Friendship - Part I

Delayed Toko week! What do you want? I'm behind schedule and I didn't even realize it until today!

~LengTu's fault. She did one, so now I'm tempted and I've been meaning to put up these for a while.

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Okay--So I did a series of images that surround a fan fiction on Toko. The basic idea (since at the time people were all like--they're too far apart in age! ew~) was that their relationship began as friends when the events of A:tLA happened, but as the years progressed it grew. I don't imagine them getting together very quickly. So I did a series of images of "over the years" showing the growth of their relationship. I kind of borrowed the idea from a friend on the avatar forum, who was writing a fan fiction surrounding the idea that Zuko traveled for a long time, patching up relations with the help of Aang and company before finally settling as Firelord--and that Iroh was pretty much running the kingdom in his absence. The thought made so much sense to me, and then it dawned. You know, it's probably during this time that Toph and Zuko get even closer. Which brought me joy. So based on all that, I began writing this fan fiction, and I drew the images to accompany it.

I was debating putting up small chunks of the story in the comments, but... hmmmm... it's iffy. I may just use the images again as chapter 'images'. Not sure. Still debating.

So here are the ones I'll be putting up during Toko week:

Friendship (Part I & II)
Travelling
Confrontation
Be Yourself
Quiet Words
Iroh's Happiness
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Oh, and what it says on the bottom in case people have trouble reading it and freak out because of what's in the bubbles:

"Zuko and Toph discuss their issues with their parents. He offers her the only advice he can give: 'At least you know that they act that way because they...

"Love you."

"True.'"

EDIT: I have written a short fan fiction that goes along with this image. Most likely I'll try to put this image as the "preview" image for that fan fiction. There is another image that would work really well by another deviant, and I asked if I could use it, but I haven't heard back. I'll try again. I'll link to them, but... yeah. Anyway, here's the link: Friendship</i>