#also people who comment shes prettier this way are missing the point #that type of attitude plays into girls feeling their value is based upon their looks #and is even more insidious when applied to young girls #ultimately whether or not someone wears makeup is up to them but in the context of a story like this its used as a story telling device #which so very evident when you compare her to girls in the series close to her age #like katara or even ty lee or mai @rossithepixie

I was gonna make a separate post about this exact thing that i saw happening on this post. A lot of people commented that she looked prettier, but that wasn’t my intention at all. At first I did it out of curiosity, because her make-up is such a clear decision in her character design that speaks a lot about who she is, or well, who she’s trying to be. I wasn’t prepared for such a contrast. It wasn’t because she looked prettier, its because she looked so young. Rossithepixie basically said everything i wanted to with these edits.