#ace Zuko

[elmushterri]

It’s here, people! So many of you guys have been asking for the voices, so! Names of the claims are listed at the end. Also gave Grayson some new, lighter colours. The first bit of the vid is dedicated to like, the clean and refined stuff, and then at the end it’s just a buncha voices to show more examples!

Also I wanna do a bit of an actor AU so!

[n0isetanks]

can't you see we're not opposites?

[introverting-rn]

for a second i was thinking about zuko’s random dialogue as weird exposition but then i reached him explaining avatar kyoshi and i realised. he’s just infodumpung. bestie really channeled all of his autistic rizz into developing a special interest in avatars and then got genuinely invested

i’m just imagining, in his time with the gaang, aang finds himself unable to do something and deliberating over it for days until he asks out loud and zuko’s like “oh nbd, 3500 years ago the most obscure avatar ever sneezed and there was a cyclone three hours away. you just have to hold your breath for half a second and the core of the earth will explode 😇” and the gaang is like ??? wtf???

[bemnie]

ATLA POLYWEB!!! OH YEA

[whoishotteranimepolls]

"Who's Hotter?" Battle of the Fire Powers #2

[stygiovictoria]

all of my favorite characters together...

[moss-on-a-pebble]

Made smash cake with bestie (kill me)

I would've put Engarde's true sprite on there if it wasn't spoiler territory 😞🙏

[avatarcompanion]

I'm making the leaked screenshot of kataang fighting side by side together in the new movie my icon, because that's exactly the energy society needs right now

unapologetically kicking ass and taking names, while wearing color coordinated clothes

like Katara's belt and Aang's arm guards

like they really are out there giving "established coupleTM" vibes on full steam, fully adult and over a full decade together, just blasting their mutual devotion in every direction.

that's the energy

[colorpicked-flags-from-one-guy]

The aroace flag picked from this one frame of Zuko!!

[adhdvsautismbracket]

ADHD/Autism Duos: Round 4, Side A

Matchup 2

Only your vote can determine which two duos will move on to the quarterfinals. Choose wisely.

Image ID in alt and under cut.

[Image ID: Image with a dark red background that has been separated into four parts. In the top left corner are Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher, a pair of children from the animated series Phineas and Ferb. In the top right corner are Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, a pair of suited men from the anime-style videogame Ace Attorney. In the bottom left corner are Michelangelo Hamato and Donatello Hamato, a pair of anthropomorphic cartoon turtles from Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In the bottom right corner are Zuko and Sokka, two young men from the animated series Avatar The Last Airbender. There is a small VS symbol in the centre of the image. End ID.]

[romacrunch]

if i had a nickel for every time i saw in fiction a blue younger sister and a red older brother where they both struggle with perfectionism and pressure from their father figure, and the red brother had emotional and/or physical damage done to him by his father figure but gets redeemed while the blue sister not so much and her character kinda just gets left behind? i’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

(zuko and azula from avatar: the last airbender)

(miles edgeworth and franziska von karma from ace attorney)

[toomanyfandoms11]

Save me fucked up fictional sibling relationships. Fucked up fictional sibling relationships save me.

[muffinlance]

Brain stuck send prompts

[icangiveitback]

whoops all moon blessed

[what-is-merlin-so-gay-for]

there’s just something about characters that are the older brother that i love SO much

they don’t have much in common, but they have a VIBE i cannot resist

(there are so many fire bros tho??? i didn’t even add tanjiro lol)

[aimlacely-sapphic]

🔥Fire Lord Zuko Headcanons🔥

My semi-canon compliant headcanons of Zuko after the war with a side of Zukka

Zuko's first few months as firelord are a bit of a mess. He's desperately trying to put together some semblance of functional governance in place of the corruption left in his fathers wake, while simultaneously trying to negotiate peace treaties and settlement agreements with nations his predecessors attempted to destroy.

He's overworking himself, not sleeping enough, forgetting to eat and overall just not doing a great job taking care of himself, convinced if he doesn't take care of things instantly then he's not doing enough.

