You Know You’re An Avatard If…

You know the show is called Avatar: The Last Airbender, but you also know it's known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang

You know all the characters by name, and can give a brief history of each

You have considered naming at least one of your children after a character

You have a favorite character

You have a least favorite character

No matter how dishonorable your chosen favorite acts you are sure redemption is right around the corner

No matter how dead your chosen favorite is you are sure they will make a return

You have a favorite episode or list of favorite episodes

You know all the episode’s names and numerical designations

You know what bending is, the different types, and who uses what kind

You have taken an online quiz to find out what type of bender you would be

You have tried to bend something

You are trying to bend something right now

You have a favorite coupling (ship = short for relationship)

Canon is no deterrent to you liking (aka obsessively defending) your chosen ship

You know that your ship will always live on no matter how the show ended

You know what AWS is and have had them/are having them

The many dry months without new Avatar episodes nearly killed you

You called in sick the days of season premiers

You had to watch new episodes at least two times because you were squealing the entire first time through and couldn’t hear

Your family/friends know when an Avatar episode is on it’s NOT a good time to ask you something

You have an Original Character (OC) and/or have created an Alternate Universe (AU)

You have done fanart

You have written fanfiction

In either/both of the last two you have made comparisons to another fandom (crossovers)

You have made a “You Know You Are An Avatard If” list

You joined websites like FanFiction.net to read/post Avatar fanfics

You joined websites like YouTube to see/post Avatar music videos and pirated bonus footage

You joined Nick.com in order to play the Avatar games and see clearer bonus footage

You joined DA for Avatar art/friends/news/forums and have joined almost every Avatar related club

You have bought all of the episodes on DVD and/or bought the games as well

You are still trying to bend something

You know about, and have an opinion about, the live action movie

You are upset by the lack of "variety" in the action figures

You have started referring to the show as A:TLA, even when speaking

You know the show’s creator’s names and what they look like

You know all the voice actors names and what they look like

You have wondered if the Earth King’s pet bear was named after Zuko’s voice actor

You have a mutt for a pet because it was the closest you could come to an animal-cross

You have started a petition urging geneticists to work to get flying bison and flying lemurs off the endangered species list

You have signed such a petition

You had no idea what a Comi Con was before Avatar, and now you've gone to one/several

You have tried skydiving, water skiing, rock climbing, or fire walking to emulate your favorite character

You know what AN, WT, EK, and FN all stand for

You named one of your dolls Mrs. Pretty

You think golden eyes are hot

You think scars are hot

You think guys with long hair are hot

You think armor is hot

You think bald and tattooed is beautiful

You have painted the markings of The Painted Lady on your face and it wasn't part of a costume

You have painted Zuko's scar on your face and debated whether or not to shave your left eyebrow (for accuracy's sake)

You have shaved your head in order to paint an arrow on it

You wish you had a teacher like Iroh

You feel lost without your boomerang

Foaming is fine as long as you don’t get it on the cabbages

You have thought King Bumi and the Herbalist were very much alike

You have said hello to the moon and felt sad

The Headband episode inspired you to take up dancing

The Yu Yan inspired you to take up archery

Piandao inspired you to take up fencing

Mai inspired you to take up knife throwing

Ty Lee inspired you to run away with the circus

You don’t trust any fortuneteller not named Aunt Wu

You have said the phrase “If you want to swim with the giant koi, you better be prepared to deal with the Unagi”

You know what “ready to fight a sea sponge” really referenced

You have designed any of the following with an Avatar theme: T-shirt, hat, plushy, cookie, cake, button, necklace (or other jewelery), icon, stamp [A/N: These are the ones I've seen, I'm sure there are more. ;)]

You have developed a love for tea

You know what a cosplay is and have attended one/many

You have been in a cosplay

You can finish this sentence: Cactus Juice is the … !

You have cried during at least one episode

You have speculated what Combustion Man's real name and history are

You have wondered what really happened to Lu Ten, Iroh in the Spirit World,  Azulon, Ursa, Jet, Fire Sage Shyu, Zhao, Hawky, Combustion Man, and all the other things that weren't fully explained

You know the importance and order of the Avatar cycle

You can name four of Aang’s past lives

You know all the chakras

You wish you had June’s tattoos

You have ever had an Avatar dream

You wish you were blind and could see with your feet

You started taking Martial Arts based in your favorite bending style

You started talking in third-person in an attempt to be more like The Boulder

If someone says the word "avatar" you never think about things like Icons or Oban Star Racers

As soon as you hear a new song you like you instantly think of it's AMV (animated/avatar music video) potential

You have nodded your head / laughed at / identified with / understood any of these


… I can still see you trying to bend [stop that before somebody gets hurt - namely me] ;D