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Did this some time ago and now I'm gonna post it here as well!

I really had a blast drawing all of this and I'm honored I remind people of them 😂

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I got this picture from here: https://www.pinterest.ru/pin/331296116334815671/  

Even though it depicts Lin and Tenzin from The Legend of Korra, this couple also reminds me of Malak and Revan here. That might seem strange, but I’ve associated them with Malak and Revan since I came across it a couple of years ago.

Obviously, I don’t own the picture.:)

I was rewatching LOK and just loving how Toph’s parents did everything they could to shove her into a box and prevent her from doing what she loved--earthbending--but then Toph invented metalbending by literally escaping a box she was put in by the bounty hunters her parents sent after her, and then her kids and grandkids made the Beifong name basically synonymous with metalbending and innovation.

We have our official winner for The Legend of Korra: Choose your favorite character, and it is the one and only Lin Beifong!!!

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I think this scene is suitable for them😂😂😂😂😂

Am I the only one who is UNBELIEVABLY ANNOYED at what Legend of Korra has been doing to Lin Beifong lately? She has gone from noble hero and strong woman to the cliche "angry chief who doesn't know what's really going on." She even has two doofus corrupt cops for goodness sake!! In the first book of Korra, I didn't think she had an incompetent police force. I thought they were supposed to be... well... REALLY COOL? But now they're just stereotypical, stupid, and annoying. This is the woman who made one of the BIGGEST sacrifices in Book One, guys. And they totally messed her character up. She was one of my favorite characters, but now... 

Ugh.

PS: MAKO IS SUCH A STUPID PIECE OF SHIT, UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

The Legend of Korra funko pop drawing is finally done.

Lin had NO RIGHT to be this good looking.

I need a Linzin story where Tenzin doesn’t leave Lin after they learn she’s infertile or after a (late term) miscarriage.

I need a story that Tenzin doesn’t decide that Lin unworthy if she can’t have kids.

You’re not required to forgive your family. You’re allowed to cut them out of your life for your benefit. Take care of yourself.

Lin healing the bonds with her family hc?

Ohhhhhhhhhh anon you have opened up a WHOLE can of worms I have extremely strong feelings on this topic and most of them can be summed up with Lin Beifong is the Epitome of the older sibling parent trope. RANT INCOMING

Lin choosing to forgive Suyin has almost nothing to do with Suyin’s “apology” (or lack thereof). It occurs solely because Lin actively decides to be the better person in their relationship. She decides that having her sister and her niblings in her life is worth more to her than her grudge and her hurt. Which is saying something, because damn can Lin hold a grudge.

Su isn’t going to apologize; its not in her nature at all. She genuinely doesn’t recognize the need for apologies in anything. She doesn’t give them and never expects them from others. Lin knows this and decides to move on anyway.

Su did write Lin a letter asking her to come talk. Actually, she wrote several. Lin never opened a single one, determined to keep herself from getting hurt again. Its easier, especially when Su isn’t in front of her, to convince herself she doesn’t care.

Despite everything, Lin still hopes the best of her sister. Finding out that she changed her ways after being sent away, stopped with the petty crime and actually made something of herself, built an entire city and raised a pretty great family, comes with a level of relief- even if it wasn’t her to help Su see the error of her ways, at least Su was able to do so.

Lin doesn’t trust Su as far as she could throw her, especially after Su lies to her face to send Korra after Aiwei. She doesn’t trust Su to choose her to save over literally anyone else, and to be honest she has the older sibling complex that she just doesn’t have as much faith in Su’s bending skills as her own. That’s why her “I love you,” before drawing P’li’s fire sounds so much like a goodbye.

Speaking of differences in skill level, that fight between Lin and Su? Buckle your seatbelts motherfuckers I have THOUGHTS. Yes, its one of the most badass fights in the entire series, imo, but I’m gonna be real here. Su was winning. She had Lin on the defensive almost the whole time. But Lin was also at about 40% health- run down, emotionally strained, off-kilter from acupuncture treatment (which I agree with @dont-blame-it-on-the-kids was DEFINITELY not in Lin’s best interest that doctor was 100% paid off by the red lotus), and Su is taking advantage of it. If Lin had been at 100%, even like 60%, she would have WIPED THE FLOOR with Su and Su’s dancy-ass bending style. But she still held her own, even though she was literally breaths from passing the fuck out. Did you SEE some of those hits? There’s one in particular where Su hits her in the gut with a rock mid-air that physically couldn’t not have broken several of her ribs. Su’s behavior in this fight absolutely incenses me like how dare she fucking do that I JUST

All this being said I do really love Su as a character I promise.

