#Overprotective Ozai!

[the-genius-az]

What do you think Ozai would be like if he were a good father?

Ironically, he would be very overprotective.

Is Zhao bothering his son? Banishment with a burn on the face!

Is someone flirting with your daughter? Torture and exile!

Are they threatening her two babies? Murder!

And because he is a good father, he would also have a good relationship with Ursa, if it is not romantic then it would be like two best friends who have two children.

Although she will still send her two babies to war, obviously with a lot of protection, until she realizes that the two have fled and have their own army (Mai and Ty Lee), she immediately becomes worried and sends for them everywhere.

And when he sees that his two sons don't want the war, he immediately ends it and makes an excuse about how his nation doesn't need more people dying.

[allieinarden]

I haven’t watched it in a while but Zuko and Toph actually should’ve had the life-changing field trip because I really needed her to find out that his biggest problem is a father that demanded his children be the best benders around and kind of envy that, and then I needed him to find out that her biggest problem is parents that believed her to be helpless and wanted to love and protect her anyway and just totally flip out.

[floatyflowers]

Dark Platonic! Fire Nation Royal Family x Non-bender Reader

With Ozai:

At first he didn't accept the fact that you, his youngest child, is a non-bender, and ignored your existence.

That was until he noticed how his older brother, Iroh, spends time with you, Ozai got extremely jealous.

And decided to spend time with you, only to realize that you are his favorite child, and felt like an actual father.

Yes, you can't firebend nor do you even have the ability to protect yourself.

But why would you need to protect yourself when your father is going to be the Phoenix king of the fire nation?

Ozai will burn down the world for you.

"You, my sweet child, will grow up in the presence of a very powerful father"

With Ursa:

When Ursa found out that you couldn't bend, she became overprotective of you to the point of paranoia.

Since childhood, she refused to allow you to play with anyone except Zuko.

One time, one of her handmaidens scolded you harshly for playing outside without your mother's permission which resulted in you bursting into tears.

The next day, that handmaiden was fired and Ursa made sure that she gets no other jobs.

While thinking of escaping, she thought to take you with her.

However, Ozai has forbidden that from happening.

"When you find out the truth, promise to come find me"

With Azulon

While still alive, he made sure you had the best education and guards.

Azulon also made sure to have you believe that the fire nation is without mistakes or faults.

He tried manipulating you into believing that just your loyalty to your people is enough duty.

However, you are kind, too kind.

Yet, he Azulon didn't hate you for it even if he considered a weak trait to have in the royal family.

He also still has the flower crown you made him stored away safely so it doesn't rot.

It is rumored that the last word he muttered was your name.

With Iroh

Uncle Iroh isn't really as possessive as the other characters, but he focuses on advising you from time to time.

You enjoy drinking tea with him and gossiping about everything.

Even though, Ozai has forbidden him from speaking with you, you would sneak behind your father's back to drink tea with him.

After the loss of his son in the war, Lu Ten, Iroh felt depressed.

Yet you managed to comfort him with your cheerfulness and playful attitude.

It reminded him of his son.

"The best quality in a princess is her kindness, something which your sister clearly lacks"

With Zuko

Zuko thought you would be like Azula but you have proven him wrong.

You are kind, gentle, and nurturing just like your and his mother.

That's why Zuko always found himself by your side, being your playmate...being your protecter.

His mother told him that it's his duty to protect you from danger considering that he is your older brother.

Even though Azula has never hurt you, but Zuko was always wary of her, especially after his mother disappeared.

When Ozai challenged him to an Agni Kai, you were the first to cry out and plead with him to let Zuko off, but Ozai felt jealous of your relationship with Zuko and was determined to teach his son a lesson.

However when your brother got banished, Zuko took you with him in secret not wanting you to be left with Azula.

"I know the journey will take long but once I restore my honor we can return home together"

With Azula

Azula was extremely jealous when you were born, thinking that you will take all the attention from her.

But she realized that you deserve all the attention.

You didn't treat her like a monster, you weren't scared of her.

Instead you showed her love and called her 'big sister'

You would cling to her as a toddler, whenever there was lightning, you would secretly sneak to her room and sleep beside her.

"How can you be scared of lightning, we control it, silly"

Mai and Ty Lee saw how Azula softens whenever you are around.

And when Azula discovered that you have left with Zuko, she destroyed everything in her way and burned a few servants.

"She's mine, and only MINE"

[bexalert]

Zuko

• Zuko is such a good boyfriend!!!

• Or atleast, he tries to be.

• Communication doesn’t come easy to him, but he’ll try his hardest for you!

• He’s really insecure, and gets afraid you’re going to up and leave.

(just like his momma 😛)

• So constant reassurance is needed.

• He’s not a big fan of PDA, but when you’re alone he’s all over you.

