#elemental spiritis

[coquexari]

Is it alright if you talk/ramble about your god designs?? :3 I’d love to learn about your thought process about them!!! :D

HI, YES, WILL DO :D!!! Okay, so, fun little thing, athena wont be here because I WILL be redesigning her, but not too much, just to basically match with Zeus a little more [favorite child moment.] For the most part, I basically try to put the branches that stem from the concepts of what they're a god of, like god of thunder and god of the seas, with both Zeus and Poseidon having elements of their environment. With Zeus' cloud hair and fluff, and his thunder like marbling on his skin, and Poseidon's water arms and fish features [the fins and black scales] Zeus' design wasnt as simple to think about as I thought, for the most part I kind of just dont put that much thought into it and think about it AS I go, I try to implement the leaves in other ways like his horns, and the MAIN thought in designing zeus is how much of a drama queen that he was that he'd want to make himself look more different than everyone else, my thoughts are pretty scrambled because i don't exactly know how to explain my thoughts in a linear pattern so im sorry if it cant be understood, basically just had idea after idea WHILE i was making him, his hair basically turns into his tail in the same design that Hermes has, just fluffier, AND his chest is charred/marbled with lightning coming from the center because power is where his heart lies. I wanted him to EMBODY, cockiness, king of gods energy, while also thinking it'd be funny that other than aphrodite he's the one with the most skin shown..just because. Poseidon's design was in similar existence with Zeus, but where Zeus was as big and puffy as his clouds, I wanted poseidon to be as sleek as water, his hair had to be waves that melded into the seas whenever he was in his element, and when he wasnt, his hair would flow to the floor giving the look you usually see in water breathing from demon slayer [image below] His hair flows in the same sense, while keeping its form for the most part.

Hermes! well, he kinda just came to me while I was doodling him, ngl I had to pull out google to figure out what hermes looked like the first time to get more than one idea, and decided that it'd be fun to make him more of a mysterious trickster of a mailman that is alot more threatening than he's let on, giving him a more 'biblically accurate angel' look with all the eyes came from the idea of him being a messenger and being able to go anywhere as quickly as he does, you'd never really know when he was or wasn't watching. I thought I'd just implement that more into his design, ALSO incorporate some spirity ghostly things mostly on his cape, just to make his role of guiding souls a bit more shown :3 APHRODITEEE Was simple, but a really fun thought, as the goddess of beauty and allat I wanted her to basically be as customizable as possible, marbling vitiligo with white hair, a canvas capable of change. She's able to mold herself as whoever you want her to be, and whoever she wants herself to be, but her main look is a dull pink with marbling vitiligo and hair so white you'd get blinded looking at her, I also added a bit to the dove look with her hair, making it look and flow like feathers whenever she moves.

Basically, again, all of my ideas usually stem from the concepts and branches of their titles, and my want to just make them all silly and pretty, i havent designed others yet but I hope this answers it! :D!

[lunamagicablu]

Connettersi a questo mondo è abbastanza semplice. L'unico accesso possibile agli spiriti elementali, che vibrano ad un livello di vibrazione molto sottile, è attraverso l'apertura del cuore. Altrimenti non si mostrano o non entrano in contatto, perché il mondo umano, al livello attuale di pensieri, ha un livello di densità troppo pesante per queste sensibili creature. Nel tempo si sono ritratti come in una dimensione parallela. Gli spiriti della natura hanno una forte sensibilità e sentono l'odore dell'emanazione complessiva di una persona o di più persone. Tiziana Mattera ************************ Connecting to this world is quite simple. The only possible access to the elemental spirits, which vibrate at a very subtle level of vibration, is through the opening of the heart. Otherwise they do not show themselves or come into contact, because the human world, at the current level of thoughts, has a level of density that is too heavy for these sensitive creatures. Over time they portrayed themselves as if in a parallel dimension. Nature spirits have a strong sensitivity and can smell the overall emanation of a person or several people. Tiziana Mattera 

[ao3gobi17]

I apologised preemptively for this:

IF YOUVE NOT SEEN AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER PLEASE IGNORE

This is more related to the canon series than custody, but if you’ve ever seen avatar the last airbender,  what element would you think spider would bend? This is if the avatar characters were inserted into the ATLA universe, not regular old pandora with people that can bend. I feel like every element (or non) has at least a few good talking point.

fire bender - firebenders are evil 😈in ATLA, so it would make sense if Spider was a fire bender. I think quaritch would be a non-bender no matter what nation he’s from, but Spider could very well be a non-bender from the fire nation as well. I feel like if Spider was a non bender from the fire nation he’d defiently go full blue-spirit with dual dao (or some other) swords.

water bender - specifically southern water tribe. This is mostly bc quaritch has blue eyes and you don’t see that in any other nation. I also feel that southern water benders are more fierce than northern. They also tend to bend smaller amounts of water in ways that augment their body which I feel fits Spider quite nicely (I’m imaging him like ming hua from korra, only with the tentacles being made of ice and on his back), whereas northern water tribe act more like a rock in a stream, bending the water around them and diverting its flow. It also matches spiders stripes to be blue. I feel like since the northern water tribe is more “advanced” than the southern one, that Quaritch would be from there and Spider would have been raised in the southern tribe.  I could totoally see water tribe non bender spider rocking a wolf tail and boomerang

Earth bender - Spider as an earth bender is probably my #1 on this list. In this little AU (that I’m legit developing while writing this), people in the eastern earth kingdom are equivalent to forest na’vi. And the western earth kingdom (which is heavily influenced by the fire nation due to its location) is home to people like Jake, norm, maybe wainfleet idk. If Spider was an earth bender, it would defineoty be on his mothers side, with quaritch being fire nation - stationed at the western earth kingdom capital and in charge of expending the fire nations territory further east. I feel the eastern earth bending style would definitely include seismic sense as a way of hunting. And instead of chucking boulders at one another, earthbenders would mold the ground at their feet like it’s clay. Whereas western earthbenders would totally be the Chucky rock type.

