Creative Khaos Incarnate

Hi! I'm Kyla. (She/her) 30+ Nurodivergent as all heck, too many creative hobbies. Only back on tumblr because my Zutara hyperfocus is too strong. Burning bright until I burn out!

[pokidokieships]

This just in!! Awkward teens are not sure how to navigate a crush!

[addictofreading]

Happy Zutara Month 2025!

Here's my drawing for day 6: Cuddling!

If I allow myself, I'd be noodling this thing to death. So yay for deadlines? Anyways, I hope it's obvious they're cuddling on Appa. He does look cozy to nap on so long as he doesn't turn over in his sleep. >_<

@zutaramonth

[eleyctra]

Zutara Week 2011, Day 2: History

Zutara week 2020 is coming up fast and I’d thought to post my old works from my college days.

Originally posted on my DA page: AylaOfZeladonii, now named Lady-CL.

[autumnweeen]

I wish I didn’t know anything about the romantic subplots in ATLA because it’s really preventing me from enjoying the last part of the series. Every time Aang talks about love I roll my eyes. You’re 12!

Why is there even romance in a kids’ show?

[dailysukka]

Sukka kiss. 🍋💙💚

ART BY:

https://x.com/AntonelliniSara?t=Ei4BeHmyVTeq51ljynvyEA&s=09

[beealexageek]

Zutara Month 2024

Day 31

Prompt: Reincarnation

(3/3)

“Tui and La… have always circled each other in an eternal dance. They balance each other. Push and pull. Life and death. Good and evil. Yin and Yang.”

@zutaramonth

Aaaaand… that’s it. That was my contribution to this year’s Zutara Month. I hope you liked this as much as I did. See you later. Kisses.

REDRAW: ZK Week 2020 - Day 7- "Rebirth”

Zutara Month 2024 Day 27 Prompt: "Shall We?"

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[crack-of-dawn]

Zuko's "kindness" recontextualized in the two war meetings we see him attend is so interesting. While he is genuinely brave as a 13-year-old kid standing up for an entire division being used as sacrificial fodder, he's still an imperialist who has little empathy for the Earth Kingdom populace those soldiers, and the Fire Nation Army is subjugating.

In contrast when he speaks up the next time- albeit subdued and "tamed" because the consequences of speaking up is now known to him-he is speaking admirably of Earth Kingdom populace.

The contention here isn't the method of war harming fire nation soldiers, rather the intent of war aiming complete subjugation and dominance of other people.

He is still applying empathy that he possessed as a child but living as a starved "refugee" in the midst of an oppressed people opened his eye to how the Fire Nation conquest and imperialism is inherently wrong. It won't become right if "cleaner" methods of conquest are applied, or the Fire Lord comes to respect and value his own.

While I love Zuko's story as a "saga of an abused child beginning to heal and forming genuine friendships", I do wish the fandom talked more about the "de-programming of the imperialist prince to becoming an ally of resistance" because there is so much analysis potential there that is unexplored.

[sokkastyles]

Yeah like Zuko's story isn't so much about learning empathy, he already had that. It's learning to grow and apply that empathy to people who are not like him.

But I think it's also worth noting how the imperialist regime punishes him for empathizing with his own people because destructive regimes are also self-destructive, especially towards those who aren't the top 1%. Zuko having empathy for the soldiers of the nation he will one day lead is important, that's where it starts. It just shouldn't stop there. But that is part of the point in Zuko's story, the inherent contradiction in believing that there is such a thing as benevolent imperialism.

[kachuusha]

zutara is could have been a compelling canon-endgame ship because it fits the story's theme of balance and harmony so well. their personal arcs also weave so seamlessly without taking away from their individuality? it's the kind of pairing where you don't have constantly show that they are kissing or acting lovey-dovey just to prove their love because the understanding brtween them already speaks volumes.

some people feel bewildered over why we ship zutara because "it's not canon" and I feel like people often forget that shipping isn't always about what's canon? moreover, a loving relationship isn't simply about declarations of "I love you" but to find a partner in life who can stand by you and someone who sees all of you not just certain parts of you and vice versa. there's supposed equality, something that doesn't leave one party doing the compromosing and carries all the emotional labor.

I ship pairings not because the writers told me "it's canon" but rather if their dynamic is something that speaks to me.

I know there are people who just ship whatever they want and I think that's fine but when it comes to zutara, it's not like it was a baseless pairing like most canon purists think. zuko and katara interacted throughout the series and played a huge part in each other's individual arcs? when they had an understanding in the catacombs, when zuko helped katara find closure, up to the agni kai in the finale, when he took the lighting aimed at katara and she saved his life just like he saved hers. choosing to put zuko and katara together was a deliberate choice, final showdowns in long stories such as this often put characters with significant bonds to stand alongside each other becsuse they know the emotional impact it would bring the audience. and it worked so well with them.

[adhd-alien]

[rifari2037]

I do love Aang, but sometimes ~ especially when it comes to Kat/ang ~ the writers forced me otherwise. And, it's not my fault that the writers couldn't make me sympathize with Aang the way I sympathized with Zuko.

[yallstar]

i hate when i can't find a good playlist for background noise. like no this isn't the right sound to ignore for the next half hour.

[cocconutz]

Some zutara ig.

Edit - ​bruh had no idea it was a zutara month lmaoo glad to have served lol

[crabby-samantha]

we need each others’ / breathing, warmth, surviving / is the only war / we can afford

- Margaret Atwood

[akiizayoi4869]

I need to give Zuko credit where credit is due here:

Being able to successfully redirect Ozai's lightning, which is definitely much more powerful than Azula's, is insane. Especially since this was his first attempt at doing it.

[sifuhotthot]

I know quite a few people have pointed out how Ozai sees himself and Iroh in Zuko and Azula - the soft cowardly first born and the more deserving second born - but I think something that’s neat is that it seems Iroh does the exact same thing.

Iroh loves Zuko and sees him as his own son, saying that he is a troubled young man and acknowledges all the terrible things he went through. Iroh gave Zuko constant support and acted as a guiding light, a pillar to lean on. Zuko makes numerous mistakes, life ruining ones, but Iroh is always there.

Iroh did not give that same consideration to Azula, but instead said that  “she’s crazy and needs to go down.”

Iroh would tell Zuko not to give in to Azula’s deceit and selfishness, and that he must fight her in an agni kai to take his rightful place. He sees in her his brother, a tyrant, a monster - not a fourteen year old girl shaped by surroundings. A fourteen year old who, to my knowledge, has caused less problems than Zuko in the general world. 

Iroh remembers the mistakes of his past and sees Zuko repeat the same, and tries to help him off that path before it can go too far, that he is a Nice Young Man who is simply misguided. 

He sees what Azula in the future is capable of and decides that this is what her future will be. This is all Azula will amount to. Azula will be nothing more than another cruel member of the family. Azula needs to go. 

[thenegoteator]

Sharing tea with a fascinating stranger is one of life’s true delights.

[eclec-tech]

@katara-stan-club Happy birthday! (Stick a floating candle in your jasmine tea. 😉)

[katara-stan-club]

thank you!!!! 💖

[teapotteakettle]

the fire lord lets loose

aka let zuko be drunk and happy 2025