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My mom has been thinking of moving sometime in the future, and she sent me a listing on zillow to look at, right?

And I’m like, “Oh cute, it even has a little in-law suite, that’s nice,” BUT THEN I KEPT SCROLLING AND

Um

UMM

Mounted stock herders or “cowboys” in Europe

A buttero or cavalcante is an Italian mounted herder, usually of horses, cattle, or buffaloes, predominantly in the Maremma region of Tuscany & northern Lazio, or in the Pontine Marshes to the south. They sometimes participate in various celebrations of Jesus Christ's Passion.

In 1890, Buffalo Bill took his Wild West show to Rome (during his tour of Europe) to display cowboy skills. Unimpressed, the Italian butteri led by Augusto Imperiali challenged Buffalo Bill to a contest of skill. The butteri proved far more experienced, & won all competitions.

A campino is a cattle herder in the Portuguese region of Ribatejo. Campinos work on horse-back, using a long pole (a pampilho or lance) to manage and direct the herd. Campinos are also known for their attire, which consists of a green and red stocking cap with a tassel.

The inhabitants of the Spanish city of Salamanca are called "charros". Among these, the inhabitants of the regions of Alba, Vitigudino, Ciudad Rodrigo and Ledesma are specifically known for their traditional "ganadería" heritage and colorful glitzy clothing.

The csikós is the mounted horse-herdsman of Hungary. The csikós tradition is closely associated with the Hungarian puszta (The Pannonian Steppe). It is also closely linked to the Nonius breed of horse.

The gulyás is the traditional mounted cattle-herdsman of Hungary. The gulyás tradition is associated with the Hungarian puszta and with the Hungarian Grey or Hungarian Steppe breed of Podolic cattle. Gulyás is the origin of the word goulash.

A gardian is a mounted cattle herdsman in the Camargue delta in Provence, southern France. The Camargue is known for its beautiful white horses, which are considered to be one of the oldest breeds in the world.

The czaban were the traditional cattle herdsmen of the Polish people. Their cavalry was among the most highly regarded in earlier centuries. From the Middle Ages onward, vast herds of cattle were driven by these cowboys from Poland and Hungary to markets in Germany,

Okay, this is true, but to be fair Zuko is also 75% of Iroh’s impulse control. Zuko is impulsive as all get out, but is able to get his shit together when everyone else around him is drinking Dumbass Juice (The Boiling Rock, Sozin’s Comet, etc.). Iroh is kind of the same way in that he took the liberty of ‘Angsty Nephew Wrangler’ for the majority of season 1 and 2, but Zuko did his fair share of carrying the brain cell between him and Iroh: 

Example 1: Iroh is a shopaholic Stuff Gremlin and the fact that he was probably in charge of the ship’s funds should be very concerning. 

Example 2: 

Iroh: *takes a nap for ten fucking years and is way too comfortable being naked in public* 

Zuko: please act like a human, I’m begging you 

Example 3: almost immediately after becoming fugitives, Zuko was the one trying to find food and be productive while Iroh made the Big Smart Brain Decision to make a might-be-but-might-not-be poisonous flower on the off chance that it would make some dope ass tea. 

And did he learn from his mistake????? 

Example 4: “What are you doing firebending your tea?!” is a good fucking question, Zuko 

What I’m saying is, that yes, Iroh was full of sage wisdom and did function as Zuko’s impulse control a good 90% of the time, but Zuko had to get his impulse control from somewhere. 

(bonus: In which Iroh conveniently ignores his nephew’s crime addiction because it gets him snacks)

Iroh: ‘my nephew is obviously stealing these things and not talking about his issues, this habit he’s developing will lead him down the wrong path’ 

also Iroh: ‘okay, he can crime a little bit’ 

Jet: Hey, what’s good? Wanna Be Bi(tm) Do Crimes(tm)? 

Iroh, internally: ‘Zuko do it, Zuko DO IT, I’M HUNGRY’ 

because can you imagine the gaang thinks that iroh is the mature one? they've not really been around him for that long apart from when hes got his game face on for the war

and with all the story's that zukos told them all about him, they would probably think that irohs the adult constantly running around after zukos shit

and then after the war ends they finally spend some time around the two of them together and witness zuko dragging iroh away from a cup of tea because 'uncle the maid saw somebody put poison in it before it left the kitchen you can't drink it!' while irohs trying to desperately reach for it like 'but its my favourite flavour!'

and the gaang are just like