#atla book 3

[allbrows04]

i love how dumb zuko is like. in the episode where he learns about avatar roku and firelord sozin iroh LITERALLY had to spell it out and go "your FATHER'S grandfather was sozin, and your MOTHER'S grandfather was roku" and then zukos face literally goes :0

not to mention iroh began this by going "you have more than one great grandfather you know :/" like this guy really had to lay it out for his idiot nephew

[queen-morgana91]

I freaking love Aang’s subtle hair growth while he was in Fire Nation

The attention to detail in this show is fascinating!

[afoolishreader]

An old sketch of sokka and suki 😊 I just had to draw the hug form the boiling rock eps

[thatssroughbuddy]

Y’all I have two points on a conspiracy theory board and I’m dangerously close to connecting them

This is Katara in Book 1 after they go ice dodging and she gets the “mark of the brave”

This is Katara in Book 3 as The Painted Lady (ecoterrorist queen)

I know the marks are slightly different but. When she got her mark in Book 1 it was painted on her, and in Book 3 she painted it on herself. I think there’s something to be said about how she could have thought the mark in Book 1 was more similar to her application bc she never actually saw it, only felt it being applied. Do we think there’s a connection here??

[jana2071]

Even tho I don't ship Zutara anymore, but I found it worth noting how Zuko is characterised more fairly in these specific shots of him with Katara than 99% of the scenes of him with Mai (*bruh even Mai was ooc but this is going to be for another discussion)

I already have many issues with book 3 especially in terms of characterisation, but Oh God, Zuko had the most awful ooc moments with Mai (*the beach episode sums it up), like I cringe whenever I see them together on screen💀

He's not even being Zuko with Mai, He's just a different person named "Zuko" (*the same applies to Mai), and it's really insulting not only for Zuko and Mai but for the fans as well

But let's be all honest, Zuko had such a spot-on characterisation in his scenes with Jin! (*not to mention the cute chemistry) He was really being himself in the Tale of Zuko

[vlackevil]

The art concept of Aang/Kuzon and Katara/LadyPainted:

I hope you like it

[starboysbrainrot]

sometimes I feel bad for the sun warriors that had to watch Aang and Zuko bicker over sharing a flame (and stealing a golden egg prior to that) and who were probably thinking :

“okay so the fate of the whole world is in the hands of the avatar and the future fire lord. who happen to be two idealistic audhd. fuelled by big dreams and big feelings. with way too much hope. and absolutely no idea on what they are doing. great.”

[billsbae]

"The truth is sometimes Katara does act motherly. But that's not always a bad thing. She's compassionate and kind, and she actually cares about me. You know the real me."

Their relationship is so important to me.

[fangurlzrul3]

If I ever met sozin during a solar eclipse, I'd beat the hell out of him for being a bitch and stabbing Roku in the back like he did. I don't care if he's like a whole foot taller than me, he's catching these hands.

[stardust948]

On Day 3 after being resurrected from the dead, Aang gets grounded for saying a slur.

[zukobeloved]

i fucking love these two

this scene broke me fr

[doc-notarealone-salas]

Zuko joining the Gaang and realizing they're a mess will always be peak comedy

[azure-firecracker]

I need distraction too. Uhhhh. Favorite episodes of ATLA and why???

Oh it’s been a minute since I’ve talked about ATLA on here but I’m always glad to go back to my roots lol

(And anything to stop myself from breaking down and sobbing in my dorm room at this point tbh)

As an Azula girlie, The Beach was always my favorite episode and continues to be. It was what cemented her as my favorite character, the episode that really revealed her depth and began to hint at her trauma. I’d always loved seeing her on screen, since she was such a fun and charismatic villain, but this was the episode where I really started to understand her and she really won me over. All of the other Fire Nation teens have awesome character development here as well, stuff I wish had been explored more. Azula’s development in the finale was also fascinating, but I always struggle to watch that without feeling horribly sad.

Any episodes that deal with Katara’s duality are favorites of mine, because she’s such an interesting character in that she has equal capacity for immense compassion and immense rage. I loved The Puppetmaster and The Southern Raiders for this reason - they showcase Katara’s less pure and pretty side, and I love that the show’s female main character gets to do that and still be the hero. (Not saying that there’s anything wrong with what Katara did in these eps, but her actions are very much contrary to “good girl” stereotypes which is awesome!)

Any episode in the Ba Sing Se arc is also a favorite of mine. The unraveling conspiracy there and general sense of mystery and dread really played into my personal tastes, and this was definitely the arc I found the most intriguing and unpredictable, ESPECIALLY the ending. The fact that the show had the guts to literally kill Aang (even temporarily) and end the season on that note is highly commendable.

Also shout out to The Ember Island Players - it’s just hilarious lol

Thanks for the ask - we’ll get through this❤️

[zukkaart]

Hear me out- Zukka AU that stays /mostly/ in line with the story up until Aang meets the blue spirit- tells sokka all about it and Sokka subsequently falls in love with the idea of this masked vigilante. He starts picking up papers from every town they pass through just for more news on the blue spirits antics against the fire nation

In this AU the blue spirit does a lot more stuff

And then come book 3 when Zuko finally shows up he hears Sokka gushing out him one night to Katara while complaining that he’s been inactive the last month or so

Because Zuko was back in the palace

And Zuko just looks at Aang like you didn’t tell him?????

And Aang just gives a 🤷🏼‍♂️😁

[jana2071]

Regarding my previous post about Zuko's characterization I think this comment is good to reply to and explain my point further

I think there's a nuanced difference between "being out of character/mischaracterized" and "not being/acting like yourself"

The thing with Zuko and Mai is that their relationship existence doesn't make any sense to begin with whether it was narrative-wise or character/personality-wise (*I will deep-dive into this topic in another post bec I don't want to deviate from the original topic) back to the point, I think to explain my point I will use Zuko and Jin as an example to make it clear,

When Zuko first met Jin he was being cautious of his identity being known and assumed she might know he and Iroh are fire nation, Zuko was of course acting nervous in the restaurant because (aside from him hiding his identity) Zuko is not capable to socialise or really be socially open, I think the thing of "not acting like yourself" was better explained in his date with Jin, Zuko was actually acting in-character even when he's being Lee and he wasn't comfortable at first but the moment when Jin asked him to juggle is the moment he started to actually act like his 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 self (*but he still wasn't mischaracterized back then) he started to be comfortable with jin because he actually liked her and became even more comfortable when they're alone at the fountain so the reason he had back then to not act like himself is now gone

From this we can know that Zuko is not the type of person who would be a "people pleaser" or try to not act like himself when he has no valid reason to or when he already loves/or comfortable with this person (*like with Jin)

Now let's see Zuko and Mai, the reason why this case is out of character even if we assumed that this relationship existence (somehow) made sense is that he has no reason to not act like himself with Mai, Bec he already knows her, she's not a stranger to him, and Zuko is not also the type of "playboy" as he's depicted in his relationship with Mai which is why I say it's out of character and a writing issue, also the other reason why it's out of character and not them shown as "not acting like theirselves" is because these moments are not presented as such

The writers presented these moments as them actually "acting like themselves" and to try to gaslight the audience into actually thinking "this is how Zuko and Mai really are" (*which is also the reason why the fandom mostly mischaracterize these two), the writers presented these moments as "look they're happy with each other and love each other" which is why it can't really be interpreted as "first relationships where neither of the two act like themselves"

But anyway thanks to the comment @thereslifeinhereyes and I'm interested in having these conversations even if we disagree