As an earthbender, I think spider would be incredibly happy that he bends the same element as the people he lives with - every sully is a non-bender except for Kiri…… (she’s the (unrealised) avatar shhhhh don’t tell anyone), but the Omatikaya has many earthbenders. But his style of earth bending would be very different to the Omatikaya. He would also be the Chucky rock type, but with smaller amounts - as his bending style is very reminiscent to fire bending. (He was so happy he didn’t end up being a fire bender). I don’t think he would be a non-bender from the earth kingdom, as I cant find a fighting style/gimmick that suits him well.**

*NEVERMIND - CHI BLOCKER SPIDER WOULD BE EPIC. (But i feel like it’d be too OP - maybe he’s not quite Ty Lee level, but he’s good enough lol)

And finally - air bending spider. Being an air nomad definitely aligns with spiders morals. Quaritch would be fire nation non bender again, but he would have inherited his airbending from his mother - bc she’s a pilot, this idea works quite well. I would imagine she’s a descendant of the air nomads/has many air nomads in her family line. (She’s a non bender in this also, maybe like how people think ty Lee is a descendant of the air nomads. But Paz is totes raised in the fire nation). When Spider was born maybe they had a sage or something to predict if spiders gonna be a bender or not, maybe midwife’s are trained in that or something spirity. And it says he’s gonna be a bender. Imagine their surprise when he lets out a gust of air when he’s a kid instead of a plume of fire. 

This is kind of dark. But in this AU (obvs the world is VERY different for plot reasons) Kiri is the next avatar after korra - however there’s no fancy machinery and the Industrial Revolution hasn’t fully happened yet. Imagine the events of avatar aang happened 200 years before they actually did. 

Onto the dark bit. So, airbender start popping up everywhere after harmonic convergence. And spider happened to be on of those who is born an airbender. The white lotus gets kind of corrupted, and they see the best course of action is to “buy” (or steal) airbending children and raise them in the air temples to “bring back” and raise a new generation of the air nomads. Spider gets kidnapped, no clue who his parents are or were he came from. I feel like this scandal would get out after Chief tonowaris non bending daughter (princess Tsireya) gets taken at the age of 10 because she bent a bit of air. (Tsireya and Spider r bffs in this).

Spider’s vibe would totally match airbending cultural clothing, and I feel as if he would invent some really dumb airbending technique and get his tattoos early like aang did (this is bc I want him to have the blue tattoos - they match the stripes so well). Another reason for that is I want him in this AU to be a master, so he can be like Tsireya’s mentor or airbending teacher or something. He would also defo ride his air glider like a skateboard. Being an air nomad also matches his personality quite well.

Another note - I don’t think spider would be an EXCEPTIONAL bender or anything, I think he’d just be creative. If he was gonna be OP at something, it’d be the fire nation non bender idea - with the swords.

For the sort of layout of the world

Tomowari - chief of the northen tribe (it’s like still north, but not directly in the icy bit. It’s near underground hot springs so it’s a tropical area)

Princess Tsireya 🚫 equal Princess Yue

Jake = non bender from western earth kingdom

Neytiri = non-bender from eastern earth kingdom

Mo’at = earthbender

Quaritch = non bender no matter what AU, allegiance to the fire nation even if he’s water tribe (maybe only half water tribe, raised in the fire nation)

Paz = non bender, earth kingdom or earth kingdom with air nomad ancestors. Always raised in the fire nation

Aonung is a water bender. He also sucks at it.

Kiri is the avatar with no clue she’s the avatar. She can “sense” ravaa instead of Eywa.

Grace Augustine is fire nation.

Mansk, z dawg, ja = fire nation

Lyle, norm, prager, fike , Walker = western earth king one.

Don’t ask me what the northern and southern earth kingdom are like.

Events of avatar aang happened in like the 1600s, he was born 1600, hundred years pass. He lives till 60. 1660, korra lives till 80. Means that kiris time is 1740-????

The northen tribes stronghold is under the ocean in a massive coral reef. The southern tribe actually allied themselves partially with the fire nation to protect themselves.

Animals are a mix of pandora and earth animals together. Instead of something like platypus-bear it’d be like thanator-tiger.

Ok. I’m done. This was literally just meant to be “if you’ve ever seen ATLA, what element would spider bend :3” type ask. But I got carried away. Dw I’m not asking for u to write this 💀 I just want ur opinion and to share my idea <3

Aha I love this 😂😂. I have often thought someone should do an Avatar x Avatar crossover and you might just be the one for the job!

So I did read the whole thing whether I'm qualified to or not. The truth is I watched it a bit as a kid. I don't think I saw a ton of episodes and I'm a lil hazy on the plot (like I knew the Fire nation was bad and the general concept of the Avatar and Zuko redeems himself, right? But not much beyond that). A friend of mine wrote a BTSxAvatar fic which was fantastic but I believe unfinished and I have seen the bad movie too. So before I answer your question, just know I am not qualified to lol.

I think... for me anyway, Spider's character doesn't suit Fire. I don't even think Q's does, though I get the Fire guys are the baddies. I also don't think Spider would have a special power, which rules out air as I'm pretty sure the point of ATLA was that the air guys were wiped out? (or were they just supposed to be lol). So it's water or earth for me and he definitely seems like he would suit earth more. I do like your idea that he inherited his mum's power, not his dad's - which does make Q being fire more appealing for sure. And yes, creative rather than exceptional - I really like that. Also the idea that his bending style is a bit like his dad's. Of course, Kiri being the avatar also makes perfect sense 👌 <3

[s-e-e333]

100%. It is unfortunate how curious how minors can be, thinking they can handle it and seeing “minors DNI/NSFW” etc. is a flashing red sign to them, it sucks and creates a dangerous space for every party involved, exposure to, using ‘bad elements’ as an umbrella term here, learning about bad elements when younger minds are not ready to absorb them yet is so unsafe it is absolutely not funny, it is inderstandable minors will be angry and screm and shout how unfair it is that they should be sheltered but artists really shouldn’t have all that responsibility, it is damaging on both sides.

