I wanted to go a bit more in-depth with this piece that I did for zukka week 2023 because i got inspired to do more insane clothing details. ID in ALT.

Ramble about the influences/inspirations below:

Design inspirations for Sokka's clothing are mainly Inuvialuit and Yup'ik, with Nenets, Tlingit, and Chukchi inspiration for the tassels, patterns, belt and beadwork. I mixed these with the ornaments canon shows us used by the Northern Water Tribe, and also in Legend of Korra. I got particularly excited about drawing from Inuvialuit sources since the tassels we see in canon look like they could be inspired by this. Going beyond canon's animation-friendly colour scheme, I drew from Nenets patterns/embroidery/sashes and Yup'ik beadwork for accent colours. I think in the future I'd like to find ways to incorporate more Tlingit-style patterns since I rarely see them in fanart (which is a shame - they're stunning), but since they tend to be very big I ultimately decided to only include them as a nod in order to keep the regalia recognisable as 'Water Tribe'. I wonder if I could start using Polynesian influences as well?

Zuko's headdress and particularly the shoulder garment and beaded embroidery draw heavily from women's clothing styles of Lê Dynasty Vietnam. The other main influence is men's royal clothing in Tang Dynasty China, and patterns worn by Mongolian Khatun. Since we have a bit more to go on in canon as to what fire nation regalia looks like, I blended that in as well. I got particularly excited about the embellishments on Lê Dynasty clothes because I could give a little nod to Zuko's dragon-fire by adding more colours to the embroidery. In the future I think I'd want to make the Mongolian influence a bit more obvious... perhaps even push the envelope by incorporating some Bashkir designs, though I'm not sure how well that will go.

for ur consideration i humbly present prince consort Sokka, the greatest mind of his generation

...what can i say? Idk i just love these two, since the first time I watched the show as a young 11 year old I already liked their dynamic. These are supposed to be them like older, like around their early 20's the designs are mostly inspired by the comics and some details korra.

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Hey everyone! I posted a cute little one shot. (Very short, 604 words) so if you’re looking for a little bit of Zukka fluff to brighten your day here it is :-)

atla au but nothing changes except sokka is taller and zuko is shorter

zukka smooch

ough

The “Googoo eyes when the other person isn’t looking” trope IS Zukka.

Zukka brain worms are BACK husbands ❤️

more from the AU where just about everything goes wrong for @zukkaweek Day 6: Royalty. ID in ALT.

Sokka: *exists*

Zuko: *grab*

will someone please tell the fire lord he is in fact flirting with his best friend and no, it is not an appropriate activity for council meetings!

Modern zukka i guess <3

Omg guys I managed to update my other fic!

If you want something a little more hard hitting and realistic then please check out my Zukka fic “Fools Gold”

Note: this is NOT cute and fluffy (mostly). There are a lot of mentions of the reality of war, trauma, and grief. But if you like “The Art of Burning” you’ll probably like this.

i keep seeing people talk abt atla again, specifically zutara. Thought i’d share my opinions bc i can ig

When i first started atla back in like 2020 i think? i looooved katara and aang, honestly would murder for them😭 anytime i saw her being shipped with zuko my blood would genuinely start to boil

while my opinions aren’t as strong now and i’m more open to things i still don’t see the appeal🤷‍♀️ i get enemies to lovers, trust me. I just don’t see it with them tbh

this is probably controversial but if i didn’t ship zukka, i would ship zutara.