They drew with the moon… now you’ll color with the sun!

We’re excited to announce that @growingroses is one of the artists featured in the upcoming Contrast: A Zutara Coloring Book!

@chronicallymills tagging you too bc you also asked for Taang!

My rating: C Not a bad ship

Okay, I feel like this needs an explanation! I think Toph and Aang are cute together but I don’t necessarily ship it, though i don’t mind when it’s in a fan fic and the fan art always makes me🥺🥰 I like the idea of Toph and Aang finding solace in each other, and I think it’s been developed into something super meaningful and cute in fanon, but i just don’t really see it in canon!

I think Iroh would be absolutely thrilled. He would see the complementary nature of their personalities and understand that they offer support to each other like no one else can. I think he’d also be really smug at the thought of waterbenders in the Fire Nation royal family, because that’s basically the ultimate way to say “screw you, Sozin.” Iroh also knows enough about Katara to know that she’ll be able to talk some sense into Zuko when he needs it, but will be kind and comforting as well.

I think Hakoda would be a bit more hesitant than Iroh at first. He would be wary of Zuko, and would be worried that he would one day fall back into his old ways. However, Hakoda was pretty willing to trust Zuko in “The Boiling Rock” after Sokka vouched for him, and he knows he wouldn’t have gotten out of prison if it weren’t for him, so I think eventually they would establish a good relationship. And once Hakoda learns about the full extent of Ozai’s abuse, he’d absolutely accept Zuko as his own.

31. What’s your favorite Zutara parallel?

Definitely gotta go with Blue Spirit/Painted Lady.  I’m a sucker for secret identities.  If I was able to write more long zutara fic, I’d totally do a love square plot with the two of them.

33. What song makes you think of Zutara?

Hi!! Thank you for sending an ask!

27. Name a type of fic that you wish there was more of.

I wish there were more Zutara fics that talked about Katara’s necklace—specifically, the period of time in Book 1 when Zuko had her necklace in his possession. I don’t really ship Zutara pre-Zuko’s redemption, but this fanart made me think a lot more about the necklace plot and what it might have been like from Zuko’s perspective. 

(I’m actually in the process of writing a fic about this, but with my crazy schedule I have no idea when it’ll be finished.)

36. Has a fic ever left you unable to fall asleep or think about anything else?

Definitely. Once I got to the last third or so of Once Around the Sun, I could not put it down. It was too good. I stayed up really late finishing it, and I had no regrets.