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boypussydilf · 8 months

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simon you’re being kind of weird i think. this seems weird.

#basilposting #atlb #fionna and cake spoilers

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the-weirdos-mind · 2 months

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ATLB AU: Estella Garcia

Bending: Water, later air

Nation: Water Tribe

History:

The Garcia’s lived as a normal family of Water Benders, while holding a dark secret about their blood. Every four generations, a child would also bend a second element. Estella’s great grandmother was the last one of her generation to have this genetic mutation, bending water and earth. She died before Estella was born.

Estella lived her life believing to be just a Water Bending. Her family trained her in the art, making her a gifted water bender. She hasn’t yet to learn blood bending but has learned some basic healing techniques to use. It wasn’t until one day that she discovered that she could bend air as well. It was an accident (as these things usually happen) and she bended the air during a training session with her sister. That’s when she learned about the genetic mutation in her family.

Her family feared for her safety so it was decided that she would leave so no one would harm her. Before departing, her mother gave her a guitar to play during her travels and she keeps it safely tucked in her bag. She traveled on her own until meeting the others and helping the Avatar.

@adrianasunderworld @mangacupcake @writing-heiress @marrondrawsalot @anxious-twisted-vampire @abyssthing198

#estella garcia #avatar the last airbender au

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thestargroup4 · 1 year

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The General Tso's Chicken of Anime-- Avatar: The Last Airbender

By: Wiley Pippenger

As I wrap up my time as a member of the anime blog group, I must admit—I am not someone who watched anime growing up. When we began this project in September, I actually did think I had watched anime, however. How could I have thought I watched anime without actually watching?

Well, I did not watch Dragon Ball, or Naruto, or even Pokemon when I was growing up, but I did watch Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLB), and for a long time, I considered it to be anime, and I am not alone. As a child, I also loved Chinese food. Every few weeks, I would beg my grandmother to take me to Chef Li's Buffett, so I could get my share of "authentic" Chinese food with a plate full of General Tso's chicken and jello squares. Of course, General Tso's chicken is not authentic Chinese food and ATLB is not anime, but it is useful to understand the ways Westerners associate and represent Eastern Asian Culture. After all, we are taking this class in America, where many people's understanding of Eastern Asian Culture, like with mine, begins with an Americanized version of Eastern Asian Culture.

In the spirit of finding practical applications to how Eastern Asian culture is presented in our lives in America, I will discuss some of the ways the ways that anime and Eastern Asian Culture influenced ATLB.

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ATLB aired on Nickelodeon TV for three seasons from 2005-2008. It features a world divided into four nations—Air, Water, Earth, and Fire Nations. In this world, each nation has people who can telekinetically manipulate or “bend” their nations element. The show’s introduction does a good job of introducing the central plot, so please check it out above if you have not seen it. In basic, this world features one “bender” called the Avatar, who has the power to master each of the elements and maintain peace in the world. The show opens 100 years after the disappearance of the Avatar however, during which the Fire Nation has waged war on the surrounding nations, when two young siblings discover Aang, a young boy who is prophesied to be the Avatar. For the next three seasons, we see Aang and his new friends travel through the various kingdoms to train in the various elements to eventually battle the Fire Nation and save the world from impending doom.

It is first important to understand why ATLB is not anime. Anime is most plainly defined as Japanese produced animation in the form of television, movies, and video games. ATLB is an American cartoon, so it is not anime. That is the easy part. Now let's talk about why I thought ATLB was anime.

During the turn of the 20th Century, anime became a global sensation, and popular Japanese shows like Dragon Ball, Naruto, and Pokemon became widely popular to an American audience. Each of these shows features a largely Asian cast with expressive eyes, surreal fight scenes, and a character who has unique powers to achieve his ultimate goal. ATLB checks these boxes.

Here are three different animated TV characters. The first is Aang from ATLB, the second is Naruto from Naruto, and the third is Shaggy from Scooby Doo. It is clear that the character design of Aang's eyes more closely emulates the Japanese anime model than it does traditional American cartoons. Interestingly, American animated characters in a variety of shows in the early 2000s began adopting the anime eyes design (Dora, for example, also has exaggerated eyes).

Anime also influenced the fighting scenes of ATLB. Japanese anime or not, animated content is more versatile than live-action content, since the creators can depict anything they can draw. Anime's rise to popularity can largely be attributed to manga, and as Craig Norris describes in his piece "Manga, anime and visual culture," anime came to look like a live action comic book. In the video below, you can see some of the Avatar scenes where this is most clear. For one, the characters defy physics and human health when they fly into the air and walk away from fights that would likely leave both parties critically injured. Again, this is not entirely an anime trope.

Popular American characters like Popeye and Buggs Bunny were surviving explosions and injuries long before Aang. However, ATLB depicts these scenes in a way much more similar to manga and anime than it does to American cartoons. Notice how in the Popeye video below, the fight seems unrealistic, as the two sustain punch after punch, but it is presented much like how a live action fight would be-- it is not cutting between frames and perspectives. In contrast, in the ATLB video, when they fight, the scene shifts frames to show the expression of the characters and the destruction of the fight in a way that emulates manga and anime.

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To add to this, we have Aang, who can enter his Avatar-state, where he becomes incredibly powerful. In the same way, in Dragon Ball, Goku can go "super saiyan." You cannot ignore the similarities between these two characters.

