#i alwaus feel like I need art to talk about it bc idk how else to bring things up otherwise :'D

[cold-neon-ocean]

You know what bothers me....I love your baavira works so much yet feel so conflicted because I still hurt by how kuvira stabbed baatar in the back with the biggest metal stake 😭😭😭😭😭

Aaah trust me anon I know the feeling!!! Pretty much all the time I completely disregard the canon in the show regarding Baatar and Kuvira LOL they are my two favorite characters in the franchise and I will be the first to tell you that they were handled very poorly, Kuvira in particular has some pretty terrible character writing the longer you examine her from what the text gives you. Her betrayal of Baatar in particular really falls apart when put under the lens and it's definitely a sour spot for me as well bc when you think about it, it's incredibly needless and just feels more like the showrunner's personal disdain for Baatar seeping into the writing where it has no reason to be (which there is a lot of tbh)

But I'm happy you enjoy my content of them!! And rest assured that all my art of them takes place in a COMPLETELY separate AU where almost none of the mess from the show happens! They're still a pair of co-dictators committing many a crime against humanity and nature, but there's no betraying of each other, it wouldn't even cross their minds in my iterations of them. I like delving into the potential relationship we could have gotten from them in the show, where they're these two people who've spent a long time together sharing each other's feelings of inadequacy in their lives, and affirming each other's worth despite what the people around them or the world says. Giving each other the thing in life the other wants, with Kuvira wanting someone in her life that she can trust who genuinely cares for her and getting exactly that from Baatar, and Baatar wanting someone to acknowledge him for his own identity and capabilities and not see him as lesser than just because he's a non-bender and getting that from Kuvira. It's really a shame that those elements are at the forefront of their characters and the r show does absolutely nothing with any of that.

I could talk endlessly about my versions of them tbh, I know they're quite different from pretty much every other portrayal of them out there- including those by other people who like them, but I try to maintain the spirits of the characters and build off what groundwork was laid down so it makes me happy knowing that folks enjoy my content of them!! Sorry I rambled a bit but I hope that at least I could put some confliction to rest in knowing that in all my Baavira art there is no betrayal on the horizon!!

I really need to talk about my AU more so folks can actually know what's going on in it LOL but thank you for the ask, it always means a lot to hear people enjoy my stuff! ;_; <333