Winter Solstice Secret Santa 2012

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With the posting of our last Secret Santa gift, we would like to conclude the Winter Solstice Secret Santa 2012-2013!

We apologize for the delay with some of the gifts, and thank everybody for their efforts, patience and understanding in the light of unforeseen unfortunate circumstances. Our special thanks to those who volunteered as back-up Santas.

We saw so much amazing awesome ATLA/LoK fanart this year, and without you guys none of this would have been possible. Thank you once again for joining us, for your enthusiasm and creativity, and we hope you guys enjoyed this event as much as we did. For next holiday season we can't make any promises yet, but in case of a 2013 edition Winter Solstice Secret Santa we hope we may contact you once more for your wonderful participation.

Here's to a great 2013!

Cheers,

Ming and Fior

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Masters Sokka and Suki's first grandchild receiving blessings from Yue the Moon.

Dear Secret Santa, You know what makes me sad? That we never got to see much of what happened in between ATLA and LoK. Sure, we learned that Aang grew a beard, but really, besides that, what else do we know?? Did Sokka and Suki actually end up together? Did Zuko ever get to drive a Satomobile? (Was he a bad driver? I bet he was.) Did the swamp benders finally decide to wear pants?

So then, dear santa, my request for you is to enlighten me with visions of a post-ATLA pre-LoK world. Maybe some scenes depicting the older gaang hanging out just like the good old days.

~ happymascot

Hello, back up Santa here! Couldn't resist taking the opportunity to draw some Suki and Sokka. Since I don't want to be corrected by canon in the future, I decided to play it safe and draw them with their anonymous grandchild. I like to think that throughout their life together, Yue continued to be a big influence and inspiration to them. Hope you like it! And thank you for the wonderful ride we had together! <3

~ Ming

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Dear Secret Santa,

If I had to be very honest the one impossible pairing that I REALLY LIKE is June (ATLA)/Tahno (LOK) in that order! Just an interaction between the two where June is obviously having NONE OF HIS BUSINESS… maybe Tahno's trying to flirt with her? Or perhaps he's utterly failed on said advances and June's just giving that aura of, "pffff nice try."

Hopefully those requests are manageable, thank you very much!

~ mintyburps

Message from your santa, shorelle:

Hi mintyburps, this is your back-up santa here! :) June and Tahno would make a really sassy crack pairing (so much fabulous hair in one place!!) Perhaps they could meet at some time-travelling bar, where Tahno tries and fails to hit on June with his waterbending-plus-bartending skills XD I hope you like it (and thank you for your patience with the gift)!

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Dear Santa,

My request is for Korra and Noatak to give Tarrlok a big hug!

-polapaz321

Message from your santa, happymascot:

Heeyyy IsisT! Sorry this is late, but this is a sort-of collaboration with me and your first santa, hinokit. Remember this preview? She made the sketch and I finished it as your backup santa. :) (Hope I did your work justice Hino!)

Anyway, we hope you like it!

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Dear Secret Santa

I would really love to see some Korra and Asami best friends interaction, like maybe a riding around on Naga and looking fabulous, Asami teaching Korra how to drive, I’m not too particular on any specific mood/action.

Whatever you make (even if you decide you hate everything on this list hurp), thanks a bunch!

-viivus

Message from your santa, waterwalker98:

I really enjoyed it and drawing pictures of Korra and Asami getting along is always a blast. They're both amazing ladies and should definitely become way better friends~

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(mod edit: also on the artist's tumblr here)

Dear Secret Santa,

I’d like to see Korra and Asami chillin' and having a jam session playing guitars and bein' cute. Maybe something like a rock band AU. Being cute friends!!

Thank you secret santa! I hope you have fun with these!!!

~ninthrevolver

Message from your santa, polapaz321:

Happy New Year! I hope you like it.

~IsisT

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Dear Secret Santa, I’d like anything with Lin Beifong, because mah gawd. I'd be super duper over-joyed with Linorra art, but it isn't a must. Or Linsami, or even combining them all and making glorious Linorrasami.

~ Octosquiddle

Message from your Santa, drcaligari / camaryllis:

I'm really really sorry I'm running late on submitting this picture! Because of the holidays I've been tied down with spending time w/ family and literally haven't found time to draw at all. I hope this is still ok. Here's my submission for my secret santa! 

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Dear Secret Avatar Santa, I'm feeling nostalgic for the grand old days of ATLA fandom, and that means I'm pining for art of my guilty-pleasure slash ship: Jet and Zuko. Basically anything with the two of them interacting in a not-entirely-negative manner would do! Doesn't even have to be shippy! Ba Sing Se freedom fighting AUs are a particular weakness of mine, but I also love love love modern AUs of all varieties, so feel free to be as silly and self-indulgent as you like!

-narrativepriorities

Message from your santa, happymascot:

Surprise! :D I really liked your idea of a Ba Sing Se AU, so I thought, it would be really cool to have an AU where grownup Jet and Zuko run the Jasmine Dragon together during the day and dish out  DaiLi/fire nation butt-kicking vigilante justice as freedom fighters after hours. Without Jet knowing Zuko's fire nation, of course. :p

 Anyway, hope you like it!

