Zuko - Blog Posts
The freaking Avatar shows up and he's just like, look I'm just here to warn you about my girlfriend, she's coming here on my grandson's dragon friend right now, so don't run it only makes things worse
Fire Lord Zuko passing a law that forbids challenging anyone under the age of majority to Agni Kai
Fire Lord Zuko waiting until the day he reaches the age of majority to pass this law, lest anyone think he is a coward
(No one. Literally no one would have thought that, but it’s generally regarded as a very classy move regardless)
Redraw of Zuko, 2016 vs 2021
some close ups:
in my head sirius and regulus are zuko and azula in another universe. The heirs of a kingdom, the familial expectations, groomed from a young age by their families, seperated by those expectations. Sirius being the "different" outcasted one, regulus being the "prodigy" who couldn't unlearn the family's ways. zuko's exile (leaving home at 16), azula's crashout when the life she wanted isn't what it seemed (sets the stage for regulus' betrayal). Zuko joining team avatar AKA sirius finding the marauders. Yup.
Back in 2009, I was a 13 year old mad for Avatar. I made several series in which I designed outfits for the Gaang and proudly captured them bending. 11 years later, I returned to this same ambition with my current approaches. It is extremely satisfying to have them next to my old work. Not so much because they are technically more advanced, but rather because they show how I am still the same girl, in a little bit of a different way.
〜 Water, Earth, Fire, Air 〜
I don't think I'll ever get over the fact that there were hundreds of people in attendance when Ozai burned Zuko. Like... they were watching a grown man mutilate his 13-year-old son. They were practically witnessing a murder attempt. And I just can't help but wonder what they thought and felt at that moment...
This always got to me. Zuko’s trauma runs so deep. People just kind of see it as this one incident, but it was so severe. Ozai took a little, wide-eyed, optimistic, loving, kind boy– his own son, and mutilated him in public. He intentionally humiliated him. He brought him out in front of all of the noble people to add humiliation, watched him grovel and sob and beg in front of hundreds. He mutilated him, caused him unfathomable physical pain that would have any human hospitalized for months– months. A burn like that can kill you. It was so serious.
The emotional trauma from that would haunt anyone for their entire lives. That would give so many PTSD, even, I’m sure. That was so targeted and calculated and fucked up, and it’s so disgusting and sick how that was only the tip of the iceberg of what Ozai did to Zuko. He groomed him to think he was worthless. It was all so disgusting. Zuko deserves so much love omfg. Katara would hate him so much.
Mai only directly supports him, though. She calls Zuko a traitor in Boiling Rock for standing against him in DOBS and she indirectly helps Ozai try to reclaim the throne in the comics.
Disgusting.
Code Names
Zuko: From now on, will be using code names.
Zuko: You can adress me as Eagle One.
Aang: *scoffs*
Zuko: Mai is “Been There Done That.”
Mai: *rolls eyes*
Zuko: Katara is “Currently Doing That.”
Katara: *face palms*
Zuko: Sokka is “If I Had To Pick A Guy”.
Sokka: What the he-
Zuko: Suki is “It Happened Once In a Dream”.
Suki: Excuse me?!
Zuko: And Toph is…
Zuko: Eagle Two
Toph: Oh, thank god.
I love the idea of Mononoke Sokka and Ashitaka Zuko!!! Just look at them 😭❤️
Thank you for including Suki here. I hate how Avatar fans don’t include her in the “Gaang” fan art.
Team Avatar having a fun time 🦆🐢✨
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🚨 Urgent: Help Hassan’s Family Escape Gaza Before It’s Too Late 🚨
Asalamu Alaikum,
My name is Rozhgar, and I am setting up this fundraiser from the UK for my dear friend Hassan Al-Ustaz and his family of 11, who are trapped in Gaza.
Hassan’s family once lived in a home filled with love and hope in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. But when the war broke out, their world was shattered. Their home built with years of struggle and sacrifice was completely destroyed.
Hassan’s only dream is to live in peace and freedom. But time is running out.
🙏 Please donate and share this campaign with as many people as possible. Your kindness can save a family from unimaginable suffering.
For more updates, follow us on Instagram: 📌 @hasanmohammed434 📌 @rozhy_a
Thank you for your generosity. May God bless you all.
