#and izumi's daughter

[novaneondream]

Anyways what kind of music do you think Eri listens to

[piedpip3rrr]

Shwimbly

[freckledsokka]

SITS UP STRAIGHT sokka doing typical Grandpa Things™ with lil iroh like

tossing him in the air and catching him

letting iroh ride around on his back and up on his shoulders

making silly faces and playing peekaboo

building him the most insane playground

generally spoiling him with toys he made himself

(not all of them explode, that was one time)

taking him penguin sledding when he's old enough

playing pranks on grandpa zuko together

telling him the worst jokes you've ever heard in your life

(but iroh always laughs)

[thena0315]

Before

After

After After

Izumi means "fountain" in Japanese

[yuyonyu]

Kyouka and friends 🤍

ft: skk

[flameobitch]

"I'm always lucky, Ronnie. You were lucky to be born."

Hello everyone!!! I'm doing some dark sketches today. Meet Izumi and Bumi's youngest daughter, Hina. In my version of the canon with my friend, she travels across continents, and in this one she strives to take the place of her mother and become the next dictator.

Iroh gets caught in a storm in this universe and was declared dead, which gave her a chance to become an heiress. Iroh renounces his family and finds peace with the airbenders and confronts his parents in the final battle.

Iroh and Hina are called "Blue Spirits" because of the color of their flames. Izumi and Bumi are unaware of their enmity and the power of competition. For them, both of their children are the most valuable thing they have.

And I also started the picture with Toph, Lin and Su, and I intend to finish it within, I don't know, a week?

[thegirlfromgonewiththewind]

So, I was thinking about something in LOK.

You know the Earth Queen Hou-Ting? You know, the woman who secluded airbenders and that Zaheer killed?

This one?

Well, as you all may know, she’s King Kuei’s only daughter.

I’m sure you all remember King Kuei, the puppet king with the bear.

This guy.

Well, I made some calculus. He must’ve been in his early/mid 20s in ATLA. And his daughter had to be in her 50s/early 60s when she died.

In the meantime, Zuko is 87/88 in 171AG, when LOK3 takes place. Since his daughter is commonly believed to be around Bumi and Kya’s age, I’d speculate that she’s around 60 in her appearance in LOK4, in 174AG and when Zuko is 90 (Tenzin is 51 in 170AG and Kya is roughly 4 years older than him, so Izumi must be between 5 and 7 years older than him, which places her in a range between 60 and 62 years old).

(See? Roughly the same age)

So, my point? I think during their diplomatic visits, Zuko and Kuei had to spend a lot of time in each other’s company because, monarch stuff. And given that they were both heirs to their respective thrones, Izumi and Hou-Ting had to spend a lot of time together.

I don’t know why, but I imagine those two having the wildest, silliest yet most hateful beef as teens. And given Hou-Ting’s despicable behavior and authoritarian politic in contrast to what shown of Izumi, a rational leader who cares for her people, I am even more convinced that those two despised each other.

So yeah, I can’t stop picturing Izumi and Hou-Ting insulting the crap out of each other while saving face in front of the subjects. And I can’t stop laughing

[seventeenlovesthree]

Going thoroughly insane over how on completely different ends Sora's and Koushirou's roles and relationships with their mothers (and in extension their parents in general) are portrayed in Adventure. And once again, it was ALL based on miscommunication:

Sora is perceived as the tradition-defying "tomboy" who is "loud" and plays football; Koushirou is perceived as the "good boy" who is always "polite and correct" and never acts spoilt or out of line. The key word here is "perceived", because we see both of them display traits in front of their peers that go beyond the "role" their parents witness (and that both of them are willingly or subconsciously displaying in front of them); Sora is actually the caring mom/big sister friend who literally and figuratively takes everyone under their wing, Koushirou is opinionated, forward and outspoken when things are dire and at stake.

Sora's mother wants her to act more like "the daughter of an ie-moto", more feminine, less out of line - at least, that is the message that reaches Sora, since her mother asks her to quit her beloved football. Her polite and aloof attitude appears to be rather cold and dismissive to Sora, which is basically what makes her rebel against the whole flower arrangement business. She feels unloved and misunderstood, as if she cannot be appreciated if she isn't "perfect" in her mother's eyes. Thus she is unable to understand that her mother may just worry about her hurting her injured leg even more. Furthermore, Sora has a very poor grasp on the fact that she herself is acting towards her friends and partner in the exact same way, albeit in a more gentle way most of the time.

Koushirou's mother wants him to be more selfish, to tell her what he dislikes and what bothers him, to stop being perfect at all times - but that is exactly what he physically cannot do, as he himself is doubting his whereabouts, who he is and where he belongs to after learning that he's adopted and simply tries to just shove all doubts and worries aside. Instead of acting "normal", he is hiding behind that barrier and mask of perfection towards his parents - and has to realize that this attitude is worrying them even more.

In the end, it all gets (mostly) resolved through them realizing that they're still loved regardless of what happened; they don't necessarily HAVE TO change, but it is up to them whether they want to or not. Meaning, their respective arcs of self-discovery have not ended yet, but the foundation for better relationships has been established here. Sora will start playing tennis (a.k.a changing her hobby) in an attempt to move towards her mother more, choosing to do so for her own sake. Koushirou will try to act more open and casual towards his parents, even though he is actively being reassured that his hobby (being into computers) is exactly what he is all about and that he doesn't have to change that.

