#atla stuff

[fancytrinkets]

Maybe unpopular opinion, but I think removing Sokka's blatant misogyny is fine. Kids shows just adapting stuff like this feels like a reasonable move to me. But maybe it's just that I'm old-old enough to have seen all the sexism arcs a million times over and be exhausted by them idk

[sunandmoongobrrr]

HOLY CRAP ZK WEEK IS NEXT WEEK I TOTALLY FORGOT

[based-and-rinpilled]

*deep breath* *taps mic* Kataang but make it sapphic

[asocial-inkblot]

Submission:

If Appa dies before Aang, Aang grieves his death by dressing up in an Appa fursuit and roleplaying with Momo. Azula helps by dressing up in her purple platypus-bear with silver wings fursuit.

Come join Aang and Momo and Azula and Toph and Kuei in the fursuit assembly. Aang and Momo have Appa fursuits, Azula has her furry oc's (400 ft tall purple platypus-bear with pink horns and silver wings) fursuit, Toph cosplays a badgermole, and Kuei made a bear costume in his grief after Bosco passed on. You are welcome to join. Sokka may or may not join cosplaying in a Foo Foo Cuddly Poops fursuit.

Toph immortalized Appa's memory by making an epic statue of him and Aang and Momo in their fursuits all standing next to each other.

The Boulder made out with the Momo statue.

By some dark magic, Katara and Suki raised Appa from the depths of air bison-afterlife. Except instead of being the same age he was upon death, he is a baby at the beginning of his new life with all his old memories. After being moved by the bizarre and slightly traumatic furry assembly dedicated to him, he convinces Katara to make him a Momo costume. For the rest of their lives, he and Momo dress up as each other and make everyone go "awwwwww" every day. It is so wholesome that the mere sight of it erased Zuko's scars and brought back the entire Air Nomad civilization.

Inspired by the fursuit assembly, it is decided that there needs to be another punishment for war crimes and general dickishness. Ozai is paraded out in a humiliating suit of cheap, matted fur blended with cheap assorted sequins in the faint shape of a dragon as 'Shape of You' by Ed Sheeran accompanies him and he is shamed before the entire world. By the first two excruciating minutes of this torture, he wishes Aang or Iroh or Zuko or anyone really had just mercy killed him.

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Thank you. Just...thank you. Would you please let me know when you've finished writing this canon-compliant ATLA fanfic?

[elkian]

So here’s something interesting about ATLA Season One

Episode 6, The Imprisoned, has a scene where Earthbender Haru helps an old man, a citizen of the Earth Kingdom.

Later in the episode, the Earth Kingdom elder sells Haru out to the Fire Nation! It’s implied that he did this proactively to protect himself/get a reward but it’s not elaborated on. This is the main catalyst that sets off the rest of the conflict of the episode and eventually leads to the GAang saving the Earthbenders.

Now, compare only four episodes later, Episode 10: Jet.

In this one, Jet’s gang stops an old man in Fire Nation colors (colonist?), and it’s heavily implied that they were either going to beat him up or outright kill him during the encounter. Sokka breaks it off and spares the old Fire Nation man.

Later in the episode, when Sokka is trying to convince a town of both Earth Kingdom citizens and Fire Nation soldiers that they’re in danger, the old Fire Nation man vouches for him, resulting in saving the lives of everyone in that town.

Now, given some of the S1 writing (it’s not bad, but it’s much more polished in the later books) it’s possible this is only incidental. But I think there’s a solid chance this is a deliberate contrast. It especially sets up the important point that although the Fire Nation is the obvious and overwhelming aggressor and oppressor in this war, not everyone in red is evil and not everyone in green is good. This sets up for the fact that the GAang can’t save the world without saving the Fire Nation, amongst other revelations. It’s a pretty interesting comparison they did there.

[steaku]

controversial opinion, but the Zuko Joins the Gaang Early tag is the most important ao3 tag :/

[theriseofthedragons]

When the Live- Action ATLA comes out, I’m not going to call it canon,

since  Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko already left :(

[teaveetamer]

ALSO because I’m on the damn topic, it’s pretty fucking obvious that Sozin was only bold enough to pull this colonialism shit because he had a close personal relationship with Roku and expected him to just fall in line. And even after Roku told him no he did it anyways and was all “yeah and what are you going to do about it?” when confronted.

And the whole idea that cultural exchange is universally good is only true if both parties are okay with it. It’s not enough that the Fire Nation wanted to “spread their prosperity”, the Earth Kingdom has to be okay with it too. And they were clearly not. So no, Sozin lost the moral high ground the second he tried forcing his culture on a bunch of unwilling people.

Honestly I can’t believe this stan used this as a comparison to prove his point that Edelgard is totally cool and justified. It taps into a key reason for why I hate her: No matter how good your intentions might be they don’t matter the second you force people to do something and/or cause real harm.

Again, I’m really just starting to think he’s a troll that’s just contrarian for the sake of being contrarian, because I don’t think any sane person could look at Sozin, look at how the show frames him, and still go “yep totally justified.”