#Water Tribes

[yourhighness6]

This is such a random thought but is it just me or were we cheated out of seeing the first conversation between the water tribe siblings and the members of their sister tribe in "The Waterbending Master". Like, it probably would have been hilarious for one considering that they would have to explain that yes, this is the avatar, yes, he is alive, yes, they are just kids, yes, they are the chief's children. Besides that, this is the first time the Southern and Northern tribes have had contact with each other for probably at least a decade. We were robbed

[theduckeminence]

he is looking respectfully,,,

Original meme below:

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Are the Air Nomads really the most spiritual?

So the Air Nomads are known as the most spiritual group as evidenced by the high percentage of airbenders.

But I was thinking about the show again recently while scrolling through Zutara parallels meta and I am beginning to question this. I wonder if the Water Tribes and Fire Nation are the most spiritual. Considering this:

These two groups are the only groups with implicitly or explicitly mentioned spiritual patrons. Agni for the fire nation and Tui & La for the water tribes. The earth kingdom and air nomads don't have a named spirit that influences their bending or culture.

Water and fire bending are impacted by celestial events and/or spirits. Celestial events are usually tied to the spiritual domain. Firebenders are powered by the sun and are weakened and strengthened by events like the eclipse and comet respectively. Waterbenders are powered by the moon and are more boosted the fuller the moon is. Honestly, it would have been cool if Katara was featured more during the invasion episode and if her abilities were boosted by the solar eclipse (which happens when the moon blocks the sun by the way).

I am sure there was a third point but this captures my main thoughts.

I guess it boils down to the definition of what it means to be "spiritual". Given how terrible the world-building is for the Air Nomads, it's a bit hard to say they are necessarily the most spiritual. I doubt every child grew up in the temples and Aang's friends in his flashbacks didn't seem especially "spiritual" to me. It seems to me like the water tribes and fire nation societies have more connection to spirits than the earth kingdom and air nomads.

[siamesephoenixrandomideatank]

[Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss Characters as People of the Four Nations(Avatar)] (Based on Pre-Korra)

Charlie: Fire Princess.(Anti-Azula)

Vaggie: A Kyoshi Warrior.

Angel Dust: North Water Tribe, an unskilled bender.

Husk: Renegade/Excommunicated Airbender, disguised as nonbender of Earth Kingdom.

Nifty: Fire National maid. Losing an eye from the pirate raid.

Sir Pentious: A goofy guy from Swampy Tribe, moved to the southern region of the Earth Kingdom.

Alastor: Nonbender, but understand all philosophy of the four elements.(Like Iroh + The Hermit's unholy mix)

Lucifer: A Widowed Fire Lord. Weak claim.

Velvette: One of the few female Dai Li with nobility and respected rank.

Valentino: A brothel owner in Ba Sing Se. Having connection with Dai Li.

Vox: A nonbender of an unknown origin, working with pirates and merchants.

Adam: Corrupted Fire Sage/Noble.(Like Admiral Zhao)

I.M.P.: Blitzo is an excommunicated airbender(he might even be the Avatar), Millie a nonbending acrobatic fire national, Moxxie a nonbending Earth Citizen specialistic in a weapon, and Loona a Waterbender with a preference for positive Jing.

[prodogg]

in the Atla world, there is a period where any nation can do what they want without the avatar intervening, between Avatar Kyoshi and Avatar Roku was a period of like 27 years (with 16 years the avatar gets told they are the avatar and then 11 years of learning all the elements although it can be argued it was just Roku traveling around and he took maybe 5 years to learn all. So in the time between an Avatar's death and a new fully realized one is no one to keep the world in check.

[zuko-always-lies]

Please reblog this post so that we can get more responses! I'm very curious about what the fandom will say!

@atla-polls

As for myself, I feel like in a certain way I identify the most with the Fire Nation, since they are powerful and evil colonial power which seeks to impose its ideology on the world. They even practice settler-colonialism. It reminds me a lot of my own society's past and present.

[aanglican]

maybe the reason most of the water tribesmen we see in avatar are darkskinned despite living in cold areas is not just due to the fact that they have food sources rich in vitamin D (which helps thwart the need for beneficial mutation AKA light skin to help synthesize vitamin D from the sun itself, since it’s already absorbed thru diet) but also because their pre-water tribe ancestors originated in tropical regions, and thus had dark skin

[kyoshi-lesbians]

have y'all heard about the rad Inuit number system that's visually intuitive?

[heavenboy09]

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In a world where human civilization consists of four nations, named after the four classical elements:

the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads.

In each nation, certain people, known as "benders" (waterbenders, earthbenders, firebenders, and airbenders), have the ability to telekinetically manipulate and control the element corresponding to their nation, using gestures based on Chinese martial arts.

The "Avatar" is the only individual with the ability to bend all four elements.

The Avatar is an international arbiter whose duty is to maintain harmony among the four nations, and act as a mediator between humans and spirits. When the Avatar dies, their spirit is reincarnated in a new body, who will be born to parents in the next nation in a set order known as the Avatar cycle: Fire, Air, Water, and Earth.

By tradition, the new Avatar will travel the world to learn all four bending arts, after which they will begin in earnest their role as global peacekeeper. The Avatar can enter a condition known as the "Avatar State", in which they temporarily gain the skills and knowledge of all their past incarnations. Although this is when they are at their most powerful, if the Avatar was ever killed while in the Avatar State, the reincarnation cycle would be broken and the Avatar would cease to exist.

A century ago, young Avatar Aang, afraid of his new responsibilities, fled from his home and was forced into the ocean by a storm. He encased himself and his sky bison Appa in suspended animation in an iceberg near the South Pole.

