HELLO??? HELLO????? HELLO????????????

Can you imagine a whole Kyoshi animated series? It would be a dream

People please think before doing something

[ID: Bernie Sanders meme with white text on the image of Bernie Sanders saying “I am once again asking you to use critical thinking skills when writing or drawing ATLA/LOK fan pieces” END ID]

Dear white fans of Avatar the Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra (but especially Korra because that’s the half of fandom I am most involved in right now): I am literally BEGGING y’all to do a MODICUM of research before you start drawing or writing. Nobody in ATLA/LOK is white or Christian: please apply an OUNCE of critical thought to the cultural choices you are making in your fanart and fanfic.

Some Resources:

List of observances set by the Chinese Calendar

Chinese/Lunar New Year

Inuit people | Iñupiat people | Yupik people | Chukchi people

Tibetan Culture | Culture of Nepal | Shaolin Monastery | Sri Lankan Buddhism

Chinese architecture | Japanese architecture | Traditional Arctic Architecture | Buddhist Architecture | Hindu Architecture | Maya Architecture | Aztec Architecture | Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka

Alcoholic drinks in China | “Most Popular Asian Alcoholic Drinks"

Marriage in Japan | Traditional Japanese Weddings | Chinese Wedding Customs

Color symbolism in Chinese culture

This list is NOT comprehensive.

This is just everything I have the spoons to collate right now. I don’t include food or fashion, because that it is better explained/detailed in the links below:

When in doubt, read this first and research the cultural influences herein: Influences on the Avatar franchise

Additionally:

Cuisine in the World of Avatar

Fashion in the World of Avatar

Fan artist resources:

TUTORIAL: Drawing Characters of Colour

Guide to Drawing Dark Skinned and POC Characters (white author, mostly link compilations)

Katara, Aang, Kya ii, Bumi ii, Tenzin, Senna, Tonraq, and Korra’s official skin tone palettes, from Bryke

Skin tone charts

on painting skin tones, and why lighting = pale is a fallacy

Dark skin colors under different lights

How to Stop Whitewashing (or Lightwashing) in Fanart

And lastly:

The Inescapable Whiteness of AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF KORRA, and its Uncomfortable Implications

The Appropriation of Avatar

When Transformative Fandom Passes The Buck On Representation In Fandom

Don’t be shitty and perpetuate racism in fandom. Do your goddamn research.

Again: Nobody in ATLA/LOK is white or Christian.

Your existence in a white supremacist, christian society, consuming this piece of media made mostly by white people existing in a white supremacist christian society, influences how you will interact and create media in this fandom.

This includes, but is not limited to, colorism in ships: If your darker character in your ship is always the caretaker, please examine why that is.

Lastly, listen to your fellow fans of color. If they say something is racist or shitty, LISTEN TO THEM.

Folks with additional resources are more than welcome to reblog and add them and/or DM me and I’ll add them to the main post. Thanks.

please tell me more 👀

There’s actually a lot of power in having Teo be this happy-go-lucky fun-loving kid, constantly smiling and laughing. So much of the time, narratives around disability are all about misery and suffering. That’s not to say physical disabilities don’t affect our mental health, but they are not the death sentence media have made them out to be. Our lives do not end because we are disabled: Teo’s wheelchair is simply the mode by which he navigates the world. It allows him to go out and be a kid, a happy kid.

I DO NOT SHIP THE IRL PEOPLE!!! I ONLY SHIP THE CHARACTERS!

Hi! I’m looking for people that would like to RP on Discord, It's just a lot easier for me. I sometimes have to take a break because of Chronic Pain so don’t worry if I’m not there for a day or two, I usually will tell you if something’s coming up or if I’m not going to be on after a day or two.

These are the ships I’m really wanting to do.

➻Fundy💞 x Quackity

➻Foolish x Fundy💞

➻Quackity x Slimecicle

➻Ranboo x Tubbo

➻Slimecicle x Fundy

➻Technoblade x Philza

➻Niki x Puffy

➻Eret x Foolish

➻Quackity x Fundy x Slimecicle

Who I’d rather be is the 💞, If it doesn’t have 💞 that means I’m fine with either.

These are all of the ships I can rp if you don’t want to rp one of those.

