iroh and jet??wha???
Sigh some folks think that because Jet doesn’t have a good adult figure in his life, Iroh should be someone who befriends and guides him and help him “overcome” his trauma. Which hhhhhhhhhhhhh I kinda get what they’re trying to do like they think Jet being able to get along with a firebender would show that he’s healed but it’s really not that simple.
Like, it’s not a phobia he can overcome by slowly being introduced to again, it’s a deep trauma that’s shaped his life. The Fire Nation is the reason Jet’s lost his family and forced him to grow up so fast; since he was eight he’s had to fight to survive and he’s not only seen the damage the Fire Nation has done to other children, he’s experienced it first hand. Hell, literally just seeing Iroh heat his tea - not even using firebending in a dangerous way- was a massive trigger for him which led to him spiraling into a bad place again.
Jet doesn’t need to befriend a firebender to heal, and he certainly doesn’t need a firebender (from the MONARCHY no less) to ‘help’ him in any way. Again, I understand the thought process behind it, but Jet being friends with a ‘nice’ firebender isn’t gonna make him forgive and forget years of colonization, loss of culture and death of his loved ones.
