themelonlordapproves: avatarparallels: Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end.  Inspired by (x) This.  Fucking THIS. My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known. But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other. Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right. Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right. Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.
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themelonlordapproves: avatarparallels: Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end.  Inspired by (x) This.  Fucking THIS. My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known. But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other. Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right. Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right. Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.
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themelonlordapproves: avatarparallels: Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end.  Inspired by (x) This.  Fucking THIS. My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known. But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other. Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right. Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right. Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.
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themelonlordapproves: avatarparallels: Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end.  Inspired by (x) This.  Fucking THIS. My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known. But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other. Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right. Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right. Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.
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themelonlordapproves: avatarparallels: Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end.  Inspired by (x) This.  Fucking THIS. My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known. But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other. Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right. Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right. Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.
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themelonlordapproves: avatarparallels: Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end.  Inspired by (x) This.  Fucking THIS. My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known. But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other. Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right. Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right. Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.
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themelonlordapproves: avatarparallels: Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end.  Inspired by (x) This.  Fucking THIS. My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known. But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other. Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right. Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right. Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.
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themelonlordapproves: avatarparallels: Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end.  Inspired by (x) This.  Fucking THIS. My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known. But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other. Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right. Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right. Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.
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avatarparallels:

Voicing out their disapproval of one’s decision, but lets him/her do it in the end. 

Inspired by (x)

This.  Fucking THIS.

My god. This is the thing people never seem to get- Katara and Aang adore each other. They think that the other is the most amazing person they’ve ever known.

But they don’t always agree. They don’t always have the same opinions. They’re very in tune with each other, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes do things the other one doesn’t approve of. And when that happens, they respect each others choices. They voice their disapproval, they make sure the other one knows what they think, but they respect each other enough that they don’t try to control each other.

Katara doesn’t agree with Aang’s choice to use the Avatar State to help General Fong. She tells him that, she explains why this is so upsetting and scary to her, and that she’s chosen not to be party to that. Aang listens to what she has to say and respects her choice not to support his decision, before ultimately realizing that she was right.

Aang doesn’t agree with Katara’s choice to go assassinate her mother’s killer. He tells her that and explains that while he knows she needs closure on this incredibly hurtful part of her life, he also knows that a revenge killing is not what she needs. Katara listens to what he has to say and does what she needs to do, and ultimately decides that he was right.

Guys, this is how healthy relationships work. You don’t always agree 100% of the time, sometimes your partner does things that you think are stupid or dangerous or wrong, and if you’re a good partner to them, you tell them so. You don’t attack them or accuse them, but neither do you just let it go without saying anything and letting resentment build. Aang and Katara talk to each other and feel comfortable enough to honestly speak with each other about important things like this. They support each other, their first concern is always the others’ well-being, and if they think that the other one is doing something that endangers them in some way, they say so, because they’re looking out for each other and don’t want the other person to hurt themselves.

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fannishcodex: karavis: Determined to rid the land of the evil that had set in, the Warrior set off, leaving the stone-faced children of the ocean and the moon to guard their home against the rampant spirit. Her less physical companion insisted on joining her, and she could hardly say no. He knew the place better than she did, after all. Hey Jasjuliet, I’m your secret santa! :^) Sorry this took so long!  Since you requested something spirit-world related, an au, or something with Korra and/or Aang, I tried to fit together as many of these things as I could, haha. I didn’t have time to bring this to its full potential, so just this picture will have to do for now. As far as the Spirit World goes, I tried to combine the bleaker look of the atla spirit world with the vibrant look of the lok concept art.  Hope you enjoy, and happy New Year! This AU sounds cool!
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fannishcodex: karavis: Determined to rid the land of the evil that had set in, the Warrior set off, leaving the stone-faced children of the ocean and the moon to guard their home against the rampant spirit. Her less physical companion insisted on joining her, and she could hardly say no. He knew the place better than she did, after all. Hey Jasjuliet, I’m your secret santa! :^) Sorry this took so long!  Since you requested something spirit-world related, an au, or something with Korra and/or Aang, I tried to fit together as many of these things as I could, haha. I didn’t have time to bring this to its full potential, so just this picture will have to do for now. As far as the Spirit World goes, I tried to combine the bleaker look of the atla spirit world with the vibrant look of the lok concept art.  Hope you enjoy, and happy New Year! This AU sounds cool!
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fannishcodex:

karavis:

Determined to rid the land of the evil that had set in, the Warrior set off, leaving the stone-faced children of the ocean and the moon to guard their home against the rampant spirit. Her less physical companion insisted on joining her, and she could hardly say no. He knew the place better than she did, after all.

