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old atla fanart from 2020 hihi

CAN YALL SEE MY VISION

Are we, as a fandom, ready to admit that Mai’s entire backstory, personality, coping mechanisms, character traits, strengths, weaknesses, self image, belief system, and arc, are literally almost exactly the same as Toph but like, slightly to the left

Sheltered and coddled rich kid, “better seen and not heard,” “don’t speak unless you’re spoken to,” “stay in your room and stay out of trouble,” both painfully bored and stifled to the point of being incredibly depressed and borderline self destructive, Toph turned to earthbending matches, Mai taught herself how to throw knives, neither ever learned how to interact with people their age or how to have friends and struggles with social interaction, neither expect anyone to respect their opinion or even listen so they always either just keep their opinion to themself or when they boil over, they boil over completely and turn to shouting or violence because they don’t believe anyone will listen to them otherwise, both slowly had to learn to love and to trust that someone would be there, while also learning that they deserved better and should defend their boundaries because being treated like a human instead of a prop isn’t an unrealistic expectation

People talk about Toph’s ability to dress up all fancy and fit in perfectly as a sophisticated, model daughter, while also being like “hehe violence, lets go commit crimes” but no one talks about how Mai is literally exactly the same way, from a political perspective she’s like the perfect, calm, cultured, girlfriend for Zuko, she can absolutely play the role she needs to, but she also carries knives on her at all times and committed arson with her friends at a beach party for fun

That similarity is also 100% part of the reason that Zuko and Toph get along so well, because once she warms up to him Zuko immediately recognizes her as a kindred spirit. Out of the entire gaang, Toph is the one that Zuko understands and empathizes with the most/vice versa. 

Everyone else took a really long time to understand Toph because Toph is so different from the main group but Zuko had half a conversation with her and went “oh she’s Mai but baby”

Azula always lies. 

saw this post by @heavenly-dusk and kinda went insane thinking abt it so i drew it, i hope you don’t mind! 

!!!! I absolutely don’t mind! This is amazing, I love the lightning in Azula’s eyes and the expressions are just so good. Thank you so much!!!!!

it was such a bold move for atla to make every single fire nation girl a lesbian but I think it really paid off

atla has the clearest demonstration of the emo/goth dichotomy of any piece of modern media, i think. we as an audience know that zuko and mai shouldn’t have ended up together, and this is because zuko (an emo) and mai (a goth) are so fundamentally different. in this essay, i will address th

these characters….. *chefs kiss*

[ID: Two digital drawings from Avatar: the Last Airbender. The first drawing is of Azula. She wears her Fire Nation crown and a sleeveless red dress. She glances to the side, hair blowing in the wind. The second drawing is of Mai and Ty Lee. They are in their canon clothing. Mai has one arm draped over Ty Lee’s shoulder and Ty Lee holds onto Mai with one hand. They are both glancing at the audience. End ID.]

i think we need to talk about how ty lee was an acrobat, and therefore is probably scary strong

[ID: A digital drawing of Mai and Ty Lee from Avatar. Ty Lee is drawn from her mid-thigh up, holding Mai bridal-style. She looks at Mai with a closed-mouth smile and blushing cheeks. Mai is drawn with a slightly stunned expression on her face and her right arm out slightly. There are a couple of white lines above Mai’s arm and her legs which indicate movement as though Ty Lee just picked her up off the ground. The background is a solid yellow. END ID] 

relationships that inspire historians to debate over the romantic nature of it for hundreds of years to come: mailee

mai becomes a celebrated poet after the war; after she passes, her records of correspondence are published, including her many letters to and from ty lee. academics debate whether ty lee calling mai ''my dearest friend on this earth'' (clearly platonic!) cancels out the preceding 5 paragraphs in which ty lee vividly describes the way she will kiss mai when they are reunited

the mai/azula/ty lee friendship is overall pretty toxic but we should not forget that they asked azula what she wanted for the drill and she said “triple throne for me and the homies”

you ever think about how long hair is technically zuko’s default

When Aang asked, “But why would I choose cosmic energy over Katara?”

and when Hakoda told his daughter, “You and your brother are my entire world”

and when Katara said, “I thought you didn’t want to help” and Sokka replied, “You need me, and I will never turn my back on you”

and when Toph asked, “Do you really think friendships can last more than one lifetime?” and Aang replied, “I don’t see why not”

and when Sokka said, “It’s Suki!” and later she said, “I knew you’d come”

and when Mai looked Azula in the eye and declared, “Because I love Zuko more than I fear you” and then Ty Lee saved her a moment later without a second thought

and when Iroh grabbed Zuko in a hug before he could even finish his apology and told him “I was never angry with you.  I was sad because I was afraid you lost your way” 

and when Aang turned to Zuko when the battle was finally over and said, “And now we’re friends” and Zuko agreed with a look that was almost akin to wonder, “Yeah, we are”

…that’s love !!

you know what, fuck this *animal crossings your zukkas*

fuck it, more of them

The gaang’s all here!

+ the emotional distress support fire girls

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THAnk YOU BRYKE FOR THESE AMAZING 12 YEARS! for all these amazing characters and this amazing world you guys have created!  and now i will crawl in my corner and cry over the finale

as a holiday present to myself, I drew my 10 most played heroes from Overwatch! I love them all Very Much

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