For one adult artists on here or other platforms put up all these warnings and as many protections as available because they know how unsafe it is to exposure children to the bad stuff. And yes, minors are children, I know that sounds mean and mean-spiritied but it is literally the definition, you are not supposed to know this stuff yet, it’s unhealthy and unsafe.

Two, the argument could be made to make an NSFW blog, but in the same breath, minors will be attracted to that more because if their cuirosity and wanting to be part of something adult, it is misconstrued a lot NSFW being more p**n oriented and asscoiated rather than gore and violence, there is also the NSFL (not safe for life) but that involves severe triggers and bad content, which yes does envelope a lot of the “other” category when it comes to unsafe content, but it is not commonly known and doesn’t sound as serious.

I know it sounds like a recycled argument, over and over again no matter how artists convey how unsafe, unhealthy, disrespectful and dangerous viewing the content is as minors, but it is an important lesson to learn and literally everyone should know that. Younger people will again, say how unfair it is to keep the content from them and it shouldn’t be posted if they think artists can’t handle it, but, you also have to know that all artists were minors at one point, and like, duh, obviously, it’s just that, they know. How bad it is, not only because they create at it, but at the same time, most of the artists now were on the internet at a time where unsafe things were just thrown online because there were no proper warnings, could tahat have an influence on their own art? Absolutely. Which is why they have to and want to hone in on how dangerous and bad it can be.

Me: "Minors do not interact!!"

Minor: (interacts with the post)

Me:

[erinhime83]

Okay, this is being put up at the request of @callistochan87.  Which...fair enough, since I was actually going to do something with this a few days ago before my muse shifted onto something else *shrugs*

Because I am notorious for being cryptic in these things to the point where future me never has a clue what the hell I had planned, I figured, for her sake, I'll write down stuff in case I look back on this later and had forgotten what I had planned.  Bleh.So, anyway, @callistochan87 has been trying to convince me to make ES an original sci-fi story for a while now. Which...I've been fighting her on merely because the uniforms are so pretty, but at the same time, I can make the story work without the magical girl aspect.  And writing magical girl stories was easier back when this was created because of the influx of fan-fics out there.  So that might be one reason this story has been sitting in limbo for the past ten+ years.

Sooo...a bit of history/plot.  About 1000 years ago, the planet of Novis was at the end of a civil war.  The Realm of Spirits had been taken over by a rogue demon who they called Lady Spirit, because they never learned her real name, who had been trying to conquer the entire planet while pretending to be the priestess of Spirits.  The other priestesses managed to defeat her, but all they could do was seal her away.  They knew eventually she was going to be able to break free, and that the only person who could truly defeat her was the priestess of light.Now, the problem is that the priestess of light had been missing for millennia, so the rulers of the other kingdoms, save for one, decided that they needed to go and find the missing priestess.  They've been searching planet to planet, living the lifespans of the people as they search.  The latest planet is Earth.

The people of Novis have been living fairly peacefully this entire time, but have just started getting reports that Lady Spirit has either started to break free, or is about to.  So the last remaining priestess sends messengers in order call back her sisters so they could take on the threat.  But the problem is no one knows who they are or what they look like.

So the basic plot of the story is searching for the reincarnated priestesses while also fighting the demons Lady Spirit sends to stop the messengers/priestesses, and then, ya know, preparing for Lady Spirit's return while also lowkey looking for the priestess of light as well (which is not Adrianna, if that's what you're thinking).

So the first set of designs is the main designs of their human forms. 

Adrianna Roderick: main character, about 16-17.  She's just this average high school girl who gets caught up in this nonsense because she finds Celedonia.  She mostly agrees to it because she kind of feels bad for Celedonia, and wants to help after hearing her story.

Jake O'Reilly: love interest, about 16-17.  He's also this average high school kid, although he's considered extremely popular for reasons he doesn't understand.  He's Addy's best friend since they were babies, since they grew up next door to each other, and he gets involved because Addy's involved.  And he's been in love with her for quite some time, so he's not about to let her do something dangerous without him.

Melanie Roland: best friend, about 16-17.  She's, well, she's the true priestess of spirits, although none of the other priestesses realize that she's been following them.  She cares deeply for both Addy and Jake, and is a general all around nice girl, for the most part.  She's the main reason Addy, and Jake by extension, end up traveling to Novis with the others.

Isabel Easton: the leader, about 17-18.  She's the most popular girl at school (or was, depending on how old I make them).  Everyone loves Isabel.  This is mostly because she's actually the priestess of water, who lead the other priestesses.  She's sort of iffy about Addy and Jake helping out at first, but she quickly comes around.

Tessa Easton: the leader's sister, about 15-16.  She's an extreme tomboy, very into sports and the like.  She and Isabel get along extremely well despite being complete and utter opposites.  In fact, it’s best not to make fun of Tessa, because Isabel will end you if you do.  Tessa is the priestess of earth, and she and the priestess of water were sisters on Novis as well.

Natsumi Fukioka: the smart one, about 18-19.  She’s the oldest of the group, and was born in Japan rather that the US.  She obviously made it a point to get her butt over to the US to meet up with the others, and she’s an international college student.  She’s also the priestess of fire.

Rachel Hamilton: ???, about 14-15.  She’s the youngest of the group, and was born in England.  But she moved to the US when she was very young because of her father’s business, so she was basically raised American.  Addy sort of knows about her prior to all this because her younger brother has a crush on her.  She’s also the priestess of lightning.