• He loves spooning 🤭

• He has trouble sleeping, but having you in his arms really puts him at ease.

• You’re the only person he lets touch his scar.

• And if you compliment it, he gets so flustered.

• Like his face will become beet red

• He also loves seeing you bond with his uncle!

• He’s glad that his two favorite people get along.

• Zuko can get jealous easily.

• Like if he sees some random guy flirting with you, he’ll grab your hand and just glare at the guy.

• Huffing and puffing the whole time

• He’s just the cutest ever, and it doesn’t hurt that he’s also the fire lord

• “Uncle invited us over for tea.”

Sokka

• When I say this boy is whipped for you, I mean WHIPPED.

• He’s genuinely just a big puppy dog, and he’ll do anything for you.

• He’s the biggest dork and is constantly trying to find ways to impress you.

• “Hey, (Y/N)! Look at this- AH!”

• Of course it backfires most of the time, but it’s the thought that counts.

• He will stick to you like glue

• He’s always holding your hand, or hugging you, or linking your arm with his.

• He is not shy or embarrassed about how he feels about you.

• Everyone will know!

• He can be a bit overprotective.

• He tries not to be, but sometimes he just gets so worried. Especially if you were with him before taking down Ozai.

• He’s lost so many people, so he feels like he needs to protect you.

• Obviously he doesn’t, but sometimes his over protectiveness gets the better of him.

• He loves hanging out with you and his friends, seeing you all together just makes him so happy.

• But he also loves alone time with you!!!

• Remember the scene where Sokka was waiting for Suki in their tent?

(Sokka the last backbender)

• That’s all I’m saying about that

• Anyways!

• He loves complimenting you! And he loves when you compliment him!!

• He beams like a child if you say anything even remotely nice to him.

• I’m in love with this man.

• “You’re not gonna leave me to be the moon, right?”

[atla-confessions]

Katara is ‘motherly’ due to being pushed into that role when her mother had died, as there was nobody else to do it. She does not like being perceived as motherly and gets furious at Toph for calling her that. Let’s repeat it: She does not like being perceived as motherly and gets furious at Toph for calling her that. She shows her affection that way: being caring and making sure her friends and family are safe.

Zuko is not ‘fatherly’ in the slightest; he struggles with his anger and is not emotionally mature. In fact, he barely understands himself. A lot of people seem to think he’s fatherly due to scenes with Aang and the whole ‘get out of the bison’s mouth’ line. That’s really pushing it, don’t you think? A few scenes and suddenly he’s this father figure? I don’t think so. It is quite literally yelled at us that he never thinks things through: he’s irrational and short-tempered. If that’s fatherly to you, I might have to give you a hug or something. He literally struggled with father issues the entire show and would freak out if you called him fatherly due to not wanting to be anything like Ozai.

Sokka is ‘fatherly/brotherly/motherly/uncle-y’ or whatever the fuck (seriously, people can’t seem to decide what he is) because he had to provide for an entire tribe alone since there were no men to hunt with him. Because of his father’s departing words to him being ‘Being a man is knowing where you’re needed most, and that’s here, protecting your sister’ he takes it to heart and finds worth in making sure everyone he cares about is safe. He believes it his job to make sure the people around him are safe which is why he tries so hard to lead the group. (Well, that and his need to be great since he has an inferiority complex and tends to overcompensate.) He shows his affection by being overprotective to those he loves and trying to make them feel better with humor and such.

Katara doesn’t like being known as motherly and only is that way due to trauma and sexist gender roles in the SWT. Zuko isn’t fatherly, he literally struggles with father issues. Sokka is parental due to the pressuring role he was pushed into when all the men in the tribe left.

I could also be really wrong though. I haven’t rewatched ATLA in a hot minute, but I am planning to. This is just what I had gathered from the show and why Dadko, Momtara, and Dadka irk me. Two of these are due to intense trauma and being pushed into a high-responsibility role and the other one is just a literal stretch that ruins his complex characterization, and completely disregards his own issues with his father. I’ll probably get back to this if I rewatch ATLA and realize I remembered something wrong.

X

[theatricalfangirl]

SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNEL! THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS! SECRET SECRET SECRET SECRET TUNNEL!

I’m really liking Iroh and Aang’s conversations, I feel like it’s building a groundwork for Aang to trust Iroh, and eventually Zuko in the future.

Bumi is exactly how I pictured him, big hat, crazy dude. I love that he recognizes Aang right away and doesn’t make him do those weird tests. He’s asking the real questions “how are you still alive? And more importantly why are you still a child?” He’s nutty but he loves his friend and you see that.

But then he acts like he starts to doubt Aang, fair enough given it’s been 100 years. When Aang accuses him of not caring he gets mad and starts tricking him, playing “games.” He’s bitter and feels betrayed but Aang is still his friend, he didn’t mean to abandon the world and Bumi knows that, he just needs to be mad about it too.

