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One of the reasons atla was a great show was because of the bonding/friendship/family times. I really liked that. uvu

(Apologies for the exaggerated crying Aang in the first gif. This was an unplanned thing were the rest just followed. I know Aang doesn’t cry like that haha.)

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asami being a cutie pie.

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I always loved the way they smiled at her in these moments. They were going to be taken to the Fire Nation (well Kya thought she was), they knew that this might be the last time they were seeing her, and they both did their best to try and make her feel a little better - her daughter, or that girl he just met but liked a lot.

In the flashback, Kya gives herself up after Katara leaves: “If I tell you, do you promise to leave the rest of the village alone?” - Yon Rha nods. Years later, Aang is the one facing the Fire Nation soldier come to capture the bender hiding in the village. As soon as he sees how scared the kids are behind him he surrenders, just like how Kya did: “If I go with you, will you promise to leave everyone alone?” - Zuko nods. And as he’s taken away, Katara goes after him and for a moment she looks like a frightened little girl again. He tells her it will be okay and he sounds confident, but every time he’s not directly facing her you can see he’s scared too.

Then there’s this moment just before he leaves when he’s standing on the boat, looking back at her, and he has the exact same smile Kya had the last time Katara saw her, and Katara also has a similar expression to the one she had back then when she looked back at her mother (though there was more fear and less pain when she was little).