I could see how this would feed into Lin becoming the rule-bound, no-privileges sort of person we see in the present day. After all, if Toph's lie detecting doesn't work on the likes of Azula, false positives should also be in the realm of possibility. That'd seem the sort of thing to nag at Lin, even if she thought the suspect in this particular case was guilty.
The bit about Toph having a secretary to write her reports raises a good (and obvious) point. Her position would involve a lot of paperwork, so Toph would need to dictate her reports to someone. That could be an interesting relationship.
I've sometimes fanwanked the idea that metalbending could allow Toph to learn to read and write, if she put iron salts in her ink, but on reflection I wonder if she'd actually be that interested in learning either skill. She wouldn't need them until she becomes a police officer, and that's probably into her twenties. Between her police work and training metalbenders, and possible a marriage as well, that wouldn't leave a terrible amount of time for her to become literate.
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Re: Lin Realizes Toph is Dirty
Date: 2012-12-06 05:53 pm (UTC)The bit about Toph having a secretary to write her reports raises a good (and obvious) point. Her position would involve a lot of paperwork, so Toph would need to dictate her reports to someone. That could be an interesting relationship.
I've sometimes fanwanked the idea that metalbending could allow Toph to learn to read and write, if she put iron salts in her ink, but on reflection I wonder if she'd actually be that interested in learning either skill. She wouldn't need them until she becomes a police officer, and that's probably into her twenties. Between her police work and training metalbenders, and possible a marriage as well, that wouldn't leave a terrible amount of time for her to become literate.