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dream smp 01/05 event breakdown
here is a quick breakdown of the important events that happened on the dream smp on january 5th. if i messed anything up or missed something, please comment so i can change/add it!
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(breakdown of yesterday’s set-up, 01/05)
Technoblade and Tommy get his axe and sword back from Ranboo and Fundy. They set off a wither in L’Manberg. Tommy joins Techno in his plans to destroy L’Manberg,
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Today’s events
Late last night (01/04) Ranboo showed on stream his underwater obsidian base that he made in case things go south. It is littered with signs that say things like “it was dream’s fault” and “it’s all going to be ok.” He realizes that a page of his diary is missing (has been deleted) and comes to the conclusion that it was Dream.
The festival begins. They (Tubbo, Fundy, Ranboo, Quackity) plan to kill Dream while he is in L’Manberg without any armour. They play the games that Fundy/Ranboo prepared. Techno and Tommy plan on killing him as well.
On their way to L’Manberg, Tommy and Techno see the prison that Sam/Dream is building. They meet with Ranboo, who tells them what is happening with the Festival.
Dream takes a while to show up. When he joins the server, he immediately begins rebuilding obsidian walls around L’Manberg again. Dream tells them that Tommy fucked up, and bring them to the community house, which has been completely blown up. He blames it on Tommy, and tells Tubbo that he won’t blame it on them if Tubbo gives him his disk. Tommy appears, swearing that he did not do it. Tommy and Tubbo fight briefly, Tommy gives up. He does not care about the disks anymore. Tubbo finally just gives Dream the disk.
Tommy betrays Techno and switches back onto Tubbo’s side.
Dream insults Tubbo, calling him an idiot and saying that he was the worst president L’Manberg has ever had. Tubbo had just given him the one thing that was stopping him from destroying the country. He tells them the Ranboo is a traitor, that he was talking to Tommy and Techno.
Dream and Technoblade team. Tommorow, at 3PM (noonCDT), they will destroy L’Manberg. Techno’s and Dream’s plan is for Dream to set TNT off from the sky, and Techno to set withers off from the ground.
Tommy takes a leadership role. He sets up 3 chests: supplies, armour and potions, for them to fill up and share with one another for the “war” tomorrow.
Punz switches sides, and teams with Tommy and L’Manberg. Sapnap is not sure he wants to go against Dream, but he and Tommy will talk about it tomorrow. Niki is still angry at Tommy as well.
Quackity is angry at Ranboo, being a traitor. He wants to execute Ranboo, but Tubbo convinces him not to as it would be a war crime.
Ranboo has no loyalty towards L’Manberg itself, but rather to the people within it. He does not see the importance of the country and of the government. He agrees to join them in the war, but reminds them that even if they win, it will not last forever. He is confused and upset. Dream manages to convince Ranboo that he helped Tommy blow up the community house, since he has bad memory and must not have remembered doing it. At the end, he says “I’m not even real”– The conversation was all in his head.
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Honorable mentions:
Tubbo says the Thing! “Let the festival begin.”
Tommy accidently kills Tubbo’s dog mid-scene “MISCLICK MISCLICK”
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aang: uhhh sokkas been laying on the floor for the past 20 minutes, everything ok?
toph: oh yeah he’s ok, just a little overwhelmed
aang: oh no what happened?
toph: zuko smiled at a turtleduck
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suki: holy shit sokka, you’re hurt, let’s go to katara asap
sokka: haha don’t worry about me it’s not too bad...
zuko: oh my god sokka are you ok???
sokka: i’ve been stabbed and i can’t walk, will you please take me to katara zuko...
zuko: of course sokka, of course
suki: i don’t know why i expected anything different out of them
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katara: hey sokka you’ve been weird lately...is everything ok??
sokka: i think i’m allergic to zuko
toph: sokka what—
sokka: or maybe it’s just fire benders in general—
aang: ok wait sokka please explain
sokka: well when i go around zuko, my hands get all sweaty and my heart starts beating really fast—
toph: holy shit—
katara: who’s going to tell him...
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zuko, talking to turtle ducks: i just don’t know what to do about this crush on sok—
sokka, walking past: uhhh what—
zuko: SOCK— HE WORKS IN THE PALACE— SORRY SOKKA GOTTA GO
sokka: who the fuck is sock...?
