Toph - Blog Posts

The freaking Avatar shows up and he's just like, look I'm just here to warn you about my girlfriend, she's coming here on my grandson's dragon friend right now, so don't run it only makes things worse

Fire Lord Zuko passing a law that forbids challenging anyone under the age of majority to Agni Kai

Fire Lord Zuko waiting until the day he reaches the age of majority to pass this law, lest anyone think he is a coward

(No one. Literally no one would have thought that, but it’s generally regarded as a very classy move regardless)

Back in 2009, I was a 13 year old mad for Avatar. I made several series in which I designed outfits for the Gaang and proudly captured them bending.  11 years later, I returned to this same ambition with my current approaches. It is extremely satisfying to have them next to my old work. Not so much because they are technically more advanced, but rather because they show how I am still the same girl, in a little bit of a different way. 

〜 Water, Earth, Fire, Air 〜

There is a process video here! 

Code Names

Zuko: From now on, will be using code names.

Zuko: You can adress me as Eagle One.

Aang: *scoffs*

Zuko: Mai is “Been There Done That.”

Mai: *rolls eyes*

Zuko: Katara is “Currently Doing That.”

Katara: *face palms*

Zuko: Sokka is “If I Had To Pick A Guy”.

Sokka: What the he-

Zuko: Suki is “It Happened Once In a Dream”.

Suki: Excuse me?!

Zuko: And Toph is…

Zuko: Eagle Two

Toph: Oh, thank god.

Toph since i havent draw her for a while (i can't draw feet help but i tried ok?😭🙏) sorry for bad english

Hama

Let's start with the canon(ish) timeline:

Assuming that the young woman with the hair loopies is Katara's grandmother Kana and she's around the same age as Hama, I'm going to say that both are in their early-twenties. This is because Kana needed time to emigrate from the Northern Water Tribe. Yue got engaged at 16, and the healer Yagoda thought Katara was old enough to be engaged at 14. Judging by these engagement customs, Kana was probably engaged and then left around 16/17. To give her enough time to cross the world and settle in, I'd say that she and Hama must be around their early 20s.

During "The Puppetmaster", Hama says "the raids started over sixty years ago". Based on this, Hama is in her 80s during the events of this episode.

As she is describing her escape, Hama says she "walked free for the first time in decades". This could mean anything, but given that she hasn't started graying yet, I'm going to say two decades. Making her in her 40s when she first escaped.

Now, when did Hama get to the village we see in "The Puppetmaster"?

I've collected the relevant pieces from the show and discussed them. I truly can't make up my mind on this point, so I'd love to hear what others think. Let me know if I missed anything or if you guys have different interpretations of the evidence.

Here is what is said in the episode:

A merchant explains to a customer that he won't have any ash bananas until next week. The customer then says 'oh right, the full moon'. The merchant then says that he can't lose another two delivery boys to the full moon.

This interaction, to me, can be used to justify that Hama either has or hasn't been kidnapping people in this specific village for a long time:

Kidnapping in the short time interpretation: The merchant looks to be around sixty or slightly older, so he'd have been around when Hama came to the village (if she arrived immediately after escaping in her 40s). Let's assume he's been running this business for that long. If Hama started kidnapping people near immediately, I'd assume the lost delivery boys incidents happened near the beginning of that time. In this case, up to four decades ago. The merchant might not bring up those incidents to a customer who is (two?) decades younger than him and might not remember that incident. Since telling the customer is kinda bad marketing and makes the merchant look irresponsible or reckless. This could imply that these incidents are more recent.

Kidnapping in the long time interpretation: The customer doesn't need to be reminded that the full moon is that night. He knows it instinctively and doesn't need the merchant to connect the dots between the two day journey and the full moon disappearances. This awareness of the moon phases could imply that this has been happening for long enough that people have been habitually paying attention to the moon for a long time.

2. The guy who tells Aang, Sokka, and Toph about Old Man Ding says he's the "only one person who ever saw it and lived".

The word "ever" here implies that this might have been going on for a long time. However, local legends are quickly made and inflated, so the timing might just naturally be exaggerated.

3. Old Man Ding interaction, in which he says, "I'm not ready to get snapped up by any moon monster".

Honestly, I don't know what to make of this. To me, this reads like a semi-recent event, but I don't have anything to really back this up. Apart from maybe Ding saying he's not ready to get snapped up by a moon monster in response to a conversation about his age, which could imply that he was already old when this event happened.

Fun fact: the credits say "old man dig" even though the subtitles and voices clearly say "old man ding" (: 

Now for some speculation:

If Hama escaped in her 40s, the earliest she could have gotten to the village was forty years ago. In my opinion, that is a LONG time to be kidnapping people and not get caught. However, she does only have the opportunity to kidnap people once a month, but still that seems like a really long time. This brings me to the part of this that is just me asking questions (so again, please let me know what you think!)

