DORK

[yukinoomoni]

You know, no matter how many times I watch Avatar over and over again, I always manage to forget about just how huge a dork Zuko is in the first season.

It's understandable, right? I mean, by the finale, Zuko is this badass who totally knows who he is. But Angry Ponytail Zuko? He has no fucking clue, and he's such a huge fucking dork about it.

I mean, okay, just look:


How does one establish that "big glowing light" equals "Avatar"? (granted, he was right, but still). In any case, he seems somewhat badass here, all SRS BZNS about moving on.


Until he has a temper tantrum.


*cue dramatic dork music*


He ALMOST makes it out of his dorkiness...


...no, spoke too soon.




So next he makes us think that he's all important and badass with his armour and whatnot.





And he makes a show of being a huge dick.

And just when we think he's actually starting to look a little like a real villain...



THIS happens...



Uh, yeah, so much for that...

And then he gets upped by a twelve-year-old.


I love how his men just watch.

Not once, mind you.




Not twice, either.




BUT THREE FUCKING TIMES.


FAIL.

And this is just from the first two episodes. If I were to make a whole post about his dorkery, I would run out of room!

Comments

[ladyxmoonlight.livejournal.com]

lol Zuzu's a huge dork but it totally works for him. <3

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. He somewhat shakes it off by "The Blue Spirit", bu even then it's still there. God, he's a fucking dork. I love him for it.

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

ZUKO WILL NEVER STOP BEING A DORK AND THAT IS TRUFAX.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's less noticeable by the later seasons because I've gotten USED to it =D

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah true, but that doesn't mean he stops being a dork.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

So true. It I think about it, it's actually a little worse.

See icon.

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

haha, yeah but by then, he's the Zuko we know and love, not the Zuko we don't know who we think might be the villain but is really, really bad at it.

[angelchan-2004.livejournal.com]

It just makes me sad that a lot of people cannot see/do not like dorky Zuko!

ZUKO THE DORK IS MY FAVORITE YESPLZ

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY.

It's like Whiny Luke. YOU HAVE TO JUST FUCKING LOVE HIM.

[ladyxmoonlight.livejournal.com]

omg I love you for comparing him to whiny Luke. <3

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

It's true, though, isn't it? =D

[ladyxmoonlight.livejournal.com]

Except Zuko is hotter.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

x1000

[ladyxmoonlight.livejournal.com]

XD I also totally can't see Luke anywhere near hot because I've got the hots for Ani so it seems wrong to me. However, I have no qualms with finding both Ozai and Zuko hot.

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

I remember watching Avatar for the first time and thinking, this guy fails big time at being a villain. I hope they get a better bad guy.

AND THEY TOTALLY DID. (Azula) Then I ended up liking the former lame-ass villain the most by episode three. Haha.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

It's so true. I remember thinking, okay this guy is only good for shits and giggles.

And I, too, had a soft spot for Zuko, right after he and Zhao had their naked Agni Kai. I was like, "Wait, if this guy is such a dick, wouldn't he have burned a hole in that guy's head?" And I started to rethink my whole perspective on Zuko.

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

Sorry, you distracted me with naked Agni Kai.

YOU HEARD ME.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

NAKED.

Re: YOU HEARD ME.

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

I WOULD LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER.



BRB, DROOLING FOREVER.

YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

I LIKE HOW THIS SUDDENLY BECAME A ZUKO PICSPAM. CLEARLY YOU NEED TO FIND MORE NAKED MEN FOR YOUR FRIEND WHO DOESN'T WANT TO WATCH THIS SHOW. BECAUSE I WILL OTHERWISE.

I MAY NOT BE A ZUKO FAN, BUT HE IS FUN TO STARE AT.

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

PERHAPS I SHOULD SPAM WITH DILFS TO GET HER INTERESTED?

SO WHO WERE YOU DROOLING AT, IF NOT ZUZU?

