I love the idea of the new, un-warded royal palace (especially as we know Roku blew half of it down anyway – which is probably some bad mojo in and of itself). At least if anyone’s likely to know the palace inside out, it’s Mai and Ty Lee – I can imagine tiny!Azula making sure she knew every inch of the place and having her henchkids in tow.
And yep, I guess you’re pretty much Dai Li for life. On their days off (if they had them!) wouldn’t they have to secure their uniforms in some kind of spirit-proof box before they went out to be clumsy and wistful and play pai sho with the old men of the city? Or perhaps they just socialise amongst themselves – I wonder if you could justify female Dai Li, given that I imagine scary secret police are moderately likely to select on merit. And they were founded by Kyoshi! I guess it depends on how sexist you make the Earth Kingdom. And I imagine that after a few diplomat visits to her husband Mai would make sure they let girls in if they didn’t already – as you say, she’d probably be A Good Thing for the Earth Kingdom.
And, yep, the idea of a mini-era of spirit-war, so to speak, following the war proper seems really satisfying, somehow – and of course it would give Fire Nation civilians a very real and urgent incentive to get themselves interested in the old ways, regardless of how keen they might be on true firebending.
... Speaking of which, oh man, Aang and ... everyone. *Hairpull* seems appropriate! I wonder if you could have everyone (well, minus Toph and Suki, probably) coincide at the North Pole? It just seems such a Spirit World focus, and Koh is such a gift. A creepy, creepy gift. Maybe Zuko, assuming Iroh and his wee ship as per normal, could work things out with Aang somewhere along the journey northwards and end up joining forces. And perhaps with Iroh bringing out his Dragon of the West side on behalf of the Northern Water Tribe, things might go much less smoothly for the Fire Nation invasion forces? Which might mean no dead Yue, which is an idea I’m always vaguely fond of, because I object to her storyline in principle if not in execution (that was such a great finale!). And it seems there’d be a lot of stuff you could do with a spirit-touched princess still wandering around. Though, hmm, she could also be very useful as the moon...
And, oh man, the assassination. Azula? Less laden with daddy-issues than in canon, out to claim the throne on the DOBS? Which, man, might pollute the Fire Lord’s line sufficiently that Agni basically disinherits the entire family on the strength of it? Though, hmm. That still leaves you with Azula to deal with. Problems! And I wonder if that scenario isn’t a little glib anyway...
But, yep, Mai and Ty Lee dealing with the aftermath in between fighting off spirits sounds like awesomeness!
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Date: 2010-10-05 03:22 pm (UTC)And yep, I guess you’re pretty much Dai Li for life. On their days off (if they had them!) wouldn’t they have to secure their uniforms in some kind of spirit-proof box before they went out to be clumsy and wistful and play pai sho with the old men of the city? Or perhaps they just socialise amongst themselves – I wonder if you could justify female Dai Li, given that I imagine scary secret police are moderately likely to select on merit. And they were founded by Kyoshi! I guess it depends on how sexist you make the Earth Kingdom. And I imagine that after a few diplomat visits to her husband Mai would make sure they let girls in if they didn’t already – as you say, she’d probably be A Good Thing for the Earth Kingdom.
And, yep, the idea of a mini-era of spirit-war, so to speak, following the war proper seems really satisfying, somehow – and of course it would give Fire Nation civilians a very real and urgent incentive to get themselves interested in the old ways, regardless of how keen they might be on true firebending.
... Speaking of which, oh man, Aang and ... everyone. *Hairpull* seems appropriate! I wonder if you could have everyone (well, minus Toph and Suki, probably) coincide at the North Pole? It just seems such a Spirit World focus, and Koh is such a gift. A creepy, creepy gift. Maybe Zuko, assuming Iroh and his wee ship as per normal, could work things out with Aang somewhere along the journey northwards and end up joining forces. And perhaps with Iroh bringing out his Dragon of the West side on behalf of the Northern Water Tribe, things might go much less smoothly for the Fire Nation invasion forces? Which might mean no dead Yue, which is an idea I’m always vaguely fond of, because I object to her storyline in principle if not in execution (that was such a great finale!). And it seems there’d be a lot of stuff you could do with a spirit-touched princess still wandering around. Though, hmm, she could also be very useful as the moon...
And, oh man, the assassination. Azula? Less laden with daddy-issues than in canon, out to claim the throne on the DOBS? Which, man, might pollute the Fire Lord’s line sufficiently that Agni basically disinherits the entire family on the strength of it? Though, hmm. That still leaves you with Azula to deal with. Problems! And I wonder if that scenario isn’t a little glib anyway...
But, yep, Mai and Ty Lee dealing with the aftermath in between fighting off spirits sounds like awesomeness!