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Zuko

he's very good at masking about 90% of the time

struggles with social cues sometimes?

he walks a very odd line between missing social cues because autism and being hyperaware of social cues because abuse victim

positive attention is a little foreign to him - people flirt with him all the time and he just barrels right on through

he scripts things out everything. practices random conversations with turtleducks. has entire scrolls of "what to say if..." laying around his room.

unrelated but his customer service voice is ever-present in Official Political Meetings

a fascinating special interest in tea

can and will infodump at the drop of a hat

lots of finger stims (they're small and easy to hide)

facial expressions mean nothing folks

super smooth fabrics bother him

he doesn't really like how fire feels - his own is pretty nice, and aang's is usually okay, but everyone else's is sketchy

hates hates hates the texture of his scar

listen zuko just infodumps a lot

Fire Siblings Post War Headcanons

request by anon: Fire siblings post war headcannons? (This means disregarding the comics cause I don't like them nor the way they treat mental illness and Azula)

note: finally, my first official atla request is out! I loved this one sm, and I can't wait to ignore the comics and actually give Azula a chance and not mock and villianize mental illness, as we should! I also tried to make this as open to all ships as possible, just to be sure!

I have about 9 others either ready to go or in progress, coming up the next days and weeks, but I'm still accepting new ones, so if you're interested in that there's a link at the bottom on this post!

I really am the biggest supporter of Azula getting some much needed therapy

but I also think she's resist it at first?

her treatment starts far away from Caldera, the palace and Zuko

with healers and therapists and lots of mediation

Zuko probably ends up pushing off therapy for a solid while after becoming Fire Lord, being way to busy

Good old Ambassador Sokka and Uncle Iroh ends up literally kidnapping him and sending him to therapy when they're scared he'll just collapse

Zuko puts off requesting to see Azula for a good while

he's really unsure and nervous about it all, which is fair

but it's not just that, with therapy, time and experiencing what real love and a sense of family feels like, he feels a lot of hurt and sympathy for his baby sister

he starts getting nightmares about the aftermath of the last Agni Kai, and after a couple of weeks where it happens every night, he finally reaches out

he's surprised when he's told she'll she him whenever he's ready

this can be me just projecting how I act after trauma and big episodes, but I can see her not wanting to talk at first?

they're just in the same room, learning to just exist together again

Zuko has a lot to talk about, anyways

mundane things from the palace, stories about Sokka in the Fire Nation, about Iroh and his shop, little, simple things

after a while he starts talking about more serious topics, as he sees it clearly peaks her interest a little more

he tells her about his life as a refugee in Ba Sing Se, he swears she almost smiles when he tells her about the wonderfully awkward date with Jin, and he talks about the crew on his ship, and how terrible went when he tried to befriend the Gaang

the first time she says something again is when Zuko has had a little breakdown and chopped of his hair when he looked in the mirror and thought he started to look like Ozai

it's uneven and he has weird little bangs, but she just looks at him for a few seconds, and calmly states that the long hair wasn't working for him, anyways

Zuko tries so hard to stay chill, and he kinda manages, but he totally cries a little when he leaves her room

after that the visits starts becoming more of a conversation, and while they thread lightly, they're also feeling a new sense of... familiarity, maybe?

the first time Azula visits the palace goes surprisingly well

at this point, Zuko has spent a lot of time talking to Sokka about Azula and their rehabilitations, and Sokka is trying hard to be there for Zuko and make this as easy as possible

Azula finds him a little annoying at first, and on time she gets really annoyed and jokes that he can chill, she's not gonna try to kill Zuko again

Sokka s horrified, but Zuko actually laughs

the first time Zuko hears Azula laugh without it being out of someone else pain, and for the first time since the war ended, is at one of Katara's little jabs at Zuko

(that's just how she shows him she cares, it's the same kind of bickering she does with Sokka)

Azula actually barks out a real laugh and Katara forgets to be weary and actually grins at her

it's weird and awkward but also kinda really beautiful

Zuko and Azula starts having tea once a week, no matter how busy they are, and they keep that tradition even as they get older

I have some many aunt Azula headcanons, and I've kinda talked about them before, but I just need to add a few sorry

she totally feels super awkward when she first meets her as a baby

the first time she holds her she just looks at her and is like... holy shit... a whole tiny person... in my arms.... help..?

but it turns out Azula quite likes toddlers, esp when they get to that age where they can talk, but have yet to develop a filter

she's crazy protective of her, and Zuko kinda just appreciates it

but she also loves teaching Izumi ways to mess with Zuko, so much

whenever Zuko complains about it, he stops and realizes he kinds wouldn't want it any other way

the older they get, the more they both love gossip lmao

middle aged fire siblings spilling tea while drinking tea?

why, yes of course

request info - buy me a ko-fi - Tumblr masterlist

AZULA GET BACK HERE-

Any fire siblings concept that gives them this vibe is an automatic favorite 

My Jetkotara brainbot strikes again. I just love them so much.

Pose references [X]

this meme + ATLA ships

Good ol’ amnesia fic. Joel wakes up from a bad concussion and doesn’t remember Ellie. He initially feels apathy vs mild hostility bc how dare his past self think he could replace Sarah with any random fourteen-year-old girl? But something hits him deep in his gut when he catches a clearly upset Ellie with a bag of her stuff trying to sneak past him down the stairs. growls at her that there’s no need for her to move out. Softens his voice a little as he offers to move out, if that would make her more comfortable.

Tommy comforting her, arms around her shoulders as she clings to his chest and sobs

gah this would be sooo hard for Ellie. She will deserve so many cuddles once Joel comes to his senses

Eda: Listen, kid…

Luz: Oh, you can call me Luz

Eda: I’d rather not. If I named you I’d get attached.

drew some fanart from one of my favorite jetko AUs: boarding school! jet and zuko are sneaking some alone time on the school roof after closing hours

New Zutara fanfic trope: Zuko is so worried about how deeply Katara sleeps that he starts constantly preparing for the worst.

- He stays up/wakes up a lot in the night to check on her and/or their surroundings.

- If there's Only One Bed? Zuko insists he'll sleep on the floor between her and the door. Katara thinks he's offering her privacy but in reality Zuko is just terrified that Katara will sleep through an ambush/robbery and he needs to be ready to defend her 🤣

- Katara is staying/going somewhere alone overnight? Zuko panics and insists on providing her a guard. (Bonus points if the guard falls asleep too and Zuko loses his shit at the guard, and then guards her himself 🤣)

- Zuko (trying to be) super quiet - maybe something has made him upset and he is crying softly to himself. Katara wakes up from the other side of the room and asks him what's wrong. Zuko is torn between feeling touched and feeling flabbergasted - "What do you mean you heard me?? Where was this "hearing" of yours when Azula exploded the temple you were sleeping in!??!?!"

Bla bla bla, you get the gist. Go on grab some tropes don't be shy, it's free real estate let's gooo