#Avatar: the Last Airbender

[asteria-in-a-meadow]

but what is being good when you could be terrible but loved.

god i love fallible characters, but specifically zuko in the catacombs. choosing his sister over his uncle just to get to sleep in his childhood bed again. earning katara's kindness and empathy and stripping it all away in minutes because he ached for the familiar. fighting on the wrong side of history just to see his father smile with pride. knowing he could have done the right thing, but what is being good when you could be terrible but loved.

[awesome-normal-heroes]

Lost his home...

Lost his friends...

Lost his family...

But then he regained them all...

[porcelain-requiem]

Some Katara/Aang fanart, for a slight change of pace when it comes to my ATLA fanart.

Enjoy! 💛💙

[aretheybisexual]

Are they bi?

[pop-sesivo]

Cartas de Tarot con personajes de la serie animada Avatar: The Last Airbender.

[heyhanibee]

clocked

[cookie-kat777]

Atla nation, come get y'all's juice

[timeofdeathnote]

stop that's so funny 💀

[antinativefaves]

^^All of that

Cultural Fashion: Hair Loopies

Dissecting the real life cultures that influenced show. First up is Katara’s trademark ‘do!

Hair Loopies

So this first fact actually comes from the Twitter poster, Low Arctic (https://twitter.com/LowArctic). The reference pictures used are screenshots from Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Inuktitut: ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ).

While braided hair is common in many cultures, Katara’s trademark “hair loopies” are uniquely unique to Inuit people in the land now known as Canada. According to Tumblr user Atagotiak, who is of Inuk descent, hair loopies are known as qilliqti in Inuktitut. While her “loopies” are drawn un-braided in the show for ease of animation, I’d love to see them thinly braided and decorated with bright blue beads in the live-action adaption.

Here is another examples of qilliqti or “hair loopies” in real life and Avatar:

The young woman photographed is Nancy Columbia, an Inuit-American beauty queen, actress, and screenwriter from the Silent Film Era. When I try to imagine Katara as a real person, she ends up looking a lot like Nancy.

Like what I’m doing? Tips always appreciated, never expected. ^_^

https://ko-fi.com/atlaculture

[sofiialyt]

the last but no the least alta power couple, completing the series ~

love them all 💚💙🧡

[oneatlatime]

I love how Avatar perfectly balances "the kids are going to save the world!" with "which is pretty fucked up, actually."

[yourstrulylightstar283]

I adore Appa in this art, Appa is cute in this art😀

Practice 💛⛅

[ponury-grajek]

My comic to @recovery-zine <3 ❤

I drew it two years ago and my style has changed a little but I'm still really proud of this piece, I'm happy I can finally show it ❤!

[mfshipbracket]