idealistic kids are willing to be won over - and Zuko himself is young enough to accept their trust and friendship without doubt.
I gotta admit, though, I thought the kids accepted Zuko waaaaaay too quickly when he first approached them (In just one episode? Really?) and that Zuko's misplacement of his alpha dog tendencies and bitchiness was one of the great unexplained mysteries of the show. Here's a guy who had a hard time trusting Uncle in places, and he's able to just throw himself in front of his former enemies? With his (original) personality?
In fact, I was pretty darn surprised to discover that there'd only be three books--I really thought the third season's story arc was going to be expanded over a fourth.
For me, the Zuko-Iroh reunion in the finale was so touching it made up for the sad lack of Iroh previously... I agree 100%. I'd be willing to bet the plot underwent middling to significant rewrites after Mako's death: I really thought Uncle would pave the way for Zuko somehow via Toph. But OMG, that scene in the tent! I even got teary-eyed!
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Date: 2008-07-22 01:27 pm (UTC)I gotta admit, though, I thought the kids accepted Zuko waaaaaay too quickly when he first approached them (In just one episode? Really?) and that Zuko's misplacement of his alpha dog tendencies and bitchiness was one of the great unexplained mysteries of the show. Here's a guy who had a hard time trusting Uncle in places, and he's able to just throw himself in front of his former enemies? With his (original) personality?
In fact, I was pretty darn surprised to discover that there'd only be three books--I really thought the third season's story arc was going to be expanded over a fourth.
For me, the Zuko-Iroh reunion in the finale was so touching it made up for the sad lack of Iroh previously...
I agree 100%. I'd be willing to bet the plot underwent middling to significant rewrites after Mako's death: I really thought Uncle would pave the way for Zuko somehow via Toph. But OMG, that scene in the tent! I even got teary-eyed!