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jais ∘⁠˚⁠˳ an a:tla and zutara sideblog. jetko if i'm feeling silly ｡⁠☆ main: @lyriclight ∘⁠˚⁠˳ art: @luxlyric

[greenbasiltea]

[zjfc]

Their backgrounds correspond to water and the sun, respectively.

（I use a translator）

[okikaguloveforever]

The emotion I'm feeling is called regret.

[aven-ue]

My air quality is so bad in my town right now I feel like the southern water tribes before the fire nation attacked

[allnewalldifferentwildspider]

Thank you, zutara reddit

[redbelles]

ZUTARA + PARALLELS PART TWO:

You rise with the moon; I rise with the sun.

[yourhighness6]

I was rewatching the Ember Island Players and I feel like it isn't an accident that Actress-Katara was portrayed as kind of "slutty". Like yes the play itself is a mockery of the character's fanon portrayals at the time to some degree, but the way it coincides with the non-con kataang kiss sits so weird with me. In the play we see that the fake Katara and Zuko have a thing in the Crystal Catacombs, which is played for laughs to make fun of shippers. But beyond that, Katara and Aang's relationship in the play is sibling like, as a way to rub salt in the wound to Katara's rejection of Aang. It's almost like the play is serving as a way to guilt trip Katara into wanting to be with Aang by implying that if she were to end up with Zuko, she would be exactly like Actress-Katara, and would therefore be a "slut", or a "tease" for not returning Aang's affections. Obviously there are other major differences to Actress-Katara and real Katara, but I just feel like it's interesting that the writers are basically saying "this character isn't a slut! ...But she would be if she ended up with that one character you all ship her with tho"

[ronnierad365]

this was originally supposed to be a low effort sketch for a friend but i got carried away

[jennipond]

getting into atla for the first time this little bald baby makes me so emo

[lilliarty127sv]

Sorry, but I waited to finish watching ATLA to share this:

[atlaculture]

Hii! I was wondering if you could make a post about the etymology of the name Druk (Zuko’s dragon)? I googled it but the result was kinda confusing 😭

What's in a Name: Druk

According to the Korra artbook, Druk is the offspring of Ran and Shaw, the dragons that taught Zuko and Aang the Dancing Dragon forms. Meaning the golden egg that Aang and Zuko found was probably baby Druk.

I bring this up because Zuko's dragon is actually named after the thunder dragons of Tibetan and Bhutanese mythology. Druk is also the Tibetan/Bhutanese word for thunder; this is due to thunder being attributed to a dragon's roar in Tibetan/Bhutanese folklore. In fact, a more literal translation of the word druk would be "cloud voice". Considering the cultural inspiration for the Air Nomads, it's likely that Aang had a hand in naming Druk.

In general, Druk's name creates a lot of interesting cultural and thematic connections:

Zuko's Blue Spirit mask is a "Dragon King" mask. The Dragon King is a rain dragon who can conjure up storms. Since Zuko's alter ego embodies a dragon of rain, it's fitting that he would name his animal companion after a dragon of thunder. Zuko clearly likes weather dragons.

Until Korra's time, lightning bending was a skill reserved only for the Fire Nation's royal family. Since there can't be thunder without lightning, Druk's name also alludes to his connection to Fire Nation royalty. It's even possible that Druk is also capable of lightning bending; after all, dragons are the original firebenders.

While Chinese culture attributes dragons to the cardinal direction of east, Tibetan culture attributes dragons to the cardinal direction of west. Druk's name is a subtle nod to Iroh's "Dragon of the West" legacy.

The name Druk is also significant in Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism. Drukpa or "Thunder Dragon Lineage", is a school of thought in Vajrayana Buddhism. Also, the name Vajrayana literally means "The Thunderbolt Way" in Sanskrit, in which lightning is used as a metaphor for the "jolting" nature of enlightenment. Considering that Druk is the offspring of Ran and Shaw, who "enlightened" Aang and Zuko on the true nature of firebending, his name is quite fitting.

All in all, Druk is probably one of the best named characters in the entire ATLA franchise.

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[counterfeitbags]

Going shot-by-shot, it really sticks out just how much he's leaning into her hand here. I'd never quite noticed that before.

[smarianoart]

the painted lady

spiritual successor to my Kyoshi fan art 😌

[captainzutara]

thinking about how absolutely overjoyed Iroh (canon zk shipper btw) would be at a zutara wedding… like he remembers being with this boy after he was banished, not sure if he was going to live, but he wasn't going to give up on him. Iroh always knew Zuko was a good person and his heart was broken seeing all he had to go through so young and how it had hardened his heart, but he knew it could be softened again. And then Zuko did that for himself on his own.

And he came so far and then faced so much turmoil as fire lord and so much grief, but he gets to see his nephew be with the love of his life and such a wonderful person who loves him for who he is and they both make each other better people and he knows the world and fire nation will also be in great hands.

Iroh can now rest easy as he gets up there in years knowing that his boy will never be alone and always has someone who genuinely cares about him for him and gets to see Zuko have children of his own and even though being fire lord is hard, Zuko still has this happiness and joy in his life with his family, something he didn't have as a child, but now gets on his own and Iroh is so proud of what a good father and husband Zuko becomes, better than he himself was even

[demaparbat-hp]

The Cycle in Reverse Gaang is ready to save the world!

[demaparbat-hp]

werid question but is zuko a heavy sleeper 😭

I'd like to think he's a light sleeper! Katara, however, could sleep through a Combustion Man attack. Canonically.

[zutara]

It's crazy, but it's true There's nothing I won't do I'd risk it all for you...

Artwork by x_asterr