![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Drabble: Form Over Function
Oct. 29th, 2009 11:31 pmAuthor's Note: After all that running around after and then with the avatar and his brave companions, I can just see Zuko coming home and being really genre savy. This is item number one on the evil overlord list, actually... I don't know, it feels like he's channeling Gen from Megan Whalen Turner's books here, playing innocent and stupid most of the time, and then WHAM, oh yeah, that's why he's Fire Lord.
Form Over Function
“Tell me,” Zuko asked, “Why do Fire Nation troops wear face masks or helmets with visors?”
“They protect their faces and intimidate our enemies,” one of his generals replied, suppressing a sigh.
The new Fire Lord’s eyes flicked over the tax reports on the table and then narrowed on the general. “Really? Because I always thought they just made it easy for people to infiltrate our armed forces.”
The general flinched, finding himself missing Princess Azula. No one ever forgot she was terrifying. “My lord, I don’t...”
“It was really useful during the war," he deadpanned. “Thanks, by the way.”
Form Over Function
“Tell me,” Zuko asked, “Why do Fire Nation troops wear face masks or helmets with visors?”
“They protect their faces and intimidate our enemies,” one of his generals replied, suppressing a sigh.
The new Fire Lord’s eyes flicked over the tax reports on the table and then narrowed on the general. “Really? Because I always thought they just made it easy for people to infiltrate our armed forces.”
The general flinched, finding himself missing Princess Azula. No one ever forgot she was terrifying. “My lord, I don’t...”
“It was really useful during the war," he deadpanned. “Thanks, by the way.”