The next set of designs is basically how they look on Novis.  So, ya know, the priestesses get their original hair color back, asand then Addy and Jake get theirs thanks to being introduced to magic or some such nonsense.  I really, really like how these designs come out.  I might do something later (maybe) showing what they really, really looked like in the past, but *shrug*.  I was honestly just trying to come up with outfit designs as well as figuring out their original hair colors.

So the priestess’ names are: Spira, Naida, Demetra, Ignia, and Eletra.

The last set are just the random extra characters of the story.

Zephira: she’s the priestess that was left behind to watch over Novis and the one who sent Celedonia and Aquarius in order to let the others know about Lady Spirit’s reawakening.

Celedonia: she’s sort of the main messenger, and Zephira’s younger sister.   She took on the from of the bird there to disguise herself for whatever reason, and was attacked by something which lead her to Addy’s window.  She decides she needs some help finding the priestesses, which is why she asks Addy and Jake to assist her. 

Aquarius: he’s the other messenger sent, although he was sent by the actual people of Novis.  he takes on the form of the cat there.  He actually comes upon Isabel extremely fast, but she doesn’t quite want to go back just yet, so she pretty much keeps him a secret for a while.  He has a crush on Celedonia, although he doesn’t really want to admit it.

Felina: one of Lady Spirit’s minions who was sent to Earth in order to find the priestesses and kill them before they could return to Novis.  She’s, for the most part, a pacifistic, not really wanting to fight, but knowing in order to survive, she has to stay on Lady Spirit’s good side.  She’s a fairly young demon, all things considered, and prone to failure.

Mukesh: the other one of Lady Spirit’s minions who was sent to Earth.  He was a general in her army during the initial attack, and was just sent back to the Realm of Spirits rather than sealed like she was. where he found Felina.  He joined her again because he felt like it was his duty.  He’s completely in love with Felina, and does whatever he can to keep her safe, helping with her failures the best that he can.

Lady Spirit: the villain.  No one is quite sure where she came from, but she somehow managed to overthrow the sitting priestess and her family when Spira was rather young.  The other priestesses honestly thought she was the priestess of spirits for the longest time, until she started the war with the other kingdoms. 

So...yeah.  I realize that’s just sort of a lot for three pictures, but meh. 

(Originally, Zephira and Celedonia were going to have fairy wings, and Aquarius had gills, but I didn’t want to think of the ‘special features’ of the other people, so now they’re just, ya know, human looking aliens who have the ability to use magic.)

(Oh, and I think it’s funny looking back at old pictures and other ES stuff where I’m like TESSA IS NOT A LESBIAN, SHE TOTALLY LIKES GUYS, and now I’m like, lol, guess what?)

[journal-of-the-kind-witch]

PSA to all the witches

It’s okay to question your craft. It’s okay to change your path. It’s okay to see what is working for you, and what is not. There is no shame in deciding, that some stuff are just not for you. There is no shame in breaking up relationships with spirits and deities. There is no shame in stoping being witch, or taking a break. Questioning your craft allows us to grow, to discover ourselves and that is never a bad thing. Earth is changing through the year, so why wouldn’t we?

[grasshopperdoingdogpaddle]

It only just recently occurred to me but; if Evil Chase Young’s feline army of fallen great warriors consists mostly of Tigers and the Evil alternate reality Master Monk Guan has his filled mostly with black Jaguars, then does that mean that, had it have been Grandmaster Dashi who was corrupted by Hannibal Roy Bean, his fallen warrior cat army would have been comprised mostly of Lions? Come to think of it; what would his monstrous Heylin alternative form have been?

The fact that there are three main jungle cat types shown and three members of Dashi's trio is a neat coincidence! Chase favoring tigers fits into his dragon-and-tiger philosophy, Guan's preference for panthers is interesting, so an evil Dashi theoretically having an army consisting mainly of lions would be perfect!

With on main caveat. I don't think Dashi would be gathering other warriors and making them submit to him like Chase and Guan do. It just doesn’t seem like his style, and one thing I like about the soup changes is that there is a some twisted part of that original personality left. 

But I do still love the imagery of Dashi with lions.

So I imagine statuesque imperial guardian lions that are either transformed forms of other monster or magic-powered golems similar to Wuya's. Maybe whatever that would look like in cloud form, to fit the wind element.

As for Dashi's monstrous Heylin alternative form, I haven't thought about it. If I had to guess, I'd imagine it's got an ethereal sort of intimidation about it. Something wispy and fluffy and larger than life, with tendrils and fins and this otherworldly shape to it. Something that’s a shape contrast to the sort of intimidation that the monstrous forms of Chase and Guan command.

Like...

Imagine this thing, but more wind elemental than water elemental. Or something a little like a Darkside from Kingdom Hearts?

Dashi's monster form would very hard to hit, practically impossible to pin down, spirity and light but hits very hard.

[cemeteryfun]

We can unprivate now,

uhhhhh embrace would probably kill the ritual, so I imagine it would die. but that said I have no idea, and I don't think I would know until I tried.

Good question. Technically I'm pretty sure that if you fed a spiriti blood it would ghoul them. Because that's magic in on its own.. so I imagine it would work on the body.

Since, I hope, the spiriti would retail all other elements of being alive. Like hunger, and tasting food etc ..

So I suppose it would be a risk associated with.. life.

@winters-beginning ...you can't kill a person..... i dont think thstd be good for u

[flameohotwife]

Hi. I'm in the Zutara fandom and a great chunk of it happened because I liked their fire-water aesthetic then later on they just made absolute sense to me after reading a lot of analyses/metas about the ship.

I sometimes like Katara and Aang together, especially when they're portrayed as older individuals and I'd like to explore them further. I would like to ask you if there are must-read analyses/metas (or even fics??) you could recommend in support of them?

