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((OOC: catchall post for further Mary Sue fever threads! Mm, delicious self-indulgence. POST IS OPEN TO ANYONE))

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[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

And not your responsibility. Just like if it's the Avatar's destiny to stop the Fire Lord and he destroys him...

Well, that was his choice to make.

[capthlock_rage]

... He deserves it, for everything he's done.

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

Then if that's true...why didn't you do it? You had the chance, you were alone with him. It could have ended there. You could have stopped him.


Or are you afraid, because if you're willing to kill your father then you'll be...Just. Like. Him.

[capthlock_rage]

[looking fully away from the mirror now, shaking his head]

It would have looked like a coup. They would think I did it for the throne. I couldn't... It's not my destiny.

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

Destiny. Choice. Those excuses may work on your friends but you don't know, do you? You say you know the difference between right and wrong but all you know is the Avatar's way is right and your father's way is wrong.

When the comet comes what are you willing to do. Prince Zuko?

[capthlock_rage]

... Whatever it takes.

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

You don't truly know for sure, because if it were true...

[and suddenly that voice doesn't have the same resonance and sounds just like Azula's because she is standing there. Right between you and the mirror and smiling]

Then I wouldn't be here, would I?

[capthlock_rage]

Azula...

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

We're both in line for the throne, after all...

Do you think the Avatar's destiny will include a two-for-one deal?

[capthlock_rage]

[shakes his head again, harder this time]

That's different.

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

Because it's different if you simply let someone die? Or if it's someone else's choice...

You know I won't give up like Uncle did if it came to that. I won't stop until the throne is mine or I'm dead.

[capthlock_rage]

I don't want that to happen...

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

Then what are you going to do, Zuko?

[capthlock_rage]

I don't know!






... This isn't your fault.

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

I was the one who proposed burning the Earth Kingdom. I struck the Avatar down without hesitating. If I become Fire Lord I will be everything Dad is and worse...

[and you know this isn't the real Azula because this one isn't delivering it with the same relish, she almost sounds resigned]

Don't I deserve the same fate?

[capthlock_rage]

... We used to be happy.

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

We did.


But you still have to make a choice.

[capthlock_rage]

Because you're forcing me to!

It's not fair...

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

Sorry to inconvience you by not falling to my death.

But I never made things easy for you, so why start now?

[capthlock_rage]

... You'll never change, will you?

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

Why would I want to change? Unlike you, I know exactly what I'd do when that day comes. That's why, even now you still listen to me. Because I may be a monster but I know exactly what kind of monster I am.

You, on the other hand, have a fainting spell and fever after your indecision over what cake to eat for desert...

[capthlock_rage]

No. I do know what I'd do. Between you and the world... that's not a choice, it's a sacrifice.


... But you're right. I'm afraid.

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

Making sacrifices. That seems to happen a lot in our family. Sozin, Grandpa, Dad, Mom...

It's practically in the blood.



You should be afraid. You were always afraid. The question you need to ask yourself is why are you still hesitating?

[capthlock_rage]

I want to be different.

[sharpasfire.livejournal.com]

How can you be different when both sides are telling you this is the only way. Because Roku let Sozin live, he allowed the war to happen. Are you going to make the same mistake our ancestors did?