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Dear Secret Santa, I’d like any character in the avatar universe :D My favourite would still be Lin, Korra, Asami, Tenzin, Bolin, all the GAang from the Last Airbender (at any age !), Azula, Mai, Tai-Lee and even platypus bears !!! Thanks a lot ! ~ Zellk

Message from you Santa, beroberos:

Happy New Years and belated Christmas! I've seen a lot of your Toph/young Lin work, so I thought I'd stick with the trend. Hope ya like it and have a wonderful rest of your holidays! 8)

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Dear Secret Santa, I'd like any sort of festive or cuddly scene with either Lin/Tenzin or members of the Gaang in their young adult years (I like all of them in varying combinations so you can just choose your favorite pairings!).

Thank you! ~ minuiko

Message from your Santa, Quillery/ Quillart:

Even though everyone in the Gaang would be super busy with all their various responsibilities in their young adult years, I love the idea of everyone getting back together a couple times a year for Avatar-world holidays. So I imagined Mai and Zuko on their way to attend a big festival at one of the poles--Mai isn't a fan of the cold, but firebending is an easy fix for that!

Hope you like it, and happy new year! :D  - quillery

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Dear Santa,  I’d love something with Katara! Young Katara, adult, old, doesn’t matter!. Something cheerful or winter-festive, but rather with clothing/settings that befit the Avatar universe. Maybe a special occasion Southern Watertribe dress? If you have more time, I’d LOVE something with both Toph and Katara.

Thank you very much, and looking forward to it!! Will be cheering for you all the way til Jan 1st :D ~ ming85

Message from your Santa, narrativepriorites:

Ming, your artwork has always been such a delight and inspiration for me -- I hope you enjoy your present! I looked to traditional Inuit and Mongolian clothes for Katara and Toph's arctic wear, which I hope aren't too far afield from the Avatar standards. :D

!! Thank you so much!! I LOVE IT! Toph + Mongolian inspired winter fashion = heaven. The background, the scenery, you even did the little village down below, it's a delight!

[octoplods]

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Dear Secret Santa, Anything about Avatar Kuruk would be awesome ;w;

-Isaia

Message from your santa, octosquiddle:

Done!

Happy New Year Isia and I hope you like it :D

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Dear Santa, 

I'd like something with Tahno, the Wolfbats, Asami, Korra, or any combination of the above. It can be fluffy or angsty or funny, I have no preference!

~ Quillery

Message from your Santa, emirra:

Happy New Year and Merry Belated-Christmas quillery! I've decided to draw Korra and Asami getting ready for a New Year's festival. I hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your holidays!

-emirra 

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Dear Secret Santa, I'd pretty much love anything Legend of Korra themed. However, my favorite pairing of all time is Korrasami, and I'd dig anything that revolved around that couple! But honestly, I'm not too picky, I'd end up loving anything that involved any characters of the Krew! I'm into any scene you wanna put 'em in, so go with whatever you're comfortable with :) Thank you so much!

-vbfrap / beroberos

Message from your Secret Santa ninthrevolver:

hello HELLO! Korra and Asami are my favorite characters so it was fate when I got you as my recipient. I had lots of fun drawing this and making up the text (EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE LAME I'M SORRY, I have a textless version if you want that too...) Anyway I hope you had a good holiday season, Happy New Year, and I hope you enjoy this gift from me to you!!!

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Dear Santa, I would really love to see some Iroh (Uncle Iroh, that is). Other characters that would be great are Sokka and Toph. Maybe Iroh and Toph chilling and drinking tea? or Sokka and Toph being goofy? I'd also be pretty cool with some Sokka and Suki. Or any of these guys by themselves would also be good. I'm generally more for light hearted/ funny situations, but if you would like to go more serious, that would be fine too. If you would rather go with someone from LoK, Bolin would be great. Bolin and Korra being silly, or with Pabu, or whoever... I'm not too picky!

- Redbaroness From your Santa Isaia: 

Happy New Year and Merry Belated Christmas to you Redbaroness! I went along with the ATLA route you mentioned. So here's Uncle Iroh, Sokka, Toph and Suki in a fancy FireNation-styled inn partying hard on a Winter Solstice Holiday. I hope you like it!

- Isaia

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(Click here for da version in original size without white bar, sorry!)

Dear Santa,  I would love to see anything with Katara and Zuko, or Korra and Tahno together! (any of those characters on their own is great too, because I love them all to pieces!) I would be happy with any settings, so let your imagination go crazy~ if you like dramatic/action scenes, that would be great too! but again, anything would be awesome :D)

Thank you so much! ~ Shorelle 

Message from your Santa, ming85:

Zuko and Katara with their canon babies (Kya, Bumi and Honora), but it can also be a zutara family if that's more your thing :) I imagine the Gaang would reunite at the poles for epic family holiday times, Zuko and Katara entertaining the babies while Aang and the rest hang up decorations or something. 

Hope you like it Shorelle! Happy 2013!

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Dear Secret Santa,

I'd like Azula, Sokka, Zuko or Katara, in a traditional Asian world (I've always imagined Azula playing some Asian instrument like the zither). Also it would be cool to have a family reunion (Zuko & Azula).

- donkiwi/0kiwi0

Message from your santa, Shorelle:

For the lovely donkiwi - merry christmas and a happy new year! ^^ I've sort of combined two of your prompts, with Azula playing the zither and a family reunion of sorts with Zuko playing the erhu~ (I'm sorry for the not-so-great attempt at drawing instruments! ><) I hope you like it, and thank you for the music inspiration links! <3