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katara isn't sutble at all in her interest in aang i think zutaras have their blinders on if they can't see how much she was into him. its why i find that fandom so frusterating i've never seen a pairing that was so obvious and yet they act like it was one sided.. when katara was all into him since ep 1 to wanting to run off with him when he got banished. if that dont scream girl is gonna fall in love with main character i dont know what does.
in order to understand katara’s feelings for aang, you need to understand katara’s character at a fundamental level. unfortunately, many, many people in the fandom do not and refuse to understand. for an example, a common misconception is that katara crushed on jet because he was the tall, good-looking “bad boy” archetype. while she did have an instant infatuation for jet because he was tall and good-looking, he was also brave, charming, and heroic and a natural leader to her - all components that katara’s described about aang throughout the series.
“You’ve been training for this since the day we met. I've seen your progress. You're smart, brave, and strong enough.” Katara in Nightmares and Daydreams.
the depths of katara’s love for aang can be seen in the ways that she speaks about him:
“Aang is the bravest person I know!” (The Storm)
“Please don’t go, Aang. The world can’t afford to lose you to the Fire Nation. Neither can I.” (The Winter Solstice Part 2)
in the ways that she’s fiercely protective over him:
in the ways that she’s physically affectionate with him:
in the ways that she gets immensely happy when he acknowledges her power or calls her heroic:
in the ways that she cries when they’re apart:
and in the ways that she cries when they’re reunited:
or when he tells her how much she means to him:
I mean, after they get through a really emotionally charged moment, or overcome danger or death, just look at the way she looks at him. look at the way she hugs him.
only in the atla fandom will someone look you straight in the eye and say that character A kissing character B (after the characters literally had an implied cave kiss) on the cheek before they’re separated isn’t meant to be romantic, but rather maternal.
and okay, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt: it’s true that katara’s feelings were intended to be “ambiguous” up until the climax so that we don’t get any canon verbal confirmation that she was in love with aang. i am critical of that. but nothing in the narrative suggests that katara ever viewed aang as a brother or worse, as a son. katara herself does not admit to that when aang brings it up in the ember island players episode, even when she had time to state that she did view him as a brother or, at the very least, did not see him as a love interest.
if you believe that the ambiguity of katara’s feelings for aang is far too much for you to ship them, that’s fine by me. but at the same time I’ve seen people say that katara had feelings for haru just from one blush. or feelings for zuko from their conversation wherein they bonded over their mother’s deaths in crossroads of destiny. if the hug at the end of the southern raiders can be read as romantic by these same people, why not the many hugs, cheek kisses, face touches, and emotional reactions katara feels towards aang? i do have to believe that the reason why it’s so hard to view these as romantic for people is because aang does not look the part of the stereotypical romantic lead, ie he’s bald, younger than katara, and shorter than her.
Tina Turner by Pablo Mendonça
1939-2023
Tina Turner was an American-born singer. Known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before launching a successful career as a solo performer.
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This cover version of Jolene is one of my favorites.
Just read about Nichelle Nichols' passing. LLAP, Lt. Uhura 🖖 ❤️
My friend’s band played a old classic song.
Two of my favorite women in music.
Celine Dion, Shania Twain
I recently did this new cover for the second edition of Dark Horse’s Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series hardcover book, which will be released on November 24, 2020. This is a redo of a DVD cover I did ages ago. I always liked the drawing but was never happy with how cramped the composition was and how poorly I colored it. It was fun to take a crack at it again. The second edition will have a few new things in it. Hope you enjoy!
I did a guest post on Entertainment Weekly all about the process of creating the illustrations for REBEL GENIUS and WARRIOR GENIUS, featuring lots of artwork from the new book!
CHECK IT OUT HERE
A beautiful video of a parrot walking around his owners house.
the best part of katara and aang’s relationship is that it is not just defined by the grand, epic, romantic moments between the two, like the final kiss or the dance scene. rather, the mutual love, support, and dedication that the two have for one another can be seen the most through the smaller and more subtle moments. the underrated and often undetected or ignored moments. moments like:
1. when aang, without any trace of resentment or jealousy, was absolutely blown away by what he thought was katara’s quick mastery of waterbending (even though it was actually pakku) in “the waterbending master” (b1 ep18).
