I must capture the Avatar

Netflix made me cave and make a sideblog

[kateeehv]

“In the end we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have,and the decisions we waited too long to make.” more zutara gif edits: x

[maxknightley]

you know what I definitely will give ATLA credit for, in retrospect? no push for zuko to reconcile with his father. no weird, dissonant 'yeah he's an abusive fascist but He's Still Your Dad' thing going on. fuck you. he's going to jail.

[gingeralewizard]

tbh people don't give zuko enough credit like wtf are you supposed to say when someone hits you with "my girlfriend turned into the moon" like. damn. that is in fact rough buddy

[gingeralewizard]

tbh people don't give zuko enough credit like wtf are you supposed to say when someone hits you with "my girlfriend turned into the moon" like. damn. that is in fact rough buddy

[devinellekurtz]

The Dragon Dance

[azehearts]

Zuko & Katara

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[devinellekurtz]

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[fireflaked]

would zuko give the blue spirit a full pardon after the war is over or do you think he would mess with everyone and raise the bounty even higher

[janetfraisersmassivestrap]

[professorsparklepants]

Role swap au where Zuko was the Avatar who got frozen for a hundred years, so when he’s rescued from the ice instead of a goofy twelve year old Katara catches this mysterious teenager with long hair and a cool scar and a fucking DRAGON

Katara: BOY???? HOT BOY?????? HOT TEENAGE BOY?????????

Zuko: *speaks*

Katara: nevermind I hate him

[brawltogethernow]

How does Aang factor into this? I ask because the more I think about it the more I want him to somehow be trying to capture the Avatar.

[professorsparklepants]

Aang is 112 years old, decided he was going to be Zuko’s airbending teacher, and refuses to take no for an answer

[brawltogethernow]

Aang: Aw, the new Avatar doesn’t want me. Aang: *gets out a weighted net* Time for Plan B then.

[professorsparklepants]

JDJSHJABDBFJSH

[brawltogethernow]

Look, you know how you keep a net from falling on you? YOU AIRBEND IT, SUCKA. Air comes right after fire in the cycle so it’s not like the guy has any other options. Do you want a flaming net falling on you? No? Then learn to airbend. Or this tiny old man will cart you away like a trussed turkey and lecture you about the power of laughter, going with the flow, opening your chakras, and other hippie shit.

[brawltogethernow]

Sokka, slouching against a fence, not moving: Oh nooooooo, that creepy old man stole the Avataaaaaaaaaar. Sokka, sitting down on the ground: We should dooooo something. Sokka, pulling out his lunch: Otherwise he might actually learn something. That would be teeeerrible. Katara, indignant rage coursing through her body: Sokka!!!!!!!! We have to go look for him!!!! Sokka: Might! Actually! Learn! Something! Katara! Katara: *wavers* Katara, also sitting down: We have to go look for him…. *gets out her own sandwich* But, maybe after lunch.

[professorsparklepants]

I love that this transforms Aang’s role in the full Team Avatar familial situation from the baby of the family to the Grandpa with weird hobbies

[shinobicyrus]

The best part is Aang wouldn’t even teach him airbending in the beginning. First it’d be brewing the perfect cup of teach and blowing on it in juuuust the right way that it cools down ”But not too cold, or you’ll ruin it!”

Brushing Appa of course. Zuko would be pretty decent at that, but would come back to Aang absolutely covered in slobber and bison hair. “Awww! He likes you! <3″

Then it’d be calming meditation and slowing Zuko’s breathing (”But I am calm!”), tracking an elusive and nigh legendary animal so they can ride it, teaching patience by baking the perfect cake ”You just slapped the frosting on! It looks awful! *airbends it into the horizon* “Again!”

When Zuko finally gets it right, he almost smiles at Aang saying: “Excellent work, my student.” Then to Zuko’s consternation and horror Aang flings it at the head of the Fire Nation Governor during a political function. “And now we run!”

Pranks would be absolutely the thing that would bluescreen Zuko. Here’s an airbending master, over a century old, witnessed the genocide of his people, and he’s juggling, doing dances and tricks with Momo for the village kids, and plaguing the local aristocrats and military officers with flying cakes and whoopie cushions.

“How am I supposed to beat the Firelord with whoopie cushions?!”

And then, perfectly serious for the first time since Zuko had met him: “You don’t. The Avatar is about restoring balance. This training isn’t so you can fight the Firelord - it’s so you can stop a war.”

It takes a long time for Zuko to understand this. But the weird thing is: the townsfolk actually like Aang. Sure the aristocrats and crooked merchants and the officers don’t, but even the common Fire Nation infantry hide their chuckles with a cough when they see their commander’s fancy armor get covered in honey and feathers by “Crazy Aang,” again.

And Zuko realizes, at that moment, that he’s been having fun.

So, waking early, with no prompting from Aang, Zuko feeds Momo, brushes Appa, washes off the slobber, brews Aang his morning tea -perfectly cooled- and then proceeds to make a new, beautiful cake with no explanation.

“That looks wonderful, my student. Your best yet! Who were you planning to-”

Then Zuko smashes it in Aang’s face.

