both yangchen and roku acted as parental figures for kyoshi and aang, comforting and hugging them and giving them similar advice on a situation that only they can truly understand as past avatars. they let them be vulnerable and emotional with no judgment, and just let them be the kids that they still were despite having the entire weight of the world on their shoulders. this sort of relationship is something aang and kyoshi needed, and roku and yangchen so naturally provided it.
excerpts are from the end of shadow of kyoshi, and the rift part 3.
I spent the last days of 2020 reading The Shadow of Kyoshi, where the presence of Yangchen’s memory is constant. After Kyoshi herself, Yangchen was probably the Avatar that most piqued my curiosity during Aang’s saga.
[ID: A digital drawing of Aang and Avatar Yangchen from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Aang is shown from the knees up. He has his eyes closed, tears streaming down his face, and his hands resting on his chest above his heart. His Airbending Master tattoos are glowing. Avatar Yangchen kneels before him, a reassuring look on her face, as she rests her hands on Aang’s. Her Airbending Master tattoos are also glowing, and their hands are encircled by a similar light. They both wear the orange and yellow air nomad clothing. The background is made up of gradiant clouds, going from bright yellow at the top to a deep orange at the bottom. END ID]
as a response to the air nomads content deficit, here have some happy yangchen, click for better resolution
please validate me i need serotonin to finish my lab report
[ID: Three animated art of avatar yangchen. They are digitally drawn in traditional style, showing her head and torso.
In the first image, she is drawn as a child wearing orange and yellow garb of an air nomad, short-haired. Her hands are raised to the level of her shoulder, one above the other. Between them she held pebbles in spinning air. She sticks out her tongue in concentration.
In the second image, she is in her early teens, short-haired. A lemur sits on each shoulder. The lemur on the right licks her cheek and waggles its tail. She is looking at the lemur on her left fondly.
In the third image, she is shown as an adult, long-haired. She held a fruit pie with one hand, the other is raised above the fruit pie, making a little whirlwind around the pie. She has a lopsided smile on her face. End ID.]
