Hi guys okay I’ve been rewatching atla again (I love atla btw, I’ve been into it since I was in 4th grade and it was my very first hyperfixation LOL) and I’ve realized that nobody ever actually brings up Lu Ten haunting the narrative
Literally almost all of the problems that are shown in atla (past the war overall) are caused by Lu Tens death and that means so much to me
Without Lu Ten dying, Iroh never would’ve left ba sing se and would’ve won the war with bs sing se and effectively took it over, and if he took over ba sing se he would’ve never been doubted by ozai (ignoring ozai’s own jealousy that causes his doubt….) and that never would’ve been brought up to azulon, and therefore azulon would’ve kept iroh as his successor when he died and iroh would have been the fire lord, not ozai, which would prevent zuko’s exile and his scar, and probably would’ve prevented the search for the avatar overall.
Literally if Lu Ten lived then Aang would’ve never met Zuko and also wouldn’t have to defeat ozai and would have no true rush in learning all 4 elements.
Ofc idk how iroh would be as a ruler and im not a true powerscaler so I can’t say how the war would’ve proceeded (though it probably would be far closer to being over, since ba sing se is one of the biggest kingdoms and would give the fire nation an advantage if it had already been won over, as well as an incredible increase in manpower if they were able to recruit warriors from ba sing se, though that is unlikely just… given the way that earth benders are shown to be treated by the fire nation with ozai as a leader, && iroh isn’t shown to be much better than ozai before Lu Ten dies) but i think if Lu Ten was alive then Iroh and the Fire Nation as a whole would have a much better rule (and zuko would have a better childhood tbh.)
Anyway. Sorry for the whole essay I love Lu Ten and his death haunting the story and NEVER BEINF MENTIONED is so depressing to me.
Also this post of Lu ten is so real I adore him he looks so nice and looks like a sweetheart. Lu Ten my secret fav.