My problem is that Bumi is almost painted as a villain, he’s trying to show Aang just how horrible and difficult the war has been but he almost kills them both and his innocent people in the attempt. Bumi has lived through the war in a way Aang can’t understand, he probably lost countless loved ones and has been sitting with that pain and grief for a century. Aang’s return brings it all back, but Aang also helps him start to heal from it.

I’ve always had mixed feelings about Jet, in the original too. He’s extreme, trying to take out a whole town to kill a couple soldiers, attempting regicide so he can stop a few spies. He’s traumatized obviously, angry and scared. He’s still just a kid.

Zuko having to chose between capturing the avatar and rescuing his Uncle is a beautiful moment, you see him struggle to choose between what he thinks is his destiny and the last member of his family who showed him any kindness. Him picking Iroh and finding the lotus tile as a clue, really a callback to how much of a madman Zuko is when it comes to finding people/things. Man found the avatar, his uncle, Appa, his honor, his mom, etc.

Iroh having to face his past being confronted by an earth kingdom soldier who accuses him of having no humanity, knowing nothing of loss, when we know his backstory. In the flashback, I can’t tell if Ozai is genuinely trying to comfort his brother over the loss of his only son but doesn’t really know how. Versus Zuko who is clearly still an awkward turtle duck and grieving his cousin, but still comforting his Uncle.

LEAVES FROM THE VINE, FALLING SO SLOW I’m sobbing my eyes out. All the musical callbacks to the original show are making me so happy.

Oma and Shu being lesbians???? YES I LOVE IT!!! GIVE ME MORE!!!

I always thought the tunnels could be about more than just romantic love. I’m glad they didn’t have Aang in them with Sokka and Katara because it means they can showcase familial love and its value rather than romantic. They haven’t really been showing much of Aang’s crush on Katara so it doesn’t make sense in the story for him to be with her in the tunnels anyway. Instead we can see Katara call Sokka out on some of his worse tendencies like his overprotectiveness and watch their sibling relationship grow.

The badger moles are the sweetest giant angry earthbending babies ever and no one can change my mind.

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

I LOVE TOPH…

but like serious thoughts… her parents are straight up abusive. it’s in a much more subtle way than “literally personally mutilate my son” ozai but they keep toph a prisoner in her own home, refuse to allow her even the slightest autonomy, completely isolate her from the rest of the world, and treat her like a fragile thing, not a person. it’s obvious they care for her, yes, but you can care for people and still abuse them, and they went way past the level of overprotective to downright possessive and dehumanising. treating your daughter like an obedient pet who needs to be watched 24/7 and controlled rigidly instead of a person is in fact abusive and is in fact! very fucked up!

[juniperhillpatient]

Hey @juniperhillpatient I’ve got another ask for ya

So today I was watching clips of the TVDU and came across this quote below.

Haley asked Klaus why he paints, and he answers thusly

“Painting is a metaphor for control. Every choice is mine, the canvas, the color. As a child I had neither a sense of the world nor my place in it, but art taught me that one’s vision could be achieved with sheer force of will. The same is true of life. Provided one refuses to let anything stand in one’s way.”

-Klaus Mikaelson

The quote reminds me of my own personal headcanon about “artist Azula”. Her life was dictated by others from all we’ve seen. Most especially by Ozai. Along with the other trappings and expectations of royalty. Lo and Li’s training of Azula, until she reaches perfection and having “not one hair out of place” come to mind especially.

Azula approached Fire bending with a single-minded determination. Worked at it, and controlled her own destiny. Being one of the most powerful fire benders alive by the time the series rolls out.

This discipline allowed Azula to attain her fabled blue flames. To control her own abilities, and exceed any expectations thrust on her.

Another example could be when Azula tried to balance being commander and friend both with Mai and Ty Lee. Believing that she was doing so adequately and was in control of the situation. Until the Boiling Rock and her friend’s betrayal (though understandable, Mai and Ty Lee actions still leave a bad taste in my mouth).

It also reminded me of your wizards of waverly place Au. Where Ty Lee called Azula and Katara an “art couple”. Or even in @theowritesfiction “Azula’s kitchen nightmare”. We’re Azula is a master chef, that turns food into art. Or Katara masters the art of talking to people.

Art is the payoff of good skill from countless hours of constant repetition. Not merely paint. Art (and thus a desire for control) can be found in anything. Like martial arts, a studied topic, oratory, or even writing. Your magnum opus in Happenstance is an example of masterful art.

Anyways, this just reminded me of my little headcanon about an “artist Azula”.

Do you any similar headcanons for Azula and/or Katara?

