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opens-up-4-nobody · 2 months

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:-P

#after watching the terror 10billion times seeing the southern water tribe outfits make me feel insane #they look like they've never ever ever been worn. siln4s outfits are well worn and thats what makes them beautiful #the make me insane for the live action avatar i mean...#also penguin seals r cute as fuck #atla #avatar the last airbender #sokka #katara #aang #princess yue #zuko

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sabreurs · 2 months

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sokka trying to get katara to give up on her waterbending bc it could get her killed. and katara refuses to give up and continues to practice anyway. bc sokka and katara represent the survival of both the people and the culture. sokka had the safety of their people thrust upon him by his dad, while katara is the only one in their tribe that can carry the weight of their culture. both are heavy burdens, and they're struggling with their roles bc they're just two kids trying to rebuild in the wake of genocide. but they refuse to give up, bc that's what the story is about.

holding onto hope, regardless of what you face.

#so glad they focused on this aspect of katara and sokka's story instead of making them fight abt sexism #highlighting the unique ways in which they struggle to preserve the water tribe hits so much harder #ALSO it's a little unclear but if katara is the one who helped free aang from the iceberg #then katara's insistence on embracing her culture is what breaks the iceberg and frees aang (aka hope)#natla spoilers #avatar the last airbender #netflix atla #live action atla #katara #sokka #atla #natla #🪸

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h1nanii · 1 month

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How it feels to be apart of the driest fandom ever when it comes to finding fanfics/imagines💔

PLEASE GET TO WORK PEOPLE…

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chiri-thingz · 17 days

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The gaang hanging out

#atla #atla live action #avatar the last airbender #avatar the way of water #netflix avatar #avatar aang #aang #aang atla #katara #kataang #sokka #zuko #toph beifong

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daintyzumin · 2 months

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Katara: okay, you’re driving, and Sokka and Suki walk onto the road. quick! what do you hit.

Zuko: oh, definitely Sokka, I could never hurt Suki

Katara, sighing: the brakes, Zuko. you hit the brakes..

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onefail-at-atime · 2 months

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Okay.

BUT what if.

WHAT IF the live action actually does well?

What if Netflix decides to renew it?

What if they decide to do more than three seasons?

What if they lengthen Aang's journey of mastering the elements while building on the story of the resistance within the Fire Nation?

What if they decide to do more than three seasons and we get to see more of the Southern Water Tribe Warriors?

WHAT IF WE GET MORE TIME WITH THE SWAMP BENDERS?!

What if they extend the story arc for the preparation to invade the Fire Nation?

WHAT IF WE GET MORE OF THE WHITE LOTUS?!

Nobody would have to accept anything from the live action as canon (except for Oma and Shu because they're badass lesbians now) but would it be great to see some more world building?

Personally, I'd love to see more about the resistance within the Fire Nation and more of the resistance in the Earth Kingdom.

Optimism and positivity, my friends. 💚

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cienie-isengardu · 7 days

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Sokka's sexism

Sokka’s sexism from the earliest episodes is an interesting case, because the Southern Water Tribe, at least from what was presented to us on screen, doesn’t seem to operate that much on gender roles? Especially when compared to the Northern Water Tribe?

I mean, yeah, warriors (men) went to war, while women, children and the elders stayed at home. But as Hama’s story shows, when Fire Nation attacked Southern Water Tribe, both female and male benders were fighting against invaders arm to arm and it seems like they were the actual first line of defense there, not the non-bender warriors.

In contrast, during siege of North Pole, in the final of Book 1: Water, we don’t see any female bender helping defend their home except Katara, who was involved in protecting Aang when he was in Spirit World.

Since all the waterbenders were captured from the Southern Tribe, it makes sense that non-bender warriors stepped in and got involved with war, while the kids and elders were left under women’s care.

Another example comes from “a ceremonial test of wisdom, bravery and trust”, known as ice dodging. As Bato explained, it is a rite of passage for young Water Tribe members and in their village “done by weaving a boat through a field of icebergs.” When a child turns 14, their father was supposed to take them to ice dodging, so they could earn their mark. Though the episode itself was focused on Sokka’s ceremony, Bato never specified it as something that boys alone should do and not only Katara (girl) but also Aang (outsider) is allowed to take part in the ritual. Once Sokka proved himself, everyone of their group got a mark, as a sign they passed the test. Interesting thing to note, since Bato did not specify it is a rite of passage for boys alone, it suggests girls were expected to know how to sail in boats of the Southern Water Tribe. Of course, again, war didn’t allow to continue this tradition as men (Hakoda, in case of Sokka & Katara) left to fight against Fire Nation.

