#cloudbaby

[babybunnyplush]

I want more little friends but I'm so scared. People are scary

[babybunnyplush]

Is me honnnnnk shoooooo😴

The sleepiest kiddo , tucked in all safe n warm in its crib . So sleepy after such a mentally taxing day . Feeling so sleepy n not the best mentally . Soft music box lullabies playing in the background . The soft pitter patter of the rain hitting the window . Its favorite stuffie friend cuddled up with it as it slowly nods off to sleep . Everything so cozy . Resting and recharging for a fun filled day fun with its mama later 🤎

[leantailean]

The spring sun

Katara🩵

[mintjuliee]

Please draw more kataang they're so cute! 🥰

You draw them so well, I love it <333

Let's fast forward a bit from that last sketch...

[thinky-think-brainblast]

Am I the only one that really, really , really, HATES how mixed kids are portrayed in LOK.

Like why is their so much waisted potential, and it makes me so mad because I would really love to see one person embrace both of their parents nations therefore, by inheritance, ALSO THEIR OWN NATIONS. Like don’t just embrace the nation were their bending comes from or the nation of which they look like the most. *cough cough* Mako and Bolin.

Like we all know this is about Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin,

And like I know that Aang was the last of his people so it only made sense for Tenzin to take on more of his air nomad or air nation side, and I know it could be the parents fault that children don’t embrace both cultures, and I could get into the whole argument of *why didn’t Aang teach Kya and Bumi* and all of that, but one you have already heard that like a billion times, and two yes Aang SHOULD have helped them embrace their air nomad side more after all they are part of the few people who still carry air nation genes. And lets leave Aang bieng a better father at that (which by the way am still very mad that they wrote him like that.)

Let’s get back to the kids becuase it is the little things they could have done and didn’t do, as an example why did Tenzin not give Pema a bethroval necklace, like in my mind he did and Pema wears it but we can’t see it cause her robes hide it OR why didn’t we see Tenzin wear a Parka (I know airbenders don’t get cold just hear me out) when he was in the South Pole just because its his culture and he can embrace it down there. Or why doesn’t Kya carry around the necklace that Yang Chen, Gyatso, and Aang have, correct me if am wrong but I believe that they are used by air nomads to meditate, and she enjoys meditation even taught some of the knew air nation. I imagine she wouldn’t wear it around her neck but have it wrapped around her wrist or wear it on her hip like if it was hanging from a utility belt and then when she meditates she would USE IT. Imagine it is the necklace Aang used to wear so it would become parallel to katara wearing her moms necklace. And this are small details because I know Tenzin is the last airbender for a while and Kya is one of the few waterbenders who originally come from the southern water tribe, so they wouldn’t be able to embrace both their cultures so much. But lets talk about the other one… BUMI, in my mind he doesn’t only dress in water tribe clothes but his outfits are the perfect mix between both his cultures, he is a non-bender he doesn’t owe anyone anything, but the writers are cowards. And for me thats the bare minimum anyway, if it were really up to ME THEY WOULD ALL EMBRACE THEIR CULTURES.

Then again there is also the issue that whatever traditions or customs Tenzin does or practices will probably be copied or passed down to the air acolytes and the new air nation. We see this in LOK in one aspect, the nuclear family’s, Tenzin was raised by Aang and Katara in a reasonably big family ,water tribe style, this is something him himself carried on to do. This is not the traditional way to raise or procreate as airnomads, but it would have also been very hard to to due to there only being one airbender. Air nomads get raised in air temples with several other people they aren’t or don’t know if they are related too. So Aang and Tenzin did have to have a nuclear family, but the way Tenzin family is is very much representing of how he was raised. In the water tribes I ca imagine is more common to have big family’s and a little detail that is a clea water tribe family aspect I noticed in LOK is when Tenzin and Pema are sleeping in bed and we see Meelo right in the middle also sleeping until he answers the phone. I imagine this is something Tenzin learned from his own childhood, to have little kids sleep between both their parents while they are still toddlers or very young children, we can’t be sure but it will probably happen that this would be seen in Meelo, Jinora, Ikki, and Rohan, when they are older in their own families, if they have kids. Either way when we think about the air nation having a mixed of aspects of the water tribe culture we can’t ignore the fact that the new air nation will most likely also bring Earth Nation traditions into the air nomad culture, I mean Opal isn’t going to completely leave the traditions she was raised in and she is still pretty young imagine an older person having to cut off the traditions they have known all their lives. So at the end how much effort does Tenzin need to put into keeping air nomad culture as alive as it can when the changes that are going to happen to it are so clearly going to continue. I mean am sure Aang knew for a fact that air nomad culture was never going to be the same again. It wouldn’t make a difference in the world if the culture wasn’t the exact same, it would be a great loss in history and extremely saddening for a entire culture that was so different to others be changed(one of the reasons I don’t want to read Yangchens books is to not see how much of this culture was really lost), but it is not crucial to the balance of the world. What was crucial was for their to be airbenders, how this people go on about bieng airbenders doesn’t really matter to the safety of the world.