What do you think about Azula and her relationship to the nature of control? Or lack there of. In my view it can be both beneficial, but can also be exceedingly harmful as well. As shown by mental breakdown. Spurned on from being betrayed by her brother, than her friends, than abandoned and lowered in esteem by her father.

For an Azutara question, how do you think Katara could help Azula deal with her (potentially) toxic notions of control? Or vice versa, when Katara is being to controlling over certain things as well. Like say being overprotective of her loved one’s safety?

I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to answer this excellent & thoughtful ask! I think it’s because I keep wanting to have something meaningful to add but I really don’t I just enjoy your thoughts.

I don’t know if the Klaus quote above is ever what I was going for when I’ve written Azula as an artist before but reading it I could certainly see this being how Azula views art yes absolutely that makes so much sense.

I think Katara would be a totally different more chaotic type of artist. Water is the element of change & Katara is controlled but she’s also fluid & adaptable with her bending & I think that would come through in her art style.

Azula would be more focused on the technical element while Katara would be more focused on the process & less upset if her art changed from her original vision as she went.

Anyway I just love the character analysis & yeah I don’t really have anything else to add!

[hobartsaglet]

Y'all just be saying and believing anything now.

The misogyny of the Water Tribes was a plot device. One that was corrected and unlearned and quickly let go of after SEASON ONE. Sure, Sokka still had some lessons to learn- most notably his overprotectiveness for Suki, but even then, that problem he had was due to the loss of someone he loved, not because he was misogynistic. Most of the time after, he was learning how to become a better leader and strategist for the people he cared about.

The Water Tribe is not defined by their misogyny, not in the slightest. They were defined as a tribe of loyal people, driven by family and friendship, and those are the very qualities Sokka is constantly striving for.

Water Tribe men were never demonized. Sokka and Pakku and Hakoda are flawed men who do what they can to protect those they love, just like Iroh and Zuko. The Fire Nation was the actual nation of the villains- if we’re going to nitpick, the villain is Ozai, whose influence over the Fire Nation leads them to have the same mindset. Iroh and Zuko have to unlearn their nationalism and colonizer mindsets throughout the show, and yet no one is complaining that Japanese people are demonized. Make it make sense.

You also have to remember, the ATLA nations weren’t all based on a singular culture. There’s a diagram somewhere that explains it better than I ever could, but not one nation’s culture was solely modeled on one of the cultures in our world, whether through philosophy, design, or whatever else.

Instead of taking things personally and believing any negative portrayal of a loosely represented culture is a racist commentary, get yourself together and actually have some media literacy, for fuck’s sake. The fact that I have to explain this at all is lunacy. Keep it to yourself or reexamine before making a heavy accusation of racism. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple and a basic skill of understanding how stories work is needed. Jfc.

Native fans have been talking about this for a while but I actually think it's good that they're reducing the Sokka's sexism plot line because it's just so weird that they focused in so hard on the Water Tribe apparently being misogynist but there weren't any other misogynist plot lines for the OTHER Nations, so this just kind of reads as the Water Tribe being uniquely demonized for no reason.

This is also weird because the Inuit (who the Water Tribe take influence from) were traditionally very egalitarian and valued women's work, while the cultural eras that the Fire & Earth Nations were based on (Imperial Japan & China) weren't exactly known for equality between men and women. So this just kinda reads as Native men being demonized & went out of their way to do it despite the cultural time period inspirations.

But I know how white ATLA fans treat the Native characters anyway.

[kidnappedbycartoons]

Aang and Toph not being good parents is in character

I’m not surprised that Aang and Toph aren’t good parents. I know some people don’t like that fact and don’t think that Aang and Toph would be that way, but it’s pretty believable looking back at ATLA. I’m not saying that who you are at twelve is who you will be at forty, but I’m just giving perspective.

1: Aang is The Last Airbender

It is literally in the title. Avatar: The Last Airbender. His race, culture, friends, and everything is basically gone. He, Appa, and the Air Temples are the last pieces of the Air Nomad culture. As far as Aang knows, when he dies, the Air Nomad culture dies with him. Yes, he can teach other people and his children, Bumi and Kya, about it. But it’s not the same. When Tenzin came along and he turned out to be an airbender, Aang must’ve been elated. He was no longer the only airbender left. He had a son who he can teach airbending to, who he can teach the ways of the Air Nomads too, who can carry on the cultural teachings after he dies. His culture can still live on.

I think, in Aang’s mind, he let his happiness at having an airbender get in the way of his other children. From Legend of Korra, we know that Aang would take Tenzin on vacations without his other children and that the people at one of the Air Temples didn’t even know that Aang had other children. Now, that’s fucked up. No question about it. But maybe in Aang’s mind, he felt that Bumi had his Uncle Sokka, Kya had Katara, so he just felt like he needed to be with Tenzin. Not realizing that his other children needed their dad too.

