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Letter to Zhao

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I wrote this a long ago after seeing the Blue Spirit episode for the first time. I already had created Akiko, Zuko's true love, and the daughter Zhao abandoned before her birth.

Akiko can't resist being petty after Zuko rescues Aang from Zhao. So she writes an anonymous letter to her ex-father to rub it in his face! Enjoy!

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pixai- Akiko's wedding dress

 

"Dear Admiral Zhao,

I will be frank: I’m laughing and smiling with glee, knowing that the Avatar and the Blue Spirit escaped from you. It’s another dishonor for a man who only knows dishonor—one who thinks only of himself and his achievements.

You seek glory and praise for yourself, but nothing for those who matter. All that’s left in your wake are the shattered lives of others. So, what is the matter with you? Selfish, greedy, more of a cowardly pig than anything else. Fat and lazy, yet still a coward. Have you no shame? Or is it that all you care about is the fame in your rotten name?

You seek to increase your wealth and honor, yet what would bring a man true fame, true wealth, you have forsaken to die and rot. You have nothing but a heart as black as coal, fueling the very ship that will sail you to your doom.

For I’m here to inform you: your judgment is coming soon. By the hands of man or spirit, the day of reckoning is near, and you will pay. One way or another, justice will find you. The spirits will show no mercy on a beast who has never known the emotion of love. Your hate and pride will be your undoing.

We will smile and sing praises as you fall, farther than the dirt beneath us. So be warned, your karma is coming back to claim what is owed. And on that day, we will be free.

So, goodbye. Farewell, from anonymous!"