#kataang kids

[beifongswh0re]

Kataang children bonding by braiding hair hc

When Kya was a kid, Katara taught Bumi how to braid her hair since she wasn't always around to do it.

Whenever Bumi would braid Kya's hair, they would talk a lot. That time became their bonding sessions when they would talk about literally everything; from how parents annoyed them to their love interests.

Soon before Bumi moved out to join the United Forces, Kya asked him to teach Tenzin how to braid her hair since she couldn't do it herself.

Kya and Tenzin talked too, but it made her even more jealous of how much attention Tenzin was getting from their dad because he'd talk so much about the things he was doing with/learning from Aang.

She'd listen to him anyway. It was a way for her to learn about the Air Nation culture since she's always felt the connection to the Air Nomad traditions but couldn't get Aang to teach her.

After a while, Tenzin helped Lin get her hair in order after their trainings. Since they'd talk while he did so, they realized they liked each other a bit more than just friends.

Tenzin would braid Lin's hair a lot when they were dating; before they'd go out, went to bed, literally everytime there was a chance.

Later in life, Tenzin forgot how to do all of this since Pema never asked him to.

Bumi, on the other hand, didn't forget so everytime he visited his brother, he'd braid his nieces hair. Both Ikki and Jinora enjoyed it a lot, it became one of their favorite things to do with their uncle.

Seeing how much his daughters enyojed it, Tenzin asked Bumi to remind him how to do it. Since Kya was around, she offered to be their "model".

The three had an amazing time while doing this. It was a great come back to their youth, when Bumi first taught Tenzin how to handle Kya's hair.

[btheleaf]

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[fuzzykidney]

Found this on Reddit and now I’m crying.

1.Bumi he was always proud of you so stfu ok.

2. I bet Bumi excelled. He must’ve known some stuff from watching his brother and dad practice. And probably tried countless times to airbend for his dad when he was a child.

3. Even if he wasn’t a bender I am confident Sokka taught him boomerang and sword stuff while fire lady Mai taught him to throw knives.

4. Bumi, you were always part of the air nation ok

ALSO THIS IS SO CUTE, IS THERE A FIC?!

[aangarchy]

Do you know of any metas that disprove the argument of aang being a bad father? :/

I haven't seen any metas but i personally found the argument for Aang being a bad father weak at best

Aang wasn't a perfect father, that much is clear. But imo no Avatar can ever be a perfect parent (no one can be a perfect parent but i digress). The Avatar has a responsibility to the world. There are times where the Avatar isn't allowed to be selfish. For example, think of when Aang had to let go of Katara in order to access the Avatar State. How would Katara feel if he ever told her that this is necessary for him to activate it every time? I'm sure she wouldn't be fond of the idea.

The only thing we have to go on when it comes to Aang and Katara's parenting, is episodes 3 and 4 of Tlok book 2 (at least that i know of). Tenzin tries to recall his childhood memories that he thinks Kya and Bumi were a part of but turns out, they weren't. We don't know the reason for this, and we don't find out. I'm assuming these trips were perhaps intended as "airnomad lessons" or something like that, and that would be a reason for the other siblings to not be present. We do have to remember that Aang has a nation to rebuild. He's the only one in the world that was physically present during the time of the airnomads, and he only has so much time between his Avatar duties. He's the only one that can authentically pass on the customs. That's probably why these trips felt so frequent to Bumi and Kya, the few times Aang was present he was off with Tenzin for airnomad teachings. (Again this is my assumption. The writers never gave us a reason for the other siblings being absent or for the trips to even have occurred.)

(Personally i do feel like this is affected by bad writing. Why on earth would Kya and Bumi not also be considered part of the airnomads, as well as the watertribe? Why would they not learn everything there is to know about their heritage, even though they don't master the element? Instead bryke made Kya a mini Katara, Tenzin a mini Aang and Bumi just kind of floats lost in the middle, and is clearly supposed to be a mini Sokka. It's a very poor example of a mixed family.)

