This one was just a scribbled down idea because I love the image of Iroh and Zuko travelling around the Earth Kingdom, incognito, as roving tea salesmen. This is all that I have written in that file:
Ozai tells Iroh to relay the banishment terms to Zuko after the face burning because Zuko is inconveniently unconscious. But when Iroh is told “Zuko can only get his honour back if he captures the Avatar and bring him back to the Fire Nation in chains”, Iroh hears “ZUKO IS BANISHED FOREVER” because the Avatar has been gone for a century, right? And Iroh is probably right about Ozai’s terms for Zuko’s banishment; Ozai clearly doesn’t want his son returning.
So Iroh tells his nephew so.
“Banished… forever?” Zuko repeated, voice raspy, a look of lost confusion on his face.
Iroh winced. “I am paraphrasing. But yes.” Zuko flinched.
And essentially they travel the Earth Kingdom as peasants – earning their way with a tea cart! Iroh makes tea, Zuko makes the cakes. Iroh tries to teach his nephew how to enjoy life. Zuko still sucks at brewing tea for years, but he’s getting better. He can still make it better than the general public, but not by much.
Later on, while selling tea and food to a certain disguised Avatar and his friends… they are attacked by the Rough Rhinos! Iroh and Zuko assume that they’re after THEM, and the Gaang assume that these Fire Nation baddies are after THEM, so they end up teaming up and being awesome, defeating the Rough Rhinos in no time flat. Because they’re awesome. Scalding hot tea being bended into someone’s face is a must, because teabending rules.
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Date: 2011-02-17 09:42 pm (UTC)Ozai tells Iroh to relay the banishment terms to Zuko after the face burning because Zuko is inconveniently unconscious. But when Iroh is told “Zuko can only get his honour back if he captures the Avatar and bring him back to the Fire Nation in chains”, Iroh hears “ZUKO IS BANISHED FOREVER” because the Avatar has been gone for a century, right? And Iroh is probably right about Ozai’s terms for Zuko’s banishment; Ozai clearly doesn’t want his son returning.
So Iroh tells his nephew so.
“Banished… forever?” Zuko repeated, voice raspy, a look of lost confusion on his face.
Iroh winced. “I am paraphrasing. But yes.” Zuko flinched.
And essentially they travel the Earth Kingdom as peasants – earning their way with a tea cart! Iroh makes tea, Zuko makes the cakes. Iroh tries to teach his nephew how to enjoy life. Zuko still sucks at brewing tea for years, but he’s getting better. He can still make it better than the general public, but not by much.
Later on, while selling tea and food to a certain disguised Avatar and his friends… they are attacked by the Rough Rhinos! Iroh and Zuko assume that they’re after THEM, and the Gaang assume that these Fire Nation baddies are after THEM, so they end up teaming up and being awesome, defeating the Rough Rhinos in no time flat. Because they’re awesome. Scalding hot tea being bended into someone’s face is a must, because teabending rules.