#tenzin

But then, as well, the wonderful new aspects and possibilities of airbending, Aang teaching Tenzin how to fly in pairs by bending air around eachother, I bet it was so cathartic for Aang to finally be able to do that again. Being able to articulate that even without their people there physically, they’ll always be intrinsic to their element and their lives in the wind.

How come Katara didn't look at Tenzin and went, "The Fuck? Is that how I raised you?"

I desperately want the missing conversation with Katara because the Katara I got to know in ATLA is absolutely the woman who asks him questions he evidently and desperately needs somebody to ask:

Katara and Kya throat singing together

Sokka and Bumi ii showing Tenzin how to do traditional southern water tribe dances

Kya and Bumi ii doing stuff with tenzin one on one (or two on one ig)

Tenzin finds out what happens to the air nomads and it sinks in

The cloud babies dressing up in traditional air nomads and swt clothes when going to fancy events

Tenzin who definitely questioned his sexuality at one point and cried about it

Bumi and Kya experiencing colorism in public (let’s be real it would probably happen at some point)

Multilingual Bumi ii, I feel like he’d pick up on both his parents languages early

Going to family therapy at some point or any therapy really (they NEED it)

Bumi and tenzin going ice dodging with sokka and Aang

Kya and Bumi talking shit about people with each other

Tenzin/ Kya and Bumi realizing who they’re named after and why (that’s a lot to unpack)

The cloud babies and their cousins putting on performances for the adults and the adults loving it

Aang and Bumi throat singing together when they can (bum is the only one who can do it successfully, no shade, it’s a diff style than swt )

Bumi pranking his siblings

Katara having days where she doesn’t talk (ptsd)

The irritating moment when the family gets recognized in public and now everyone wants an autograph

Kya pranking her brothers

Aang having rare bed days where he doesn’t get up the whole day (depression)

Kya and Bumi feeling uncomfortable when someone asks when they’re having kids to populate the airbenders

Bumi the bisexual (istg ts is canon)

Tenzin panicking over the fact that everyone expects him to have children

The cloud babies having anxiety

Tenzin and Aang bending together

Bumi and Katara bonding while cooking

Tenzin definitely using "my mommy is a master water bender and my dads the avatar" to get anything he wants (and it works)

Tenzin who actually likes meat but became vegetarian later

Kya who can sew really well

Aang and Kya having small conversations when aangs around

Bumi and Kya getting traditional swt tattoos (I think I’d be so cool)

Tenzin crashing tf out at some point out of stress (they’ll all do it)

The cloud babies and their cousins getting bailed out of jail for stupid shit

Bumi who can play guitar

The cloud babies getting bullied as childern

Kya and Katara bending together

Tenzin who almost got homeschooled but begged to go to school with his brother and sister (Katara let him)

Katara who definitely cried when her kids achieved something (like bawling from pride)

Bumi and Aang talking about the airbenders

Tenzin who can’t really looks zuko in the eye after learning what happened to the air nomads and feeling awful about it

꩜ wip ask game ꩜

1. share a snippet of your choice from a wip

Tenzin never would believe it when Zoltan said he could see the heat waves over his head. He’d nearly pushed Zolt into the bay one day when they were out walking and Zolt pointed out the way they both could see the heat rising from the black walkway. But right now, Tenzin’s head looked hot enough to cook an egg.

4. share your favorite line of dialogue from a wip

Side note: this is a fascinating way to find out how little dialogue I've written lately. Nevertheless:

“Baatar? What’s going on?” “She hasn’t told you, then.” His voice was so dejected, so unsurprised. Concerned, yet still focused on her patients, Kya replied, “No, she hasn’t. What’s going on?” “Tell her things are moving fast. If she’s going to come, she can’t delay any longer.” Kya felt her blood run cold. 

Tenzin wants to be a great air bender but feels like he won’t live up to his dads expectations, is terrified of being the only one like his dad, wants to participate in his mother’s culture more, and is secretly jealous of his siblings freedom and is ashamed that his temperament is more of his mother’s because hes supposed to be in control. To be untethered, to be free. Nearly untouchable.

But he’ll push those things aside and he’ll focus, he’ll get better. He will be a great air bender. He will not let it all die out. Even if that means sacrificing himself over and over again. Even if it means letting the water tribe fade away from him.

He won’t just fulfill his father’s legacy, he’ll secure it.

Kya ii feels guilty, she did not sacrifice anything. She is master Katara’s daughter, yet she is not fearless like her. She is a true free spirit, much like an air nomad. She avoids confrontation when she can.

She accepts her role as a middle child, sometimes a cool mediator for her brother’s complicated relationship. She understands the strain of being a bender and having impossible expectations but she also understands what it’s like to not be quite enough for anyone. She loves her brothers, but she pity’s them for they do not see how similar they are. And sometimes when no one’s around she too feels the sting of jealousy like Bumi does.

If she cannot please anyone, then she will not. She moves through the world lighter than air. And no one can say they saw her, cause who knows her name? It’ll be like she was never there.

Bumi is air. He is light, joyful and energetic. He has a great thirst to prove himself in everything he does. He loves his family very much. He jokes around with his cousins and friends. He tries to guide his younger siblings in a way that makes them feel more at ease.

He is not blind he sees tenzin exactly for what he is. So he doesn’t push he sees the weight of world on his shoulders. It’s a terrible odd feeling being an older brother. To love another so much and yet hate to see what they have. He’s felt it around Kya too. He swallows it. He continues to be that joyful boy who jokes, but as he gets older he feels the bitterness spreading through his body.

It’s probably childish. And he looks at his father and his mother, how hard they work. Who’s he to complain? And he hates a part of himself. The part that desperately wants to ease his parents burdens. If only he were a bender. And he’s angry at his father and solemn with his mother.

He knows the three of them weren’t enough for Aang, she knows it too. Aang loves them. And They are not enough. These two things exist together simultaneously.