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i feel like zuko, azula, katara and sokka's personalities are SO shaped by their nation/ tribe's respective political and cultural positioning that it's nearly impossible to disentangle them as characters from the dynamic between fire nation and water tribe?? to the point where it would almost ship of theseus into a different set of characters/ story. certainly not a user-friendly AU to explore imo
yeah, like the most logical evil!katara is just basically hama, someone who's been driven to horrible things because of how she's suffered under oppression, someone who's become consumed with revenge. who even is katara without the formative trauma of being the last waterbender and losing her mother to the fire nation?
also, my biggest problem with this au is that the cultural inspirations for atla feel very intentional - the water tribes and air nomads are both based on groups who have been victims of imperialism/colonialism irl and the fire nation largely draws on japan and china's histories of empire. there are indigenous groups in the americas that have histories of empire but afaik the inuit don't so it just feels...off. like the characters are so shaped by their positionality and that positionality is so intentional that flipping the dynamics just doesn't make sense
#literally agree with all of this#like there’s no problem with people doing fun what ifs as a writing exercise but so many of swap aus like this I’ve seen are all#what if oppressed people were actually EVIL.#and I just have to side eye it a little bit like#what was the thought process behind this 🙃#especially since the water tribe are clearly darker skinned than the people of the other nations
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Everyone I know in Gaza is messaging me saying they can't find internet anymore and are barely able to connect using esims that are running out. Please don't stop donating esims.
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Art of my fic Swept Away for week 5 of @atlararepairmonth, prompt Chores!
Holy hell I hope I made it lol.
My god this was a month of all time. I moved, got sick and had other stuff going on in the background, I’m surprised I got any fan works done in that time but I did! So yay! I hope you all enjoyed my weird descent into chaos even though the art was a bit lackluster. At least I got it done I guess. See you!
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WE ARE ACCEPTING LATE SUBMISSIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS!
Thank you all for the amazing participation for this year's Rarepair event. It was an absolute delight to see all of the love and creativity everybody put into their submissions!
It really means a lot to us to see so much engagement from the fandom. Thank you again so much!
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Here is art for my fic In Turn for week 4 of @atlararepairmonth, Writing Letters/Secret Messages!
I posted the fic a little over a week ago but life got hectic and I couldn’t finish the art. Got there eventually! I’ll write a final chapter when inspiration strikes and upload it here as soon as I get the chance.
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Week 3 of @atlararepairmonth, here is my fic He Saw Me Too for the prompt Education/Teaching.
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One of things that I managed to absolutely memory hole because it's not in front of my face 100% of the time, since I'm still waiting for my gpu to arrive, might as well edit them and upload.
''4 elements'', done in watercolor, gouache, ink, Posca Markers
#THIS IS TRADITIONAL???#Holy shit it’s so good#just everything about it#aang#zuko#katara#toph#atla#atla fanart#art from the ether
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By now, you all must have seen the news that Gaza had officially run out of food, as one of the main aid suppliers in Gaza, World Food Program, had announced that their stock has been completely depleted, leaving just a few days for community kitchens to function.
This comes after more than 50 days (and counting) of Israel's complete closure of the borders, preventing food and medicine, among other life essentials, from entering Gaza. There are children crying out of hunger with trucks loaded with over 100,000 tons of food mere minutes away from them, which Israel continues to prevent from entering besieged Gaza.
This also comes after Israel had deliberately destroyed swaths of farmlands in Gaza, specifically targeting them with bombs and chemical weapons that destroy the chance of growing crops. Israel also made sure bakeries are destroyed as well as water sources.
Diabolical is an understatement when it comes to the Zionist entity.
There are still things you can do. On top of raising awareness and protesting when possible, independent organisations like APN are working directly with farmers in Gaza to rehabilitate the agricultural sector and restore local food systems to combat famine, counter the blockade and build food sovereignty. You can donate to their Revive Gaza's Farmlands initiative here.
Additionally, keep in mind that this means whatever food supplies remain available in Gaza now cost astronomical amounts of money, so keep sharing and donating to individual fundraising campaigns. Gazafunds is a good source if you're not sure where to start. Remember that your donations and shares are often the only source of hope for these families.
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Week 2 of @atlararepairmonth, here is Set Free for the prompt music/poetry.
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did you guys know i love piandao
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AtLA Rarepair Month - May 2025
Hello and welcome once again to the Avatar: The Last Airbender Rarepair Month event!
This event is a month long, spanning the entirety of the month of May 2025, and will be devoted to any and all forms of content celebrating the Rarepair ships of AtLA.
Content can include but not limited to fanfiction, fanart, moodboards, edits, music videos and playlists.
Prompts:
Week 1 - Fairytales & Legends + Mental Health/Support Systems + Seasons- May 1st to May 6th
Week 2 - Musical instruments & Poetry + First Time Bending Experiences + Love Languages - May 7th to May 12th
Week 3 - Education/Teaching + Confessions + The Four Elements - May 13th to May 18th
Week 4 - First Kill (Hunting or War) + Writing Letters/Secret Messages + The Human Spirit - May 19th to May 24th
Week 5 - Retirement + Chores + In Sickness and In Health + Free Space - May 25th to May 31st
The rules for entries are as follows:
-Must be 18+ to participate, as we will be accepting NSFW entries (make sure to tag appropriately for content warnings)
-A rarepair must have 100 or less fics on ao3 to be considered acceptable.
-For this event we are excluding any Canon Character x Reader submissions.
-We will, however, accept Canon Character x OC submissions.
-All content is acceptable, please be courteous of other people's submissions and do not leave hate or discourse in the comments and tags. This is a celebration of rarepairs and encouraging more content for rarepairs in the fandom. If you don't like something someone made, just keep scrolling.
-When submitting your content, make sure to tag us @atlararepairmonth
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Art for my fic Familiar Friend for @atlararepairmonth, week 1 - Mental health/Support Systems!
Might add art inspiration later but I just wanted to post this for now lol.
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You know what? Fuck you.
Terrible White Lotus sketches be upon ye'.





#the white lotus#jeong jeong#king bumi#uncle iroh#master pakku#piandao#atla fanart#atla#art from the ether
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first time i was in the uk i was like im gonna make yall my favorite breakfast: biscuits and gravy
and everyone made visibly disgusted faces as both ‘biscuits’ and even the style of gravy were lost in translation to recontextualize one of the best meals ever to exist into a complete abomination
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Edit 4/7/24: Check out this post I made instead and try and redirect your attention to getting people out of Gaza as quickly as possible, thank you!
Edit 10/29/24: Israel has banned the PCRF from operating in Gaza (along with several other organizations). Please donate to verified fundraisers.
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You can donate to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund for as little as $1.00.

There is a fee you can choose to apply to cover processing.

Which if you choose to do leaves you with a total of ~$1.35 (USD) depending on the type of card you have.

PCRF has a score of 97% on Charity Navigator.
Adults and children alike are currently dying in Palestine due to starvation. (World Health Organization Link)
The Gaza Strip is one of two places in the entire world that is categorized as Phase 5 (the highest phase) on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification scale.
So even if you think it isn't enough, remember that donating even as little as $1.35 helps! It's $1.35 they wouldn't have had otherwise. So donate if you can. 🇵🇸
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