🚨 Urgent: Help Hassan’s Family Escape Gaza Before It’s Too Late 🚨
Asalamu Alaikum,
My name is Rozhgar, and I am setting up this fundraiser from the UK for my dear friend Hassan Al-Ustaz and his family of 11, who are trapped in Gaza.
Hassan’s family once lived in a home filled with love and hope in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. But when the war broke out, their world was shattered. Their home built with years of struggle and sacrifice was completely destroyed.
Hassan’s only dream is to live in peace and freedom. But time is running out.
🙏 Please donate and share this campaign with as many people as possible. Your kindness can save a family from unimaginable suffering.
For more updates, follow us on Instagram: 📌 @hasanmohammed434 📌 @rozhy_a
Thank you for your generosity. May God bless you all.
🚨 Urgent: Help Hassan’s Family Escape Gaza Before It’s Too Late 🚨
Asalamu Alaikum,
My name is Rozhgar, and I am setting up this fundraiser from the UK for my dear friend Hassan Al-Ustaz and his family of 11, who are trapped in Gaza.
Hassan’s family once lived in a home filled with love and hope in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. But when the war broke out, their world was shattered. Their home built with years of struggle and sacrifice was completely destroyed.
To make matters worse, Hassan’s beloved brother, Hossam, was killed just weeks ago in an Israeli airstrike. He was the light of their family a kind soul who always helped others. His loss has left an unbearable void.
💔 Living in Constant Fear, Hunger & Desperation
Every day is a fight for survival.
They have no home, no food, and no safety.
They live in constant fear, exposed to relentless bombings.
His mother and brother are suffering from serious health issues and need urgent medical care.
Hassan is exhausted mentally, physically, and emotionally. His only hope is to save his family before it's too late.
💰 The Cost of Escape: Why We Need Your Help
Escaping Gaza is extremely expensive due to war inflation:
$5,000 – $7,000 per adult for a paid permit at the Rafah border.
$2,500 – $3,500 per child for the same permit.
Additional costs for transportation and medical care in Egypt.
Every single donation counts! No matter how small, it brings them one step closer to safety.
❤️ Your Support = Their Survival
Your donation will: ✅ Help Hassan secure emergency travel permits for his family. ✅ Get his mother and brother the urgent medical care they need. ✅ Give them a chance to rebuild their lives in safety.
💯 100% of donations (minus transfer fees) will go directly to Hassan and his family.
This is not just financial aid this is a lifeline.
📢 Stand for Humanity – Donate & Share
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I will write about mostly anything that I am familliar with, but these are my base fandoms
Marvel
Rise of the Guardians
Huntik: Secrets and seekers
Bakugan
Drifters (historical sci-fi comedy anime)
Dororo
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Yu-Gi-Oh!
Inazuma Eleven
Shaman King
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oneshots
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series (maybe not everytime, maybe I'll see the idea better as an oneshot but I will indeed text you about it if I decide to do it!)
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NSFW
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finally able to finish this now that im done with my finals projects. The fire nation is my favourite part of the live action ngl
The fact that both of zukos abusers used lightning against zuko and instead of learning to use lightning himself like he could have he learned how to redirect the lightning and let it pass through him and then straight clean out of him… Do you ever think about how that is literally physically representing how instead of absorbing his father and sisters abuse he lets it pass through him and instead of soaking it in and letting it destroy him he redirects it away from himself… I just want some peace in my life
Azula's Motivations in ATLA
I haven’t been in the ATLA fandom long enough to know how popular this opinion is, but I think at her core, Azula wants to be accepted, to be loved, to belong.
I think you can tell a lot about a character by finding out what breaks them. Looking at goals can be helpful, but a lot of the times goals can mask true desires.
What truly begins to break Azula is the betrayal from Mai and Ty Lee. She's also strangely bothered by the belief that her mother thinks she's a monster. In the scene where she hallucinates her mother, Azula only breaks down and shatters the mirror when her mother says she loves her. As if Azula desperately wants it to be true but can't believe it, so she lashes out.
In the finale when Ozai leaves her behind to go destroy the earth kingdom, she says: “I thought we were going to do this together” and “you can’t treat me like Zuko”. She’s desperate to belong, to be accepted by her father. And even though she’s had his approval for her entire life, she’s immediately afraid of being cast aside.
