#atlas extras

[lynzishell]

🎉Happy Birthday, Ash!

[bonksoundeffect]

[Judgement intensifies]

[aangarchy]

ever since i learned Appa is apparently overweight for a skybison i've been loving him even more

my chubby king 🤍

[elderwisp]

ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴀʏ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀᴅʟᴏᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ

[burst-of-iridescent]

katara becoming “the greatest healer in the world” will never be a satisfactory ending for her character. not only because we never actually saw her heal, not only because of the gendered implications of healing, not only because she said herself that she wanted to be a fighter, but because katara’s arc in atla is about earning her own empowerment.

she fought tooth and nail to develop her waterbending skills even when she had no one to teach her, even when it put her in danger, even when she was straight up forbidden to learn. of course she had raw talent, but that would have gotten her nowhere without her own resourcefulness, creativity and willingness to learn and work hard. that’s what differentiates her from azula, her foil, and leads to her triumph over azula in the end. nothing was ever just given to her… nothing, that is, except her healing.

the moment katara discovers her healing abilities is in the aftermath of her own victimization, when her narrative is subjugated to serve her male love interest’s. her healing, like her accident at aang’s hands, is something that happens to her rather than something she actively does — and this narrative will continue to repeat itself throughout the story. katara never has to work at, develop, or fight for her healing abilities, a jarring contradiction in a show that always stresses the importance of discipline and effort to becoming a master.

nothing worth having ever comes easy, as it goes… and yet healing comes nothing but easy to katara. what, then, is the audience meant to infer about the value of healing as a skill within the narrative?

katara’s empowerment arc in atla is one catalyzed by her own agency, driven from beginning to end by her actions and choices. she fights for every bit of power she has, fails, learns, fails again, picks herself back up, and repeats the cycle over and over. the struggle is what makes her growth meaningful, just as the fight is what makes her victory worthwhile. that is what makes katara a hero, and makes her so inspiring to the many girls who saw themselves in her.

for all that resilience and hardship and strength and growth to be stripped away in the legend of korra in favour of defining katara by some underdeveloped, unexplained ability she just intrinsically has not only devalues her as a character, but also undercuts the significance and impact of her character arc in atla. and that will never, ever sit right with me.

[wiklm]

i’m here to spread my zuko and toph sibling agenda

[zukoisneverhappy]

i have a teensy tinsey problem with falling in love with the (usually) non canon, doomed by the narrative, angst ridden, tragic ships…

i don’t plan on solving this problem

[blotsjunkyard]

it's been a hot minute since i've drawn because uni and art don't go well together... and all of my existing wips are BIG so i broke down and scribbled jet and buzzcut zuko

[aethersea]

it is funny though how kids' shows are so so so careful about death, no one's ever killed except MAYYYYBE the big bad, all those random side characters are fine, here have a quick shot of them before we leave just so you know they really did survive that 50-foot drop into a stormy sea,

and meanwhile kids' books nearly all agree that it's not an adventure until it has a body count.

[loganslowdown4]

Ayo! Happy (belated) 8 years to the Sanders Sides Q&A episode (March 7th) which revealed quite a bit of lore that we still refer to today 🔥💨💧🌎

Good golly what I would give to have Janus & Remus answer these questions tooooo 🥺💚💛 maybe one day 😄

[lynzishell]

🩵Meet My Couple - Valentine's Challenge - Atlas & Asher💛

Thank you so much @sadraccoon061 for tagging me!! This was so much fun to do and I absolutely loved seeing Ouro & Egregore's!!!

I'm going to tag: @igotsnothing, @hannahssimblr, @madebysimblr, @honeyjars-sims, @sirianasims, @zosa95, @elderwisp, @raiiny-bay, @havenroyals, @dandylion240

And anyone else who wants to do this!! Everyone do it and tag me cos I want to see them all!

The template and rules can be found here

💛🩵💛🩵

I've never shared the story of how/when each of them said "I love you" to each other. Of course Asher said it first, and I'm sure it's no surprise that it took Atlas quite a bit longer to say it back. I do plan to share all of that somewhat soon. I'm holding off until after the end of this current chapter because the reason it took Atlas so long will be shown in my story in a couple of weeks, so after that I'll start working on a little extra commentary for them to give all the details.

[waterfae]

ZUTARAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[yuwuta]

i can’t stop thinking about your waterbender!megumi au..,, like yes he’s more specialized in healing but would not hesitate in using waterbending to protect you from whoever or whatever (even if he prob loses😭) he might even learn bloodbending from the village’s hermit choso who knows🤷🏽‍♀️ and lmao him just giving you a betrothal necklace without verbally proposing you… i hate (love) this dork

even if he prob loses LOLL megumi is such a loser but it’s okay he fights valiantly <33 but yeah, him spending all his time with his mom and all the elders in the village healing and homemaking and cooking because his style of water bending is so soothing and calm, and also he’s a huge mama’s boy, and also because everyone likes to use his and toji’s strength to their advantage to get them to do the heavy lifting, but the second there’s a threat to you, he pulls out all the stops. suddenly he’s a trained fighter and master waterbender oh he’s so beloved to me <33

the necklace thing to me is like how katara was wearing her grandmother’s betrothal necklace without knowing it? he took a trip to the opposite pole where the tradition is engagement necklaces or bracelets or whatever significant piece of jewelry, and comes back with one for you and just. gives it to you, no explanation and then a day later someone else notices it and grins ear to ear congratulating you and megumi and you’re like ????? and it’s not until his mom is like “oh he did it! tell me all about the proposal!” and now megumi is dodging icicles you’re bending his way bc who proposes without proposing. but it’d also be equally hilarious if he also didn’t know it was betrothal jewelry and was just trying to be romantic and now you’re engaged LOLL

[synthshenanigans]

a friends mom said funky jash looked like hes from the 70s & i got bored sooo

theyre rlly cool u should follow them btw...

she make s such amazing art. u should go eat said art :D

[elderwisp]

Disparate Youth

+ fit checks

[the-algebra-thing]

the atla cosplay seemed to be a hit so here's another with @lunarstar-fell. I don't really want to compile them into one post because I feel like there will be some that get lost in there but I have like six more solid ones so if they keep going places I'll keep churning them out.

PS DISCLAIMER WE ARE SISTERS . SIBLINGS. I can't imagine this photo inviting it but nonetheless I feel I must say PLEASE don't be weird