Atla Zuko - Blog Posts
in my head sirius and regulus are zuko and azula in another universe. The heirs of a kingdom, the familial expectations, groomed from a young age by their families, seperated by those expectations. Sirius being the "different" outcasted one, regulus being the "prodigy" who couldn't unlearn the family's ways. zuko's exile (leaving home at 16), azula's crashout when the life she wanted isn't what it seemed (sets the stage for regulus' betrayal). Zuko joining team avatar AKA sirius finding the marauders. Yup.
Drama with Hama - or not
In the show and overall by viewers, Hama is not considered a good character. The show insinuates, that Hama is performing revenge on innocent people of the same civilation (the firenation) just as how the soldiers of the firenation kidnapped and enslaved the waterbenders of the southern water tribe. By fans she is mostly viewed as evil and crazy, since she „cursed“ Katara with the ability to bend blood.
But is Hama actually evil?
The more i rewatched the show, the more i understood, that Hamas hatred and actions are actually pretty understandable. Of course i do not defend the kidnapping of innocent civilians but in my opinion, to not relate to Hama, is actually what i would consider barbaric.
Hama had to watch her whole civilisation, her friends, her family and most importantly her culture being slowly but surely erased, by the fire nation until she was the last one remaining and had to surrender.
When hama was arrested, she was prevented free movement, as her limbs were chained so she, nor the others would be capable of bending the water. The cages were above the ground. They were occasionally fed, from afar with little dosages of water, as if they were wild inhumane creatures. She probably was forced to watch her friends die in those cages as well. God knows, how long she was arrested in that Jail, and what else she had to go through.. Only by training on rats, to control them, via bloodbending, she managed to escape.
Of course it was wrong to perform revenge on innocent people, especially if she just could've kidnapped the soldiers of the firenation, but overall - considering what she went through, i can only sympathize with her and eye people suspiciously who can't. Because no one, who experiences the same barbaric and horrific things that hama did, would remain sane. This kind of experience really takes a toll and changes everyone. And i 100% understand Hamas frustration and act of vigilantism.
And the Bloodbending technique - she gave on to Katara - is not a curse, but more a reminder of the torture that the firenation put the water benders through and also a symbol of how powerful water benders really are; because no matter what you truly think of hama as a character, you cannot deny that she is truly a real selftought master of waterbending!
finally able to finish this now that im done with my finals projects. The fire nation is my favourite part of the live action ngl
So, Fire lord Zuko. I'm honestly really disappointed with how the comics portrayed him. In LOK (and in general) it's implied that he's some amazing leader, but the comics really do a bad job of indicating this. I understand he's still young/in his first years of Fire lord, so it makes sense that he makes mistakes, but the comics also give us very little evidence of him being the great and wise Fire lord the avatar-verse implies him to be. The whole thing feels very "trust me guys 🤗🤗🤗🤗 he's an awesome ruler 🤗🤗🤗🤗 no we're not going to prove it."
Thank you everyone who suggested a character! I really enjoyed making these! :)
some sketch pages from the last month.I don't use the sketchbook as much as ia did before so im trying to use it more to try to enjoy drawing more. I been working on the concept for a dnd character and a atla fanart mejeje
HAPPY NEW YEAR MY DARLINGS
Avatar: The last Airbender (Chibi Edition)
I come with a new artwork, for a brand new year!
This is another commission for a friend of mine (she doesn't have a Tumblr).
