#airbookworm

Zuko had seen the sky bison flying overhead, and went to greet whoever it was outside the palace entrance. Where there was plenty of room for the large creature to land. He had long since missed the sight of sky bison appearing overhead without warning and dropping off its airbending companion. It was good to know that such a practice had continued with the next generation of airbenders.

Thank you for the kind words!

In all honestly, I’m really surprised that I haven’t received any sort of hate for taking a more controversial view on a character meant to be, like, the epitome of cliche evil animated villains.  

But, it’s also really saddening to me; the fact that Avatar is a show entirely about love, kindness, and how the world isn’t black and white, and Ozai gets none of the mercy and chances other characters do.  He was a plot device, and nothing more.

Even Iroh, who, for all intents and purposes should have had a huge part in how Ozai grew up, never shows any signs of ever caring about how Ozai turned out or what happens to him. In fact, in one of the books, he flat out states that he started avoiding Ozai basically because he didn’t want to deal with his temper tantrums.

(Iroh, man, I love you, but what the fuck?)

Ahhh okay thank you for this!!! I’ve always wanted to talk about this!!

Okay, so... imo, I think Azula probably went underground with her supporters, where she could sort of wait and watch the political environment of the Fire Nation? During that time, she’d try to start contacting Zuko and trying to influence his rule. I do think, eventually, she would crop up irl with Zuko, and she would likely try to offer her services as an advisor again. The comics made it seem like she had given up trying to get the throne, so as she tries to help Zuko, I do think we could see a redemption arc here. (Personally, I actually hope this is where they take her arc in the comics.) Once her mental stability returns in full, which I imagine would be helped along by being home and in a far more stable situation, Azula would have a lot of things to unlearn, and then a lot to learn as well. All this done, I see her eventually becoming an advisor in the Fire Nation, a brilliant strategist, and someone who goes down in the history books as a very positive figure, and someone people began to look up to!

Excessively Detailed Headcanons: Izumi

20. Childhood illnesses? Any interesting stories behind them?

Izumi was a relatively healthy child, aside from the occasional head colds or flu she would experience. However, there was once when she was around nine, that she came down with an illness that no doctor, healer, or physician could identify. It made her bedridden for about a week and a half. One day, she woke up freezing, and not even her inner fire could warm her. It also made her bending almost non-existent. They feared that something was attacking her inner fire, and they weren’t sure what would happen if it managed to extinguish it altogether.

They did everything they could to warm her. Moving her to the warmest room in the palace. Only giving her hot things to eat and drink. Always having a fire going in her room. Zuko rarely ever left her side as he attempted to use his own fire to heat hers. He was so scared of loosing his little girl, and he wanted to make sure that she knew he was with her every step of the way.