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sokka: shall i compare thee to a summers day
sokka: hot as FUCK ;)
zuko: well of course i’m hot...i’m a fire bender...?
sokka: zuko no—
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zuko: hey, beautiful
karata: ha, in your dreams zuko
sokka, pushing katara: move, he meant me
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katara: it’s four am, what do you want
sokka: how do you tell someone you like them without punching them in the face
katara: wow it took you THAT long to realize that it wasn’t working...poor zuko
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zuko, on the phone with sokka: hey, i’m at the store, want me to pick up anything?
sokka: uhh yeah, can you get me the cock soup??
zuko: for the last fucking time, calling chicken noodle soup COCK soup isn’t ok
#atla#avatar the last airbender#sokka#zuko#katara#zukka#aang#toph beifong#textpost#avatar#red and blue
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gon: the stars are beautiful tonight
killua: yeah they are
gon: you know what else is beautiful?
killua, with his hopes up: ...what...
gon: ✨friendship✨
#gon#killua#hxh#hunter x hunter#killugon#my stupid boys#leorio#kurapika#leopika#yes im aware this isn’t atla
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I LVOE THIS SO MUCH OMFG—
Zuko is Autistic
Since I made a post a while ago claiming that Zuko was autistic, some people have been asking for the “proof.” It seems fitting for me to provide said proof now, since it’s autism acceptance month. I’m going to try to be as comprehensive as I can, but if anyone has anything to add, feel free to do so! That said, please do not come on here to tell me that Zuko is not autistic. This is my headcanon, and these are all the things about Zuko that I relate to as an autistic person.
Alright, buckle up, kids, because Zuko is autistic af and I’m coming with all the receipts - and there are a lot of them.
Let’s start from the beginning. A lot of austistic people develop tactics early on that help us to ‘pass’ as allistic. When unsure of how to act in certain social situations, Zuko tends to mirror Azula. When he was younger, he was shown copying her sense of humor.
He threw a rock at a baby turtle duck and laughed, saying that this is how Azula feeds turtle ducks. Because Azula thought it was funny, he assumed his mom would think it was funny, too. It wasn’t until Ursa asked, “Why would you do that?” that Zuko even considered it might not be universally funny.
Zuko is shown laughing at things Azula thinks are funny more than once as a child. If Azula is not laughing directly at Zuko, he usually joins in on the laughter, even if he doesn’t understand the joke.
Another time Zuko tried to copy Azula was after she demonstrated her skills to their grandfather, Fire Lord Azulon. Zuko immediately attempted to demonstrate his own skills, even though he was not prepared.
Another thing that some autistic people struggle with is fine motor skills. When Zuko tried to prove to his grandfather that he was as skilled as Azula, he tripped both times he attempted to fire bend. He has obviously improved since that moment, but it took him a long time to do that.
“You have yet to master your basics. Drill it again.”
Zuko was at sea for three years with Iroh, seemingly doing nothing but training to get strong enough to capture the avatar. After three years, he was still working on his basics, as Iroh points out. Other benders have been shown to become masters much quicker than Zuko. Katara became a waterbending master after one episode. Aang mastered all four elements in the span of about a year. By the age of 12, Toph was already an earthbending master, and she taught herself. Zuko has had to work a lot harder than them to properly control his fine motor skills. It isn’t until he’s mastered his basics that he is able to progress as a bender.
Since Ozai was obviously not the most supportive parent, Zuko may have had to figure out other ways to hide his autism.
Another tactic he used was to practice social interactions before they happened. In this scene, he is shown giving a practice performance to a frog:
“The thing is, I have a lot of fire bending experience, and I’m considered to be pretty good at it. Well, you’ve seen me. You know, when I was attacking you?”
Obviously, this practice session was necessary, because Zuko said plenty of things here that could have easily further escalated the situation.
Even while using tools like mirroring or practicing social interaction, we all have moments where things might just feel a little off to allistic people.
Empathy
A lot of autistic people feel empathy differently than allistic people. Some of us might not feel empathy, some might experience hyper empathy, and some might just have a hard time expressing empathy. I suspect Zuko is leaning towards low empathy, or has trouble expressing empathy.
Exhibit A:
“My first girlfriend turned into the moon.”
“That’s rough, buddy.”
