Firenation citizen under Ozai's rule

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HES SEVENTEEN

He hasn’t been civilised in 4 years, his entire teenage experience consists of living on a boat and sleeping rough. The most stable bed he has was probably in Ba Sing Se he probably will just nap anywhere.

He has customer service experience which means he probably uses his customer service voice on his minsters.

Additionally he probably just wanders into to kitchen to get his own snacks and tea because he forgets what servants do.

He probably has no idea why he can’t just chase after an assassin he used to hunt the avatar for Agnis sake why is the captain of the guard demanding he stay in his room he’ll find the guy first (he’s probably right)

Katara probably has a free pass on Eco terrorism because what’s he going to do challenge her, she’ll beat his ass.

If he saw a minster doing something shady he will either invite lady Beifong to detect their BS or commit B&E and look for evidence himself.

He somehow found a baby dragon and raises it.

He will be far to willing to give Kyoshi island anything they want cause he feels bad and Suki scares him.

He randomly insisted on giving some earth kingdom village 100 ostrich horses.

The Avatar will just show up call him Hotman and demand the go on adventures and the Firelord will just dip because he’s been confined to long and has the Zoomies.

He takes far to much advice from Sokka and will genuinely believe if someone doesn’t get Sokkas plans they must be an idiot because Sokka is 16.

Sokka and Zuko also get into a lot of teenage rebellion phases by accident.

Toph just walks in breaks a wall of his palace and demands a field trip that always involves the Firelord having to explain himself to the cops.

He somehow knows every dangerous teen in the world and they all come for tea uninvited.

He has broken into both the NWT and Ba Sing Se.

He has a really well documented facial scar and official portraits but still disappears to be Lee the tea guy like no one knows.

Ursa: Remember, no yelling. This is a place of refinement to experience true culture.

Baby Zuko, pointing at a painting: MAMA! I CAN SEE HER BOOBIES!!

Baby Azula, making slicing motions at a statue: HE GOT CHOPPED UP! SWOOSH! BAM! *dying noise*

Baby Zuko: WHY IS EVERYONE NAKED?!?!?

Ty Lee has... chi blocking... agility... acrobatics... uh?

Suki has sword, shield and fan experience, hand to hand combat, parkour, leadership...

Sokka has versatility, brain, sword (armature), boomerang, machete, whittling, implied hunting though we've never seen it successful on screen...

Those are nice and all. But I'm still going to look past the common consensus and instead look at Jet.

Ahem- Stealth, secret language/code, leadership, fast reflexes, most likely gathering and hunting, stealing, daggers, hook swords (Which basically have 4 striking points. The hook, the blade, the cresent near the grip, and the diamond shape), parkour, good aim, charisma, planning, the ability to construct those hideouts with all their catwalks and ziplines,

STAYING ALIVE SINCE HE WAS 8, FOR 8 YEARS? Being self taught in many of these?

Being able to hold his own against trained swordsman, military earthbenders, military firebenders?

How are we ignoring all this?

Go watch his reflexes in the episode "Jet" and in "Lake Laogai." He's defending everyone around him at the same time, having to keep up with 20-ish enemies from all angles simultaneously.

I rest my case.

Petyr Baelish vibes if I have to say so myself

bumi & iroh: they get along personality-wise but iroh being the fire nation prince who led an invasion of the earth kingdom makes things just a little weird. they'll be hanging out all chill and joking around and then bumi will toss out a joke at iroh's expense and iroh will just have to take it (and to his credit, he does)

bumi & jeong jeong: they don't dislike each other but they also don't really get each other. bumi keeps trying to get jeong jeong to loosen up (bc the guy who rebeled against the fire nation should be a fun rule-breaker, right?) and jeong jeong doesn't want to loosen up

bumi & pakku: bumi thinks pakku is a boring stick in the mud and pakku thinks bumi should put on a shirt

bumi & piandao: everyone is always surprised at how they well they get along but underneath the different exteriors they're the same kind of eccentric genius. they don't hang out often but when they do Wacky Shenanigans ensue

iroh & jeong jeong: iroh understands jeong jeong's struggles and wants to help but jeong jeong finds it annoying when iroh pulls the "old wise master" voice on him bc they're like the same age and jeong jeong left the fire nation first. like don't act like you're so much wiser than me about being a fire nation dissident, i've been doing it longer! they're not on bad terms though. they're both tea snobs and jeong jeong appreciates having someone else do the firebending

iroh & pakku: when people talk about the white lotus as an old boys' club this is what they're talking about. pakku is not super trusting of the fire prince but he's also kind of insulated from the war. they have shared a misogynistic joke or two

iroh & piandao: piandao was the grand lotus who vouched for iroh when the rest doubted him - he understands having a change of heart about the war plus he's a strategic guy and knew iroh would be a great asset. unfortunately iroh is less aware of that second part and thinks piandao likes him more than he does. piandao likes him fine and they bond over parenting zuko but nonbender orphanage kid piandao will always have a bit of a chip on his shoulder about wealthy firebenders

jeong jeong & pakku: mutual loathing. pakku hates jeong jeong for being a colonizer and jeong jeong hates pakku for his sexist beliefs about waterbending healing

jeong jeong & piandao: gay divorce weird old man yaoi similar to iroh & jeong jeong, piandao gets what jeong jeong's going through and wants to help while jeong jeong is resistant. the difference is that he's less preachy and not a firebender so there's an actual chance jeong jeong will listen to him. jeong jeong is lowkey jealous of him being a nonbender

I’ve been putting this off for awhile, @jbenn656 challenged me to do this ages ago. But because I am a slow writer with a perfectionist streak, the hesitation was real. However, I was glad to see some of you were interested in my take on Ozai’s origin story, starting at age eight. Hope you enjoy this preview!

Ozai straightened again, so quickly that he nearly lost his footing. He forced himself upright even though he could barely draw breath, refusing to hesitate, refusing to let his body’s protests reach his face. He raised his arm again and let the fire fly, pushing past the ache in his shoulders and the pain splintering through his jaw as he clenched it shut. The flame came out weaker this time, uneven and flickering before vanishing altogether.

“Barely thirty seconds,” Si-Wei said, his voice lower now, more biting. “Again.”

“Master,” Ozai rasped, blinking through a haze of dizziness as his vision blurred at the edges and his head throbbed, each heartbeat pounding like a drum in his ears. The sun bore down on the back of his neck and sweat dripped from his brow into his eyes, stinging almost as badly as the tears he refused to shed. “Can I…”

Si-Wei stared down at him with cold, dark eyes. “Is this how you plan to impress your father? By whining like a little girl because you’re uncomfortable? You can’t even hold your fire long enough to make an impression. Perhaps Agni made two mistakes, giving you the gift of fire and allowing you to be born to a line of powerful noble benders.”

“Zuko Alone”:

Azula: (to Ty Lee) See, I told you it would work. Ty Lee: Aw, they’re so cute together. Mai: (getting up as Zuko walks off) You two are such… ugh!

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