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Summary:
Sokka is content with his painfully average life, working a mundane job in a war-torn country. In a world full of magic, he’s just a normal guy. Nothing exciting ever happens to him. That is, until a mysterious wizard sweeps him off his feet - literally.
It’s here you guys! The first chapter is finally up!
Chapter 2 is now here!
Chapter 3 is up!
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Did i accidentally smoke something, make this, and get amnesia of the probably 2 mins it took to make this horrible nightmare??? Because i don’t remember making this???
zuko: and sorry about calling you a circus freak. i didn’t mean that ty lee: yeah, it’s okay. sorry about calling you a “limp-wristed little bitch” zuko: y…you’ve never called me that…….. ty lee: well not to your face
Zuko, lightly touching Druk with the side of his foot: druk move out of the way please so I don't trip on you
Druk, his eyes enormous: you KICK druk? you kick his body like the kuai ball? oh! oh! jail for father! jail for father for One Thousand Years!!!!
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zukka au:
sokka’s just trying to get some sleep during a storm but the new guy in the neighborhood just ran outside demanding to be struck by lightening
Enough of "this character is my son" this character is my nephew, not my responsibility but I'm taking him out for lunch and buying him hot wheels
Wondering what Zuko would look like if he hadn’t shaved his hair
On Discord @thebluesunflower44 pointed out the absence of fanarts of Zuko wearing kurta, so I filled up this empty space.
The gold decoration on the top piece is an embroidery of Garuda, a Hindu deity associated with power, birth, sun and fire.
[Image ID: a full body image of Zuko from Avatar the last Airbender. He's looking at his right with his body facing us. He's wearing a black kurta (a South East Asian garment composed of a loose band collar shirt) with long black straight pants and black low shoes with decorative gold tangle. The kurta has a gold symmetrical embroidery of Garuda from its left side to the right.]
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Therapist; Zuzu Siwa isn’t real, he can’t hurt you
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The Great Fire Nation Debate: Part 2, The Culture Shift
Otherwise known as “The Quickest Way to Get Asian ATLA Fans to Argue with You”.
Before I discuss the possible reasons why the Fire Nation’s aesthetic was changed to be primarily Chinese, I’d like to provide some links to examples of the Fire Nation’s canon Chinese-ness (and Thai-ness).
A:TLA Annotated has done a better job than I ever could at documenting the nuanced depictions of Chinese culture in the Fire Nation:
https://atla-annotated.tumblr.com/tagged/fire-nation/chrono
kkachi95 has also done a great job of visually documenting the cultural influences of the Fire Nation:
https://kkachi95.tumblr.com/post/185875001917/haha-i-cant-believe-they-made-fire-nation-into-a
For some visual intrigue, here’s a simple example of how the Fire Nation utilizes Chinese & Thai imagery:
Anyways, as I mention in the previous post, Bryke never actually gave a reason why the FN’s culture was changed to be more Chinese. However, I can think of three pretty solid reasons why the Avatar staff would choose make this change:
1) Too close to home. Imperial Japan’s actions during WW2 are still fresh in the collective memory of many East and Southeast Asian countries. There are people living today who experienced Japan’s war crimes firsthand and even more were alive when Avatar was first airing in the mid-2000s. Depicting a fantasy Japanese-esque empire invading other fantasy Asian-esque nations in a children’s cartoon could be seen as making light of those events.
2) Fair representation. As much as the individuals of the Fire Nation get humanized in the show, the country’s military still attempted genocide on all three of its neighbors. That’s a lot of fictional war crime to associate with a real-life culture. However, since the writing system and cool magic system are steeped in Chinese culture and the Earth Kingdom is also heavily Chinese-inspired, depicting the villains as also being Chinese-esque feels more neutral and balanced. Depicting the Fire Nation as unambiguously Japanese could be seen as portraying Japanese culture in an exclusively negative light.
3) International broadcasting. As I mentioned earlier, alluding to Imperial Japan in any media can be a pretty touchy subject for many East and Southeast Asian people. For example, in the Korean release of Soul Calibur, the samurai character (Mitsurugi) is replaced with a British character (Arthur). Had the Fire Nation remained Japanese-esque, Avatar may not have been able to air on Nickelodeon’s various Asian offshoot channels.
The cynic in me leans towards 3 being their primary motivation, but I’d like to think that Bryke also took 1 & 2 into consideration, as well.
Sokka in The Fortuneteller is such a mood
Sokka being a cutie and stopping to smell the flowers :)
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[Image ID: Two screenshots from Avatar: The Last Airbender. They are both close ups of Sokka. His hair is in a ponytail and he's wearing his fire nation outfit from book 3. He is crouching with his arms crossed, admiring a patch of yellow flowers and smiling. There are trees and mountains in the background. /end ID].
Happy last day of pride to Sokka and all his bisexual awakenings !
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Okay, but can we talk about what a dramatic little shit Zuko was as The Blue Spirit? Like all he had to do was take out his swords, cut through the chains, and free Aang. How does he go about this?
Fanfic be like, “if you don’t have your own gay little man, store bought is fine”