Shortly afterward, Fire Lord Sozin, the ruler of the Fire Nation, launched a world war to expand his nation's empire. Knowing that the Avatar must be an Air Nomad, he carried out a genocide against the Air Nomads, which he timed with the arrival of a comet that gives firebenders tremendous power.

A hundred years later, siblings Katara and Sokka, teenagers of the Southern Water Tribe, accidentally discover Aang and revive him.

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[sokkastyles]

Just wondering if you had any thoughts on the kind of antagonists Sokka and Katara would be if everything changed when the Water Tribes attacked. Obviously, there are a lot of factors that would go into that. But i've been low-key toying with that AU, and while i've seen some takes on it that work better than others, it hasn't quite clicked for me yet.

The problem with that premise is that the Water Tribes, and Sokka and Katara, are strongly defined by being part of a marginalized group, so a lot of "What if they were the oppressors" stories don't work unless you radically change the premise, and run the risk of parroting racist stereotypes about colonialist fears about if oppressed peoples were ever given power. The Water Tribes are mostly based on Inuit cultures who are some of the most marginalized in real life. So even if you switched things up and made them the colonizers, or made Sokka and Katara firebenders, as I've seen some AUs do, there are some unfortunate implications.

I think an interesting way to go, instead, would be to look at the ways that water can be a villainous element. Katara, in particular, is very linked to water and her personality reflects that, the power and chageability, but if you wanted to take that to its logical extreme, water can also be volatile and dangerous. Someone with the negative aspects of water can be as dangerous and unpredictable as the tides and as cold as ice. I think Katara, as a villain, in particular, would be consumed by her desire to change the world in her image and her tendency to run on high emotions. I could see her as a well-intentioned extremist type of villain.

[anonymous-gambito]

I'll never understand the ATLA fandom's weird obsession with both real and fictional racial purity between the nations in the show. Like, that world shows a great deal of diversity on the people of each and every nation, with the Earth Kingdom in particular being incredibly culturally diverse. There's no one eye color, skin tone, hair, clothing color that's gonna be found in only one nation and ppl aren't gonna be "clocked" by some minor shit. Fire Nationals can have dark skin; people on the Earth Kingdom can have blue eyes and wear blue robes; Water Tribespeople can have lighter skin, grey eyes and straight black hair; and folks within every nation will have different views in a lot of things, as well as different experiences.

Why do folks act like someone in the EK would be arrested if they "dared" to dress on anything that didn't look like grass, rock or mud? Or that they'd take a magnifying glass to someone's eye to try and discern if their brown was a bit too amber? Or that a Fire National would look at someone with curly brown hair and be like "Uhhhh You're not one of us"? Like, what's the deal with all that???

[demaparbat-hp]

He's never happy

[theduckeminence]

ATLA Infection AU - Origins

It all began when after the Fire Nation went about executing their genocide of the Air Nomads.

Because of Sozin’s determination to seek out and kill Roku’s successor, as well as the imperialist regime that he led, it would only cause further destruction of the world — thus throwing everything out of balance.

Enraged by his actions, the spirits would cast punishment onto the Fire Nation’s leader — all in the form of a disease. A disease later known as Spirit Rot.

Spirit Rot is what it sounds like. It essentially rots that affects one’s own aspects of living — physically, mentally, emotionally, and to some degree, spiritually. It degrades the mind of its proper functions and memories, crashes on sensations, and gradually deteriorates the body into a rotting state.

The intention of the disease was so it would punish Sozin and Sozin alone for his actions. And it did work — as it had served its original purpose in sending Sozin into a painfully slow and grotesque state, dying slowly to the disease.

That is until he attacks one of his servants — feasting away and further spreading the illness, first throughout the Fire Nation.

And eventually, the rest of the world.

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found the time to dust off and colour some sokkas! at least some concept to make sure our boy is well-dressed and protected through the episodes in season one. (i am not entierly sold on all though... hm...

you may also like: zuko, sokka, ty lee, suki,

[andtheclockstruckthirteen]

maybe because, as a woman who engages with a lot of media that is heavy in worldbuilding, I'm sick of everyone except the odd Strong Female Character(s) being misogynistic??? like it is emotionally exhausting getting frustrated when everyone is misogynistic and most of the women just roll over and take it because thats all they can do so maybe I just want some variation

like why is everything misogynistic in most media because "that's realistic"?? this is a cartoon about people who can magically bend elements like I don't think historical accuracy or realism applies much

maybe I want to headcanon the fire nation is strangely progressive in terms of gender but their class system is absolutely fucked? maybe they're really ableist because of war propaganda?? maybe they look down on non-benders because they're not as valuable to the war effort???

and the idea that only the fire nation can have "bad" people or prejudice since they are the colonisers (which they are, not denying that) is a really harmful narrative because it implies that the "good" people can't have harmful attitudes or if they do it's not as bad because they're "good"? and it implies that "bad" people - in this case, a bad country because we are shown in book 3 that it's the fire nation establishment that are really the only ones benefitting from this war - can't have good things about them despite all the bad?

Don't forget, the Fire Nation was very different before the war and a lot of the objectively bad things seen in the show is a result of war propaganda so it's not that out of this world to headcanon that a lot of the prejudice was introduced by sozin to enlistment and that excluding half their fighting population - especially since it is assumed that the earth kingdom has a much bigger population - is a pretty bad idea

Good people can have bad ideals, and bad people can have good ideals, these things aren't mutually exclusive and to ignore that is just as harmful as entirely dismissing all the harm the fire nation does

sorry for the rant lol happy to elaborate on anything mentioned

Why do so many people unironically think the Fire Nation is the misogyny-less “girlboss” nation. What the fuck.

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