Whether or not ATLB is anime is inconsequential. It was clearly influenced by anime. Either way, ATLB introduces a Western audience to Eastern Asian culture. This show introduced me to Chinese tea culture, the practicality of chopsticks, the Yin and Yang of Daoism, the ideas behind Zen Buddhism and meditation, and beyond all, and that people used a language that is written in characters, rather than letters (since the signs and labels are all in Traditional Chinese). This represents a convergence of culture on a global scale that influenced my generation, or at least started me on a journey that would continue into pursuing a Chinese minor and taking a class like this where I can finally describe the ways in which ATLB is not truly anime. In honor of that, I may enjoy a plate of General Tso's chicken and watch an episode of ATLB tonight and laugh about how I used to think these were representations of authentic Asian Culture.

#Youtube

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tomeart · 3 years

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Ansel Beauregard! ❤️ I loved “Arlo the alligator boy” , can't wait for the animation series. ❤️

#ansel beauregard #arlo the alligator boy #netflix #ATLB #Fanart

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starfleet-officer-jaya · 3 years

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Honestly, I’m surprised there hasn’t been much talk about Ansel so far cause

This man-

#arlo the alligator boy #ATLB #ansel beauregard #honestly this man can get it #am I the first Ansel simp?#I better be #Ansel has a pretty good narrative #spoilers #I would like to hug him

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hiddenflowerdesi · 5 years

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Sorry, Hayner

But Sokka did it first

#hayner #sokka #atlb #avatar #the last airbender #kh #kingdom hearts #kh3 #3 #shitpost #meme #kick

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kilowave · 6 years

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imaginatioliveblogs-blog · 7 years

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Adventure Time LiveBlog!

Hey all! Here I am to announce the beginnings of a Liveblog series!

I’ll most likely be open to Liveblogging more things in the future, but Adventure Time seems like a good place to start.

#Liveblog #adventure time #ATLB

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cosplaychoco · 5 years

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“I’m the avatar you gotta deal with it” - young Korra

Character: Avatar Korra

Series: Legend of Korra

Cosplay: @cosplaychoco on instagram

Photo credit: @spaceacephotos and @shaka.pics on Instagram

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#cosplay #cosplaying #anime #cosplay help #cosplay girl #anime cosplay #cosplayer #cosplaying while being black #black cosplayer #avatar #avatar korra cosplay #avatar korra #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender cosplay #atlb cosplay #aang

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moqlnkkn · 7 years

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spotted

#atlb #bubbline

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boypussydilf · 9 months

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THIS IS SO STUPID FUNNY HELP

#sorry for making this post tall on purpose but it hits harder that way #basilposting #atlb #adventure time

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soccialcreature · 4 years

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Avatar the Last Airbender set the bar so high for media and I think thats y our generation is so critical of everything that comes out. Bcuz y cant every show be as good as atlb and every character as good as zuko?

#i think the show that cones CLOSEST to avatar level #is gravity falls #and this is coming from a clone wars stan #cuz like. i admit that a whole bunch of clone wars eisodes were just.... bad #like bad #like theres rly not much to a lot of episodes #i still love it but #there r some tough spots #also pls y cant u just put it in chronilogical order #imagine if avatar was out of order #anyway #avatar the last airbender

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autumn-foxfire · 3 years

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I mean, on a side note, I get the Azul a Zuko comparation but people in this fandom seem to forget that ATLB didn't invent any of these tropes. Then if you consider what Horikoshi is a fan of... Dabi os kinda of a mix o Vader (Enji, I am your son), Loki ( in the looks depertament), one of the many Jokers interaction, but the most interesting I would guess he must like the Red Hood who is also a big Batman character but one of the first big died and came back with a vengeance characters in comics

I think the reason people compare them to Azula and Zuko specifically is not because they think they created the tropes but rather that their an example of the tropes done well.

It just speaks volumes of Horikoshi’s writing that his own is being compared to a piece of work that is known for having amazing writing and covering complicated family relationships well.

It would be interesting to explore what or who exactly Dabi was inspired by though too, I would read metas about it if they exist!

#bnha #thanks for the ask!!#Anonymous

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amimons · 4 years

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mlb or atlb?

Avatar hands down

alta was my childhood and something I carried through my teenage years right to where I now. It has so much meaning in my life. I still remember watching it the day it premiered and I would watch the reruns daily on nick and nicktoons like a routine for such the longest time (when I say I watched each episode over 100s times I'm not even kidding lol). The whole series just means a lot to me and helped me through some really hard times, I wouldn’t trade that for the world.

Miraculous is great and wonderful but it can’t touch that place in my heart 😌

Make me choose between “__or__”

#i was almost 10 when it came out #and now im 24 #for a show to stay that significant to me for so long #is whoaa #asks #Anonymous

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http-shrike · 4 years

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I am begging twitter to chill out and to 🅱️lease be gentle with my childhood show (atla),,,, im happy for more ppl and more content but sometimes it can get real rough with shipwars (i love all !legal! ships, i dont see why ppl must argue over which one is better!!) and arguments and i want the show to be cherished like fine wine,,,, pls,,,,

I have so may fond memories of watching this show before my childhood was taken away and i want to keep the shows good image in my heart :’)

And if u are new to ATLB! Welcome!! I love you all so much!! Ty for joining in on this lovely series!! It deserves so much recognition and i am glad to have u all here :)

#avatar the last airbender #once again i will be hyperfixating #markus is talking #pls be gentle #i love this show sm #and welcome #i shall cherish all the new content #i have been starved for so long

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wherethestoryhasimagination · 7 years

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Adventure Time Liveblog?

so, I like reading liveblogs; and I know other people like reading them...

So the brilliant idea came to my mind that maybe I could try one.

I know very little about Adventure Time, & was thinking of maybe starting with that. if people (like, 3 or 4) are a fan of this Idea, I’ll make a proper Blog for it & start watching w/ screen captures & commentary. :3

#liveblogging #adventure time #liveblog #ATLB

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