Wow, that's brilliant!

I'm of Indian heritage myself, and I agree, it's going to be cool if they inject more Indian influeneces into the Fire Nation, even if it does mess with the Avatar Universe.

I love Ty Lee's look. Not all Indians are that shade of brown, Mai could still look like her pale self, but I love her hair. <3 For her, you could make her wear a long peshwas, which is like a long, loose fitted dress that has fitted pants underneath.

Hnggggggggggggggggggggg can't wait to see some Mai chackrams

I... wow. I have no problem with this. In fact, just the opposite.

You know, I was never all that upset at the idea of an Indo-Iranian Fire Nation. It's definitely a change from the series, but culturally, it makes a lot of sense, with Agni being an Indian goddess and with the pre-Islamic faith of the Iranian peoples being Zoroastrianism.

If nothing else, if done well, it would make a really neat contrast with the explicitly East Asian Earth Kingdom.

Also, I always love your art and this one is no exception.

That's really cool, Yamino! I only just noticed the henna on Ty Lee's hands. There's always a lot of interesting color and patterning in Indian clothing -- we enjoyed looking through some of it when making a little alternate Indian!Irah costume for Gaang Jr: >>75126

I also like the nose piercing that Azula has -- it really seems to fit her design.

Thanks for the positive comments, guys!

>>76727 Nice suggestion with the peshwa. If I draw them again, I'll try that instead. You might be able to tell I was kinda wingin' it with her outfit. XD She ended up looking more like Queen Amidala, lol. And yes, I know not all Indina girls are that dark, but I guess I wanted to try giving her a darker skin, just for contrast to her original design. <3

>>76730 I never thought about it, but that's a really good point about Agni!

>>76731 I agree, my favorite things about Indian fashion are the gaudy details and colors. They're so... delicious and shiny. <3 I really like the details on that drawing you linked to.

Well when you put it like that...

I never thought that Mai could work with actual skin tone, but it looks like you proved me wrong!

>>76726

I came buckets. Shame the movie designs won't be on par with that, but I don't care.

Awesome fanart is awesome.

Imsuddenlyokaywiththis.jpg

I don't think anyone really had a problem with the Indian Fire Nation. Okay, not as much of a problem as with everything else anyway.

Indian!Ty Lee doing yoga poses!

I am hot for Indian Mai.

This drawing in general, really.

The movie will likely not have designs this interesting (what with things like Cliff Curtis's Grecco-Roman Chinese Samurai Olive Garden armor) but at least we have cool drawings like this.

A fantasy Indian nation would have been pretty kickass, I just can't shake the notion that M. Night isn't going to do it well (nor can I shake the notion that if we were gonna see it, I'd have much preferred a different franchise to host it, rather than this one.)

Also, Mai looks awesome.

Nice pic. Brown Azula looks like M.I.A...

One or the things I really like about this, is that Azula still has her "claw" nails. It's one of those things that a lot of artists seems to ignore. Though, to be honest, even the series itself seems to have forgotten about them after season two.

>>76726

This stirs in me an intense desire to witness Azula leading off a fire-weaving Bollywood dance routine.

If that happens, M Night, all is forgiven...

Seconding the Agni/Zoroastar sense this cultural troping makes, combining in one warfaring nation-state the two ancient civilisations who both claim to have invented chess (oh, the arguments I've heard...). The production's been so culturally autistic up to now I heavily doubt it will happen, but bt the very least it would counterbalance the 'Prince of Persia' movie having no god damn Persians in it.

Guys, I just thought of something.

Indian!Fire Nation means that the movie for book 3 can be Bollywood-style.

>>76751

Mai and Azula get rid of their nails after Appa's Lost Days to fit their hands into their Kyoshi Warrior gloves. I've actually looked into this.

>>76751
What? I thought it was because Ty Lee was complaining of scratch marks.

>>76755

WELL, >>76754 is the Nickelodeon reason, but we all know what really prompted it.

Now that we've officially passed into "tales of ribaldry" territory...

Kama Sutra

Azula looks like M.I.A

>>76760
Damn it Genome, this is already hot as is.

>>76751

At first I was like "Nah ah, no way," and then I looked.

http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep60/ep60-21.png
http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep60/ep60-35.png

Nails, she still has. Claws, not so much. How sad. Perhaps she tired of them?

