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I need a gun because how is Katara not winning by a landslide

Katara helped Raise Korra, train her in her first element, incorporating not only combat techniques, but also valuable skills and aspects of their culture like healing. She went on to oversee Korra's training even after she graduated to the other elements, and when she saw that Korra was losing steam, she intuited that Korra needed to leave. She encouraged her to do so, and I know that meant a lot to Korra. Especially as everyone else insisted on handling Korra and trying to control her (even with good intentions), Katara was the one who encouraged Korra to take her destiny into her own hands.

Katara : Aang's time has passed. My brother and many of my friends are gone. It's time for you and your generation to take over the responsibility of keeping peace and balance in the world. And I think you're going to be a great Avatar. Korra : [Hugs Katara.] Thank you. Katara: [Close-up of Katara's face, still smiling with her eyes closed.] Goodbye, Korra.

Katara was there from day fucking one, and her and Korra's bond is a treat to observe. Its also so visible in how Korra carries herself, her values and opinions, that Katara had a huge part in shaping the person Korra is. They're both confident, strong women with a firm belief in their ideals, and a burning desire to help others.

Korra: But I couldn't just sit by and do nothing. It's my duty to help people.

And this is all not even getting into the fact that Katara helped Korra walk again, healing her physically and starting her on her mental health journey. Without Katara, Korra wouldn't have even been able to make it to Toph!

And this still remains one of the most powerful scenes in the entire Avatar franchise to me. It is such a wonderful crowning of Katara's core character traits- hope and resilience. That stubborn, unyielding faith in the good in the world and belief that things will get better because you will make it so- this scene reminded me why Katara is my favourite character in atla, and how important she is to both shows.

This scene is also so wonderful about Korra's character, and I know so many people struggling with mental issues resonated with her here. And I know that Katara's words meant a lot to them, as they did to me and to Korra.

Also, I just adore that Katara's necklace seems to have Raava's pattern on it, it's just such a cool detail and it really makes sense for these two to be symbollicaly intertwined in Korra's story.

And not to discredit Toph, because there is some merit to be found in her time with Korra, and it is ultimately what helped Korra heal. But also beating up a 20 year old for a few weeks, not too long after said 20 year old was paraplegic seems like a steep price for a few nuggets of wisdom.I also have personal gripes with how this part of the show was handled but thats neither here nor there.

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scene redraw!!!

i love bi queen

i don’t know why i moved the flames down ngl i was bored in class (shocker, this is how i start every drawing) and decided to do SOMETHING.

not as detailed as i liked but me and my (platonical)wife were busy finding crack fics.

oh and our teacher had a heart attack thats why i bored in class but ngl im always bored in his class

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That tall maid with daofei parents!! …Avatar Kyoshi?

i genuinely hate that i pixelated the bg i wish i didn’t

you cant see it fully without it being zoomed but her make up is half wiped off

GODS I FORGOT HER FRECKLES WHAT

heres the speed paint tho

idk why its that long tbh and yea i gave her pants for a second and lace+dimonds were used for texture. Yesterday when i drew this it was an incredibly boring day, tuedays js suck tbh. And one of the music classes had a concert but unlike like every other concert of the same type (end year) we weren’t allowed this time even though they had space :(

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Notes about this single panel from her 'dream reality':

The guy: He is the guy who in the beach episode invited Azula, Zuko, Mai and Ty Lee at the party. At the balcony scene, Azula tries to flirt with one of the guys (though I don't remember which one and she doesn't seem to remember either) but the guy gets scared (his loss) and refuses her. With him being there it means she has a good reputation and social life.

Uncle Iroh: You can see he is present as well, we didn't see a bond between him and Azula but now we can see Azula wanted him in her life. Iroh is complimenting her, calling her "The conquer of Ba Sing Se" meaning in this reality she did conquer Ba Sing Se as in the canon, thing that Iroh couldn't do. Iroh was also the one who gave her dolls as a gift, nothing wrong in that if he didn't gave Zuko weapons, very inappropriate but it shown how he saw Azula and Zuko.

Ozai and Ursa: Both of them are sitting together, this means they have a good relationship, this means Ursa was never abused or had to leave the castle. In Azula's dream reality her parents are loving each other.

Zuko: There is a lot about him. He doesn't have a scar, meaning he never had an agni kai with his dad, the scene where Azula seemed so happy... she wished it never existed and her brother remained with her. Zuko says AZULA killed the avatar SINGLE HANDILY, again, Zuko was never thrown away so he never had to "Regain his honor". He, as everyone else seem genuinely happy for her.

Ursa: Beside the fact that in this reality she has a good relationship with Ozai, she is also loudly complimenting Azula, she genuinely looks proud of her.

There is a lot more going on but I think you got the idea

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my og avatar fanart that led me into this rabbit hole

i can’t believe its been actually months since this i remember making the sketch and my deskmate asking me to make it sukka (she can literally draw better than me idk why she’s using me for free fanart)

this was my first experience trying to shade metal and actually make it look like metal (you can see how ‘well’ it went) but i never said my pieces were perfect, its just that the mistakes are clearer in this one. i always loved there two but they just seem cuter at every new interaction they have

“why are you posting this if it was old?” well, because i thought i had lost my tablets pencil since friday morning so couldn’t draw anything post-worthy digitally and thursday’s are used to draw ace attorney and saying it’s for class.

Also to explain it better: this isn’t my first atla fanart, i actually have more than a sketchbook full of it, yet it’s the first fully coloured and shaded full body on a big canvas etc drawing

did i talk long enough about random things or should i just start going off about the backstory of this? actually im feeling nice so i won’t

have a nice day!!

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everything rots

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Thanks to @gameswillbeplayed for the idea, I love Wammy's shenanigans and I love Mello being batshit crazy passionate about the most random shit

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Kuzon probably died thinking that his best friend Aang was murdered in the genocide his nation carried out against Aang's people...

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gods i actually have some mystical stuff to say about this one

"yangchen steps" were named to bunches of flowers as if life bloomed wherever the avatar stepped

after stezo's neglect of human affairs excluding the fire nation, it was her duty to help humanity no matter what happened to her

i forgot how ugly it looked without the lighting

her legacy was one of peace time, her successor doing everything to protect her god-like image

did you see what i did with the text? im such a pro at trying to make cartoons serious ik

also sorry for not having alt text, my battery is low and tumblr is refusing to send this, it’s my ??? attempt.

yk an avatar is peak when they’re an airnomad

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Little animation I did, inspired with what is happening in the fandom with the news of the new series

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Long haired zuko mentioned???

this is incredibly old so it took me a while to find it lol the pose isn’t even understandable without the blurry(bc i was lazy) throne

zuko alone:

AND

The base line art because i actually love how i did the hair and face!!!

(i’m allowed to be proud of myself shush)

If i remember correctly this was done during art history instead of actual paying attention to the class (i did listen to the teacher as much as i hate them dw) (it was about greek mythology how could i not?)

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SEASON 2 OUTFIT MENTIONED

i need her...

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(adult?) watertribe siblings!!!!!

MY SHAYLAAAAAS

they deserve the world and their stories break me so much it hurts. I want to adopt them and give them all the love and care they deserve

heres the speed paint lol (the canvas time is 8 hours)

I know there are a lot of mistakes… but as i said 8 hours in the span of 2 days (monday and Thursday) is the longest time i had for a digital piece so i’m too lazy to try to fix it.

also i DARE you to be mad at me for tracing over sculptures

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me and a friend as these two cuties (i lost the og image of us but maybe i can find it later) i can’t believe its been almost two months since this photo

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s2 korra had the best outfit

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By @lanjunlazy: “The sun is just right.”