#queen ting

[beifong-brainrot]

On one hand, I understand why people can dislike Wu. He has a very boisterous and over the top, which can be annoying for some people.

On the other hand, I personally find Wu an incredibly sweet and interesting character due to how very grounded he feels, despite his flamboyance.

When we first meet Wu he gives of tbe impression of extremely shallow, egoistical and woefully unprepared to be king. But then as we watch further we see that he genuinely cares for Mako, and has a genuine care for people, even placing himself between the mecha suits and the evacuees.

I'm also still very surprised and happy with his choice to democratise the Earth Kingdom. Its a big move, especially for a character who seemed to previously struggle so much with the loss of his title.

Now, we don't know much about Wu's upbringing, but we can make assumptions based on his behaviour, and our established knowledge of Ba Sing Se royals and their upbringing.

Wu may have grown up isolated in a palace, leaving him accustomed to luxury and attention, and unaccustomed to the outside world. No wonder he reacts fearfully to the unfamiliar and expects admiration. Despite this, I beliebe he genuinely is a kind person, but may have been raised to prioritise other things like power and wealth, perhaps by his aunt. Since the swamp may have shown us a projection of Wu's insecurities, but every image the swamp has shown has been generated by an actual past event (except for Aang's premonition of Toph).

But perhaps interacting with Mako, who treays him like an actual human is ehat leads Wu to get so attached to him. And later meeting Mako's family, people who are so genuine that made him want to follow his instinct to be kind rather than whatever he was raised to prioritise.

Also look at him, he's just a babie boy.

[therossgarden]

So, I was thinking about something in LOK.

You know the Earth Queen Hou-Ting? You know, the woman who secluded airbenders and that Zaheer killed?

This one?

Well, as you all may know, she’s King Kuei’s only daughter.

I’m sure you all remember King Kuei, the puppet king with the bear.

This guy.

Well, I made some calculus. He must’ve been in his early/mid 20s in ATLA. And his daughter had to be in her 50s/early 60s when she died.

In the meantime, Zuko is 87/88 in 171AG, when LOK3 takes place. Since his daughter is commonly believed to be around Bumi and Kya’s age, I’d speculate that she’s around 60 in her appearance in LOK4, in 174AG and when Zuko is 90 (Tenzin is 51 in 170AG and Kya is roughly 4 years older than him, so Izumi must be between 5 and 7 years older than him, which places her in a range between 60 and 62 years old).

(See? Roughly the same age)

So, my point? I think during their diplomatic visits, Zuko and Kuei had to spend a lot of time in each other’s company because, monarch stuff. And given that they were both heirs to their respective thrones, Izumi and Hou-Ting had to spend a lot of time together.

I don’t know why, but I imagine those two having the wildest, silliest yet most hateful beef as teens. And given Hou-Ting’s despicable behavior and authoritarian politic in contrast to what shown of Izumi, a rational leader who cares for her people, I am even more convinced that those two despised each other.

So yeah, I can’t stop picturing Izumi and Hou-Ting insulting the crap out of each other while saving face in front of the subjects. And I can’t stop laughing

[yukaro353]

The Earth King did everything in his power to secure the Beifong family's throne, unfortunately (for them) it never bore fruit.

👑

Remember that the Earth King's daughter has no siblings, but Wu had to have parents, that's all.

Getting back to what's important, I'm sure Mr. Lao considered several suitors (both for Toph and his granddaughters), but I always respect his decisions in this regard.

[inbarfink]

[uswntpoc]

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[biseugen]

アズールレーン(@azurlane_staff)6周年記念イラスト作業をしました。

[badgermolebender]

I so desperately want a massive political history of The Earth Kingdom. If I could have any other thing from the world of ATLA/LOK — book, show, comic, game — it would be that. Bc I am so interested in it.

🚨 Spoilers for every thing — Yangchen and Kyoshi books, ATLA, LOK, Comics, etc. 🚨

The earliest we hear about an actual Earth Kingdom and Earth Royal family is in F.C. Yee’s Yangchen books. At this point, the Earth Kingdom has just gone through a civil war, wherein the White Lotus manipulated the Water Tribes and Fire Nation to sponsor a challenger to the throne, which is wild. The challenger was defeated and the Earth Kingdom entered a period of intense isolationism. There are a handful of port cities where foreign trade is allowed, with incredibly powerful governors who actively manipulate the system to build their wealth at the expense of the citizens. The Earth King is paranoid af, to the point that he is donning disguises and sneaking around to catch plots against him. And some of these governors are actively plotting against him and inventing new weapons of mass destruction (combustion benders) in order to usurp him.

The next we see of the Earth Kingdom is in the Kyoshi novels were it’s a devolved mess of warlordism. Various daofei groups had taken over parts of the inner provinces and the Earth Monarch was incredibly weak. There’s also the whole Wars of Secrets and Daggers scramble for the throne, which is only mentioned.

According to the Wiki, in the online comic Escape from the Spirit World, Kyoshi pressured the ineffective 46th Earth King to adopt a constitutional monarchy in order to prevent further oppression. This occurred in the aftermath of a peasant revolt that occurred after the death of Chin the Conquerer.

Avatar Legends then gives us a King Jialun, who reversed many of the progressive changes of this constitution and murdered the sages who agreed with Kyoshi in “The Night of the Silenced Sages.” The government was recorrupted, but no other successor had the same power as Jialun. So the Earth Kingdom monarchy was corrupt but weak.