So yeah I got a bit side tracked, cause airbender culture is a whole other topic

[babybunnyplush]

I got Almond Shortcake☺️

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[nyamadermont]

kataang “You look adorable in that.”

(fumbled the specific wording, but I hope you'll forgive me)

Katara scrunched her shoulders, clenched her arms, and rubbed her face.

A lovely nap for a quiet afternoon. I wonder how I got away with it.

She curled up into herself for just a moment longer before twisting her body and rolling off the bed that she still couldn’t quite believe she had been sleeping on for most of fifteen years.

If Aang says one more thing about my back, I’ll pull out my pelts and he can sleep alone.

She scoffed to herself and shook her head. They were parted too frequently as it was. There’s no way she’d send him away.

Opening the shutters over the garden answered her primary question.

Down below in the garden, Aang held little Tenzin in his lap while Kya played her pipa beside him, and Bumi danced with his pipes.

Sokka would love to draw this. His art has gotten so much better over the years.

A wave of her hand brought enough water spilling over the windowsill to lower her gently to the garden. The children were oblivious, of course, but she saw the moment that Aang noticed her descending on her impromptu waterfall.

The smile on his face was so gentle and goofy that she had to return it.

“I want to thank everyone for playing so nicely this afternoon. I had a lovely nap.”

At the sound of her voice, Tenzin startled in his father’s lap and jumped up to run to his mother. Bumi and Kya stopped playing just long enough to switch tunes, and suddenly, everyone was dancing to Secret Tunnel.

Bumi reached over and took Tenzin’s hands, spinning him around to their matched cackles while Kya kept playing and singing.

Katara looked up, and Aang was right there in front of her, tall and handsome, with eyes only for her.

His kiss had a whole other playtime in mind, and she melted against him.

Behind him, Kya stopped playing, and Katara heard the pipa get laid down on the grass.

“Daddy! You promised!”

His forehead dropped against hers, but she could feel the chuckle inside his chest.

“You’re right, my little waterspout.”

He gave Katara a quick peck and stepped back, twisting and folding himself down to be eye-level with his little girl.

Kya looked up at him, and raised her hands to be picked up. Aang pulled her in close, and stood to turn to face Katara.

Her heart melted at the sight of matching flower crowns on two of her favorite people.

And then it melted again as Bumi struggled to carry Tenzin closer, both wearing crowns of their own.

Katara knelt in front of her children, wrapping them all close to her chest. She looked up at her beloved husband, and assured them all.

“You look adorable.”

[corpsedisturbed]

kataang's kids really were going THROUGH it 😭😭😭 tenzin getting fucked since season 1 and after kya and bumi showed up they never disappointed (were always in some life threatening situation)

[cabbageslost]

Improve my sketch!

So.. I am not a digital artist, like, at all. But the thought of Aang using air-bending to push his baby on a swing just would not leave my brain. So.. I present to you this pencil-and-paper sketch for Kataang Week 2024's Parenting prompt. Artists of tumblr (or beyond), I beg of you.. swipe this and work your magic! "Trace" it exactly and color it, use it as loose inspiration to make art in your own style.. whatever. Just tag me so I can see what this works up to!

(And if you're not an artist, work your magic by tagging all the fantastic artists you know who might be interested!)

[transformers0]

That image of young Kya in the third photo (Spirit Oasis)...

I can’t...

She’s just so cute!!!

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[mako-enthusiast]

I cannot describe the love I have for the cloud babies/ Kataang kids. They need a KUWTK style reality show for all I care.

