Here Are My Roses

MCU + Disabled Characters

And Iroh obviously drilled him with control and restraint, because no matter how much he lets his rage loose, he has enough control not to hurt Zhao and enough self-restraint not to burn him at the end. I definitely think it was a deliberate choice on Iroh’s part to hold back on teaching offensive forms to Zuko beyond the basics (knowing that combining those with his unprocessed anger could result in him being out of control and hurt people). Instead, it seems he concentrated on teaching him defensive forms, fire breath, heat control, and so on…

But when Iroh does it, Zuko doesn’t move. And we know he can feel it because the force of the blast moves his ponytail, but he just stands there and listens and personally, I choose to believe it’s because he KNOWS that Iroh would never do anything to hurt him.

Zuko being a dramatic bitch and waiting in the same spot for hours on end just to surprise the Water Tribe siblings

It acknowledges both the limitations and the possibilities of bending. There's no self-immunity, something that's established from the first introduction of Zuko, a firebender with a very obvious burn scar. There are specialized subsets of benders, abilities that only certain people within that element have - bloodbending, metalbending and lightningbending (and later lavabending in LOK). Accommodations are made in prisons that are meant to hold benders - a metal rig for earthbenders, a dry place for waterbenders. Waterbenders can heal, because water can heal. And they can bend things by bending the water in them, first seen in the swamp with the plantbender guy, and later Hama the bloodbender. They all learned their abilities from something, usually an animal of some sort. Temperature changes can be done through bending, seen mostly with waterbenders using ice, but also with earthbenders using lava. It's just so well thought out and I love it.

this is a continuation of my other drawing where zuko has a cat. i named her cinnamon! 

Anne Carson, “Tragedy: A Curious Art Form”

— Atticus

the face of a man who did not sign up for this

I don’t need luck, though. I don’t want it. I’ve always had to struggle and fight, and that’s made me strong. That’s made me who I am.

finally got around finishing these 8′) thanks for the suggestions 💕