Kya and Bumi's version of the events are obviously going to be biased. They felt like their father was never there, and they're very angry with him for being absent (who wouldn't be). Tenzin's view is also biased, he was the youngest and spent the most time with Aang. It surprises me that throughout this episode, they never once mention what Katara was like as a mother. All of their anger is aimed at Aang (easy target, the mf is dead already) but Katara is also responsible here as the other parent. What were discussions like? Did the kids ever tell Katara how they felt? She was still married to Aang it's not like they had separated and started co parenting. They were a team. Did Katara spend a lot more time with Kya to teach her about the watertribe? Did she take Kya on girltrips? What was Bumi doing during all of this?

At the end of these episodes, when the siblings reconcile, Kya shows them a family photo. They all look back on it fondly. If Aang was truly such a horrible father (or even abusive like some people have claimed bc why not throw every term around) they would not look at this picture like that. They like their family, as flawed as it is. They clearly have good memories too, but because these particular episodes are about how parents aren't perfect (the conflict between Ikki and her siblings mimics that of the one Tenzin has with his) those memories aren't talked about.

Anyway to summarize this into a point: i don't think Aang was a bad or abusive father. I think he was unfortunately an pretty absent father as a byproduct of being the Avatar, and that he committed the ultimate parent sin: picking a favorite. I wonder what type of parent Roku was, or any past Avatars that had children.

[chiefbeifongcanrailme]

Who is kataras favorite child?

I wanna say Bumi.

Katara has always been a mother and the first person to give realization to this characteristic was her first born. Sure, Kya's basically a reflection of her and Tenzin's their new last airbender but Bumi's her special little boy.

[eeriezoundz]

I could be a good mother

[1v31182m5]

Secret identities

[queen-morgana91]

Yep

I also need people to realize that the first reason katara and aang had children is because.... they loved each other

God forbid a married couple have three kids out of love. Aang and Katara didn't get together to have airbender kids lol

i'm glad that many people are finally speaking up

[bluespiritshonour]

Here's kataang art dump. Reprise.

P.S. don't ask me why I handed Katara what looks suspiciously like an electric trimmer.

[firenaition]

atla as random tweets i found in my camera roll

[magnetic-rose]

man as i'm rewatching all of a:tla i really want to make a post about what are (imo at least) common misconceptions about the show and characters.

like a very common one that i see parroted way too often is "katara is too mature/motherly and babies aang," with the implication that her romantic love for him makes no sense.

but i'm more than halfway done with s1 and i think the fandom forgets that katara is a 14 year old girl. she's not a young woman, she's a child. and often times she's mischievous and funny and childish. she's usually right there WITH aang participating in his shenanigans. she even creates her own shenanigans. the show spells it out for the audience in episode one where katara and aang are penguin sliding and she says "i haven't done this since i was a kid" and aang replies "but you are a kid." one of the reasons she was so mad at sokka and gran gran for kicking aang out of the village was because "he brought laughter back."

and that's why they work and that's why she falls for him. he brings levity back to her life. he allows her to be a goofy, silly kid. they often support each other's little games. she cheers on him when he's riding the giant koi fish (until she gets distracted). they play in the river. she wears the necklace he makes her. he wears the goofy hat she makes. he goes along with her fortune-telling obsession.

and if anything, sokka is usually the voice of reason between them, trying to reel aang and katara in. and yet sokka gets the fandom reputation as the chaotic fun guy and katara gets the reputation as the "mom" who's telling people off. she's aang's biggest partner in crime and yet fandom treats her like the exasperated mom friend.

[btheleaf]

[poisonousquinzel]

little me, we made it.

it took like 15 years, but we made it

[tadpole-art]

Big Brother Bumi <3

[thethiefandtheairbender]

Katara's issue with being seen as motherly coming from the fact it seems to exclude her from being someone who can have fun

and you know who always believes and encourages Katara to have fun, well before this episode happens?

[jessmalia]

Mal's Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch: The Headband 3.02