Viva Kainora

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“I must say,” Jinora said, once Yung finished showing her the main deck. "When I was captured, I feared the worst. If you didn’t call yourselves pirates, I wouldn’t think of you as them.“

”We’re pirates with morals, ma'am,“ Yung said with a grin.

Babies 🥺👉👈

“Is this a bad time to admit I have never flown on a plane before?” Kai squeaked out as soon as she turned towards him.

“Alright, come here. I’ve got you.” Jinora relented. She pulled her AirPods out from her carry-on bag and grasped Kai’s chin to turn his head and put it in properly. 

It didn’t occur to her until she glanced up and made eye contact with Kai. The atmosphere changed drastically as they stared into each other’s eyes.

                                                          GREEN  ON  BROWN.

POV: you’re touring Air Temple Island with Jinora.

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Redraw of this kataang panel:

the best part of their young, emerging love - other than the fact that it is absolutely adorable - is that two airbenders falling in love almost two centuries after the air nomad genocide serves as a huge middle finger to sozin and his warmongering successors, who had attempted (and almost succeeded) in wiping out the peaceful, pacifist air nomads and the element of air (the element of freedom) from existence. the fact that the airbenders are here today, living in co-existence with the other nations (and the spirits!), whilst sozin’s plans of destroying the rest of the world had come to a screeching halt (his direct descendent being defeated by the last living survivor of the nation that he attempted to eliminate) humiliates his short-lived “legacy” even more.

what’s even better is that the first form of romantic love following the resurgence of the airbenders has developed between the granddaughter of the last airbender and the last waterbender of the southern water tribe, and an earth kingdom boy who starts off as a skilled thief. thus, it feels more than appropriate that (romantic) love returning to the airbenders stems from a lineage of interracial love between genocide survivors and warriors who were at the forefront of the 100 year war, fighting to restore peace and harmony and justice and balance back to the world.

Older KaiNora 🍃

After many missions apart, the two decided to catch up and visit the spirit wilds forest. A well-needed break from the hustle and bustle of republic city. 🍃

Happy Valentine's Day darling friends! I love you all so much! 💕💕💕💕