It all comes to a head once the assassination attempts start getting out of hand. At that point Zuko is simply not sleeping so Sokka, Mai, Tylee and Iroh stage an intervention (you cannot convince me Iroh would stay in Ba Sing Se once things start getting out of hand)

His security get upgraded, Toph gets brought in to vet the staff (she can tell when people are lying!! why wouldn't she get to kick people out of the palace?)

And finally things start to settle down

Once the peace talks and negotiations are done he starts transforming the Fire Nation itself

A lot of people have written about this but I am absolutely convinced that Zuko spends the first year trying to get the palace staff to trust him not to hurt them

By the second or third year they are willing to speak to him and have more than small talk

He goes about making a lot of changes in policy but first he disappears for 2 days only Sokka and his head guard knowing in advance

He goes incognito through dozens of towns and villages

He visits schools (putting his blue spirit skills to use)

He goes to orphanages and homeless shelters

He goes back to the Sun Warriors to tell them about the end of the war and seek advice on how to reshape the way firebending is taught to everyone (and maybe he ends up adopting a dragon egg in the process...)

When he returns to the palace he is ready to transform the nation

He makes it a crime to use corporeal punishment

He brings back old traditions and rule for Agni Kais where they can only be fought by adults against adults provided they both agree to the fight. The Agni Kai stops when a person surrenders or at first burn.

He wanted to completely end the practice of Agni Kais but tradition could not constantly be broken by his reign (according to his advisors) so the changes just make them less common or harmful until they go obsolete

He puts in place programs for veterans to get the treatment and support they need.

He creates a fostering program where children who have been left behind can find love with parents who have lost children or veterans who want to bring love and hope to the world

He works with Aang and Sokka and Master Piandao to create new curriculum for the schools which is historically accurate, brings back culture and joy and teaches students to think for themselves

He includes some of the wisdom from the sun warriors in the new curriculum so that firebending, and really all fighting forms can be taught with their duality in mind. Fire burns but it is also life. Martial Arts can be use to kill, but they are also an art form.

Making the curriculum stick is a longer process but with help from people on the inside, slowly but surely schools start to teach in a better. kinder way

Its around the time of Zuko's 20th birthday when advisors start to bother him about marrying.

It is while trying to avoid their matchmaking that he start realizing that he likes Sokka (he's an oblivious biromantic asexual, why would anyone expect it to take less time)

Not much changes when they get together, they still spar and go to the gardens to feed the turtleducks together, Sokka still makes silly faces behind ambassadors backs, Zuko still goes down to the kitchens to make them a pot of tea to have together witting in his room (the kitchen staff are used to this by now)

But they start sharing more intimacies, finding what feels comfortable for them in the form of hugs that last just a bit longer and chaste kisses on shoulders and cheeks and foreheads.

And when the egg from the sun warriors hatches and a tiny dragon comes tumbling out, they name him Druk and take care of him together

Zuko continues to go on trips incognito a few times a year and it is on one of these trips what he finds a young child alone on the side of the road. When he learns that she has know family he tries to taker her to the orphanage in the town near by. She runs away and there is nothing Zuko is willing to do to get her to go.

She has a grittiness and fighting spirit that reminds Zuko of his younger self, an independent streak and impulsiveness that border on dangerous. And even though Zuko has to leave her that day he can't stop thinking about her as he returns to the palace.

Sokka notices right away and they talk about her, and adoption, and the fact that Zuko needs an heir and end up figuring out that they want a child of their own to raise now that Druk is all grown up

When Zuko next returns to the town he brings Sokka, a legal witness and adoption papers with him.

He introduces her to Druk and when she pets him and falls in love they start to talk to her. She begins to trust them, telling them her name is Izumi and that she doesn't like the orphanage because it reminds her too much of her past.

They stay for a few days getting to know her and when they ask if she wants to live with them she does say yes.

Over time Zuko comes to find balance and love in the peace he created in the Fire Nation<3

Note: I cannot take credit for all of these ideas, some of them come from a bunch of fanfictions I've read over the years and especially Post-Canon Fire Lord Zuko (and his staff) by RejectsCanon