When did Hama start kidnapping people?

Did she go to other villages before she came to the one we see in this episode? If so, did she kidnap anyone in those previous villages (I'd guess yes)? If she was in other villages, was there a point before she started kidnapping people, or did she start immediately (I think it could be interesting if she struggled with it for a bit, then gave into the urge. Or even if the urge didn't appear immediately)?

Did she ever try to go home? If so, did she find that she wasn't able to let go of the need for revenge, and leave again?

Hello 🌸

I want to know more about katoph fanfic 👀🥰

Hello!!! I’m like. Very excited for this one so thanks for asking!!!

It’s going to be two or three chapters, post canon- mutual feelings between katara and toph but neither have them have confessed, things are weird between kataang bc of Aangs feelings, and some clueless zuko dealing with two of his friends having feelings for each other but he can’t tell the other.

i hope that interests you guys bc im incredibly excited for this fic :’)))

fav atla ships

helloooo! today im going to say my fav atla ships. Fair warning I’m a multishipper so there is A Lot. (These are in no particular order)

- sukka

hhhhh them<3 I’m obsessed with them!!! They were my very first atla ship and they are very dear to me. my favorite canon atla ship for sure. I love their dynamic and it’s just!!! So wholesome!!!

- maiko

they are overhated </3 so amazing!!! They fit well together and have some really cute moments. The whole childhood friends to lovers thing they have? amazing. love it. they are,,,so dear to me.

- katoph

Katara and Toph rights!!! Absolute gfs. The dynamic is unmatched. best friends. love them. katoph content on avatar studios that’s all I want 💔 I think the episode where they go to the spa together and Katara called Toph pretty was when I started shipping them and I loved them ever since :’)

- tyzula

i really like this one bc azula just seems to trust ty lee and is much softer with her sometimes, and ty lee seems to genuinely like Azula. I know it’s an unpopular opinion but I believe Mai and ty lee genuinely liked being friends with Azula before her mental health declined so much. anyways I think tyzula is just very neat and I love them<3

- maizula

anyways I’m obsessed with them?? Like it’s a suuuper rare pair which was surprising to me but they would just be so good together and there’s so much angst potential...like ‘I love zuko more than I fear you’ would have so much different meaning if they had feelings for each other.

- maizulee

this is where I combine my love for tyzula and my love for maizula and make it a poly ship. The fact that zukki is more popular than this ship (don’t get me wrong, zukki is awesome) has always surprised me bc they just seemed much more obvious. Anyways they worked so well together and had such a good dynamic, I am obsessed with them. The angst of boiling rock...unmatched I tell you.

- yuetara

them!!! The moon/ocean dynamic, the tragic end, the ‘my crush is dating my brother?’ Moment, they would be so perfect together🥺severely underrated but starting to gain more popularity so maybe they’ll have their yueki moment. the scene they had while watching Aang meditate was soooo cute and I wish we saw more of them in canon. - ty lee/azula/toph/Katara

I actually started shipping this quite recently!! I love tyzula, and tophzula, and katoph, and just recently read the ty Lee and Toph comic so my kind just immediately jumped here. They’d be so cute!!! I know all female poly ships (especially ones that have more than three) aren’t popular in this fandom but like I actually love this a lot??? I think they’d be pretty awesome together and since I hc ty Lee as an air nomad descendant it would be like the four nations.

- teoaang

okay but they were so cute??? like they arent very popular but I think they’d be so sweet together :’) best boys. Aang would love having someone to fly with with. They’d be awesome together <3

thats it!!! I ship a couple more things but these are my main pairings. If you like any of these go ahead and follow bc I will be posting more about them!

love letters au

ig I can’t call this to all the boys lol since in this au they’re comphet and it’s not only boys. Anyways, Katara is a 16 year old sophomore and Toph is a 15 year old sophomore. They’re friends, were closer in middle school though. I’m

Yue is in Josh’s place. She’s sokka’s ex, Katara has a crush on her. Haru is the one she danced with at that school prom thing and he’s like this is awkward bc I’m gay lol and she’s like yeah me too sorry😫Jet is the guy from camp, Aang is John Ambrose, and Toph is Peter but 100% better.

Chris is Suki. Jen is Azula, and Toph’s crush. She’s dating Ty Lee and Toph wants her attention (she has a crush) that’s why she agrees to fake date Katara.

Katara mostly hangs out with Suki and Sokka (who just started dating) and Zuko, who’s pretty much dating Mai but they’re like what no we’re not🙄

sokka sends the letters ig or maybe Aang does. you can interpret this however

She sees Aang from time to time and he knows that she’s over the crush so when he gets a letter, he teases her a little over the phone but they’re fine.