2: Aang is the Avatar

Did we forget what Aang’s whole arc in ATLA is? How he felt responsible and guilty for the Hundred Year war because he ran away? How he had one year to defeat Ozai, put in the work to learn water, earth, and fire, and managed to put an end to the war without compromising his beliefs? That guilt that he felt isn’t something that will just go away. We know in Legend of Korra that Kya mentions how Aang put his duty as the Avatar ahead of his family. We see in ATLA that Aang attempts to be the peacemaker between people (The Great Divide, for example) and sees it as his duty as the Avatar.

There’s a good chance that the reason why Aang put his Avatar duties ahead of his family was to keep the peace and maybe to alleviate some of the guilt he felt for the Hundred Year war. Maybe he also thought that by keeping the peace, this would ensure that another war doesn’t happen and so he would be keeping his family safe as well. I don’t mean to get too off topic, but a lot of fathers think like that. That as long as they work and put food on the table for their family, they are protecting them, but they don’t realize that their kids need them to be there emotionally and mentally as well.

3: Toph was raised by overprotective parents

I mean. We saw it in Book 2. Her parents viewed her as helpless due to her blindness. Even after Toph proved that she could take care of herself, they still saw her as this delicate being. Toph wasn’t allowed to be Toph with her parents. They didn’t support her in the things she liked to do and she had to keep it a secret from them. So when Toph had kids, it’s only natural that she would want to be the parent that she didn’t have. The thing is, there needs to be balance. While yes, she allowed Lin and Suyin to do what they liked and supported them through it, eventually they needed discipline and rules. That’s what Toph forgot to do and it’s possible that the reason she didn’t want to was because she didn’t want to resemble her parents.

Of course, this came back to bite her in the ass when Suyin got in trouble with the law and Lin arrested her. But I think we’re forgetting something else. Toph is a single mother. As someone who was also raised by a single mother, it is a lot of pressure put on them. That’s an understatement. Toph may be the greatest Earthbender and created metalbending, but I don’t think she was ready to be the single mother to two daughters. She wanted to be a better parent than her’s, but things don’t always turn out the way you want. 

I’m not going to comment on the whole father thing because I didn’t read the comics. Anything I know of them is through the bits and pieces I’ve seen here and on Instagram and from what I’ve seen…..I’m good, love.

Conclusion:

Aang and Toph being pretty bad parents isn’t a surprise when you consider what we know of them. That’s it.

[the-genius-az]

Caring a lot about the Avatar seems to be a dragon thing, in this case it's platonic ('cause it's an Azutara series), but it's just intense. It's a spiritual connection of sorts, made better by the fact that two dragons managed to form a bond with the Avatar.

Mai and Ty Lee will show up, eventually. Azula was, like, eight when she left the palace. I think in this one it's Ursa who claims them, being a little older (barely older in dragon terms, actually). It's not uncommon for dragons to claim their kid's close friends. So basically Mai and Ty Lee are Azula's siblings here. However, they think Azula is dead so imagine their shock when they see her again.

She buries her trauma under the anger. But there's a reason why she hides and proceeds to spend years living in an abandoned ship, shifted into dragon form. Azula is kinda feral in the beginning, feeling safer somewhere where she doesn't have anything to lose.

Iroh comes along, yeah. He's a good influence in Fire Nation terms, protects Zuko but also doesn't try to make him a better person. (If I'm making Azula a good guy from the beginning, someone has to be worse than in canon to compensate for one less antagonist.)

And no, Zuko's not a dragon in this. Dragons are a matrilineal thing, there's only three 'known' family lines. Actually, both Ursa and Azula being able to shapeshift is a very rare thing (and Azula is the youngest dragon to shift since Kyoshi's early days).

Zuko's even more bitter in this version, with his vision of Ursa as a safe person tainted by Ozai – when he gets a little older, he realizes he doesn't care if she killed Azulon, if she tried to kill Ozai, his anger comes from her killing Azula. Because yes, they didn't have the best relationship ever, but it's still his little sister. At some point, unlike canon, he can see that she tried and that most of her actions were about helping him.

It's just really tragic. Stuck with Ozai, thinking the only people that genuinely loved him consisted of a murderer and a dead girl that will never be older than eight.

(The angst potential of later on, when he learns the blue dragon he has been trying to kill is Azula...)

- Ash 🔥🍌

Thanks for this, Ash!

Caring a lot about the Avatar seems to be a dragon thing, in this case it's platonic ('cause it's an Azutara series).

I know! but...will Katara live the same years as Azula? because Azula will live more than 400 years.

So basically Mai and Ty Lee are Azula's siblings here. However, they think Azula is dead so imagine their shock when they see her again.

