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Tried a comic-like visualization of the released 'Dawn of Yangchen' excerpt
(I read the first part entirely qrong tho, i'm sorry jfofbfkf)
Among other things, the punishment includes having hot air blown into one's ear, being on the other end of the Avatar's pain upon learning of your betrayal, and witnessing her exhausted, grieving and in desperate need of help.
And having your whole worldview and a sense of morality reset and redefined, urging you to make up for every misstep because it's right and because you want to do it for her.
#and sort of.. becoming so devoted to her than no other life even makes sense even when she detests you#in other words.. Kavik's punishment is knowing Yangchen#because as soon as he gets to know her.. he cannot not love her. he cannot resist the change happening in him#will I make countless obnoxious posts about this book again? maybe#Kavik#chronicles of the avatar#the dawn of yangchen
I'm going to start fucking yelling again
#jetsun#avatar gun#Mesose#no you don't understand.. how just hearing something he'd say immediately puts the past life of Gun at ease#making him forget that he's dead#I may have a very very specific kind of brainrot over them because.. with just a couple sentences#it's clear that Mesose is that trusted companion that really is close to the Avatar#and that fond teasing.. I'm not talking about what kind of relationship they had#but Gun loved Mesose okay? and to know that he failed not just the town but him specifically..#ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch#and you know all about my pet headcanon that they did get another shot. but even that aside..#it must have taken everything for Gun to decide to go on#I'm going to start chewing on drywall#chronicles of the avatar#the dawn of yangchen#Yangchen#also I may or may not feel very called out with that multiple projects thing
Shattered
(inspired by this absolutely heartbreaking piece by thyinum)
trigger warning: dissociation, self-harm, grief, implied character death, hint at violent imagery, hint at suicidal ideation
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Avatar Yangchen & The Elements
Alright, here we go. I’m writing the essay. Make sure to take notes; this will be on the exam.
Every Avatar has an element that they struggle with. An element that they struggle to master, an element that just isn’t as powerful compared to the others they use. Aang’s was earthbending. Roku’s was waterbending. Korra’s was airbending.
This is my case for Yangchen’s ‘struggle’ element being water.
(Note: This will contain major spoilers for both Yangchen novels. Her appearance in The Rift comic is also mentioned, but less spoiler-y)
#YESSSSS YOU WROTE IT AMAZING#you should see my expression under the excel. a bending table you say? 😏 maybe she and Kavik can also create one of those- SHUTTING UP NOW#anyway. Yes!!! also.. less traditionally. water is also about not resisting. letting feelings pass#it's diving into the emotional but not being ruled over it. Yangchen?? she's fucking terrified of feeling anything#she'd fall apart under her grief and.. you guessed it.. lose control#and.. yes. she and Korra.. going shrimp brain right now over that vision#both of them never knew how to be anything else but the Avatar#but while Korra compensates by excelling in the physical side..#Yangchen controls every single thing she possibly can. the way you mention how she's terrified of losing control made me tear up#and they don't know who they are outside of the Avatar but feel like they're failing every step of the way#anyway.. excellent meta. I'm so glad you took all this time to actually write it out and so beautifully at that#Yangchen#chronicles of the avatar#the dawn of yangchen#the legacy of yangchen
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Yangchen stop thinking about Kavik’s hands challenge…
attempt one: FAILED ‼️
attempt two: FAILED ‼️
attempt three: OH MY GOD SERIOUSLY?! FAILED ‼️
(perform to that level… perform how, yangchen, hm?)
CHALLENGE: IMPOSSIBLE
#-oh why is yangvik a thing can't people just- shows them this#listen. even if I just take shipper goggles out of the equation. it does at the very least read like...#she notices him. she thinks about him.#(even though.. come on. in the second one she falls asleep thinking of his hands#right after she just attempted to call him to come rest with her in the bed#nothing telling about that. at all.)#and you know what they say.. when a girl says - I like your hands - it means she's dtf??#well. let's just say that Yangchen doesn't yet know why it's so important that his fingers are able to perform ~shows of dexterity~#but it's going to only gain more importance later on 🤭#Yangchen#Kavik#Yangvik#the dawn of yangchen#the legacy of yangchen
Kavik is an example of a well-written, sensitive, caring yet trying not to be, conflicted yet ultimately good character who undergoes incredible growth and some of you seriously don't appreciate him enough.
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MESOSE
Part 4 — People from the Avatar novels
He was Avatar Gun’s closest companion and best friend. And just as Gun, we don’t know any gender or nationality. (I like to think he’s a Earth Kindom man) Also, he seems to be more faithful on humanity’s value than his best friend.
He’s described as a skilled poet and engineer who wrote numerous books, one of them being “A Discourse on Floodplain Management”
He drowned on the harbor city of Ha’an after Avatar Gun’s failed attempt to hold back a tsunami. After this, Gun mourned him for “quite a while” before returning to his duty.
#we have so little context about them yet they already mean the world to me#I can't even imagine what Gun must have gone through when they died#I think the design fits really well. they look intelligent and analytical but with a softer side to them#and yes apparently my headcanon is that one of their reincarnations is Kavik. and I can sort of see that with this design#the dawn of yangchen#the legacy of yangchen
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Avatar Gun.
