avatarparallels:

The Search Part 3 cover. 

In a recent blog post, Mike Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender, posted the following:

“While we were working on Book 1 of Korra, Bryan and I pitched a TV movie version of the search for Zuko’s mom to Nickelodeon. They weren’t interested in doing animated TV movies, and chose to pick up Book 2 of Korra instead.”
Source: http://mikedimartinostory.com/2013/03/20/you-really-want-to-know-what-happened-to-zukos-mom/

While it is unclear from the context of the post why Nickelodeon was not interested in doing a TV movie of The Search, most fans strongly support this idea and would undoubtedly be willing to tune in in huge numbers and buy DVDs, making Nickelodeon a huge profit. It’s possible the reason that they did not pick up the idea is that they didn’t think it would be popular. Let’s show Nickelodeon how profitable picking up a movie about the search for Zuko’s mom would be and perhaps they will reconsider.

Note that this is a fan-made petition and that the creator of this petition has no affiliation with either Nickelodeon or the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Even though this probably won’t amount to anything, I figured it can’t hurt to try! Reblog this to help spread the world. =)

avatarparallels:

Writing a letter to their lover. 

first gif from baelor

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sassami:

I’ve been scrolling down my dash for a good while until I saw an ask which caught my interest.

Someone asked avatarparalells’ opinion about Zuko being Ozai’s son or not. I really found interesting the part about that Azula edited the letter, so I thought about it for a good while.

I mean, that makes pretty much sense tbh.

Azula isn’t that kind of person who leaves her guard off of things. What if she wanted Zuko to find and read the letter?

Apart from her being a great liar (well, or at least that’s what she proclaimed herself in episode 03x11), I think she’s also a great actress.

Let’s just think about it for a second; she’s always loved power, she wanted to be the firelord. The fact that she edited, no, maybe even wrote that letter and faking it was Ursa’s, makes actually pretty much sense. 

Also, I’d like to point out that, knowing Azula (no matter how “crazy” she turned), she wouldn’t really leave such an “important” letter to her just there like that. I mean, not only Zuko could have seen it, but also everyone else who was there.

 c’mon

What if that’s what she’s planned with Ozai while they were alone?

Just, what if?

Anyway, this is just an opinion and theory.

That’s what I was thinking, Azula wanted Zuko to read the letter, she must’ve planned this with Ozai. She knows how to push his buttons and Ozai knows that Zuko doubts himself that he’s doing a good job being the firelord. Zuko finding out that he’s not the right heir to the throne will definitely make him doubt himself even more. 

Plus, Azula isn’t THAT careless.

I agree with all of this. We never saw what the letter Ursa wrote to Ikem said; we just saw that Ozai was angry. That could have been about anything—maybe a secret we don’t know yet. They might have jjuxtaposed those scenes on purpose to mislead us, because the fact is we have no idea if the letters are the same. And Azula burnt the other letters and left this one where Zuko could find it. I don’t think that was an accident.

completelykorra:

If Ozai is going to have to get THAT kind of news, he at least deserves to receive it like the rest of America. 

This is perfect

queenevilfluffy:

Now that I have calmed down and stopped fangirling so much, I can share my thoughts on The Search. 

First off, no I am not upset at the whole “Zuko isn’t Ozai’s son” I personally thought that was awesome. It’s is a nice little plot twist that either will be explained further in the coming comics, or was a trick. Because remember “Azula always lies.” 

Second, let’s think about this a little bit. Azula is still slightly insane and Ozai could be taking advantage of that. There are a couple of things that tip off to that. First of all, Zuko left Azula and Ozai alone. Ozai could have been filling Azula’s ears with lies. Second, Azula says something interesting to me “Luckily though, Father was able to fend off your conniving long enough to lead me to this.” That can be seen as a way to back up my theory, that Ozai is using Azula. Ozai strikes me as someone who would have an exit strategy and that was it. Let’s think about it. Zuko was banished, seen as a failure and eventually a traitor. What if Ozai had that letter planted there to use just in case? He was probably intending it for something else, but it seemed too perfect to use it in this situation. 

Another thing, Azula’s decent into madness. If we recall, Ursa is related to Roku and {obviously} Ozai is related to Sozin. Now if we recall, Iroh told Zuko that his legacy was that “evil and good was at war inside him” that understanding his great grandfathers’ struggle he could understand the battle within him. Let’s think about it, Zuko was going through a bad time and it helped him through it. Now when Azula went through a tough time {being abandoned by her friends her father} no one was there to help her out and that is what gave rise to her insanity. Her struggle is represented by her mother, the first person to “abandon” her. The good and evil are still at war inside of Azula and she had no one to help guide her.

