#atla earth kingdom

[whoareyousaidthecaterpillar]

Painting Jet's forest always makes me think of what a tragic character he is. Throughout the series, the dominant colors in the episode usually correspond to the nation they are in (the Water Tribe episodes have lots of blue, the Earth Kingdom episodes have lots of brown and green, etc.) but the episode "Jet" stands out because it's so red (Fire Nation) when they're in the Earth Kingdom. In a way it symbolizes how Jet and the Freedom Fighters don't move past their trauma, they live in a forest surrounded by their enemies colors. I think it's an interesting detail.

(The orange and red paint I use for the trees in Jet's forest are called Flame and Dragon's Blood, respectively.)

Watercolor on paper, 5”x7”

[sh3nlong-promakh0s]

June and Kyoshi can get it

People of the Earth Kingdom: Part 1

Earth is the element of substance. The people of the Earth Kingdom are diverse and strong. They are persistent and enduring. -Iroh

Most of the Earth Kingdom characters from Season 1, excluding the-episode-that-shall-not-be-mentioned.

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[gentletrees]

Shoutout to all fanfics that have my sweet soft boys sleep like this! <33 You're so real for that!

(also, if you have fanfic recs that feed me this well do tell me!)

[demaparbat-hp]

Golden Boy (and Silver Girl) for the Kintsugi AU.

[pom-pomelo]

Illustration I created for @zukozine

Just thought it'd be nice to see a peaceful Zuko going about daily life in Ba Sing Se :')

[crimson-constellations]

Sketch (?) of sorts for the next piece I’m working on

Not based off an au or anything… yet

[hinamie]

off on an adventure ! this au turns 1 week old today

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

pose ref [x]

[crimsonconstl]

Outfits for zu spending some quality time in ba sing se

Some insight on my hcs for these outfits down below >:)

i first started this sketch it was just me trying to put fem zu on cute kimonos but i kept having new ideas

the 1st one is adult zuko visiting iroh in the earth kingdom. i designed the patterns around fire lilies >:) bc of the unhealthy amount of zukka fics i read where sokka called him fire Lilly fai so itd prob be a gift from him...

The hair pin only loosely attached bc he’s in vacation??? He’s not abt to go all in in w some over complicated hairstyle

The 2nd would be set on book 2 after they opened the jasmine dragon where iroh had some extra money and decided to get his nephew a lil gift.

I mixed up some stuff I saw on Pinterest for the kimono. The colors are brighter and more varied to like the clothes you’d see ppl for the upper rings wear. Also my favorite detail! The lil jasmine hair pin.

I would tag it another 🏳️‍⚧️fem zuko post but I like this scenario in general so take it as you will 🫶🏽

[pokidokieships]

Thinking about zutara in the finale outfits…. this is my canon ending 🌸💕

[plsdontpercieveme1234]

Not arguing with a man who has long hair

Whatever you say rapunzel

(Also my first realistic drawing that doesn’t make your eyes bleed)

[thebxghag]

A young Kuei looks up at his mentor and foster father figure, Long Feng, as the ministers bow and court begins.

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[whoareyousaidthecaterpillar]

This is such a pretty scene and I don't feel like I did it justice. I tried out some new techniques for lifting paint and I'm not sure I did them right... My tiny Appa makes me happy though!

Watercolor on paper, 5"x7"

[atlaculture]

how do you think the calendar is organized in the atla universe? they have a twelve-month system like we do but what would those months each be called? do you think they have leap years?

Right off the bat, let me just say that hypothetical calendars and alternative timekeeping is one of my favorite topics to talk about so this reply is going to be lengthy.

First off, everything we know about the calendar system in Avatar comes from the planetary calendar room in Wan Shi Tong's library.

The innermost ring indicates the number of months in a year (12), the second ring indicates the number of days in a month (30), the third ring indicates the different Avatar eras (16 shown), and the outermost ring showcases all of the animals of the zodiac cycle (12). For this reply, we're only going to be focusing on the innermost and second innermost rings.

According to the episode, the ATLAverse appears to have only 12-month years, so no leap year 13th month like the East Asian lunar calendar. There also doesn't appear to be any months with more than 30 days, judging by the number of days shown on the calendar. This means that the maximum number of possible days for an Avatar year is 360. So it's safe to say that there are probably no leap years like ours in the ATLAverse. I guess their Earth's orbit is slightly shorter and more suited for timekeeping than ours.

As for what each month would be called in the ATLAverse, there's a couple of options. One option is to simply call the months by order: First month, second month, third month, etc. This actually ties back to Avatar's Chinese influence, as that's literally how months are named in Mandarin. This is straightforward, practical, and doesn't require any complex etymology or extensive worldbuilding.

However, I also think it would be fun to weave motifs into the calendar. Since there's so much emphasis on balance and cycles, why not divide the twelve months between the four elements? I imagine these months would be referred to as:

The 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Water Month

The 1st, 2nd & 3rd Earth Month

The 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Fire Month

The 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Air Month

For example, a person might say "I was born during the first water month, in the year of the rabbit." Naturally, there would be plenty of superstitions and horoscopes related to the combination of birth month and birth year.

The show also canonically mentions weeks passing by, although they never specify the number of days in their weeks. In a previous post, I mentioned that government officials during the Qin & Han Dynasty were given a day off every five days to bathe themselves. I think this would be a good basis for a week in the ATLAverse, four days of work and one day of rest. Each working day would be named after a cardinal direction (East-day, North-day, West-day, South-day) and the resting day would be called "Center-day", paralleling a compass.

In short, an ATLA month would be comprised of 6 five-day weeks and a year would be made up of 12 thirty-day months; the days would be themed around the cardinal directions and the months would be themed around the four elements. I think this would be a good way of adding texture to the world of Avatar, without weighing the setting down with too much worldbuilding or cultural baggage.

...And that would just be the default "world" calendar that spirit libraries and world travelers and international organizations would use. I think each nation would probably have their own unique calendar tailored to suit their own cultural and seasonal needs.

I might make a few posts on what each nation's calendar system might be, if anyone would like to read that.

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[shoutoutout]

Toxic yuri dream team 🖤✌️. Here are June and Azula ready to start some shit. From my post-war road trip fic.

[demaparbat-hp]

Water Half-Child

[captainkirkk]

How long was it between when Iroh convinced Zuko to take up the Fire Throne, and Sozin's comet? A day? Less??

AU where Iroh convinces Zuko to be the next Fire Lord MUCH earlier in the series. Zuko, who hasn't been in formal education since was 13yo, understandably panics. He barely remembers his lessons on How To Be the Fire Lord, and they were all focused on how to rule during wartime. Not peace. What does an international peace treaty even LOOK like and how does one go about making it???? How does trade work when you're NOT trying to eradicate every other nation????

Book 3 Zuko spends all of his time teaching Aang firebending, interrogating the other members about their culture's traditions and politics, going on Blue Spirit journeys to raid any passing libraries, and reading everything he can get his hands on. He barely eats. He doesn't sleep. He's info dumping about the DRIEST political texts. The gaang are THIS close to holding an intervention or having Toph sit on him until he sleeps.