Ozai Mini-Meme

[beckyh2112]

I am in a mood to write Ozai. One request per person, two requests for my usual people. If I'm not interested in your request, I'm just going to ignore it.

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[usamichan13.livejournal.com]

Ozai and Iroh - what they talked about after Azulon died.

Ozai and Iroh, what they talked about after Azulon died

[beckyh2112.livejournal.com]

Iroh is so very tired.

He has been tired since he returned from the Spirit World. Since before, since the day he burned his son on alien soil. Since the moment he thought, 'Why isn't Jeong Jeong here to collect the ashes for me?'

But Jeong Jeong deserted years ago, and Iroh gathered his son's ashes alone.

He wants to sleep and never awaken. On the ship back from the Fire Nation, sometimes he could hardly haul himself from his berth to the deck.

Then the messenger hawk came with the announcement his brother had been crowned Firelord. Iroh stared at it, too empty inside to wonder how blood had come to this. He lost Lu Ten weeks ago, he lost his brother that day. But he must have lost his brother long before then and simply never noticed.

Here, now, at the Palace, he must pay his respects to the Firelord. He must, then he must deliver his son's ashes to an appropriate resting place. Then he can sleep.

His words to his brother are dead formality. He stares past his brother's shoulder as he speaks, as Ozai answers him with an edge of wariness that perhaps his brother doesn't realize is there.

If he weren't so tired, Iroh would do capitalize on that.

But this audience exhausts him, and he doesn't want to prolong it with anything. He doesn't ask how their father died, he doesn't ask where Ozai's Lady is, he doesn't ask why Ozai betrayed him like this.

It doesn't matter. Nothing does.

Re: Ozai and Iroh, what they talked about after Azulon died

[redrikki.livejournal.com]

This is exactly how I always read Iroh after Lu Ten. I figured he really didn't snap out of it until what happened to Zuko.

Re: Ozai and Iroh, what they talked about after Azulon died

[usamichan13.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor Iroh. I always did wonder what Iroh thought when he found out their father died, and I think the emotion you captured here was very believable. Thanks so much for writing this!