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still figuring out acrylic markers:) have a doodle

zuko closeup under the cut lol

watching atla for the first time

Zutara shippers who hate Aang: "Shut up, Zuko & Katara would totally want to be my friends."

Me: Zuko & Katara would fucking despise you

ZSWHA: You take that back! *in tears* YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

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this is what the fandom needs to understand 🤦‍♀️ couldn’t have worded it better

I really think "Aang should not have killed Ozai" and "there is ample reason for Ozai to be dead" are two statements that can absolutely coexist.

Aang would have had to give up the teachings and philosophy of his culture, that he is the sole survivor of, in order to kill Ozai, who already mocked his culture for being "weak" and "not deserving to exist in this world." Aang choosing not to kill Ozai is a testament to his and his people's strength and it takes Ozai's words and makes him eat them.

Anyone else? They don't face the same responsibility. If it had been them to face Ozai, then they would have every reason to kill him.

But the reason it was Aang who faced him is the same reason that Aang didn't kill him. Ozai was forced to look at the last member of a culture who his ancestors wiped off the face of the earth, to look at someone who he viewed as lesser, as primitive, as weak, and to be defeated by that person without them ever giving up their people's philosophy, even when he thought that murder and violence was the only way to show strength and "deserving" of existing. It's more complicated than "Ozai should have died."

Soon we will see this powerful couple in a movie (It’s going be EPIC!!!)

Official Art of Katara and Aang for ATLA’s 20th anniversary Avatar in Concert tour. The artist is @velinxi.

Really sick of people calling the comics 'out of character' and saying fanfics are more in character. Like. I don't think you understand how this works. The creator of the content/characters decides who the characters are and what they're like. The comics cannot be out of character because the writers define what is in character to begin with. Your fanfics are not more 'in character' because you do not decide what the character is INTENDED to be like.

What they mean is 'the comics don't write the characters the way I wanted to see them or how I personally interpreted them'. That's not 'out of character', that's you being a fan of a personally idealized and/or old version of the characters.

Now, there can be talk about inconsistences in the characterization and then you start having a soapbox to stand apon but even then, I feel like people see anything that feels inconsistent and immediately go 'this is bad writing and the writers not remembering who their characters were' instead of asking WHY the inconsistency might be there because, fun fact, people and characters can be multifaceted and respond differently in different situations.

Case in point: Aang agreeing to kill Zuko. "That's out of character because Aang wasn't willing to kill Ozai."

1. That's false to begin with because Aang verbally acknowledge that if he had to do it then he had to do it.

2. This is a year later.

3. This is an entirely different situation.

This is not an unknown genocidal maniac, this is his best friend who personally asked for this promise. There are two ways you can interprete it and it still makes sense because, again, characters can be complex.

1. Aang doesn't kill because he believes all life has value. In agreeing to Zuko's request, he is not saying Zuko's life doesn't have value, he's saying the value of Zuko's life rests in Zuko's hands. This isn't a matter of life value, it's a matter of respecting Zuko's choice and right to his own life. Whether or not you agree with a stance like that doesn't mean someone can't have that stance. Many people do believe in the right to suicide.

2. (My personal interpretation) Aang is not agreeing to kill Zuko as a punishment, he is agreeing to kill Zuko as a mercy. The choice is not "kill or don't kill" it's "kill or strip bending and lock away to rot for years". It's like the zombie promise, where one character makes another agree to kill them if they turn because they'd rather be dead than be a zombie. Zuko specifies that he's asking this as a friend, as a personal choice for his comfort. Zuko would rather be dead than be like his father.

They literally go over this while Aang's talking to Roku, where Aang himself is like "Uh, so, that promise was kinda stupid because I couldn't even kill his DAD" and Roku goes "yeah, but you made a promise to Zuko" and that this was about Zuko's request, not about punishment or whatever. And then Roku starts trauma dumping as he do. And Aang goes "idk about that chief, friends be friends, just cause your friendship fell apart don't mean mine will" and multiple times people are like "yo Aang do it" and he insists that, nah, there's probably a better way or something he's not understanding.

This isn't out of character because the writers decide who Aang is as a character, and it isn't even that unbelievable if you stop expecting characters to be one note. This isn't Aang facing down whether or not to kill an enemy, this is Aang facing down whether or not to keep a fucked up promise to a friend.