Hey Jasjuliet, I’m your secret santa! :^) Sorry this took so long! 

Since you requested something spirit-world related, an au, or something with Korra and/or Aang, I tried to fit together as many of these things as I could, haha. I didn’t have time to bring this to its full potential, so just this picture will have to do for now. As far as the Spirit World goes, I tried to combine the bleaker look of the atla spirit world with the vibrant look of the lok concept art. 

Hope you enjoy, and happy New Year!

This AU sounds cool!

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turdlewexler: 4fthechallenger: missturdle: Izumi Curtis is a wonderful, chronically ill, kind, friendly housewife who is also an alchemist who will fuck shit up if you hurt her family. Courtesy of Arakawa’s: There’s no wrong way to approach femininity, womanhood, or asskicking school of thought. Yet another of the many brilliant commonalities between Bryke’s (Avatar) and Arakawa’s (FMA) defining stories, which explains why they share so many fans in common as well and why I love the idea of crossing them over so much. They don’t rely on just 3-4 types of characters, let alone 3-4 characters period. They showcase loads and loads of faces, with a very dynamic range of personalities. Aang; Edward; Korra; Izumi (as seen above); Ursa; Tenzin; Sozin; Winry; Sokka; Lan Fan; Greed (also seen above); Azula; Kimblee; Asami; Lust; Ozai; Scar; Toph; Hiroshi; Iroh; Father; Amon; Bumi; Alex; Hakoda; Hama; Pema; Olivier; Bradley; Zhao; Zuko; Mai; Alphonse; Bolin;  Riza; Ty Lee; Jet; Ling; Lin; Roy. These names, and those are not even all of them, are those of figures who all share similarities yet differences which make them unique; just like real people. When Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko created Avatar, when Hiromu Arakawa created Fullmetal Alchemist; they didn’t create stories that said you were unacceptable as a man or woman without a(n) [insert X here] personality or approach to life. Their worlds are a showcase of how any kind of person, with any way of going through each and every day or any great or terrible story behind them, can be weak and/or strong in soul. RESPECTFULLY SPEAKING: the times Bryke does manage to do it right are the times they get out of their own ways and let their writers improve their story to become more like Arakawa.  Bryke aims for what Arakawa does. They don’t…they don’t always hit the mark. You can be any type of girl, of course, but ultimately and arguably the most important female main character of A:TLA (Katara) just ends up becoming a footnote to the male main character. The fact that the majority of the character development in Korra comes from Love triangles (Pema/Tenzin/Lin; Mako/Korra/Bolin; Asami/Mako/Korra) only really furthers my distinction between the two series, and why I ultimately enjoy FMA much more than A:TLA despite loving both series quite a lot.  Arakawa doesn’t waste time with unnecessary conflict. There are romances, yes, and they go through conflicts, and love and family are arguably the driving factors of the series. But these factors are part of the story, they don’t overwhelm the story, and they certainly don’t eclipse entire characters in favor of some romance triangles. The people who love each other love each other obviously, strongly, and display it through their actions and choices.  A:TLA/A:TLOK…is more concerned with love and lust over-writing the story rather than being a driving motivator. I think A:TLA is not as guilty of this, but certainly by Korra, even Katara’s entire journey was summed up as “she married the Avatar.” The relationships conflict with the actual conflicts and plots and let’s be entirely honest, any time Bryke has tried to characterize a villain, they’ve usually only been a villain, without any of the real nuances there. Which is a shame, Amon would have been the perfect nuanced villain to follow up the very non-nuanced Ozai, or Zhao.  A:TLA did well because of other writers. But Bryke and TLOK didn’t pull anywhere close to FMA for me in this area. It tried, sure, but I wouldn’t say it got there. Hell, we never get an Izumi character from Bryke: Katara’s mother is dead, Gran Gran has little screen time, Pema is only a housewife and an acolyte - it’s Lin who is Not a Housewife and Chose Her Career Instead of the Man who has to save her, Ursa was also essentially fridged/put on a bus for the entire series, leaving the ONLY motherly figure to be Katara who is never shown actually parenting in any flashbacks (or in flashbacks whatsoever at all - badass or otherwise).  So actually I would say that…didn’t really happen as much as we’d like to think it did in A:TLA/TLOK. The variations on women are definitely not as strong. 
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turdlewexler:

4fthechallenger:

missturdle:

Izumi Curtis is a wonderful, chronically ill, kind, friendly housewife who is also an alchemist who will fuck shit up if you hurt her family.