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

I WAS DROOLING AT BOTH. DUH. AND I DON'T LIKE ZHAO EITHER. BUT NO, I TOTALLY DROOLED AT ZUZU DURING THAT AGNI KAI, BUT I THINK HE LOOKS BETTER WITH HAIR.


OF COURSE. I HAD MY PLANS OF WHO I WAS GOING TO SPAM HER WITH BUT I'D START WITH OZAI, PREFERABLY NAKED.

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

I, TOO, PREFER ZUKO WITH HAIR.




....I don't HAVE naked!Ozai!

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

THAT IS MUCH BETTER. TFG APPROVES OF THIS PICSPAM. I THINK EVERYONE PREFERS ZUZU WITH HAIR.


BUT I DO, AND I CAN ALWAYS SEND IT TO YOU.

OTHERWISE, A CERTAIN PICTURE INVOLVING ROCK BONDAGE SHOULD WORK JUST FINE. ^___~

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

OMFG POST IT. POSTITPOSTIT.

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

WHAT? HERE?

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...Now I'm not sure.

If naked!Zuko isn't enough to entice the masses, I wonder if anything would be enough....

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

Well, not every one likes Zuko, so it couldn't hurt. ^_~

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....who could I post in his stead, then?

Re: YOU SAID YOU WANT MORE?

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

I am working on it as we speak.

[schellibie.livejournal.com]

He thinks he's bad at being good, but he's really worse at being bad. XD

Hahaha, he's even more of a dweeb as a good guy though. "Silver sandwich," anyone?

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

He really IS worse at being bad, seriously. He thinks that yelling, throwing temper tantrums, yelling at Iroh, not participating in music night, and storming around alot equals evil.

I think his dweebery is better suited as good, though. It's fucking adorable.

[burra-burra.livejournal.com]

Also the goth girlfriend. Just throwing that out there.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

WHO COULD EVER FORGET MAI?

[rosemusek.livejournal.com]

Gawww, Zuko and his infinite dorkery. ^_____^ Haha, he's definitely a dweeb throughout every episode in the first season. I think by the third, he's kind of come to realize the fact that he's dweeby? I dunno. It just makes it all the more funny. (Lolol "I don't hate you, too.") XDDD He'll never really stop being one.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

It's true. It's like, "Okay, so I'm a dork. Apparently Mai still digs me, so I should probably ham it up."

[burra-burra.livejournal.com]

Zuko: I had to leave my goth girlfriend behind.
Sokka: My first love died and turned into the moon before I could get any.
Zuko:...that's rough buddy.

Also, I bet he plays D&D with Sokka and Aang when no one is looking.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

This would not be surprising to me in the least.

I wonder what the Avatar-universe D&D would be like?

[rawles.livejournal.com]

Meeeeeeeeeemories.

Hahaha this makes me think of how the advent of my love for Zuko was based 80% on the fact that my friend and I decided upon REWATCH that Zuko was, in fact, a total dweeb.

And this understanding OPENED UP HIS CHARACTER FOR US.

Oh Zuko.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

It's true; I suppose the first time you see him it's like, "Okay, this is the villain...right?" It's hard to take him seriously.

But the second time watching it, when you know exactly what's going to happen to him...uh, yeah. Complete dork =D

[k-of-a.livejournal.com]

You know, the first time I saw Zuko in Avatar, I had the sense that he would start out like an evil bastard but then would somehow get a huge life changing event that would make him have a change of heart.

I like characters like that because unlike other villains - namely Azula - they come to an understanding between what's right and what's wrong and then they feel remorse for what they've done. You can always pinpoint them from the others.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

They feel remorse - and do everything in their power to make it right.

I'm not sure what I thought would happen to Zuko when I first saw him. I remember distinctly thinking. "Holy shit, this guy is fucking hilarious." I do know that I never expected him to come as far as he did, though.

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

No little Zuko with his hot mother?

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

ROTFL.

YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND.

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

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[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

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