User:Katara1/sandbox

About Me:
Hi! I'm Katara1. I'm new to this community, and I'm still getting the hang of things. I'm currently a community college student and plan to earn my degree in associates in science. Later, I plan to transfer to a 4-year university and eventually go to PA school.

Entertainment:
I enjoy watching the show Avatar: The Last Airbender. I also enjoy listening to music, reading, and journalism. Favorite quote: "I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious." (Michael Scott, The Office)

Articles of interest:
1) Avatar: The Last Airbender

2) Bernie Sanders

3) The Office (American TV series)

4) Conan Gray

5) Coldplay

External wiki link: [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/avatar_the_last_airbender/s01 }

Content I would like to add to my article:
There were many trilogies after Avatar: The Last Airbender. These include The Promise, The Search, The Rift, Smoke and Shadow, North and South, and Imbalance. The Promise is about the difficulties that occur one year after the television series ended. The Search is about Zuko's mission to find his mother Ursa. The Rift is about Aang and his friends in a conflict with the physical and spiritual worlds. Smoke and Shadow is about how Aang and Zuko confront the conflict with the physical and spiritual worlds. North and South is about how Katara and Sokka return to their home in the Southern Water Tribe. Imbalance is about how Team Avatar confront the issues between the benders and nonbenders.

The Promise
The Promise is the first comic to continue Avatar: The Last Airbender series after the show ended on Nickelodeon and picks up right after what the series left off. For example, in the last episode of the series, Katara and Aang start their relationship and The Promise Part One explores their new romance. The comic also explores Toph's metal bending practices and Zuko's reign as Fire Lord. The audience see's more of the dynamic between Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko as they both work with the Earth King over a conflict: the Fire Nation colonies in Earth kingdom territory. This issue escalates as Yu Dao, one of the Fire Nation colonies, fights against this order. In The Promise Part Two, Team Avatar begins to try to resolve the Yu Dao issue, while Fire Lord Zuko aims to receive advice from his father who was previously Fire Lord. Zuko experiences an internal war, in which he feels the need to do what is best for the four nations but he fears becoming like his tyrant father. The issue becomes tense as Earth King Kuei and Zuko come closer to war. In The Promise Part Three, tensions escalate between as Zuko and Kuei both aim to keep Yu Dao through military means. As both send their armies to fight, Avatar Aang has to decide what he needs to do to maintain peace between the four nations, even if that means killing Zuko.

Critical Reception
In June 2012, The Promise Part Two was a New York Times Bestseller and the top of the BookScan charts. Critics say that this comic is great at displaying the characters authentically and the illustrations are a "great success."

The Search
The Search is about Zuko's adventure to find his mother Ursa who left the Fire Nation in order to save Zuko's life when he was a child. This comic also includes a large piece of Ursa's life, her lover and heartbreak. The plot goes from the past, Ursa's life with her lover, and the present, Zuko's quest to find her. In The Search Part One, Zuko makes a deal with his sister Azula: she has to help him find his mother and he releases her from the mental institution. Zuko, Azula and Team Avatar set out to find his mother by going to Hira'a, the town where Ursa grew up. By the end of The Search Part One, Zuko finds out that his biological father was a man named Ikem that his mother was in love with before marrying Ozai. In The Search Part Two, Avatar Aang dismisses Zuko's enthusiasm upon finding out Ozai is not his real father and expresses his worry that if Ozai is not Zuko's real father then Zuko has no right to the throne. Team Aang, Zuko and Azula continue searching for Ursa and go to Forgetful Valley. Here, Aang meets "The Mother of Faces" in the spirit world. In The Search Part Three, Azula finds out important information about Ursa and aims to find her mother herself but Zuko and Sokka try to find Ursa first. Aang and Katara deal with the "Mother of Faces" and her spirit animals.

Critical Reception
In July 2013, The Search Part Two was a New York Times Bestseller. Critics say that this comic explained the missing pieces Zuko's mother well but the story only expanded the narrative with coincidences rather than purpose.

