(Author's Note)
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Someone complained that I was times-kipping too much good stuff and while not necessarily false it made me realize I ought to make you guys aware of some things. Each Book of The Last Airbender has a specific Season, Book 2 Earth is in Spring which makes Book One roughly in Autumn or Summer depending on how the Benders measure their seasons, and also depends on Zhao not killing any more spirits.
Any way I watched CW's Arrow since it's inception, but I wanted to test the Flashbacks to the island of Lian Yu idea. But instead of actual flashbacks initially it's more in line with that Green Arrow's and Spartan's future kids and Oliver in the present stuff. I'm still roughly working it out, but I wanted to post something that let you guys in on it. Now this testing will not last very long, but once those two or so months come up, I figure I will have given you guys a throwback to what was supposed to happen but didn't and that will be explained by the differing perspectives. Now that said I do plan having Ryu met the Avatar Team before the reunion, he just won't tell them.
I can't say much more but I wanted you guys to know this before next chapter.
So to sum it up. Toph's present time is six or so months ahead of Ryu's as he's some two or so months south of Book One water's starting point.