Ask the Author Part the Second: For want of a nail

[attackfish]

Ganked from askerian by way of suzukiblu

Inspired by Doctor Who's "Turn Left:" Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change. Something tiny (e.g. "and then Harry told a knock knock joke instead of a light bulb joke") or big (e.g. "and then June found Koh's spine and ripped it out before he could crush her arm and steal her face") and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.

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[roachpatrol.livejournal.com]

In Ice Flows Through-- what if Zuko had decided to stay and be chief of the Northern Water Tribe? Say, he had decided to 'civilize' it, Fire-Nation style, and then maybe open peace talks with the Fire Nation? The Fire Nation seems pretty down with gender equality and women fighters in the way that the Water Tribe really, really isn't, and the idea of Zuko as the closest thing to a feminist for a thousand miles is kind of hilarious.

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Hmm. The choice wasn't really open to him. Only Yue really liked him for the job and Arnook had him thrown out. If Arnook had listened to Yue and made Zuko heir, Zuko at this point is still in his "Fire Nation or Nothing" mentality, and he would have been a sulky, resentful, horrible ruler. Depending when Arnook died, if Zuko had stayed and tried to open negotiations with thr Fire Nation, he would be opening negotiations with either Ozai or Azula, who are going for world domination. Zuko holding the NWT would be a personal affront. Resentful as Zuko would have been, I'm not sure he would have done anything about the gender equality of the North, just because he'd be too busy sulking. Also, it's unlikely he'd keep the throne for long. The NWT would rebel.

And Lu Ten and Rinzee would be stuck brainwashed in the Earth Kingdom.

[roachpatrol.livejournal.com]

So basically horror for everyone, which is the best kind of horror! Well, it's a good thing that stuff didn't happen that way, then.

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

*nods very rapidly*

Thoug on the bright side, Zuko at some point would have smacked Hahn.