It’s the first time since coming out of the ice that Avatar Zuko laughs.

[lotustiled]

i'll never get tired of drawing these two kissing, about to kiss, mid-kiss, or after a kiss ever

[hadesisqueer]

Enough 'Lee from the tea shop' jokes in the fandom, I need more people considering 'Kuzon from school' jokes. Like the scenario is funny as hell. This kid shows up out of nowhere. Says he's from the colonies. Talks back to the teachers. He's super nice. The school bully tries to fight Kuzon and he effortlessly humiliates him. The school bully's girlfriend and a bunch of other girls like him and he doesn't even care. Kuzon then organizes an illegal party. He shows off some moves and teaches them how to dance. He dances with a very pretty girl they don't know. The school principal and some cops turn up to arrest him and bam, he's gone. All that in like, two days. I bet he became a legend in the school, so imagine if one day he sees one of the kids again and he's recognized and he's like 'Actually my name isn't Kuzon, I'm Avatar Aang 😄' and they're like 'damn Kuzon from the colonies is the Avatar?'

[e-e-e-s-the-avatar]

The Blue Spirit putting out firebending with a bucket of water is the absolute funniest thing ever done in avatar combat. It just is.

[e-e-e-s-the-avatar]

oh my god @murple

[aangarchy]

Iroh: I can’t fight ozai myself. A brother killing his brother to seize power? No, the avatar must do it.

Also Iroh: Zuko you should go to the fire nation and fight ur sister for the throne.

[aras-dg-archive]

[aangarchy]

[greelin]

really? you’re STILL hung up on me trying to kill you? it was only on like twenty separate occasions. Grow up

[thatssroughbuddy]

[comradekatara]

very funny to me when people refer to sokka as being the most “relatable” character in atla solely by virtue of him lacking bending powers. if any of you people actually related to sokka that would mean you’re either a future nobel laureate, or that you have psychological issues so profoundly devastating you couldn’t begin to unpack them in a single lifetime. and either way i don’t believe you

[weaselle]

Sokka is the most relatable to me because the first time i watched ATLA it was with a group of people who had already seen it and really wanted to show it to me and around the start of the second book everybody was doing the "what kind of bender would you be / which character are you most like" talk and I didn't know who i thought i was like and the group all thought about it and then unanimously agreed that i was most like Sokka and then had to reassure me that it was a compliment actually.

And then i watched the rest of the show and was really touched at how much of a compliment that really is as it turns out. And also, yeah. Like. I am actually Sokka.

Has a hundred ideas and some of them are spectacularly bad and some of them are spectacularly good but at least i'm willing to admit the bad ones are bad? check. THAT kind of humor? check. Where is my next meat snack no seriously why is there no meat in this meal? check. Warrior poet with mad scientist vibes? check. Being frustrated at people for believing in fortune telling while self-fulfilling my own prophesy of causing myself unnecessary hardship? check.

Your assessment still holds water tho, because i could totally be a future nobel laureate if anybody important ever took my ideas seriously, but my ideas won't be taken seriously probably because i insist on drawing and diagramming them myself despite my obvious lack of talent in this area (surely it's not because i'm easily distracted and a little bit wacky)... and i for sure have psychological issues so profoundly devastating i'm never going to finish unpacking them in this lifetime. So. Right on the money there

[comradekatara]

there are only so many world leaders, right? and they’re all beholden to sokka in some major way…

the avatar: will be 35 years old and still have a pavlovian response to sokka saying “all right everyone, time for bed!” 

the firelord: so ride or die it’s honestly concerning

the earth king: owes to sokka his newfound knowledge of basic critical thinking skills

chief of the northern water tribe: his daughter seemed to think he was pretty dope before she turned into the moon

chief of the southern water tribe: thinks her brother is an idiot but has good ideas sometimes, and appreciates the fact that he doesn’t care whether or not he gets credit for them as long as they’re implemented 

not to mention that toph is basically a one-woman weapon of mass destruction who does not listen to anyone—with the crucial exception of one person—and guess who that is!

and he’s basically an honorary member of the white lotus???

basically what I’m saying is sokka secretly rules the world

[ruffboi-mags]

I think what you’re saying is that sokka secretly rules the world and has no fucking idea.

[catgirlcaliphate]

I’m totally on board with this except I think Sokka is an actual, full-fledged member of the White Lotus, and he also doesn’t realize that.

[bisexualbaker]

The White Lotus kept inviting him to meetings, and he showed up and assumed they were just humoring his interest. His initiation was much the same; he’s dead certain that they just gave him a robe and made him part of the ceremony to “feel included”. And he’s super touched by the way they keep inviting him to those meetings and even seem interested in what he has to say! Sometimes (a lot of times, actually, but he doesn’t even notice that) they even use his ideas!

They’re really cool people, those White Lotus guys. Sokka thinks it would be pretty awesome to be a part of their group.

[ajhasmademistakes]

#broke: didnt know they were dating #woke: didnt know they were a secret society member #thought they were just being polite

[bisexualcrises]

this was one of atla’s best jokes I swear