While she is pretty obsessed with succeeding at everything she does and doing things perfectly (ie “almost isn’t good enough”), I think the real reason she’s so obsessed is because she believes she must earn her worth in order to be accepted.
Azula hasn't had many experiences with healthy relationships as a child so she makes people stay by instilling fear and proving her worth. Power and success aren't what she truly desires. They are more so a means to an end.
I also think in the last Agni Kai, she breaks down not just because she's defeated, but because Zuko and Katara defeat her together. A painful reminder that other people have support they can rely on, but she has no one.
It's also really interesting to compare her to Zuko because I don't think Zuko has the same motivation at his core. Yes Zuko became obsessed with chasing the Avatar to be accepted by his father, but really it was about his honor. Zuko saw acceptance in the Fire Nation as a means to an end for his own worth and honor.
And that's the reason Zuko isn't satisfied when he's back to belonging in the Fire Nation again in season 3. And he's not satisfied in the Earth Kingdom with his uncle's support, nor satisfied being accepted and trusted by Katara in that cave.
I'm not saying Zuko doesn't care about or want acceptance from people, just that there is something deeper motivating him.
When Azula pushes people away, it's defense mechanism. When Zuko pushes people away, he's yearning for something more.
From the search part 2 …When Ozai and Ursa make a deal.
sksksksks ok but y'all know I don't ship zutara right
Random “what if Bolin and Mako were born in the first series” just because. (Though, their start is the same in the au where Aang died and Korra is born within the hundred year war. Which … maybe I’ll make a post about, maybe I won’t idk.)
They’re born in a Fire Nation colony. It’s small, not overly populated so their family isn’t exactly a secret. Some colonies have less unrest, this isn’t one of them.
Their family is generally ignored but with Fire Nation troops still prevalent in newer colonies they’re still kept an eye on.
Mako is born with gold eyes and his complexion is just darker than his mothers. They’re actually a little relieved. But then comes Bolin with warm green eyes who moves pebbles with his wails and they’re suddenly not so at ease in town anymore.
San is the one who bends a small tunnel under their house. He drills into his boys head that they don’t belong here, that people don’t care for them here. That one day they may have to leave. Go find refuge with his family back in Ba Sing Se. He tells Mako repeatedly that he can’t bend out there. He tells Bolin repeatedly that he can’t bend here.
Naoki doesn’t argue but she hates it, she hates these plans and the fact that they could be necessary. They’re her children, they should belong.
It’s Naoki who gets them in trouble. He’s passionate and speaks her mind but she’s angry too. She loves her nation and she hates it. Hates how it spits at her husband’s feet and looks at her children like they’re nothing. Naoki hates that in many of her peoples’ eyes she stopped being a Fire Nation citizen the moment she married San. (Or not, who knows if marriage between two nations is legal at this point. Especially concerning Fire Nation.)
Mako doesn’t know why his parents are suddenly fighting the soldiers but he knows what it means when they stop moving. He knows what could come next if he doesn’t get his little brother out.
And they’re running away and they’re crying and hungry and their feet hurt. Mako struggles to bend to keep them warm, Bolin struggles to make them stable shelter. Neither of them have any idea where they’re going.
They’re children who have struggled to survive. They have to learn to feed themselves, to keep themselves clothed in any manner they can. They’re rarely ever looked at when they roll into a town. Orphans of war are hardly a new concept, especially on the borders of the Earth Kingdom.
Mako hates firebenders and he never bends in public view but fire is what helps keep Bolin warm and fed. It’s what keeps him close to his mother. Mako hates firebenders but he trains every second he can. He’s skilled enough to keep them safe but his fire is used only as a last resort. Mako’s good with knives. (He doesn’t generate lightning in this au, doesn’t even know that’s a possibility.)
People tend to love Bolin and then dislike him in a heartbeat. He’s a very “not all firebenders are bad” kind of kid because they’re cursing the Fire Nation right in front of his brother and it’s not fair. Mako’s not like that and Bolin’s Fire Nation too. But he knows well enough he can’t say that. Bolin’s not ashamed of his family but he thinks sometimes that maybe he should be.
It takes them years to actually reach Ba Sing Se and by then Bolin has forgotten why they’re here in the first place. Mako doesn’t remind him. He doesn’t find their family. He doesn’t know them, he doesn’t trust them. Most of all he’s afraid they’ll reject them.
