#leantailean

[leantailean]

quick sketch of Azula

[erisenyo]

“What happened doesn’t change anything.”

OR

“It’s okay to cry…”

Zutoph please ❤️

For this prompt game!

Zuko doesn’t know why he’s feeling so awkward after last night’s unthinking ease, so shy putting on his clothes when Toph can’t exactly see, so uncertain of how he's supposed to be.

And Agni, he knows he’s overthinking it, he does. But he still feels dizzy from how fast the morning went from heart-leaping excitement at finding Toph’s solid, sleep-heavy weight against him as he woke to...well, to this.

“Why are you just sitting there?” she huffs, tone nearly brusque as she tugs on her clothes, no art or artifice to it and he’d think that was just Toph if he didn’t vividly remember every second of the way she slinked out of her clothes last night, laughing the whole time, like all she needed to put on a show was his heartbeat to guide her.

“I—” He takes a deep breath, trying to ignore the too-familiar feeling of needing to work up the courage to say something. “I had a nice time.”

She cocks her head, blank.

“…Last night.” He clears his throat when she still doesn’t react. “It was…” Amazing. Funny. Exhilarating. Silly. Just physical in a way he never imagined sex could be. Unbelievable, because he never even let himself hope that she might feel—

“Yeah, Sparrowkeet, it was a good time,” she snorts, haphazardly tying off her belt. “Now what’s a girl gotta do to get food around here?”

“Sparrowkeet?” he blinks, thrown. That's...not what she was calling him last night, or before. “It—I can—or I can have the servants bring—”

“What, like my legs suddenly don’t work?” she interrupts, rolling her eyes. “Don’t think you were that good.”

“No, I—” Right, she doesn’t like to feel pampered, or infantilized, or anything like she can’t take care of herself. Right. “I just thought it could be nice,” he tries again, trying not to fidget, trying to make his voice a little more sure, a little more like it was last night. “To stay here. Together.”

She grunts, tugging her tunic on inside out. “I thought you wanted me to level some farmland or something. Make some terraces.”

“Well, yeah, but—”

“I’m not suddenly some fragile flower just because you fucked me, Zuko,” she cuts in, so sharp that he can’t help from rearing back from her tone.

“What—I didn’t—” He never said—why would she think—

“What happened doesn’t change anything, dude.” She rolls her eyes, somehow managing to give him an unimpressed look without ever actually looking at him, and Zuko doesn’t know if the word dude has felt quite so much like a knife to the gut before.

“You want some fainting fire lily who’ll collapse in your bed all day after a good fuck?” she’s continuing like this is some fight, stomping around for her headband, the fact that it’s on the floor by the door frozen in Zuko’s throat. “You can call Mai back.”

“That’s not—Mai wouldn’t—” He doesn’t want that, never wanted that. And Mai isn’t that, for one, even if he and her were still falling into bed together whenever they got bored enough for it to seem like a good idea.

But more importantly, Toph isn’t that, has never been that. And why would she think he wanted—why would she think he would have done anything they did last night if he—if he didn’t—

“Now where’s breakfast. I'm starving,” she says, jamming her headband onto her head like it’s any other morning, like last night they didn’t—like last night she didn’t…

…Like last night never happened, Zuko realizes, feeling suddenly so, so small. Because maybe that’s what she wants. For it to just...be nothing.

“Right,” Zuko says, squeezing his eyes shut against the sudden, hot sting, falling back on years of experience in sounding steady when he isn't, “Right. Let me just—”

“I can find it,” she says, already shoving through the bedroom doors.

“—finish getting dressed.” Zuko blinks his eyes back open to stare at the door as it slowly swings closed, eventually registering the way his hands are twisted in his tunic hard enough to tear. He stares at that a moment, then forces his fingers to loosen, forces himself to take a slow, deep breath, forces himself to get up and get dressed and not think about the fact that he should know, he should know, that reaching for fragile, impossible things only ever makes them crumble.

--

Toph strides away from Zuko's bedroom quickly as she can without outright running, silently thanking Oma and Shu that she’s the only one who can read heartbeats because she does not need Zuko being able to see through her right now, not like this. Not when she knows exactly how it is for a Fire Lord’s plaything, regardless of who that plaything is or how much he might like to think otherwise and fucking balls, there's a reason she’s never let herself do something this dumb-shit stupid before.

