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it seems like a lot of ppl don‘t know that avatar kyoshi was canonically bisexual and had a canon girlfriend from the fire nation called rangi with an an incredible love story!! so heres a short thread about them
theres some slight spoilers for the novel rise of kyoshi but if u want the full story definitely read the book its so good!!
during kyoshis time as avatar, there was an earthbender called yun who had been falsely identified as the next avatar, and kyoshi had initially been yun‘s servant. rangi was a fire nation soldier and was eventually appointed as a bodyguard to yun
yun, rangi and kyoshi eventually became a really close friends even though they all came from different social statuses and had very different personalities.
after kyoshi discovered that she was the avatar she had to flee and since rangi realized that she wouldn’t last long-
after kyoshi discovered that she was the avatar she had to flee and since rangi realized that she wouldn’t last long-
without her, they left together in search for masters who could teach kyoshi bending in all elements, and rangi became kyoshi‘s fire bending teacher
their first kiss and the night they officially became a couple was after rangi took part in a lei tai, basically an underground fight where the losers often died (she won but at one point got hit in the face so hard that she was semi unsconscious for a bit nd her lip got cracked)
rangi blamed herself for smth i don‘t wanna go into details bc spoilers but basically, rangi told kyoshi that even though the avatar can be reborn kyoshi can‘t and she deserved to have happiness too and if rangi had been able to protect her better she would feel loved, not fear.
kyoshi told her that she did feel loved, and then kissed her. rangi pushed her away and kyoshi thought she rejected her but all she said was that it wasnt the kiss that bothered her but her injured lips, so she should kiss her somewhere else lmao gay
here’s some art of them by reddit user kkachi95!!
during her time as the avatar, kyoshi never hid her bisexuality and fought hard for lgbt tolerance in the earth kingdom, which was always very conservative. when she initially made what‘s now known as kyoshi island her home, she was also constantly stopping men that were
bothering the female villagers there, which eventually led to her training the women in defense combat (these women became the first kyoshi warriors)
her bisexuality was known for centuries after her death, for example kya mentions it here in the korra comics
so yeah end of thread stan kyoshi bi queen
