Ty Lee teaches Zuko acrobatics.
It all began as simple hand-to-hand sparring - something they did from time to time whenever they had a free spot on their otherwise busy schedules. Zuko held his own well enough, but Ty Lee's agility combined with her stunts would give her the upper hand more often than not, and her moves never failed to bedazzle him. He could never bring himself to say anything about it - the only words able to escape his mouth in his awestruck state being "you're... good" or nothing more than a simple "wow" - but luckily for him, Ty Lee could see the fascination written all over his face and ended up offering to teach him.
It was hard at first. While Zuko's parkour and gymnastics skills were already pretty outstanding, he couldn't handle making any sort of mistake, and the earlier sessions would always end in him stomping off in frustration everytime he couldn't get a move quite right. However, as time went on and Ty Lee reassured him that it was absolutely okay to screw up sometimes and he realized she wasn't going to laugh at or humiliate him for it (and a couple of apologies for his mean behavior later) he began getting better and better at it until he could almost go toe-to-toe with her and the sessions turned less serious and more playful. They would chase each other around the palace grounds, somersaulting from wall to wall and leaping off the roofs until exhaustion caught up to them and they collapsed on the floor, covered in sweat and breathing shakily but laughing together like they didn't have a single care in the world.
After that, it wasn't uncommon for Zuko and Ty Lee to swing from the beams on the hallways' ceilings like trapezists whenever the floor had been recently swept.
(The cleaning staff most definitely noticed and shot odd looks at each other everytime it happened, but said nothing about it. It's not like they were complaining.)
Zuko: Once when I was 8, I had a crush on a girl in my class and I didn't know how to deal with it, so I wrote her a note that said "Get out of my school"
Katara:
Katara: That was you?!
i saw a comment on this post saying zuko should have a youtube and i don’t have self restraint lmao
Atla Gen Week 2022.
Day 2: Culture.
The Fire Nation has some strange and extreme customs. Some just.
[ID: Mini comic with four vignette in monochromatic magenta.
In the first vignette, teenage Azula, Zuko and Lu Ten walking uphill toward a volcano. The setting is tropical and the three are seen from the back. Azula says “Since the last eruption of that volcano 50 years ago, new species of plants continue to be found”, Lu ten replies “Excellent! It is an opportunity to see first hand what is there”, and Zuko mentions “Who knows, we might find some hallucinogenic mushrooms that I’m missing”.
In the second vignette, Zuko and Azula are shown in the foreground observing some mushrooms on some rocks with other plants. Azula says “I don’t think you have those in your collection, Zuzu” and Zuko adds “I had never even seen this mushroom before”.
In the third vignette, Lu Ten quickly snatches the mushroom from the rock and chews it, saying “For science!”, while Zuko and Azula look scared and surprised yelling “Lu Ten, no!!”.
In the fourth vignette, there is a note in the Recipe Book that says “An investigation after the incident with the Fire Lord Lu Ten, the use of that mushroom was allowed as an ingredient for an exotic culinary sauce, which properly prepared and depending on its concentration, its effects vary from sweating to hallucinogenic visions”. End ID]
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okay but for a split second can we all imagine short zuko? just imagine.
zuko getting upset because the gaang doesn’t find him threatening enough due to his height.
sokka making so many short jokes on him that it’s unbelievable.
azula being taller than her big brother.
iroh being about the same height as zuko and trying to let his nephew know that height is not something to be worried about.
zuko constantly getting mistaken for being younger than he is because he’s the same height that he was when he got his scar.
sokka just picking zuko up and throwing him over his shoulder and zuko being able to do nothing about it because he doesn’t want to hurt sokka with his firebending.
imagine the possibilities of short zuko. please.
cant stop thinking about this
trans dudes and their useless cis boyfriends
Long time, no see y’all
Please enjoy this long abandoned messy sketch, pose referenced from that meme photo that I can no longer find anywhere!
AZULA GET BACK HERE-
Any fire siblings concept that gives them this vibe is an automatic favorite
Zuko makes damn sure people know that Roku and Sozin weren’t just close friends.
Some poor old advisor is being an ass about Zuko reversing the homosexuality bans.
Zuko: Firelord homophobe himself was gay! He gave Roku the Royal Hairpin. You think that was a sign of friendship??? Are you really that oblivious? How did you propose to your wife?
Advisor: I crafted her a special hair pin, sir.
Zuko: Sorry, you two are just good friends.
Meanwhile Sokka can’t help but laugh at the poor asshole.
Shinsou's cat, on a tree: Me-ow.
Shinsou: Maybe we should throw something at him.
Monoma: Good idea.
Monoma: Midoriya, toss some of your trophies at him.
Monoma: Oh, sorry. Trophy. Just one.
Midoriya: Why don't you toss yours, Monoma?
Monoma: >:(
Midoriya, condescendingly: Oh, that's right.