Notice how Zuko found it easier to talk about himself. He answered Sokka’s questions about Mai, and the conversation was moving along smoothly. It wasn’t until Sokka shared personal information about himself that Zuko seemed to be out of words.
Exhibit B:
Toph just told Zuko that her parents gave her everything she ever asked for, but not the one thing she really wanted: their love.
Zuko spends half of this conversation looking the other way. When he does look at her, notice his expression. He probably has no idea why she is telling him this, so he doesn’t know how to respond. And on top of that, he was under the impression that they were supposed to be looking for Aang.
A lot of autistic people have what you might call a one track mind (which I’ll get more into later). It’s hard for us to switch focus from one thing to another.
Toph wanted to partner with Zuko because she wanted a life changing field trip, but Zuko just wanted to find Aang. He was able to have ‘life changing field trips’ with Aang, Katara, and Sokka because he was actively focused on helping them with their specific problems. He had time to mentally prepare to help them. There was careful planning involved in each of those missions. He can’t help Toph in this moment, because her problem is conflicting with the problem they already have: finding Aang.
In both of the examples above, Zuko acknowledges the hardships that Sokka and Toph went through. “That’s rough buddy” and “I know you had a rough childhood.” This may be his way of trying to show compassion, even though it might come across as cold.
Zuko takes things at face value
Catching things like sarcasm, body language, metaphors, and ‘reading between the lines’ can be difficult for autistic people. This also gives us a reputation for being gullible, because it can be difficult to tell when someone is lying without being able to read the cues.
The first and most obvious example of this is what Zuko’s entire arc revolves around:
Capturing the Avatar
Ozai had just fought his own son, a 13 year old, in an Agni Kai. He burned Zuko’s face, intentionally causing permanent damage, and then banished him. All of this because Zuko spoke out of turn. At the time that Zuko was banished, the Avatar hadn’t been spotted for over 100 years.
Knowing all of that, it seems likely to me that Ozai was being cruel and sarcastic when he said that Zuko could come back after capturing the Avatar. It would be like saying “when pigs fly,” since at that point the Avatar was thought to have been gone forever.
Iroh, of course, knows this. That’s why in the beginning of the series, he kept reminding Zuko that the Avatar had not been seen in 100 years. He didn’t want Zuko to get his hopes up. Zuko, however, spends every minute for three years training to fight the avatar, and the second he sees something out of the ordinary, he automatically assumes that it is the the avatar’s doing. It’s kind of a miracle that he was right.
Capturing the Avatar = restoring honor. This is an example of both taking what his father told him as fact, and seeing things as black and white, which is also commonly associated with autism. Ozai told Zuko that capturing the avatar would restore his honor, so Zuko became obsessed with finding and capturing Aang. He truly believed that doing so was the only way to restore his honor and return home. It took Zuko years to realize that he could restore his honor in a different way than what his father told him.
He automatically believes Azula when she says he can come home
“Father regrets?”
It had been three years since he’d seen Azula, and he immediately took what she said at face value. He is excited to be going home, and he is frustrated with Iroh for being skeptical. When Iroh points out that he has never known Ozai to regret anything, Zuko says “did you even listen to Azula?”
Zuko takes what Azula says as fact, just like he has always done. This is why, as a child, he had to constantly tell himself, “Azula always lies,” because she probably had a habit of fooling Zuko. But now that it has been so long, without the constant reminder that Azula always lies, she takes advantage of the fact that Zuko trusts her so easily, and he falls for her lies once again.
He doesn’t catch on to Jin’s body language
In the episode ‘The Tales of Ba Sing Se,’ Zuko meets a girl named Jin. He immediately is threatened by her, because she keeps looking at him (eye contact is another thing that can be a challenge for autistic people). He assumes she knows they are fire nation. Despite the fact that he has seen her constantly smiling at him, he is completely surprised when he finds out she has a crush on him.
When Jin asks Zuko on a date, he shows up looking like this:
I think most people would catch on that this is Not A Good Look. But when Jin messes up his hair, Zuko gets frustrated. He says, “It took my uncle ten minutes to do my hair!”
So, Iroh told him this was a good hairstyle, and Zuko trusts Iroh, so he took his word as truth, and went along with it.
Later on in the date, Jin tries to kiss Zuko. Just before their lips touch, he holds a coupon in front of her face, exclaiming that he brought her a gift.
