#aang is so nervous about this. he's helping sneak a wanted terrorist into the world's most secure city

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jazz era atla for the hc thing 👀 i forgot did you mention abt the pro bending scene bc i feel like zuko toph and yue would be a great team if yue is a waterbender in that au (it always bugs me that she isn't if she ended up becoming the moon spirit aka the spirit that is told to be the one to give ppl waterbending in the first place)

well, I'll start off with:

you know what. you're right. yue gets waterbender rights in this AU. primarily she focuses on being zuko and toph's medic (because doing terrorism and fighting the avatar naturally results in injures) and she only has limited combat waterbending ability given. well. the northern water tribe is going to northern water tribe.

the pro-bending scene is extremely tempting- especially to toph. but it's also a little hard to hide your identity as a terrorist and participate in pro-bending matches and terrorism is more fun, so she choose that one. does that stop toph from getting ringside seats whenever she gets the chance? absolutely not. she drags zuko and yue along too whenever she gets the chance.

you know who else loves pro-bending? sokka. toph cracks her facade just a little whenever she meets sokka at a match, because sokka loves betting on the matches and he is very bad at it. she will in fact, fleece him for all he's worth.

aang recruits suki's help to smuggle zuko into ba sing se, because they should probably do something about long feng and the dai li before they take down fire lord ozai. and by that I mean, he has suki dress zuko up as a kyoshi warrior. meanwhile, azula is on the trail of the blue spirit and just walks right into ba sing se.

azula will link zuko to lee, and consequently, the blue spirit- but she won't immediately tell her father this. she'd like a little one on one with her long lost brother first. it doesn't have to be this way, zuzu. you could still join us. tell me where you're hiding uncle, and perhaps father will forgive you.