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They both had to hide their bending...
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Rewatching ATLA, and oh my god I forgot how many sillies Zuko pulls/gets shipped with
Like Zuko and Katara, Zuko and Sokka, Zuko and Mai, Zuko and Jet, Zuko and Jin
LIKE oh my god that loser boy has some magic rizz
ⓘJinko headcanons🔥🍵⛲️
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I think I’m gonna write an atla fanfic where everyone in the gaang gets paired of with a minor character. Zuko? There’s Jin right there, the cutest girl in Ba Sing Se. Katara? Obviously Haru, half the fandom was FERAL about that man for a while there. Sokka? Okay, I cannot in good faith separate him from Suki UNLESS I keep Yue alive and then have Suki paired off with a hot (or adorable) lesbian. Aang? There are so many people, but it would be so cool if he was with a non-bender. Like Jet. It would be toxic as hell and a very bumpy ride, but boy would it be interesting… and then Toph would be mad about being the ONLY one in the group to not have had a deep tension with the guy. Speaking of Toph. Yeah it’s from the comics but that engineer guy working for her dad. They were perfect together.
Actually maybe I should just write a fanfic where Jet is like the gaang’s wife. He has a harem and that harem is the gaang. He had deep romantic/sexual tension with half of them already.
What we know about Jin
I have posted this information before but years ago, so this a reminder that we do actually have a canon backstory for Jin (who was created and written by Katie Mattila).
These are screenshots of the old official Nickelodeon ATLA website. These pages were available online when the episode The Tales of Ba Sing Se first aired in 2006 and for some years afterwards. The archived version of the entire website can be found at this Tumblr @/atla-lore-archive
Important facts here about Jin's background:
Jin's parents are alive and they are refugees who met in Ba Sing Se.
Jin was born in Ba Sing Se and has lived there her whole life.
Jin has had a good life despite her family being poor and struggling.
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Okay, here's a fun one. Zuko tells Jin that he's a firebender with Jin just going, "Pfffft. I know that!" Zuko is confused, but Jin just points out that it's the only explanation as to how the lanterns was lit 😂
@pedanticat I apologize for the Twilight meme. I couldn't resist. 🤣
Jin and the Value of Flat Characters
Anti-Jinko discourse is rare, but neutral or negative-leaning criticisms do pop up from time to time. One of the more common of these is the idea that Jin is "not a character." Some re-phrasings may go along the lines of:
Zuko is too important/developed/dynamic a main character to have a love interest who is not.
Jin/jinko has less than 5 minutes of screentime.
Jin is just a one-off filler character with no real personality.
Jin is, in fact, a character. More specifically, she is a flat character (in terms of the series proper - I'm not including the novel in this analysis). The "round vs. flat" dichotomy is often conflated with "well-written vs. poorly-written," where flatness equals a lack of character. While flat characters can be the result of creative fumbles, dismissing all of them as bad, cliched, or boring misunderstands their purpose.
Flat characters contrast the round (or dynamic) characters with their simplicity and stability. They don't undergo great change and are usually built around a defining trait, archetype, and/or role. They can help establish tone and themes with their predictable natures, which may also kickstart events, raise the stakes, and/or become complicating factors. Flat characters, when well-constructed, can be as memorable and beloved as their rounder counterparts.
The best example of a flat character in A:tLA is, arguably, Suki. Suki's personal developments are uncomplicated and happen mostly off-screen. She is a valuable ally to the Gaang, a love interest for Sokka, holds a position that assists with worldbuilding, and her appearances revolve around these roles. Members of the creative team have noted that Suki was not originally intended to appear after The Warriors of Kiyoshi. She was a one-off character with a specific narrative function, who was so well-liked she was brought back.
I can imagine a few knee-jerk reactions: "Suki is different! They actually brought her back and developed her relationship with Sokka! She's got useful traits and skills!" My intention in comparing Suki and Jin is not to say that their status in canon is the same. Rather, because they were both one-off, flat characters at their creation, they carried similar potential. This potential is what shippers and Jin fans are responding to. Jin was not taken down the fan-favorite, supporting character route like Suki, but fans do remember her. She is remembered because she does have personality, because that is her purpose as a flat character.
In the previous analysis, I touched on how Jin was written to be the perfect first date for Zuko. This is her role in the story, it is why she exists. To believably fill that role, she needed to be likable in a short amount of time. She needed to be someone who could give Zuko a "nice" date in spite of himself. Someone who could create that youthful, awkward but cute, first date chemistry. Someone whose disappointed face would make you think about the unfortunate complexity of Zuko's circumstances. In my opinion, the Jinko ship continuing on is proof that she accomplished her flat character mission beyond expectations. Jinko shippers are a testament to the talent amongst A:tLA's creatives and collaborators, and not simply the fandom doing fandom things.
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Making that fic rec list made me a little nostalgic one fic i didn't include there. (I'm working on another list to rectify that) As you can probably guess that fic is A Distant City and for this comic i'll be drawing one of my favourite scenes from my favourite fic.
If you like action, intrigue and big setpieces this fic has that, but it's the quieter transitory scenes, that for a writer would ordinarily be the first to skip, where thebelovedequation really shines and makes the world and characters come alive. I hope i'll do it justice!
i don't know how many pages this will take. I'm guessing at least 4, but probably more.