Later, when Sokka and Katara reunited with their father, Hakoda did not try to send away Katara nor relegate her to just a medic job during the invasion. In Northern Water Tribe episodes, we learned that teaching for waterbenders there was defined by gender - women were allowed to learn only how to heal, while men how to use their bending in fight. Hakoda, nor Bato nor other of their warriors even for a moment questioned Katara’s presence on the battlefield nor the presence of women in the ranks of their allies like a blind, 12 years old Toph or the female water benders from Swamps or female(?) soldier from Earth Kingdom

And during battle, Katara did not fight in rank with other soldiers, she first alone secured Appa during submarine attack, then alongside her brother and father took down guardhouses - Hakoda himself told her and Sokka to attack one when he took down the other one

showing how much he trusted his 15 years old son and 14 years old daughter while ordering them attack on Fire Nation adult soldiers hidden in well guarder place.

Later, when Hakoda got seriously injured and Sokka temporary took the command of their forces, we could see that Hakoda relied on Katara to follow his troops and not ever once tried to send her back “to safety” or argued she should leave him behind, as often it happens with heroic (male) figures. Quite the opposite. When Katara offered him to “wait here if you want”, Hakoda firmly said “I want to press forward with the others”, which meant his daughter needed to come with him directly into an already ongoing fight (even if they stayed more at the rear of their army, they were still on battlefield).

She and her brother, alongside with the youngest members of Invasion, were forced to flee on Appa once the battle was lost, but no other adult woman was included. During Zuko’s coronation, when all war prisoners were released, in the background we could again see the female character(s) from Swamps.

And let's not forget how impressive Hakoda was by Suki when she single-handedly captured the warden at Boiling Rock prison and did not try to stop her from fighting against Ty Lee alongside Zuko and Sokka against Azula.

Understandably, we have no idea how the Southern Water Tribe and its culture looked like before the war, even arguably, the characters themselves may not have a clear idea due to growing up in dire times. But my point is, Hakoda and Bato, the two main adult Southern Water Tribe’s warriors that Avatar: The Last Airbender allowed us to know more about, have never shown any direct sexism toward Katara or other female characters. And though Sokka was the oldest boy at their village, there is no reason to think women did not hunt in absence of men, because one person would not be able to provide for a whole community 24/7. Also, as Hama proved, the Southern Water Tribe’s waterbenders were capable of fighting and their gender did not play any vital role the way it happened in their sister tribe at North Pole.

Of course, Fire Nation’s repeated attacks affected residents of South Pole and their living conditions but from the little bits the show gave us, I think it is correct to assume if Sokka grew up with Hakoda around to guide him as he should, his behavior would be different from the sexism and dismissive attitude toward Katara or Kyoshi Warriors. For one, logically thinking Southern Water Tribe’s warriors need to do all the cooking, sewing and keeping their camp clean all on their own during war so it is not a “girly job” but a vital part of a warriors skills to survive and ensure their equipment is in the best condition. But Sokka doesn’t know it, because there is no one to teach him the importance of those skills. All Sokka had was father’s farewell words to cling to - and I’m not sure if Hakoda truly expected his son to be able to protect Katara and the village in his absence, or he just tried to make Sokka feel a bit less depressed about being left behind. You know, by giving him purpose and a Big Important Job to focus on and to feel needed and trusted.

Which leads me to think that Sokka’s sexism is not rooted in Southern Water Tribe’s culture itself, but in his own insecurity and pressure of being the oldest boy in the village. If girls could be warriors - and be better than him - it would put into question all his self-worth, purpose and the trust given by father. Once Sokka met Kyoshi Warriors and later all the skilled girls, it challenged him on a very personal level, but he accepted the truth and moved on and alongside, finally became a true warrior and a man.

And I find it indeed an interesting case, as Sokka’s sexism and dismissal of girls is not necessarily stemming from the culture he is part of, but rather is the effect of not knowing said culture & pre-war history of his Tribe. And of course, from his own insecurity.

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #sokka #hakoda #just some thoughts #because bato and hakoda seems pretty okay toward katara and include her in rite of passage for sokka and invasion battle #like her age and gender doesn't matter #with dad and dad's friend (bato) like that where comes sokka's dismissal?#so i guess this is about sokka's insecurity and growing up without father to guide him #good suki straighten sokka up pretty quickly #i'm pretty sure SWT has some sense of gender roles but not so strict take like northern water tribe #no arranged marriages and no true aristocracy and waterbenders being fighters and so on #sokka though lives in destroyed by war tribe to understand yet what was done to his community i guess?

