to the beach right? it had no long lasting effect” but we DID!!! we needed to see how they act without the Big Bad Plot and to establish the dynamics between the characters and lay in the sun (do they forget sunscreen? how do they react to a thieving seagull? do they get buried in the sand or do they do the burying?). the plot isn’t everything. the action doesn’t hit as hard without the quiet moments. give us character development and our little scenes back

Some more side portraits, Avatar edition :)

"please just order, I don't need to hear the backstory of your cactus allergy"

These guys...

Bonus:

thinking abt this tweet again

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some of these were conzepts i drew for @ranilla-bean fic the iconoclast. others are just me doodeling zuko in SEA inspired clothing (khemer or siam style/ so cambodia or thailand)

Happy pride

Randomly remembered that long ago I had this idea of redrawing the most iconic Howl’s Moving Castle shot with them