Zuko likes Jin. He risked a lot to light up the fountain for her. We know he wanted to kiss her, because when she kissed him later, he let her, and he even kissed her back for a moment before he bolted. But in this moment here, he missed the signs that said she was about to kiss him (the hand holding, Jin closing her eyes, leaning forward, etc), so he moved the conversation along in a way that he felt was natural, by giving her a gift.
He doesn’t realize that Sokka and Suki want time alone
Zuko runs into Suki when he’s about to go into Sokka’s tent. She’s clearly embarrassed, but Zuko doesn’t catch on.
“Sorry, do you need to talk to Sokka, too?”
Suki says no, so Zuko enters Sokka’s tent, to find Sokka like this:
There are roses everywhere, candles are lit, Sokka’s hair is down, he’s posing. Sokka was waiting for Suki to arrive, not Zuko.
But Zuko doesn’t catch on to that, either, so he sits right down and asks Sokka for advice, totally oblivious to what was supposed to be going down.
He can’t explain what is ‘off’ about Azula
A lot of autistic people have trouble recognizing patterns. Zuko has known Azula his whole life. He knows what her hair usually looks like. He knows what her makeup usually looks like. She doesn’t usually have dark circles under her eyes. She usually has better posture. I could go on.
Azula challenged Zuko to an Agni Kai looking like this:
“I can’t explain it, but there’s something off about her.”
This is something I struggle with, too. If my mom dyes her hair, I can tell something is different, but it may take me a few days to figure out exactly what has changed. I think this is what was going on with Zuko here. He knows something is up, but he can’t immediately recognize that Azula has cut her own hair poorly, or that her makeup is different because she did it herself, or that she has dark circles under her eyes, or weird posture, etc.
Sensory issues
Sensory issues are also associated with autism. This can manifest in sensory overload and strong reactions to physical contact, among other things.
One way I’ve learned to avoid or come down from sensory overload is to self-isolate and meditate, which is something Zuko does very often. This can also be a way to recharge spoons or mentally prepare for something that might be exhausting.
This explains why Zuko would react so strongly when someone interrupts his alone time. He needs that time to prepare for every other moment in the day. When this time is interrupted, he lashes out, and has trouble containing his emotions.
Physical contact
Zuko doesn’t always seem to know how to react to physical contact and affection. He reacts negatively if he isn’t prepared, or if he isn’t comfortable with the person. Even if he genuinely likes the person who is touching him (Jin, Iroh, Toph, Katara, etc), he still doesn’t seem to know what to do.
If Zuko is comfortable with the person who hugs him, he allows them to do so, but he still almost always looks flustered. He doesn’t always hug back, and when he does, it sometimes takes him a moment to process that he’s being hugged before he is able to return the gesture.
Difficulty Changing Plans
As I mentioned before, autistic people sometimes have a one-track mind. We may have difficulty changing plans, and may tend to see things as black and white, with no gray areas. All of these things describe Zuko to a T.
Zuko tends to get frustrated over any change of plans, but there’s one example I’d like to focus on.
Let’s talk about that angst coma. You know, that time Zuko got physically ill after he did something that completely altered the course of his life?
That’s the one. The thing is, change is hard. And it can be especially hard for autistic people. Zuko spent the last few years working towards one thing, and one thing only: capturing the avatar. Then, in one day, everything changed. He made a decision to free Appa, which was completely counter to what he has been working towards this entire time.
I’ve had “angst comas” before, and I know other autistic people who have had similar experiences. Sometimes you really do just need a few days in bed to recuperate and adjust to big changes.
some side notes that are worth mentioning:
Zuko takes Iroh’s metaphors literally
He repeats Iroh’s metaphors without understanding them, and they come across differently
It took him a minute to realize when Aang insulted him, because the insult was dressed up like a complement. “Hey, that was actually pretty smart of you.” Zuko’s first reaction is to smile proudly at the praise.
That scene when Aang wants to sit by Katara (bc he likes her) and Zuko is all, “I don’t get it, what’s the big deal? Just sit next to me.”
He saved Iroh’s smelly sandal when he was separated from him
He has a special interest in dao swords
Inaccurate self image (in his imagination he pictured himself without his scar)
He replays memories in his head of times when he thinks he may have said the wrong thing
He has meltdowns when things don’t go as he plans.