Then we next see the Earth Kingdom with King Kuei (the 52nd Earth King). According to the old website, he ascended to the throne at the age of 4, which is why Long Feng — who served as regent — was able to essentially takeover.

But based on what we see in the show, the Earth Kingdom has completely splintered. The Earth King only has power in Ba Sing Se, and that power is only ceremonial. He is unaware of the 100 year war and completely inept to rule. Then it’s Azula and the fire nation takeover.

In the comics that come between ATLA and LOK, King Kuei, without the influence of Long Feng, takes an active role in the governance of the Kingdom. He is willing to go to war over the colonies in “The Rift,” but is also willing to be shown wrong. He was instrumental in the peace after the war and fully restored the monarchy as the full power of the Earth Kingdom government.

Then we get to LOK. Hou Ting is a fairly powerful, incredibly corrupt monarch. She tried to exert more control over the people, especially the outer provinces. She’s then killed by Zaheer. The power vacuum is ultimately filled by Kuvira, a non-dynastic dictator who rules by force and sponsors brain washing and the forced removal of Fire and Water nation descendants. The next dynastic ruler is Wu (whom Kuvira had usurped). He is Hou Ting’s great-nephew, and at least third in line from her. He is the only surviving member of the dynasty and seems unprepared to rule at his coronation, after three years of living in Republic City.

After the whole Kuvira thing is taken care of (Book 4 of LOK), Wu then decides to abdicate and democratize the Earth Kingdom. The post-canon comics (Ruins of Empire) show the struggles and setbacks of this, but ultimately reaffirm this path.

And I am so obsessed with this whole history. There are, according to the Wiki, at least 2 dynasties, the Hao and the Hou Ting. It resembles Chinese history, but doesn’t just follow it. There’s dynastic decline and really interesting incidents that I wish were more fully fleshed out. Not to mention as the centralized monarchy weakens, you see the rise of local powers, like the King of Omashu. I just find the whole thing so fascinating and I wish I had a comprehensive book.

[bibleofficial]

where is my fat husband

[beifong-brainrot]

Okay you have me intrigued by Wu’s character and now that has me wondering about a bit about his upbringing and childhood. Mainly, what ever happened to his parents? Has it ever been said what happened to them? If there’s nothing much on them, I’m coming to the idea that whether one of his parents were a younger or older sibling to Hou-Ting, I can imagine her being the type to somehow perhaps have a hand in a subtle assassination of her sibling and their partner. Would be even more of a reason to commit that kind of backstabbing if they were the older sibling.

Also some part of me feels in some way, he’s like Kuei, but far more active/involved as well as fleshed out in a sense.

Well, we don't get many specifics on Wu's childhood or upbringing but we are actually told that he isn't a direct nephew to Hou-Ting.

Mike: He's uh, he's uh, he's like a n-not a-not a direct nephew, but... Bryan: Yeah, something through marriage.

So my personal headcanon is that Wu is descended from some royal family member who renounced the royal title. I can see Wu's parents as soft hearted, kind people, but also pretty much pushovers who couldn't stand up to Hou-Ting for the life of them. So Hou-Ting wouldn't really need to kill Wu's parents, though I wouldn't put it past her and its a very intriguing headcanon.

I personally think Hou-Ting knew she wasn't gonna get an heir of her own (or maybe she just didn't wanna put herself through that can't blame her tbh). So she just followed the line of succession and found the next in line, a young Wu and pulled rank over his parents, arranging to have a lot of control over his upbringing.

She just strikes me as the kind of woman who wouldn't want to leave her kingdom in the hands of someone who isn't carrying on her legacy in some manner, but also is too lazy to actually put the work in of raising a child herself.

I can see Wu having grown up in the palace at Hou-Ting's side, but mainly being raised by nannies and au pairs. He would have little contact with his parents, who never really fought that hard to get him back and whenever he spent time with Hou-Ting, she'd basically just tell him to be just like her, I assume.

I think that eventually Hou-Ting would kinda get bored/annoyed of him and would ship him off to boarding school, as Bryan Konietzko said.

Bryan: Uh, he wasn't-he wasn't exactly sheltered, he was, like, shipped off. He's like the kid that was sent to boarding school, boarding, yeah.

I can see Wu being extremely awkward and longing for social interaction after being locked away for so long.

And yeah, there are totally huge similarities between Wu and Kuei. Especially that Raiko (and imo Tenzin) would kinda want him to play a role of a puppet ruler too.

Josh: He's the perfect person for the president just, like, to put his claws in, say, "let's go this way." Bryan: Yeah, he can mou-he-yeah, Raiko's pretty excited about him. He's like, "man, I can mould this guy, and sorta control this old..." Tim: Total puppet.

I can't help but kinda feel bad for the guy. He's a fun character to speculate on lol

[kdramalovergirl]

I've watched:

- Business Proposal

- Fight For My Way

- Go Ho's Starry Night

- Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

- King The Land

- Lovely Runner

- Mr. Queen

- My Demon (ongoing)

- Sh**ting Stars

- Strong Girl Bong-Soon

- Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (ongoing)

- What's Wrong With Secretary Kim

- When The Phone Rings (ongoing)

[justfirelordizumithings]

[polls4you]

The Legend of Korra: Choose your favorite character! (First Round)

[remember-ur-alive]

CHAT I MISS MY S^W YA0I

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