Consider: Fire Lord Zuko quietly putting all the Order of the White Lotus guys on his board of councilors because he’s tired of arguing with the Fire Nation elite who served under his father and if he’s gonna overturn a century-old fascist regime he’s gonna need some Agents of Chaos on his advisory board
- Iroh doesn’t come to meetings very often because his tea shop and customers come first and frankly, he’s done enough time trying to convince the nobles to do stuff, thanks. He has had enough of it by this point. When he does show up it’s mostly for moral support and when he thinks things are going to get heated (pun intended)
- Piandao is probably the single most consistent and valuable member and is extremely good at coming up with progressive and tactful ideas. He’s extremely bad at convincing the council, however. He also can’t seem to get through a meeting without challenging someone to an agni kai. Mostly as a joke. Partly as a power move. Like he WILL bring a sword to a fire fight DO NOT test him on that
- Jeong Jeong has never been on time for a meeting and probably never will. He shows up like a half hour late with tea and doesn’t say anything. His presence alone just freaks everyone out. There’s barely a councilor in there who hasn’t fought with him, been trained by him, or dated him at SOME point in their lives. He knows it. They know it. Zuko doesn’t know it but he appreciates how much gossip he gets to hear from Jeong Jeong when the meetings are over
- Pakku has only showed up like twice and dragged everyone so hard that they haven’t allowed him back.
- Bumi shows up consistently just for the hell of it. He has a few straight-up brilliant strategies but mostly he’s just there to chill. He outclasses everyone with his outfits. He brings Flopsie to each meeting and no one is allowed to say anything because it would be rude and they are not aware that Flopsie will, in fact, not eat them. Zuko publicly does not acknowledge the 10 foot tall goat-gorilla that’s napping in the throne room. He is looking away. He does not see it
The gaang plays a stupid game which basically tests how good zuko is at finding shit.
It starts off with aang trying to make zuko more likeable by showing how good he is at finding things. He hides their supplies in a weird part of the western air temple and is like “don’t worry. I’m sure zuko can find it by the end of the day.” He finds it in ten minutes.
The game gets more ridiculous. Aang hides their supply bag in secret rooms that not even he knew existed up until now. Katara freezes it in a block of ice and submerges it in a nearby lake. Sokka trains Appa to keep it in his mouth for long periods of time without swallowing it. Zuko finds it every damn time.
They’re impressed and somewhat unsettled by how good he is at this game. But they absolutely lose their shit when it comes to toph’s turn. She hides the supply bag deep underground and assures them that zuko can’t possibly find it unless he magically became an earth bender and learned seismic sense overnight.
Zuko kinda struggles with this one until he walks over the patch of dirt where toph buried the bag. It looks normal but he feels...different somehow?
Everyone’s thinking “oh god. Oh no. He can’t possibly do it. Don’t tell me he’s gonna do it.” Zuko silently points below his feet and the rest of the gaang have a collective breakdown.
Zuko’s like, “does this mean you guys think I’m cool now?” They’re all too terrified to say anything but “y-yeah sure.” And poor zuko is too socially inept to hear the fear in their voices. He just smiles and thinks his friends are liking him more now.
what do people in their twentys do except go to the grocery store……….
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Gabriel is hands-down the funniest character in Miraculous Ladybug the more I think about his motives.
How did Zuko get into the mountaintop air temples????
This is something that still baffles me to this day, because to my recollection Zuko never had one of those tanks that could climb up the mountain side. He also didn’t have access to the war balloons. To my knowledge he had two ships, a full crew, and a temper. But it was clearly stated that Zuko had searched all the air temples first, before venturing out to search the rest of the world. He is in the South Pole when he discovers Aang, so he had already searched the air temples. Aang mentioned that it is near impossible to access the air temples unless you have a way to defy gravity.
So I guess what I’m really asking is,
DID 13 YEAR OLD ZUKO CLIMB UP THE MOUNTAIN (with only basic climbing gear) OF EACH INDIVIDUAL AIR TEMPLE TO SEARCH FOR AANG?????
idk if this has been already posted on here but i just saw this on twitter today and i must say i haven't seen an iconic cosplay like this little girl's in a while... kylo's outfit and rey's buns??? BRUH
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I love this parallel.
EDIT: …just realized i forgot the veil on her hat.
zuko, 13 years old: spoke his truth, ended up tortured and banished by his own father
zuko, 16 years old: said one (1) thing and accidentally gave his father the idea of burn the world to the ashes
zuko, at his first official meeting as the firelord:
consilman: .. sir... please... say something
zuko: I'm not sure it's safe