#muse: katara

[sorrowmarked]

katara starter for @de2thletter's yue.

It wasn't that Katara was ungrateful for a chance to learn to heal from water bending masters. She was! Healing was useful! She'd seen it herself when she'd healed her burned hands. It was a wonderful thing, but it being separated by gender just seemed ... well it seemed stupid. Boys could learn to heal. Girls could learn to fight. Wouldn't it better that everyone was trained in both?

"I'm not saying learning how to heal isn't great," Katara said, "I'm just saying you've never once wanted to learn how to fight?" She asked, looking up at the older girl. "I mean you could keep yourself safe, keep your people safe!" She said. "There's no reason for the boys to learn to fight, and the girls to learn to heal, that's just ..." well she didn't want to call it dumb, but it was. Katara caught herself before it slipped out. "It doesn't make sense. You know I've mostly taught myself, I could teach you a few moves if you wanted."

[survivalove]

as i think about aang trauma blocking his death out his memory as he gets older, i also remember that his back scar faded significantly throughout book 3 while his foot scar never did.

and the fact that this is something that aang would never request or even think about.

but katara would. and she’ll never forget no matter how much his scar fades. now i can’t get the image of her healing his back in between episodes out of my head :(

idk if this was artist discretion or intentional. i guess we’ll have to see in the gaang movie

pic source and related hc

[lightanddarknessdragonlord]

boys when they want to satisfy the undisclosed desires in your heart

[sorrowmarked]

"The entire International Council?" Katara gasped, "And me a married woman, Have they no shame?" she asked, in mock offense. "Well good thing you're there to tell them I'm taken," she said.

"Depends on who you're talking to, sometimes good and bad is subjective," she said, a grin tugging at her lips. "You of all people should know that," she teased. Only so much room the bedroom for her to slip away. Only so much time she wanted to slip away. He catches her, she finds she doesn't mind it when he catches her now.

"I guess that's her right as a spirit," she said, reaching up to wrap her arms around his neck. "Who an really tell her she can't cover you up with her paint, hm?" If she stayed this close to him she was liable to completely forget she'd wanted to go out.

"Oh no, you've got the entire International Council talking. I have to remind them that Ambassador Katara is quite spoken for all the time with the way they're always talking about you and your ravishing good looks," Zuko whispers in response.

He then smirks as Katara continues to flirt with him. "And, would that be such a bad thing?" he quips back. It was hard to believe they'd been married so many years the way they flirted as though they were just on the cusp of getting together.

He watches with amusement as Katara holds up her dress and continues to dance around him and away.

"Trust me, I don't mind in the least. The Painted Lady can get whatever she likes all over me," he teases back, drifting his hand out forward, wanting to caress her.

[a-cloud-for-dreams]

Ok I'm writing fanfic about my version of @evermore-grimoire's Wheel of Witches (specifically about the Onyx Witch this time) so if you wanna be tagged say "Aye"

EDIT: I also have a Zutara fic in the works so if anyone wants to be tagged in that say "Mask"

[pocketfulofgalaxies]

i can't tell you the last time i actually felt safe. / for Katara. Being the firelord is taking its toll

"Hey. It's fine, I mean I get you. Besides i've lost count of how many times I always had to look over my shoulder. Or get into battle after battle, no offense with the fire nation." Besides, could anyone really truly feel safe. Sure there was peace for now. But, that peace could as easily be shattered in the blink of an eye. "I know we had our differences but that is all in the past. I'll always be here for you, and if you ever feel unsafe for any reason. Just give me a shout." Katara smiled.

[crownshattered]

|| Just ignore this!! Need to drop a few tags as I put some musings in my drafts~

[drvcxrys]

(¸.• ♛ → "you look really nice, toph." she comments with a small smile on her lips looking at her friend, it was nice to see her here, even if sometimes wasn't really her scenario, of course. "are you having a good time?" that was the important question.

@irresistiibles (toph)

[awanderingmuse-fandom]

Chapter 17

NOTE: The last Chapter 17 was in fact Chapter 18. So I had to back post this. Sorry for the confusion, y'all.

Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender

Summary: Music night washes over Iroh. The crew’s attention  on each other means no one notices  their allegedly ill prince slipping over the side of the Wani and onto the dock.

