#Atla lore

[zukkaart]

Do you guys think Zuko made Aang’s final air-nomad outfit?

Like canonically out of them, only Katara and Zuko can sew. And I’d imagine Katara was pretty wrapped up after that final battle with not only healing Sokka’s leg, but knowing her- probably healing anyone else she could get her hands on. And she also would have no knowledge of what traditional air nomad formals would look like.

And yeah I guess Aang could have made it himself. But he was only 12 the last time he saw the monks. And I highly doubt they taught him much past how to repair is own clothing.

But who spent years studying the monks and air bending? Who became obsessed with their culture and traditions in an attempt to find the last one? Who searched all the air temples not once but twice, from top to bottom? Who canonically makes his own clothes (i.e. the blue spirit outfit)?

Zuko, always Zuko

I also like to think that the relic/amulet Aang wears in that same scene was also given to him by Zuko. Just bc I’m sure Zuko kept a lot of air nomad things on his ship, and I think either he or his uncle would have salvaged it- probably out of convenience. Zuko as a reminder of his “purpose”, and Iroh as a symbol of hope.

[iil-nonbinary-baby-bitch]

Wakes up in dead of night sweating and crazy eyed

Would lesbians in the the ATLA universe call themselves Kyoshins?!

[nyxelestia]

New headcanon:

The East India Western Kingdom Trading Company was founded by the Beifongs.

We know that the Beifongs are rich, but we don't actually know where that wealth comes from. It doesn't sound like they're nobility, so it's not from owning land (or at least, not just from owning land). We do know that documents from them are recognized and respected as far as Ba Sing Se despite their home being all the way down in Gaoling almost on the other side of the Earth Kingdom...specifically, over in the southwest of the Earth Kingdom.

Meaning Gyatso's sister was killed by Toph's ancestor.

[biconickyoshi]

Hello! I wanted to ask, in The Avatar and the Fire Prince AU, how does reincarnation (The Avatar Cycle) works? In Canon, the Avatar is a human soul (Wan) who after death reincarnates on Earth in a new body to live a new life with the Spirit of Peace (Raava) bounded to it. But how about in your AU? I'm asking because I want to know whether or not we're going to have a scene with Aang having an existential crisis over the fact that in his previous life he was Zuko's great-grandfather.

Hello anon! :) Yes, I do my best to ensure that my AU is as canon compliant as possible when it comes to lore (including all known lore from Legend of Korra, the comics, the TTRPG, and the Chronicles of the Avatar novels), so the Avatar Cycle does indeed work the exact same.

I honestly haven't given a ton of thought to Aang and Zuko's reaction of who Roku was (though it will definitely still be revealed at some point just like in the show). While I think they would both maybe find it a little weird of a coincidence at first, I don't think it would cause either of them to freak out or anything lol.

We've definitely seen weird coincidences/connections like this before with other Avatars - for example, Kuruk and Hei-Ran were past lovers (before he met Ummi), and then he was reincarnated as Kyoshi, who fell in love with Hei-Ran's daughter Rangi. Then we have Korra, who was taught waterbending by someone who is basically a grandmother figure to her (Katara), and who was also technically "her" wife in her past life. She was also taught airbending by someone who is a father/uncle figure to her (Tenzin), who was also technically "her" son in her past life.

In general, there seems to be an understanding amongst everyone in the world of AtLA that each Avatar is very much their own distinct person, each with different lives, memories, and personalities. Sometimes more spiritual people - like Toph for example - can see that the Avatar has the same spirit/soul, but again, even Toph knows Korra is her own person and not just Aang with none of his memories lol.

Of course, if Aang had a problem like Yangchen did in which he was constantly having flashbacks to memories from his previous lives, then I'd say that yeah lol, he'd be much more likely to have an existential crisis. But as far as we know, Aang does not have any "memories" of living as Roku or any other previous Avatar - he only views previous Avatars' life events from an outside perspective. And even if he did have the ability to "remember" living as Roku, at least he wouldn't be able to "remember" actively being a grandfather to Zuko, since Zuko and even Ursa were born decades after Roku's death. That would definitely be awkward if that wasn't the case lol.

All of this has actually got me thinking about the theory where an Avatar could possibly reincarnate as their own child/grandchild/relative, especially with mixed-ethnicity/nation families becoming more common in the time of Korra. Like, say an Earth Avatar dies right as their child with someone of Fire Nation descent (or their grandchild, or sibling, or cousin, etc.) is born. As long as they have the right DNA, a relative of the Avatar could theoretically be the next Avatar in this scenario. The closest thing I could compare this to is like a Steven Universe situation (where he kind of both is and isn't his own mom - it's hard to explain if you haven't seen that show lmao).

Anywayyyy sorry for the long ass response anon lol. I just love talking about AtLA lore! :)

[therealbluespirit]

AFTER LONG FREAKIN LAST

I am ecstatic to announce...

CHAPTER 17

In which Zuko fades in and out of consciousness, the crew faces a tough inquisition, and bigger and badder plots begin to germinate

[sharlmbracta]

me on this take:

So we know firebending gets weaker at night and stronger during the day, that's been established. But are the phases of the moon also a factor into how powerful firebending can still be at night?

Think about it, the light of the moon is a reflection of the sun. So if there's a full moon, firebending should be more powerful than during a new moon. It wouldn't be as powerful as during the day obviously, but it would be significantly stronger than when there's no moon visible.

That's probably why the fire nation also depends on the moon like Iroh says. Firebenders would have given themselves quite the disadvantage if they had succeeded in destroying the moon. And if the other nations were to figure it out, they could have planned an invasion at night. (Of course the invasion during an eclipse was also a good idea, but the eclipse only lasts a few minutes, while nighttime lasts several hours.)