She sees Yue walking over to her in the hallway when she’s about to talk to Toph about the letter and then she and Toph kiss until Yue walks away.

Toph is kinda confused but says she doesn’t really want to date bc she has feelings for someone and Katara’s like nonono me too! that’s why it’s called fake dating.

So they start fake dating and whatever and Katara is like can you write me notes :) and Toph is like,,, I’m blind.

But Toph texts her a lil note everyday and it’s really sweet. She also brings her tea from the Jasmine Dragon bc she lives with zuko and Iroh.

The party where gen (Jen? Idk) takes Lara jeans scrunchie happens but it’s not as dramatic Toph says she likes running her hands through Katara’s hair and that she misses that from middle school do Katara’s like k bet lol and takes her hair out of the braid. The hair tie has no value and azula is like hey can I have a hair tie? And Toph’s like sure

The ski trip is happening soon and Katara’s nervous she’s actually falling for Toph. Toph’s already 100% certain of her feelings, has tried to subtly show them through quality time and acts of service.

When the ski trip happens, Katara sits with Haru across from tyzula and she’s like. Huh they’re actually pretty nice. So she gets along with them and all so that’s great :)

Toph is annoyed they didn’t sit together but doesn’t brood the way Peter did, she isn’t mad per se just a little let down. She’s dipping her feet in the hot tub or is barely in it idk and Katara comes and talks to her bc she has worked up the courage to confess.

I can’t write confessions of love so you imagine whatever your heart desires and that’s how it goes down. They kiss and then someone takes a picture of them and then when they get back to school they get a ton of homophobic comments and stuff. Apparently people didn’t care until they started being more public(I hate homophobia as a plot point but I hated how it was in the og so I’m making it this.)

Azula didn’t take the pic in this au bc I’m not going to demonize her end of story she’s not nice per se but she’s not down right despicable like some people write her as

Toph finds katara and apologizes, they make up and try to ignore all the hate. It’s hard and Katara’s not as used to it, but eventually it dies down and they’re good again.

That might be boring so reimagine this to your will. I’ll probably make more content about this, stay tuned!!!

Ghibli Movies x ATLA

Ghibli movies as atla ships (romantic or platonic)

Howl’s Moving Castle: I’ve always interpreted it as a maiko movie. Sophie’s conflict with herself and how reserved she is at the start feel very Mai to me and my whole family agrees that Zuko is a like. Flamboyant Howl. (that scene where Howl starts to ooze reminded me of when Zuko got sick from making a good decision)

Ponyo: Yuetara. Katara as Sosuke? She would take such good care of Yue/Ponyo I just KNOW it. Koichi as Hakoda...it just makes sense. Yue as Ponyo would be cool because her dad keeping her trapped kind of makes sense from what we know about Yue’s life. (I actually made some Yue as ponyo art but I will never post it)

My Neighbor Totoro: this one is 100% Sokka and Katara. Kya being sick, Hakodate taking them to visit? Appa as the cat bus and Aang as...idk? That doesn’t make as much sense but um. Anyways I just think this one is really sweet 🥺

Princess Mononoke: I’m not the first person to say this, but suki n sokka. Wolf lady Suki? Yes. And the whole ‘I’ll cut your throat! That’ll shut you up!’ Scene...I would pay to see them as San and Ashitaka. Katara as Ashitaka’s little sister would be so cute 😫

Spirited Away: This one was harder- i can see it as katoph, tyzula, or azutara, but I decided on Tyzula because I’ve used Katara so much already. Azula as Haku??? Ty Lee and no face (mai)? but anyways this au would be everything. Lin would definitely be suki, and the cleaning ladies would be like the kyoshi warriors.

When Marnie Was There: going to be honest I thought this movie was about lesbians til Marnie left the silo with the guy. when I learned they were related I immediately was horrified i thought it was sapphic 😫anyways, it would be cool to see this as Katara and Ikki, or Toph and Opal. I’d go with katara and Ikki though because Marnie is much softer than Toph. Ig the guy katara left the silo with would be Aang, or zuko, or whoever you ship her with. anyways I think that would be sweet :)

thanks for reading!!! I had a lot of fun with this :)

atla gang hcs

Atla headcanons (the katara one changes often sometimes shes bi or pan but lately she’s been a lesbian lol)

Oh my goodness, this is glorious 😂

okay my twin needs this for a research essay so here:

my twin would love for y'all to explain why they're your favorite character, btw!

Please know that anything you write might be used (and cited) in his essay :D and thank you for participating and giving him data

I can't believe this is real 😭