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Arsonist's Lullaby: An Azula Timeloop Quest

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[X] The present. Here you stand, before your brother. Here doubt has driven you. Does Zuko doubt, too? Is he still angry at himself? If you were him, you would be. But maybe that's his secret. Maybe he's always angry. Maybe you're angry too. The world isn't what you thought it was—and you think Zuko can relate. What will happen if you let him?
 
[X] The present. Here you stand, before your brother. Here doubt has driven you. Does Zuko doubt, too? Is he still angry at himself? If you were him, you would be. But maybe that's his secret. Maybe he's always angry. Maybe you're angry too. The world isn't what you thought it was—and you think Zuko can relate. What will happen if you let him?
 
[X] The present. Here you stand, before your brother. Here doubt has driven you. Does Zuko doubt, too? Is he still angry at himself? If you were him, you would be. But maybe that's his secret. Maybe he's always angry. Maybe you're angry too. The world isn't what you thought it was—and you think Zuko can relate. What will happen if you let him?
 
Tomsawyer18 said:
I don't know I'd be pretty convinced someone was evil if they seriously suggested burning an entire nation to ash…
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infinityDivided said:
Let's be honest, everyone in that damn room was thinking it. Azula was just the first to vocalize it. "Oh gee, I wonder what we should use that super-powerup that let us commit genocide last time for?"
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I agree with both points, and it's ultimately why I'm not sure how productive these "what are you actually gonna do as fire lord eh Zuko?" options will be.

Like sure he doesn't know about what a good tarrif or sales tax rate is[1] or how to wrangle the egos/material conxerns of the various FN power brokers, but it's like who cares the Fire Nation needs to be stopped before they cause another charnel house. All of these other concerns can very firmly be shoved into the "problem for tomorrow" category when today you have to stop Sozin's Genocide mkii

[1] (though I've seen fics go the direction that him being on the ground going all over the damn world actually gives him some insight into trade n shit which I find plausible)
 
[X] The past. It's what has driven you here. It's what you're trapped in. It's what you want to break out of. But it's Zuko's past, too. You've spent the whole of your lives chasing each other's shadows—on your whole family's encouragement. Has he ever realised? Does he even care? And why does it seem so impossible to escape?
 
[X] The present. Here you stand, before your brother. Here doubt has driven you. Does Zuko doubt, too? Is he still angry at himself? If you were him, you would be. But maybe that's his secret. Maybe he's always angry. Maybe you're angry too. The world isn't what you thought it was—and you think Zuko can relate. What will happen if you let him?
 
BeepSmile said:
@Magery The empy bits, the spaces left blank are part of this story. So if you prefer not to say directly, then you prefer not to say.
...But what was the idea Azula did not allow herself to fully form, here?
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From context, I think it would be contemplating the world if Lu Ten had lived. Because it's increasingly clear that she doesn't real want to be Firelord and if Lu Ten was alive she'd be like 4th or 5th in line for the throne.
 
Aranfan said:
I recently watched mother's basement episode on the live action Avatar and holy shit Azula is a child. Katara and Zuko and Sokka are teens, but Azula can't be older than Aang.

It put a lot of things into perspective for me.
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She is supposed to be around Katara's age. She does act like she is older, but that can be said about everyone in the main cast.
 
[X] The present. Here you stand, before your brother. Here doubt has driven you. Does Zuko doubt, too? Is he still angry at himself? If you were him, you would be. But maybe that's his secret. Maybe he's always angry. Maybe you're angry too. The world isn't what you thought it was—and you think Zuko can relate. What will happen if you let him?
[X] The past. It's what has driven you here. It's what you're trapped in. It's what you want to break out of. But it's Zuko's past, too. You've spent the whole of your lives chasing each other's shadows—on your whole family's encouragement. Has he ever realised? Does he even care? And why does it seem so impossible to escape?
 
[X] The past. It's what has driven you here. It's what you're trapped in. It's what you want to break out of. But it's Zuko's past, too. You've spent the whole of your lives chasing each other's shadows—on your whole family's encouragement. Has he ever realised? Does he even care? And why does it seem so impossible to escape?
 
[X] The future. The one place you cannot seem to reach, throne or no throne. Has Zuko ever wondered what it'll be like? No, not whether the mantle is heavy enough to cramp the shoulders, or what his first command as Fire Lord could be—just about the shape of the Sun's path through the sky, the day after Sozin's Comet, and what the world will have become in the face of that light. What does he see? What do you?

What will you do tomorrow, if you win?
 
[x] The future. The one place you cannot seem to reach, throne or no throne. Has Zuko ever wondered what it'll be like? No, not whether the mantle is heavy enough to cramp the shoulders, or what his first command as Fire Lord could be—just about the shape of the Sun's path through the sky, the day after Sozin's Comet, and what the world will have become in the face of that light. What does he see? What do you?
 
[x] The future. The one place you cannot seem to reach, throne or no throne. Has Zuko ever wondered what it'll be like? No, not whether the mantle is heavy enough to cramp the shoulders, or what his first command as Fire Lord could be—just about the shape of the Sun's path through the sky, the day after Sozin's Comet, and what the world will have become in the face of that light. What does he see? What do you?
 
[X] The past. It's what has driven you here. It's what you're trapped in. It's what you want to break out of. But it's Zuko's past, too. You've spent the whole of your lives chasing each other's shadows—on your whole family's encouragement. Has he ever realised? Does he even care? And why does it seem so impossible to escape?
 
[X] The present. Here you stand, before your brother. Here doubt has driven you. Does Zuko doubt, too? Is he still angry at himself? If you were him, you would be. But maybe that's his secret. Maybe he's always angry. Maybe you're angry too. The world isn't what you thought it was—and you think Zuko can relate. What will happen if you let him?
 
[X] The present. Here you stand, before your brother. Here doubt has driven you. Does Zuko doubt, too? Is he still angry at himself? If you were him, you would be. But maybe that's his secret. Maybe he's always angry. Maybe you're angry too. The world isn't what you thought it was—and you think Zuko can relate. What will happen if you let him?
 
Oh yeah, I've never watched the show and I'm enjoying this quest regardless of that fact but could someone please help to clarify what even is the relationship between Azula, Ty Lee and May? I just googled it but I'm more confused now.
 
[X] The present. Here you stand, before your brother. Here doubt has driven you. Does Zuko doubt, too? Is he still angry at himself? If you were him, you would be. But maybe that's his secret. Maybe he's always angry. Maybe you're angry too. The world isn't what you thought it was—and you think Zuko can relate. What will happen if you let him?
 
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