your midnight jasmine

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[tui-for-la]

she writes with the ink of the moonlight

. . . . . . . . under sun fire lanterns

hello... solstice here :3

aka manny . 22 . desi-australian . smells of jasmine tea

🪷 the crystal catacomb archives

this is mainly a zutara blog !! where i’ll be posting fics and metas — i’ve been a zutara shipper for more than a decade

other ships that i enjoy (+ may write for) include: sukka, taang, mailee, azulaang

i won’t be doing much (if any) gaang x reader content — mostly character-centric works . next, i’m not necessarily anti aang but i am aang critical and anti kat@ang meaning my writing will reflect that

this blog will have nsfw so standard mdni for that particular content (including reblogs!!)

won’t write for lok . sorry

dni:

— racism, zionism, homophobia, xenophobia, classism, white supremacy, misogyny, not being a decent human being

— kataang stans, maiko stans, zukka stans, tokka stans (tho i’m not like super against it..), bryke stans (why would you even..), anti zutara, anti sukka

— if you don’t like the content don’t interact — it’s pretty simple 😀

my other fic blogs: enhypen . marauders (regulus x oc centric) . dc/arrowverse (barry allen x oc centric)

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[stardust948]

Pretty messed up that the ATLA movie depicted Sokka as a coward for a gag when in the very first episode he stood up to an entire Fire Nation warship with nothing but a spear and boomerang.

[shadowrosegarden]

If it had been Aang who took that lightning strike for Katara in the exact same way Zuko did (same framing, same music, same slow motion desperation, etc.), people would be calling it the most romantic moment in the series. Nobody would be arguing it was just something the Avatar would naturally do for anybody. But because it's Zuko and Katara, suddenly there's this push to strip the scene of all subtext and act like taking a potentially killing blow for someone in one of the climactic emotional scenes of the show doesn't mean anything

Nobody is saying that Zuko taking lightning for Katara is Irrefutable Proof that he was canonically in love with her. That's not the point. The point is that the scene is charged with emotional intimacy and is framed in a way that audiences have learned to associate with romance. You don't have to ship zutara to recognize this, nor does the ship not being canon change that fact. And the thing is, Bryke knows this. They know that the scene is romantic. Why else would they get rid of Zuko's scar?

[zutarasoulmates]

I've been noticing on twitter that antis of zutara seem to believe that ZK shippers are calling Katara a "broodmare"????? LIKE WHAT??? WHO???

I'm so confused because I've never seen any ZK shippers refer to her that way did they just make that shit up??

[sokkastyles]

What I've seen is this interaction:

Zutara shippers: Canon treated Katara like nothing but a broodmare

Zutara antis: OMG how DARE you say Katara is nothing but a broodmare!

[opheliaaesque]

i love the concept of nerdy zuko who’s literally built like a greek god but hides it under baggy hoodies and indie band tshirts…………….like he’s genuinely unaware of himself……….he does Not Know how he looks like and the effect it has on others (katara)…………he’s tutoring katara for some martial arts class she took for credit, and while they’re sparring, he starts steaming from the heat so he takes off his shirt - he figures they’re close enough that it won’t make katara uncomfortable - and when he does, katara Just Stares…………..because What the fuck…………….he is standing there, absolutely JACKED apparently, GLISTENING with sweat, still focused on teaching katara FORMS………………katara tries her hardest to listen and be an attentive friend but Why Are His Biceps Winking At Her………Why are they bulging like that……………. Are Those His Abs Communicating in Morse Code with Her……….

[sokkastyles]

Zuko's like "yeah my father and sister and uncle are a lot more disciplined and athletic than me, I'm the nerd in the family and dad always says I'm too lazy."

And Katara's like "...huh."

[opheliaaesque]

if not secretly fucking why touch thigh ¿

[sokkastyles]

Just to make sure it's safe.

[opheliaaesque]

me responding to the antis pontificating ab the zutara cheating headcanons….

[perfectlypanda]

AtLA + Onion Headlines 8/? (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

[poochosa]

another kyoshi sketch!

[casophie]

The siblings of the southern water tribe

[xabura]

Kataang shippers hate that Zutara shippers claim the Painted Lady parallels the Blue Spirit, so they argue that the Painted Lady parallels Kuzon instead. I’m sorry, but no… Kuzon is the parallel to Sapphire Fire.

[nimp048]

🍃🍵

There's a risk that the tea boy will set the tea shop on fire

[phoebester]

The aesthetic of this pair, I swear…

[frogdisco2021]

I really wish people would stop saying that A.ang is a "not conventionally attractive" character. He's not conventionally unattractive, he's a child. He's prepubescent. That is not the same as being conventionally unattractive. People don't find him romantically unappealing because he's ugly, they find him romantically unappealing because he looks and acts like a child because he is a child.

[sokkastyles]

And this in and of itself is a conventional heteronormative romance trope, especially in media aimed at young boys. Aang isn't breaking any stereotypes by being a young boy insecure about how he isn't man enough to win a beautiful girl, he was written that way to be relatable to young boys.

[frogdisco2021]

Yes this too, an unconventionally attractive male love interest with a beautiful girl is not breaking gender stereotypes, it's a classic male romantic fantasy. And it's not that Aang is not a muscular masculine man, it's that he's 12. Of course he's not attractive, of course he's scrawny, of course he's short, of course his personality is childish and immature. He's 12.

Winning the affection of the pretty older girl who formerly saw you as a cute little kid she looked after like a babysitter is not "breaking gender stereotypes" in any conceivable manner, having the girl be the responsible one while the boy is silly and childish and irresponsible and in need of being kept on the right path by the girl who is level-headed and mature and no-nonsense is a classic trope that was especially popular in the 2000s.

[sokkastyles]

Yes, and it's telling that when people want to bring up counter arguments, they'll reach for examples like the Hunchback of Notre Dame, in which a male character does not get the girl of his dreams because he is severely disabled and actually IS the image of an unconventional male hero.

[frogdisco2021]

I really wish people would stop saying that A.ang is a "not conventionally attractive" character. He's not conventionally unattractive, he's a child. He's prepubescent. That is not the same as being conventionally unattractive. People don't find him romantically unappealing because he's ugly, they find him romantically unappealing because he looks and acts like a child because he is a child.

[sokkastyles]

And this in and of itself is a conventional heteronormative romance trope, especially in media aimed at young boys. Aang isn't breaking any stereotypes by being a young boy insecure about how he isn't man enough to win a beautiful girl, he was written that way to be relatable to young boys.

[moonwatermind]

Elderly Zutara sketch with steamgrandbaby 💕

[shadowrosegarden]

Thinking about Zuko bringing the steambaby to council meetings so Katara can have an uninterrupted nap

• The first time he does it, the council members expects chaos. Instead, the baby immediately falls asleep against her father's chest the moment he starts speaking

• Zuko becomes surprisingly skilled at conducting business one-handed. He signs papers, points at maps, and gestures during debates while his daughter is tucked securely in the other arm

• Whenever the baby starts fussing, Zuko instinctively stands and begins pacing around the chamber while continuing the discussion without missing a beat, as if it's completely normal for the Fire Lord to be walking laps around the room while soothing an infant

• Meetings actually run more smoothly when the baby is present. Nobody wants to be the person who wakes the sleeping princess

[sokkastyles]

Whenever Zuko wants to respond angrily to some complete bullshit, he instead adopts a tone of voice as if speaking to a very small child, and whoever it was who was arguing with him ends up feeling stupid.