Hi, anon! I want to apologize for leaving this in my inbox for so long. I wanted to make sure I was able to devote time and mental energy to answer this and I haven't had much of either, lately. Also full disclosure that this is a kataang blog and I mostly block content from other katara and/or aang ships, NOT because I don't support it (ship and let ship and all that!), just because I try to curate my internet and fandom experience to be one that I fully enjoy.

I love love love reading (AND writing) older kataang. I've actually been enjoying middle-aged domestic kataang a lot recently, probably because I am a middle-aged domestic myself, haha. There are a lot of great metas out there. This is one of my favorites, which goes into the three possibilities of Katara and Aang's relationship post-series. Also this one which shows the way kataang's relationship develops over the course of the show. There is also an entire @kataang-meta-archive blog where you can peruse some of the metas that have been written on the ship (the blog hasn't been updated in a bit, and since it's a collection you can expect some metas to be more thoughtful or in-depth than others, but there are a lot of good analyses there).

As for fics, oh, there are so many.

Broken Pieces Still Belong (rated T) by @thinkingisadangerouspastime is not technically a shipping fic, but a canon-compliant exploration of Katara and her grief and her feelings and motivations throughout the second half of book 3 and her journey towards forgiveness.

Blue Ribbons (rated T) by @justoceanmyth is a beautiful exploration of Katara's understanding of and relationship with Aang's tattoos and his scar. It takes place after they're married and has a lot of amazing cultural elements too.

The Ghosts That We Knew (rated T) by @itsmoonpeaches is an amazing, haunting post-war story involving spirity shenanigans, delicious foods, murder attempts, and a vengeful Katara.

Three Times (rated G) by silverthunder is a missing scene fic that explores Katara's feelings about Aang when he's missing during the finale.

Without Water (rated T) by @chocomd is one I'm still in the process of reading (like I said, not a lot of time recently) but it's AMAZING--it takes place in the time between books 2 & 3, where Aang is in a coma.

And since you said you particularly like the idea of them older (I get it, they do seem to get together really young if you're thinking of them in our world/universe), here are a few fics where they still get together young, then break up or are separated for some reason, then (I'm assuming in one case since the fic isn't finished yet!) get back together again when they're older:

Drag You Down (rated G) by @chocomd (still in progress)

This List from @thekataang-fanfiction-archive but be warned that many of them are rated M or E (not all, though).

Unspoken, Undeniable (rated T... so far) is one that I've been working on. It's not a break-up/separation story, but a fake-dating in-universe AU where they don't kiss on the sub or at EIP or in the finale but remain best friends, until Aang comes of age and the powers-that-be start pressuring him into something he doesn't want. It's still in progress as well.

I hope this helps, anon! And know that I'm not trying to "convert" you or anything--I fully support everyone's right to ship and let ship! You asked for recommendations and this is what I could think of off the top of my head (and with extensive help from friends). I do love kataang and love to talk about and write about and explore their relationship, though, so if you have any other questions or want more recommendations of different types, please feel free to reach out! I also want to say I really appreciated the respectful and kind way this ask was phrased, despite "ship wars" (which I do my best to avoid and it sounds like you do, too). Thank you so much for the ask!

[lykegenia]

Legend of Korra rewrite

So what happens when you cross caffeine-induced insomnia with a brain willing to fixate on the most random shit imaginable? Apparently a remainder that I’m still salty about all the ways Nickelodeon fucked over Legend of Korra by not letting it have a multiple season arc greenlit from the beginning. What’s there is already good considering the parameters Bryke had to work with, but only getting one season ordered at a time with studio execs prodding at various plot elements means a lot of potential was squandered.

My 3am brain decided to fix it.

This isn’t a comprehensive beat-beat-by-beat rewrite, I don’t have time for that. It also might not be entirely coherent because, again, 3am brain. I’ll only be focusing on the main characters since they’re the ones doing the most to drive the plot forward.

Before we begin, let’s talk themes. If we’re going to have an overarching, coherent narrative, we’re going to need to give it themes, for flavour. I really like the way LOK used each season to explore the flaws of different political frameworks (e.g. populism, anarchism) but there’s nothing to tie it all together, and the story becomes less about Korra and more about the world she inhabits. In this rewrite, Korra’s journey will come back into focus, and will (like TLA) explore a theme of balance. Specific to yin-yang, there are a bunch of oppositions that relate to each other – chaos/order, tradition/change, altruism/selfishness, freedom/boundaries – none of which are inherently bad, and neither side better than the other. There is no good and evil, only balance and the lack of it. For Korra as well, there will be the theme of legacy, of forging your own path instead of being defined by people’s expectations, of letting go of self-image, and of finding strength in community.

Here we go.

SEASON 1

·        For the most part, unchanged. It’s pretty solid. Could maybe do without the weird double love triangle that was going on for most of it so we could dedicate more time to Korra finding community, and establishing what role the avatar might play in a world that’s seemingly in balance.

·        HOWEVER. I would add at least one extra episode to the ending, and change it just a bit. We’re also going to set up season 2.

·        By the end of the season, Korra does not get back the elements Amon took from her. At least not yet. Instead of being useless, Katara, whose character is not completely betrayed in this version, does manage to undo the damage Amon did, because she mastered bloodbending at 14 and is the world’s best healer according to everyone in the room. So what’s the problem? Korra won’t wake up. She’s trapped in the spirit world, either because of her guilt at being such a failure (in her mind) or because something is keeping her there, but there’s no way to tell which it is.

·        Korra, in the spirit world, is lost. She hears someone behind her, turns with a fire kick ready to defend herself, and… it’s Aang. He points out that bending doesn’t work in the spirit world, he found that out the hard way when he had to walk through an entire forest instead of using his glider. He tells her to follow him.

