#the dilves zukkae

[3cosmicfrogs]

i emerge from the depths of Real World Job to give you an idea dump.

ID in alt text.

[sulkybender]

The great and good @3cosmicfrogs illustrated this scene from the broken line that led from me to you, my story about Zuko and Sokka getting together in middle age <3

You can find the whole Zukka dilves story here

Thank you so much, Jahn! They're so beautiful and so in love 😭

[candle-scm]

so uhhh is anyone else around here interested in dilf (dilves?) zukka

[ranilla-bean]

what inspired spacedilves? are they really in space? why are they dilves?

so... the concept of spacedilves is: john woo's red cliff, but what if zhou yu and zhuge liang were zukka. and in space. cos fr why were they standing like this in the whole movie—

YES they're in space. im partly revisiting chinese space from galactic repairman (i got a LOT of sequel requests) but it's also a brand new world! combining ash's Space Nerdery with my Make It Chinese 🫡

they're dilves because [clenches fist] the beauty & passion of finding each other in ur middle age... at the height of ur achievements... 🥺 ur never too late for a chance at love... Real Answer, have you SEEN ash's dilfkka

ask me & ash questions about spacedilves!

[dickpuncherdraws]

zukka week 2021 day 7: the prince and the fool...and izumi!

time to update the official family portrait!

[bipirate]

Im rewatching atla and every time i do im reminded that all the atla ship wars are useless. Zutara this kataang that zukka this NO. You are all wrong. The best atla ship is obviously hakoda/bato, dilves of the water tribe. The ship name is habato bakoda (yes, to the tune of hakuna matata)

[3cosmicfrogs]

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.

[sulkybender]

Look, the only men I need in my life are middle-aged Zukka falling in love for the first time

[3cosmicfrogs]

what people think ageing up characters means: ive made them 25 because i relate to how i envision them as adults 🩷🥰

what it actually means: ive DILF-ed them up to all hell, they are 45 years old and have old man sex, their lower backs hurt on most days, and i am so so horny about all of it.

[sulkybender]

Hi guys! Reminder that you can commission a story from me in the Fandom Trumps Hate auction! I’m raising money for environmental charities.

I can write you a Zukka fairytale… 👀 or some classy dilves

[3cosmicfrogs]

Hi! Your Zukka dilves mean everything to me; thank you so much for your blessings this week <3

I'm glad people are enjoying my forays into dilf-bending! I'm having a gay ole time!

Also i think it's hilarious how several people have now used 'dilves' as a plural of dilf, it's incredible.