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listen i am here fully admitting that that one, THAT ONE really short moment where zuko activates his fire jets underneath his feet, are like two second that i keep watching on repeat over and over if i stubble upon on youtube edit, for.... well uh... REASON! and yeha adult gaang is hot and snatched, and buff, and attractive, and its all in their cheekbones. (may or may not more doodles in the future).

@erisenyo oh my god i can't believe i've never considered this before. i think maybe bc they're army and navy i thought they couldn't work alongside each other but hey, maybe the admiral visits an army base and meets a promising soldier and pulls strings for a transfer. piandao is underestimated as a nonbender but he IS talented, it wouldn't obviously be the admiral selecting a hot guy for his staff.

also piandao as an aide/secretary is kind of that strategist sidekick role sokka excels in (always love adding more parallels) and it's maybe considered a more acceptable role for a talented nonbender than the front lines. which would probably annoy piandao despite being good at it and enjoying the proximity to jeong jeong. idk if i've mentioned this before but at some point i realized that hamilton was a big inspiration for the pianjeong storyline - the central narrative foils of "ambitious orphan kid" & "reserved disciplined rich kid" - and being a secretary instead of on the front lines like he wants is certain a part of hamilton's story. so we've got a thematic throughline there. and jeong jeong wanting to keep piandao off the battlefield to keep him safe...my heart <3

I like putting Piandao into that little torment nexus too of putting him in a role he does actually like and is very good at, but one that everyone else thinks is more acceptable to him so obviously he doesn't want to do it, then. And how does it feel to be gaining honor and recognition and accolades for something he is good at, what that isn't what he wants? Or for basically his ability to fit really well into the box people want to shove him into?

and it's not their professional dynamic either. another aspect of Piandao's Torment Nexus is that as jeong jeong's aide he actually has a degree of power and influence. sure, jeong jeong is a strict boss, but he expects good work from piandao because he genuinely believes in piandao's abilities. he asks piandao's opinion on major decisions, takes his input seriously, and even gives him some leeway to do tasks on his own without oversight (a big deal for such a noted control freak). piandao resents his role to some degree, but would he be allowed to speak his mind to any other superior officer? would his ideas be taken as seriously? would he have the same level of agency over his work? is this, maybe, the best he can hope for?

jeong jeong trying to keep piandao off the front lines is 100% a point of tension - because piandao assumes that eventually, jeong jeong will let him go. jeong jeong believes in him, not like everyone else who underestimates non-benders. jeong jeong knows that's what he wants. but when piandao finally confronts him about it, jeong jeong just talks about how hard it would be to replace him and the heavy workload they're dealing with. maybe later, he says, but he keeps pushing the conversation down the road. and he just seems so tired all the time, and even more brooding and prickly than usual.

piandao knows that jeong jeong is a bit disillusioned with the military. jeong jeong has always freely complained to him about incompetent commanders and undisciplined recruits. of course jeong jeong's seen some painful things on the front lines. but it still hurts that he's treating piandao like someone who needs to be protected. piandao knows war is dangerous. he's not Stupid.

(i mean he is, a little. piandao wanting to be on the battlefield is very much "i will prove my worth by fulfilling the imperialist ideal" meanwhile jeong jeong is like "being the embodiment of the imperialist ideal is fucking miserable, i'm trying to keep you out of it")

(also i've definitely implied in fics that piandao has front-lines experience but maybe in this version of events he's been stuck in non-combat or minimal combat roles for his whole career so it really is something jeong jeong has experience with and piandao doesn't)

but then, finally, jeong jeong gives in. he lets piandao go. piandao feels a bit guilty, but he's finally getting what he wants. and this isn't goodbye forever, they'll see each other again soon, right?

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He is correct. It is hot leaf water. And the leaves matter. And the temperature of the water matters. And the vessel you drink it from matters. And who you share it with matters most of all.

So someone offers to let Toph touch their face

But being Toph, she is sick of merely explaining, again, that Blind People Don't Want To Paw Your Greasy Face

So she just makes them eat dirt instead

First day of Spring 🌿

I’m a sucker for dad mode Aang 🙂‍↕️ Bumi is in his special SWT clothes that Grangran and Hakoda had made for him. My headcanon is that Katara made Aang a betrothal necklace in the shape of his arrow and carved her own necklace design into it bc I think that’s cute af (and also really wanted to draw Aang with jewellery heh)

reason 1 million why i love zukka: how extra insane it makes hakoda's family tree