Zuko, as The Blue Spirit, is leaving to meet another White Lotus Bud agent to exchange information on the Earth Armies for similar details on Fire Nation troops.

The White Lotus Buds are more successful than Iroh expected. Sometimes he thinks the war would end in days if they left the operatives in charge.

The White Lotus Buds were inspired by Zuko himself. It wasn’t difficult to connect The Blue Spirit’s earlier escapades with Zuko. Not once one realized there were connections to make.

Iroh does not know when the sneaking began, though he has his suspicions. Ten year old princes don’t go missing for days on end easily. And there’s the  ambiguity surrounding  Azulon’s death and Ursa’s sudden flight. When it started doesn’t truly matter when Zuko will not speak of it.

Shaking off his wandering curiosity, Iroh lets himself be drawn into the singing of an old sea shanty. It helps keep an old man awake, which he will need if he wants to be alert for his nephew’s return later that night.

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Referenced child abuse,   Graphic Depictions of Violence, Strong Language  

Characters:   Zuko, Katara, Blue Spirit, Painted Lady, Sokka, Aang, Toph, Suki, Iroh, Kanna, Bumi, Ty Lee, Azula, Jet, Paku, Haru, Tyro, The Boulder, Smeller Bee, Jeong Jeong, Teo, Yue, Yugoda, The Wani Crew, Hei Bai, Arnook, Lieutenant Jee, Other Cast, Original Characters, Zhao  

Pairings: Zutara, Sukka, Taang, Tyzula

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They made it to the Fire Nation and after the blockade everything seemed to be going okay. Zuko was definitely still on their tail and Sokka said they would have to do something about that, but right now they were relatively safe. His friends were even relaxing in the saddle a bit. Even Sokka who’d scared Aang badly when he’d fallen out of the saddle.

[marigoldbaker]

not watching the live action atla and completely at peace with that decision

[myfatmuses]

"As your doctor I need to remind you that excessive drinking as well as snacking is bad for your health. I'm recommending you on a diet

"I should have burned your village to the ground when I had the chance."

"And I should have drowned you but here we are I suggest celery and broccoli.”

[ofaflower]

tags / katara

[hyaesia]

it's kinda funny to me how i didn't care for zuko much at all my first time watching atla... this time around the parts w/ him and iroh have been the ones i'm most invested in

[sorrowmarked]

"I'm always right," she shot back as she smiled up at him, her eyes soft and sad. She got it, it was stressful to watch her brother's marriage fall apart. It hurt. It hurt because they loved Sokka and Suki and they didn't want to see them hurt.

And she could understand it, where his fear was coming from. It could seem like if not them, who could make it. But Katara wasn't worried. She wasn't worried that they wouldn't make it because that wasn't what she looked to the future and saw. They would have their own life, their own future, their own joys and sorrows, their own problems and triumphs.

The important thing was they loved each other, and they wouldn't give up on each other.

She reached for him, wrapping her arms around him. "It's okay, I understand," she murmured, rubbing his back. "You don't have to apologize for being scared," she said. "You know my father once told me fear is a game, you lose by playing," she murmured. "All we have to do is just ... acknowledge it and move on."

Katara lifted her head to look up at him. "I love you, and I trust you. And I trust in our life together."

Zuko squeezed Katara's hands as she took his into her own, looking at her apologetically. "You're right," agreed Zuko, sighing as she eased him. He knew he was being ridiculous and hated the anxiety that always seemed to take over, despite the logic he knew in his head and the unwavering trust he felt in his heart.

"I hurt for them, but you're right. We aren't them," he parroted back to her as he ran his thumbs over the backs of her hands while nodding in agreement with her words.

"I'm sorry, Katara," he said before pulling her into an embrace. "I don't think that we're headed for failure, I'm sorry. I just… I don't know… these fears get in my head, even when I know better… when it doesn't make sense."

"I love you so much," whispered Zuko. "I didn't mean to make you think that I… I doubt you or… or don't trust you. I do. I trust you with all my heart."

[crownshattered]

|| Don't mind this!! Gonna make a quick post with a few tags~

[drvcxrys]

(¸.• ♛ → "finally i found you." she felt such a relief because she has been worried about her friends and bumping into toph here was perfect, she kept wondering if she was okay or not so of course that she was feeling that kind of relief. "are you okay? i've been worried."

random starter for @irresistiibles (toph)