·        In the real world, it’s early morning, the fire’s low, everyone’s asleep. Someone (Mako? Asami?) wakes up and starts shouting because Korra’s gone. There’s a search party. Naga’s still in her pen, but there are footprints leading to a cliff and then… nothing. We’ve circumvented the execs worry about depicting suicidal ideation by making it clear first that Korra is off doing spirity things, and Katara, who is wise, tells everyone that they need to trust in the avatar.

·        Repercussions: Unalaq turns up with troops from the North ostensibly to rescue Korra. When it’s pointed out that she’s in the spirit world, he asks how they can know for sure. After all, someone tried to kidnap her once before (“And you couldn’t protect her then, either – could you brother? Someone else had to do it”). Name drop the Red Lotus, but they won’t be important until later.

·        This is just a ruse to start the occupation. Aside from Unalaq having shady evil plans, the South has lost its way, they lost the avatar, and they owe the North for all the rebuilding they did after the 100 Years War (sarcastic huzzah for colonialism!) The last shot of the season is a mass of Northern ships advancing on the South in a direct parallel to the shot in the opening of TLA. (This also removes the contrivance of Korra being naïve enough to believe a word of anything her obviously evil uncle says.)

SEASON 2

·        Korra washes up on a Fire Nation beach and is found by the priestess lady who in this version is definitely Azula btw. She’s chill after 70 years. The opening of this season is the two-parter where we learn the origins of the avatar because a) it interrupts the story less to put it here and b) it’s a far more organic way for her to relearn how to connect with all her elements that ties into her character growth instead of being another Lion Turtle-ex-machina. She also learns that harmonic convergence is coming, but not quite yet (it won’t be the S2 finale but more on that later) and that she needs to find out where Vaatu’s prison is so that she can keep him there.

·        Meanwhile, in the South: Civil war. Katara is among the first to stand up to the occupation and fights back (the South knows how to fight, it spent 100 years fighting while the North cowered behind its high walls and did nothing) because her character is not completely betrayed in this version of events. She will not let her people be subjugated again. The others want to stay and help, but the Southern benders are holding their own for now what they really need is outside help to get the North to back down (and we haven’t seen this much politics in kids media since the Star Wars prequels). Tenzin and family head to the Fire Nation to get help from Zuko/Izumi. Lin, who has her bending back thanks to Katara, goes back to Republic City to garner support from the United Forces. Asami and Mako go with her – Asami to sort out Future Industries, Mako because it sucks being a firebender at the south pole in winter, and because he wants to help Lin. He has to let go of his need overprotectiveness because Bolin stays and joins the rebellion. There is not a weird abusive romantic subplot between him and Eska.

·        Korra finally gets back from the spirit world. Hears about trouble in the South from Azula, and her first instinct is to rush off to the south pole, but harmonic convergence is a bigger threat to everyone. Like Aang, she has to choose between her duties to the world and her attachment to her people. She’s persuaded to find Tenzin/Jinora instead, and gets given a sky bison.

·        Tonraq gets captured, but not before learning why his brother REALLY wants to get to the portal in the spirit trees. Nobody else finds out. For dramatic irony. And so the audience can get a bit of exposition without it seeming clunky. He’s been weakening the boundary between the spirit world and the waking world in preparation for letting Vaatu out, and that’s why there are spirits running amok everywhere. Fighting is getting worse.

·        All the events in Republic City still happen, maybe with tweaks but not enough to change the direction of the plot.

·        Korra finds Jinora, and together they set off for the spirit world. Yes Korra still gets lost. Last time she had Aang as a guide but a) without him she doesn’t know how to navigate b) she’s still new to this whole spirituality thing c) since she was last in the spirit world Unalaq’s destabilisation of the boundary means things are a lot more chaotic anyway. Yes we still see Iroh, and he helps her, and we get a showdown in front of Vaatu’s tree. He mocks Raava for being too late to stop him. But at least now they know how to get to him from the real world. Jinora still gets kidnapped.

·        The S2 finale is mostly the same, except Unalaq does not join with Vaatu. Vaatu promised that’s what would happen but Vaatu is a spirit of chaos and discord, he is inherently selfish, so instead feeds on Unalaq to free himself. There is no giant battle between spirit Korra and spirit Unalaq, we are not in Pacific Rim. Also, the battle between Raava and Vaatu is not good/evil, but they are in opposition.

·        Most importantly, the good guys lose the finale. The big final battle happens to stop Unalaq getting to the Tree of Time, and they’re too late. Vaatu is freed and his prison, the Tree of Time, is destroyed in the process. Chaos ensues. (This is what brings the airbenders back but we don’t know this yet.) Harmonic convergence is looming, Team Avatar’s job now is to find a way to beat him now that the tree of time has been destroyed.

SEASON 3

·        Spirits of chaos have unleashed airbenders. Oops, that includes Zaheer. They’re here to fuck shit up.

·        Season 3 is generally pretty good and well-paced, and the finale is banger, so most things will be kept the same except the chaos the Red Lotus creates in the Earth Kingdom is directly feeding Vaatu, making him stronger. Korra’s trip to the spirit world to learn the origins of the Red Lotus is slightly different. Instead of Zaheer, she connects with her previous lives. She and Kyoshi get on like a house on fire. Kyoshi explains the Red Lotu’s origin, but Zaheer has been waiting for her, attuned to Raava’s energy. They have a fight, shows Korra is improving in her spirituality by how she can manipulate the world (better resolution for that arc, consistency between seasons is nice), but she’s no match for Zaheer. Tries to warn him about Vaatu but he argues that by fusing with Raava the avatar disrupted the balance of the universe and that he’s helping put it back. The people who are going to die because of this will simply be redressing the balance. This fight is what keeps Korra distracted while the rest of the Red Lotus attacks.

·        Finale is banger, keep it as it is.

