Title: Girl With The Weight Of The World On Her Shoulders
Post war.
Toph doesn't want to inherit her family's economic empire after they're assassinated, but she can't abandon the people and the lands of her family to be exploited by the attorney (is there an ancient-sounding word for lawyer? they must have had them) who wants to make his fortune and his political career off the Bei Fong coattails, no matter what he destroys in the process.
Katara doesn't want be responsible for fixing the diplomatic problems of the Water Tribes (she's only sixteen for snow's sake!) but if they don't find a way to bring trade back to the South now that the war is over, the depleted tribe might have to relocate to the North to survive.
Toph has the means, Katara has the need. They both have the determination, but they've never worked that well together without Aang as buffer. Both young women will have to grow up, open up, and stand up. Each has the world on her shoulders, and each has to learn what it means to be a leader, and what it means to be a friend.
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Date: 2008-01-16 12:39 am (UTC)Post war.
Toph doesn't want to inherit her family's economic empire after they're assassinated, but she can't abandon the people and the lands of her family to be exploited by the attorney (is there an ancient-sounding word for lawyer? they must have had them) who wants to make his fortune and his political career off the Bei Fong coattails, no matter what he destroys in the process.
Katara doesn't want be responsible for fixing the diplomatic problems of the Water Tribes (she's only sixteen for snow's sake!) but if they don't find a way to bring trade back to the South now that the war is over, the depleted tribe might have to relocate to the North to survive.
Toph has the means, Katara has the need. They both have the determination, but they've never worked that well together without Aang as buffer. Both young women will have to grow up, open up, and stand up. Each has the world on her shoulders, and each has to learn what it means to be a leader, and what it means to be a friend.