Post by Innle on Dec 17, 2005 9:23:03 GMT -5
It always ends the same way. A huge battle, with both sides decimated. The one who would destroy the balance and the one who can restore it must fight to their deaths. That’s what evens out the balance: the two weights messing it up are taken away.
As the Avatar, I’m doomed. I know that much. It’s just that... I don’t want my friends to get hurt. I’ve traveled with them for too long to not be affected by knowing that they might die with me.
Sometimes I remember things. Things that didn’t happen to me. Memories of the other Avatars, maybe... I'm not sure. They aren’t good ones, they’re memories of losing friends, losing family. (Not that I have a family to lose... but Katara and Sokka are what I think a family should be like, if it’s not normally.) If that’s their way of telling me to focus, to keep moving forward... well I’d hate to see what they’d call being mean!
I heard once (was it even me? the lines are starting to blur) that it’s not the place you’re going that matters, but the journey. That’s why I can keep going. If I just concentrate on the journey, on flying around on a giant bison to get to the North Pole, instead of concentrating on what’s going to be waiting there... then I can keep going. I can live in the moment!
I hope that I can. It’s kind of funny, isn’t it? The person who gives hope to the world is having trouble saving any for himself. It’s been a long strange trip, though. Too strange and not long enough. I think most people would have problems with–
Enough thinking! There’s a purring lemur on my head, dinner’s ready, and Katara’s looking at me like she’s worried.
“...I didn’t just say all of this out loud, right?”
“What? No, until now you didn’t say anything. You just looked really serious.”
“Okay, that’s good....”
Notes: First off, I didn't mean to make Aang so angst-filled! I just wanted to try writing as him... and this was produced. I apologize for any angry twitches or potential "BUT OMG WERE"S TEH SHIPPPING?!?!?!?!1/?!111/" reactions it may cause. Oh, and this could be put in anywhere after about episode five... yeah, I think Aang knows more than he lets on. Most shonen heroes do (I mean, look at Yoh!).
INNLE WANTS CONCRIT. NOOOOOW.
As the Avatar, I’m doomed. I know that much. It’s just that... I don’t want my friends to get hurt. I’ve traveled with them for too long to not be affected by knowing that they might die with me.
Sometimes I remember things. Things that didn’t happen to me. Memories of the other Avatars, maybe... I'm not sure. They aren’t good ones, they’re memories of losing friends, losing family. (Not that I have a family to lose... but Katara and Sokka are what I think a family should be like, if it’s not normally.) If that’s their way of telling me to focus, to keep moving forward... well I’d hate to see what they’d call being mean!
I heard once (was it even me? the lines are starting to blur) that it’s not the place you’re going that matters, but the journey. That’s why I can keep going. If I just concentrate on the journey, on flying around on a giant bison to get to the North Pole, instead of concentrating on what’s going to be waiting there... then I can keep going. I can live in the moment!
I hope that I can. It’s kind of funny, isn’t it? The person who gives hope to the world is having trouble saving any for himself. It’s been a long strange trip, though. Too strange and not long enough. I think most people would have problems with–
Enough thinking! There’s a purring lemur on my head, dinner’s ready, and Katara’s looking at me like she’s worried.
“...I didn’t just say all of this out loud, right?”
“What? No, until now you didn’t say anything. You just looked really serious.”
“Okay, that’s good....”
Notes: First off, I didn't mean to make Aang so angst-filled! I just wanted to try writing as him... and this was produced. I apologize for any angry twitches or potential "BUT OMG WERE"S TEH SHIPPPING?!?!?!?!1/?!111/" reactions it may cause. Oh, and this could be put in anywhere after about episode five... yeah, I think Aang knows more than he lets on. Most shonen heroes do (I mean, look at Yoh!).
INNLE WANTS CONCRIT. NOOOOOW.