They spend three years in the city. Living on the street and in abandoned buildings. They both take whatever job they can find. Mako’s 16 and Bolin’s 14 and they’re used to hard living by now.
“These people are Fire Nation!” Bolin’s panic lasts only a moment when he realizes people are gathered on the street. Two teenagers around his brother’s age are sword fighting. The old man is trying to talk the teenager down, trying to tell them that they’re not who he thinks they are. It’s not surprising when the Dai Li takes one of the angry teenagers away. They said they’re not Fire Nation. People defended them. But Bolin can’t help but wonder.
Iroh is slightly worried it’s going to become a frequent occurrence when ANOTHER teenager comes in the shop asking if they’re Fire Nation. The difference is, he buys some tea and when he brings the cup to the counter, he leans over it to whisper his question. The problem is he whispers his question to his nephew who replies with a loud and impolite “no”. Luckily the boy seems unperturbed by Zuko’s brash behavior. Unluckily for them it just seems the boy decided for himself that they are.
The boy becomes a regular. Not always buying tea but always trying to engage both Zuko and Iroh. Iroh is amused, Zuko is not. But the boy, Bolin, did promise to keep their secret. Iroh believes him, though he never admits to the boy’s claims. Iroh eventually invites Bolin over for tea, much to Zuko’s chagrin. But he’s a hopeful old man and maybe someone as lighthearted as Bolin would be good for Zuko.
Iroh learns a lot about Bolin in a very short time. Bolin loves to talk, especially about his brother. Apparently Bolin has had a very hard life, traveling, homeless, his brother taking care of them since their parents were killed. Iroh doesn’t really understand how Bolin is so ready to be friends with people he believes to be of the same nation that killed his parents. That is until he sees his brother.
It’s Bolin’s eyes that threw him. Standing next to Mako with his dark amber eyes and the boys strong family resemblance, Iroh doesn’t know how he missed the Fire Nation in him. Mako politely apologizes for his brother’s intrusiveness and Iroh hopes maybe Zuko’s potential friend count just bumped up to two. But then Zuko remarks that he should be and the look Mako throws at his nephew makes Iroh realize he should focus on one for now. Still Mako somehow finds himself having tea with his brother, his strange old friend and their shithead nephew.
Another potential friend, a potential more, for Zuko comes in the form of Jin. She’s nice and he thinks her date with Zuko went well. But Bolin’s at their apartment the next morning without so much as a hello but a giddy “I knew it!” Iroh is reminded once again about his nephew’s fault in not thinking before he acts when Bolin told his tale about seeing and following Zuko only to see him light up the candles in a plaza without taking a step towards them.
It’s then that Iroh learns that Mako’s a firebender. Iroh is prevvy to a lot more detail about Bolin’s life then and Zuko quietly listens from his room. Iroh isn’t surprised to learn that Mako isn’t a fan of firebenders and wouldn’t exactly be happy about Bolin hanging around them. Mako wouldn’t be the first.
Iroh is pleased that Bolin is so happy for him when he’s given his own teashop. But Bolin never enters and he’s surprised that Bolin didn’t greet them at their new place. It’s then that he realizes the kind of people he’s suddenly surrounded by. No shoeless, grubby teenagers in sight. He doesn’t get the chance to invite Bolin and his brother into his teashop before they’re invited to see the king.
It was Azula who told him that oranges are eaten by the peel.
zuko always thought you were supposed to eat oranges with the skin on, biting into them like you would an apple and just eating it really quickly before the juice spills everywhere. one of katara’s love languages is preparing fruit for ppl. the first time she peels an orange & hands it to zuko, he’s just like “ew......why is it naked....”
where’s the korra fics where’s the zuko fics like guys what’s GOING ON. We need to step our game up asap because this is genuinely RIDICULOUS. Also not those Korra x Asami or Zuko x Katara, like they’re cute but I DO NOT CAREEEE AT ALLL if yn or a oc isn’t inserted.
The Avatar
(legend of Korra as well)
Aang
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Katara
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Sokka
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Azula
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Zuko
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Korra
Time consuming
Korra with a S/O that can plant bend
Asami
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Mako
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Bolin
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Others
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