#the beach

[iheartliquor]

[aw0-files]

The beach is a dangerous place.

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[avrelia]

There was a lot of conversation suddenly about that scene in The Beach episode where Zuko brings stuff to Mai, and whether it means Mai is a bad girlfriend for not being more grateful.

And here is my opinion, which I personally consider the ultimate truth, but YMMV,as they say.

Mai is not a bag girlfriend

Zuko is not a bad boyfriend.

Their relationship is not toxic, abusive, or problematic, but it does have problems, since they are both troubled, traumatized teens who hasn’t seen how healthy relationship work, but they are both trying their best.

Let’s try to imagine ourselves inside Zuko’s head. He wants to do something nice, looks around, sees a shell, remembers that girls are supposed to like pretty things and uncle Iroh thought shells were pretty, picks it up and offers it to Mai.

Let’s move to Mai’s head now. She sees Zuko picking up some random trash from the sand and giving it to her, saying that all girls supposed to like it. She doesn’t like and her response is an eyeroll and a sarcastic remark. Zuko is angry, but is it Mai’s fault? No, it is not.

Zuko had good intentions, but good intention don’t necessarily translate into good action. Imagine, a more common scenario from our world: a girl is given cut roses, because girls are supposed to love flowers, and roses are the best flowers. Must a girl be happy and grateful? Roses are usually really beautiful, after all.

Yet she – might hate flowers

- might hate cut flowers

- might dislike roses

- might be allergic to roses

- might be looking forward to daisies instead

- something else entirely

Mai’s reaction might not have been perfect, but it is realistic and understandable.

now, Zuko realized his mistake, and went to get ice cream – something Mai actually loved and wanted to have.

He almost did it – and then didn’t. Imagine Mai’s disappointment, when a cool delicious icecream drops out of your hand and onto your clothes. What did she do? She thanked Zuko, in mildly sarcastic tone. It is a perfect reaction to the silly mishap, really. Zuko is even more disappointed – but not in Mai and her reaction, remember, all this time he is mad at himself, and everything he does and doesn’t do, feeds that anger.

[softlysavvy]

[little-pup-pip]

hi!! cn i request a beach/watertype pokemon moodboard with a masc lean and no paci pls ? ty sorry if it's not specific enough

Sure!!

[traumatizedsam]

Swim with me I think I can see the beach Just don't look underneath us I need you here with me

—The Beach, The Neighbourhood

[locke-n-k3y]

I'll be honest I finished the Nicky and immediately did the Glenn, sorry for posting so close together, tomorrow I will have the sweater prompt (maybe this time Glenn won't be naked?? Who knows) but yes, he is once again artfully covered under the cut but very very naked so pls beware <33

This beach is based on what the beach five mins from my house looked like today, so no summer fun just an infernally hot Glenn flexing his interior heat by getting nakey on a cold ass beach

Once again trans Glenn rights, he looks so chill hear, less cunty more 'sagely reading a small book in the garden'

[jaaake]

in my happy place

[akiizayoi4869]

The Family Portrait

Every time I watch The Beach episode and it gets to the part where Zuko burns the family portrait, I always think about how Azula felt when he does that.

We see Zuko's facial expression as this is going on, which is anger

Although he was pretty much angry about everything at this point, so it may not have had anything to do with burning the photo at all. But what about Azula? How did she feel about this? We know that the family beach house holds painful memories for her too, as shown when she immediately knew where to find Zuko after the party.

She sees that being there is bringing Zuko down, so she tells him to come down to the beach with her, and then she turns around and begins walking away while saying "this place is depressing". Which means that, much like Zuko, she has feelings about that place too. But as per usual, the writers just made everything that had to do with their family about Zuko, instead of the both of them. That was Azula's family too, not just Zuko's. Really wish that we got scenes of what Azula thought about these things.

[iheartliquor]

[stealfocus]

ARTIST: Marcella Casu

[waterfire1848]

Avatar AU - In which, the Gaang is at Ember Island at the same time as Azula, Zuko, Mai and Ty Lee, but no teenager on Ember Island recognizes any of them so when the Gaang meets up with Ozai’s Angels and Zuko at the party they just smile and bear it.

[derangedrhythms]

It darkened a darkness darker.

Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters; from ‘The Beach’

[prodogg]

A very subtle moment but still one of my favorites from my favorite episode of ATLA. Azula showing concern for Ty Lee. The beach has more of those subtle moments that humanize Azula and enriches her character more.