Mar 02, 2011 20:18
I need a sheep icon. Stolen from, like everyone.
Ask me a question about a canon character I write in a fandom I write about or babble about, and I will give you three tasty tibbits about them from my head canon.
(Whomever asks for Ursa or Hakoda can get two slots besides them.)
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- Ozai
- Azula
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As long as this is strictly platonic, I'm aboard. We've already spoken about the letdown that was Long Feng's failure to engage Azula for the right to the Earth King's throne. She could read him with ease after spending a remarkably short time with him, so there had to be a degree of fascination there. If you aren't fascinated by something, you aren't as likely to put much effort into learning about it, and she read him like a book.
This makes me sad that there was so little in the way of Azula + Iroh dynamics in the show. We know so precious little of what they really think of each other. It would've been such wonderful character development ( ... )
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Ozai wanted to serve in the War, desperately, out of sense of proving himself to his nation and to direct his violent streak. He was cunning enough and charismatic enough that he knew he’d quickly rise through the ranks. Azulon knew that too, and refused to allow his youngest son to go to War on the grounds that there needed to be a spare heir.
While gifted in Firebending he was never considered a prodigy like his father or daughter was; his skill in bending comes from his competitive nature and constant training. As such, Ozai is the best Firebender not through talent, but by drive and will.
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I can see that. He probably felt overshadowed by his big brother's military accomplishments, too.
Ozai looks like someone given to constant training! He's definitely not a prodigy because he would've been all too happy to brag that point to his father when he declared Azula to be one, but he's gifted for sure. Being as ambitious as he is, it stands to reason he'd apply himself to Firebending with that same standard.
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So here are some facts not noted in that! :D
Hakoda felt resentful about being tied up to the South Pole. He wasn’t unpopular with his peers but longed to see the world just like his mother did. He felt closed off and bored and wanted to go to schools and universities in the Earth Kingdom. His father’s death at a young age forced Hakoda to remain; he was soon elected Chief.
Before his father’s death, Hakoda engaged in an affair with a young woman who was engaged to a friend of his. The young woman became pregnant but refused to break her current engagement to marry Hakoda who naturally assumed the child was his. The young woman was too worried about Hakoda’s reputation with other men and too enamored with the prospects of her fiancé could stumble into ( ... )
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I like that he shares the same sense of adventure and freedom as his mother. He never struck me as the kind of person to be content in one place for long. He's definitely the studious type and would find the intellectual stimulation he needs at Ba Sing Se University. He's already schooled, but he seems like he'd love to continue his education and make it a lifelong pursuit. You can never have too much knowledge. His father's untimely death tying him to the SWT rationalizes his cemented presence when he would otherwise travel the world.
Oh, the drama! Makes me wonder if the child really was Hakoda's. It's interesting that the young woman would be preoccupied with his reputation among other men over her own ordeals ( ... )
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