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cuteniaarts · 8 months ago

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Honestly, one of the main reasons I’m still dead set on finishing AIDIB is because once the AU progresses, we’ll eventually get to see badass bloodbender Suiren

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#my art #artists on tumblr #the legend of korra #original character #under the oak’s shade #sotrl suiren #technically the tag should be utos suiren but that’s make the tagging system difficult #so it’s staying under sotrl #and yeah yeah I know bloodbending isn’t quite so literal but I don’t have the skill to draw her using it on someone #it’s probably more bending the water inside a person and not actually their blood but shh. don’t ruin my fun #design notes time:#I’ve had this particular version of suiren in my head for maybe a year and a half now?#I wanted to really show the difference her happier upbringing in this AU made #she normally has no reason to have fur on her clothes bc she’s a swampbender. but I think she’d be inspired by ikiaq #somewhat of a parallel to midori wearing red bc of zhi. and her hair is braided bc it’s not such a sensitive spot anymore #haya did manage to turn it into a trigger but since it didn’t compound over 16 years it’s much easier for her to recover from it #I like to think zhi does it for her :) kat never gave me info about Zhi’s braiding abilities so I can do what I want #and it’s tied off with red ribbons bc red lotus rep. and also a bit of zhi’s influence #of course. a huge reason why I chose braids in particular is because young p’li has them in my design #and I’m very evil. apparently. but also I like how Suiren and midori both parallel both p’li and lien-hua #each of them has traits of both. but that’s something I’ve screamed about plenty of times already. so I will refrain #and yes she is wearing black fingerless gloves bc I think she should be allowed to act like the edgy 17 year old she is in this AU #essentially. Suiren in this au is a much healthier and happier version of herself #the trauma of losing her parents and those 6 months with haya still weigh on her. she still has very bad days #but she has adults who care about her and help her through it. here her child self isn’t dead by her own hand #she’s alive and often shines through because suiren got to remain a child for much much longer #she did lose her innocence. she did grow up quickly in some ways. but living with zhi and ikiaq and healing from all that #gave her her childhood back. she’s still a bit too overprotective over midori. still rather jumpy in her sleep #but her smiles and laughter aren’t fake. she lets people touch her hair. she acts much more her age #she’s happy with her life. and eventually. she becomes strong enough to bring their whole family back together again. she’s amazing

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