For Some Reason I Just Realized/noted Another Thing From Legacy Of The Fire Nation Book: The Way Iroh

For some reason I just realized/noted another thing from Legacy of the Fire Nation book: the way Iroh speaks about Ozai in relation to both fire siblings. When he revealed that sometimes he sees Ozai in Zuko, he says so in a regrettable tone, about what could've been better and wished that was. Meanwhile, when he connected Ozai (and himself) to Azula, he only associated her to the traits he believed to be problematic and should be held accountable.

Furthermore, what he claimed to see in Zuko is surely his own view and opinion BUT what he sees in Azula is what he assumes how Ozai views her too. Iroh doesn't think that Ozai might liked Azula better because of her talent and intelligence but because of the "fury" or whatever that was.

He doesn't see or acknowledge the positive things about Azula and only assumed Ozai liked her better because she mirrors the worst part of himself.

P.S. the first full page here.

the holy trinity of criers…..

Just found my new favourite AO3 tag.

@oborofollower7 rq response, that's because it's doesn't matter how long you've known a person it's about how much they've benefited in your life and vise versa I'm responding to this because I've had multiple situations and "friendships" where literally not one of them understood or were even compassionate for me and STILL has a scar on me. also reading vigilantes or looking with your own eyes would show their clear friendship between all FOUR of them.

@ people who think that shirakumo means that aizawa and mic werent close as teenagers, I'd like to remind yall that what we saw was aizawas flashback about who made him the hero he was, shirakumo.

He was probably just as close with mic as he was with shirakumo, but he wasnt reminiscing on the fun times he had with his friends, he was remembering how his friend shaped his life before and after he passed. Of course the flashbacks weren't going to have a lot of mic moments, because the flashbacks werent about him.

They were about shirakumo, first and foremost, and how he continued to affect aizawas life.

I feel like ozai doesn’t get enough credit as a character because a) people see him as an individual actor as opposed to the product of a system designed to produce someone exactly like himself and ensure that they have utmost power within said system and b) his children are, by design, given more narrative space and depth than he is, making them much more compelling and sympathetic characters. but just because his limited screentime and lack of nuance makes him static and unsympathetic doesn’t make him a bad character. his narrative role is to represent the ideology of the fire nation, and he executes that role perfectly.

lol everytime you just sit back and actually RELAX things just come naturally ig.