Sure, she’s never heard rumors about Zuko like that, not outside of Mai. But Toph knows how it works, even if he doesn’t. And she’s not going to do that. She’s not going to cut herself down to fit, she isn’t going to make herself small so anyone else can seem taller, is never going to hold herself back.

Not even if it means having...If it means finally getting to have...

She grits her teeth and shoves that thought away, stomping along the corridor and sinking her earth sense down toward Caldera’s slow-beating volcanic heart, and lets that fill her senses instead of whatever too-fast, too-sharp, too-confusing, too-impossible thing Zuko’s heart is doing behind her.

[maikingsenseofit]

Announcing Maiko Week 2024!

Daily Maiko announced on Twitter that MAY-Ko week will be from May 1st - May 7th 2024!

Here are the prompts, they look amazing. It will be so great to have our first Maiko week in two years

Please tag your friends, artists, and writers to make this week extremely special!

@bluespiritshonour @an-aspiring-jester @akiizayoi4869 @count-horror-xx @justinedont

@leantailean @privatefire @attackfish @loopy777 @swan2swan @rms10 @valkyrie-kun +MORE

[awkwardfoxdraws]

Zuko: "Why are we lying on the ground?" Toph: "I like the ground." Zuko: "ok" Gift for @leantailean

[kataraslove]

saw this on twitter so i decided to start a version on tumblr 💗

fan card - avatar the last airbender

fan since: 2010 (but officially had persistent brainrot since 2021 after the renaissance)

favourite character: katara!!!

least favourite character: ozai

favourite season: book 2

favourite episode: the waterbending master

favourite ship: kataang 💖

tagging others if they’d like to do their own version:

@chiefesskatara @survivalove @atypicality @flameohotwife @coyotelemon @akiizayoi4869 @transboyzuko @transaangg @autistic-katara @my-cabbages-gorl @ididgettomeetyou @yangvik @dukeofdelirium @leantailean @galacticmountains @khrystyav @northerngoshawk @toph-bi-fong @vibee2001 @coconutsaiyan @arcmagecallum and anyone else who would like to do it <3

[vibee2001]

Appreciation post:

Shoutout to @lanjunlazy @lucky-chan34dl @leantailean @heyhanibee @pottyospanna @itsthedeadlyduo @coyotelemon

Yall are soooo talented it's unreal!!

The kataang/atla fandom is blessed to have you all!💙💛

[ladyofthelands]

To all those who create

Another year down! I wish you and yours a prosperous new year. May your muse be ever faithful in her inspirations, giving you ideas when you have none, guidance to flesh them out, and rest when it is needful. Happy 2024🎉🎊

pass it on

@deadcatwithaflamethrower @husborth

@wuxiaphoenix @obiwanobi @chaunguyenj @samvelg-likes-things @husborth @stagbeetleboy @ginkotracks @padfootastic @liaonyxrayne @d3epfriedangels @teecupangel @quasar-crew

@stealingyourbones @norcumii @frostbitebakery @only1benkenobi @yuumei-art @olderthannetfic @beemovieerotica @teeth-taste-nice @blue-sunshine-mauve-morning @birdantlers

@penny-anna @ljf613 @leantailean @quarra @wolfsrainrules @fanfiction-artist-prototype @minnow-doodle-doo @jube-art @3pirouette @xenosaurus @camgirlkaminari

@i-am-ct-5555 @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses @phantost @cookietastic @firefox-official @teapirate @phoenixyfriend @oriandcate @wellpresseddaisy @achairwithapandaonit

[coconutsaiyan]

https://www.tumblr.com/dattuff/733804771330473984/what-exactly-is-aangs-toxic-masculinity-that

Thanks for the ask anon. I’d rather keep this short but everything they’re saying is cherry-pick out of context nonsense. This way OP dismisses Zuko’s racism ridiculous. Of course they’re a zk shipper.

Leantailean’s reblog echo my sentiments and already pointed out Zuko’s racism and demand from Katara for her forgiveness.

Was Aang kissing Katara in the EIP episode right? Of course not and Aang definitely realized that. Zuko is more guilty of showing toxic masculinity with how he treated Mai at the party and after.

