Oh wow. It all comes down to this moment.

Very intense, and Sozin's last line just brings it home.

I love this. Deceptively short and simple. There needs to be more fics on him-I mean, come on, he started the entire conflict that Avatar's about.

XD

-sugarland

Very interesting, if exceedinly brief, character sketch on the man who wiped out the Air Benders in the moment before he did so.

You are *really* good at this.

You know, personally, I think it would have been a smarter tactic to kill off the water tribes first. Sozin must've known that the Avatar was still young and inexperienced (seeing how Roku only died like a decade ago) and didn't master the next element yet. Besides, I have a theory that since the comet made the firebenders so strong, the waterbenders must've been weakened. Not to mention there are only two water tribes and not four air temples.

*grin*

I like this sentence:

[“Your orders, Fire Lord?” the words are soft and hesitant; this war isn’t real to them yet.]

The second half of that sentence alone brings a lot of images of the sacrifices and horrors the Fire Nation soldiers have yet to see.

I think it works very well as a drabble.