#waterbender scroll

[rifari2037]

5. What are your thoughts on “The Waterbending Scroll”?

Well, I'm not good at meta, I'm bad to see detail, and I'm struggle to explain what I mean in English, but I do have thought about Waterbending Scroll episode, especially about Zuko and Katara, because I am Zutara stand. 🌊🔥

"I'll save you from the pirates"

Zuko never had any intention to hurting Katara and Sokka, he just wanted to capture the Avatar. He didn't seem to want the pirates to hurt her either, so he said that to warned, but also intimidated her.

Many people start shipping Zutara because of this line and I can understand why. I mean, instead of being intimidating, he sounded like he was flirting with her. 😏

And look at this! If someone had never watched ATLA, then seeing this without context, I'm sure at first glance they would think this was a romantic scene. A male character puts a necklace on a female character with such a gesture, who would think they were enemies?

And isn't it strange that Zuko thought he could trade the Avatar for a necklace? Even the pirates said that necklace was just a garbage? Unless somehow he knew that the necklace was very important to her. I don't think he realised it was betrothal necklace, although he seemed to have a feeling that the necklace was very valuable.

And some anti said Zuko stole the necklace to tracked them, but Zuko was honest when he said, "I didn't steal it". He literally found it!

Also, as an enemy, Zuko was being a little too kind to Katara, wasn't he? He didn't threaten to burn Katara's necklace like he did to the pirates.

Bonus : I really love Zuko's laugh in this episode. I never saw my boy looks so happy like that 😄

[bakedbeanchan]

The Gaang take another vacation at the library

[demaparbat-hp]

Any Momtara and Lu-Ten II sketches?

Just a boy and his mom a waterbender.

[d8tl55c]

they are dancing.

rendered again a lil different in minecraft /artmap bc i can't use normal art programs lately ig

[margotlovessally]

Most of the time when I think of Zuko I'm remembering how awkward he was towards the end of the series, but he was smooth as fuck here

[yourhighness6]

Have you appreciated her yet today? Because you should.

[agendertoph]

Can I just say that rewatching "The Waterbending Scroll" as a 24 yr old, legit 12 yrs after I first watched it, was such a crazy experience bcus, so like the thing is that I'd dropped off zutara some years ago now, not bcus of any thing in particular, just that I'd drifted from the general atla fandom over the years, but still thought about the ship fondly from time to time

so anyways like. so I get to the ep on my rewatch n I'm thinking "oh hey! isn't this the ep w the pirates and Zuko and Katara? that's nice :D" but bro omg I wasn't prepared

bro I wasn't prepared at ALLL BRO LIKE!??!?!? "I'll save you from the pirates" HE SAID HE'D SAVE HER FROM THE PIRATES?!?!??!

AND THEN!!! When Katara's tied to the tree, we see Zuko smiling for like the first time ever, n like yeah ok he's trying to get in on her good side by appealing to her emotionally open nature, but vnkjnvjksdf omg he smiled for her?!?!??!

AND JUST THE REVEAL THAT HE HAS HER NECKLACE?!?!? Like we knew he had her necklace since "Imprisoned" but omg to see it being offered to her as a broker piece, like yeah of course he's going to taunt her w it, but also like!??!?! the fact he CHOSE to reveal he has her necklace LIKE THIS!??!?! LIKE HE'S PUTTING IT ON HER?!?!?! LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH A WATER TRIBE BETROTHAL NECKLACE?!?!?!??!

oh my GOODNESS, God almighty, bro. bro!!! oh my God, u never really stop being 12 yrs old at heart, huh? this ep had me blushing n squeeing n kicking my feet like I had done so 12 years ago

aaa!!!

[fanboyzuko]

🥰 finished plotting the scene I wanted to after work. Go me

[whoareyousaidthecaterpillar]

This is such a pretty scene and I don't feel like I did it justice. I tried out some new techniques for lifting paint and I'm not sure I did them right... My tiny Appa makes me happy though!

Watercolor on paper, 5"x7"

[soggystyrofoam]

my word zuko is fruitier than i remembered

[hey-hey-j]

and once again the writers think that the way to write a Strong Female Character™️ is to erase everything that makes her a character and sand her down into a blank slate who only ever gets to quip and ~kick ass~ lest she be accused of being ~problematic~

[zukosdualdao]

back on my “katara is not a prodigy” crusade because a big part of the POINT of her conflict with aang in this episode is how naturally he picks up what took her months to learn. he (correctly) points out that she didn’t have anyone to teach her, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it’s not something that comes naturally to her right away, but rather her dedication and persistence that ultimately informs her skill.

[margotlovessally]

Uncle Iroh would love thrift shops

[btheleaf]

Let me know if it’s an entire book for tenzin or if there’s anything for Kya and Bumi please tenzin cannot be the favorite. 😭

I'm not reading the whole thing right now because I am feeling a little loopy in the brain from not sleeping well, but the point of the book seems to be Aang wanting to teach Tenzin about Air Nation culture so... yeah there isn't gonna be much of anything about or for Bumi and Kya in here.

[agendertoph]

On "The Waterbending Scroll"

Aang and Zuko are both training!

Zuko's of course just honing and practicing his firebending, since we know he has much control n mastery over fire. Aang, instead, is learning for the very first time how to waterbend! They're doing the same action (training) at different points in their bending journeys

[foxykatie425]

Hey wait a second…

The waterbending scroll from Gran Gran in LA ATLA…

The note that she wrote- what language is that? I’m so used to seeing writing in the Avatar world being almost exclusively Chinese characters. But this is obviously not that. Is it some kind of Inuit language maybe? I know that a lot of Native American languages don’t (or at least didn’t) have a writing system, but I don’t know enough about the topic to know how accurate that stereotype is (or whether I just said something really ignorant). Or maybe it’s some kind of Norse writing? Or maybe it’s something made up, but I can’t imagine the showeunners would just write nonsense on a note like that that’s gonna be clearly visible in full, they know the internet is gonna tear it apart. Please enlighten me, internet, I would like to learn something today! 🤔

(This was the best image I could get, blame the stupid Netflix app that won’t let me do a screenshot. Go to Netflix for a better image.)