I can’t believe a year ago my purpose in life was hunting you down. And now…
And now we’re friends.
Yeah. We are friends.
I loved watching these two kids, burdened with a past they never wanted, learn how to balance between fulfilling their duties to the world and being themselves. They grew so much by the end and their relationship development is one of the best I’ve ever seen.
When you’ve been abused by a parent like that dealing with anything afterwords is terrifying.
I can only imagine the emotions Zuko was feeling when he apologised to Iroh there.
^This is one of the reasons that I think going in to apologize to Iroh is one of the bravest things that Zuko’s ever done, because of how much it must have terrified him to do so (Iroh would never hurt Zuko like that, but that fear had to have been at the top of Zuko’s mind at this moment)
And why I love Iroh so, so much for being who he is.
The fact that both of zukos abusers used lightning against zuko and instead of learning to use lightning himself like he could have he learned how to redirect the lightning and let it pass through him and then straight clean out of him… Do you ever think about how that is literally physically representing how instead of absorbing his father and sisters abuse he lets it pass through him and instead of soaking it in and letting it destroy him he redirects it away from himself… I just want some peace in my life
Never forget that without proper guidance from a figure in his life who cared enough to see that Zuko needed help to let go of his turmoil…Zuko would never have learned how to do this. Never forget that you don’t have to do these things on your own.
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