#aang: that's the spirit!

[brionysea]

it must suck to be zuko. he can't show off any of his real talents (swordbending, breaking and entering, parkour, and accidental treason) and at certain points has to actively deny having them because they're all illegal and would get him arrested. or executed if we're being real. the one time someone besides aang figured out his swordbending they immediately tried to have him assassinated. and while we're on the topic it was very nice of aang to keep the blue spirit thing to himself!! best boy

[asiriyep]

Fire Lord Izumi Week 2024.

Day 3: Childhood.

@firelordizumiweek

[mydairpercabeth]

One of the many things that had me sobbing in the show is how they made Zuko’s fleet the 41st division. Meaning the division he spoke up for, the division that earned him his scar, is the division he was assigned for his goose chase. Imagine how heartbreaking it is. AND THE TEAM DIDNT EVEN KNOW HE DID THAT FOR THEM. MY BOY WAS ALWAYS GOOD!!!

[redrobin-detective]

I can't stop thinking about how funny it is that Aang had all this secret lore on Zuko because of the Blue Spirit that he just, didn't share with the Gaang. That boy knew that Zuko was capable of fighting extremely well without bending, was excellent with swords and unnaturally good at infiltration and espionage. And then just never brought it up.

Katara's yelling at Zuko on how he thinks he'd be able to find and break into the Sun Warrior Temple while Aang is fidgeting in the background. Sokka starts giving Zuko a hard time about his swords, asking if a spoiled prince would know how to use them. Aang is vibrating unsure of how to explain that Sokka Might Die if he tried to swordfight Zuko unprepared but now its been too long and it'd be super awkward to bring up.

[thatonedudeinthecorner]

Thinking about this kids crippling guilt complex and the feeling of being so out of place for reasons beyond him

[everye]

happy pride

(full pictures under the cut)

+ uncle iroh is proud of you

[discordiansamba]

avatar Zuko AU wherein is he learns he's the Avatar only after being banished wholesale to the Earth Kingdom and immediately goes. well. fuck. and proceeds to go on the most unconventional journey to master the four elements known to man.

first stop? well, he might as well check out the Air Temples. They're a good place to hide, since he's pretty sure all three surviving nations would like him dead. he ends up in the Southern Air Temple, and winds up laying the bodies there to rest... after he spends several days searching the temple for anything pertaining to how airbenders are actually laid to rest.

he does not expect to be greeted by a ghost once he does. The spirit of Monk Gyatso becomes his airbending teacher, until one day he simply stops appearing. Zuko assumes he's finally moved on, and decides it's time for him to move on. He wanders the Earth Kingdom for awhile, while trying to keep a low profile, and winds up at the Foggy Bottom Swamp.

...where there are apparently waterbenders who don't want to kill him. Sure, he'll take it. Huu is... eccentric, and he's not really sure he agrees with his uh. viewpoint on pants (or lack thereof) but he is a good teacher. after awhile, Huu tells him he should travel on to the Si Wong Desert so Zuko is just like. sure why the fuck not. and goes to the desert.

he gets taken in by one of the sandbending tribes there, and learns earthbending from them. he's pretty sure he prefers living in the desert over the swamp. the sandbenders he's staying with are nice enough, even if some of their younger members seem... well, assholes. said assholes sell him out one day, so he has to leave the desert.

well. now what?

(all the while, he's leaving behind the most eccentric string of rumors about the Avatar known to man.)

[fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma]

happy pride month beautiful people ‼️

[clalianne]

Zuko's different faces

[gotticalavera]

Zuko: STAY. AWAY. FROM. MASTER. AANG!!!

Aang: Don't worry! He's very friendly☺️

[Edit with screenshots of the comics "Imbalance" and "Azula in the spirit temple"]

[not-aurii]

The Blue Spirit episode (ATLA) is just so funny to me, cuz we have:

Aang: running around to look for a cure for his sick friends -> running away from insanely talented archers -> getting the closest to being actually captured he has ever been up to this point -> somehow managing to escape from that with the help of a mysterious stranger

Zuko: is the mysterious stranger & probably having his first mini identity crisis after their "do you think we could have been friends?" talk

Katara: holding on to her conscious mind as best she can, cuz

Sokka: is Hallucinating™ the entire episode (for the first time) and only comes back to himself after sucking on a frozen frog

Momo: having the time of his life on little missions Katara keeps sending him to, for reasons he can't comprehend but hey, fun is fun

Miyuki, the cat: "allegedly" fugitive from the fire nation.

[asiriyep]

Fanart del fanfic "Spirits can be Cruel" de "Mikarkus" en ao3.

lksajdsjdfjsb, GOD this is so cute, sad because Zuko has to go through a lot, but very exciting and touching in the process. Azula has a great journey too.🥺💛.

[bearsandbeansart]

an au where the Blue Spirit and Aang worked together in Ba Sing Se

[bokubuni]

..the way that this is technically my first official zukka fanart

also sokka totally knows what he’s doing but he’d never pass up an opportunity to fluster his bf by teasing with his old vigilante alias ;)

[quartz-rott]

Friendships magic

[earfgoddesss]

I'm so obsessed with the current ATLA comics artsyle. Everyone looks SO GOOD. I love how handsome and perfect Aang, esp that he's 16 in the comics. I love how cute and badass Toph is. I love the rigid shapes on Sokka that show his masculine personality, but still combined with his smug expressions. I love the texture of Katara's hair. I LOVE how BEAUTIFUL Azula, Zuko, and Ursa are and how they all kind of have the same face. I love how Azula looks in her comic so much, I can't describe why, but she just looks so good. Iroh looks the same tbh, he's just chilling. AND SUKI LOOKS SO MASC HERE!!

Artist is Peter Wartman and the Colors are done by Ryan Hill btw