>>76754
Source, please? I wish to know where to find these kinds of things.

>>76770

I don't know what you mean by "source," considering it's all speculation. It only really makes sense, though, because shit, having those claws in those gloves would be ridiculously painful.

Oh man. Azula. I would hit that like a house on fire.

>>76780
That... doesn't make sense.

>>76780
I'm not sure that analogy makes any sense.

...but the point still stands.

>>76781
>>76782
Damn you Genome! I was a few seconds too slow on the submit button.

>>76780
Agreed. Brown Azula is fucking Hot!

This is a lovely piece of art, but it still doesn't sit right with me. If you had left the movie out of it, if this were just another AU fantasy, then I wouldn't care as much. And let's face it, from the way they appear to be wussifying Katara, the main female protagonist of the show, I don't hold much hope for Ozai's Angels, should they get that far. If one badass female fighter is too much for them to take, there's no way they'll do these three justice, they'll probably decide to make them generic catty meeean grrls if they aren't ignored altogether.

If they really wanted to give Indians more prominence in the Avatar world, they should have left the other cultures alone and done something with Guru Pathik and his background. I would have been okay with that, might have even been interesting depending on how they presented it. Call me a wet blanket if you will, but I can't find a single redeeming feature about this film. Not even pretty Indian art and fashion.

>>76805

>>76806
Derp de derp, Ninja. Notice how I never said I hated her artwork. Next time try an intelligent comeback instead of a meme.

>>76808

Hater's still gonna hate.

>>76805
We have a thread with the sole purpose of containing posts like this.

>>76810

Maybe, but this thread *did* start separate from the movie thread just by virtue of having the artwork, and his post would have seemed out of place in the movie thread. What would they have done, stuck a ">>76726" on there and post?

>>76811
Only the first sentence is relevant to this thread; the rest is just bitching about the movie. I don't see how it would have been out of place beyond said sentence, which could easily be removed without effecting the rest of the post at all.

wait I thought this was a thread about Yamino posting delicious fanart but now I guess we're bitching about the movie again and also I'm apparently posting ITT more than I thought I was oh man where did Yamino go

Apparently now anyone who disagrees with the racebenders is really just Ninja in disguise?

>>76819

Apparently.

(Though, slight misnomer, Racebending is the name of the group, short for , which refers to Paramount "bending the races." So, technically, the movie production are "Racebenders," if you use the word that way.)

But yeah, this is really not the thread to discuss the movie much further, this is about Yamino's picture up there, and perhaps, what could have been.

SO ANYWAY GUYS

I'm totally imagining Ty Lee in Bollywood, and it is fantastic.

  So what's the Indian!FN version of this?

>>76826
Whoops, my bad

>>76831
Agni Kai.

In my defense, as the "bitchy" poster, the whole reason this fanart was created was because of the movie, yes? And Yamino added some comments about the movie too, yes? So why am I suddenly restricted from talking about it when it was in context?

>>76819
It was a gamble, but he's the one mostly posting stupid memes in lieu of a response and posted the exact same one in the movie thread.

Now that I've said my piece, carry on with Bollywood Avatar if that's what floats your boat and I'll try to keep my comments in the movie thread.

>>76831
Crazula's hallucinations.

Once again, the Douchebag makes everything better.

I drew this in response to Hina on Tegaki. <3 I was so flattered that she liked my design enough to make her own drawing based on it!

>>76901

Yes! Now gather your circus and dance a meticulously choreographed Hindi chart hit cover to show your appreciation!

Dangerous Desi on tegaki, continued!

;D

>>76995

WHY ARE YOU THE BEST PERSON EVER

>>76991
>>76995

This little sketch was posted by "Azula" (http://azula.livejournal.com/). It's so cute. <3

>>76995
In the background: something that used to be a house.

Is a crime against humanity, and I hope Shyamalan kills himself when this movie fails.

>>77007
Dude, I dunno if I could wish DEATH upon someone who happens to mess up an adaptation. You guys are fucking intense. Also insane.

>>77007
This is a happy place. Get out.

>>76995

That was hotter than vindaloo times crore. I need fifty gallons of raita to cool myself down from this.

... Lame Indian-food comparisons stop now.

FN-Bollywood/Bhangra dance number NAO!

>>76760

I whole"heart"edly agree.