PART 3 - Characters from the Avatar novels.
We don’t know any gender of nationality from this avatar. Most people associate him as a male from the Earth Kingdom or the Water-tribes, because of the nature of his name and the info we know about him.
All we know about him is a failed attempt to hold back a Tsunami at the harbor city of Ha’an, where his best friend and companion drowned.
- “I'm done cleaning up after them. They take with both hands, and they pay only with blame. They find your edges and then dwell there. Work a hundred miracles? You're worthless for not performing a hundred and one.”
- “Human beings choose their own misery over and over again.”
#really really love this#he feels like one of the.. more tragic lifetimes for sure#and I like the choice of making him Water Tribe#the memory resurfacing with someone of the same nationality as Gun's own is then.. rather symbolic#I would be interested in your take on Mesose if you ever feel like it#the dawn of yangchen#the legacy of yangchen
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Reading dawn of yangchen and wondering if any avatar ever considered suicide in avatar state to end the cycle because it must feel so hopeless at times
#suicide ideation tw#can't even explain how much the calling is understandable#and you're right.. Korra cutting the link was perhaps good#however. the Avatar as a being.. is still entrusted with so much power and responsibility#and there must be a way how to navigate the world without being considered responsible for everything going wrong in that era#something something absolute power corrupts#maybe even in the sense that the Avatar is never free to be just a human. they must be more#the dawn of yangchen
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That one cave scene from the Dawn of Yangchen
#I have yet to make a post about how.. from the very beginning they are.. quite physical with each other#and I imagine to Yangchen who's been alone for a while it comes as a surprise. but Kavik touches her a lot#and she does enjoy excuses to be in his space as well#that's basically my argument for - if someone claims there's zero sexual attraction between them they're wrong#and this scene. ahhhhhh. this scene. him choosing to go in despite the danger. for her. I need to be sedated#I think the surprise on Yangchen's face and the beginning of the devotion on Kavik's shows really really well#their eye contact in this piece is truly making me rabid. all the more bc it's the only part aside from the flame you animated#and the flickering and dancing of the flame. the shadows. exquisite#I love the continued theme of warmth symbolizing their connection in your pieces#also.. this is one of those moments when.. were they both any less weird and repressed. a kiss would have made sense#anyway. I love this one. it's packed with so much feeling and tension. just why I love their dynamic so much#intricate rituals that are Charged yet will they actually act on it? when they eventually do. oh goodness. it doesn't stop afterwards#Yangchen#Kavik#Yangvik#the dawn of yangchen
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The creation of an airbender staff ⚒️
PS: Even though you can't really see it there's a mark carved into the tip of the staff that says "Jetsun"
One of those days when I have the spoons for it I'm going to make a list of canon moments that indicate that Yangchen and Kavik want each other carnally (in addition to every other way they want each other). And there's going to be a lot to pick from.
#Yangchen#Kavik#Yangvik#I know that their romantic tension is disputed less because of the tropes used and the ending#but.. their sexual tension is another chapter entirely. and it's what initially pulls them together#and listen. I do understand that I'm just an annoying brainrotting shipper wanting to read into things#but F. C. Yee made certain Choices. that are either deliberate or accidental subtext#but combined with other scenes I really am inclined to believe he knew what he was doing there.#and I'm not claiming to be right. but also.. insisting that YC is nothing but aroace coded is plain wrong#the dawn of yangchen#the legacy of yangchen#also.. there are several spots in the novels where a kiss would feel very natural. and I'm not saying it happened#I think it didn't if for no other reason then because they would certainly be slightly less weird about each other#but. I'm saying that it's possible to imagine that kiss off text and very little would change. maybe it would even make sense#can they stop tormenting me
There's something to be said about the way Yangchen immediately notices that Kavik is good-looking and tells him to his face right away. I think it's because she's not used to feeling attraction and therefore she's stating it as a fact, even when Kavik's teeth, cheekbones and most importantly lips keep living in her head rent free. She values and appreciates their bond (before the betrayal), tells him as much, but it's admitting internally to herself that she does in fact find him hot where things get stuck.
Kavik on the other hand yaps internally and to other people how pretty she is but would probably die of embarrassment if he were to tell her directly, and as the book progresses, his internal commentary about her gets more and more sappy, it shows more and more how deeply he cares about her and wants to be beside her. He doesn't exactly have a problem recognizing that he's attracted to her, it's the deeper feelings that are troublesome.
#Yangchen#Kavik#Yangvik#will I ever be done yapping about them?#they're so utterly weird about each other. even though this is the least weird example#still. kind of funny that they looked at each other and both went - would. and proceeded to pine and repress and be petty for 500+pages#instead of literally doing anything about it#i'm insane about them#the dawn of yangchen#the legacy of yangchen
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Avatar Yangchen, my stalking queen, you will always be famous:
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the best part about Yangvik is that their first meeting consists of him unknowingly robbing her, her firing the guards who roughed him up, and then the two of them psychomanipulating each other at the exact same time. I love them.