Su’s base character hasn’t changed, but after going through the Red Lotus and Kuvira together, Lin does recognize that she’s changed in some important ways. She’s still self-oriented, but she’s not the selfish, bratty teen she was when she scarred Lin for life.

Likewise, after seeing the permanence of Lin’s scars and spending more time with her sister, Su realizes that she’s really hurt Lin. She sees how terrible she’s been to this woman who is willing to give her own life to protect everyone around her, Su especially, and actively tries to make up for it. Like I said, she doesn’t apologize with words, but tries to prove to Lin through her actions that she is going to be there for her. And the fact that Lin’s arm flickers toward her weapons whenever Su loses her temper? Su is so disgusted with herself over it that she nearly throws up the first time she thinks about it.

They’re not best friends, but they do become close. Both of their personalities mellow out with age, and they’re more understanding of each other. Su becomes someone Lin is able to talk to about some personal things, if not the extremely deep stuff. They have wine nights and Su sometimes sleeps over if she gets too tipsy. They both act a lot younger with each other, and Su is one of the only people who can snuggle up to Lin and get away with it.

Unless one of them is actively concealing their emotions (its usually Lin), they can read each other like an open book.

Lin remembers all of Su’s favorite foods and colors and activities and songs from childhood. Su realizes that she hardly remembers any of Lin’s and has a guilty meltdown to Bataar over it. He suggests that she pay really close attention to remember them now, and Su makes it her personal mission. 

Despite having confronted her feelings of abandonment by Toph ages ago, Su can see that Lin not only feels abandoned but also feels like she’s the one who let their mother down, that the break in their relationship is her fault, not Su’s or Toph’s. She knows how glad she was to have Toph back in her life, even if inconsistently, and sees how much Lin wants their mother’s approval and marches into the swamp (and that’s saying something for Su, who isn’t exactly fond of gross swampy things) and drags Toph out to force her to some of Lin’s award ceremonies or other events, including her wedding to Kya. Lin doesn’t know it was Su’s doing.

“Mother Lin may have said she doesn’t hate you but she deserves more from you and spirits help me you are going to say the words “I am so proud of you” to her or I WILL tell Wing and Wei where to find you-”

Basically, Su’s main apology to Lin for all the years of pain and hurt she’s caused is to kick Toph’s ass into repairing at least some of their relationship. Its the most truly selfless thing she’s done in possibly her entire life, because she never tells Lin.

To be clear: NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF LIN HAD NOT ACTIVELY CHOSEN TO SET ASIDE HER PRIDE AND HURT AND FORGIVE HER SISTER. LIN WAS THE CATALYST- SU WOULD NOT HAVE PUT IN WORK TO EARN HER FORGIVENESS IF LIN HADN’T GIVEN IT TO START WITH. Su’s behavior in Zaofu was utter bullshit, it was not worthy of Lin’s forgiveness. She literally showed up and immediately drove a wedge between Lin and some of the most important people in her life, said horribly mean things to Lin, and used Lin’s illness as an advantage to beat the shit out of her. But Lin, strong, selfless, badass, incredible Lin who is so much more empathetic than anyone in that show gives her credit for, looks at all of that and forgives Su anyway. Its not unconditional, like I said the level of trust isn’t bone deep, but she does the legwork. And you know what, Lin deserves to have family that cares about her in her life. Her niblings adore her, and she eventually believes that Su is genuinely there for her. I will die on this hill.

I know this probably came across as incredibly disorganized and rambly. I’ll talk more about Lin’s relationship with the metal clan kids and/or Toph in another post because I recognize that I’ve gone down a fuckin rabbit hole but I have extremely strong opinions on Lin’s relationship with her sister.

I love how Lin and Toph have the same expression.

Also, this reminds me of when Bolin pushed Suyin to hug Opal.

That’s awesome. I love the idea!

No. 1 & 2: Lin and Suyin Beifong. Daughters of the legendary hero, Toph Beifong.

I had a whole back story worked out in my head about how their home town was attacked by a massive mob of yoma and awakened beings when they were young and how Toph went out to fight them but never came back. Then the org’s men picks them up and starts training them to synchronize their yoki and stuff.

it’s been forever but it’s finally finished!! Kyalin study of “La Belle Dame sans Merci” (by Frank Dicksee)

prints available here!

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The Beifong sisters at Varrick's wedding. Fanart

Lin Beifong and Su ❤️

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Kyalin 😍🥺

I redid my Home Screen again-

i did my little research and came to the conclusion that I've got the same headcanon (or canon) for every female character i like: they do not love men