Yip Yip!! 4 days until my shop reopens and this will be a special motive that will be available as a print and a keychain!!
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I made something…
Figured that since Ozai looked so young in his portrait, that must mean it was made shortly after his coronation, or thereabouts, so applying that logic here, ZuZu stills looks young and handsome. The dragons, I know, that event was meant to be kept secret, but counter argument, this painting doesn’t necessarily say, “Hey, Dragons are still alive—here’s a map!” It’s just a bit of artsy-fartsy majestic embellishment. Also, I feel like Zuko might want to rebrand the Fire Nation, just a little, you know, after the 100 year war. So instead of just pure fire iconography, he brings things back to their roots, aka, the dragon. More dragon iconography!!! In this portrait, Zuko isn’t the one firebending, it’s the dragons, the first Firebenders. And in the meantime, he’s holding out a White Lotus. Now, I tried to use my Google Fu to find out if there was ever any symbol in Japan or Korea or China that meant “peace,” but my search results came up empty, so I figured that perhaps the lotus could become their version of, say, the olive branch. A discreet and tasteful way to include such a major part of the final battle while having a double meaning. Also, take note of the fact that he’s holding it with BOTH hands. In Japan, when one offers a gift, you always do so with both hands. And while I know it may look a little strange, Zuko towering over his friends—bro—this was always going to be Zuko’s Firelord portrait. He was always going to be the main focus. He just wanted to also include his friends and commemorate the day the war finally ended/his coronation. Anyway, that’s all for now… hope that wasn’t too much… and if anyone has any ideas for how to make it even better, pls let me know.
And to all those who say the element order is backwards…
*ahem*
Japanese and traditional Chinese text layouts are read -right to left-
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 👏
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( ๑‾̀◡‾́)🙏🏻 i REALLY wanted to replicate this trend on tumblr and it fit perfectly with one of the episodes
season 1 ep 13 Sokka and Katara got sick, Aang went to get ice frogs for them and Momo brought Katara different things, but not water😭😭 little babies ahhh i love them so much
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Headcanon that before Aang earned his arrows by inventing the air scooter, he tried to earn it by "inventing" the air spinner trick.
He was told that the trick does not count as a unique Airbending technique and either way it was already invented 300 years earlier by master Kelsang.
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zuko: be myself? toph, i have one day to win everyone over. how long did it take before you guys started liking me?
aang: couple weeks
sokka: six months
katara: jury’s still out on that one
zuko: see, toph? “be myself.” what kind of bullshit advice is that?!
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Love it when people act like Zuko was always a 'fuck the rules' bad boy.Guys,he spent over half the show trying to please his dad and his attitude problems came from a mix of trauma responses and being spoiled-Zuko wasn't a 'rebel' until his redemption arc,he was just a jackass
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i like to think that they go camping sometimes, for old time's sake
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