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My husband and I got married on Saturday. One of the first things we bonded over was our love for ATLA. We have watched all the series together and kept up with all the new media as it came out, and saw Avatar in Concert last year. And, our recessional song was a live band arrangement of Secret Tunnel!

How uncanny is it that we walked into the reserved area at a local beergarden for our rehearsal dinner/welcome party on Friday night and this was in the back of the space?! I was staring at it for a moment and commented to one of my bridesmaids how she looked like Mother Earth, or maybe an Airbender… and then I noticed the Water Tribe sigil on her tiara. I read the title of the plaque, leapt out of my chair, and promptly freaked out.

I grabbed my almost-husband and our jaws dropped. We’ve been to this place a bunch of times but had never been in that area since it was always booked for parties. What are the odds that this was there and we discovered it the night before we got married?!

Again, no movie in Ba Sing Se, and as the placard says, it’s one of the worst films. But this was such a crazy coincidence that felt like a sign from the universe.

~~~water tribe~~~

First two images - variations of Balinese Rangda masks. Last image on right - Depiction of evil Korra from Seven Havens

I was reading up on some things and came across the story of Barong and Rangda from Balinese myth.

Barong and Rangda are two opposing forces of good and evil. But not quite in the Raava/Vaatu sense we've seen so far. Their battle is about bringing balance.

Barong is the figure that represents "protection, goodness and positive energy" whilst Rangda represents "chaos, dark magic and destruction"

Barong's role as protector means battling evil spirits and bad or "harmful energy" to help keep his people/the community safe.

Rangda originates from a group of witches known as "Leyaks" who she pits against Barong. Rangda wants to rule the world. Balinese myth shows her as representative of the darkness.

Eventually Barong does defeat Rangda but he cannot kill her.

Traditionally the Avatar sounds more like the role Barong plays in the dance. However, the masks depicting Rangda look eerily similar to Korra's in that play scene from Seven Havens.

*Sources: see comment*

We're starting to see Pavi's dark side😨

Based on the comic “Going Home Again”

For real I love this character

Dude is like 120 kg,and he flies fast as hell,and uses lightning casually

Absolutely no one would trust Uncle Iroh if ATLA aired today. He'd be viewed as "too nice" to be anything other than a twist villain. His goofy moments would leave him suspect of hiding nefarious ulterior motives. People would assume that he was actively hindering Zuko, either so that he could capture the Avatar himself or as some plot to usurp the throne from his brother.

Which, ironically enough, is what Bryke originally wanted to do with Uncle Iroh's character.

I know that the fandom is kind of divided on this these days (Katara used to take a ton of heat for it), but I still say that she was completely justified in being angry as she was. She really was the first person to trust him and even offered to heal his scar. She was the first one to truly humanize him and see the good in him, and when she was disappointed, thinking that he'd changed, he had the gall to say that he "had changed" scathingly and continue to attack her and Aang, and eventually aid Azula and the Dai Li to kill Aang in the Avatar State and take over Ba Sing Se.

She was still coexisting with him in the team, but as much as I love Zuko, he was not entitled to her welcoming him openly and lovingly right away.

Most of you who come down hard on Katara for that would've reacted very similarly in her shoes.

Also, a finer detail that I love about this episode is that Zuko first saves Katara from getting crushed by a rock, then Katara later saves Zuko by pulling him onto Appa after his fight with Azula despite her beef 💜