YES INORITE? One reason I love "The Beach" is because we see them acting like siblings instead of people-on-de-facto-opposite-sides-in-a-war.
And Azula has this unfamiliar wistful tone when she tells Chan her family used to come to Ember Island. Those were probably good days for her, too, back before her father saw her primarily as a weapon. And no doubt if Ozai was hanging out with Zuko, she was with her mother.
ALSO, I do love that her response to Zuko's emo is "goad him into shouty catharsis, then arson".
But I also shudder at hurt/comfort dynamics where one of the characters is a PWD (or woman, etc., etc., etc.,) and the other isn't and the PWD/woman/etc. is doing all the hurting and the non-PWD/man/etc., is doing all the comforting.
I really love h/c where the woman is the one in need of support, but it is SO RARELY DONE WELL. As you say, all kinds of horrible subtext creeps in, and sometimes I'm like, JUST BECAUSE SHE NEEDS A HUG DOESN'T MAKE HER A CHILD.
(I agree with you on the skeeviness of a lot of Azula/Sokka I have seen, BTW. Which is a shame, because I think they would be fun/interesting together. Like if they had to come up with some Master Plan. There would be all kinds of yelling and arguing and Sokka would have to watch his mouth if he didn't want to DIAF.)
TOTAL BROS. With benefits. I would read that if it existed.
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Date: 2011-12-01 08:06 pm (UTC)And Azula has this unfamiliar wistful tone when she tells Chan her family used to come to Ember Island. Those were probably good days for her, too, back before her father saw her primarily as a weapon. And no doubt if Ozai was hanging out with Zuko, she was with her mother.
ALSO, I do love that her response to Zuko's emo is "goad him into shouty catharsis, then arson".
But I also shudder at hurt/comfort dynamics where one of the characters is a PWD (or woman, etc., etc., etc.,) and the other isn't and the PWD/woman/etc. is doing all the hurting and the non-PWD/man/etc., is doing all the comforting.
I really love h/c where the woman is the one in need of support, but it is SO RARELY DONE WELL. As you say, all kinds of horrible subtext creeps in, and sometimes I'm like, JUST BECAUSE SHE NEEDS A HUG DOESN'T MAKE HER A CHILD.
(I agree with you on the skeeviness of a lot of Azula/Sokka I have seen, BTW. Which is a shame, because I think they would be fun/interesting together. Like if they had to come up with some Master Plan. There would be all kinds of yelling and arguing and Sokka would have to watch his mouth if he didn't want to DIAF.)
TOTAL BROS. With benefits. I would read that if it existed.