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korranews:

A new novel series about Kyoshi has been announced! The first book in the “epic YA saga”, The Rise of Kyoshi, is hitting shelves in July 2019!!

This is a big surprise and a very welcome one at that! The author is F.C. Yee with Mike DiMartino consulting, and the series will tentatively be (for now) two books long, and cover, as the title suggests, the rise of the Earth Kingdom Avatar we all know and love, with this synopsis to go on so far:

“The first of two novels based on Kyoshi, The Rise of Kyoshi maps her journey from a girl of humble origins to the merciless pursuer of justice who is still feared and admired centuries after she became the Avatar.”

The senior vice president of the publisher for the books had this to say:

“Bringing Kyoshi’s previously untold story to life in original novels will be a major pop culture event, not only for fans of the show, but also for readers hungry for a new epic YA saga. The Rise of Kyoshi has all the hallmarks of what YA readers love — bold storytelling set in a rich landscape with a strong heroine at the forefront!”

This is a really cool development for the franchise and will hopefully open up the avenue for more books about different time periods and characters from the world of Avatar, something we’ve been asking for for a long time!

The Rise of Kyoshi is 336 pages long, it’s coming out in July 2019, and it can be preordered here.

via Entertainment Weekly

gaysun:

Zuko’s scar is different than the typical villain’s scar bc it’s not an ambiguous sign of past violence but an explicit symbol of his father’s abuse – rather than making him seem tougher for no reason it shows that at his heart he’s just a traumatized child and not a villain at all. In this essay I will

fedoraharp:

carnivalofwonder:

voiceofdesert-bluffs:

warpfactornope:

bulletproofteacup:

This scene still breaks my heart each and every single time I watch it.

Azula was a terrible, horrible person. She would have set the world aflame and laughed over the broken carcass of her brother.

But she was fourteen.

She was so ruined and twisted by her childhood and by her nation, driven to insanity by the expectations placed upon her.

Azula was bad and yet I can’t help but feel so terribly sorry for her.

“I don’t have sob stories like all of you.”

SHE WAS FUCKING FOURTEEN WHAT

“My own mother….thought I was a monster.
She was right, of course, but it still hurt.”

actually, i think one of the shows strengths is that they didn’t shy away from what a horrible tragedy this was. even though she was clearly a villain and did unspeakably awful things, this scene was still framed as sad. there was no celebrating- they just look at her sadly.

the music for the battle that leads up to this moment is sad too- it’s an epic battle, visually probably one of the biggest things done in the entire series, and they could have played it with thumping, energetic, dangerous music. but instead it’s quiet and somber. because the whole scenario is heartbreaking, and they know it.

i think the fact that a kid’s show had so much respect for it’s viewers and their ability to understand the complexity of this situation is what makes avatar great.

Throwback to that time Zuko thought he could take down an airbending master that had fans

lynxadventure21:

thisismyspotkatr:

ralistrasz:

thisismyspotkatr:

angrykittybarbarian:

thisismyspotkatr:

And that time he thought he could take down a waterbender, while surrounded by snow and ice, at night, during a full moon.

“Here for a rematch?”

I swear, Zuko is like a dog with no concept of his actual size compared to others.

Guys I found it. The best comment to ever be on one of my posts.

Zuko is that Chihuahua that tries to fight everything and anything and Uncle Iroh is the dog owner who is constantly apologizing for him and trying to stop him/keep him calm and never succeeding

official-german-gaming:

Erdbeeren, Feuerbeeren, Luftbeeren, Wasserbeeren.

Vor langer Zeit lebten alle vier Beeren zusammen in Harmonie. Doch dann erklärte uns die Feuerbeere den Krieg
und alles änderte sich. Nur der Avatar, Herr der vier Beeren, hätte sie
aufhalten können. Aber als die Welt ihn am meisten brauchte, verschwand
er. Einhundert Jahre vergingen und mein Bruder und ich entdeckten den
neuen Avatar, einen Luftbeerenbändiger namens Aang. Auch wenn er über enorme
Fähigkeiten verfügt, er muss noch eine Menge lernen, bevor er jemandem
helfen kann. Aber ich glaube daran, dass Aang diese Welt retten wird.