Taang - Blog Posts
so basically toph when aang is using he/him pronouns at the time:
"i hate men, but ur an exception"
pretty much? or is aang like, a cis dude, transfem and nonbinary at the same time? if so, based...
I mean yeah kinda? Idk gender nonconformity is weird, he's gender but like also not? Aang's just there man
anon realized: toph is lesbian, but aang's presentation is so "gender is a fuck" coded that they fall in love anyway? despite aang maybe being amab??
Toph just doesn't like men and Aang's not a man so yeah lmao
hear anon out: alternative toph x alt aang
You know what, hell yeah!
I am so normal about these two, I haven't at all been thinking about them for weeks on end somebody recommend me tags with them, please
toph x aang
What , Do you like About Zuko X Katara and Aang and Toph .
There are too many things I love about Zutara and Taang, I've probably talked about them in my previous posts a lot. But, there are some similarities between Zutara and Taang that I like.
Zutara and Taang look sooo good together, I mean, look at them!
2. Zutara and Taang donn't get along when they first meet, but later become very good friends and partners.
3. Zutara and Taang have opposite elements, but they are balanced and complement each other
"Fire is the element of power. The people of the Fire Nation have desire, will, and the energy to achieve their goals"
Katara has a fire inside her. She has power and always tries to achieve her will. She's not afraid to fight someone more skilled than her, such as Pakku and Hama. She is also not afraid of the Fire Nation soldiers when helping Haru and the villagers of Jang Hui River.
"Water is the element of change..."
Zuko has the water inside him. Zuko's main arc is redemption, he goes from being an enemy to being a good friend. He changes.
That shows how they can balance each other.
Also, I love how Zuko learns martial techniques from all the elements (he used them all in Agni Kai), but he often uses water techniques in the series.
"Air is the element of freedom"
Freedom is what Toph wants and needs. Aang offers Toph freedom. Aang is also Toph's first friend, she even tells Aang her feelings and shows him the abilities she hides from others.
"Earth is the element of substance"
Toph is the one who teaches Aang to be tough and stand his ground. That's all Aang needs to get out of his comfort zone.
That shows how they need each other.
Also, I love how Aang as the avatar can use all the elements, but earth is the element he uses the most after air.
4. Zutara and Taang have deep connection towards each other that build their chemistry.
Zutara are the reincarnation of Oma and Shu. The story, the symbols, even the colours of their clothes, all show the connection between Zutara and Omashu.
Aang and Toph have a connection, that's shown in episode The Swamps. In that episode, Huu explains how the swamps gives visions of people who are connected to someone.
Huu : In the swamp, we see visions of people we've lost, people we loved, folks we think are gone. But the swamp tells us they're not. We're still connected to them. Time is an illusion and so is death.
Sokka and Katara see a vision of their past, someone they've lost and they love most. Yet, Aang the only one who sees someone in the future.
But, how if Toph is actually someone in Aang's past? How if she is the reincarnation of Avatar Kuruk's lover?
I really love this theory!!!
And even if Toph isn't the reincarnation of Avatar Kuruk's lover, the swamp still show a connection between Aang and Toph when he sees the vision of her.
And they're still connected when Toph decided to live in the same swamp where Aang first sees her in her old days.
5. Zutara and Taang's disguise are matching. Zutara represent the spirit world meanwhile Taang represent physical world.
6. Zutara and Taang have similarities of how they meet the original source of their element.
Zuko and Katara never meet the original source of their elements until they set off their journey with the Avatar. And the way the Avatar meets them seem so magical.
Meanwhile, Aang and Toph have met the original source of their element and have been friend with them since they were little.
7. Zutara and Taang crumbs in NATLA make me love them even more!!! Look at them wore their colour!!
I can't wait to see them in the next season!
okay but like,,,,,,,,,,,,, arcade taang au,,,,,
toph goes in to the arcade where aang works and gets the high score for DDR and aang is like ummmmm sorry that’s mine,,, who’s the blind bandit????? and uhhh yeah and aang finally beats it and she comes in and breaks it without breaking a sweat and he sees her and she’s just,,,,, really pretty and he can’t even be mad that she took his place now,,,,, because all he’s thinking is how she would react if asked her to play the multiplayer dances with him,,,,,,, and she’s like???? cute front desk guy???? is talking to me i- can’t comprehend,,,,
You know, the more I think about it, Aang and Toph actually do have the makings of a good couple, not just an arbitrary alternate pair that frees Katara up for Zuko.