Azula's sisters! It seems impossible to see them like this, but I will try to do my best!

I can already imagine Mai and Ty Lee watching Azula.

Azula just eating and jams eating mochis and then turns around and looks at Mai and Ty Lee, and bam! The mochis fall into his mouth, lol

and Azula is the youngest dragon to shift since Kyoshi's early days.

Azula always first. 😎

Stuck with Ozai, thinking the only people that genuinely loved him consisted of a murderer and a dead girl that will never be older than eight.

Poor Zuzu, I just hope Azula then carries him on her back as they fly through the air.

Zuzu deserves to be with her little sister, maybe he becomes very overprotective without caring that she is more powerful.

The angst potential of later on, when he learns the blue dragon he has been trying to kill is Azula...

Distress? I see a great comedy scene!

just imagine how Azule bites Zuko on the ass for trying to kill her and then scolds him while he's still a dragon and her brother doesn't understand her.

[ultranos]

Burned Woman au!Zuko finds a silver lining in how everyone forgets about his scar in comparison to Azula’s (for all of 5 seconds before feeling incredibly guilty). For years, people would either stare at his scar or very obviously not stare at it throughout whole conversations, but standing next to Azula he just has a bit of dry skin. Sadly (in Zuko’s opinion at least) they don’t see each other more than maybe once a year if he’s lucky so he can’t make consistent use of this

There's that. He really does end up feeling incredibly guilty over any feelings of gratitude he has regarding the whole thing, because the thing is, what happened to Azula forces a reckoning in the Fire Nation on their attitudes towards scars in the first place.

Because a burn scar was shameful. Ozai burned Zuko in order to make him bear that mark for the rest of his life. And then he burned Azula. The thing is, Azula wasn't even supposed to survive hers. She should, by all rights, be very, very dead. For her, the scars are a hugely uncomfortable but powerful "fuck you, I lived".

And if her scars are a sign that demand respect, then why doesn't Zuko's? Why are people supposed to be ashamed of signs of survival?

(Also, Zuko might not get to stand next to Azula that often, but he does get to make consistent use of looking like an overprotective big brother if people stick their foot in their mouths. Regardless of his actual feelings on Azula, a well-timed "excuse me?" to a person saying something stupid about burn scars is excellent PR.)

[cosmicish]

Aight, it's been like, two years since I've posted something, so I guess this is a good way to re-enter this hell-site(affectionate).

So, does Iroh continue the war? In this universe, instead of going on his spiritual journey, which turns him into the wise old man that he is, he goes straight back to the fire nation, and doesn't even get time to grieve. This causes a deep hatred towards the Earth Kingdom to foster inside of Iroh, and his goal now is to destroy the Earth Kingdom.

Anyways, back with Ozai.

So, like in canon, Aang offers himself up to save the village. And of course, Zuko and Azula are both there, doing their own thing.

Zuko, is in NO way wearing the egg-shell head + ponytail hair. Never again. I'd say he'd wear his firelord hairstyle, plus Roku's headpiece. He'd either wear his season 3 outfit or his season 1 outfit. Take your pick.

In this universe, Azula, more mentally stable, is probably the Iroh of this universe. Azula truly cares for her fafther and believes in him, slowly laying down advice for him. Zuko however? Ehhhhh... As Zuko started to grow up, he started to realize how corrupt his father was and is, and how terribly he treated him, Azula, and their mother.

At this point, he visits Ozai only for the sake of protecting Azula, because she visits him frequently.

So, he might be a problem for Ozai later. But not right now.

Anyways, Zuko sees this tiny 12 year old and immediately goes into overprotective brother mode. Even after he realizes this kid is the avatar, his father shows no mercy towards the poor kid! Do mind, however, in this AU, Zuko had a lot more temperance.

Meanwhile, Azula applauds their father, though she does mention that he looks a bit young. Ozai says something along the lines of "child or not, he is the avatar. I must do what needs to be done, Azula. Do not question my motives."

Azula looks down.

Cue to Zuko clenching his fist, before calming himself down. He'd probably say something like "I need to meditate."

Ozai would grin to the sky and then say, "Hailsmen! Set course for the Fire Nation." Before muttering, "My brother won't know what hit him."

Meanwhile, in the privacy of the meditation chambers, Zuko decides that his father cannot be allowed to be brought back to the fire nation. Not only is he cruel, but he's attempted first-degree murder on his own father.

Zuko would take a deep breath, and take out his mother's mask. And thus, the Blue Spirit is born early. Of course, unlike in the original universe, where he used the blades he literally PUTS UP FOR DISPLAY, he uses an extra set of daggers.

Zuko breaks into Aang's chamber, and gets him out just in time for Sokka and Katara to arrive.

