#and i know this is TECHNICALLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYY not chronologically canon

[makascythemeister]

Emotional about The Avatar and The Fire Lord

But imagine. Sozin helps Roku save his village and does what he can to help the island. And then leaves.

He leaves his best friend.

He helps the people who lived there find a place to live in the fire nation proper. Everyone goes on with life pretty well. Everyone didn’t need too much of an adjusting period. Except Roku’s wife.

Ta Min, who was now without her beloved husband. She didn’t know what to do. She was once held in high esteem for being the avatar’s wife and now she was a widow. She had her children to care for her and her grandchildren to bring joy. 

Sozin still feels so guilty about Roku. Because yes, he did all of that for his plan and his nation but he didn’t do it for the one he cared about most. His friend.

So he houses Ta Min and her kid’s family close to the fire nation palace (or whatever it is) and makes sure he and his wife check up on her, he’ll send servants to watch over the grandkids every so often to help her out, he’ll do what he can to help.

He keeps her close until one day, 12 years later he comes back from a grand victory and he can just tell that this was a very pivotal moment in his nation’s history to hear that Ta Min, passed away. She died in tears. Those around her asked what was wrong, but she didn’t know. She knew her heart was breaking and she didn’t know why. She died that day calling out for Roku. Sozin knew why. He felt a pang of guilt. That’s when he realized he left his friend to die and then went ahead and ordered his death all over again.

He still watched her grandkids grow up. The grandkids stay close friends with his own too. He watches Azulon’s son learn firebending in the courtyard and watches Roku’s granddaughter smile shyly as he winks at her after perfecting his latest trick. He sees them. He sees how they get along. He knows that look in Ursa’s face. It’s the same lovestruck look that Roku had. He see’s the look Ozai has. It’s the same young joyful look that he had before the war. He knows they’ll be okay. He knows that Roku’s family line will live on even if it’s his fault he won’t.

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #ozai #ursa #roku #i'm emotional okay #i love them alright #this is like #my favourite episode #and i know this is TECHNICALLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYY not chronologically canon #because i looked up when sozin died and when azulon was born #but let me be emotinal and dream okauy