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euryvices · 2 months

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As someone who has never even touched ATLA (anime), and has only ever seen the movie, let me give you a list of reasons why i absolutely adored it :

aang is literally a kid in this one, like he's a child hero and golden boy, and god, doesn't your chest hurt a little from seeing all that youth pain and pain? don't you feel raw?

katara is a total badass. i know some of the anime fans don't like how she's different, but i look up to her so much and she's younger than me canonically. i would die for her. i esp like the fact that she saw jet, liked him, but the second she realised he was kind of a cult-leader she went fuck that shit im out

ZUKO IS A SMALL BABY I WANT TO PET HIM HE'S A SMALL CHILD HE IS MY SMALL CHILD HAVE YOU EVER FELT SO TERRIBLY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU WISH TO EXIST IN A TIME WHERE YOU COULD HELP IT HEAL

sokka being a playboy/summer-fling/taylor swift's james from the love triangle coded kinda guy makes so much sense. in the movie he was obsessed with one (1) girl and that never made sense to me. like okay bby pop off monogamous king??? but i definitely feel that sokka is not the kind of person (esp in this time of his life) to be a one-woman guy. also i want to see him get in trouble for it sorry idk

iroh is zuko's dad and none of y'all can convince me otherwise.

i am so obsessed with jet he's literally babygirl. sebastian ATE TF UP!!!!!!

the complexities of monk gyatso being a friend and sort of a parental figure. how aang brought out his childish side, and how life is so terribly aching and huge with grief. how it's palpable in every room. and how love is an intimate boyfriend to time's cruelty and god why can't we let there be tenderness? this isn't fair.

FLUFFY!!!!! BIG!!!!! DOG!!!!! I LOVE APPA!!!!!! HES SO CUTE!!!!!!

ozai is more despicable that any father ive read about or even my own. i wish him all the most terrible forms of daily death.

absolute brilliant fucking chad actors (sorry for using the f-word and c-word) they're absolute g's. i love every single one of them and their ability to act and their personalities and also THEY HAVE A BIG WATER BISON THAT LOOKS ADORABLE HOW ARE YOU NOT HAPPY (SORRY FOR USING THE B-WORD)??????

Rant being over, I respect y'alls opinions fr. I get that seeing somethings change or become different in a new iteration of your favorite work is tough. But let's remember the amount of effort and time it takes for these actors, sets and even storyboard artists to work on these things!!!! Life is so terribly short, why must you fill your time with dissatisfaction? Find the things you love about the new show!! Find the positives!!!

also azula is so luke castellan coded

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billsbae · 12 days

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rip sokka you would love fortnite

#they made him dirty again #where's sokka in fortnite????#i don't even play games but my sis is huge fan #sokka #sokka atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #natla #netflix avatar #atla netflix #fortnite #atla live action #water nation #water tribe

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witchering10123 · 2 months

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nah fam cause I definitely thought that zhao would mistake yue and sokka for the moon and ocean spirits in the oasis

#like do you feel me #i know its not the plot at all #but it seemed like they were gearing up to that #and zhao would believe it #like how many water tribe girls with white hair are there #and then obvi sokka is practically stuck to her side like glue #and if yue got threatened he'd be trying to protect her #which would - in zhaos view - support the idea #yuekka #live action #thoughts questions theories

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chaoticpersontale · 2 months

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It didn't disappoint me :") keep up the good work Netflix.

Avatar: the last airbender.

#netflix #avatar #avatar the last airbender #aang #elements #live action #avatar the legend of aang #air bender #water bender #earth bender #fire bender #katara #zuko #sokka #appa #momo #spirits #war

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genimas · 2 months

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In my country, it's already Feb 22nd

And because I have to wait for one more day, I broke that Final Trailer down

A previous incarnation of the Avatar can manifest through the current Avatar by possessing their body.

Love the fact that they used that more and that Kyoshi show up to protect her village and her people

The Storm!

Sokka and Katara, they're his family now

The Northern Water Tribe, so epic!

But it's not cool, it's cold *fingers gun*

The Boy in the iceberg, fate is leading them to him

Omashu- the second largest city of the Earth Kingdom, make sense to have a line of people waiting to get in

This easily win as the coolest scene in my heart (but that only count the trailer)

Aang after discovered Monk Gyatso's skeleton, this boy gonna go through a lot

Base on the blue light on their faces and snow on Zuko face, I would say you are witnessing Koizilla

His first girlfriend turned into the moon, and Tui swimming in the background

KOIZILLA. I really curious about it whole design

Guess now we will have more Monk Gyatso and the Southern Air Temple. Awesome!