The Rift
The Rift mostly revolves around Aang's roots: the Air Nation. This comic also explores Toph's past, specifically her complicated relationship with her father. In The Rift Part One, Aang wants his friends to celebrate Yangchen's festival. This festival was one of the most sacred Air Nomad holidays but was not celebrated in 100 years due to the Air Nomad genocide. Aang meets with Avatar Yangchen and find out that a jointly owned Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom factory is on Air Nomad sacred land. Toph reunites with her father, whom she had not seen in two years. In The Rift Part Two, Team Avatar continues to try to save sacred air nomadic land from industrialists. Aang and Air Acolytes enter the Spirit World and she speaks about her experience with a man named General Old Iron and his grudge against the city of Boma for the death of Lady Tienhai. As they speak, the place is hit by an Earthquake. In The Rift Part Three, Aang connects with Avatar Yangchen and learns that the only way to prevent the bitter spirit of General Old Iron to return is to destroy the town. Toph does not agree with this solution, as she respects the refinery's symbol of international cooperation between the Fire and Earth nations. Ultimately, Aang fights General Old Iron and wins. After meeting with Lady Tenhai in the Spirit World, Aang recognizes that spirits deserve to live with human civilization in peace and creates the "Spirits Friendship Festival."

Critical Reception
In March 2014, The Rift Part One was a New York Times Bestseller. Critics say that the message of this comic, that tradition should influence the present but it should not prohibit progress, is a neat transition to Avatar: Legend of Korra.

Smoke and Shadow
Smoke and Shadow continues Zuko's and Ursa's relationship where The Search leaves off. This comic also goes further in depth with Zuko's family in general. This comic mostly revolves around Zuko's and Aang's mission to settle both issues in the physical and spiritual world. In Smoke and Shadow Part One, mysterious figures called the Kemurikage spirits tell a prophesy that Zuko must leave the throne or the Fire Nation will collapse. The New Ozai Society begin to organize a plan to remove Zuko from the throne and children begin to disappear in the Fire Nation Capitol. In Smoke and Shadow Part Two, Aang and the rest of Team Avatar aim to make sense of the disappearances of the children. The leader of the Kemurikage is revealed to Zuko and Aang as Azula. In Smoke and Shadow Part Three, Zuko attempts to catch Azula. In doing so, he fights Azula and she tells him that she wants Zuko to be the Fire Lord she wanted to be- one who leads with fear rather than compassion. Azula and the rest of the Kemurikage disappear in the smoke. Aang and the rest of Team avatar save the children by fighting the Kemurikage spirits. The ending of the comic consists of Ursa meeting Ozai again in his cell, after all these years. Ursa see's her former husband for the man he was, a small man trying to act big.

Critical Reception
In May 2016, Smoke and Shadow Part Three was a New York Times Bestseller. Critics say that this comic was good at portraying Zuko's family with further character development. However, critics also say that some of the themes, like Zuko's insecurity with being Fire Lord, became repetitive.

North and South
North and South revolves around Katara and Sokka's roots: the Southern Water Tribe. In North and South Part One, Katara and Sokka return to their home and are surprised by the flourishing place it has become from the little village where they grew up. They find out that their father, Hakoda, was in charge and Malina, a woman from the Northern Water Tribe, had a huge role in progressing the Southern Water Tribe. By the end of part one, Katara and Sokka walk in on their father and Malina in the middle of a kiss. In North and South Part Two, Southern Gilak tries to kidnap Katara and Sokka and leaves a note on Hakoda's father which says, "Soon you will see the truth Chieftain." Katara is suspicious of the integration of the Northern and Southern Water Tribes. Gilak exposes Milan for her integration of both tribes and claims that she only aims to exploit the natural resources of the Northern Water Tribe for the benefit of the Southern Water Tribe. Milan apologizes but Gilak's troops attack her and her brother Maliq. Team Avatar steps in and fights off the troops. Gilak is escorted to his prison cell, but an officer who says she never liked the Southerners, gives him the key to his cell. In North and South Part Three, Fire Lord Zuko and the Earth King Kuei come to the Southern Water tribe and approve of the full integration of the tribes. Amid this, Gilak breaks free and causes a rebellion. In the end, Gilak dies and Malina is saved by Katara.

Critical Reception
Some critics say that North and South was "disappointing" and a "victim of its own making." Other critics say that the antagonist, Gilak, was not nearly as threatening as other villain's which made the comic less exciting.

Imbalance
Imbalance surrounds the tension between benders and nonbenders at the Earthen Fire Industries. In Imbalance Part One, Team Avatar arrive at the Earthren Fire Industries, and to their surprise they are met with disapproval as there are increased disputes among the benders and the nonbenders. In Imbalance Part Two, Team Avatar try to resolve the conflict between the benders and nonbenders. In Imbalance Part Three, the conflict comes to an all time high and it is up to Aang to come up with a solution to satisfy both parties. This comic as a whole sets up the majority of the plot of Avatar: The Legend of Korra as it explores the political tension as well as industrialization.

Critical Reception
Critics say that this comic goes slow in the beginning, as it starts off with a broad dispute among benders and nonbenders, but increases pace as the narrative explores the idea modernization.