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This picture was more or less a visualization of what the Fire Lord and Lady's clothes look like. I really wish I had the patience to put a background in here, but alas - I do not.There are a few reasons for this picture.
First of all. I like Zuko and Katara together. It gives me nice fuzzy feelings inside
Second of all, I am really tired of seeing pictures of 'Fire Lord and Lady' ONLY dressed in the colors black, maroon and gold. So here is my long shibang about the fashion of the Fire Nation.
What I know is that there are many colors that make up fire, be it a camp fire, a candle, the suns rays, a comet hurtling towards earth... there are many colors in fire. I think it actually goes blue, white, yellow, orange then red from hottest to coolest.
What I am trying to express is the idea that for a hundred years, the fire nation rained down destructive fire and thus, for a hundred years, it was a fashion staple to only have red, black and gold. But with Zuko as the new Fire Lord, I am sure that he and Katara would want to push the war as far out of the way as possible, leaving it to the history books. He wants the nations to prosper, which led me to thinking about 'a new day rising' The sun rising. The suns colors as it rises.
The robes that this new king wears are those of energy and hope. A new flame; a young spark emerging from the ashes of the corrupted fires that spread through out the kingdoms. This is the beginning of something new, and I whole heartedly think that Zuko and Katara would be the first to embrace such a change.
And its kinda neat, because when you squint your eyes, and look at them, they do kinda look like flames
So do we all get the symbolism? I only ask because I really want to get my point across.
Red+black+gold=destructive, corrupted fire of the war
Blue+yellow+orange=sunrise, reborn energy, life
And the third thing is I cannot believe that the fire nation only has gold thread and black and red dye.... in its entire kingdom. No way. Ty-Lee got some pink, so where the heck did the rest of the pink cloth go?!
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Comments: 278
ImAGirlNamedMichael In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 11:08:34 +0000 UTC]
I think the blue can also acknowledge Katara's water tribe heritage, as powerful as she is.
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NautilusL2 In reply to ImAGirlNamedMichael [2008-05-16 19:11:48 +0000 UTC]
Of course it can! And if I were Katara that would have been a reason for the acceptance for these particular robes. They signify a bright flame (life) and at the same time there can be no life without life giving water! Yes... symbolism abounds...
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TheArtlander In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 10:43:23 +0000 UTC]
I am glad you didn't put a background in here, they would not have stood out as they do now. This is so cute and so good, really fantastic job
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NautilusL2 In reply to TheArtlander [2008-05-16 19:09:48 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I seriously just could not make a background for it. I was trying pagodas and temples... gardens... but nothing was working! Then I just stuck with no background because I wanted the focus to *be* the costumes themselves. I am glad that you have enjoyed!
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TheArtlander In reply to NautilusL2 [2008-05-16 20:06:01 +0000 UTC]
it is beautiful, lots of detail and colors, gorgeous
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Halcyondayz In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 09:36:56 +0000 UTC]
looks fantastic, glad you finished it.
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AnimantX In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 07:29:08 +0000 UTC]
Oh... my... God. This is soooo beautiful!!!
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NautilusL2 In reply to AnimantX [2008-05-16 08:37:37 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! Thats nice of you to say!
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trishna87 In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 07:28:27 +0000 UTC]
that darling
is amazing.
i.. can stare at thsi for hours
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NautilusL2 In reply to trishna87 [2008-05-16 08:37:18 +0000 UTC]
Oh yippie, stare away! I'm glad you like it so!
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Spacebabie In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 07:15:28 +0000 UTC]
Very nice design of the robes. I only just recently finished watching the second season on DVD, not quite a Zutara fan, but then with my tenancies for slash I would probably pair up Zuko and Sokka.
I do wonder why Zutara is also not called the Steam Ship. (fire and water makes steam)
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NautilusL2 In reply to Spacebabie [2008-05-16 07:23:16 +0000 UTC]
Oh yay! Youre almost caught up on Avatar! go you!
I also have a tenancy towards slash. If it weren't for the Zutara ship, I'm pretty sure I would be with the Zuko Sokka peeps. Or maybe even the Jet Zuko people... where ever they are
And I like the Steam Ship! Thats so clever! I dont know why no ones thought of that one up yet O.o...
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Spacebabie In reply to NautilusL2 [2008-05-16 07:28:04 +0000 UTC]
I think the steam ship popped into my head because of the series of books I read once. I've only read three but the first was called Pyromancer and it was about a teen learning to be a fire wizard and the second was called Aquamancer and in it the hero's love insterest was learning to be a water sorceress and in one of the letters she wrote about them making steam together.
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NautilusL2 In reply to Spacebabie [2008-05-16 08:39:35 +0000 UTC]
oh thats interesting! I've never heard of it myself but I'll look into it. So I guess Avatar reminds you of the book series?? Trying to control elements and all that??
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Spacebabie In reply to NautilusL2 [2008-05-16 18:24:47 +0000 UTC]
Pretty much. I forgot the author's name, but I remember the family of mice that lived in the straw roof and the objects in the kitchen were sentient, and the hero was actually saved by a sea turtle.
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NautilusL2 In reply to Spacebabie [2008-05-16 19:07:34 +0000 UTC]
OO Sea turtles! That sounds sooo cool!
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Totalrandomness In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 07:13:58 +0000 UTC]
Sweet designs
Ty-Lee got some pink, so where the heck did the rest of the pink cloth go?! hehe brilliant!
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NautilusL2 In reply to Totalrandomness [2008-05-16 07:21:06 +0000 UTC]
Well really, common. An entire country and only one person wears pink?? There have got to be more out there.
While I was doing this I actually started drawing random Fire Nation citizens in clothes that I've come up with just to see what they would look like if they had all the colors of the rainbow at their disposal. I realize that each kingdom dresses to their element (green=earth, blue=water etc) but there are more than enough shades and tints to go around!
And I'm glad you like the design as well!
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KitsuneRedWolf In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 07:13:41 +0000 UTC]
Katara is Absolutly beautiful! Zuko's a lucky man... lol
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NautilusL2 In reply to KitsuneRedWolf [2008-05-16 07:17:26 +0000 UTC]
He sure is Katara is very pretty indeed!
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darkwings9 In reply to ??? [2008-05-16 07:13:33 +0000 UTC]
*tsk* Aww, it's very cute! The costumes are amazing!
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NautilusL2 In reply to darkwings9 [2008-05-16 07:16:37 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much! I'm glad you think so!
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