Thread:TheDigger1/@comment-27109830-20160912154923/@comment-26220697-20160912201627

Angsty pseudo-rivals to the main heroes who were born to follow in the footsteps of their fathers, who also happened to be extremely powerful and famous fire manipulators. However, their dads were also pretty terrible to them, abusing them and their mothers, who were some of the only people who were genuinely kind to them, on a regular basis. Eventually, their fathers sent their mothers away, leaving them stuck with their abusive dads for a good chunk of their lives. Both responded to this in different ways, with Shouto resenting his dad and wishing to distance him from his life, and Zuko wishing to prove himself to his dad and earn his love, though their thoughts on their dads changed over time, with Shouto wishing to learn more from his dad and Zuko eventually learning how terrible his father was and overthrowing him as ruler of the Fire Nation. Both also have scars over one of their eyes, which were caused by one of their parents burning them, have the ability to manipulate flames, which they inherited from their dad, and started out as rivals to the main heroes before joining their group and befriending them.