any thoughts on the theory that Ty Lee is distantly descended from air nomad groups that escaped and went into hiding? I've seen it around a few times but the biggest supporting arguments are how she moves and her spirituality as well as her grey eyes
One of the bigger posts with this theory was made by someone i used to be friends with, and we discussed this matter a lot back when that post was doing the rounds
Personally i absolutely support this theory. Ty Lee seems to be a very spiritual person (always talking about auras, she seems to be very in tune with her emotions and how her presence affects others) and is very light on her feet. Combining this with her gray eyes and a similar facial structure to Aang (especially compared to other ppl we see from the fire nation) it gives a very solid footing for this theory.
I've always had this headcanon that Ty Lee's grandfather is one of the kids Aang used to play with at the southern airtemple, or at least just someone Aang knows. In my HC this kid manages to escape and finds a place to hide out in the fire nation, because a lot of simple folk from the fire nation don't agree with the war and what Sozin did, they help him out. Hiding is easy for him because he doesn't have his tattoos, and he hasn't used his airbending since the genocide. The only people that really knew of his bending are his "adoptive" family, but they all die with the secret. None of his own kids or grandkids knew until after the war, when Ty Lee takes an interest in the culture and goes and asks him about it since he's old enough to remember the airnomads, and it turns out that he was one. Ty Lee then goes up to Aang, and reunites him with her grandfather.
My second drawing! 😁 To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series, I bring you Aang, from “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. I've taken as reference one of the official artworks and I know there is still room for improvement. Also, on this occasion I also bring you the comparison with the drawing I made of him back in 2012-2013. I think the improvement from then is very considerable 😅
I hope you like it and happy aniversary, Avatar! 💧⛰️🔥🌬
The concept for this one took me a while, I didn’t know what I could do with this. And then, I had a light bulb moment! What if Katara was the last Airbender and Aang was the one to find her in the iceberg?! So there you have it, The Girl in the Iceberg!
watercolor pencils for the characters and watercolors for the background on 150g sketch paper.
The day of their fifth anniversary seemed odd. It was just like any other day, Tenzin would wait for her in their apartment, asking her “how was your day?” and then she would say “like always.” Lin ended her shift earlier. She opened the door with a surprise, that all the lights were turned out.
“Maybe he’s sleeping,” she thought and put her bag on the chair in the kitchen. Silently, she sneaked to the bedroom and discovered that he wasn't there. Lin shrugged vaguely, took off her heavy armour and sat on the cosy, wooden couch.
She stretched her arms and yawned, it wasn’t time to worry yet, so she was thinking that Tenzin probably had to stay at work for a little longer.
She hadn’t noticed when she fell asleep. She rubbed her eyes with a fatigue and got up. After three hours Tenzin still hasn’t come home. Now truly stressed, Lin clothed her coat and started looking for him.
The streets were empty and ominously quiet. The cold wind made her shiver, so she put her hands in large pockets.
When she gained to the shore she took a deep breath. Katara was probably sleeping as there wasn’t any light. Lin came and knocked. After a while, the old lady opened the door.
“Oh, Lin, it’s you. Is something wrong, sweetheart?” she asked politely.
“I was looking for Tenzin, he hasn't come home yet and I’m beginning to worry.”
Katara looked down with disbelief.
“I thought he was with you... “
“What do you mean? Is he alright?”
She smiled sadly.
“He is with someone on the beach. I thought it was you.”
Lin suddenly felt a surge of anger.
“Thank you, Katara. I’m sorry that I woke you up. Good night.”
“Good night, sweetheart.”
Lin went to the beach at a good pace. She was wondering what he was doing and she knew that she wouldn't like it. She clenched her fists as she saw them.
They were too close to each other, both smiling, holding their hands…
She turned around angrily, debating with herself what she was going to say. After deciding what to do she headed to their apartment. It didn’t take long when he finally showed in.
Lin was waiting for him on the couch, sitting motionlessly with a lifeless face expression.
“Who is she?” Lin asked without looking at him.
Tenzin didn’t answer. He looked confused.
“I said, who was she?”
“Lin, listen to me I-”
“No, Tenzin, you listen to me. I knew that recently we had a hard time but I thought we could get through this. I was doing everything I could but it seems it wasn’t enough.”
She looked at him with regret.
“You love her, am I wrong? How long were you hiding it? You thought I wouldn’t find out? Well, I did.”
Lin’s voice got softer for a moment.
“I really, really don’t want to end it like this, but you left me no choice.”
She frowned aggressively.
“Now get out of here, unless I do it myself.”
He came closer, he was expecting her to shout, even to beat him. But she was standing still, looking at him mistrustly. Her lips were trembling, barely noticeably.
“Don’t even try to take one more step. Don’t even think of touching me.”
Tenzin lowered his gaze.
“Why have you done this to me?” she said voicelessly. “I thought that you…” she whispered the last word so quietly that nobody would hear. But they both knew what she said.
“I…” he started, but didn’t know what to say next.
“Please, Tenzin, get out of my sight. I want to be alone.”
He nodded and went away, he left behind nothing but pain.
As soon as he closed the door she started crying. She wasn’t angry anymore, all she felt was true, deep sorrow and emptiness.
She was shivering on the couch, with face hidden behind her hands. The feeling of loneliness and grief took her over.