[babybunnyplush]

Him otay buh I still cryd so much 2day

[aanglican]

@sasukeless here’s bits of lokgifsandmusings meta on the cloudbabies + aang:

Mike and Bryan didn't intend on making Aang look like a terrible parent. It was more about how Kya and Bumi interpreted Aang's constant absence, which was due to the fact that Aang was the Avatar. Aang ended up taking Tenzin around the world because, as the second-to-last-airbender, he had the best chance of carrying on his legacy and keeping his culture going. Aang simply had a tough time finding balance in all of the duties he had on his plate. The idea that Aang is a terrible father is an extremely exaggerated interpretation.

Aang was gone quite a bit of the time. [Katara and the kids staying put] could have been to give the kids a more stable and modern up-bringing.

Tenzin DOESN'T REMEMBER TRAVELING WITHOUT HIS SIBLINGS AS A CHILD. This suggests that these travels were not ALL THE TIME, but rather maybe even sparse and infrequent. Tenzin was not always with Aang, but was the only child brought at times along with political/spiritual trips.

Kya recalling Gurus and Old Air Nomad stories and being bored. We also see her meditating and attempting to 'sense spiritual energy.' This literally STATES that she was at least attempted to have been taught Air Nomad history and culture and was not impressed by it. This states Aang did in fact share his history and himself with his other children. This also leads to the question over if Aang was hurt by Bumi and Kya's rejection of his culture, or if he maybe stopped teaching them because he thought they didn't care and they grew up and grew bitter over not being taught.

lt's pretty clear All of Aang's kids loved Aang very much--they were ashamed of the idea of not honoring him and were willing to die for the Air Nation and Bumi and Tenzin both dedicated their loves to upholding Aang's laws, though in different ways.

[greyfongschemmenti]

Onto Season 2 of legend of Korra and it just doesn’t make sense or doesn’t sit right with me.

You’re telling me that of all the years Tenzin has been alive that no one told the Southern Air Temple that Aang had 2 other kids besides Tenzin? The fact that they are older than him is even worse.

Imagine being in your 50s and just now learning that people didn’t know you existed. It’s an ugly feeling.

It kind of put more truth into when Kya and Bumi would say that Tenzin’s memory is foggy because they weren’t in those trips. It’s sad that Aang wouldn’t share his culture with all of his kids.

It doesn’t make sense with the Aang we know. He was willing to share his culture to everyone. So to not do that with all 3 of his half air nomads kids. It doesn’t sit well with my spirit. It’s not the Aang I used to know.

[kataangiscanon]

Bumi talks about his Dad,Aang. My baby Aang was a Good Daddy.

[flameohotwife]

Labor of Love

belated tumblr post for @kataang-dungeon's Kataang Smut Weekend day 3 prompt: Work (pregnancy/labor). Rated E. 3.8k words. Written for @coyotelemon after a feral screaming session a million years ago and just finally finished.

“Sweetie? I’m home!” “In here!” Katara called back, and Aang knew exactly where to find her. She had barely moved from her spot in days—ever since the other healers (and Aang) had insisted she stop working—other than for daily walks with her husband to keep her blood flowing and for her frequent trips to the bathroom. Aang had even set a pitcher of water and a basket of her favorite foods on the table next to her that morning, so she wouldn’t have to waste her energy on that. He walked in and knelt down in front of where Katara was sprawled on the couch, taking one foot in his hands and gently massaging it. Her ankles were so swollen, now. She had been carrying this baby for too long. At least a week longer than any of the other healers (including Katara) had expected. He knew she was sore and tired, because the baby had been moving so much and pressing on her bladder so frequently that she was barely sleeping already. Aang had just gotten back from an “emergency” council meeting. He had already informed the Republic City Council that they would be operating without him for at least a few months as he attended to his wife and new child, but they kept finding reasons to send hawks over, requesting his immediate assistance. Katara had insisted he go that morning, saying that she still wasn’t having regular contractions and that someone would send him a hawk if anything changed. “Plus,” she had said that morning, as he reluctantly pulled on his robes, “you can remind them… again… that when things do change, they’ll need to learn how to get on without you for a bit.” Now, though, she moaned gratefully as he heated his hands and worked his way up her calf before switching to the other foot. Unbeknownst to Aang, his heated hands moving firmly up her leg brought another idea to the forefront of Katara’s mind, and subsequently out of her mouth. “Aang, please,” she begged. 

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