Ooh... political handlers... Right, that's it, that's my new head canon now. Zuko's just a figurehead fire lord - one who dresses in those elaborate robes, suffers assassination attempts, writes letters, sits stoically behind the wall of flame for part of the day, and occasionally performs the dancing dragon before crows of Earth Kingdom and Water Tribe ambassadors. Behind the scenes, it's Mai and Toph organizing everything and feeding him speeches. ;)
Gah! I love Embers. <3 Vathara does some lovely world-building in that, with a darker (but more believable for it) history of Fire Nation/Avatar politics... and just little things, like the troops in recent chapters treating Zuko as an actual PRINCE to be protected... and even details like it being the custom to not use metal but obsidian or other stones on the crown prince? I love little details like that. They make the entire world so much more believable and coherent as a whole, you know?
There are also a limited number of good Waterbending!Zuko fics out there, you know? I didn't even know I liked the idea until I read that fic. ;) Also, the idea of fire being able to heal? Awesome. I mean, we use heat to sterilize, cauterize, soothe, sweat out toxins... It's useful stuff, to a physician!
That's another thing - I love firebending being used for things other than, well, fighting. Even something as simple as lighting a candle, or making candy or what have you. :)
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Date: 2010-02-19 03:16 am (UTC)Gah! I love Embers. <3 Vathara does some lovely world-building in that, with a darker (but more believable for it) history of Fire Nation/Avatar politics... and just little things, like the troops in recent chapters treating Zuko as an actual PRINCE to be protected... and even details like it being the custom to not use metal but obsidian or other stones on the crown prince? I love little details like that. They make the entire world so much more believable and coherent as a whole, you know?
There are also a limited number of good Waterbending!Zuko fics out there, you know? I didn't even know I liked the idea until I read that fic. ;) Also, the idea of fire being able to heal? Awesome. I mean, we use heat to sterilize, cauterize, soothe, sweat out toxins... It's useful stuff, to a physician!
That's another thing - I love firebending being used for things other than, well, fighting. Even something as simple as lighting a candle, or making candy or what have you. :)