That's a really good point, but since Aang's thinking it, I suspect it's not supposed to be. The fact remains that Zuko is Fire Nation royal, creating a settlement on Earth Kingdom land, with at least a partial Fire Nation population. That setup has over a century of precedent for being a Very Bad Thing, and Zuko should both know that and take steps to reassure the local Earth Kingdom officials that he won't encroach on their territory or usurp their authority. He should probably at least consider having an Earth Kingdom co-leader, if not accept an Earth Kingdomer to have authority over him.


I think we're meant to assume the Earth King's seal should be sufficient - but Fong knows Ba Sing Se has fallen and doesn't know the Earth King's current situation, so it really shouldn't be surprising he'd think the seal could have been coerced or forged and therefore doesn't represent a legitimate royal order.

Yyyyyeah, Embers!Yangchen comes off as the "victim Avatar". While Kyoshi is the "merciless Avatar", and a female Water Tribe Avatar was apparently the start of the decline of the healers and a future one will be a guaranteed disaster, it feels almost... misogynistic? The male Avatars aren't good, either, but they usually have more agency or don't abuse their power, they're just mediocre.


That's a very good point. Weirdly, Kuruk doesn't get much focus at all, even though Koh is the fic's big bad and Kuruk is the only known Avatar in canon to have actually fought him...