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toph in the new atla movie...can i get a hell yeah

#atla #avatar #atla toph #toph beifong #toph #earthbender #earthbending

I think it's actually essential to children's moral development to be exposed to short stories moderately beyond their reading level where a bunch of fucked up shit happens and then instead of offering a moral lesson or any sort of emotional or narrative resolution it just ends.

sparrowlucero

ember island players' the boy in the iceberg is satirical anti war agitprop produced under the fire nation's most intense era of media censorship

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the ember island players will be vindicated by history

#atla #avatar the legend of korra #the legend of aang #avatar aang #aang #katara #sokka #suki #toph #toph beifong #zuko #ember island players

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baby korra & naga

#lok #korra #naga

chuwenjie

The Golden Age of Airbenders. I painted this image for the flashback sequences in Avatar Aang, depicting Sonam’s ancient Airbender civilization in its heyday.

#atla #avatar aang #avatar: the last airbender #avatar sonam #visual development

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Sonam’s Temple. I painted these images for the flashback scene in Avatar Aang, showing Sonam and Tagah in their heyday.

#artists on tumblr #atla #avatar aang #avatar: the last airbender #visual development

atlaculture

Cultural Fashion: Sokka’s Fire Nation Shirt

Unlike the rest of the Gaang, Sokka’s Fire Nation outfit is almost entirely Chinese-inspired. The capelet he’s wearing is inspired by “cloud collars” or Yunjian (云肩).

The shirt he wears is a long, sleeveless Tangzhuang (唐装). Zuko also wears one in Season 1. As a side note, I just love frog clasps, they’re so elegant.

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Fun fact, Sokka’s cloud collar is traditionally considered to be women’s fashion. Considering that Sokka would obviously be clueless about civilian clothing in the Fire Nation, the “inaccuracy” of the design choice can simply be written off as Sokka’s ignorance. That said, it is pretty funny that this is the second time Sokka has visited a new nation and ended up in traditionally female clothing.

I think Sokka would agree on my stance that women’s clothing tends to have more flair.

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While we’re on the topic of the Gaang’s Fire Nation fits, I think it would be fun to highlight what their modern-equivalent outfit would be.

Aang

Aang’s outfit is canonically a school uniform and inspired by Thai male formalwear. He’s basically wearing a posh boarding school uniform.

Katara

Katara’s design is inspired by the female folk-dance costumes of the Dai people, so I’m assuming her outfit would be something like a street performer’s outfit in the modern day.

Sokka

As I implied earlier, the cloud collar was historically a popular accessory with Chinese noblewomen. Meanwhile, sleeveless tangzhuang tend to be associated with martial arts; I’ve seen quite a few listings online refer to them as “Kung Fu Vests”. So quite a contrast in clothing choices. The modern-day equivalent would be walking around in a tank while wearing a pearl necklace… Which is apparently a thing.

Toph

Toph’s shawl-cape thing is inspired by the sabai (สไบ) worn by female performers in Thai ballet renditions of the Ramayana. Basically, a very fancy piece of clothing. The hairband she’s wearing also resembles costume jewelry. In contrast, her pants are Thai fishermen pants, which are about as practical and unfancy as you can get. In short, she’s basically wearing the modern equivalent to sweatpants with a tutu and a tiara. I imagine Fire Nation locals assume she’s just a very whimsical 12-year-old.