You just wait sunshine, you just wait.

[porcelainaang]

Post vacation hot take: If there was a storyline about Azula meeting the Sun Warriors, it would have had a bigger impact on her character, than it had on Zuko's.

[greenbasiltea]

Amazing trio

[salzz4r]

I don't even know your name.

It's Viktor.

[porcelainaang]

Scrolling on tiktok and damn these Korra fans are creative with their Aang slander.

Tumblr Aang haters have a goldmine in their hands and have no idea about it. The fact that they dont care about woc outside of their relation to Zuko came back to bite them in the ass. Brilliant.

[porcelainaang]

[porcelainaang]

Aaron Ehasz is one of the few people behind Avatar the Last Airbender who is directly responsible for the current state of the fandom. A fandom that bleeds from more hole than I can count. Cult of personality around shady characters, an identity shipwar that promotes tribalistic thinking, constant misagony towards characters and fans alike, constant racism towards characters and fans alike, nostalgia driven thinking that concludes in spitful language and more.

Having the audacity to post some bullshit like this is beyond me:

Broski replying to folks like it's an AMA, he is clearly in tune with the stuff thats happening in these circles.

Peaked In 05. Alleged Misogynist. Hooked At Riot Games.

[thedevil-probs-art]

full render full body illustration of manga Land of the lustruos character/s

[porcelainaang]

I've kept this inside too long, I have to say it.

Your pfp and username is extremely amusing to me. Because whenever I watch [S1EP12 The Storm] and ambiguously shiny Aang comes on screen I think of those vintage porcelain dolls.

Specifically one my grandmother had that had lost its hair.

So everytime I come across you on my feed or notifications I'm amused all over again thinking about the weave-less doll my grandmother had to hide from the world because it kept getting bald-shamed.

Having a rough couple of days, this helped a lot! I'm glad such an easy choice can brighten up someone's day! Always thought that specific shot of Aang was like a porcelain doll too! Fictional characters being made of inanimate objects is such a fascinating concept, if Aang was like that he would be porcelain thats fs.

[porcelainaang]

"Avatar the Last Airbender can't work as a Live Action show." "Bending only works in animation" "These are real people ofc they are going to act different" "XYZ can't be done in Live Action format" "Why are you complaining" "Accept the changes"

All this nonsense just to then turn around and defend how they lobotomized Sokka. A supposed 20yo man acts like a fucking fool for 99% of his screen time. Sokka being the butt of the jokes in the original show is due to the format dumbasses. Now he's an even bigger joke and y'all are okay with it? Be serious.

[monster-k1d]

ough I like drawing gems with flowers recently

[porcelainaang]

I find the discourse around LA Azula so telling, Azula's character, just like every other main character suffors from a deep mischaracterization but thats not my point.

My point is how the agenda is "LA Azula is good cuz she gets humanized". First of all, og Azula also gets depth and a complex and relevant motivation. Second, knowing that all they mean by "humanization" is the fact that LA (6yo)Azula gets heavily traumatized when Ursa gets taken away is just a bit concerning. Ursa is a forever victim and her relationship with Azula completely disappears. Is that the humanizing part? A little girl gets their mother taken away and turns into a heartless evil mass murderer by the age of 15. Is that the humanizing part? Now you pity a fictional character OK, a bit condescending but OK. Is that the humanizing part tho?

I can only speak for myself, but I do not need your pity. Chances are you're not a creative, I do not need your pity. What I need is for you to either leave, or acknowledge that XYZ three-dimensional character is worthy of exploration. In this specific case that would be acknowledging that Azula is worthy of redemption/change/closure/Ty Lee's lips. These (n)atla apologist circles are far from this, very far.

[porcelainaang]

She takes three heavy steps to get a closer look at the man.

-I know you're here looking for revenge, but you're looking in the wrong place.

-Yo...

-He lies! Look at him Katara!

-You're right, he is that man, he did it.

-I did nothing! I was an officer, ordered to t-truly terrible things. I faced death countless time. I-I left the army even though I could have stayed. Thats, thats an act of mercy if you think about it, I-I saved lives! I gave up everything so it won't happen again.

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-

-You-you are that monster who did it!

One strike all it took, one strike all it could took, one strike all it would took, one unimpeded strike.

This is my rewrite of the confrontation between Katara and Yon Rha inspired by NATLA S2E4. I find it ironic that in the LA, Jet and other BSS citizens are stopped in their pursuit of justice towards the people who wronged them by Katara and Zuko, two characters who's stories peaked the very moment they chose to confront Yon Rha and Ozai, aka the people who wronged them.

Both shows states that being a victim of a genocidal, imperial, colonial nation, in on itself is not enough to be deserving of closure and healing. One may ask, what is?

[porcelainaang]

Does the number 85 has any meaning in any of the cultures that are represented in ALTA? I was thinking about jings as one does then I remembered how Bumi said that theres 85 different jings. Why is that? I know about the obvoius option, its for laughs, an obscure number stated by a fraud. It fits both the literal text and the meta. But is there another reason?

ATLA fans, does 85 has a meaning in your field of interest? Anything and I mean ANYTHING could help.

[pan-da-hero]

full for an old JayVik zine 'Boys of Progress'

[kalcifyr]

bort

[porcelainaang]

Do you see what I see?

[porcelainaang]

Finished NATLA. Not planning to post about the content of the show but if you have a question, shoot.

[ikohiki]

[wingsfreedom]

Zuko Alone writing issues - "You're no Hero"

Zuko: "My name is Zuko. Son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai. Prince of the Fire Nation, and heir to the throne."

Old man: "Liar! I heard of you! You're not a prince, you're an outcast! His own father burned and disowned him!"

I wish instead of the old man's asspull comment about Zuko here which he cited like a complete asshole for no reason (in the purpose of milking sympathy for Zuko’s character in this episode as much as possible which is extremely distasteful writing at best if sympathy gets out of hand and prioritized over more pressing highlights) the focus should be about the EK people's suffering from the imperialism that drove their immediate response/hatred of Zuko upon revealing his true identity as well as making him face consequences of his actions by a line that isn't out-of-place:

"No, you're no hero. You're not doing us a favor. You're from the Fire Nation, you're no better than those guys. We heard about you: Prince Zuko who's chasing the Avatar, our only hope. You terrorized people and burned down villages. We hate you! Get out of our village, impostor!"

This would back up Zuko's speech better in the Day of Black Sun:

"The people of the world are terrified by the Fire Nation. They don't see our greatness. They hate us!"

[porcelainaang]

I hate the sympathy-baiting nature of Zuko and Iroh's writing as much as the next person (even tho there's very few persons in this line) however I would like to purpose a more realistic version.

"No, you're no hero. You're not doing us a favor. You're from the Fire Nation. We heard about you: Prince Zuko, leaving ruins where ever you go, chasing a little kid who already lost everything. Now you infiltrate our community, poison our child and steal our enemies. Our mates were not enough for you? Leave and DON'T! LOOK! BACK!"

B1 E6 "Imprisoned" has the best portrayal that victims of the fire nation get imo. Aang's title is not the thing that motivates the earthbenders, its inspiration through Katara and Haru and action through the coal and the Gaang. The solution comes from the inside (with the conflict between Haru and Tyro) just as much it comes from the outside (Katara n CO) These characters feel authentic because they act as if they did NOT read the script and their desires and ideologies feels grounded. Which is what i tried to do here.