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\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
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Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says The War Is Wrong, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
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->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. So in the end... \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'Aang is TheOnlyOne who would forgive them anyway.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says The War Is Wrong, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
----
->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. So in the end... \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'Aang is TheOnlyOne who would forgive them anyway.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
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\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says it, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
----
->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. So in the end... \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'Aang is TheOnlyOne who would forgive them anyway.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says it, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
----
->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. So in the end... \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'Aang is TheOnlyOne who would forgive them anyway.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
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\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says it, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
----
->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. So in the end... \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsUpToYou It\\\'s All Up To Aang.]]\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says it, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
----
->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. So in the end... \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsUpToYou It\\\'s All Up To Aang.]]\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
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\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says it, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
----
->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Can anyone think of a way out of \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'? Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. So in the end... \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsUpToYou It\\\'s All Up To Aang.]]\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
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...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says it, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
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->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
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...Can anyone think of a way out of \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'? Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. So in the end... \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsUpToYou It\\\'s All Up To Aang.]]\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
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\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
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Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says it, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
----
->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Can anyone think of a way out of \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'? Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. BSOD.
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
----
EDIT: And the ThisIsUnforgivable page may have given up the answer:
----
->To the western ear, it seems quite [[{{Narm}} anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[ValuesDissonance but to the Japanese, this is ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance strong ]]\\\'\\\'[[ValuesDissonance language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can\\\'t be forgiven for a transgression, then the only \\\'\\\'other\\\'\\\' option is that he\\\'s about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. It also has to do with the fact that in Japanese culture, being able to both ask for forgiveness and accept it are considered a virtue, therefore refusing to accept their forgiveness holds a lot more weight. And the person who can\\\'t forgive \\\'\\\'won\\\'t\\\'\\\' give this up. Back in the era of the {{samurai}} and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely \\\'\\\'would\\\'\\\' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it\\\'s only said to someone who (in the speaker\\\'s opinion) has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is \\\'\\\'so\\\'\\\' offended that a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' option. Obviously, it can overlap with PreAsskickingOneLiner, so expect serious butt-kicking in the following RightMakesMight fight.
----
...If \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' Fire National \\\'\\\'ever\\\'\\\' says it, they\\\'re basically saying they deserve to be \\\'\\\'\\\'exterminated to the last man, woman and child.\\\'\\\'\\\' And none of them believe that. Not even Jeong Jeong, who deserted and is fighting a guerrilla war against them.
----
->Zuko snarled. \\\"He\\\'s twelve, and naive, and an idiot. And the Avatar. Which makes him a threat to the whole Fire Nation. Not because of what he\\\'ll do to us - and he will, you know that - but when he blasts our army to shreds, who do you think is going to be tearing through the rest of us behind him?\\\"\\\\\\\\
Saoluan bit her lip, but didn\\\'t back down. \\\"You deserve it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"A lot of us deserve it,\\\" Zuko said tightly. \\\"Some of us don\\\'t.\\\"
----
...Can anyone think of a way out of \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'? Without the ExactWords, \\\"ThisIsUnforgivable\\\", the war will \\\'\\\'never\\\'\\\' end. And it means entirely different things to the opposing forces. BSOD.
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\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should be Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
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\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
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Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
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Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
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Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah. Worst part? Useless, stupid Aang understands this!
----
Chapter 54;
->For a moment, she stopped. \\\"If Katara can fix him, she will. If Master Piandao can fix him, he will. Sokka\\\'s gonna wake up. Or he won\\\'t.\\\" She swallowed. \\\"Any way you slice it, we\\\'ve got to leave. So we can get you out of here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Now, that was just not fair. \\\"I didn\\\'t do this!\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"No,\\\" Toph bit out. \\\"You just didn\\\'t stop it.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Feet struck the ground, and she rode a green wave away.\\\\\\\\
No, Aang admitted to himself. I didn\\\'t.
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->Not the small, igloo and tent village he remembered. This was a town; the ruins of one, still smoldering, once safe behind carved walls of ice. Not as grand as the North Pole, but it didn\'t look anything like where he\'d found Sokka. And the Avatar.//
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->Not the small, igloo and tent village he remembered. This was a town; the ruins of one, still smoldering, once safe behind carved walls of ice. Not as grand as the North Pole, but it didn\\\'t look anything like where he\\\'d found Sokka. And the Avatar.\\\\\\\\
\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
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Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
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Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah.
