Love is brightest in the dark

sandra || she/her || atla sideblog

[emberislandfirefly]

Name: sandra

Age: mid 20s

Pronouns: she/her

This is an atla side blog. (My main is @starry-eyed-steve ).

I will mostly reblog metas, fanart, and discussions. I'm not looking forward to any hate or disrespect. If you're a kataang or maiko shipper, this blog might not be for you.

Feel free to message me, I love making new friends. However, if you're rude or hateful, I will use the block button.

[tea-and-la]

still thinking about how Paku said aang better get used to calling katara “Master Katara” and never did iirc. Then, immediately called Toph “sifu Toph” and only called katara sifu after she pointed it out disappointedly.

[twinsarekeepers]

Maiko is actually everything people criticize zutara for. She’s introduced as someone who is willingly joining Azula to capture and/or kill Zuko but she also has an expressed romantic interest in him. There is absolutely no indication that Zuko likes or even thinks about her anymore. He would’ve been her prisoner if he hadn’t decided to join Azula. But somehow none of that is ever addressed and they’re just together in the beginning of s3. He then literally joins the resistance and is engaged in trying to topple the empire she and her entire family are committed to upholding. He, at one point, is literally her prisoner because of this. In that same episode her redemption is based not on seeing the error of her ways and how bad the Fire Nation actually is, but on Zuko and her “love” for him.

[bblackthing]

I finally finished it...

I think I redid it like 4 times, and I still not satisfied with the end result, but to this point I'm tired,

maybe I'll redo it somewhere in the future, who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway here you go!

[demaparbat-hp]

Say enough, say enough

Did I let her know, let her know?

If I found my body in chains

I'd lay down and wait

And hope she looks for me

The Craving by Twenty One Pilots

[thefourthnorn]

A woodblock style piece I did a few years ago. It's about time I did a new version of this 🤔

[demaparbat-hp]

Someone give that boy calming tea

[mjclaria]

you rise with the moon, I rise with the sun

someone said zutara in 2026?

[avatardforlife]

[rottingintheinsides]

I luv this 🤎🤎😘

[nohardheroes]

ZUTARA → Incorrect Quotes (2/∞)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

[ zuko's smile seeing katara always gets me before he gets told off by her 😭 ]

→ please don't use, download, or screenshot my gifs without permission or credit! these are specially made and took time to create, so please ask first!

[eternalgirlscout]

people talk a lot about how wild shit would have gotten in the fire nation if zuko had joined the gaang at the end of season 2 but i think we’re ignoring that there’s a solid chance that in “The Runaway” zuko and toph would have ended up committing actual highway robbery

[eternalgirlscout]

katara: can you believe the rest of them? you’re the only other person responsible enough to know not to pull these ridiculous scams–

zuko: oh, sokka said i’m not allowed to

katara: what?

zuko: i suggested a thing i used to do all the time when uncle and i were on the run. i don’t know why sokka didn’t like it, it’s the simplest scam ever

katara: 

katara:

katara:

katara: do i want to know

zuko: it’s the one where i point my swords at somebody and they give me all their money. worked every time.

[eternalgirlscout]

zuko: [is asleep]

toph, earthbending him to the top of the hill away from the rest of the group and then kicking him awake: rise and shine sokka’s asleep let’s go rob some people

zuko, pulling his dao out of his sleeping bag: sick let’s go

[summer-fruits-deactivated202307]

i LOVE this because it resolves the whole “everyone else got a fieldtrip with zuko” thing and then the Zuko Bonding Trips would just keep escalating like:

1. Straight Up Robbery w Toph

2. Breaking into Ancient Sacred Temple w Aang

3. Breaking In and Out of Prison w Sokka

4. Murder Vengence Mission w Katara

[super-hero-confessions]

[sokkastyles]

People who say this don't see equal merit in both, they are just misogynists afraid of women's sexuality, actually.

Kataang is waaay more focused on physicality than zutara, it's just that it's Aang's sexual desire that's prioritized so people go "awww, that's sweet" even when he kisses Katara without her consent.

Meanwhile the merest suggestion that Katara might be attracted to Zuko is treated as "smut."

People who think like this are the same people who think women's erotica is bringing about the downfall of society but say nothing about the billion dollar porn industry and mainstream media and everywhere catering to men's sexual desire.

Great image to go with the caption, though. Aang looks like the obnoxious kataang stans who say this kind of stuff with zero self awareness and Zuko looks like me judging them for it.

[soareleandluna]

Tui and La vs Zuko and Katara in relation with Aang

"Oh, you think you need their help"

"Actually, it's quite the other way around"

"You've already met them, actually."

Also, the two faces at the end kinda remind me of the blue spirit and the painted lady...kinda

[elefaint]

The Boiling Rock?? Oh, you must mean the episodes where Zuko helps rescue his future in-laws (hakoda, sokka, suki) from his ex-laws (mai's uncle)

[goodoldfashionedengineer]

Everyone that says that Katara is annoying reaaally should rewatch The Desert again, amazing episode

[littleweowmeow]

"Zuko's redemption happened because he had someone who loved him..." and he also took responsibility for all his actions and sincerely wanted to become a better person. And that's the main thing. But these are obviously not convenient details that suggest that not everyone can be redeemed. Redemption is an internal process. No one can force you to change or become a better person, you have to want it and do it yourself. People just like to boil it down to "this character is bad just because he/she didn't have love! If someone loved him/her, he/she would change!" This is a bad excuse for the actions of villainous characters, because that's not how it works. That's why they like to belittle Zuko's personal growth. After all, real redemption is hard and dirty, and believe me, not everyone can do it. You can hide behind sad prehistory and lack of love for the character as much as you like (although lack of love is not always true, as the fandom says. Hello Azula) but this is not an excuse because every person is the creator of his own destiny and only he decides who he should be. This is everyone's choice and it is always there. Your psychological traumas are not your fault, but your responsibility. You didn't inflict them on yourself, but your actions are your area of responsibility. The same goes for the characters. So don't even think about telling me that a vile and villainous character deserves a happy ending. He got an end worthy of his deeds and character. That's why Zuko, who had to suffer and fight so much, change his value system and become the best version of himself, earn the love and trust of not only the characters but also the audience in the finale is surrounded by real friends and people who love him. That's why in the final Azula is alone.

[the-messenger-hawk]

friends share warmth

[purple-ravaged]

just vibin’ on ember island