#Like what's up with that Zuko?
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She will (and he'll let her)
#zutara#atla#zuko#avatar the last airbender#katara#atla fanart#prince zuko#zutara au#atla art#zutara fanart#zutara art#zuko x katara#katara x zuko#atla zuko#katara art#katara fanart#katara of the southern water tribe#the western air temple#This was inspired by THAT Trigun Stampede scene (if you're a Vashwood fan you'll know which one)#The “I'll kill you” *heart eyes* dynamic is SO Western-Air-Temple-ZK coded it's insane#Also Zuko loves girls who can kick his ass and that's canon. Like. The fact that they can and WILL plummet him to the ground is a big yes#I just know it#And yeah my boy was pretty crestfallen during that scene (too sad and defeated for someone who didn't have *ahem* at least a crush on her)#(In my very much not humble opinion)#But some (hidden) part of him was like “kissherkissherkissher” and you cannot convince me otherwise#I think about his dorky hopeful smile when he saw her literally all the time#And then the kicked turtleduck face that screamed “no smooches? 🥺”#Like what's up with that Zuko?#Why would you keep silent because you know you deserve this treatment for her but that didn't stop you from wishing otherwise?#Just WHY
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I love "i would kill for you" ship dynamics but what about "i would stop killing" ship dynamic??
I would lay down my sword for you. I would change my nature and go against everything i've known. I would resist the easy way out of solving my problems. I would give up the adrenaline of battle to stay by your side and make tea instead. I'm not sure I know who I am without a weapon in my hand because I've had to fight for so long but for you I'm willing to try and figure this out.
It must be hard. To put down your weapon that's protected you for so long. It's allowed you to stay alive it's kept you from getting hurt--physically and mentally. Because you've never had to worry about a real relationship if you think you'll be dead at the next battle. And you feel naked without it and it feels like you're ripping off an extension of yourself. Are you even whole without it? Are you worthy of being loved if you can't prove it by risking your life? And yet they've found someone who's asking them for something much harder than dying in battle on their behalf. They've found someone who wants them to live. And that's much more terrifying.
#i know this sounds like the 'bad guy falls for good guy' which can be fun but thats not what i mean#anyway. this wasn't quite zukka but i do think it aligns with my au of zuko not dying on the throne and sokka retiring his sword to paint#and living like piandao in the mountains. urging zuko to retire and zuko no longer needing fire bending and not knowing what to do with#himself if he doesnt have to fight#so he uses his bending to make tea instead :)#aka this is how divorced zukka can still get together#zuko being upset bc sokka chose work over them in the first place but so dodnhe#but he gets a second chance in retirement#if he can give it up
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You when your friend told you his ex turned into the moon.

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#zuko#zukka#atla#sokka#fanart#avatar the last airbender#natla#my art#netflix atla#sketch#ian ousley#dallas liu#edit: 4k notes! what is happening! thank you guys so much for liking/reblogging my fanart ;_; didnt expect this to blow up at all
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#azula#princess azula#atla azula#atla#atla fanart#avatar the last airbender#quick drawing of wifey to warm up#i like to imagine that her “one hair out of place” is consistently out of place no matter what her stylists do to pin it back#it drives her nuts#i also like to think that she has a couple faint freckles from training exhaustively in the sun#she would've maximized available hours of daylight to ensure she was getting the most efficient firebending practice in#might add zuko later to demonstrate said family resemblance#if only i can figure out how to draw masculine features#my art
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Kiyi is not a Princess - A Look At the Fire Nation's Line of Succession
It's not even that much about Kiyi. But the creators seemingly got so lost in the sauce that their ideas about how absolutist monarchies work are as good as taken out of Disney movies now. So, let's set the record straight.
The Fire Nation line of succession
When it comes to royal lines, there were multiple elements that went into setting the line of succession: descent, sex, legitimacy, religion etc. For the Fire Nation, the ones we have 100% confirmed are descent and legitimacy (this last one seen with the Camellia-Peony War, where Chaejin was excluded from the succession because he was born out of wedlock). I would have gone on a whim to say sex counts as well, however, it is a bit foggy. In the Reckoning of Roku, it is mentioned that Firelord Taiso believed Zeisan (Sozin's younger sister) would have been a more competent ruler but could never become Fire Lord due to being a nonbender (I didn't actually read the book, so if someone who did wants to pitch in with the exact wording, please feel free to). This implies that being a Firebender is a requirement, but being a woman isn't. However, it also implies that Taiso would have been fine with ignoring the descent part (Sozin was older) if he deemed fit. Skipping the firstborn in favour of the second one isn't unheard of when it comes to succession so sure. And he is the absolute monarch, if he wants to pass papers to change the line of succession, he can. It is unclear to me if there is any power in place to veto or block a Fire Lord's ruling on any matter so for all we know, if he wanted, he could have. Plus, the fact that Ozai got crowned over Iroh because it was 'Azulon's dying wish'. For the religion part, it seems like the Fire Sages have to perform the coronation and acknowledge the monarch.
