I had so much fun drawing Zuko, definitely gonna be doing that again. Also: I have a DTIYS (draw this in your style) coming soon so stay tuned for that
I’ve read “Smoke and shadow” and it’s really cool! It’s mostly about Zuko and his family and (Mai and her family). Firstly: I just can’t stand Zuko being sweet. And he is very sweet here. Mostly with his little sister and it’s double sweet! Honey-sweet! And we have Zuko-Mai relationship development. (SPOILERS!) Mai has a new boyfriend, well, at first, she just pretends to be attracted to him and uses him, but then… She really falls in love, but… In the end, they split up and there is an allusion to her coming back to Zuko. And I am very glad about that. And the plot is also very good: there is a pinch of politics, a pinch of drama and as always good fights. And Azula with her strange ideas about how to be the Fire Lord the right way. So, there is only one Avatar comics book left.
I’ve read “The Search” and liked it very much. It’s a story about Zuko looking for his mother (SPOILERS!) - You remember that cliffhanger at the end of the series? So, here we see the development of this. Here are two parallel stories: about the search and about Ursa’s youth and her early life as a wife of the Fire Lord. Both of them are interesting and of course, they are connected. In the search story, Azula is back, because Zuko wants her to help him in the quest, of course, she tries to run away or fight Zuko. And he tries to be a good brother, to be nice to her. Once, when he covers her during the cold night and finds a letter from his mother to her ex-boyfriend. It says that Zuko is their son. (actually (real SPOILERS!) it’s not true). Then Avatar team, Zuko and Azula find Ursa’s home village and a family of actors. And Zuko is very sweet in that scenes. Then we have a bunch of spirit stuff connected with faces (Remember that spirit from the end of the “Water” book? Like him, but here we have the Main Spirit of Faces.) and find out that actress from the village is actually Ursa. But she remembers nothing, and then Zuko comes back and Azula chases him. This woman, who doesn’t remember Azula, Zuko or anything felt sorry for Azula, who tries to kill her right now! But then she got her face and memories back and everybody is happy (well, except Azula).
This post wasn’t supposed to be so long, but it just happened… Sorry.
Neil: *constantly wary about being murdered by the mob for not holding up his end of the deal or by his father’s old associates* Well, at least I’m no longer actively being hunted by my father and my psychotic, exy prodigy nemesis now.
Zuko: *constantly wary about being assassinated by disgruntled citizens of his nation, vengeful citizens of other nations, or his father’s old associates* Well, at least I’m no longer actively being hunted by my father and my psychotic, firebending prodigy sister now.
Master Pakku: It’s not natural for women to fight.
Katara: It’s not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.
Sokka: Trust me, this plan’s going to work!
Katara: Fine. But if Combustion Man kills us all, I’m going to get Aang’s spirit to teach my spirit how to play the tsungi horn just so that I can annoy the heck out of your spirit.”
Sokka: I’ll just hire Zuko’s spirit to kick your spirits’s butt!
Zuko: My spirit won’t associate with your spirit.
Iroh: You are going to… kill the Moon?
Zhao: Tui made the decision to return to the physical world. If she makes herself such an available target, she can further the Fire Nation’s great destiny.
Iroh: Men mock the spirits until they need them, Zhao.
Ty Lee: Spirits, Mai, you actually look happy.
Mai, clearly smiling: Don’t be ridiculous.
Zuko, at the Agni Kai: What’s the matter today, no lightning? Afraid I’ll redirect it?
Azula: Oh, I’ll show you lightning!
Katara: Zuko, this whole ‘shoot lightning at me’ thing is starting to concern me.
Sokka: Aang, maybe the monks didn’t cover this lesson, but you do not negotiate with a powerful firebender with lightning crackling around him during Sozin’s Comet.
alternatively,
Sokka: Zuko, maybe your fancy tutors didn’t cover this lesson, but you do not argue with a guy who can start glowing and harness all the power and skills of his past lives at any time.
Sokka: You were early, Toph!
Toph: I was on time!
Sokka: For you, that’s early. Next time you plan to impress me give me some warning!
Toph: The animals are free, and I found you a boat. This is when a thank you would be in order.
Suki: Thank you, Toph.
Toph: Hey, no problem, Suki.
Toph: See, Sokka? That’s how the civilised folk do it.
Sokka, to Zuko, at the Boiling Rock: Well, we’ve managed to get ourselves locked into the most secure prison in the world. We’re either geniuses or the dumbest sons of bitches to ever breathe air.
Aang: We’re all gonna die!
Sokka: Well, statistically speaking, only SOME of us are going to die.
Sokka: It was a calculated risk.
Zuko: It was cross-your-fingers-and-hope-for-the-best. Believe me, I know the difference.
Sokka and Aang: *doing their spirit magic impressions, i.e. waving their arms and making vaguely creepy sounds*
Zuko: What are they doing?
Katara: Performing an ancient Spirit-summoning ritual.
Zuko: Really?
Katara: No.
Aang: Sure, I’m skinny, but I stay drier in the rain.
Sokka: How?
Aang: Less falls on me.
Sokka:
Sokka: You can WATERBEND.
Hakoda: Good luck hitting a skinny little Water Tribe boat, cutting through the waves and staffed by a crew of men who’ve spent their whole life dodging obstacles in boats.
Bato: I’ll quote you on that when a fireball lands in my lap.
Random Boiling Rock guard: Please, have mercy!
Suki: I like it when men beg. But this isn’t the time for it.
Chief Hakoda: How are you finding our country?
Toph: It’s a magical place. If you like ice and more ice.
Sokka, about Zuko: Would it kill him to smile every once in a while?
Katara: Very possibly.
Toph: Katara and Zuko? Far be it from me to doubt anyone’s determination to get this done, but is that really the ideal pairing?“
Sokka: Zuko knows guard procedure, and Katara can handle any guards without a noisy fight. Your job is to keep them from killing each other.
Toph: Because I’m definitely the diplomat of the the group.
Sokka: Aang is the diplomat of the group. But he’s busy, so you get to do it.
Neil: *constantly wary about being murdered by the mob for not holding up his end of the deal or by his father’s old associates* Well, at least I’m no longer actively being hunted by my father and my psychotic, exy prodigy nemesis now.
Zuko: *constantly wary about being assassinated by disgruntled citizens of his nation, vengeful citizens of other nations, or his father’s old associates* Well, at least I’m no longer actively being hunted by my father and my psychotic, firebending prodigy sister now.
Neil: *constantly wary about being murdered by the mob for not holding up his end of the deal or by his father’s old associates* Well, at least I’m no longer actively being hunted by my father and my psychotic, exy prodigy nemesis now.
Zuko: *constantly wary about being assassinated by disgruntled citizens of his nation, vengeful citizens of other nations, or his father’s old associates* Well, at least I’m no longer actively being hunted by my father and my psychotic, firebending prodigy sister now.
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