He sometimes messes up jokes when he’s trying to be funny
He paces back and forth a lot, perhaps as a way to stim
In conclusion Zuko is autistic af. I rest my case.
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this is my all times favroite thing i’ve ever seen hoky ahit—
masterpost: #what team au - a modern!gaang social media au
1: sokka hits his head | 2: sokka falls asleep at zuko and aang’s flat | 3: zuko tries to change sokka’s bandages | 4: pre-movie night | 5: movie night the first | 6: breakfast at mcdonalds | 7: it’s jet | 8: processing jet | 9: the jet conclusion | 10: suki punches jet. it’s good. | 11: aang has a crush | 12: aang doesn’t know he has a crush | 13: everyone realises aang is oblivious | 14: zuko and toph are disaster ex-rich kids | 15: some planning | 16: suki talks to aang | 17. impromptu uno tournament | 18. sokka talks to aang | 19: zuko and aang have some realizations | 20: aang gets added to his own chat | 21: zuko and aang attempt to cope | 22: gearing up for another movie night | 23: aang is bullied into doing something about his feelings |
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i— well damn thanks y’all fuck—
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The romance is just oozing out of this screenshot. Zukka who?
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THIS IS SO FUCKINH CUTE OMFG
Zukka au where Zuko works at his uncle’s bakery, The Jasmine Dragon. He helps with everything, but he’s best at cake decorating.
As the bakery gets popular, Iroh needs more help, so he hires Sokka to do miscellaneous tasks that need done.
Now, while Zuko may be amazing at cake decorating, he’s also very slow because he has to get everything perfect. This wasn’t a problem before, but now that the bakery is more popular, he’s having a hard time getting all the orders done on time.
So, Iroh sends Sokka to help speed up Zuko’s cake decorating.
Turns out, Sokka sucks at cake decorating, but that’s where they need the most help, so Iroh keeps him there, insisting he’ll get better with practice.
Zuko is irritated to say the least. He works best alone and in silence, and now he has a “helper” who won’t shut up and can’t even pipe a basic flower. He tries to get Iroh to move Sokka somewhere else because he isn’t even helping, but Iroh insists that if Zuko just tried to teach Sokka how to decorate, he’d actually be helpful instead of a burden.
So, Zuko starts teaching Sokka how to decorate cakes.
Zuko can’t take time out of his work day to teach Sokka because of all the orders he has to fill, so they start meeting up after work and on their days off.
At first it’s painful, Zuko is still irritated that Sokka has to help him, but eventually they become friends. Sokka is a fast learner and picks up cake decorating relatively quickly, though he isn’t as precise as Zuko and likes to improvise his decorating, which drives Zuko, who meticulously plans his cakes, crazy.
Over time, Zuko learns to be less anal about his decorating, and Sokka learns to be more precise and technical. Together, they make a great team, and not just at cake decorating.
Sokka has had a crush on Zuko since pretty much when he began working at The Jasmine Dragon, and as Zuko got to know Sokka, he developed a crush on him.
Sokka is hesitant to ask Zuko out because frankly, he doesn’t think the guy likes him; they’re just friends who work really well together. Zuko is afraid to ask Sokka out because even though he thinks Sokka is flirting with him, he’s not sure and doesn’t want to ruin their friendship or their cake decorating team.
Eventually, after seeing them dance around each other for a while, Iroh mentions to Sokka that he’s never seen his nephew work so well with anyone, let alone enjoy it, and that Zuko must really like him.
Thanks to Iroh’s meddling, Sokka finally decides to ask Zuko out.
He decorates a cake for Zuko, complete with his favorite flowers and designs (which Sokka knows because Zuko always gets a small, almost imperceptible smile on his face whenever he gets to pipe them).
When he gives the cake to Zuko after their shift one day, Zuko is speechless. It’s the best cake Sokka has ever decorated, and it has all of his favorite design elements. Zuko obviously agrees to go out with him, and they start dating.
When Iroh eventually retires, Zuko and Sokka take over the bakery. Customers love hearing Zuko or Sokka (usually Sokka) tell the story of how, even though he didn’t know it at the time, it was in this very bakery that he met his future husband.
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Once you meet someone, you never really forget them.
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