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Send me any character from any piece o media you know I know about (fandoms, book review books, anything I've mentioned here, etc.)

character: hate them | love to hate them | don’t really care | like them | LOVE them | THEY ARE MY PRECIOUS

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character: HE IS MY PRECIOUS (like you didn't know this.

ship with: Everyone, but Mai most of all. It's probably best to say that Maiko is my OTP, but I enjoy stories with Zuko shipped with other people. I also have a ridiculous fondness for Zuko/Yue, in spite of the fact that they never meet in show (headcanon Yue is as into honor as Zuko) and nothing will convince me that Zhao didn't have a creepy thing for him. And I'm deeply fond of Jetko.

brotp: Everyone, again. Zuko is a great taste that goes great with everything, but especially Toph, Katara, and Ty Lee. Also, Iroh-and-Zuko-uncle-and-nephew-adoptive-father-and-son-partners-in-crime shenanigans FTW.

general opinions: I have pretty thoroughly discussed my thoughts on Zuko and the Fire Royals, so I'll just say the writers of A:tLA did something beautiful with Zuko, giving us a sympathetic antagonist at the same time as sympathetic and undoubtedly in the right protagonists, yet making it clear that while Zuko's actions came from a place of pain and he believed he was doing wrong, they were still hurting others. His redemption arc was both absolutely necessary, and deeply moving, and requires a level of nuance so often missing from fantasy, much less children's fantasy. He worked hard to become a good man, and it's glorious to see.