So to make it more digestible, the line of succession (while Azulon was still alive) is: Iroh → Lu Ten (firstborn of the heir) → Ozai → Zuko → Azula. With Lu Ten dead, Iroh MIA (at the time) then we have Ozai → Zuko → Azula. When Iroh came back, he gets added at the end of this line of succession. I am a bit unclear on Iroh in current times because it looks to me like he rescinded his role in the line of succession altogether with deciding to live in Ba Sing Se and letting politically inexperienced Zuko rule instead of taking over for a few years to create some stability.
Right now, we have Fire Lord Zuko and his heir presumptive (aka an heir that can be displaced if the monarch has children) Azula. Unless he wrote a decree to take her out of the line of succession — which would require a lot more brain cells than the writers are willing to give Zuko, not that he had a lot of them when it came to politics to begin with —then she's next in line. It doesn't matter how much anyone wants it or not, if Zuko drops dead tomorrow, Azula gets the throne.
Now, onto the other matter.
How does one become a Princess?
Option 1: You marry into the royal family. For example, Ursa was styled as a Princess, as she married Prince Ozai.
Option 2: You're born in a royal line. For example, Azula is a Princess because her father is a Prince, her grandfather, at the time of her birth, was the ruling monarch of the Fire Nation etc.
Bonus Option it's complicated: Royals had a habit of having children out of wedlock sometimes. Said children, if acknowledged, could be granted titles (Count of X, Dutchess of Y etc.) . Getting acknowledged and a title does not automatically put you in the line of succession, though. For example, Firelord Chaeryu was forced to acknowledge Chaejin and avoid dishonoring his noble mother and her house, but he excluded Chaejin from the royal family.
So Kiyi is not a Princess. Simple as that. Neither of her parents are of the royal line.
Could she become a Princess?
Well, this gets interesting.
Let's start with the fact that Kiyi got a pretty bad deal in a class-based monarchical society.
First thing, while her mother is a noble, her father is a commoner. Even if Ursa's family became destitute after Roku's death because of political reasons, it does not change the fact that she is still nobility unless Sozin revoked Rina's title, which I am not 100% sure he did. We don't know anything about Jinzuk besides the fact that he was the magistrate of Hira'a. While magistrates do not have to be part of the nobility, they can be. He could have been a second/third/fourth son of a small noble family with limited power/resources, given the position he was given was in a place like Hira'a, which is what I am inclining towards. He could have also been just some guy, but someone appointed him, and as a rule of thumb, you don't just go into the street and pick a random person to appoint to an administrative and leadership role, even if it's a small town. Given that Azulon was set on Ozai marrying Ursa because she was Roku's granddaughter, whether or not Jinzuk was a noble, it doesn't matter all that much in the grand scheme of things. However, in Kiyi's case, it does if Zuko wants to give her a title. It's more stigma than anything because people can be given nobility titles for specific services to the crown etc. But this is not her only issue. Which leads me to...
Second thing, Kiyi is a bastard. Which, in my opinion, would hold even more stigma than her father not being a noble. Ursa never divorced Ozai. As far as we know, polygamist marriages aren't a thing in the Fire Nation, so her marriage to Ikem/Noren is invalid. Could she be granted a divorce retroactively by the Fire Sages? Actually, yeah. Because Zuko named Shyu as High Sage, which was like the one sound political move he ever did tbh. We don't see what the Fire Nation's stance on divorce is, but given that Shyu is a Zuko loyalist, he'd probably grant Ursa retroactive divorce from Ozai. I am not a legal expert, however, as far as I know, retroactive decisions tend to be reserved for correcting a mistake or omission in the written record. She was still married to Ozai when she went and married Ikem. Though technically, she married him under a fake identity (and so did he), which might make the marriage void regardless in the eyes of the law. Idk how Spirit involvement affects legal matters in the world of Avatar, but as things stand right now, unless we pretzel-twist ourselves to make excuses, Kiyi is born outside of legitimate wedlock.
