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Spotted at the Los Angeles Science Center

#avatar the last air bender #atla #ember island #ember island players #fire nation #La science center #new fire safety exhibit

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amdeadinsyd

comradekatara

katara is one of those impossibly cool people who “has a guy” for everything. like run into any sort of problem and she’s just like “hang on i gotchu. just contact this number and they’ll know what to do.” but half the time that guy is just sokka

salix03

incredibly in-character

emperorsfoot

#sokka #shu #avatar the last air bender #atla

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animentality

If you shipped Layla and Warren from Sky High you also shipped zutara.

#I did #it's true!#I have a type #sky high 2005 #atla #warren peace #Layla williams

emperorsfoot

Does anybody have that gif of Zuko deflecting Azula’s fire as if it were a knife?

#avatar #Avatar The Last Airbender #atla #zuko #azula #fire bending #knife fight #how to deflect a knife #gif?#fire siblings #zuzu

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eirichele

i really love zuko avatar the last airbender but he also definitely influenced people into thinking all the villains in the world can and should be redeemed like. shut up. youre not zuko avatar the last airbender and you will never be zuko avatar the last airbender

emperorsfoot

The thing that made Zuko’s redemption arc so good was that is was long. It was hard on him. It was organic and made sense.

He did not just flip a switch in the final season like some other villains in other shows have done.

His redemption began at the beginning of the second season. Over the course of the story he was confronted with the real and tangible consequences of his father’s and his nation’s actions. He even experienced some of those consequences himself. He lived as someone on “the other side” for an entire season.

He was given a chance to switch sides and join the Gaang and he rejected it. Choosing to go back to his abusive father. Many would think this undid the character development he had over the course of the season. But it did not, it was another necessary step in Zuko’s redemption arc.

Zuko had to go back to his abusive family to see with new eyes informed by his experiences that what his father and his country is doing is objectively wrong. It had to happen that way so that Zuko could make the decision on his own, without anyone else pressing him into it, to leave the Fire Nation and join the Avatar.

No other villain redemption arc has ever taken as much time and shown as much care and attention to the character’s mental or emotional progression.

#zuko #atla #villains #redemption #redemption arcs #zuko's redemption arc #not calling out any specific villains in the bolded line #although a couple specific villains do come to mind #who just flip the switch #at the end #and are fan favorites #not naming names

emperorsfoot

I was today years old when I realized the character Smellerbee from Avatar (Last Air Bender) is trans.

#good for her!#avatar #atla #smellerbee #season 2

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I wonder what kind of conspiracy theory the world of the Avatar has.

gritsandbrits

The Firelord might have killed Lu Ten.

emperorsfoot

This one makes an uncomfortable amount of sense to me and I do not like it.

But, like, it really makes a lot of sense. Ozai always wanted the throne and the only thing in his way was his brother, Iro, and his nephew, Lu Ten. The official story was that Lu Ten was killed on the battle field. But, a lot can happen on the battle field. So many bodies moving. Fire and earth being thrown everywhere, spears, and swords, and weapons of non-benders. Who can say exactly how Lu Ten actually died? Who can say who dealt the killing blow? Was he killed by an Earth Kingdom soldier? Or a Fire Nation conspirator?

Who can say...?

#fuck!#I think you're onto something gritsandbrits #avatar #atla