“that was amazing!”
he’s so awestruck by her that his hands are on his head and he looks absolutely delighted, like “that’s my best friend, everyone!”
2. when the invasion plan had drastically backfired in “day of black sun, part 2” (b3 ep11) and aang felt personal responsibility over the failure, including over hakoda and the other adults’ forced surrender to the fire nation. everyone had someone to say goodbye to, except for aang, who was alone on appa and in tears from his shame, regret, and humiliation. but there katara was, crouching beside him and communicating her support through her eyes.
katara didn’t say any words to him - and she didn’t need to. just the act of sitting next to him and letting him know that she was there was enough to motivate him to brush off his tears and get up on his feet. it was enough to remind him of exactly why he had to continue on, even at his lowest point. what his purpose was for saving the world: for the people he loved. for katara.
“I’m doing it to save the world, but more than that. I’m doing it for the people I love. I’m doing it for you, Katara.” (b3 e9)
3. when katara put aside her anger toward zuko to support aang’s decision in letting him join the team in “the western air temple” (b3 ep12). her face softens when she turns to aang, especially after seeing how worried he looked that she would say no.
and hardens again when she says, “I’ll go along with whatever you think is right.”
her words to aang are different compared to toph’s and sokka’s responses in letting zuko join the group. because while toph and sokka speak generally about the greater plan - “all i want is to defeat the firelord. if you think this is the way to do it, then I’m all for it,” (sokka) - katara’s words are much more personal. they echo her constant belief in him that she’s had from the very opening of the series (“but i believe that aang can save the world”).
she trusts and supports aang so much that she’s willing to set aside her personal anger towards zuko and everything that she associates with his betrayal (which had led to aang’s comatose state and one of the worst few weeks of her life). if having zuko join was important for aang and for the team/their mission, and if aang genuinely believed that this way was right, then she, without a doubt, would support his choice, no matter what.
aang also reacts differently to her answer compared to the way he reacts to sokka’s and toph’s answers. katara is the only person that aang actually walks over to, and asks in a very hesitant voice, “katara?” he cares about her so much to the point that if had she said no, zuko can’t join, he would have had to decline zuko, no matter how detrimental that would have been for the plan. and that was why aang was so worried.
thus, aang is initially surprised when katara actually agrees to letting zuko join. however, as soon as he processes her words, he gives her the biggest grin ever - a grin much wider than the ones he gives to toph and sokka. in that moment, aang’s smile conveys his gratitude for her unconditional support. it represents his happiness for the compromise that she has had to make, putting aside her anger and discomfort over having zuko join the team for the sake of aang needing a firebending teacher. his smile - and general reaction - shows just how much he cherishes and values her opinion, not just as another member of the gaang, but also as his waterbending teacher, best friend, and one of the most important people in his life.
4. when katara smiles softly at aang’s words about friendship in “the avatar and the firelord” (b3 ep6).
Aang: “Roku was just as much Fire Nation as Sozin was, right? If anything, their story proves anyone’s capable of great good and great evil. Everyone, even the Fire Lord and the Fire Nation have to be treated like they’re worth giving a chance. And I also think it was about friendships.”
notice how katara is the only one out of the rest of the gaang who is smiling at aang. sokka looks surprised, while toph looks reluctant and almost pained (which prompts her to ask one of the most infamous lines of the franchise that makes us all cry). however, katara is looking at aang with an expression of happiness and even pride. as someone who shares a similar hopeful and optimistic viewpoint of the world as aang, it makes sense for why she immediately accepts his words of giving the nation who waged war on the world a chance, while sokka and toph appear more reluctant over the thought. it also makes sense as to why she is impressed at the conclusion that he draws from the story: the power of friendship; how friendships can be so profound and special that they even transcend lifetimes.
i also believe that this moment right here, where aang explains the main lesson behind the story of roku and sozin, is one of the moments that cemented her love for him. as she describes in the canonical Avatar the Last Airbender: Legacy book in her letter to tenzin:
“one of the great joys of my life, and - I realized over the course of time - the thing that caused me to fall in love with your father; was watching him grow from the joyful, playful boy he was when I first met him to the amazing, thoughtful, powerful, and wise man he became on his journey to accept his fate and embrace the power and responsibilities of being the Avatar.” - Katara to Tenzin.
