#Zhao Yue

[idolsgeneration]

[die-auster]

The ask was to kiss your enemy.

La would prefer to kill him twice instead.

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[sonderwrit]

Source: 赵粤 Zhao Yue's weibo

愿你平安喜乐 Wishing you peace and happiness

[paperpuzzles]

I thought the moon spirit and the ocean spirit were gonna be Katara and Sokka, and that would’ve made ATLA even more interesting.

The spirits of the ocean and moon gave up their immortal forms to live on the earth. Why would they choose to be koi fish?

It would make much more sense for those spirits to take an avatar-like spirit form where they attach to different members of the Water Tribe. Always pushing and pulling at one another, of course the spirits would attach to a brother and sister.

Katara, being the water bender, would naturally be the moon spirit. Sokka would be the ocean spirit. But they had no idea.

So if they were the spirits instead of the koi fish, the story would’ve become much more layered.

And way darker.

When the Fire Nation invaded the Northern Water Tribe at the end of season 1, Admiral Zhao intended to kill the moon spirit. Let’s say somehow Zhao had figured out Katara was the moon spirit, and followed her north with Aang. So to kill the moon spirit, he would kill Katara.

After killing Katara, of course that would set off Aang’s avatar state and the water monster form.

Yue would still give up her life to bring back the moon, but she would be giving her life for Katara. This would absolutely destroy Sokka. First he loses his sister. Then the girl he loves gives her life for his sister.

After this, Sokka and Katara would simultaneously have a closer and more strained sibling bond. Sokka becomes even more protective to make sure he never loses Katara again. But he also resents her for being the reason he lost Yue. Katara would be wracked with guilt over this.

It becomes the source of tension between the two of them that builds throughout season 2 before coming to a head, where Sokka and Katara have a massive falling out. Katara says Sokka blames her for Yue’s death. Sokka admits it. They trade hurtful comments that cut deeper and deeper every time. While this is going down, they’re on a boat, and the waves surrounding them are getting more and more treacherous. They’re pushing and pulling at one another, just like the moon and sea. Then to save themselves, literally, they have to make amends to calm the sea around them.

It would’ve added so many more layers to their already complicated relationship.

It’s (to me) such an obvious choice to make Katara and Sokka the moon and ocean spirits, I feel like the writers HAD to have considered it! If they did, I get why they went a different direction. Having Katara die, even temporarily, never would’ve been allowed by Nickelodeon. ATLA is already pretty dark for a kid’s show.

If their target audience had been just a bit older, I truly think the writers could’ve run with that plotline.

[whenlovetriestoleave]

zhao yue on weibo

[cnladies]

ZHAO YUE 赵粤 | photoshoot

Zhao Yue: more photos here photoshoot: more photos here

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[xielianhua]

Zhao Yue

[getincentstyle]

zhao yue in hanfu 🏮

[mortal-sarah]

Hey Tangzhi's! I was curious about the demographics in relation to gender and sexuality in the bonbon girls fandom so I made this survey. I would love for people to take it and maybe share it around so more Tangzhi's can see it!

[chineseredcarpet]

Zhao Yue for the IIIVIVINIKO show at Shanghai Fashion Week

[idolsgeneration]

[die-auster]

Zhao the Moon Slayer

or sort of.

Love the idea of @queer-apocalypse. Poor Zhao, he is not a young boy to carry a rebellious princess :D

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[sonderwrit]

Video via Zhao Yue's Xiaohongshu of this photoshoot.

[chiptrillino-art]

In the Spirit World, roughly 400 years ago.

When you are just a little blue guy. But the greater gods found a liking in you. And then you ended up as chewtoy for Koh.

Spirit shenanegans at their finest.

[whenlovetriestoleave]

zhao yue on weibo [240316]