I can't believe I never thought of that but you're right. I hope we do find out what happened to her--it seems like Zuko's "Then she might be alive!" could be leading that way. It feels like there's a shoe to drop there.
It's interesting now that you point that out how as you say, the idea of Zuko imagining things happening to her puts him in the position of saving her in that classic damsel in distress way. Not that Zuko thinks his mother is powerless, I don't think. There's just a slightly different dynamic to the switching of roles of protector and protected.
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Date: 2008-06-20 01:32 pm (UTC)It's interesting now that you point that out how as you say, the idea of Zuko imagining things happening to her puts him in the position of saving her in that classic damsel in distress way. Not that Zuko thinks his mother is powerless, I don't think. There's just a slightly different dynamic to the switching of roles of protector and protected.