Also, Aang gets pressured a lot in the comic and a regular flaw of his that we see in the show is that he's really fucking weak to pressure and regularly goes through this cycle of "I'm pretty sure this is the right choice" "everyone around me disagrees maybe I'm wrong" "ah fuck I'm wrong" "no fuck that no I'm not" "fuck all yall I do what I want", which is,,,,, literally his whole deal in The Promise.

But nOoOoOo, it's out of character because he didn't do what the fanfic writers would have had him do.

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Official Art of Katara and Aang for ATLA’s 20th anniversary Avatar in Concert tour. The artist is @velinxi.

Zuko and Aang as yin and yang

From the Avatar generations Instagram

katara: wow, the stars are beautiful tonight.

zuko: yeah, they are.

katara: you want to know who else is beautiful?

*at the same time*

katara: aang

zuko: mai

first meeting.

Can you Anti-Aang fake fans please stay away from A:TLA. I am so tired of y’all.

You people have no media literacy and chose to act like it’s the show creator’s fault you’re so dumb.

I shouldn’t even have to say this, but Aang never used Katara as a fan against his grief. What does the Guru say:

“You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy, and it swirls all around us. The Air Nomads' love for you has not left this world. It is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love”.

He’s basically saying even though Aang lost his whole nation, his love for them not only remains but he can also feel love again, for more loved ones, Katara. 

Katara herself even tells Aang that despite losing almost everyone he knew and loved, her and Sokka care about him and are his loved ones now: 

“Aang! I know you're upset and I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. I went through the same thing when I lost my mom. Monk Gyatso and the other airbenders may be gone, but you still have a family. Sokka and I! We're your family now!”

We got ourselves two beautiful moments where Katara comforts her grieving friend due to suffering a similar loss, assuring him he’s not alone, and said friend realizing that love is infinite and even if you loved ones you care about, love can be found in more loved ones. And these bitter Anti-Aang freaks try to twist this into something “selfish”, “unhealthy” and “toxic”. Because you’re still coping and seething over Katara not making out with Zuko in the finale like you wanted back in the seventh grade. 

A real post made by a real human being.

And you wonder why Zutara shippers are the fucking joke of the fandom now.

sokka: woah zuko you look awful

zuko: yeah, aang kept me up all night

sokka: oh, i bet he did ;)

*last night*

aang, rolling over: do you think fish have feelings

zuko: aang it's 3am

and while katara and mai are in the battle of their lives and absolutely dominating their enemies there’s a cutscene to zuko and aang arguing over paperwork

so what and who do we have to sacrifice to see this concept happen….

he needed more screentime this man istg. iroh ii you have my heart

Are u sure about that, Aang?

The fact that here on tumblr there's an anti aang tag where grown ass people are calling him rapist, racist and abuser is fucking insane

This site is literally a breeding ground for some of the most deranged fandom behavior ever

Aang and Zuko's relationship is underrated and that’s sad

They are literally the BETTER Roku and Sozin

Not only there are great parallels/connections between the two since the first series, but is Aang (and Iroh) that ultimately makes him change sides

Let alone that Aang's kindness is the only reason Zuko is even alive. Katara and Sokka would have left him to die in the snowstorm at the north pole 😭

They are precious

Ah, Zuko asked to built an Aang statue (an huge ass statue Imao), this dude was so dedicated!

Wow you’re so smart for saying Ozai wasn’t evil. That’s definitely a thoughtful observation and not you completely misinterpreting a character and spinning your lack of comprehension as clout.

Ooh, now you’re saying Aang was abusive and the real villain? Boy we’re getting so clout thirsty now. You’re definitely a super smart viewer above these pesky “general audiences” that just don’t get it. Your hyper-fixation on and removal of situational context from a single scene where he does something bad is totally making your point appealing to us mere mortals.

No, no, no, don’t worry that millions of people don’t share your opinion! You’re smarter than them for not being able to properly identify a protagonist and antagonist in a children’s show! They’re just not bright enough! Keep it up queen! You got this! Post that meta about Mai actually being responsible for the Air Nomad Genocide!

Katara: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos-

Aang: I wrote you a poem.

Katara, already crying: You did?