#fire lily

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It was complicated to pick a flower for Callista. To me, she is much fiercer than her brother, and most flowers have pretty and delicate meanings. Ended up choosing Fire Lily, which was recommanded to me by a friend! I like the pointy yet elegant look of that flower, fits her!

Carme has Fire Lilies, Moon has Forget-me-not flowers.

White Fire Lily: Thank you for the meal-I will see myself out.

Sage: See yourself out to wander and follow an unknown voice? You said yourself that you hadn't heard them in a while...

If you'd like, you're more than welcome to stay with us until you get your bearings. We've more than enough room and one berry bread does not make a healthy fae make.

White Fire Lily: Stay...here? N-No....I couldn't take any more advantage of your hospitality than I already have.

Recluse: I may not be a healer any longer, but even I can tell that you're running on fumes. It wouldn't be wise for you to head back out into the swamp on your own.

Sage: Agreed! At least stay until the morning when you've had proper rest and sustenance. Perhaps...you could help us around the house or aid my Recluse in his gardening if you feel the need to repay us still. But know that you're welcome to stay as long as you'd like!

White Fire Lily: Maybe...one night wouldn't be so bad. I promise not to be a burden.

Recluse: I'm certain you won't be-Not anymore than this freeloader.

I see something like this, when I imagine my two oc daughters of Zutara taking part in their father's and oc daughter of Sukka taking part in her uncle's culture with her cousins, in the huge tranquil fire lily garden, at the Fire Nation royal palace.

PS:- For the people that do not know, this song is called 'Sakal Ban' from the popular Indian/Bollywood Netflix series 'Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar'. It's music video is on YouTube for anyone that wants to watch it.

So, long after discovering Zutara and becoming a fan, I accidentally stumbled upon this song, and was absolutely obsessed with it. And as I kept on rewatching its music video, I started to see Fire Nation royalty in a similar beautiful and opulent way, where the nation's culture and traditions would also be celebrated and carried out in such pride and beauty inside the palace walls, especially since Zuko and Katara would be its rulers together. Then the idea came over to my head. What if Zutara's and Sukka's daughters engaged together in Fire Nation culture like this in absolute royalty with all of the palace women? And here's how I thought this idea out. So the song 'Sakal Ban' actually has a touching history to it (y'all can look it up if you want) but here, I'm only going to be talking about the main thing that got me to come up with this idea. In the song lyrics, the main thing that's described about, were mustard flowers and the arrival of spring. That is why to represent that in the music video, you see all the women in beautiful yellow dresses and the atmosphere of the environment they are in, having a yellow hue to it. And I really wanted something similar regarding how Fire Nation culture could be celebrated this royally, in the context of the A:TLA world. And then a light bulb went off over my head. Fire Lilies. In the canon lore of A:TLA, the Fire Nation holds annual festivals, during the flower's blooming period in the middle of summer, celebrating them for it's considered fiery purity and it's symbolism of passion. This is similar to how mustard flowers are considered special in Indian culture during the arrival of spring in India (there is actually more to why mustard flowers are considered special in India but I'm not gonna explain it here, y'all can look it up if y'all want). And so I thought the year blooming of Fire Lilies could be celebrated in a similar regal way in the Fire Nation royal palace, with women wearing beautiful dresses in different shades of red, doing graceful classical court dancing while bending fire with their hands. Like, wouldn't it be so cool seeing Zutara's daughters and Sukka's daughter in this kind of royal cultural setting 😭😭😭?? Anyways, this is my second idea for my post A:TLA world where Zutara is canon.

More posts like this are on the way ;)

In my other post before this one, which was the first post where I shared my first idea regarding my post A:TLA world where Zutara is canon, I didn't REALLY explain at first, on how I got the idea and how I developed it. I've explained it now and have edited it. So to anyone who wants to read it or to the people who have already seen it before I edited it, but would be interested in reading it again now that I've explained my idea more, here it is;

I’ve read “From the Sidelines”

I’ve read “Fire Lily”

It’s now time that I read “That Way You Used To Do”