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Series: Avatar: The Last Airbender"SEASON 2 FINALE SPOILER!!
At the end of the season, all I wanted to do was smash Zuko repeatedly with a cast iron skillet - NO ONE betrays Iroh and gets away with it.
I figure this is the next best thing - having an enemy taunt you for your weakness (and then, get thrashed by an angry mob of avatards.
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Yeah I hated that episode too, why could he just go with his uncle & forget his evil damn sister! DX Also hated that Jet died! DX
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It's actually not as bad as him refusing to take Ozai out (thus ending the war), then turning around and demanding that Aang, the 12 year old monk, do the dirty deed for him. Seriously, moral dissonance much?
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I shall agree to that XP though if he took Ozai out before hand none of the other stuff would've happened! *sweat drop*
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What, Aang ripping Ozai's soul apart? Yeah, that's a much better end for the guy.
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omg this is amazing! Complete awesome Jetness! I've always found it ironic how Jet's and Zuko'z life stories parallel eachother ^_^
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I think Jet's was measurably worse, it's just that Zuko whined more about his.
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lol true, considering the fact that he dies, and Zuko becomes fire lord XD
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-Dies- I get a kick out of this everytime I look at it. xD
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Schadenfreude is pretty fun.
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Yeh. Jet suffered, and now Zuko has to suffer! PAYBACK. -evil laugh- Of course, he ends up being good, so I'm sure all the angry Avatards have forgiven him...Maybe. xD
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I haven't! (mainly for that dippy "Love and Peace" line - "yes, let's all just forget about the last 100 years of genocide, m'kay?")
At the very least, Azula knew how to emasculate the leaders of other countries and use their forces to her advantage.
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I agree. We were duped as far as season 3 goes. And I could KILL Zuko for going back to Mai...But that's only because I always shipped Zutara before Mai even came along...I would've preferred to see Mai and Jet at least interact ONCE. It would've given the show some snarky dialogue to look forward to!
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I actually think Mai and Zuko deserve each other, the way things turned out. Especially since I get to use Jet to point out how contrived and demeaning it is -> [link]
But if I were to rant: "I probably would have loved Maiko if it had developed OVER TIME in the series. Instead of front-loading Maiko, have them dance around each other, hinting, never quite committing, culminating in a moral crisis where Zuko, who doesn't know for certain Mai loves him, goes off to join the GAang, leaving behind a bittersweet letter saying everything he didn't have the courage to say before then. And then, if Mai went to confront him at the Boiling Rock and said, "I'm saving you because I love you, you thick-headed dumbass" it would have been EPIC. But no, they didn't do that - they pronounced Maiko canon without any character development and expected us to accept that."
And people wonder why I said the Good Crack!Ship MaixJet.
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I know! They played off on the fact that Mai had a crush on Zuko when they were younger and...BLAH!
"You're so beautiful when you hate the world."
"I don't hate you."
"I don't hate you either."
YUCK!!!!!
xD I love MaixJet, and I'm actually going to write an AU fanfic that involves Jet being in the Royal Guard(and only because Azula sought him out as a sex slave, twisted evil coniving little thing that she is) and him being in the guard is a good way to cover up his true identity, and of course he meets Mai, Zuko's bride to be and BAM! THEY CLASH! But alas, I don't know if I will ever find time to write it! 
But your MaiXJet stuff cracks me up. Pure genius!
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Hm... you know Azula's only 15, right? I'd think she'd want him because he'd be a fun person to toy with, and because he could potentially be an ace in the hole against Zuko. I honestly think Azula doesn't need to depend on sexuality to be powerful - she's skillful and intelligent enough to be frightening and manipulative without having to play the seduction card. Just sayin'.
good luck with your story!
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I've taken what you've said into mind a lot, and as a result, I'm changing Jet's role in the story a bit as far as his relationship with Azula. Thank you for the advice, dear!
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Hmmmmm...you make a goood point...she would use Jet as a pawn against her brother...You've just made me reconsider my plot
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"GET YOUR OWN DAMN HAIRSTYLE EMO BOY!!" XD :Laugh:
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Zuko- "Oh yeah well you're dead so I go give a shit! How'd you like that huh?!"
Jet- "That's low even for you"
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Jet: Well, whatever. Just think - every time you're naked... I'll be watching. Bye now!
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Hold up that "go" should be "don't" (how I could have missed that is beyond me?)
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lol
I love how everyone hated Zuko after the Season 2 finale.
In the long run though, it's probably for the best. I mean, in all the other seasons, Aang didn't start Firebending from the beginning, so it wouldn't have been right to do so in season 3.
Not to mention it would kind of break up the two points of view that the show stuck to for most of the series.
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To be honest, I still dislike him, so it's all good. 
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That was my initial reaction too. But if anything, now I'm more angry at Iroh. Why was it okay for Zuko to capture the Avatar in season one and then suddenly Iroh says "time to choose good, Zuko." Where did that come from? He never talked to Zuko about the Fire Nation being wrong for taking over the world before . . .?
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He probably thought Zuko would never succeed in capturing the Avatar in the first place, because 1) until Iroh SAW the Avatar himself, I bet he didn't believe he'd returned and 2) he doubted Zuko's ability to see that what he was suggesting (joining the Avatar against his father, Ozai) wasn't treason, but what was right for the whole world. It wasn't until Season 2, when the Fire Nation betrayed Zuko (through Azula) that Zuko had any inkling his country might be in the wrong. Zuko proved time and again he simply did not have the mental flexibility nor empathy required until he personally experienced the evil in the Fire Nation's imperialist campaign.