Like think about it; the first time he sees her is in an enchanted forest (well, a swamp, but a magic spiritual swamp) and she’s all ethereal, laughing, dressed in white. He realizes it’s his destiny to someday meet her. He finally does, and she’s nothing like he expects. He pursues her, but she brushes him off. Desperate to get her attention, he challenges her to a duel. Despite her formidable skill, she has a glaring weakness that Aang is uniquely equipped to exploit and he defeats her easily. He follows her home to try and convince her it’s her destiny to be with him, and even asks for her parent’s permission. He tries to figure out why she rejects him and learns that she’s living a lie and denying her true self to appease her family. Finally, she decides to run away with him and her father gets pissed and sends some goons to rescue her from the boy who “stole her away”.
Also, Toph being an aristocrat makes her something like a princess, and a Rebellious Princess at that.
Already, they’re using way more classic romantic tropes for Aang and Toph than they ever did for Aang and Katara. But let’s dive deeper.
Aang’s whole story is about trying to find the balance between being true to himself as a human being and being what the world needs him to be, something Toph could probably relate to having spent her whole life pretending to be a proper lady and a helpless blind child to appease her parents when she really wants to be an independent outspoken tomboy and ends up accomplishing way more by embracing her true self than trying to be what others want to force her to be.
By design, as Aang’s earthbending teacher, she facilitates character growth in him by helping him overcome his difficulties bending earth, which requires a temperament opposite to his own. It was likely her influence, helping Aang become more assertive and steadfast, that played a crucial role in developing the unbendable spirit that allowed Aang to overpower Ozai and take away his bending.
Aang and Toph also have some unique qualities that make them special, but can also be isolating. Aang of course has his Avatar powers, which puts a huge burden on his shoulders, but it also allows him to see spirits and access the spirit world, while Toph’s blindness comes with some obvious disadvantages, but also allowed her to sense the world in a way others couldn’t, which helped her to pioneer new earthbending techniques such as metalbending.
Aang and Toph also have pretty good chemistry together as friends. Toph, being a tombody, likes playing in the mud and other activities that Aang is into but Katara isn’t. Toph also includes Aang in her scams while Katara doesn’t tell Aang about dressing up as the Painted Lady.
Aang and Toph also have a lot of complimentary qualities. Aang comes from a monastic order of peaceful communal living, world travel, and few material attachments, but has a strong desire to remain attached to things like pieces of his culture, his bison, his beliefs and practices, his friends, and the girl he loves while Toph comes from an aristocratic family of great wealth and restrictive formalities, which she gladly gives up to live a free and independent life, though she struggles to reconcile that with her homesickness. Aang is highly spiritual, even for an airbender, because of his status as the Avatar, while Toph is especially physical, even by earthbender standards, because of how she compensates for her blindness. Aang is pacifistic, introspective, unsure of himself, but strongly principled while Toph is aggressive, abrasive, confident, and mischievous. There’s a lot that Toph has to offer Aang besides just being an earthbending teacher and there’s a lot that Aang could offer her in turn being so different from her.
Aang and Toph being the same age also allows for their relationship to come off as more equal, which would go a long way toward making a friends to lovers romance come across as more natural and believable.
I really like the platonic friendship they had in the show just fine, but if romance is meant to play an important part in Aang’s journey, he and Toph are a much better fit for each other than Aang and Katara. If they had just cut out all the moments of Aang mooning over Katara in season 1, and moved the season 2 opener with the Earth Kingdom general who used Katara to force Aang in to the Avatar State to the tail end of the season, like right before or right after arriving in Ba Sing Se, after Aang’s had plenty of time to get to know and love Toph, nothing would be lost by making her Aang’s love-interest instead of Katara.
these in particular are my favorite panels. shows their relationship so good; healthy too. First pic is literally what i imagine their dynamic as a canon couple. he always asks for her opinion in this comic and i love it. so refreshing from the Rift where they were both assholes to each other. Even when he disagreed with taking away Liling's bending, he didnt outright refuse her or say no. He said he'd think about it. Also refreshing from the show, where Aang was so set in his beliefs that he didnt consider solutions that differed from his values.
taang in imbalance part 5 cuz i love them omg theyre so pretty
taang in the comics part 4
ladies and gentlemen, the ONLY good comic: Imbalance.
everyone is so in character i LOVE IT except Aang. But in the good way. I genuinely got whiplash when reading this cuz?? is that rlly Aang?? omg hes so good. THIS is what aang stans think show-Aang is but hes rlly not. I love Aang's personality here. Confident, calm Avatar, still with a silly side, doesn't get angry irrationally, still heard Toph out when she suggested taking away his bending even tho I just KNOW show/gly Aang would've gotten angry/preachy with her.
