One more squeeing thought on the Avatar episode.

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You know the end of the episode, where Zuko's like "I am Zuko, Prince of the Fire Nation and heir to the throne."?

That's exactly the version of Zuko I imagined in this drabble, weeks ago. That's him, right there!

I'm ridiculously pleased by this.


Also? This episode proves that Avatar: The Last Airbender was totally written for girls. I mean, really.

Comments

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I've played around with both those versions of Katara in my own fanfic. In most cases I'd assume Katara would be civil to someone she doesn't like for Aang's sake, but I also remind myself of what the Fire Nation did to the Southern Water tribe, and that the FN has cost Katara and Sokka both their parents, one way or another. Add to that the fact that Zuko personally took Aang out from under her care-- that's going to rankle for a while. Katara being too accepting of Zuko or Iroh also rings untrue to me. But I do think she'd be civil for Aang's sake, at least on the surface. And over time that civility would become genuine. I think if Zuko ever were to join their group, then competitiveness might end up being what makes Katara bridge the gap between herself and Zuko, friendship or more. Bending is so much a part of how both define characters define themselves; it could easily be their common ground.

It depends a lot on how he would join up, too, and how much they see of the new & improved Zuko before he actually joins them. For season 1 fanfic I think I tend to fall back on the idea that she'd be civil but very reserved with him, until he pissed her off, and then she'd bite. But she'd also get over her anger much quicker than, say, Sokka would.