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Fandom: Dance Academy

Pairing(s): Tara Webster/Ben Tickle, background Kat Karamakov/Christian Reed

Summary: '"Exactly," Grace continues, "so you need to find a way to come out on top. Show Christian that you're better off without him."

Tara eyes her friend warily. "And how do I do that?"

"Easy. You get a new boyfriend."'

Benstara fake dating AU, set during Season 2.

#benstara #tara webster #ben tickle #dance academy #my fic #emerges from a 7 year writing hiatus with an 18000 word fic that probably like two people at most will read lol #but the hyperfixation goes where it goes #and this pairing needs more fic #so here we are #otp: i'll just keep waiting

obsessed with this transition. tara really had a conversation with kat about kissing and then immediately went ‘SPEAKING OF PASH SKILLS I WONDER HOW BEN IS’

#impactful kissing skills indeed #benstara #tara webster #ben tickle #dance academy #otp: i’ll just keep waiting #sorry for the shitty captioning lol

latetree123

Which kind of benders do you think the Dance Academy characters would be in the Atla universe? Who would be the Avatar and who would be the non-bender of the group?

Oooooo wait that’s very interesting, let me think…

I think Tara would either be a water bender or a non-bender… because she’s super calm and nice generally, but she has a flow with dancing that I can match with water. Or she could not be a bender, I think she kinda has that vibe too.

Abigail is a fire bender, no doubt. Not much explanation needed, I think.

Kat is either an air bender or a non-bender, I think either one can be because of her love of fun.

Sammy would probably be a non-bender. He just has that vibe.

I think Ollie would either be a earth bender or a fire bender, he’s always passionate and/or stubborn about something.

Grace might be a fire bender. She just has a slightly Azula-like air to her when she’s plotting. But also because her movements are so precise and refined.

Ben would be an air bender, because he’s the golden retriever energy

I think Ethan might be a non-bender, because of how hard he works on things that aren’t focused on his own body. His passion is to be a choreographer, so I can’t really see him bending much

Christian might be a fire bender, or maybe a water bender if you squint. Fire bender because he’s broody, but water bender because of his character arc… like, he has fire bender energy in the beginning, but water bender energy by the end.

And then for the avatar… I might give it to Tara because she’s the main character, but Grace came to mind as well, just because of how strong of a dancer she’s scaled to be.

This was fun to think about! Thank you for the ask!

theladyghost

I was thinking about this again. Here’s my take:

Tara: Water bender

Kat: Air Bender

Abigail: Fire Bender

Sammy: Non-bender (he’d have a whole arc about proving his worth. Very Sokka-like)

Christian: I’m leaning towards fire bender. He reminds me a little of Zuko

Ben: Air bender

Ollie: Earth bender

Ethan: Non-bender, for the same reasons mentioned above.

Grace: I thought about making Tara the avatar just because she’s the protagonist too. But then I came to the conclusion that Grace makes much more sense and it’s also a more interesting choice. She’s very powerful but also very chaotic.

So we agree about almost everything.

amyprestons

ooh ok let me chip in with my thoughts:

tara: i think airbender is the obvious choice because of ‘in another life i could fly’ and dancing being linked to freedom for her (‘artistic abandon’)- plus she’s canonically an air sign. but i can see the waterbender angle too, especially with the focus on community- her trying to keep everyone together reminds me a bit of katara.

kat: i’m thinking maybe waterbender because she’s easygoing on the surface but there’s a lot of turmoil underneath, which makes me think of the changeability of water. but there’s definitely a wish for freedom in her which could correspond to her being an airbender. i could also see her as a non-bender because of her complicated relationship with dancing; and because i think she has an insecurity about not feeling ‘special’, especially in comparison to tara, which could tie in nicely with a non-bender’s character arc.

abigail: i definitely see the vision for her being a firebender- determination and ferocity and all that. in some ways i think she could actually parallel zuko, in terms of being pitted against the ‘naturals’ and trying to make up the difference with sheer force of will and commitment. though i could also see the case for earthbender because of her tenacity.

sammy: i can see the non-bender angle, but honestly i’m leaning towards waterbender- mainly because of the focus on community. his speech in s2 about the group needing to be there for each other comes to mind.

christian: he’s a hard character to pin down (especially given how frustrating i find him most of the time 😅). but i agree with some of the logic behind firebender (though i don’t think his character development was nearly as well written as zuko’s). he’s definitely driven by internal conflict lol.

ben: i can honestly see the case for any element (he’s canonically a fire sign and has the passion for it, and he has the steadfastness of an earthbender) but i think it’s ultimately between air (he definitely has some similarities with aang, especially his resilience and narrative connection with hope) and water (he’s also very narratively connected with healing, and is very adaptable).

ollie: i can see earthbender or firebender, but i lean towards firebender because he can sometimes get carried away by his ambition- and because of that might lack the steadiness of an earthbender/be driven more by passion.

ethan: i agree with him being a non-bender, the reasoning is spot on. the parallel between the relationship with the body in dance and the relationship with the body in bending is really interesting- actually provided me with a lot of the framework i’ve used here in analysing the other characters too!

grace: firebender. her being the most ‘natural’ dancer reminds me of azula being said to be ‘born lucky’ (though azula’s perfectionism is more reflected in abigail). and she’s definitely driven by impulse/passion- though she can also be very calculating. i can see her being a lightning bender, actually.

as for the avatar, grace makes sense in terms of sheer power, and again her being the ‘natural.’ but i think in terms of the avatar’s spiritual duty of keeping balance, it makes most sense for it to be tara- tying back to her being the ‘glue.’ could also be sammy for the same reason.

#dance academy #atla #this was a fun thought experiment!

strawberrhui

“I threw shoes!”

#they’re sooo stay stay stay coded here #otp: i’ll just keep waiting #dance academy #gif set

thinking about how ben was rejected from the company because they already had dancers of his ‘type’, but tara described him as ‘one of a kind’

thinking….

#and also ‘there’s no typecast wide enough to hold [him]’#benstara #dance academy #ben tickle #tara webster #otp: i’ll just keep waiting #me: not active on tumblr for years #also me: so liSTEN #if you see me post a dance academy meta dump and then disappear again…no you didn’t

raspberryluvr

The time is right for a Dance Academy renaissance

amyprestons

watch this space…

#been working on some benstara fics for a while #by ‘this space’ i mean my a03 bc i’m not active on here anymore lol #but will probably post a link here

taylorswift

You belong with me. 💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤

Letter on my site :)

#ABSOLUTELY BESIDE MYSELF!!!!!!!!#haven’t been active on here for years but just had to mark this momentous moment!!!#HAPPY EVERY VERSION IS TAYLOR’S VERSION DAY!!!!!#i’m so happy for her 🥹🥹🥹#taylor swift

taylorswift

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taylorswift

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