azula defender

they/he/she | still obsessed with children's shows ig main: zilch-zero-nothing

[hypnoticsphere]

hope no one has done this yet

[goldfyshie927]

A conversation I don’t think yall are ready for yet is that you can love a character sooooo much and relate to them and see yourself in them but at the end of the day they’re still fake and that’s why someone else’s take on them or headcanon about them isn’t a direct message about you or insult to your identity. If your identity is so wrapped up in a character that you can’t distinguish between reality and fiction, then you are the problem. Not some random person online who interprets the character differently than you.

[gaypiratebrainrot]

this also goes for when you hate a character soooooo much and relate them to every person who hurt you and see everyone you hate in them, at the end of the day they're still fake and someone else's love for them is not a commentary on your trauma

[comradekatara]

“Why did sokka bring zuko to the boiling rock but not katara (boiling) or toph (rock). He is so stupid and I am very smart.” well you see there is actually a very simple explanation for this. which is that sokka thought there was a very good chance that he was going to die there. and he does not want katara and toph to die. because he likes them or something. whereas he didn’t really mind if zuko died. because outside of fanfiction world he didn’t really care for that guy .

[comradekatara]

my favorite recurring note in the comments is the mention that zuko was the only one to know the location of the prison. this is not true, because zuko (whether knowingly or not) actually does tell sokka where the boiling rock is located. he said that they passed it on the way to the western air temple in their first conversation about it. all sokka would have to do is retrace his flight path to find the prison. he also suggests they take the war balloon instead of appa because prisons don’t have bison daycare, but either way, sokka knows they’re going to have to find another mode of transportation to escape the volcano. he doesn’t take zuko because he thinks zuko will be useful, or god forbid, necessary; he takes zuko because zuko insists on joining him, and sokka cares more about the potential to save his father’s life than he does the potential to end zuko’s. if katara or toph insisted on joining him, he would say “it’s too dangerous, we can rescue dad once we defeat the firelord.” but he doesn’t feel that way about putting zuko’s life at risk because he doesn’t feel an obligation to protect him. and he wanted to go alone in the first place because he’s suicidal. obviously

[comradekatara]

people also keep pointing out in the notes that sokka didn’t want to bring ANYONE and zuko merely invited himself along, but to be honest that point seemed so obvious to me it wasn’t even worth mentioning. we’ve all seen the episode, presumably.

[lorelune]

i'll defend fanfic for my whole life. like the joy it brings is genuinely transformative and indulgent in a way unique to the genre. it isn't meant for a market, it isn't meant to be sold or marketed. it is born out of such care and passion for a media that one must write and must share it, so other folks can enjoy it to. for no other reason than love and joy. do you know how special that is? especially in our current social and political climate.

[tylha]

ok so i screenshotted this moment because i thought it was pretty cool

the first time we get to see all four elements working together for a common enemy, blah blah blah, but i started laughing because

sokka’s fucking boomerang. sokka threw a fucking boomerang at princess azula, renowned lightning bender and heir-apparent to the throne of the fire nation.

and sokka threw a boomerang at her.

[focusas]

I said it once and i say it again.

Azula considered Sokka to be the biggest threat in this group and countered him first. What this picture miss is Sokka sanding nearby. All members of this group unleash their attack at same time, but Azula reacts to boomerang first. If you watch this part in slow motion, you could see that Sokka’s boomerang was the first thing that would hit Azula and may even incapacitate her making her unable to continue to fight. So she had to counter in first. She deflected it with well placed shoot.

Then and only then, when there is no immediate threat, she starts to create her blue fire wall to counter other elements.

Lets think about this. How hard should you have to throw something to make it move faster that any elemental attack? Either all elemental attacks are slow or you are pretty strong. That said nonbenders with good aim and strong hands could easily overpower benders if they timed it right.(Aang got captured by Yuan archers who are all nonbenders.) Azula knew of this and acted according to it. She is talented bender and you may think that she should enlist other benders to help her track and capture Zuko, Iroh, and later avatar, but instead she uses her nonbender friend to help her.

Even if you have no bending you can still fight… and win.

[xenavitani-deactivated20210602]

Let’s not forget that on the Day of Black Sun, Sokka was the one in charge and Azula was no idiot Azula knew that.

When Aang, Sokka, and Toph all confronted Azula, she proceeded to make them chase her and waste their time. Azula is not only talented, she’s sly and smart as hell. WHO WAS THE ONE WHO SAW THROUGH THAT BS CHASE?

Sokka.

NOT ONLY THAT but after Sokka explains to the Gaang that Azula is just baiting them, Azula actually verbally attacks Sokka. Not through fighting, but through words, knowing not only that an intelligent person like him could only be brought down with emotions BUT that Sokka was the leader and if she could get him the stay, Aang and Toph would follow his lead.

Azula knew Sokka was their strength and took him down. WOULD SHE DO THAT IF HE WASNT A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO HER!!??!

No. She wouldn’t waste her time and energy on someone she didn’t think was capable of actually getting in her way.

WHEN SHE GETS HER FIREBENDING BACK SHE HAS THE OPTION OF ATTACKING BADASS METAL BENDING TOPH AND THE FUCKING AVATAR WHO DOES SHE ATTACK?!?!

Azula never underestimated the power of non benders especially an intelligent one like Sokka. Sokka was a huge threat to fucking Azula on multiple occasions. 

Remember that.

[moomoobooboo-deactivated2020102]

Look at this spot on fucking discourse. LOOK AT IT.

