My Personal Head Canon Is That Ilah And Azulon Had Several Children In The 10-15 Years Between Iroh And

My personal head canon is that Ilah and Azulon had several children in the 10-15 years between Iroh and Ozai. They just didn’t live past infancy or toddler age for one reason or another. Not to mention the numerous still births and miscarriages. Which is why they put their all into Iroh.

It probably took a toll on Ilah and her marriage. So when she was pregnant with Ozai it was probably nerve wracking for her, but he was born healthy and lived past infancy. I’m between whether his birth killed her or she died not too long after he was born though.

We need more information on this woman and I hate how the series disregards the women of this family.

Thought about this cause iroh looks around 60 while I'd put ozai at 45-48, and they dont have any siblings in between them and they dont have different mother's. Did azulon wait 10yra to try for another baby?

ON the subject of undernegotiated kink in fanfiction. i think we should talk more about how the concept of "not talking about it" is just as much wish fulfillment for some people as "in-depth, therapy-speak conversations where everyone is clear and understood" is for others

like yes, in reality the antidote to shame is open honest conversation with someone who will validate your feelings and wants blah blah blah but SOMETIMES what i want out of my fanfic is characters being understood without having to expose themselves in that way. SOMETIMES it's fun to not dismantle the shame and repression all the way and to instead treat that understanding-despite-not-being-clear as the fantasy

me talking in the tags on tumblr dot com

Not every story is about seeing yourself in it. Sometimes it’s about learning to see other people too.

Ozai: Sometimes I feel like I failed as a father.

Zuko: Sometimes?

honestly as a proshipper i'm sick of writing essays on why i enjoy complex media. i could teach antis about critical thinking and depiction not equaling condoning all day and they still wouldn't listen.

i'm just going to start saying i don't give a fuck.

kids could see this content and be affected? don't care. it's triggering to you and others? don't care. it's not what the original creator would have wanted? don't. care.

it's not my job to educate antis. i'm tired.