Now, Zuko might not care. In fact, he probably doesn't. He could still give Kiyi a title, including that of Princess. It was not uncommon for illegitimate relatives of rulers to be offered roles/titles once acknowledged. The real question is if he would put her in the line of succession. Kiyi has no business being there because she does not have royal blood.
Could Zuko do whatever he wants, give her the title of Princess and shove her in the line of succession while taking Azula out of it for good measure? Sure, he can. He'd probably love that, in fact. But that leaves two things open.
One, nobility would not take kindly to a bastard child of a commoner with no royal blood being in the line of succession. If we also add the angle of taking Azula out of it, it would just increase their ire. There is already a long list of why the nobility is probably angry at Zuko (and should attempt to assassinate him a lot more than they do), but I think this one in particular has other implications. There might be nobles who are neutral about Zuko. Shamelessly discarding societal norms on a whim might make their perspective swing towards negative. It could make him lose goodwill he might have or potential allies.
Two, it will make the commoners wonder. If this random girl, raised as a peasant, with a commoner father, born out of wedlock, can be put in the line of succession just like that — while discarding a princess of the blood if we are at it — then… is the royal line not that special? The whole premise of a monarchy is that the monarch and their descendants have the divine right to rule. Being part of that bloodline gives you the right to rule. So if that can be discarded, if that bloodline is not all that important… should Zuko be Firelord? And most importantly, does the Fire Nation really need a monarch at all?
Kiyi is not a princess, and for the well-being of Zuko's reign — which is already barely holding together — he better not make her one.
#kiyi#atla#atla meta#fire nation#azula#zuko#(tbh the easiest way to pull this is Ursa pretending she was pregnant with Kiyi when she left and she's Ozai's kid)#(that requires her to retain some sharpness from her show appearance instead of being the blandest soggiest piece of character cliche)#(so not happening)#(also you'd have to be a moron to actually buy that but there's no DNA testing so)#the comics really are wasted opportunity after wasted opportunity huh#like this is the source material that gave us Long Feng the the Dai Li plot in Ba Sing Se#and we could have such interesting political intrigues in post war FN#but no#what we do is go actually everyone was good all along#all the characters that matter have always been anti imperialist#indoctrination doesn't exit#fire lord azulon who ruled for like 70+ years?#don't know him#can I see how Zuko brought the Fire Nation from it's war self to the peaceful and prosperous country in LoK?#Ah yes through the power of retconning#my bad for having standards#I mean I also have beef with the way some people in the fandom have no understanding of how monarchies work#but that's expected#what's the writers' excuse?#okay I'll shut up now this got out of hand
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I rewatched Zuko and Azula's Agni Kai recently and it's left me wondering – when Zuko begins to goad Azula into striking him with lightning, was he making the decision to kill her?
Because had Azula shot lightning directly at him like he planned and not at Katara, the most forthright implication to me is that he was intending to strike Azula with her own lightning. And Azula, for all her mastery, would not have been able to counter that.
On the other hand, maybe he wasn't planning to kill her at all and was simply planning to redirect it elsewhere (similar to what he did with Ozai). But given the tone of tragedy throughout the Agni Kai, the fact that they both acknowledge that this fight will be "the end" to them, I don't think it's inaccurate to read Zuko's actions as him preparing to kill Azula, even though an Agni Kai doesn't have to end with death (and in canon it didn't). Also, why goad her into striking him with lightning if he wasn't planning on doing something intentional with it? If anything, it adds another layer to the tragedy to me, because I don't believe Zuko wants to kill her. And it stands in such contrast to the way that Azula desperately wants to kill him.
I also think that there would have even been something sadly poetic in that sort of demise for Azula should the Agni Kai had gone this direction: Azula, struck down by her preferred sub-skill. Azula, struck down by the very bolt of lightning that she intended to kill her brother with. Azula, struck down by her own power.
