The Other

pro-tearbender:

conversationparade:

No you didn’t have to stoop so low
Pay the refs off and then cheat your way to the championship
I guess that your bending’s gone so
Now you’re just somebody that I used Tahno

Somebody that I used Tahno. 

HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS

atla-annotated:

I will say this only once, since I am really getting sick of this:

Republic City is not set in the West.

Yes, this is an American show and there are plenty American pop-culture references and jokes, but that does not make the universe they created a western one. On the contrary, they went out of their way to research and construct a Sino-centric universe for ATLA.

One reference does not mean the whole universe is based on that on fact. If that were true the ATLA universe was Star Wars (see ep. The Library and Star Wars jokes).

As for points people have brought up:

Melting Pot does not mean New York: There are plenty of melting pots all over the world, Hong Kong being one, so is London, Rio, Singapore, Macao to just name a few.

Skyscrapers do not mean New York or the West: Do I seriously need to point this out?

The US was not the only place Jazz was popular in during the 1920s, it was a worldwide musical trend.

The mob is called the triads (Chinese mob).

Please stop taking ONE thing/building etc and then make the assumption that RC has to be that one city.

The show does not have a ‘West’. Real life western inventions, like the hot air balloon (France), are invented in the show by non-westerns i.e. in this case the Mechanist and Sokka. We have to assume that all other inventions are paralleled in the same way. Since there is no West.

The ATLA Universe is a Sino-centric Universe

- most of the people are Asian

- all the writing is in Chinese

- the majority of the names are Chinese

- a lot of the four nation’s culture is based on Chinese culture

- the buildings have elements from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and First Nation

- the food is Asian

- the eating utensils (chopsticks) are Asian

- the furniture is Asian

-  the clothes are Asian

- the history of RC parallels Hong Kong

- the mob is called the triads

- the bending is based on Chinese martial arts

- there are references to Chinese history all over the show

On a last note: If you feel like arguing with me about this: Bring facts in the form of links screenshots.

Edited to add: This was brought to you by the huge number of idiotic messages I’ve gotten in the last 24 hours. Not by any one person.

This needed to be explained to people? Seriously, the ignorance of some folk. This need for whitewashing everything has go to stop.

thesavagesalad:

plethoraofkorra:

minhonooorrr:

saintbennithy:

katarayesplease:

fangirlingforeverz:

beinghipsteristoomainstream:

fangirlingforeverz:

HOLY SHIT HAS EVERYONE SEEN THIS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LEGIT!!!!

WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?!

AT AVATARSPIRIT.NET. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE GOT THIS. OBVIOUSLY TOPH REPRODUCED ASEXUALLY BECAUSE LIN HAS NO FATHER

WHAT??!!! WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO TOPH’S HUSBAND IS!!!! WE CAN’T NOT KNOW!!!!

THEY KNOW KORRA’S PARENTS’ NAMES, IT MUST BE LEGIT.

why is kya’s hair white? :O I bet it’s because Aang had that spirit water in him.

It’s because she’s OLD. Tenzin is the youngest, and he’s at LEAST 45…so she’s probably in her mid-sixties! And this is amazinggggggg!!! How was Bumi a non-bender? lol

gross sobbing right now I WANT TO MEET ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS NOWWWWWW

My daughter is ridiculous. I don’t think she understood the homework 100%.

A Toph Bei Fong / M.I.A - Paper Planes mash-up.

velocicrafter:

purdaldoo: pensive-harpy:

WHAT’S THAT?  YOU WANT ME TO PICK TOYS FROM MY PAST LIVES TO PROVE I’M THE AVATAR?  OKAY, I’LL PICK A TOY.  IT’S CALLED “FUCK THAT NOISE, I’M GOING TO BEND THE SHIT OUT OF THESE THREE ELEMENTS RIGHT FUCKING NOW.”

THERE.  AVATAR. 

FUCK YOU.

reblogging for flawless commentary

I love that her first line in this scene is, “I’M THE AVATAR! DEAL WITH IT!” & then this happens.  ^^

velocicrafter:

jhameia:

telegantmess:

zombieirish:

Needle-felted Appa from Avatar: The Last Airbender!

Artist’s website is on the picture and right here.

hey…baby…LOOKIT!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I NEED LIKE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND HUNDRED OF THESE!!!

YES

KORRA!

velocicrafter:

velocicrafter:

sifu-hotman: effyeahlegendofkorra: fuckkyeahavatarladies: infinitepi: 

everything about this is absolutely perfect

<3

Remember this!? <3

jesic:

Korra, by o0emi0o