I had forgotten the handprint! But yes, that totally fits--and his burning or all that stuff is almost a way of pushing himself forward when he's tempted to long for the past--something that he was unconsciously doing for a while.
ITA that if he'd turned in BR he would have been a Tagalong. It was Iroh who got the GAang there to rescue him and told them he had good in him, and I think if they'd both fought the other kids would still be looking to Iroh as the person making Zuko "good." But he had to go back to the Fire Nation and deal with those issues with his father. I like, too, the way that when he confronted him it was in a calm way. He didn't get hit upside the head with an Azula betrayal or an Ozai betrayal that suddenly showed him he'd been a fool. Azula and Ozai were on their best behavior with him and he was still able to walk away.
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Date: 2008-05-14 04:20 pm (UTC)ITA that if he'd turned in BR he would have been a Tagalong. It was Iroh who got the GAang there to rescue him and told them he had good in him, and I think if they'd both fought the other kids would still be looking to Iroh as the person making Zuko "good." But he had to go back to the Fire Nation and deal with those issues with his father. I like, too, the way that when he confronted him it was in a calm way. He didn't get hit upside the head with an Azula betrayal or an Ozai betrayal that suddenly showed him he'd been a fool. Azula and Ozai were on their best behavior with him and he was still able to walk away.