there are many times throughout the series that we see aang display a great deal of intelligence and maturity as he grows into his role as the avatar. this moment right here is one of them, in which he explains to his friends that the key to ending the 100-year war is to be more compassionate and kind; to understand that the root of evil and war comes from a cycle of thinking and ideals, rather than from humans themselves; that people are never born into binary categories of “evil” or “good” but instead become influenced based on system(s) that are controlled by institutional power, and that the solution to ending the cycle of hatred and bigotry is to dismantle these structures and systems of power. which is another reason why aang chooses to not kill the firelord but instead take away his firebending. in doing so, he dismantles the force of imperial power that ozai has utilized to coerce, control, and colonize the world.
Just hanging out with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, 1968.
Ohio in Black and White
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Marcenia “Toni” Stone (17 July 1921 – 2 November 1996), the first female player in the Negro Leagues
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Walter Elias Disney mini bio.
Rip Bob Saget
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Why is it we’re the only family in Texas without a gun?
Our Parker Solar Probe Just Touched the Sun!
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. Our Parker Solar Probe flew right through the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona. (That’s the part of the Sun that we can see during a total solar eclipse.)
This marks one great step for Parker Solar Probe and one giant leap for solar science! Landing on the Moon helped scientists better understand how it was formed. Now, touching the Sun will help scientists understand our star and how it influences worlds across the solar system.
Unlike Earth, the Sun doesn’t have a solid surface (it’s a giant ball of seething, boiling gases). But the Sun does have a superheated atmosphere. Heat and pressure push solar material away from the Sun. Eventually, some of that material escapes the pull of the Sun’s gravity and magnetism and becomes the solar wind, which gusts through the entire solar system.
But where exactly does the Sun’s atmosphere end and the solar wind begin? We’ve never known for sure. Until now!
In April 2021, Parker Solar Probe swooped near the Sun. It passed through a massive plume of solar material in the corona. This was like flying into the eye of a hurricane. That flow of solar stuff — usually a powerful stream of particles — hit the brakes and went into slow-motion.
For the first time, Parker Solar Probe found itself in a place where the Sun’s magnetism and gravity were strong enough to stop solar material from escaping. That told scientists Parker Solar Probe had passed the boundary: On one side, space filled with solar wind, on the other, the Sun’s atmosphere.
Parker Solar Probe’s proximity to the Sun has led to another big discovery: the origin of switchbacks, zig-zag-shaped magnetic kinks in the solar wind.
These bizarre shapes were first observed in the 1990s. Then, in 2019, Parker Solar Probe revealed they were much more common than scientists first realized. But they still had questions, like where the switchbacks come from and how the Sun makes them.
Recently, Parker Solar Probe dug up two important clues. First, switchbacks tend to have lots of helium, which scientists know comes from the solar surface. And they come in patches.
Those patches lined up just right with magnetic funnels that appear on the Sun’s surface. Matching these clues up like puzzle pieces, scientists realized switchbacks must come from near the surface of the Sun.
Figuring out where switchbacks come from and how they form will help scientists understand how the Sun produces the solar wind. And that could clue us into one of the Sun’s biggest mysteries: why the Sun’s atmosphere is much, much hotter than the surface below.
Parker Solar Probe will fly closer and closer to the Sun. Who knows what else we’ll discover?
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artworks by georgia o’keeffe
Kiki’s Plant Delivery Service~
I would order plants from her everyday until I live in a jungle.
This painting has been long in the making. I had the idea over a year ago, but was wrapped up in another project and unable to get to it. And then once I finally got started on it, yet more projects kept pulling me away. It wasn't important, and I love it for that. It was purely for fun and for the love of Spongebob, and a desire for Spongebob fanart that I, an adult, could hang in my home without turning it into a little kid's bedroom. So, I'm very happy to be finished with it, and I can't wait to put it in a sleek, gold frame and hang it next to the Furby watercolor in my very classy, very adult dining room.
This was sketched in Procreate, printed out on watercolor paper, inked with custom-mixed color inks, and finished with watercolor.
I'm printing this out at the original size, 12x18", and a slightly smaller 8x12" on heavy, textured paper to replicate the watercolor look and feel. They will be ready soon, and are already available for pre-order on my Etsy!
My favorite protagonist! Heres a sketch of Aang Its a crime i dont draw him enough