#I'm just so curious to Zuko's state of mind during this Agni Kai#maybe I'm slow on the uptake and everyone's gonna be like: obviously he was trying to kill her#but it just... never occurred to me#Like I knew he brought up lightning redirection as an intentional goad?#but I never really thought about what his planned outcome was given how the fight ends up panning out#Also Zuko's perspective when it comes to killing is interesting to me#because morally he's not against it!!#He thinks Ozai should die#And tells Ozai that the reason that he's not going to kill him (during the eclipse) is because of optics/politics (its the avatar's duty)#he thinks that had Katara killed her mother's killer it would have been a form of justice#(or maybe he was just referring to the act of her confronting him idk that whole convo is very ambiguous at times lol)#and yet AND YET he still reached out to save Zhao in season 1 despite Zhao having tried to kill him#he seems shocked (unsettled?) by the idea that Azula might die when she's falling from the airship and that's what?#days? a few weeks before the Agni Kai?#(and sure that reaction could just be shock that she would die so... randomly? but still)#Its just so fascinating#and so tragic#atla#zuko
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back on my mer zuko au bullshit again. local fire prince just straight up doesn't go anywhere if there's not an ocean-linked body of water nearby even after he gets the ability to get legs again. when he's fire lord he mostly travels by druk because there's a difference between "why is the fire prince's hair always damp" vs "why is the fire lord's hair always damp".
(also because it's harder to have a member of the gaang be on 'bring zuko his clothes' duty as they get older. it's sokka a disproportionate amount of time.)
#mer zuko au#it's not like he can travel *with* them. everything but his undershirt gets in the way of you know. swimming.#also then they'd be wet too#yes this does mean if the gaang is meeting up with zuko somewhere outside the fire nation#you could open up their luggage and just. find his spare clothes.#the earth palace servants trying to unpack avatar aang's luggage opening it up to find fire prince zuko's clothes: what#aang scrambling in: HAHA yeah zuko left those at my place last time. thought I'd give them back to him. BYE#(takes the clothes and runs)
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So basically ATLA brain rot has hit me like a truck
#atla#avatar the last airbender#zuko#toph beifong#what happened was I was forced to watch the live action#which is actually pretty good if you get past the first few episodes#and if you don’t have someone in your ear telling you it’s awful the whole time#first episode is definitely the weakest and that’s 50% gran gran’s fault#aang and katara are also pretty flat but whatever#sokka’s good and zuko’s fantastic actually#they did goof on a few things but overall I think it’s a fun time#just don’t expect it to be as good as the cartoon and you’ll be okay#ANYWAY it got me missing toph#so i rewatched the blind bandit episode#and then wound up watching the entirety of books 2 & 3 in a few days#and now I’m brain rotted#which is especially weird considering when I first watched it I was like#yeah that was good! and then never thought about it again#i dunno what changed but i need help it’s taking over my life#wanted to draw Sokka too but he looks hard to draw#and i had enough trouble with these two#maybe someday#sorry for rambling in the tags goodbye
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Zuko looked up and locked eyes with his cousin, who was struck speechless. Then, ever so slowly, Lu Ten's lips twitched upwards. And then he smiled. And then he beamed. And then he nodded proudly once, just once, and vanished.
Lu Ten comes back in For the Spirits Chapter VII: Take Me South, only to leave Zuko with more questions than answers. Just how much is he truly aware of? When will he return? What is Zuko going to do now?
(What will the South bring?)
#atla#zuko#avatar the last airbender#atla fanart#atla art#prince zuko#for the spirits#spirit touched zuko#new gods au#lu ten atla#lu ten#atla zuko#zuko fanfic#atla fanfic#atla fic#atla au#fire nation royal family#For the Spirits Chapter VII: Take Me South#EVERYONE LOOK IT'S TEN TEN#My sweet darling baby boy—I love this bastard so much you have literally no idea#I played with the idea of making him look closer to the spirits in ATLA—blue and look-through and classically ghostly.#But that's not how Zuko sees them at all. Despite not being able to interact directly with material things (unless you're a high spirit)...#...ghosts and spirits look *normal*. Most of the time. Hence pretty Ten Ten.#I'm sure it was a mess for Zuko growing up. He had to learn which persons around him were *alive* and which ones...weren't.#Which is why that scene in Ch5 with Lu Ten is so heartbreaking for me...#Actually...any scene with Ten Ten is both heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure. He's amazing like that (I love him SO much)#I have big plans for him in the future! I'd love to hear your thoughts about where you think this is going and exactly what is going on#What is Lu Ten aware of? What (or who) will Zuko encounter in the South Pole? What in Agni's name is going on?????#What do you think of the blue eyes? Or Izumi's and Lu Ten's suspicious behavior?#I love your theories and thoughts! So if you have any please let me know ❤️
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usually not a person for pet names but i think sokka started calling zuko ‘babe’ as a joke and it stuck.
