rip the four nations

Mother and child.

And people say he doesn’t smile

not to get niche but its so important that it was tenzin who broke up with lin. especially for who they are we meet them. lin beifong, who we meet as an unflinching, unyielding force of a police chief, had her heart broken by tenzin, who we meet as a high strung air bender with control issues. lin beifong, a character who is by no means affectionate at the beginning, was broken up with. and it was so upsetting she trashed air temple island. it was so world-altering that they don't talk and haven't for over a decade despite living in the same city. it was so terrible that it took the reincarnation of his father to throw them back together. it was so awful and they missed each other. it was so horrible and they want to be friends again. it was so terrible and she sacrificed herself for his family. because they knew each other so deeply and it was so sweet that even in the bitter pain of a decade of contempt the love was still there.