Long story short, Zuko escapes, and then walks out of the meditation chambers as if nothing ever happened.

Cue Aang, Sokka, and Katara trying to figure out who Aang's mysterious blue-masked savior is.

Cue Ozai's fuming after realizing they got away, and Zuko's masked amusement.

Azula tries to stay neutral, but can't help but notice the coincidental timing this blue-masked figure showed up, and Zuko's disappearance.

If ya'll wanna see an actual written fic, or just a quick summary of what would happen in Ep. 2., please let me know.

banished Ozai au????

ah, yes, banished ozai au my beloved.

So, this au is all about 'What if Azulon found out that Ozai was trying to poison him'.

Basically what happens is that Ozai gets banished, sent to go and capture the avatar, master of all four elements, who is kinda dead. Anyways, Ursa has already departed the FN capital, and now Iroh has no choice but to become the heir to the throne.

So basically, Ozai goes and is banished for a while, and then, one day, Zuko turns 13, and decides to go visit his father.

After this, Zuko ends up visiting his father a lot more often. And eventually, Azula visits as well.

Of course, Ozai doesn't really care. But at least they are willing to tell him what's going on the capitol.

At one point, He meets Zhao, and they create a frenemy dynamic.

So, Ozai goes through many places, until one day, he finally finds the avatar, who is merely a 12 year old boy…

Yeah, this is a pretty fun au, and if I get enough motivation, I might make a fanfic of this. Of course, if anyone else would like to feel free to! Just give me credit please!

[floatyflowers]

Dark Platonic! Fire Nation Royal Family x Non-bender Reader Part Two

Part 1

With Ozai

You never imagined returning back to the fire nation, it felt so foreign for you.

But your father was there to receive you with open arms.

Ozai felt pure happiness to have you back home, his favorite child is back under his care.

Yet, you grew up into a young lady who came to realize that Ozai is not kind, but rather manipulative and evil.

Yet like any girl, you missed your father, being in his presence gave you a secure feeling.

You missed how he spoils you, how you get whatever you want with just one signal.

However you don't miss his creepy possessive attitude.

"I will burn the whole world down for you, my sweet child"

With Azula

Azula lied to her father about Zuko killing the avatar all just to have you return home.

Once you are back home, she is overjoyed and tries to spend as much as time with you.

However, when you go to spend vacation on Ember Island, she makes sure to terrorize anyone who comes to speak to you.

When she felt that you and Ty Lee became friends, she made sure to jab at her friend with harsh words.

Sometimes Azula take the overprotective big sister role to an extreme where she burned a guy just for flirting with you.

Zuko helped her with that.

"How dare you say that filth to my dear sister, now you shall rot in the ashes of your despair!"

With Zuko

He regrets returning home when he sees how much time you spend with Azula and Ozai.

One of the main reason why he wished to capture the avatar was so he could prove himself worthy of protecting you.

But now, Zuko feels envious and jealous.

Even during your journey to find the avatar, Zuko couldn't bear the thought of anyone close to you.

His hatred for the Gaang increased when saw Sokka try to become close with you.

Now he came to realize that Sokka is a lesser threat than his father and sister.

The shock that came is when he found that you ran away.

You ran away to help the avatar and his friend.

Which made Zuko take the decision to support you, by helping himself and his uncle to escape.

Despite Ozai and Azula who threatened to murder the avatar and his team just to have you back.

"Don't worry, (Y/n), I will always be by your side and support you"

[zutarawasrobbed]

WHAT THE FRESH HELL IS THIS?!?!

Apparently, we got the official descriptions of the characters for the live-action, and all I got to say is...

That said, content of the article is below the cut:

AANG:

“Male, Asian. Lead Character is 12, male, of East Asian or South Asian heritage.

Aang is a typical twelve-year-old boy. A bit goofy, a bit nerdy, restless in school, aways eager to join his friends for fun and games. He’s nimble, energetic, and quick in the schoolyard. Adopted at birth, Aang has struggled with questions as to how he fits in. But his loving parents have worked hard to make him feel accepted. Aang has grown up to become generous, kind-hearted and cheerful. Aang had also been gifted with an incredible mystical power. He doesn’t really understand it, but it could be the key to saving the world from a global conflict. It’s a responsibility he’s reluctant to accept because it’ll take him away from his family, friends, and everything he knows. All he wants is to just be a regular kid. SERIES REGULAR”

KATARA:

“Female, Native American. Character is 14, female, of heritage indigenous to North America.

Katara is smart, athletic, determined, and hopeful. She’s had to keep her family together ever since her mother was killed in a mysterious supernatural event several years ago, a trauma that haunts Katara every day. Recently, she has started to develop strange new powers that both intrigue and scare her. She’s looking for someone to help her understand these changes. But she has also started to find hope in the thought her new skills could lead to a brighter future for her and her family. SERIES REGULAR”

SOKKA:

“Male, Native American. Character is 16, male, of heritage indigenous to North America.