#this is a softlaunch defense for my drawing im posting later#idk usually i hate it but for some reason it fit#completely unrelated but i woke up at six am today and put on a blazer bc i have a performance review#but it was already tight and i havent worn it in a bit and now it's Really tight#and that plus performance review plus six am plus mask makes this day TOO MUCH ahhhhshsh#ahahhghhhg this week continues to be so bdhjajdjj#i had a dream that my manager changed the meeting name to 'let corah go' and i was like damn. what a power move#anyway. looking forward to drawing sokka calling zuko babe today#and trying not to think of work and k*sa and election and
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zutara travelling together mhm 🚬
#followed up blog abt zuko's search for his mother#like imagine he's gotten info about his mom who he thought his whole life died or disappeared#he's obviously confused on how to even navigate this information#maybe also katara just so happened to be visiting and after he tells her about it she tells him that maybe we should go for it#she also offered to accompany him (for old times & moral support)#then the closed proximity mutual pining and kinda idiots in love ensues#yeah u know what this might be my newest wip#tiktok kept giving me zk videos okay now all i can think about are those two#zutara
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i love when a character is some angry/intense in some way dude with no reference for misogyny or nonmonogomy
#yes this is about katsuki yes this is about yuuta yes this is about prince zuko#katsuki is so funny bc what does he know about not being monagamous his parents are perfect hes insanely loyal he doesnt know what casual i#someone makes a comment about 'women's jobs' in front of those three and theyre like “...... homicide/beating people up?” LMFAO
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something I think u have to do if you make everyone else in the batfam a meta/magic user/bender/special abilities haver of some variation is make Duke the inverse
listen he's the only meta right? the only one with powers? if you make everyone Else have powers than what's his schtick??
(I mean other than being a genius teen activist and hero well in his own rights before Batman even sneezed in his direction but you and I both know no one cares about that -_-)
its about the Contrast okay
#batfam#duke thomas#bread talk#i just think its a disservice to his role in the batfam and in the greater cosmic narrative to just drop one of his Big Differences#this is Not an excuse to make him boring ill eat your eyeballs#he should be like dick in the titans#the absence of powers and how hard he works to make up for them Are what you should be afraid of#this is Also not an excuse to make him your damsel#actually i think thats a separate post#the point being he's Already zuko ya know? does he have powers? yes. are they his first instinct? no! he'll knock your fuckin lights first#fancy light show is Second
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Haven’t posted jetko in a week I’m having withdrawals
#one day I’ll post something that isn’t a sketch.#not today tho!!#jetko#first one is like#what if we beat each other up because we are sooooo#gay and in love#common thread in jetko content#jet atla#zuko#atla#fabi art
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Discussing stuff~

Sisters... are different everywhere.

Incognito mode?

Surprise visits get the best reactions :D

New lil bro acquired

Social interactions recquire recovery time. And of course, some hot leaf juice 🍵👍
For context, this is just a bunch of doodles from yesterday~ 'cause I felt like it.
:D
#zuko#todoroki#mha and atla#yeye#crossover#avatar the last airbender#my hero academia#bnha#shouto todoroki#dunno how id tag this crossover tbh#cause part of my reason for drawing it#was because i wanted to find#todoroki and zuko#interactions#but like. i didn't know what to look up#yknow?#and i also feel like there should be more stuff out there#(if anyone has any good fic recommendations lemme know :D)#(I've read a couple but I could definitely read more~)#>:D#anyway#this is basically doodles#cause i was like#ive been doing all this detailed stuff#i wanna just doodle whatever#so i did#:D
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I know everyone holds up Zuko’s redemption arc as gold standard but the thing is…it kind of is…..
#sometimes I’ve seen and I think I’ve even said myself that Zuko’s isn’t a very redemption-y redemption because he’s not that bad to begin#with and like yes they are set up so there’s other Big Bad Villains beyond him right away and he’s made sympathetic#but that doesn’t mean it’s not a full blown redemption actually!#it’s just more true! most everyone in life no matter how bad#is not a full blown cackling villain#they are people doing bad things for bad reasons that they’ve justified#and Zuko is a person! his uncle cares about him! he has honor!#but he is still making Bad Choices! and fighting as part of something Bad!#he’s burning villages to get what he wants! bad!!#and the thing is the narrative is soooo patient and meticulous with him and his choices and how he changes#so the transformation is so much more real! more true!#they got it right with that one!#in a way they seldom do#in such a clean clear crafted way as this especially#atla
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