[justfirelordizumithings]

Is Izumi's daughter even canon? As far as I know, she was a scrapped plot point.

Izumi's daughter is 100% canon.

In the commentary of the episode "The Coronation", Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Joshua Hamilton, and Tim Hedrick discuss Izumi, her daughter, and the reasons for the Fire Nation's lack of role in the story, and Mike verifies Izumi's daughter's existence.

Here is a snippet of the transcript:

[aprettyweirgirl]

some headcanons of our favorite family bc i dont wanna sleep snd im procrastinating on my homework:

Lin is a hugger so she'll just randomly go to her wife and pull her into a hug

on the other hand, Izumi is a kisser and she will take ANY chance she gets to kiss her wife

Izumi hovers the covers and sometimes the pillows. Lin doesn't really mind

IZUMI IS THE FAMILYS DRAMA QUEEN and the firekids are just slightly less dramatic

Ursa and Iroh are excellent liars but the only person they cant lie to is izumi (its not that they try and fail they just dont do it.)

Iroh keeps more contact with Zuko than with his mom. he'll recieve a call from or call his grandpa daily while he talks to his mom once or twice a week

when Iroh was like 10 he once casually asked Lin if he could go with her when she was talking about a trip to Gaoling. they went and it meant the absolute world for her

(where Lins scar goes up to her eye) Izumi is the only one that can stand on her blind side, with anyone else she'll switch sides so she can see them

when she turns 20, word starts spreading around that Ursa is getting pressured to get married, so she starts getting presents of all sorts and being wooed by young men from powerful families trying to get to the royal family, so at events she has her moms protecting her and scaring them away

Lin is more reactive and angry while Izumi is more patient and stoic (im pretty sure this is canon)

Iroh is the king of plants bc he used to spend most of his time with his mom in the garden and she taught him all about it

sometimes Ursa got so sick as a kid that she didn't want anyone to care for her more than Izumi or Lin. they sometimes thought of it as quite the incontinent and tried to get rid of that habit, so she stopped, until she got very injured as an adult, and she was half conscious, and she kept asking for her mom. that's when they realized how much they actually missed caring for her

[fruittarts-with-rosepetals]

after mai became the new firelady, she had a lot of rules that needed to be added to the fire nation constitution and now. She wanted to raise the age of marriage and provide more education for women and this wasnt easy at all, she became stuck at her office more than zuko.

And izumi came along soon and she needed to take a very long break to avoid any complications, so she had to put a pause on her projects but still was present in court (cuz she didnt want to be stuck in the bedchambers,bored, ugh). A year after izumi's birth, she restarted her projects and this needed more work and time out of life than when she started.

So zuko had become the one who tucked izumi to bed and he was more than happy to spend time with his little girl. He loved reading izumi bedtime stories and hear izumi's babbling with often mentions of 'mama' or 'dada'

One evening just around izumi's bedtime, mai was able to get off early, so she decided to join in on tucking izumi to bed. She walked to the princess's room just to stop by the door as she heard zuko's voice.

"and that is the story on how your mama saved me,she defeated the army of bad guys and she once again captured my heart" zuko told izumi who was busy chewing on her turtleduck doll (gifted by her coolest aunt suki and sokka) he finished chuckled as he pressed a kiss against her hair.

Turns out izumi got bored of her bedtime stories and became far more interested in hearing about her mama.

It took zuko 10mins to realize the presence of his wife(who was smiling) as he was too busy talking with his daughter in his baby-voice (after he once sweared he would never in a million years talk like that to children) while izumi was babbling and grabbing his hair to chew on

[novaneondream]

Girl dad things

[batartshikns]

For two of the many special people in my life; thank you for being here and promising to stay for a while. You two are awesome Unofficial Dads 🫂

(While I'm sure I'm using "sample" here incorrectly, this is just to make sure no one uses this as this is specifically for certain people. Thank you.)

Cathy - Surf Curse

[basiljelly]

Kyouka!! <3

[muses-of-the-memory]

The resemblance is uncanny, Maiko fans. I sure hope Zuko and Mai make up soon since the Smoke and Shadow saga is over.

[orangepanic]

who's iroh ii's sister??

We have no idea! The idea of Izumi having a daughter is only mentioned in the B4 DVD commentary as a character and romantic side plot (for Mako) that was dumped in trimming down the story line. However, I love the idea of Iroh having a little sister so I've included her in my own headcanons as Princess Tai, a kind and bubbly girl ten years his junior who loves Iroh to absolute pieces even though he can be a bit of a dumbass. She's bright and takes her duties seriously but is far more of a homebody and much less ambitious than her brother. She loves the Fire Nation and its history and customs in a way that he can't. Tai is generally well-liked and a leader in her own right in areas that interest her like FN culture, where she takes a hand in organizing a lot of the major celebrations and exhibits. She misses her brother something awful but out of everyone in the family probably understands him the best, too, and knows that trapping him in the palace would be terrible for him as well as deprive the world of all that he could be. Iroh for his part welcomes Tai's perspective as a trusted advisor and would happily incinerate anyone who so much as looks at her funny. This is my sunshine x grumpy platonic pairing and I love them.

I've seen many different versions of Izumi's daughter over the years from talented writers and they're all so different, from a swashbuckling adventurer to an accomplished historian to a challenged older sibling to the future Firelord. They're fun to read and I hope we get to keep them instead of something official coming from Avatar Studios.