rewatched "The Puppetmaster," contemplating headcanon & things

[foreveryakone]

Well I hope you're enjoying yourself. Sure, I could use a history -- one before the... obvious -- even if you won't do much of anything worthwhile with it. Or are you reconsidering?

Our legacy does deserve more attention and respect than it got. A great deal more. So write away. You know very well I'm not going anywhere unless you finally make up that mind of yours for good.

Comments

[bentbloodline]

Get too greedy and your empire will crumble under your feet, leaving you nothing to stand on. As you found out.

[foreveryakone]

Like father like son. Isn't that right?

[bentbloodline]

My only mistake was allowing your influence to affect me for even a few minutes.

[foreveryakone]

It wasn't that you used it that did you in. It was how you used it.

[bentbloodline]

No, it was resorting to using it in the first place.

[foreveryakone]

You would have sooner let the Avatar assault you, unprovoked?

[bentbloodline]

When you put it that way, that's exactly what I should have done.

[foreveryakone]

The one thing you did right. Why am I not surprised?

[bentbloodline]

[Ouch, dad.]

If it displeases you, that's more evidence that it would have been the right choice.

[foreveryakone]

[ Haters gonna hate 8( ]

It just proves that your way of thinking puts you better off dead.

[bentbloodline]

And this proves that you lack imagination. The irony of the Avatar getting a criminal record for assaulting the Chairman of the Republic City council would have been worth the injuries.

[foreveryakone]

Assuming she didn't kill you or worse.

[bentbloodline]

Neither would have happened.

[foreveryakone]

Avatars aren't known for their mercy when dealing with who they decide are threats. Haven't you learned that by now?

[bentbloodline]

That almost sounds like concern for my well being.

[foreveryakone]

It isn't. [ Because he says so. ] A little common sense, that's all.

[bentbloodline]

Oh, of course. How silly of me to think you might be concerned for your son's life.

[foreveryakone]

You can't even use bloodbending in self-defense without feeling sorry for yourself. What good would my concern do?

[bentbloodline]

[And somehow, the sign that maybe he was right makes things more uncomfortable rather than satisfying.]

Regretting my actions isn't the same as feeling sorry for myself.

[foreveryakone]

[ Any concern from him would be denied to hell and back, anyway... ]

It's close enough.

[bentbloodline]

You never did grasp the concept of remorse, did you?

[foreveryakone]

Never had a reason.