[seyaryminamoto]

Just thought I’d drop this 

into the debate as well, (instead of actually fighting him she backs off, and who blames her? Sokka’s club looks like it could shatter bones…).

Along with this:

Scenes with Azula confronting Sokka are few and far in between but they paint a pretty interesting picture, don’t they? 

[transswordbian]

I mean, Azula’s friends/most trusted warriors were two non-benders. Mai was an expert with thrown weapons and Tai Lee was the only chi blocker shown in the first series, and she was able to take down half a groups of earth nation soldiers like that. Azula knows that non-benders are dangerous and she sees sokka for the genius he is

[avatrashh]

She’s knows she can take bending, she can redirect fire and she’s fought Katara a lot- but unlike Zuko she was probably never trained with weapons, she knows she has no defense to a sword or a club, and she knows that one of Ty Lee’s biggest advantage is that people underestimate her

[kasaron]

Let me sum this up;

It doesn’t matter how much crazy magic bullshit you have, a sword to the face is a sword to the face. 

[clover11-10]

My man Sokka getting the recognition he deserves

[bilt2tumble]

Ok is NOBODY gonna talk about The Kyoshi Warriors? Or, I mean, SUKI!?!? Who dropped, AT LEAST 5 Firebenders who could SEE HER coming AND took the Warden hostage all by herself, during the escape from Boiling Rock Prison! Like it was NBD!! Yeah, this is just ONE of the MANY things about A;TLAB that made it SUCH increadable Story Telling; It showed that Benders could be, and were, ridiculously powerful, but NOT unbeatable… If you were smart like Sokka, skilled like Mai or Ty Lee, or fast as HELL like Suki.

[larmalot]

YASSSSSS

[as-warm-as-choco]

@marmarbaxter @nefowls sokka isn’t getting the credit he deserves for all the pick-up lines & relationship advice he taught aang either muahahah

[picnicbitchsokka]

@atlaheritageposts

[atlaheritageposts]

atla heritage post

[kigozula]

By @artcraawl

[project2028]

The United States Senate has voted last night 51-49 for a motion to proceed with the reconciliation “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act.

Reconciliation means the House versions and the Senate versions of the bill have been reconciled into one and is now on the Senate floor to be debated in preparation for a final vote.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will:

Cut over $900 billion dollars from Medicaid pushing over 16 million Americans to lose health insurance coverage.

Increase the national debt by $1.1 trillion dollars due to skyrocketing tax cuts for the wealthy.

Massive funding cuts for programs such as food stamps, and head start

This bill will be the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the rich in American history.

[theotherbitchinthebasement]

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

ESPECIALLY if they are a republican. You can use 5 calls to make it easy. It will find your representative and provide a script. Republican reps still want to get reelected, show them they won't be if they vote in favor of this bill. Even if you think they won't care, and TRUST ME I get it, do it just to annoy the fuck out of them. They deserve at least that much.

They have an app and a website, link below

https://5calls.org/

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

[ly0nstea]

Ty Lee, being silly: would you still love me if I was a worm?

Azula, who was cursed with being part-Loong dragon due to her father's hubris in regards to the spirits: oh my God they got you too???

[bluespiritshonour-deactivated20]

[ashcremated]

on account of today's temperature reaching 33° im bringing back the most iconic moment of 2024 aka the GQ China Heatstroke Photoshoot

[momorinnnn]

I keep forgetting to post this, so art dump from my spyxfam sokklaau! (Ignore the inconsistency pls, these were all done in different days, weeks even lol)

Sokka asking Azula not to do anything after getting in a ‘little’ scuffle with the pd

Izumi asks Sokka how to do her hair!

Izumi really likes history... and makeup too surprisingly (Sokka asked once if Azula should be reading this to her and was immediately shutdown lol)

Shenanigans on the weekends!

Azula paying 'attention' to the cooking lesson.

Izumi practicing her makeup skils, Azula doing Sokka's hair and Sokka questioning his life choices, wondering how did he end up in this situation.

[thyinum]

Tlok characters I drew for a small sticker pack not so long ago

[lookslikevespa]

Rise and grind on this beautiful June 1st

[soulsticee]

Decided to finish the sketch of my three favourite bi icons that I started last year.

[thespiritofeon]

yo…. when jet breaks in the tea shop and accuses zuko and iroh of beinh firebenders….

do you think any of the patrons looked at zukos scarred face - obviously done by a firebender - and immediately think jet was an asshole? like

jet: hes a firebender!!!!

patrons, thinking about the backstory they concocted for zuko and iroh where their home was invaded by firebenders and they barely survived with their lifes so they could come and have a peaceful life selling tea in a city the war doesnt touch:

Jet: He’s a firebender!

The Patrons to the Tea Shop internally: You fucking stupid, sir? I think you might be stupid.

THE TAGS

[captainlordauditor]

#if someone shouted something racialized at a food service worker and he pulled swords#if be like ‘yeah that’s fair’

[brain-deadx0]

He didn’t even use his own swords. He took them from a guard and the guards let him

[vareidow]

[zuko-always-lies]

Toph is kind of a jerk. A smug jerk.

[theoneandonlylobster]

Yeah but we love her.

Azula is a smug jerk but most people hate her.

What are you gonna do?

Make them kiss

[ponytailzuko]

[ID: A digital illustration of Fire Lord Zuko holding a golden egg, his cheek against it. The atmosphere is dark, the egg lit up gold, along with Zuko's eyes and scar. End ID]

found a wip from a year ago ill definitely never be touching again

[ponytailzuko]

people in tags have informed me Abt the izumi and druk coming from the same egg headcanon. Well now this is a baby picture. #motherhood.