#atla jiang

OTP:

Name:

Jinko / Firelight / Hot Leaf Juice (originally coined by @jessfandrawer) / Zujin

Characters:

Jin

Zuko

Dynamic:

Romantic, asexual, fluff mixed with deep emotional connection.

Reason:

Cute. Chemistry. I like Jin. Zuko needs someone with a warm personality rather than a cold one (firebender pun unintended). The cute headcanons I keep thinking of for this ship. If Kataang is Aang, air, and Katara, water, we need an earth + fire ship.

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Secondary OTP:

Name:

Bee&bow / Longbee / Smellershot

Characters:

Longshot

Smellerbee

Dynamic:

QPR, they're a thing but not in the traditional sense. They're eachother's person but the line is drawn at cuddling and hand holding.

Reason:

8 years max of knowing one another, fierce loyalty, shared experiences and hardships, wordless communication, Bow expert + knife expert is a cool duo (admit it). +The Shoulder Touch™️ .

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BROTP:

Name:

Cloudchaser / Aangteo / Teoaang / Teong

Characters:

Aang

Teo

Dynamic:

Bromance, platonic close bond, working (?) partners.

Reason:

Airbender + Airwalker. Overlapping soft personality types. Shared excitement over the concept of gliding/the sky. Teo's outlook on the spirit of airbending, Aang's fierce wishes to maintain the spirit of airbending. Some rambles in this reblog.

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Secondary BROTP:

Name:

Zukka

Characters:

Sokka

Zuko

Dynamic:

Bromance, best friends, ride-or-die.

Reason:

Parallels, complimenting personalities, they make an excellent team, the shoulder touch™️ , imagine them swordfighting toghether for training and bonding, they call eachother "buddy" even post "that's rough, buddy" and I think it's kind of exclusively their thing.

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Canon pairing:

Name:

Skytide / Kataang / Aangtara

Characters:

Katara

Aang

Dynamic:

Puppy love turned fluff turned inseparable.

Reason:

Cute. Mutual. Water and air as elements IRL and within ATLA have a lot of overlap, therefore parallels. Complimenting personalities. They've been through thick and thin toghether.

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Secondary canon pairing:

Name:

Sword&fan / Sukka

Characters:

Sokka

Suki

Dynamic:

On/off status, long distance, easy going.

Reason:

It just works, I guess. The fanart makes me ship it more than canon does, considering there is a lack of developement.

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Passive canon ship:

Name:

Moonerang / Yuekka / Yukka

Characters:

Yue

Sokka

Dynamic:

Will-they-won't-they, star-crossed lovers (pun intended).

Reason:

Yue's hesitant yet gentle personality works well with Sokka's testing-the-waters, protective one. They're cute. But needed more developement.

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Duo I love but have trouble seeing romantically:

Name:

Jetko / Freespirit (Originally coined by @solo-walker here) / Ashsteel / Cinderblade

Characters:

Jet

Zuko

Dynamic:

Rivals, reluctant teammates, flirtatious, frequently argue, share one braincell.

Reason:

Parallels, angst, clashing personalities, missed potential for an allience. If they'd been given the chance, Jet would have to come to terms with the fact his extremist outlook on the Fire Nation could directly hurt someone he's come to care about.

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Crackship rarepair:

Name:

EMOtionalDamage

Characters:

The Dark One

Mai

Dynamic:

They hate everything. Except eachother. They barely talk but hate being seperated.

Reason:

Goths.

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Rarepair:

Name:

Rebelheart / ForestFleet / Jetiang

Characters:

Jiang

Jet

Dynamic:

Flirtatious, fling, potential for longterm but it'd need a lot of work.

Reason:

Jet, the leader of rebels (Freedom Fighters) and Jiang, a rebellious pirate captain. Similar personalities. Sword wielders. Extremist + Daofei member. High-stakes angst and ideological conflict. Fierce protectiveness and loyalty to their crews. They'd probably end up choosing their respective crews over eachother. But are eachother's ride-or-die when need be.

Disclaimer: Jet's confirmed age is 16. I do not know Jiang's. She seems plausibly 16 too but could be an adult. Unless her age is confirmed otherwise, I ship them as is. If she turns out an adult, I'd only ship Jet once he is an adult too.

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Rarepair:

Name:

Jetsong / Birdsong

Characters:

Song

Jet

Dynamic:

Slow-burn.

Reason:

Brash + Soothing. Becomes more confident + softens up. Trauma bonding. Working through their differences for eachother. They'd both be very protective in different ways, Song is emotionally while Jet's more obvious and usually applies it to outward threats. It'd end up being adorable, admit it. Just imagine it.

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Rarepair:

Name:

Mechtech / Sateo

Characters:

Satoru

Teo

Dynamic:

Long distance, QPR, eventual working partners.

Reason:

Engineer + son of a mechanic. Easy going personalities. They'd nerd out toghether. Teo feels conflicted about Satoru's interest in industrial machinery as he's seen the harm it does to the enviroment around it (like what he saw his dad do to the Northern Air Temple) while Satoru is very eager to please Teo and doesn't quite grasp the moral implications yet. Eventually Satoru opts to find more environment friendly ways to keep his job.

Disclaimer: While Teo's confirmed age is 13, I do not know what Satoru's is. I suspect 16, since the international standard and most common minimum employment age worldwide IRL is 15 years old. And even though Satoru is an Executive Partner, it could be by birthright rather than full time professional position.

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Passive rarepair:

Name:

Teoph

Characters:

Toph Beifong

Teo

Dynamic:

Puppy love.

Reason:

Very close in age, fun-loving, stubborn yet easy going girl + easy going guy, disabled earth kingdom kids refusing to let other's perception of them define them, cute fluff. But I'm also very in favor of aroace spec Toph, so this isn't an active ship of mine.