We now have a fight between Zuko and Sokka instead of the boomerang

Suki and Sokka fight together! Also what was the fan made of to create those spark. Wait, can Toph Metalbend Suki's fan

Look at the way they Bend, look at their outfits, just look at it.

The pure joy on his face and in his voice. It would be so bad if someone take it away

I'm looking at you Azula

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irideste · 2 months

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I'M SO EXCITED TO WATCH THE NEW ATLA SERIES ON NETFLIX AAHH

meanwhile here is an old fanart of Katara I made years ago

Have you started the series already? ✨ Which tribe/nation are you from? 💧 🔥 💨 🪨

#digital art #digital fanart #fanart #digital drawing #avatar #avatar the last airbender #avatar the legend of aang #avatar fanart #atla fanart #atla #atla live action #atla netflix #katara #katara fanart #water tribe #avatar aang #atla sokka #prince zuko

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starlight-bread-blog · 2 months

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Netflix after "removing Sokka's sexism😤" while also removing Katara's righteous anger and making Sukki's arc about Suki learning from Sokka for just existing:

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puppyeared · 1 month

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Atla live action 😐

#thats my honest reaction 😐#to be fair ive only seen 20 minutes of the s1 finale bc my parents are watching it but. mmmmm kinda mid #like. the casting is definitely an improvement since the last time they tried a live action but it feels like the writing falls flat #or maybe im being harsh bc ive only heard negative criticism on it beforehand. but fr anytime u bring up the original its already #good and not just because its the original. so much fucking detail went into it to the point of someone noticing azula wielding mai's knive #to how well thought out irohs character is used as a way of uniting the cast especially as zukos foil #i heard that sokkas sexism was toned down and i have to agree that feels like a cheap move. like i get WHY they think it would be better #but its not about how that reflects on real world its about how it affects the story. sokka starts out as a misogynistic asshole because #it makes it that much more impactful when he changes. toning that down makes it flatter and makes his character development weak #and someone pointed out they didnt even make him wear the kyoshi warrior uniform and i know it feels like such a small detail but #come on man. they did that in the original because not only does it help him really walk in their shoes - wearing 'feminine' clothing and #makeup and having suki explain its significance but it also ties in with the shows theme of harmony and intersectionality #i was also disappointed when they had the fire sages explain how the water tribe draws power from the moon because in the original it was #IROH who explained it to aang and everyone else BECAUSE we as the audience is under the impression hes with the 'bad guys'#and it builds up to how he learned from the other nations which reconciles his past as a war general and his character overall #AND its an excellent starting point for the cast and audience to understand how the nations arent as closed off as you would think #plus you would think its only fire nation doing propaganda but they expanded on that with earth kingdom censorship and it WORKS #a lot of things in the live action also feel arbitrary like. they gave momo a near death experience for 5 minutes for no reason #im firmly on the stance of bringing back filler moments instead of putting major events right after each other so that u give your #audience a sense of time passing and to really absorb the story. but i think thats more like shock value than filler and yeah its a small #thing to gripe about but those things build up and its really annoying. the thing abt avatar filler moments is that however small #its at least meaningful. hell even the beach episode emphasizes how isolated zuko and his friends are as child soldiers #i also swore to never watch the first live action since it was that bad but i really liked the stylized tattoos they used for aang #anyway. those arejust my thoughts. im not gonna watch the rest because im a ride or die for the original aftr growing up and #rewatching it at least 20 times as a kid. but theres definitely room for improvement and i wish ppl wouldnt take it as 'better' just cuz #netflix is adapting it. i wouldve killed for them to just reanimate the entire avatar series and touch NOTHING ELSE no redub #no changes to the story. just reanimate the thing and leave the rest alone and youd make easy money just the same #ALSO its very jarring not hearing jack desena and dante basco voicing sokka and zuko cause their voices were the most recognizable to me #i get that its because its live action but im allowed to feel a little sad abt that. and uncle irohs accent was really soothing #yapping

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biboomerangboi · 8 months

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Went insane and decided to draw a Demon Slayer AU.

#katara #Sokka #atla #atla fanart #katara fanart #sokka fanart #avatar the last airbender #water tribe #water siblings #demon slayer au #Zee doodles #yes I do have lots of notes in my notes app idk if I’ll ever write it but it lives in my brain rn

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