Also this is a good example of what I mean where Kataang would be so good if they were just handled well! I LOVE them in this comic. Theyre so good and sweet together, espcially when they visited that island. She was supportive, but not in a way that made it feel like Aang was throwing a tantrum and she was shouldering it—cuz thats honestly what it felt like in the show. No. Here, it genuinely feels like one person talking about their problems and the other being supportive of them. A natural, equal relationship. Also they didn't call each other sweetie. Not even once. I love that for them. They managed to be rlly sweet together as a couple without resorting to cringe cliche moments like in GLY's.
However, while I did think Kataang was cute here, im still a Taang truther LMAO every panel with them together i went 'thats him and his wife fr'. Look how good they are together omg, I love their canonical height difference. And Toph is so pretty here, especially in her pajamas. Imbalance is what I think Aang and Toph would be canonically had they been in a relationship in the show. He doesn't get angry here, he's stable and grounded and not preachy. He hears out her opinion even when he clearly doesn't agree (as he was stunned when she suggested taking away his bending) and didn't even refuse it. He didn't say no. He just said he'd think about it. Even to Katara, he didn't outright say that he disagreed with Toph, he js asked for her counsel. But ik damn well the Aang from the show would've gotten mad and preached his monk values to her like he did with Katara in TSR. I also like the way he always cares for her throughout the comic, asking for her opinion, asking where she is—even when he didn't take on her suggestion of taking away Liling's bending, he still asked her if she was okay with it (with him doing a different plan) which I thought was rlly sweet. Just not in-character for show-Aang. No, this Aang is way better fr. I personally think this is how he would be had he been with Toph instead. His emotions are more stable, he's more confident and realized, set on his beliefs but not to the point where it'd blind him to other people's opinions—such traits align with my hc of how Toph would've affected him. Grounding and stabilizing him through her tough but understanding nature.
Unfortunate, bc Imbalance is how good Kataang could've been. But no, imo they're more like GLY. Which is why I think their marriage wasn't all that good in the future. Imbalance Kataang would never neglect Bumi and Kya. You know who would, tho? GLY Kataang.
In North and South, she literally told Malina that Malina had a change of heart bc she fell in love with Katara's Dad and that she'd revert back once she fell out of love like?? Girl?? What kind of thinking is that? Is it not possible that Malina came to her own realizations about the southerners on her OWN?? cuz yk shes a human being with her own thoughts and feelings? She's implying that Malina's—and essentially women in general, bc the way Katara phrased it didnt seem like singling out Malina specifically—beliefs are that weak and easily swayed based on whether she's in love or not. Which is crazy to me? Its obvious Malina had her own genuine realizations about the southerners that impacted her deeply—yes, maybe Hakoda inspired her, but her beliefs aren't going to magically revert if she stops being with Hakoda. It lowkey says smth about her and Aang's relationship cuz wdym? are your beliefs rlly that reliant on ur man??
Oh kataang the potential you couldve had :((
taang in the comics part 2
Last panel is literally THE taang panel fr. Also, the third pic is literally the only in-character moment of them. Even if Toph were canonically against the past so strongly (which she isnt the show,, she just wants her parents to love and recognize her properly. never does she want to run away from her past, she faces it head-on, like she does with everything else), THAT is how she would've done it. She would've at least explained herself like that, communicating about what she feels, instead of going straight to cruel behavior and rude insults. Is this rlly the same girl who felt so guilty about Appa, even though it wasn't her fault and she had done her best?
All in all, I HATE the Rift. I read it just for the smallest taang crumbs of seeing them side-by-side, even if it meant enduring the never-ending 'sweetie' of Kataang—Not that im entirely against Kataang, its just in these comics theyre so😭 like omg there is a time and place for that and its not here!!