SEASON 4

·        Kuvira’s motivation now isn’t just trying to restore order in the Earth Kingdom power vacuum, she also knows harmonic convergence is coming and wants to impose order to stop Vaatu winning since the avatar is AWOL/not recovered. During the early part of S3 world leaders were warned about harmonic convergence but since it’s traditionally the avatar’s job to deal with spirits, nothing was really done.

·        She’s actually making the problem worse.

·        Team Avatar and the airbenders etc all fall on different sides of the ‘how to stop 10,000 years of darkness’ discussion, and without the avatar as a unifying voice, it’s making the problem worse.

·        Most of the plot beats stay the same, but there is no giant robot shooting spirit plant lasers at things, because. Well. We’re not in Pacific Rim. Kuvira can still be forcing Varrick to build her superweapons, though, as a treat.

·        The big finale finale is harmonic convergence. Vaatu manifests, stronger than last time because he’s been feeding on the chaos of the human world, and now there’s no Tree of Time to imprison him. What will Korra do next?

·        The avatar cycle is broken. Kora wins, but at the cost of her connection with Raava, because Raava is the only one who can really control him in the end. Their struggle is eternal. Think Ed vs Truth at the end of FMA:B. All the experience of the past avatars feeds into Raava’s power and it counterbalances Vaatu, Korra lets go, and the two “destroy” each other locked together. The explosion of spirit energy brings about a new spiritual age. Maybe Korra keeps her waterbending, maybe she loses her bending entirely (which would be a nice bit of symmetry with the concerns of S1) but she still steps into the spirit portal with Asami at the end.

[andiwriteordie]

TELL ME ABOUT WILL'S AIRBENDING

ok taking a break from mike and firebending to talk about will's airbending a little bit. (also as an aside rori your tag "3. gayass" just made me fucking die YOU'RE SO RIGHT THOUGH AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT LOUDER)

i suppose i should talk to you about will and his airbending tattoos, huh?

@messrsbyler came up with a LOT of this as well so i am tagging them, because we've been throwing around ideas back and forth to make will's spirit world experience/trauma! so! freaking! awful! :D sorry will.

i think i've already established in some other asks or rambles about how will, of all the party members, loves his bending the most. whereas dustin is a nonbender, lucas hates that he doesn't do well in combat bending, and mike just can't seem to get his firebending down, will loves airbending. he's not a natural at it, per se, but he's good at it. and jonathan is a good teacher. he doesn't just teach will the techniques of airbending, but he also teaches them their heritage as airbenders. he talks about the air nomad genocide, about the culture that was lost and that avatar aang fought to rebuild after the 100 year war. the two of them try to adopt as many ancient air nomad traditions as they can as will learns from his brother. (side note. i am emotional thinking about jonathan not enjoying bending but knowing his brother does, so he goes to the library and researches as much as he can so he can do this well and can teach will all the beauty of their element that jonathan never got to experience)

so right before the story picks up (which, by the way, i'm placing them at about 14 years old at book 1 because ST S3 is getting deleted and the time skip probably is too, so this lands the kids are around 17 years old if each book is a year apart), will can be considered an airbending master and get his tattoos. and god, he's so excited about it. this is what connects him to this community other airbenders, to this rich history he's part of, to a heritage and a culture and an art form that he's proud of. and he'll get to have tattoos just like his brother too, and the party is so excited for him too.

will gets his tattoos right before his kidnapping—literally right before, as in his skin is still tender and still healing from the tattoos and barely a few days later, he's getting dragged into the spirit world and running for his life. and his bending is the lifeline that saves him because he wouldn't survive there without it.

that's when he runs into henry for the first time.

this right here is mostly nic, genius that they are! again, the whole spirit-y connection henry (and will actually) has is still being fleshed out, but for now, we're establishing a couple things: 1) will is dragged into the spirit world by spirits because of an already existing predisposition/deeper connection to spirits and 2) henry does some advanced, rare form of airbending on will in the spirit world that nearly kills him. as henry almost kills will in that, at the last minute, will instinctively taps into whatever deeper connection he has to the spirit world (helllooooo will byers power arc), pushing himself into a sort of avatar-like state (in that he's connected to the spirit world on a deeper level than most people are able to), complete with glowy spirity nonsense on his tattoos, like you would expect with the avatars.

except it's too much. will is doing this on pure instinct, and he's tapping into spiritual powers beyond his control, and his body can't handle it. so it's the result of that avatar-like state/those spiritual energy in will's body that ends up scarring him because he can't handle/control it.

and to make all of this worse?

henry's an airbender right? and he's got a strong spiritual connection too and has been there in the spirit world this whole time. and so the same type of tapping into the spirit world and its energy is something henry has done before. and the same thing happened to henry's airbender tattoos—so now will literally looks more like his abuser than he does other airbenders. his tattoos are scarred, and he can't look at them without thinking about that ordeal.

[awitchandhersecrets]

Some Types of Shields:

As illustrated in Spiritial Protection

Wall shield: Empaths may misread this shield as irritation, annoyance, even dislike. Kinda literally putting up a wall, and empaths can feel that.

Bubble shield: viscous and permeable, 'no combat applications whatsoever' though.

Mirror shield: hard and reflective, sitting next to your aura, not inside it. Attacks can ricochet imperfectly and can hurt innocent bystanders. Anyone know how to make sure it's a return to sender?

Elemental shield: "the line between magic and energy work is very gray." She just had one inform the other. Very avatar. Pick an element or layer them.