I think Iroh was right to maintain a hands-off approach, although I would have worked on Zuko in the intervening years to at least give him time to build up his empathy. Of which he had none. I cannot emphasize enough that Zuko had the empathy of a lead brick, and still does.
I would also argue your anger with Iroh is unjustified in the first place. It was ZUKO'S CHOICE. IT WAS ALWAYS HIS CHOICE. HE CHOSE TO REJECT HIS UNCLE'S PROVEN LOVE FOR THE CHIMERA OF HIS ABUSIVE FATHER'S AFFECTION. And he chose... poorly.
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He SAW the Avatar in Episode 2. Was he really that passive a character to not have any opinion on the return of the Master of the Elements? He never even helped Zuko try to capture him. (But we know as early as "The Waterbending Scroll" that he was probably in the Lotus Society- which supported the Avatar and the unity/balance of the four nations, right . . .?)
In fact, in Season 2, Iroh seemed content to stay in Ba Sing Se and run his tea shop, oblivious to the world AT WAR around him. And then when his NIECE presents a BLOODLESS way to conquer the city that he failed to conquer by siege just a few years prior, he says, oh, no, this won't do. What REASONS does he give to not let his own Nation infiltrate the city? I repeat, where does he ever talk to Zuko about the war being wrong? The war HE fought in?
You have to choose "good" Zuko. (a vague term, mixed in with equally vague emotional appeal) This needs to be less about personal issues and more about what is RIGHT. Or, as Iroh puts it, "GOOD."
As far as Zuko having empathy, early on at least we know he is not cruel. Once again, IN EPISODE 2, he could have marked Zhao once he defeated him in the Agni Kai. Then, in "The Storm" he learns that he needs to put the safety of his crew in higher regard.
And as you point out, in "The Cave of Two Lovers," the look he gives Song, imo, does not only hold surprise, but empathy. And "Zuko Alone" was a telling episode into this part of his character. (The memories paralleling Lee's loss of his brother and loss of Lu Ten in particular) He is most certainly not a lead brick. He is a "complicated" and "conflicted" young man, as Iroh says.
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Exactly. Iroh was on the seas with Zuko for two years prior to meeting up with the Avatar. Up until then, he had every reason to believe that Zuko would never find him. And once Iroh confirmed the Avatar's return, he had every reason to NOT help, but every reason to try and keep Zuko alive (because he loved him), often in spite of Zuko's best efforts.
And Iroh didn't want the Fire Nation to conquer Ba Sing Se because of a change of heart - his son was KILLED on the wall, and he realized that that was the last sacrifice he was willing to make. He REPENTED. He also didn't want his batshit insane niece or the MIND-CONTROLLING DAI LI to head the occupation.
And Zuko knew what choice he was making in the catacombs - he KNEW his sister was evil, always lied, and was cruel and sadistic to the point of psychopathy. He KNEW the Dai Li were the brutal instruments of a corrupt, totalitarian regime. He KNEW what the Fire Nation Army would do to the city once they occupied it (crush all rebellion, enslave the people, put earthbenders in concentration camps , etc.) AND STILL HE CHOSE TO SIDE WITH HIS SISTER, DESPITE HAVING SPENT MONTHS AMONG THE VERY PEOPLE HIS NATION WAS SETTING OUT TO ANNIHILATE. It's called free will and consequence. He chose poorly.
I also call Zuko a "lead brick" because in season 3, when he had the chance to kill Ozai, he didn't take it. Fine, patricide's ugly. But then he turns around and tries to make AANG, the monk who eschews violence and killing to the point that he refuses to eat animal to KILL HIS FATHER FOR HIM. Moral dissonance much?
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That last line...wow, that's really gotta sting.
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WHY HADN'T I SEEN THIS BEFORE!?!? *is lost in the shuffle hurting Zuko*
~*KA*~
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It's badly drawn, for one. 
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Hurr, mouthpiece huh. Too easy.
~*KA*~
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... I get it! Man, I'm slow tonight...
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*dies of laughter* I just realized he kinda does have an emo cut in the final season XD
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It suited him. And showed how he was mourning the loss of a love. *waves Jetko banner* I ship it for the lulz.
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it's reeeaaally scary how well their personalities would fit if it were cannon. and I mourned the loss of Jetko as well. *sob* eh that's what fanfiction is for.
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And canon as well. And yes, yes it is.
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wow... this brings back memories. I remember feeling the exact same way... I also felt terribly embarrassed for being a previous Zuko fangirl, and (as my siblings mocked me) a Zutarian.
But at least it ended (prettymuch) well, Zuko came back, and even Jet's alive! (owaitwut?)
lol-- can't believe it's been over three years! You're still awesome as ever, Sylva ;D
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Jet IS alive, and alalalalalalalalala, I can't hear you if you insist otherwise! *is thwapped*
Thank you1
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Well, it looks pretty crappy - I wasn't trying very hard with the drawing, I just wanted to get the rant out.
I should have scrapped it a while ago, now that I think about it.
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I have to admit, I myself am a Zuko fangirl, but more of the "Zuko-that-should-be" in my head than the actual one. >.< This was great, especially that last panel. Wonderful job!
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if that's the case, then I'm a zuko fangirl as well (only my "zuko-that-should-be" switches places with jet... 
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