#the thing is I love Zuko

[jessiesjaded]

Have a few posts on my atla account that have like 15-20k notes and Good God does reading the tags and comments give me a migraine

[fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma]

To all my fellow, “Zukka in the southern water tribe” enthusiasts

[comradekatara]

i’ve seen people question why suki is able to forgive zuko for easily for literally burning down her village, which is fair! but also, i get it. like, imagine you’re suki, and sokka finds you at the boiling rock, and he’s like “oh yeah i’m here with my friend” and it’s the guy who burned down your village less than a year ago. and sokka was there when he burned down your village, and helped you fight him. and now they’re friends. and not only that, but there’s actually an overwhelming amount of trust and understanding between them. it’s the kind of implicit support you’d expect from people who have known each other for years and years and years. but that can’t be possible, because he burned down your village less than a year ago. so you finally ask sokka, “how long have you and zuko been friends?” and he goes, “oh, i didn’t even like or respect him at all until earlier today.” and it suddenly dawns on you that zuko risked his entire life to help out a guy who actively hated him. and it seems silly to hold a grudge now. because he is simply so pathetic

[laoih]

– from episode 1

– from episode 3

– from episode 5

– from episode 6

"Prince Zuko, I know you have always believed there is a right and a wrong way of doing things. It is a mark of a great leader, but the rules are different out here."

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2024)

[demaparbat-hp]

Almost

[allgremlinart]

thinking about different post-canon scar obfuscation techniques...

[harbingersecho]

"zuzu, you didn't tell your friends about me? i'm hurt."

[your-royal-momoness]

Sokka: i heard you like bad boys

Zuko:

Sokka: tell him, Katara

Katara, not looking up from the scroll she's reading: he's the worst

[vladimpale]

very very late day 3 of zukki week 2023: "wait, we're dating?" @zukki-week

(click for only slightly better quality bc i can't guarantee it will look good if you do)

[sapphic-agent]

I can't believe how mixed-up the fandom (and the LOK writers) get Katara and Zuko's characters.

I want to make this clear, just because she grew up during the war, doesn't mean Katara was forced to fight. I honestly don't know where people get this from. Her cultural norms very blatantly dictate for her not to. It was something she vehemently struggled against to be able to do. It was always her initiative and choice to fight because that's who Katara is; a warrior.

Hell, she's even reveled in dominating her opponents and showing off her skills in battle

But you know who was forced to fight? You know whose skewed concepts of honor dictated him to fight? You know whose society urged him towards participating in war? You know who was the most at-ease and relaxed working peacefully in his uncle's tea shop?

The entire concept of Zuko's character is that he doesn't easily thrive as a warrior and doesn't enjoy fighting if he can avoid it. One of the key things he learns post-redemption is that fire isn't just a force of destruction, it's also life and passion. And that's what allows him to be a better firebender later.

So it makes no sense that Katara gave up on fighting before Zuko. And don't misunderstand, both of them should have been still relatively active (because Zuko is a warrior too and the point of this post is not to claim he isn't). But between the two of them, Zuko would have been the one to embrace peace and retire

[bearsandbeansart]

Girl's night! RIP Chan's house

[multifandombullshitbabes]

have we ever thought abt the fact that zuko is literally azula's older brother. like she's his little sister. that's his little sister. throughout a big, big part of atla plot, he was actively running away, scared of his little sister killing him because he KNEW she would/could. can you imagine that? your little sibling, wanting more your father's approval than your companionship to the point of death? every time they fought, zuko was fighting his baby sister. azula was fighting her big brother. this is making me so sick. they were 16 and 14 years old.

[bizarrelovesquare]

Avatar: The Last Airbender

s3 ep 09, Nightmares and Daydreams

[chitsangenthusiast]

for @chiptrillino 🧡💚

↳ the lily pad frogs love hanging out with zuko when he comes by the pond! zuko, on the other hand...has mixed feelings

(it spins! video below the cut)

hop around the floaty lord 🐸

[ajyetagain]

prince zuko "falls dramatically ill after doing one (1) good deed" of the fire nation

[spielzeugkaiser]

12/12 we had an Uncle Iroh sweep!! He won the poll by far - and for a moment I thought about making it quite sad, but I contained myself, hehe.