Courtesy of Arakawa’s: There’s no wrong way to approach femininity, womanhood, or asskicking school of thought.

Yet another of the many brilliant commonalities between Bryke’s (Avatar) and Arakawa’s (FMA) defining stories, which explains why they share so many fans in common as well and why I love the idea of crossing them over so much.

They don’t rely on just 3-4 types of characters, let alone 3-4 characters period. They showcase loads and loads of faces, with a very dynamic range of personalities. Aang; Edward; Korra; Izumi (as seen above); Ursa; Tenzin; Sozin; Winry; Sokka; Lan Fan; Greed (also seen above); Azula; Kimblee; Asami; Lust; Ozai; Scar; Toph; Hiroshi; Iroh; Father; Amon; Bumi; Alex; Hakoda; Hama; Pema; Olivier; Bradley; Zhao; Zuko; Mai; Alphonse; Bolin;  Riza; Ty Lee; Jet; Ling; Lin; Roy. These names, and those are not even all of them, are those of figures who all share similarities yet differences which make them unique; just like real people.

When Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko created Avatar, when Hiromu Arakawa created Fullmetal Alchemist; they didn’t create stories that said you were unacceptable as a man or woman without a(n) [insert X here] personality or approach to life. Their worlds are a showcase of how any kind of person, with any way of going through each and every day or any great or terrible story behind them, can be weak and/or strong in soul.

RESPECTFULLY SPEAKING: the times Bryke does manage to do it right are the times they get out of their own ways and let their writers improve their story to become more like Arakawa. 

Bryke aims for what Arakawa does. They don’t…they don’t always hit the mark. You can be any type of girl, of course, but ultimately and arguably the most important female main character of A:TLA (Katara) just ends up becoming a footnote to the male main character. The fact that the majority of the character development in Korra comes from Love triangles (Pema/Tenzin/Lin; Mako/Korra/Bolin; Asami/Mako/Korra) only really furthers my distinction between the two series, and why I ultimately enjoy FMA much more than A:TLA despite loving both series quite a lot. 

Arakawa doesn’t waste time with unnecessary conflict. There are romances, yes, and they go through conflicts, and love and family are arguably the driving factors of the series. But these factors are part of the story, they don’t overwhelm the story, and they certainly don’t eclipse entire characters in favor of some romance triangles. The people who love each other love each other obviously, strongly, and display it through their actions and choices. 

A:TLA/A:TLOK…is more concerned with love and lust over-writing the story rather than being a driving motivator. I think A:TLA is not as guilty of this, but certainly by Korra, even Katara’s entire journey was summed up as “she married the Avatar.” The relationships conflict with the actual conflicts and plots and let’s be entirely honest, any time Bryke has tried to characterize a villain, they’ve usually only been a villain, without any of the real nuances there. Which is a shame, Amon would have been the perfect nuanced villain to follow up the very non-nuanced Ozai, or Zhao. 

A:TLA did well because of other writers. But Bryke and TLOK didn’t pull anywhere close to FMA for me in this area. It tried, sure, but I wouldn’t say it got there. Hell, we never get an Izumi character from Bryke: Katara’s mother is dead, Gran Gran has little screen time, Pema is only a housewife and an acolyte - it’s Lin who is Not a Housewife and Chose Her Career Instead of the Man who has to save her, Ursa was also essentially fridged/put on a bus for the entire series, leaving the ONLY motherly figure to be Katara who is never shown actually parenting in any flashbacks (or in flashbacks whatsoever at all - badass or otherwise). 

So actually I would say that…didn’t really happen as much as we’d like to think it did in A:TLA/TLOK. The variations on women are definitely not as strong. 

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