Preview pages for the next ATLA comic are out.
Story by Gene Luen Yang
Art and colors by Gurihiru
Release date: September 14
Official Summer:
"When Aang leaves to aid Zuko with the Kemurikage, Katara and Sokka return to the Southern Water Tribe by themselves. Katara is shocked to find that her beloved village has become a bustling city, with none other than their father, Hakoda, in charge! A Northerner named Malina seems to be behind this change, pushing the North and South to be more unified ... but what are her true goals?"
>>84531556
Why the fuck would I want to read about the boring brown water people?
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>>84531571
Because they're cute. CUTE.
Part 2 cover
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Part 3 cover
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>>84532057
wait they brought Toph to the South Pole? whos bright idea was that?
>>84532238
Don't know. She's actually going to be 100% blind there, so I'm not sure what the point it. Some people are upset that it's not Suki who they're bringing along, seeing as a Sokka focused story would be a good chance to include her into the story.
>>84532424
are people actually upset?
I thought we were pretty clear on the fact that they didn't actually end up together and unlike Katara and Aang they were really just a couple of teenagers in a war zone who didn't wanna die virgins
besides they fact that Sokka and Suki are the only "couple" that didn't have a child appear in Legend of Korra, it seems rather obvious they weren't a thing
they only real question is are we gonna get more Tokka and when are they gonna acknowledge that Suyin is Sokka's daughter
it feels pretty bad that my favorite ship is now hoping that the worst character from Korra is proof of it
>>84532505
fuck off
>>84531693
>Waterbenders have the ability to construct any ice structure whenever
>live in igloos for a hundred years
>>84532536
oh please its true, SokkaxSuki is more dead than Zutara or Makorra
Tokka might still be a thing, but I doubt it, also its not really a thing since they probably were on again off again and never really got together, just made enough mistakes to have 1 awful daughter
>>84532540
you didn't watch the show did you?
the South Pole used to be a grand city, but it got destroy after decades of war, we saw this very clearly in the episode where we first learn about Bloodbending
>>84532505
Not upset, just feel like it's a wasted opportunity and a more natural choice than Toph.
Bryke confirmed Sukka is endgame anyway. Tokka is sunk.
>>84532540
The only reason the Water Tribe looked so shitty before was because a) the villages were small and scattered and b) their homes were constantly attacked and destroyed by the Fire Nation.
We even see a flashback in the Southern Raiders to Katara and Sokka's village when they were kids that shows it was way more build, then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
Now the rebuild sites are more concentrated settlements with a big population influx from the Northern Tribe and ashmonkeys aren't constantly melting shit, so they're actually able to build more impressive structures.
>>84532424
>She's actually going to be 100% blind there
You uh...you know that there IS earth in the South Pole, right?
>>84532540
>only a single waterbender in the southern tribe
>>84532599
There's earth under OUR South Pole, but not necessarily in ATLA's. There's might just be a huge chunk of ice like our North Pole.
And besides, if she can't touch it, it's no use to her. Toph's tremor sense only works on contact with Earth, because she's an earthbender. As soon as she sets foot on anything other than good, old fashioned, solid dirt, she's blind.
>>84532599
Yeah but Zuko was able to take his ice breaking ship all the way up to their village
I'm pretty sure that they live on a sheet of ice out where its easier to fish than all the way inland where they can't actually reach the ocean
>>84532630
I mean I'm pretty sure Korra confirmed that there is real ground in the South Pole
but honestly its way too cold for Toph to go bare foot in order to properly use her tremor sense anyway,
>>84532655
>its way too cold for Toph to go bare foot
Exactly, the second cover even shows her wearing some sort of footwear.
>>84532671
well maybe she has gotten better at using it with shoes on
I mean she used to have trouble doing it in sand but she got better at that
>>84532671
And LoK made it blatantly clear that you can't tremorsence through a non-Earth medium when they deliberately showed Lin going barefoot to locate Hiroshi Sato's underground laboratory.
>>84532702
Nah
>>84532708
she did do that what are you talking about
>>84532740
The sole of her boot retracts. She touches the ground barefoot.
