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I really want to do a deep dive into Toph’s mental health so here is all my opinions/headcannons of what happened and I’ll love to hear your opinions

Firstly, in the comics we see her take an interest in engineering, a career she doesn’t end up going into. I think this is due to the lack of accessibility in university courses which stopped her.

She did however go into the police force, however when she became chief, it became repetitive, and it wasn’t for her. She turned to alcohol to help with this, had short term relationships slept around.

This is how she ends up pregnant with Lin. She gets through the pregnancy, afterwards she struggles being a single mum, she has a couple of down patches, struggles with anxiety but gets through. She makes it a priority to change for her daughter, to give her a good life

When Lin is still a baby, she meets someone - a firefighter (water bender) and well they end up dating. Lin calls him dad and by the time she turns 5 they are getting together adoption papers so that she will officially be his. However he dies on duty days before the process is finalized.

He passes early on in Toph’s pregnancy before he even knew, she never got the chance to tell him, with her not having been completely sure herself only being a few days late.

The next year is ruff. The pregnancy is hard, with Toph dealing not only a grieving 5 year old but also with hyperemesis gravidarum (severe sickness in pregnancy (like to the point of dehydration and even hospitalization) as well as Su ending up being premature, a result of a hard delivery with both of them nearly passing.

She then is hit with severe post partum depression. Her friends mostly had to take care of the kids and her during this. Zuko fears that he lost another sister due to mental illness during this.

It eases up enough for her to get through. She carries on, holds off on alcohol. She keeps up appearances.

She didn’t mean to react the way she did when Su hurt Lin, she wanted to make it right, however when Su left to Gaoling, her house felt to empty and she turned to alcohol again. This only worsened with the passing of aang, with her retreating from republic city and the public eye completely, only making an effort for her grandchildren. When Sokka died however that was her true breaking point. She never properly learned to grieve. She knew how to run, how to hide and so that’s what she did. And she lived in the swamp ever since

Hi Anon, thanks for the ask! Haven’t done one of these in a while lol. Going to try and keep these answers as in line with canon as possible! Lord knows my AU’s are very fluffy and paint a happy life for Toph lol.

- I agree that Toph had an interest in engineering! I think everyone would say it’s impossible/improbable pursue that career in universe because of her blindness, but I think if she was really dedicated she’d become an engineer if she wanted to. Toph doesn’t seem like the person that takes No for an answer at some point, especially when she’s a young adult lol. I wonder if she would’ve known that she’s not the type to sit in a classroom to learn? Maybe that’s why she didn’t push it. Plus, she had other interests that made it easy to potentially let go of her engineering career idea.

- I do think that her job as chief of police would become repetitive for her, but I never really saw it as an issue in the beginning. If she got bogged down early with the politics, the “paperwork,” and the bureaucracy of the system, then she’d definitely start to hate it. But I always imagined she was more of a hands on chief, out in the field and kicking ass while she could. As for the relationships, I think she’d prefer flings over serious relationships. Easier to keep people at a distance that way. The mention of Kanto in season 4 of TLOK would suggest maybe her flings became more than just that, so perhaps Kanto gave her a taste of what a traditional relationship could be. Of course, it didn’t work out between them in the show, but perhaps it was a spark for her.

- Having Lin definitely changes Toph’s life, makes her rethink everything she ever knew. I think she’d lean on her friends for support, but would also imagine that being a single mom really messed with her. She always tried to put on a face and act as if she could handle it all, but I think she’d secretly struggle, at least in the beginning. Again, her friends would be super helpful when they’re around!

- Very curious to hear more about Su’s father! I’m the type to stray away from headcanons of “Sokka is Suyin’s father” based on how canon plays out, but I’ve never had a good alternate for Su’s dad. I think Toph’s pregnancy with Su being super tough and dramatic is 🤌🏼, gotta go for the angst ya know? Also, while Toph’s depressed, is she not working, either? What gets her back to “normal?”

- I would agree that Toph probably never learned to properly grieve, but I wonder if alcohol is really her vice? She talks a big game in the show about facing things head on, but I feel like she’d have a tough time walking the walk and facing her emotions/feelings. To me I feel like she’d just run off without telling anyone where she was going or what she was looking for, and she’s not traceable because she can hide better than anyone else. I suppose if she had alcohol problems all throughout her life that she would turn to it in late adulthood, but I suppose I never thought of her having issues with addiction. I could be convinced, though!

All of these are really interesting headcanons and could definitely warrant a character study fic for Toph haha! I appreciate you sending them my way and sharing. Always love chatting about Toph and ATLA when I remember that Tumblr is a thing!

Thanks again for the ask! Feel free to stop by with some more headcanons, and I hope you have a nice day!

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Big ATLA piece!!

I've been watching the series while doing schoolwork lately and it felt comforting, so I wanted to make a scene where the gaang was just having a good time jsjs

I took the opportunity and did a forest study from a photo for the background, and I am so proud of it UvU

also heres a 1 minute timelapse for anyone interested hehehe

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Encore, Baby!

As their band is on a world tour, Toph Beifong comes to a shocking discovery that threatens her life and aspiration of being the best keyboardist in the world.

New fic dropped in the Kantoph Tag 0-0

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Team avatar! I was inspired, and I did some stickers to sell in future art events :D. I'll upload them to my redbubble if anyone is interested in them.

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This is a drawing I made for International Women's Day

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Katara sketch from a bit ago that I never posted

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girlsies

toph came out much shorter than i actually intended lets just ignore that

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Just realized communities are a thing again—

Kantoph community, anyone? 0-0

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This one turned out weird but I'm happy with the results

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My daughter 💚⛰️

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Wait, you were actually born in the 1900's? Thats so cool

i am going to eat my own entire skin

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ATLA sketch

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[359/547] — until we meet again, jungkook ♡

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when you get this list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish, then send this to 10 of your favorite followers 👍

Hello! Thanks for the ask! :D

Welp, since Spotify Wrapped just came out, I'll list my top 5 songs from this year LOL.

Seven (Feat. Latto) (Explicit Version) by Jungkook

Love Me Again by V

Silver Spoon by BTS

3D (Feat. Jack Harlow) by Jungkook

Euphoria by BTS

...Can you tell I like BTS? LOL

Thanks again for the ask and hope you have a nice day! :D

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