sindri42: emletish-fish: royaltealovingkookiness: smellerbeee: ATLA: Zuko and his dual swords I l

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emletish-fish:

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smellerbeee:

ATLA: Zuko and his dual swords

I love watching how effortless it is for Zuko to wield the dual swords - he looks so balanced when he’s using them.

None of that emotional crap he has towards firebending - he’s calm, confident and composed. It’s like a whole another person.

I always felt like dual swords was something that was just his. No one else in his family uses weapons. Zuko pursued mastery in private, was allowed to develop his skills normally, with a patient teacher in piandao and no heavy trauma associated with swords.

He is like a different person using them.

I feel like he learned swordsplay in secret. He never uses them when he’s being a Prince. At first it’s only when he’s in disguise, and not even Iroh can see him. Then when they’re both in hiding, concealing their abilities, he starts using them openly but not as himself. The first time he lets anybody from the Fire Nation see him fight in melee is when he’s openly rebelling and fighting against the fatherlord directly.

This has put my scrambled thoughts into words, as to why I love his dao swords so much. And why he holds on to them even in canon. We see them still strapped to his waist in the “old friends” photo.