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would desperately like to know more ab the way you've drawn zuko with the ears and fangs and stuff !! is it like a more high-fantasy au type deal?? regardless it's super super cool looking :))

Thanks so much!!! At first it started with the whiskers, just to make him look more like a creature (because he is) but then I wanted to design Agni, y’know, the s u n. Eventually that spiraled down into the whole “Children of Agni” thing, so in short! Firebenders / Fire Nationals take their looks after Agni, their type of tusks showing weather they were favored/assisted by Agni or not. In Zuko’s case, the whole “lucky to be born” spiel gives him the Yokai-ish teefers. While “The Mark of Agni” (the weird nose stripe) is to show they are of Royal Blood, so Ursa wont have the stripe but Zuko, Ozai, Iroh, and Azula will. As for the ears, that was just an old headcanon as to how I draw each nation/kingdom/tribes general features to make them more distinct aside from their eye colors, more things to make them suspicious if they were sneaking around, more things to hide if you will.

Hope this all sums it up! :)

a lot of these ^ I don’t really follow by anymore, but anyones welcomed to use these lil features if they desire :)