Butchered my girl Katara so bad. Like theyre so...overly affectionate, kissing every few panels, calling each other 'sweetie' (im sorry thats so cringe), and its every soft romance wattpad I've ever read. Katara in the GLY comics is like those memes where the girl is so uwu crybaby-ified. I was a few pages into the Promise when I screamed WHY IS SHE JUST STANDING THERE. And when she finally did fight, she had to ruin the moment with "Don't set my boyfriend on fire!" girl...just fight they dont need to know Aang's ur bf omg, as if the sweetie wasn't obvious enough.
But honestly,, the worrying part for me is that the in-character Kataang IS the GLY comics imo. If Katara and Aang from the show were in a relationship, it's the GLY comics. Katara suppressing her feelings (like in the Promise with those fangirls) and apologizing to HIM even when he's the one in the wrong. Aang being irrationally angry and going into the Avatar State in emotional ways (like in the Promise,, again. Can you tell I HATE the promise). Katara having to calm him down with 'sweetie this isn't you🥺pls calm down sweetie🥺for me🥺🥺' the way she has to calm him down in the show (ofc not the sweetie part,, but she still has to, as if it's her responsibility). Her being damselled for the sake of Aang's development (like, again, in the Promise. When Zuko gripped her wrist a lil too tight to stop her from attacking his people, you know damn well Katara wouldve smacked the shit out of him with her own waterbending. But no, instead we got 'ow zuko ur hurting me!!' and Aang going into the Avatar State for it. No wonder he died early; the State shaves years off ur life, and he kept spamming it irrationally. And again in the Rift, when she was with Toph in the cave under the rubble. I feel like Katara was put there with Toph just so Aang would actually care. When he heard from Sokka that "Toph and the others are down there," he only asked about Katara, and visited them twice to, yet again, talk to Katara. And that's why he had sent for Toph's students to get them out. And! When they did get out, Katara ran straight to start making out with him instead of healing her friend, who passed out from saving them. Like hello?? There is a time and place for that. The Katara I know would've healed Toph first. No one, except her own students and dad, showed gratitude or worry for Toph for literally saving their lives. Another Appa situation I see.)
Another problem with Kataang I have in the comics is also in the Promise. Aang was about to ban mixed families bc he felt offended that a few well-meaning fangirls tried to participate in his culture, yelled at them, and ran off. He only changed his mind after he realized it would mean he and Katara couldn't be together—basically realized it would affect him too. Also rubbed me the wrong way that a girl who's such an activist looked at a family facing injustice and didn't feel defensive on their behalf (which she would be in the show—if she weren't with Aang), but instead, imagined herself having a family with her boyfriend. Its not too bad ig but it just rubbed me the wrong way when I read it. Like, why is THAT what you thought of when u saw them girl😭
Unfortunately, I believe that's how they would be canonically in a relationship, as their personalities in the GLY comics are regrettably more on par with the show (I can imagine Katara's character becoming like that post-show...unfortunately. Aang's influence.)
taang in the comics part 1 they look so good together even tho theyre arguing
tbh i have rlly mixed feelings about the comics. ESPECIALLY about the rift. Like on one hand, I enjoy having extra content about the characters. On the other hand, the whole comic was so bad. Like that is NOT my toph wtf. She has never been disrespectful about Aang's culture—to my knowledge, whenever Aang meditates, Toph is the only one who's been quiet. She also isn't against spirituality?? She literally spent her old years in the swamp, a place that is spiritual in itself. And she is actually quite knowledgeable about the philosophical aspect of bending, such as talking about its not only a power, but a way of life. Also, she has NEVER been this mean?? Aang is literally her first friend, she would never be cruel like this. She's snarky and pushes him to stand his ground, but she's never been like this. Also her very first dialogue in the Rift is an immediate red flag.
"Fire Nation alongside Earth Kingdom...You really think those people will get along well enough to govern this place, Twinkletoes?"
Like?? Okay maybe its possible to have doubts, but her expression and the way this is phrased implies she clearly doesn't believe it and is lowkey disdainful of it. Is this the same Toph who advocated to have Zuko join their team?? The same Toph who befriended Iroh, had tea with him in the middle of the war, and was friendly and welcoming to him in Ba Sing Se even after knowing he's part of the Fire Nation Royal Family??? that is NOT my girl omg
Aang...Imma be honest, the comics with this artstyle are the ones he's actually in-character for. That's why he's kinda insufferable in these im ngl. Imbalance Aang was SOOOO good, but he was clearly way better in that comic compared to the show. Show Aang is the same Aang as the GLY comics,, which is probably why I don't like him there LMAO
revealing my truth im indeed a taang shipper