✄Het

➻Niki x Fundy

➻Wilbur Soot x Sally

✄Slash

➻BadBoyHalo x Skeppy

➻Dream x GeorgeNotFound💞

➻Fundy💞 x Quackity

➻Foolish x Fundy💞

➻Karl Jacobs x Sapnap

➻Quackity x Slimecicle

➻Ranboo x Tubbo

➻Slimecicle x Fundy

➻Technoblade x Philza

➻Tommy x Tubbo💞

✄Femslash

➻Niki x Puffy

✄Any-Pronouns

➻Eret x Foolish

✄Poly

➻Dream x George💞 x Sapnap x Karl Jacobs

➻George x Sapnap x Karl Jacobs

➻Quackity x Sapnap x Karl Jacobs

➻Quackity x Fundy x Slimecicle

➻Ranboo💞 x Tommy x Tubbo

✄Family

➻Eret & Fundy

➻Ranboo, Michael & Tubbo

➻Philza, Wilbur Soot & Tommy

➻Puffy, Michelle, Foolish & Tommy

➻Wilbur Soot, Fundy & Sally

┊Alternate Universe & Important Headcanons

༻Niki has PTSD

༻Trans FTM Fundy

༻Fundy sleeps with a stuffed animal because it was a gift Wilbur gave to him before he died.

༻Quackity tries to hide a scar on his jaw from the battle with Techno.

༻Techno has a soft spot for Michael and Michelle since all three of them are forms of piglins.

༻Techno literally doesn't need the glasses he just keeps them for the aesthetic and because it's the only thing he has from his mom.

WTF THEY ARE PEOPLE AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET UP WITH ANOTHER IF THEY LIKE

god i know mcytwt is insane but it still surprises me sometimes how crazy these people are

miya 🤝 shadow

having no friends their own ages so they hang out with two weird hair colored gay couples

Collection of the vastaya we have seen

1. Badass firelight wolf-bat looking guy. 10/10

2. We have Jarochi (probably butchered the spelling) who looks to be a Maraka which are described as “carnivorous and ever-smiling” so far he is one of the two vastaya we can name the specific race of

3. Two fauhwoon brothers! Its really neat to me to see vastaya sticking together outside ionia. Idk if they are students at the academy or were just there for progress day. (Exchange students maybe)

4. Funky bat guy! Love him, he’s looking around in wonder so I’m assuming he’s an exchange student of some kind as well

Note: the only vastaya we see in piltover are during progress day, otherwise the majority of vastaya we see are in zaun, (theres a couple im still getting pictures of) I’m really interested in how the vastaya are integrated in a city like piltover because there is a stigma against magical creatures

Zuko's grandpas were gay for each other

and Sokka has two dads

So I think it just makes sense that Sokka and Zuko end up together.✨

It would also be nice to have some disabled characters

Unpopular opinion (?) but hear me out,

I really dont want Aizawa getting back his leg-or his eye.

I know, I know, I love him too. But the thing is,

I’ve seen so many people out here talking about how Eri can fix Aizawa’s limbs. I’ve heard people talking about Eri fixing Hawks and Mirko too but I’m not gonna go there now.

You know how Character plots are resolved when the character finds their significant other? Especially in fanfics, man we dig that shit, thats good stuff. I used to wish the same for Aizawa and indulged in every ship of his because I just wanted the guy to find love and be loved and be happy.

But when Aizawa cut off his leg for Eri? I realised he didnt need any significant other. A happy ending for Aizawa doesnt have to be in finding romance.

Sense of duty alone towards someone isn’t enough to take such drastic decisions. Yes you’d need an immense mental fortitude but apart from that there’s also love. And to me, this moment is proof of that. Aizawa has found someone he can love and care for and this has gone beyond his duty of having to look after Eri, it’s beyond the fact that his erasure quirk is crucial in keeping her rewind in check. We’ve always known that Eraserhead would do anything for his kids, and having that shown time and time again, i think it validates that he’s found happiness in Eri, and not just her but in Shinsou and 1A too. He protects them not only because he’s their teacher, but because he loves them and they bring happiness and fulfilment in his life.

Having Eri restore his limb back takes away from this moment, completely defeats the purpose of having created tension there. Eri’s rewind should not be solution to everything unfortunate that has befallen a character. Moreover, this is different from Eri restoring Mirio’s quirk, that was a promise of sorts, this is a sacrifice, a proof of his love.