Okay, so firstly, this ask is now 16 months old, and I suck. Please do not reply saying I don't suck, I do. I have made peace with it, and I'm here now hoping actually answering makes me suck a little less.

Onto the ask.

I'm no longer into the vodka, as established by the fact that it's forever later, a Tuesday at 10 am, and I'm writing this in office hours. But I feel like coffee and unwillingness to actually do my job make up for it.

Now this might shock you, but the answer is Iroh.

Iroh is Bumi's love, he's Shiko's brother, he's Azula's nephew, and those three characters live inside me on a daily basis. Hell, he's even one of Lin's best friends, and even nephew in many of my verses.

Iroh means a lot to a lot of characters I adore, and I think that puts him in a special place in my heart, because although I've written him occasionally for some ficlet, I don't think him actually mine, and as such, he's someone my characters long for.

Azula loved him as a nephew, her little serious prince that would be so formal it made her want to take him out to rob a bank or something. His sister misses him dearly while he's away living his best life in the UF and later on with Bumi, and she takes care of their nation as FL. Lin enjoys every visit he makes to RC, their conversations about new fighting techniques, and their nights out having a drink or two, surely being each other's wingman. And Bumi...

Bumi would just give his life for that man, and he would also drive him insane in a heartbeat. He would pin for Iroh for years, and marry him the very same day they kissed for the first time. Bumi's crazy for Iroh, and that means I must be a little crazy for him too, right?

Ooooooh 👀👀

//Yes! You aren’t the only one. I always imagined there were a multitude of benders in the mix for a variety of reasons. From either self hate or wanting to belong or family being part of it or just wanting to help. The equalists didn’t start at the extreme we saw.

My oc Akira is actually a waterbender, hasn’t used it in years. There were a few others back in the day I rped with as well. I rped with some that were undercover for triads. One whose wife was a non bender that joined with her. One who joined then was found out and equalized.

What's a piece of advice you find yourself giving a lot?

What's a piece of advice you would give to yourself five years ago?

Orange!!!

•I always refer to the zen proverb, "Student says, Master, I feel very discouraged. What should I do? The master replies, Encourage others."

•Advice I'd give myself five years ago?

Enjoy the tranquility while you can.

Save up.

Fix those little problems first, because they will get bigger.

Brace yourself for stupidity. Because you ain't seen nothing yet! 😂

Last edited Feb 26, 2024 lmaoo

I only have a bullet list of ideas and a bit of the first one written for this fic.

Based off the vibes of the song Pluto - Sleeping at Last cuz that’s such a Lin vibe to meeee

But it’s a Lin centric (shocker I know) snapshot piece of everything that gives her nightmares at night, times she was actually falling and times she was emotionally falling.

A few hcs in there like my drowning as a kid hc and some random injuries from when she was a younger officer. (My fav is her falling onto rubble/rebar that one is so precious to me for some reason lol) moments of emotional despair, when tenzin broke up with her, when Aang died, when Toph gave Bolin answers about Lin’s father when she was ignored every time she would ask.

The vibe I was going for was related to the line about where armor ends and skin begins as well as the feeling you get when you’re almost asleep and you suddenly feel like you dropped 30ft back into your bed.

Deepest darkest secret they won’t even admit to themselves

She feels she only got her tattoos because her father realized he was getting old and almost died in the hands of the red lotus. If he wasnt there in a few years to appoint a new master then no one would be and Jinora would go without her master tats or receive them from a non air master.