makos-lightningrod:

Earth. Fire. Air. Water. When I was a boy, my father, Avatar Aang, told me the story of how he and his friends heroically ended the Hundred Year War. Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko transformed the Fire Nation colonies into the United Republic of Nations, a society where benders and non-benders from all over the world could live and thrive together in peace and harmony. They named the capital of this great land Republic City. Avatar Aang accomplished many remarkable things in his life, but sadly, his time in this world came to an end. And like the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of the Avatar began anew.

viria:

hoho it’s like Happy New Year guys, viria finally drew some Uhvatar!:DD

anyway, I was planning to draw this for really a WHILE, I had some doodles of them genderbent, but I didn’t consider them good enough I guess.. Since I was always not satisfied with Katara’s look or Sokka’s.

But this time ofasjdasdkh omg yes, I love this ‘Kataro’. Sokka would probably stay fabulous with her stylish boomerang. Boomerang girl, isn’t it nice?

Toph and Aang would probably be like the exact same.

Zuko…em. yeah. forever on her period (and yes this is a damn joke guys ) Don’t take it seriously. 

Mai….hoho Mai would be the best badass emotionless apathetic motherfucker ever known I can’t even handle it. too badass for words.

And Azulon….I have a strong feeling Azulon would be that perty dangerous gay prince and probably in love with Ty Lee (maybe I will draw him later but I wasn’t satisfied with his design so no not now)

FINALLY ANYWAY

maybe one day I will colour it because I want to:3

atla-annotated:

“When a comet appears in the North Star, the Emperor is replaced.”

Ozai should have known better than to declare himself Phoenix King :P

“Comets are vile stars. Every time they appear in the south, something happens to wipe out the old and establish the new… . When a comet appears in the North Star, the emperor is replaced. If it appears in the end of the Big Dipper, everywhere there are uprisings and war continues for several years. If it appears in the bowl of the Dipper, a prince controls the emperor. Gold and gems become worthless… . Scoundrels harm nobles. Some leaders appear, causing disturbances. Ministers conspire to rebel against the emperor.”  Tui Bei Tu Prophecy, Li Chun Feng, Director of the Chinese Imperial Astronomical Bureau, 648 A.D. 李淳風、中国唐時代, 帝国天文局長 Source

Li Chun Feng is the author of the Tui bei tu 推背图;a prophecy book from the 7th-century Tang dynasty. The book ‘predicts’ the future of China in poem form, not unlike Nostradamus’ work.

Is it just me or were the Fire Sages plotting shit? Just KIDDING!

As tradition dictated that the rulers of China, first kings and later emperors, should receive their political mandate from the sky, astronomy soon became a dominant science in China. The main responsibility of political power was to keep the Earth in total harmony with the sky. This obligation was called the ‘Mandate of Heaven’ and the emperor himself was called Tian Zi 天子, the Son of Heaven. The stars themselves were bestowed with astrological meaning, both enabling predictions that influenced daily life as well as major political strategies, and thus astronomy swiftly became a powerful political tool. Source

shiv4:

You had TWO children, damn it, not just one.

ohmyanubis19:

Isn’t that SUPER cute???? :)

avatarjenny:

since you guys seem to like these so much, i made some more

korralations:

viria:

Don’t worry. They will like you.

It’s just I wanted to draw some Zuko family..I don’t know, in my head Honora might not know Kataang kids for a while.. Considering they all live in Republic city and Zuko and his family is rather far away in the fire nation, busy with all royalty duties. So this is kind of an important meeting, in which Zuko will finally introduce his daughter to those kids:D And she’s is kind of worried hehe

but of course they will like her:D

 

This drawing is so lovely! I love your Mai design, Zuko looks amazing, and Honora… aww :)

tsukia-kari:

Consider this my tribute to A:tLA.

I could write a million paragraphs about what this show means to me, but I’ll just say this: Katara and Sokka helped me stop hating my skin color.

PoC representation is important, guys.

Never, ever dismiss race as “just skin color”. Never dismiss anyone who talks about race on tumblr as some mindless rabid SJ warrior, either. Those “SJ warriors” you make fun of aren’t oversensitive nuisances, they’re real people with real experiences and valid emotions.

Race is important. Race is more than skin color. Race is culture, race is ethnic background, race is your mother tongue, race is people who look and talk like you. Race is family.

I’ll try to shut up now, but dear fellow fanartists, I must beg you to not whitewash characters. Please. Don’t whitewash.

In a world that stereotypes people of color all the damn time, positive portrayals are crucial. And when you whitewash, accidentally or not, you’re denying people of color like me the chance to be real people with real personalities and experiences in the media. I’m tired of being your stereotypical Indian call center employee/job thief/oppressed brown girl that needs a white saviour.

That’s basically why I love A:tLA as much as I do. 

Thank you, Bryke. by *tsukia-KARI