#bumi

I was really happy with the Fire Nation family tree I made and I was kind of itching to try it again...

So, here's the Kataang family tree!

There are fewer characters to fill in (only Kanna's husband and Aang's parents) but I had a lot of fun with their faces and outfits

Higher-quality versions below!

The whole reason Bumi and Kya are angry is specifically Tenzin and his behavior. He’s entirely dismissive of their feelings of inadequacy for not being airbenders (at the time, at least, for Bumi). He doesn’t acknowledge the special bond he had with Aang and just assumes it was Kya and Bumi’s own choice to be slightly more distant. They’re not angry at Aang for favoring Tenzin, they’re angry at Tenzin for not being thankful for that special bond he had and trying to pretend that Kya and Bumi’s feelings were completely unimportant, or even incorrect.

There’s not a point throughout the episodes in which it comes up where they even imply that Aang didn’t care about them. They just point out that Tenzin had a lot of bonding time with Aang due to his responsibilities as the next and only other Airbender. There’s also a lot of evidence that Kya and Bumi were not 100% interested in being fully immersed in the air nomad culture, which to a degree shows Aang’s maturity to let his children choose their own paths. Hell, he even tells Tenzin from beyond the grave to not try to be a carbon copy of him and do his own thing. Kya directly states she didn’t pay attention to the air nomad history stuff. Using the “he took Tenzin on more vacations so he loved him more” thing is purely a fan reach. The older siblings only brought it up to point out that Tenzin was blissfully and hurtfully ignorant of the responsibilities his existence placed on his father and how it affected their family.

“Welcome to the family little bro”