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At first I never shipped them but then with legend of korra and the movie

I started to watch the last airbender again and it started to make sense

Why Toph would never tell Lin about her dad

If it was a random kanto dude, Toph would tell Lin, why should she not?

But if its a fire lord who has a daughter with someone else, you can not tell your daughter that uncle zuko is the dad

Izumi and Lin are more similar to each other

Than suyin and lin

Lin might be earthbender but the way she fights , her anger , her sense of duty responsibility it reminds me of azula and zuko

Even Lin bearing a scar on her face that was given to her by family member is exactly what her own dad suffered

Lin s voice actress is same as Azula s as well

Lin s eyes are light green but while they were discussing Lin s father in The legend of korra (when bolin asked toph) , I feel animators were giving us a very small hint when they made her eyes look yellowish in that scene and some other scenes as well

Tell me a reason why Toph could not simply tell Lin her own dad s name why?

I can not see Azula ever getting married and having kids either

I started to imagine Lin as a heroic Azula , similar to her aunt but is on the good side

They both would enjoy being on the field and not be tied down to marriage and kids

Zuko always talks about honour, its something that he values deeply, fundamental to who he is

People would find it dishonourable if chief police and fire lord had an affair and have a bastard daughter

Lin would find that life very very difficult as well

Poor Lin can never win, because even if she knows who her father is, she will be upset neverthless

But Toph could not find in herself to abort her

Hey lil buns ♡~

I commissioned an artwork by the wonderful and talented Nissou based on a scene from my fanfic, Fire in the Hearth on AO3.

This is from Chapter 10: DANCE

Here's a little taste...

Hi, thanks for the question! (image via)

@siumerghe wrote an amazing and thorough guide to hanfu wedding colors in their post “Historically, what was the color of wedding dress in China?” - please check it out!

I also recommend the following two articles: 1) What is Traditional Chinese Wedding Dress? & 2) Dress and color of Wedding Hanfu.

As summarized in the first link, the colors of wedding hanfu are:

Western Zhou to Qin & Han dynasties - black (with red details)

Wei-Jin and Southern & Northern dynasties - black with red, but also white

Tang & Song dynasties - green for the bride, red for the groom

Ming Dynasty - red for the bride; green, blue, or red for the groom

So as you can see, you are correct - the bride wore green during the Tang and Song dynasties (while the groom wore red). In fact, there is a saying for this tradition - “红男绿女” (Hong Nan Lv Nv), which literally means “red man, green woman”. It’s now become an idiom meaning “young men and women in beautiful clothes”. Here are a few visual examples:

1) Tang dynasty wedding hanfu (1, 2):

2) Song dynasty wedding hanfu (1, 2) - Note: in past years, modern wedding hanfu came in only three styles - Zhou/Han, Tang, and Ming. It’s only very recently that authentic Song dynasty wedding hanfu has come onto the market. My theory is that it was largely the influence of the 2020 Song dynasty-set Cdrama Serenade of Peaceful Joy, which created a fresh wave of interest in fancy & authentic Song dynasty fashion:

Although the color coordination is the same, Song wedding hanfu differs from Tang wedding hanfu in style & accessories. Here are two easy ways to tell the difference: 

Obvious difference #1 - Song wedding hanfu for brides includes a long accessory worn over the shoulders called Xiapei/霞帔. Xiapei was a component of women’s formal clothing during the Song and Ming dynasties, and was therefore a part of Song and Ming wedding hanfu. Xiapei was not a part of Tang wedding hanfu (1, 2):

Obvious difference #2 - Men’s headwear is different. Song dynasty grooms wear unique Song official headwear called Zhang Chi Mao/长翅帽 (long winged hat) with long, straight flaps (x):

3) Most Chinese period dramas show the bride and groom wearing all-red wedding hanfu regardless of the time period, but the Song dynasty-set Cdrama The Story of Minglan does a good job showing the traditional red & green wedding colors (x):

For more visual examples & references, please check out my wedding hanfu tag.

As stated in this post, in the Ming dynasty, official uniforms were divided into three ranks: the highest rank was red, the middle one - blue, and the lowest rank - green. So, during the Ming dynasty, depending on the groom’s social status, he could wear either green (in most cases), or blue - if he were an official of the middle rank, or red - if he were a high-ranking official. Thus, most grooms today will choose to wear red for a Ming-style wedding because red was the highest-ranking color, historically:

Consequently, blue Ming wedding hanfu for men are much less common, and green ones are virtually non-existent (I could only find an artwork), due to green being the lowest ranking color:

TW for major nsfw in the end

Both characters are adults okay!!! Raz is literally just me but aged up :3

John is big boned, fat AND tall. So in comparison they do contrast alot

Mistake not, for it is not that i was incapable of apprehending the true abysmal depth of such a love affair had it been considered to be manifested into the canon lore. ZuTara had been a primary aspect of my soul as a savant whose field of sport engulfs fictional realms, and it was because of the ending of the show that i never truly felt urged to rewatch it. I never ceased to adore ATLA, that is far from truth, yet i could not attend the tall tale whilst aware of how it would bitterly conclude.

Here i am, after having watched Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender 2026 movie... I am conflicted. Why?

Is it because they could have portrayed Zuko as a more compelling character? Yes.

Is it because i wished for Suki and Ty Lee to reappear and have more significant roles after 18 years? Yes.

Is it because i am baffled by how Sokka was no more than a jester in a 90 minute film? Yes.

But...

The existential crisis is born of the realization that the release of this movie did not revive the passion within me to fantasize about Zuko and Katara together.

No.

It is for Toph had successfully conquered a place in my heart that i deem her befitting of becoming the eternal company of Zuko. That is equivalent of betraying my lifelong bride, and it is aggravating. It deeply terrifies me.

Do you know why it is still not as insolent as i expected it to be?

Because i am no more the same 13 years old boy who finished ATLA and wept over the grave of the endgame that ZuTara could have been.

Toph exists, and she is beside Zuko. There is no tension between them. There is no banter between them. There is no *Mai* between them.

It is as if Toph was forever meant to be with Zuko.

Royalties who wished to liberate themselves from their shackles and earned their hard-bought, well-deserved honor?

Socially inept masters of different elements who were thought to be self-serving despite of their constant demonstration of altruism?

Prodigies who were frail and thought to be doomed until they brought themselves from that bowel of despair and became whole?

Do you see the common ground?

The wellspring of similarities?

It is now more effortless grasping why Toph was far less resistant against the request of Zuko to join Gaang, or how the two rarely ever needed verbal communication to understand one another. That is called natural chemistry, and it cannot be imitated.

Would i cease to enjoy ZuTara? Most probably not.

However, this is my confession to Avatar fandom to learn that we are on our transformative arcs, just as Toph and Zuko were. We will never be able to predict where the wave of the sea would lead us to, and when we finally step foot on the island, that is the point wherein we seizes wonders of the creation and newfound passions that drive us. The solace that was buried deep within, and it took years, or even decades for it to prove useful as the balm to our scarred souls.

My main yume, jonhnathan dorie >w<