If you wanna look at examples at of what toxic masculinity is then look no further than A*drew T*te. He exhibits the worst part of toxic masculinity. Does Aang do what that asshole does or preaches? FUCK NO!

ZK shippers have this idea that Aang is a “nice guy” but he’s not that at all. Toxic masculinity is what Zuko has demonstrated while chasing Aang and his treatment of Mai. Toxic masculinity is what Sokka was before Suki knocked it out of him.

But guess what? They’re all kids! Kids make mistakes but they also learn from them. Aang, Sokka, and Zuko have learned from their mistakes and changed for the better. Katara, Suki, and Mai told them off like they should have. The boys learned and became better because of it.

ZK shippers once again show they have no idea what they’re talking about and cherry-pick out of context scenes to justify why their ship is better.

[azulas-daddy-kink]

If you're still taking ship asks: brutally honest thoughts about Toko (Toph x Zuko)?

I don't ship it myself (Maiko is my beloved) but I have friends that do, and I respect that. It's a cute ship, and the hate it gets is really undeserved. Oh, and @leantailean 's Toko art is amazing! Anyone who ships Toph and Zuko needs to check out her blog if you're not already familiar.

[leantailean]

Maiko

[erisenyo]

Tag 9 people you'd like to get to know better, tagged by @leantailean (like over a month ago let's not talk about that part...)

Last Song: Bad Idea by Gunnar

Favorite Color: Turquoise!

Currently Watching: Naruto, in as much as chipping my way through it a few episodes a week counts as 'watching'

Last Movie: The Barbie movie, if we are talking about watching the whole thing

Currently Reading: The Last Mrs. Parrish for bookclub and it is 2/5 so far :/

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: How could I choose?? Savory if I had to but that's very much a current-mood thing

Relation Status: single

Current Obsession(s): Zukki apparently lol, interior design as I try to figure out what specifically I think is off about my living room setup, fun blazers and jackets and boots, and holiday shopping for all my people. I have 23 people to get gifts for and 15 left to go...

Last thing I Googled: [redacted] college men's basketball team 2011 roster (trying to ID someone I went to school with lol)

Currently working on: Editing Part 8 of my Zukki week series (the last installment), noodling on a prompt someone sent in on tumblr, and chilling with the cat

Tagging: @ash-and-starlight @haroldtea @lizardlicks @fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma @chitsangenthusiast @sword-and-stars @allgremlinart @chiptrillino @ssreeder

[ljf613]

@leantailean

And then I discovered that she IS obsessed with my favorite ship and my brain exploded.

Do u ever see an artist with such an impeccable style that ur just like this artist would be so powerful if they were obsessed with my favorite character

[coconutsaiyan]

Can you please address kataang shippers using AI art they try to blame ZK but this is everywhere, I am anti both ships but AI must be stopped please signal boost

I'm not sure why you reached out to me anon since I barely knew anything about the Kataang shippers accusing ZK shippers until recently. I will say that I don't support AI art whether it be Kataang or ZK. I noticed @leantailean has been accused of using AI but they clearly don't. Whoever is running that AI police page doesn't know what the fuck they're doing. They're committing a witch hunt just from the anonymous asks they get. If someone is using AI art and trying to make a profit from it then they should be rightfully called out. AI art is a problem that affects all artists from all over the world. Anyone trying to pass off AI art as actual art should be called out for it.

[leantailean]

Of course Azula has TikTok

[coconutsaiyan]

Different anon here. Leantailean is not using ai but vlackevil is. I don't know if they are to be blamed or reported since they've been pretty open about the images being ai and never claimed them as their own

From what I’ve seen it was one post from them with AI art. I can’t speak for vlackveil since I don’t know them. On one side they were open about it but they still did it anyways. We should make sure to heavily discourage to use of AI art and spread information about its harmful uses.

[ljf613]

Lady Toph! The girl wasn't a firebender, she didn't have the natural heat resistance he did. If those flames hit her, she would burn. (BurningpainPleasestopSorrypain) Without a second thought, he wrapped his arms around her petite frame and twisted so that his back would take the brunt of the incoming flames.

- or so I have been told

Commission from the insanely talented @leantailean for part three of we all want love/we all want honor, my arranged marriage series about Toph traveling with Zuko during his banishment. (Click here for the uncompressed image, and here's the unedited version.)