>>84532764
ok so
>>84532783
So you can't you tremor sense unless you're barefoot. Toph isn't barefoot at the South Pole, therefore she isn't tremor sensing, therefore she is actually, functionally blind, which was the point originally being contested by >>84532599
>>84531598
>"Wanna? For old times' sake?"
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So is this going to be Katara getting pissy at Hakoda for moving on from their Mom?
IS IT TIME????
The shitfest that was Smoke and Shadows has killed my interest in these comics.
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>>84535225
What are you DOING
HIBY is love.
HIBY is life.
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>>84535264
And so it begins
>>84532505
>besides they fact that Sokka and Suki are the only "couple" that didn't have a child appear in Legend of Korra, it seems rather obvious they weren't a thing
Bryan said something to the effect of "the two of them moved somewhere nice and peaceful and settled down", so I think they last. Every time they meet in the comics they go out of the way to show they're still attracted to each other.
>they only real question is are we gonna get more Tokka and when are they gonna acknowledge that Suyin is Sokka's daughter
Never, Suki was specifically brought back to squash Tokka. Su's dad is probably that mechanic guy from The Rift.
>>84532540
The Fire Nation took all the waterbenders except Katara, who could barely bend at the time.
>>84531556
Thanks for thew preview OP, but this looks boring as fuck. I hope they get better writing for the Korra books.
>>84536283
>I hope they get better writing for the Korra books
>>84536283
>sweeties but with korra and asami
oh god
>>84536283
It's a continuation of LoK so i wouldn't get my hopes up. That and they have to continue with the shit LoK ended on which can only end horribly.
>>84531598
The longer they've been together the less I'm convinced that Aang and Katara make a good couple. It all just seems forced because Bryke refuse to let go of an idea they had over 10 years ago, but I suppose that's incredibly obvious already.
It's just the way she talks about Aang, I can never imagine the Katara as she was defined in the original show ever acting this way or saying these things.
I guess with what happened in LOK they have to commit to it at this point.
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>>84535264
NO, I refuse!
>>84535997
Suki was brought back in what? If you mean the show, Tokka teasing didn't even start until LITERALLY the episode Suki came back. And before the show ends it already looks like Toph had moved on.
>>84531556
Seems fun, I just wish that Zuko could have been there.
We haven't seen the whole gaang together since Sozin's Comet other than in the old friends pic and we could use a story where he is a supporting character helping his friends rather than going through more inner turmoil.
>>84537977
Zuko's tied up in Smoke and Shadow, these two stories go side by side in parts.
Plus, Zuko just invites Fire Nation drama which I'm a little tired of, and part of his story now I that he can't go running around the world anymore due to his responsibilities.Though it's pretty outrageous that Zuko and Toph haven't talked once throughout ANY of the comics
>>84535154
It should be against the law to post this.
>>84535154
Why has God forsaken us?
>>84531598
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>>84531598
>That panel.
Its like they know.
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>>84532814
Lin was shown using tremor sense without being barefoot multiple times in LoK. Even her sister did it with shoes on. It actually started to annoy me when I was watching the series, but maybe it actually is possible to use the ability without being barefoot. Or maybe they had special footwear for it and Lin only bared her feet that one time for fun.
Regardless, Toph won't be able to see
>>84543299
Toph is only as blind as the plot requires her to.
For some reason she has always been capable of seeing aerial attacks except for when Sokka threw the belt at her.
>>84543701
She can see aerial attacks of an opponent who is on the same surface as her by sensing their footsteps and weight distribution and shit and then calculate the trajectory of what they're attacking her with.
But yeah, sometimes they're on a different surface altogether and it makes no sense.
>>84543185
>Its like they know.
After the "he sleeps in the tub" thing, do you even doubt it?
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>>84543701
This was the greatest bullshit. There's no way she'd be able to tell what's happening on a different boat. She freaks out when she has to swim or ride on Appa, so she couldn't possible be able to locate a projectile, launched from a catapult on a floating ship.