Katara’s gangly and strong older brother. Sokka is a teenager who’s forced to grow up too fast. Since his mother’s death, he had to become the leader of the famly. Which has led him to butt heads with his sister, who resents his overprotective nature. He’s concerned about her new powers, worried they might put her in harm’s way. Despite everything, he and Katara have a natural rapport, and they trust each other. He has a sharp, sardonic wit, which he often uses as a defense mechanism during uncomfortable situations. But it also makes him entertaining and likeable. SERIES REGULAR”

ZUKO:

“Male, Asian. Character is 17, of East Asian or South Asian heritage. In excellent shape, focused, and driven.

Zuko has been driven to be an overachiever by his overbearing father; a career military man. Failure is never an option, and it doesn’t matter who you hurt to get to the top. Zuko has struggled to reconcile that philosophy with his kind-hearted nature. That conflict has made him intense and guarded; which is why he comes off as brusque and arrogant. When Zuko discovers he has developed mysterious powers and is competing with Aang for a key role in their project, Zuko’s father tells him to stop at nothing to win. And if he doesn’t, he shouldn’t bother coming home. SERIES REGULAR”

Are we about to get Troy Bulton Zuko with overbearing football coach Ozai? What is this? Are we about to get Atla Riverdale edition? No one asked for this!

[koiotic]

Okay Hades and Persephone au lore/exposition bc I’m in love with this atm

Zuko is basically Hades, god of the dead, but it’s basically a government job and he doesn’t get time off so he’s a ball of stress and anxiety

Toph’s mother, Poppy is Demeter, harvest goddess. She’s incredibly overprotective of Toph

Toph is Persephone; still blind and sees through the Earth. Her connection to plants/wildlife is stronger so she’s basically a Disney princess but way more open to murder

She doesn’t get kidnapped, she kidnaps herself. She meets Zuko one day when he’s out for a walk (ie. running away from the underworld to have a panic attack in peace for ten minutes) and decides that they’re friends now whether he likes it or not

He ends up coming up from the underworld to hang out with her a lot, until Poppy finds out and tries to stop Toph from ever seeing him again, thinking he’ll hurt her

Toph says ‘fuck that’, breaks out and kidnaps herself to the underworld. Zuko is very anxious about the whole thing but eventually realises that the whole ruling hell thing is 100x easier with help, especially if that help is named Toph and willing to fight people for him

She eats pomegranate seeds and refuses to leave, but Poppy refuses to let her go and curses the mortal world, creating winter and won’t let summer return. The other gods intervene, and Toph agrees to stay half of the year in the underworld and go back for the other half. She doesn’t forgive her mother for a long time, but they come to a sort of peace

She platonically marries Zuko because ‘queen of hell’ is a badass title and they have an awesome qpr (aro ace solidarity!). When her mother is around, she pretends it’s actually a romantic relationship to piss her off

I just have a lot of feelings about their friendship okay

Anyway, plot

Sokka and Katara are both technically demigod children of Kya, a sea nymph, but only Katara got water control abilities

Sokka got wit and wisdom, and, he insists, mythically good looks

Aang is a demigod, and his father is Gyatso, god of the southern wind. He pretty much still has airbending (and his dope tattoos lol) but not the other elements

He’s sent on 12 quests (ripoff 12 labours of Heracles) and the last one is to capture the three headed guardian of the underworld

Which is a dragon

Which is Ran, Shaw and Druk (Zuko refuses to give them all one name because it seems unfair because they all have their own personalities and he’s an absolute softie for his dragons)

[the fic is in progress!!]

Misc things

Mai is Thanatos (death). She’s dating Ty Lee, who is Elpis (hope) and it’s very symbolic and romantic

Jet is Hermes, and just a casual agent of chaos

Ozai was a Titan, and so was Azula. Zuko fought and defeated Ozai, who was sent to Tartarus. Azula is held elsewhere in the underworld, but Zuko hopes he can help/rehabilitate her instead of locking her up. Lo and Li are the furies and basically her carers/therapists

Iroh was also a Titan who took the side of the gods when they fought them, and basically retired afterwards to hang out in the mortal world and hand out tea and advice. Zuko visits him every year and still can’t understand his tea or his advice

Lu Ten was a god, killed by Ozai

Yue is Selene, Suki is Artemis, and the Kyoshi Warriors are her huntresses. The moon is inherently sapphic so Yueki

Zuko feels terrible about the Orpheus Incident™️

This universe’s version of Secret Tunnel is about Toph building the tunnel to the underworld so she can hang out with Zuko, then marrying him for tax purposes (Toph loudly sings it at any given opportunity)