The Shadow Of Kyoshi - Tumblr Posts
Hei-Ran and Atuat sometime before they flee to North Chung-Ling.
Hei-Ran is like "I left these damn kids alone for one minute and now the whole Fire Nation is in shambles."
Ko-fi / Art Tag
Question... Have Kyalin shippers discovered Heituat??? Because it's the exact stuff you are looking for, but the interactions are CANON.
You've got a high-strung, middle-aged military-type who scares everyone with her searing glares, EXCEPT her exceptionally skilled and good-humored waterbending healer.
Like Lin, Hei-Ran is absolutely deadly and intimidating but also so babygirl. They also both have a penchant for offering their life up if it means saving others. Meanwhile, Atuat has the attention span of a fly and even worse impulse control, but her waterbending skills are prodigious, and she gets things done when it matters.
"She was strength and skill and determination wrapped around an unshakeable heart."
I think about this scene at least once a day ;; (click for full views!)
Hii I’m new to tumblr I have no idea how this works uhhh- here is a mini comic I drew from a scene I really loved from the shadow of kyoshi <3
“Well good news, I found some edible mushrooms! They’re over here!” She scooped down, picked Rangi up around her waist, and proceeded to carry her like a very docile cat mouse…or a sack of flour. Regardless, Rangi hung there limply, not bothering to protest.
Excerpt from Ch 6 of the fanfic Thief in the Avatar's Estate
(Ft. Rangi being a pathetic lil mew mew. just an absolute wet cat)
Rangi: And we are very disappointed, young lady!
Kyoshi: The rules were very clear!
Rangi: And you still broke them all!
Kyoshi: Well, half...
Rangi: Most of them!
Sixteen-year-old Koko: Well, it's YOUR fault for not setting a better example for me! You CAN'T expect me not to break your rules when you both breaks the law ALL THE TIME!!
Rangi: ...
Kyoshi:...
Hei Ren: She has a point, you know.
Rangi: Please no, mom.
atla prequel novels are so much fun for me because the more recent avatars would question themselves and their methods, thinking "the great kyoshi and yangchen would never have stooped this low!"
but here we have avatar "legally a daofei" kyoshi and avatar "self-taught in espionage" yangchen, who still feel inadequate compared to their past lives. and as for the very first avatar? he was a homeless guy who defected from a spirit hunt! wan KNEW he wasn't worthy to host raava but she chose him anyway!
i'm sitting here just obsessing over how perfect it is that the harbinger of balance between worlds is, in nearly every case, someone who strikes that balance with their actions. fc yee just GETS it.
I know im late but ,Happy rangshi week!
Day 1(2?) : Love Across Tmelines
Rangi and Napoleon have the same problem
There is something so important to me in Rangi always being so determined to be the best of herself, to not disapoint, because her duty, her "armor self" is who she was trained to be, its where she hold her pride over and she cannot fail, as if she does it she is nothing
But is in the iceberg where Kyoshi gasped at the vision of Rangi without her armor and her top knot that is the first time in the books we actually see Kyoshi looking at Rangi in a romantic way
There is just something so sweat in Kyoshi not even knowing from what clan Rangi is from, but noticing that she trace the flor with her finger when she's nervous
Or how she is so happy to discover Rangi's favorite snack, and momentarily froget all the anxiet about the party she's in and start to think in how to get them into Yokoya
How she overflows with love at Rangi exasperaed ranting at her about traveling with her mom, because is in these moments Kyoshi can see Rangi just being herself, and its when (in her own words) she fells falling in love again
Maybe it's funny
so uh…..remember how Rangi said ‘I’m nothing to you’ after she found out about her mother being used as bait situation?
I just think the choice of words is so silly and fun because even when Rangi’s enraged and her mother’s life is in danger she could never say to Kyoshi “YOU are nothing to ME”. Usually in this scenario, Rangi saying she doesn’t care for Kyoshi makes more sense especially because of how hurtful it is. Instead, Rangi decided to insist Kyoshi shouldn’t acknowledge her existence anymore. Man she couldn’t even lie.
There is genuinely nothing Kyoshi could have done to make Rangi love her any less like how do we move on-
Hei-Ran: *watches as her daughter sprints across the mansion to look impressive in front of Kyoshi*
Hei-Ran: *remembers the time she was walking by Junsik and stared at him for so long she collided with a wall*
Hei-Ran: she’s just like me for real
canon rangshi dynamic be like
Saw something that said Kyoshi and Kuruk likely ended up with more of a brother/sister relationship than a mentor/student one and I’m here for it:
Kyoshi, spiritually contacting Kuruk: holy shit dude you’re not gonna believe this
Kuruk: girl what’s going on out there?
Kyoshi: okay so basically Hei-Ran is so obviously into this Water Tribe chick right? So being the amazing future daughter in law that I am, I set them up
Kuruk, gasping: you didn’t!
Kyoshi: I totally did. It worked, as I knew it would because I know a useless bisexual when I see one. However, it seems that Rangi is unaware of the fact that they’re dating
Kuruk, cracking up: that’s adorable! Oh, that kid always had a bit of issues trying to find out who likes who
Kyoshi: I know right? Good thing I’m so perceptive!
Kuruk, snorting: yeah okay
Kyoshi, frowning: why did you say it like that?
Kuruk: you are probably then most dense woman alive
Kyoshi, offended: I am not! I am so aware of stuff!
Kuruk, deadpanned: Rangi had a crush on you literally the entire time you guys lived in the mansion
Kyoshi: that-that is a lie! There’s no way! She did not give me a single hint!
Kuruk: a month after you moved into the mansion, Rangi spent the entire day glued to your side because you mentioned you had a nightmare
Kyoshi, blushing: she was being a good friend
Kuruk: she was holding your hand the entire time. When have you seen Rangi initiate physical contact with anyone else in general?
Kyoshi:……………….if you weren’t dead already I’d punch you so hard you’d be sent to the spirit realm
[Kyoshi's trying to tell Rangi and Hei-Ran about Kuruk's troubles with spirits, but she accidently mentions he was deeply in love with Hei-Ran]
Hei-Ran: So, you're telling me you spent your time communing with the past Avatars discussing Kuruk's man-whoring?
Kyoshi, blushing: It was relevant...
Hei-Ran: How?
Kyoshi: Well, there was this poem... That's how Kelsang knew I was the Avatar and ---
Rangi, interrupting: What do you mean?
Hei-Ran: You entered the Avatar State in our battle against Tagaka. That's how we knew.
Kyoshi: You see, no... you know, this is not about the poem!
Rangi: So you did know!
Kyoshi: No! No, I thought the poem was about you!
Hei-Ran: What?
Kyoshi: No, not like that! I thought I'd come up with it!
Rangi: How a poem that was supposedly about me would make Kelsang think you were the Avatar?
Kyoshi, looking at Rangi, then at Hei-Ran, and back at Rangi, blushing intensely and gesturing widely: Well, you two are terribly similar!
Hei-Ran, sighing and pursing her lips: Terribly, indeed...