Now one final thing. I did scroll through the search tag and saw most people were upset because they saw that Zuko’s character development was only about his family. But Zuko is so much more than that, he strives for honor above all else and that is his main characterization, not the fact that he was a descendant of Roku and Sozin. And hopefully people will come to realize that. 

I completely agree with all of this. The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced that this is a trick Azula is playing. Also remember that she burnt the other letters. That’s a good point that she spoke with Ozai alone, too.

I mean we got a comic which is amazing but Nick why no TV movie?!? Ahhh

musickeeper94:

Here is my formal review for The Search. There is no better place than to start at the beginning.

With my knowledge that the series is about Zuko’s mom, I found myself studying the very first panel, which contained only dialogue. I am betting (and hoping) that this is a conversation between Zuko and Ursa. However, this will probably set up book-ends for the series, with the end of the conversation being the very end of part 3. However, it will be some time before we know for sure.

We are introduced to Ursa, and her boyfriend Ikem. Ursa is revealed to have a very playful personality, and I like Gene’s portrayal of the couple. All we have seen as far as couples go is a simple teenage fling, and this advances that to a full relationship, and then proposal. The connection with the play “Love Amongst the Dragons” is pretty bittersweet, especially since Ursa would always drag her kids there.

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I think this is a fair review, though I rather liked the wolf spirit, I’m really curious about where they’re going with that and I think it could possibly link into Korra book 2.

Also that’s an interesting bit about the story coming from Bryke—I need to find that interview now.

legend-of-korra:

I guess I should point out that it’s entirely possible that that letter was forged or a lie by Ursa or something because stirring up controversy is a good way to raise sales, so

Let’s not forget that it went through the old lady first. And that the wording of the letter was ambiguous.

I can’t even BELIEVE people are making that comparison.

Please remember that Gene Yang collaborated with Bryke on this so nothing in the comics has not gone through them first. They are good writers, we know this, and they love their characters. They are not throwing stuff away.

I’m getting really tired of the Avatar fandom losing their shit every time there’s a plot twist or something that appears to be. First of all, in regards to the spoiler from The Search: 1) It’s not proven and if it is, 2) it’s not the end of the world. This freaking fandom gets trolled by the writers over and over and fall for it EVERY TIME. I’m maintaining a healthy amount of skepticism. For once the more insane the fandom gets the more rational I’m trying to be.

Maybe we’ll give it a week and people will calm down but yikes.

avataraang:

Okay, I’ve read The Search now, thoughts behind the cut! 

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Ah, good point about the wording of the letter—I didn’t even notice that! I agree with most of this except I actually really liked how they wrote Azula in the comic. She was as manipulative as ever but she also still showed signs of her mental stress from the finale, which I’m glad was addressed.

For some reason, the face thing actually made me think of Koh—I know it’s not directly related but I just got that feeling. Either way, the expression is still hilarious.

sketchbender:

So for the most part the reaction to the big secret revealed in this comic was incredibly negative. While I must say I didn’t love learning this, I also don’t hate it. It definitely changes some things but it doesn’t devalue Zuko as a character. Here is my counter argument to some of the…

Basically, all of this.

To repeat myself again: this big reveal may turn out to be false, so panicking does not make sense. But even if it is true, it does have some grounding in canon in regards to character personality, so it is not the end of the world nor does it ruin Zuko’s story if it is true.

wherehaveallthekiwisgone:

chaobunny:

Everyone wanted to know Ursa’s story and then they get upset when we finally get it. I’m curious to see what happens and I’m going to keep an open mind until we find out.

Plus… (spoilers ahead)

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Congrats on being a lone sane person in the crazy ass shit-storm that is the Avatar fandom. Kudos.

Personally, I’m in no way convinced that this is true. Just the way it was worded makes me about 99.99% sure that we’re being trolled. That, and the fact that it’s the first part, and if it were true, that would be a HUGE fucking reveal, and would probably not happen this early.

So go ahead fandom. I know that this apparently makes me an idiot, but I want to see how the story unfolds.

That’s also a very good point. It’s not like we haven’t been trolled by Bryke before. And let’s face it. The fandom always falls for it. Without fail. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.