Okay, so this post always makes me giggle
But I was thinking just now...
Literally no one in the friend group aside from Aang knows Zuko was the Blue Spirit
So do you think... they're just hanging out in the palace post canon all piled up in one of the rooms reserved for when the royal family wants to chill—and Zuko is voicing his (extremely reasonable) upset about his father for one reason or another
And Sokka just says something like, "So are you gonna just leave him to rot in jail for the rest of his life, or are you gonna give him another punishment?"
And Zuko goes quiet. Thinking. Then he says, "Maybe I should send him on a quest to capture the Blue Spirit to regain his honor"
And Aang just fucking loses it
Katara asks "Wha's so funny?"
Aang explains "There's a smaller chance of success for Ozai than Zuko trying to find the Avatar." Giggle. "It'll take years before he realizes that-"
Zuko "The blue spirit died in the complex under the lake in ba sing se. My uncle saw it."
SEVERAL HOURS LATER
Toph "I don't know who the blue spirit is, but i know you lied about him dying. EXPLAIN!"
Z "It's a... TIME SKIP ... And then i threw the mask in the water."
T "You should totally sen your dad after him. can i go with him to make sure he stays on target and away from here?"
Z "...Okay?"
[ID: Tumblr screenshot: @fireflaked: "would zuko give the blue spirit a full pardon after the war is over or do you think he would mess with everyone and raise the bounty even higher" @chevaliermalfets: @toph-beif0ng: "fire lord zuko sends ozai to capture the blue spirit to regain his honor." End ID.]
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OK, folks in the comments were asking for fic links, so here are the two I was able to find: "Dishonor on Ozai's Cow" and "Wild Spirit Chase." (I think there are more I've read, but my search-fu was not strong enough to find them.)





