\\\"It wouldn\\\'t.\\\" A woman\\\'s voice, forbidding as an ice cliff. \\\"You destroyed this place long ago.\\\"\\\\\\\\
He spun around, looking for the voice\\\'s owner. \\\"I\\\'ve never been here.\\\"\\\\\\\\
Blue and white furs stepped out of blowing snow. A dark-haired Water Tribe woman, about his mother\\\'s age, with pale blue eyes relentless as winter. \\\"The Fire Nation was,\\\" she said coldly. \\\"And you are the Fire Nation. Aren\\\'t you, Prince Zuko?\\\"\\\\\\\\
My throne. My country. My honor.\\\\\\\\
And yet…. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 22:
->\\\"You say that like you don\\\'t think he\\\'s done anything wrong,\\\" Katara fumed.\\\\\\\\
\\\"No!\\\" Iroh slashed a hand across, trailing only a hint of heat-shimmer in its wake. \\\"Never have I said that! But you would hold my nephew guilty of Ozai\\\'s crimes! And Azulon\\\'s! And Sozin\\\'s! You would hold him guilty of the decimation of your people, and the extinction of the Air Nomads! And that, \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault he did not do]]!\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Chapter 31;
->...you want vengeance for your mother, and you believed the truce was preventing you from that.\\\\\\\\
I would never prevent you from taking proper vengeance for your mother.\\\\\\\\
Let me specifically define proper vengeance, in the Fire Nation. Bluntly, it does not include me, Uncle Iroh, or anyone else currently on Suzuran. \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault We did not do it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
----
Chapter 77;
->\\\"Deserted.\\\" Zuko\\\'s voice was so calm, it grated. \\\"As in, nobody lives here right now. Not like the Northern Temple, or that really weird guy at the Eastern Temple. Who in their right mind drinks banana-onion...\\\" He stopped, scar sucking up the light like a hungry shadow. \\\"Katara? Are you feeling okay? It\\\'s been a long night.\\\"\\\\\\\\
She eyed him right back, unable to believe his attitude. \\\"People died here. Horribly. And you don\\\'t even care.\\\"\\\\\\\\
\\\"What the heck are you...\\\" Zuko lowered the lantern, face hard-edged by shadows. \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'[[ItsNotMyFault I didn\\\'t do this]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
----
Over and over and over, Zuko/Iroh/Fire-Nationals-In-General are presented with crimes committed by their Nation. Every time, their response is the same. Denial, like a child confronted with a broken dish; \\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'ItsNotMyFault.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"
\\\'\\\'They weren\\\'t asked if it\\\'s their fault.\\\'\\\' When they are shown something inherently wrong, they won\\\'t acknowledge that it\\\'s wrong. They talk about what could fix it(Uh, maybe you should pick it up? The broom\\\'s in the closet.), or that so-and-so did it(Timmy did it, not me! He\\\'s in the backyard!). The injured want \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denouncement.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' All they ever get is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'denial.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'
And that\\\'s why I think that in the Embersverse, the war will never really be over. Outside of Dragon\\\'s Wings, it should Literature/{{Dune}}-style jihad - \\\"women throwing their babies at Fire Nation soldiers to open up a wedge for their men to attack\\\". An edict from the Earth King won\\\'t do anything unless he\\\'s willing to curse his own people en masse to enforce it - he was an ignorant figurehead that let the Dai Li savage his city. Why should anyone sane respect him without mindbending or chi-bonds? Hell, I understand why Fong hit Dragon\\\'s Wings - what good is a stamped treaty from the Earth King? All that requires is a \\\'\\\'stamp\\\'\\\' that was lost in an occupied city!
Nothing will change until Fire Nationals tell the world that The War Is Wrong instead of [[ItsNotMyFault The War Is Not My Fault]]. CaptainObvious, maybe. But people need to hear it or they will kill every last firebender. Period.
ItsNotMyFault. Gah.