Under the skin shield: Up through your grounding channel. Feel it filling your body, running like liquid just under the skin. = only a backup protection

[lunamagicablu]

Le anime sensibili hanno bisogno di riposo, pause, silenzio. Di ascoltarsi, di incontrarsi, di non sentirsi sole nella loro diversità. Hanno bisogno di bellezza, di armonia, di scambi autentici e profondi, di essenze pure, per ricaricarsi e poter così continuare a dare luce al mondo. Hanno bisogno di musica vera, di fiori, di alberi da abbracciare, di vivere con gli animali, di cantare, di ridere, di leggerezza. Hanno bisogno di fare ciò che amano, perchè è ciò per cui sono venute. Hanno bisogno di libri scritti con l'anima, di esprimere la loro voce nell'arte, come nell'azione, nella vita di ogni giorno. Hanno bisogno di fare ciò in cui credono, ciò che per loro ha davvero un senso, di fare dei loro pensieri le loro azioni, di coerenza fra ciò che sentono e ciò che mettono in pratica ogni giorno. Hanno bisogno di comunicare con tutte la creature, in modo libero e personale, di imparare a distinguere le voci delle loro Guide, degli antenati, degli spiriti liberi della Terra. Hanno bisogno di imparare a fidarsi, a leggere i segni, a distinguere le energie sottili della natura, degli elementi e di tutti gli esseri. Hanno bisogno di lottare e difendersi, quando è necessario, senza sensi di colpa, di imparare a schermarsi, a proteggersi, a dire no. Hanno bisogno di immedesimarsi nel vento, di farsi abbracciare dall'acqua, di scoprire i sentimenti dei cristalli, di scaldarsi ad ogni fuoco che incontrano, per riuscire ad equilibrare la loro emotività. Ma soprattutto, hanno bisogno di capire che la loro sensibilità è il loro vero, ancestrale, scintillante e indomabile potere. [Alessandra Pallanca] art by Urticaee ********************* Sensitive souls need rest, pauses, silence. To listen, to meet, not to feel alone in their diversity. They need beauty, harmony, of authentic and profound exchanges, of pure essences, to recharge and thus be able to continue to give light to the world. They need real music of flowers, of trees to embrace, to live with animals, to sing, to laugh, to be lighthearted. They need to do what they love, because that's what they came for. They need books written with the soul, to express their voice in art, as in action, in everyday life. They need to do what they believe in, what really makes sense to them, to make their thoughts their actions, of coherence between what they feel and what they practice every day. They need to communicate with all creatures, freely and personally, to learn to distinguish the voices of their Guides, of the ancestors, of the free spirits of the Earth. They need to learn to trust, to read the signs, to distinguish the subtle energies of nature, of the elements and of all beings. They need to fight and defend themselves, when it is necessary, without guilt, to learn to shield oneself, to protect oneself, to say no. They need to empathize with the wind, to be embraced by the water, to discover the feelings of crystals, to warm up at every fire they meet, to be able to balance their emotions. But most of all, they need to understand that their sensitivity it is their true, ancestral, sparkling and indomitable power. [Alessandra Pallanca] art by Urticaee

[quarantineddreamer]

Well, the reaction to the last update was so much better than I was expecting that I got kind of nervous about this update (Imposter syndrome...from myself? wut. why?! because that is how my brain works, amazing!) Nevertheless, I edited and edited, and now I am posting --and hope you all enjoy! Thank you again so much for all the support, I find myself at a loss for words sometimes (and other times with an excess that turn into awkward, nervous rambles like the above). Sending you best wishes, excerpt below ✨💙

Kissing Zuko was dreamlike, intoxicating, powerful, as though she were being melted and molded all over again, forged into something stronger than before.

Katara pulled away, breathless and flushed. “Not a dream,” she laughed.

“Not a dream,” Zuko repeated softly, sweeping hair from her face with the back of his hand. “Kind of feels like one though.”

Katara rolled onto her back to stare at the ceiling, the crystals shining like stars above them. “I know what you mean.”

“Does it…” Zuko hesitated. “Does it feel like anything else?”

“Anything spirity you mean?” Katara glanced at him.

“Yes…” His hand shuffled across the dirt floor to find hers, seeking reassurance. When their fingers were intertwined he gave a gentle squeeze. “If you’ve changed your mind and it’s too much, it’s okay. I would...understand.”

[duelistas]

@darkmagicattack​ has sent: Headcanon Please? @ Critias

Send me “Headcanon Please?” and I’ll reply with a random headcanon for my muse! [Accepting, specify muse]

// I’m feeling like sharing some worldbuilding, I take into consideration for Critias’ development:

Duel spiritis =/= Kas. I feel like there is a huge misconception between both, and I don’t blame anyone for imagining they are the same thing. The show sure as hell, never bothers to establish or draw a line of distinction between them.

Contratry to what we are bound to assume (I at least did until I did my research. I thought it was just a mechanic, meant to justify the monsters & whatnot). The whole ka and ba stuff we see in the MW arc is actually, grounded on the subject of one’s soul in the Ancient Egypt period. With that said, whenever I see those monsters I interpret them as originating from a human so they are kinda of stuck within Egypt. What this essentially boils down to is: the DM Mahad and DMG Mana from the MW arc aRE NOT THE SAME ONES we see in the season 4 arc (and even in GX) [Im only naming those two, BUT this can be said about any other creature that appears in both arcs].

Duel spirits appear to heavily rely on the existence of multiple-universes, this is something far more relevant to GX than DM per say. But it still is an important difference to be aware of. I also like the idea of there existing specific universes for each archetype or element.

Magic is dead by the modern/contemporary time, in Ancient Egypt magic was showing signs of decline (as seen how only a handful of people seemed to have access to it, and it was mostly kept a secret), whereas it was at its peak when Atlantis existed.

When it comes to Atlantis, I am basing it quite a lot off Plato’s dialogues and description. As well as taking inspiration from Age of Mythology stuff for it, since that is something I’m the most familiar with.

[angelshizuka]

Can people stop acting like Elsa’s back to being alone and isolated.

For one, she’s with the elemental spiritis (and in the post-credit scene it seems like Marhsmallow and the Snowgies moved to Ahtohallan). And even if you claim that’s not enough, she lives with the Northuldra.

The ending LITERALLY shows Elsa in the village, interacting with other human beings..... How tf is that the same as being alone and isolated!?