>>77010
>You guys
>implying we're all douchebags like this guy
¬_¬

>>77022
Perhaps by "you guys," he meant, "you guys who want Shyamalan to die."

can't believe no one's mentioned hookahs yet...

>>77022
Oh Anon, don't pout. It's unbecoming.
Anyway, I did just mean that guy.

>>77049
1. Break out the hookah
2. Get Ty Lee high
3. ????
4. Profit!

>>77049
Five to one there's cactus pulp in there.

>>77053
Honestly, I'm getting tired of cactus juice being the alpha and omega of mind-altering substances in the Avatar world.

Polite sage for no real contribution.

>>77054

It's probably because it's the only one that was actually mentioned in show, but yeah. I mean, for all we know, that's opium in that hookah.

THIS THREAD <3

Needs more DesiMai though!

>>77007
Brown , pale, it's Azula so it's all good. The movie is gonna be shit, but brown Azula is all good with me...

>>77049 Haha!! Believe it or not, my next drawing HAS HOOKAS. (And I started it before seeing this post.) XD

I love you guys <3

P.S. I should probably call it a "shisha", since that's how I always heard them called when I went to Turkey. "Hookah" just looks like a slang term for a loose woman. Although there will be those, as well.

>>77083
>>77084
You have my attention.

>>77083

haha, fantastic. hookah was invented for the inevitable indian!tyzula.

>>77082
Then you are a fool.

>>77138
I dunno, man. I used to think that a non-pale Azula just wouldn't work, but now that I've seen this my mind has been changed. Now, I'm not one to fling accusations of racism around like so many water balloons, but the more you talk the higher my eyebrow rises.

>>77141
i'm not racist I'm just opposed to any "interpretation" of Azula that differs so significantly from the series. I'm opposed to the whole enterprise if you hadn't noticed.

>>77163
So DIFFERENT = BAD? Gotcha.

>>77163

Oh, please. AU is fun.

There's too much arguing and not enough arting going on in here.

>>77183
Ty Lee to the rescue!

In other news, someone needs to draw Indian!Mai with a pair of these babies. Too heavy to throw, so they're not exactly her style, but she'd still look incredibly badass holding them. They killed Dracula with a kukri, you know. The bowie knife in his heart was just to hold him still.

>>77184Ooh, that's hot. I especially love that delicious folded metal texture. <3 Definitely up to Mai-standards. Perhaps a bit big (she's only used throwing knives, as far as I could tell) but there's no reason why Indian!Mai wouldn't use bigger blades.

>>77166
I'm on board with this version of Mai and Ty Lee, but this Azula... so goddamned ugly I can't stand it.

>>77183
So beautiful! I love their blushy faces and Mai an d Azula's lovely little yellow eyes.

>>77188
You are lucky that I do not have a disappoint Ty Lee reaction face.

>>77184

Does she carry a jar of piss around, too?

>>77183
>You're tearing me apart!

When you treat me so unkind?
WHAT GOES OOOONN
IN YOUR MIND?

Still waiting for this mysterious hookah Indian!Azula/Ty Lee art. Still waiting.

That one is kind of huge and detailed, so don't hold your breath. ;) Especially not when this whole week is being dedicated to Lady Gaga art because OMG I'M SEEING HER TOMORROW.

>>77271

Nice. :O I saw that she linked to your art on her twitter--that must have been really exciting!

>>77271
AHHH SO JEALOUS I DON'T GET TO SEE HER UNTIL AUGUST :( :( :(

I did not know how to react when she linked to my poster. Even know sometimes I have to doublechek her tweets (which I fav'd!) to remind myself it wasn't just a dream. XD; I'm hoping I can meet her tomorrow before/after her concert and give her some prints of the more popular drawings I made of her, including the Telephone poster she tweeted.

In a last-ditch attempt to keep this thread somewhat on topic, here is a sketch of Lady Gaga if she was in ATLA. (This should be its own thread, lol. Or maybe in a thread of "If ___ was in Avatar...."

Oh holy shit, you should make that a comic! Those hair loops are bitchin'.

Good luck giving the picture to her. :3 Let us know how it goes!

What we need is some femslash pairing the original trio with their Indian counterparts

>>77299

>>77291
>"If ___ was in Avatar...."
I'm aight with that.

If Yamino was in Avatar...

shit would be trippin'.

>>77325

see

>>72675