Sailing the Shipping Seas

(please tap for better quality bc Tumblr really enjoys crunching my art for some reason..)

With and w/o the mask bc why not! (Ignore how much the face sucks this is a super weird angle and i didn't know what I was doing)

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What's in a Name: Druk

According to the Korra artbook, Druk is the offspring of Ran and Shaw, the dragons that taught Zuko and Aang the Dancing Dragon forms. Meaning the golden egg that Aang and Zuko found was probably baby Druk.

I bring this up because Zuko's dragon is actually named after the thunder dragons of Tibetan and Bhutanese mythology. Druk is also the Tibetan/Bhutanese word for thunder; this is due to thunder being attributed to a dragon's roar in Tibetan/Bhutanese folklore. In fact, a more literal translation of the word druk would be "cloud voice". Considering the cultural inspiration for the Air Nomads, it's likely that Aang had a hand in naming Druk.

In general, Druk's name creates a lot of interesting cultural and thematic connections:

Zuko's Blue Spirit mask is a "Dragon King" mask. The Dragon King is a rain dragon who can conjure up storms. Since Zuko's alter ego embodies a dragon of rain, it's fitting that he would name his animal companion after a dragon of thunder. Zuko clearly likes weather dragons.

Until Korra's time, lightning bending was a skill reserved only for the Fire Nation's royal family. Since there can't be thunder without lightning, Druk's name also alludes to his connection to Fire Nation royalty. It's even possible that Druk is also capable of lightning bending; after all, dragons are the original firebenders.

While Chinese culture attributes dragons to the cardinal direction of east, Tibetan culture attributes dragons to the cardinal direction of west. Druk's name is a subtle nod to Iroh's "Dragon of the West" legacy.

The name Druk is also significant in Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism. Drukpa or "Thunder Dragon Lineage", is a school of thought in Vajrayana Buddhism. Also, the name Vajrayana literally means "The Thunderbolt Way" in Sanskrit, in which lightning is used as a metaphor for the "jolting" nature of enlightenment. Considering that Druk is the offspring of Ran and Shaw, who "enlightened" Aang and Zuko on the true nature of firebending, his name is quite fitting.

All in all, Druk is probably one of the best named characters in the entire ATLA franchise.

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Like what if tenzin was afraid to get in touch with his water tribe side because he thought it would make him less of an airbender? The guilt eats at him. Personally I think he’s closer in personality with katara than aang.

Bumi loving his younger siblings to death but also having jealousy towards them because they can bend and he can’t. Bumi trying to prove he’s good enough without it.

Kya who loves her bending , family and culture but doesn’t align with every part of it. She who in some way still wants to prove herself to the world that she’s more than katara 2.0.

First day of Spring 🌿

I’m a sucker for dad mode Aang 🙂‍↕️ Bumi is in his special SWT clothes that Grangran and Hakoda had made for him. My headcanon is that Katara made Aang a betrothal necklace in the shape of his arrow and carved her own necklace design into it bc I think that’s cute af (and also really wanted to draw Aang with jewellery heh)