[junotter]

Part 1 of my modern avatar au, the fire nation

[demaparbat-hp]

Golden Boy (and Silver Girl) for the Kintsugi AU.

[hinamie]

off on an adventure ! this au turns 1 week old today

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

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[elderwisp]

[mfelewzi]

Well, in the original lore, Air Nomads were nomadic tribes that followed the Air Monks, like Tibetans and Mongolians, and the islands of the Air Temples are a sea version of Tibet, so there weren't economic interests to colonize them.

And It wasn't a headcanon, sadly.

Ah, here an illustration of Tibetan Warriors, maybe the other original Air Nomads were more like these, with a dark past about a Terrible and Bloody Great Khan.

Maybe there were some resources like coal for industries and machines, or oil and some special metals, but they didn't know (as happened with my country when It colonised Libya, a sad Page of our history, especially during fascist regime), and more important Bryke (especially Di Martino) retconned the old lore, so frankly It doesn't matter.

Why didn't Fire Nation ever colonize the Air Nomad territories after wiping out the population?

As far as I remember, we didn't really see any Air Nomad territories other than the Air Temples. And I would assume that the reason the Fire Nation didn't colonize them is because it was just impractical. They are located high in the mountains, and the easiest way to get there is by flying, and the Air Nomads probably got there on Sky Bisons. So, the Fire Nation probably didn't colonize them because they didn't want to live there and they didn't find it useful.

[biconickyoshi]

Opinion on Bloodbending for medical purposes?

I've honestly never thought about this anon, but I think that is a very cool way that it could be used! I'm assuming it would be something like helping with blood flow?

It makes me think of how the healer Atuat from the Kyoshi novels used her waterbending to slow down the process of death by lowering the body's temperature. Waterbending in general is so cool because these techniques could both be used to totally just kill someone, but they could also be used to save lives.

[allgremlinart]

whatever. collection of Ursa for whom it may concern (part 1)

[kibutsulove]

I genuinely love this image so much it looks like she’s explaining what lmfao means in text to him

[aangarchy]

@swordbending hi nicole!! You bring up an excellent point so pls don't mind me as i expose ur tags for a second. I'm doing this on mobile and idk how to link tags so bear with me i'm gonna use a screenshot. I'll give a minor description in alt text for context.

While i was reading the wiki and i got to the part where it says "they were hunted to extinction" i literally rolled my eyes so hard you could practically hear it. You're absolutely right in saying it's a cop out. I can't believe bryke would create such intricate lore that traverses several centuries in this fictional world, only to then go "uh they got hunted and died" when someone asked where the lion turtles went lol.

Bryke could have easily come up with other explanations like "well because they didn't serve a purpose anymore in the physical world and they are very spiritual beings, some of them chose to leave behind their physical form and live in the spirit world". That could be another explanation for Omashu being a lion turtle, and the old empty turtle shell is somewhere under there petrified like a fossil.

Like you said, i have a hard time believing humans would hunt the lion turtles because these creatures took care of humans for centuries before the era of the Avatar. Sure humans are gonna human, but in Wan's time humans held turtles in very high regard. They were the guardians of their home, they granted them protection were they to leave it. The lion turtles were probably somehow part of their belief systems, whether the role they played was that of a prophet or some sort of half spirit. Even Aang, nearly 100 centuries later, knew to bow for the lion turtle he encountered and even asked it for advice on his moral dilemma. I know dragons were also respected and revered for centuries until Sozin started the tradition of hunting them, BUT i find that more believable than lion turtles being hunted to extinction because ar least dragons aren't the size of a city, y'know?

Anyway sorry for hijacking ur tags nicole akdkkzf

After rewatching tlok i'm still holding on to my theory that Omashu either was a lion turtle city in the past or still is a lion turtle city and the turtle is just dormant (or dead, which is more morbid but still possible)

If you compare the design of Omashu to the design of multiple lion turtle cities, they both appear to be very stacked cities, with buildings across all different heights. They're both circular cities as well.

The origin tale of Omashu dates from around the conception of earthbending, which we now know to be about 10.000 years prior to Korra's time (aka Wan's time). Oma, the woman from the story, is said to be the first earthbender. Lion turtles granted people the ability to bend, which both Oma and Shu used to make the secret tunnel leading to and away from the city. The difference is, Oma and Shu learned the technique from badgermoles, which is why they were considered so powerful. (Just like Wan, who learned from the dragon during his time away from the city).

There's a very real possibility that there was a war within the turtle city (we saw all the class problems in Wan's city, and humans are gonna human) and in order to escape the war, Oma and Shu asked the turtle for earthbending so they could escape and be together safely.

On the avatar wiki, it also explains that after the era of the spirits, during the era of the Avatar, the lion turtles got hunted into near extinction. Some turtles chose to hide, like the turtle Aang came across in the show who chose to pose as an island. Earth lion turtles are able to bury themselves into the ground. Omashu could very well be an earth turtle that's buried underground to hide from society, and because so much time has passed history turned into myth.

I know it's a loose theory but i just can't get over the fact that the history of earthbending near Omashu and then the history of lion turtles seems to contradict but also align so well. It makes sense that the two lovers were granted the ability of earthbending from their own turtle and then learned how to use it from the badgermoles.

[candle-scm]

1. Sokka knows all the best Southern Water Tribe hair oil mixtures and therefore Izumi's hair is the best in the palace (yes even beating Zuko) and 2. Sokka doing Izumi's hair became their gossip hour and that's the way it's been since she was a toddler