#nadposts

i honestly can’t say i’m even the least bit sad about bryke parting ways with netflix....i usually just stick to making gifs/reblogging & don’t ever rlly post my opinion on stuff but i felt like i rlly needed to just share what i know based on the reactions i’ve been seeing today. for those who haven’t been in the fandom that long (before my blog got deleted & i had to remake last year, i’ve been here on & off since 2010, yes that long lmao), there has been tumblr drama before with ppl involved in atla being problematic, like for example grey delisle (voice of azula) & even sifu kisu (who choreographed the bending styles in atla) & a lot of other stuff that's happened, but never to the extent of the bryke problems, who have been trash since basically the beginning. just the tip of the iceberg is this absolutely disgusting video they made back in 2008 for comic con, basically shitting on a bunch of 12-16 year olds (which was the main fanbase back then, myself included). i mean not only was the fanart used very inappropriate to share among minors (esp them being in their 30s back then), but as the creators of the show, it just blows my mind how they ever thought it remotely ok to make that in the first place. they defended it saying it was a “joke”, but idk about everyone else, but i certainly didn’t find it funny. & this is def not about ships, as much as some ppl like to make it out to be. they’ve always been sexist & cultural appropriators, & just bc they created your favorite thing ever, does not exempt them of that. also, i just want to note that a work of fiction can include POC & still wind up being racist. my point is that, nothing is ever perfect, but i don’t think we are losing anything by getting a fresh team at netflix to give the ATLA live action a go, esp since it’s a LIVE ACTION & (besides the concept) the only thing bryke were good for was the animation....we def can’t say it’s their writing. what we can say is that netflix does have very talented writers, just look at most of their original content. they def already know how disliked in general the movie is, & how unacceptable the whitewashing was, so i don’t think that will be a problem.....some of the best additions to the ATLAverse have been purely fanmade stuff, so why don’t we look at it like that? i for one, am still excited to see what happens, & to at least have something new & atla related to look forward to :)

so much has been going on, but now i’m just trying to basically get back to doing stuff i normally enjoy & one of those is editing, which i rlly hope to do this week 😊 so fingers crossed i get to post some new stuff soon ♡

ozai said 😧