I don't have all that much of a headcanon for Ursa, surprisingly. I have a lot of theories, but many of them are mutually exclusive. For example, one theory of mine is that she is an enormously powerful firebender, and that this is why Azulon was willing to overlook her heritage and betroth her to his son. Or he could have betrothed her to Ozai as a way to curb his younger son's ambitions to the throne. If his line were tainted with the Avatar's blood, he would be in less of a position to make a play for the throne, not that it stopped him. It also could have been a combination. I want this powerful firebender in my family, and I want to co-opt the power of her line for mine, but she's the Avatar's granddaughter, so I'll have her married to my less favored child. These could have made very different early dynamics in their marriage. Ozai would have prized her for the first and resented her for the second and third, and it might have meant that getting rid of Ursa when he took the throne (and thus any reminder that his children were descended from the Avatar, or even just more than his, might have been a nice side benefit to him.) Or she could be a nonbender, and accomplished with the dual swords (Which would make them superficially similar to Zuko and Mai. Both are are arranged matches according to Bryke, In both, she's a nonbending weapon's expert and he's a royal firebender, disfavored by the current monarch, his father.) She could be a young officer in training, raised to take part in the Fire Nation conquest, after Roku's decedents were brought to court following his death. She could have been in hiding with her family, and have only confided the secret of her heritage to Iroh... Oh the possibilities. I don't actually have a lot of theories as to what happened to her after she offed her father-in-law. I have no clue.
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Ursa 1/2
Date: 2012-08-15 05:21 pm (UTC)I don't have all that much of a headcanon for Ursa, surprisingly. I have a lot of theories, but many of them are mutually exclusive. For example, one theory of mine is that she is an enormously powerful firebender, and that this is why Azulon was willing to overlook her heritage and betroth her to his son. Or he could have betrothed her to Ozai as a way to curb his younger son's ambitions to the throne. If his line were tainted with the Avatar's blood, he would be in less of a position to make a play for the throne, not that it stopped him. It also could have been a combination. I want this powerful firebender in my family, and I want to co-opt the power of her line for mine, but she's the Avatar's granddaughter, so I'll have her married to my less favored child. These could have made very different early dynamics in their marriage. Ozai would have prized her for the first and resented her for the second and third, and it might have meant that getting rid of Ursa when he took the throne (and thus any reminder that his children were descended from the Avatar, or even just more than his, might have been a nice side benefit to him.) Or she could be a nonbender, and accomplished with the dual swords (Which would make them superficially similar to Zuko and Mai. Both are are arranged matches according to Bryke, In both, she's a nonbending weapon's expert and he's a royal firebender, disfavored by the current monarch, his father.) She could be a young officer in training, raised to take part in the Fire Nation conquest, after Roku's decedents were brought to court following his death. She could have been in hiding with her family, and have only confided the secret of her heritage to Iroh... Oh the possibilities. I don't actually have a lot of theories as to what happened to her after she offed her father-in-law. I have no clue.