yo.... when jet breaks in the tea shop and accuses zuko and iroh of beinh firebenders....
do you think any of the patrons looked at zukos scarred face - obviously done by a firebender - and immediately think jet was an asshole? like
jet: hes a firebender!!!!
patrons, thinking about the backstory they concocted for zuko and iroh where their home was invaded by firebenders and they barely survived with their lifes so they could come and have a peaceful life selling tea in a city the war doesnt touch:
Everybody watched the Dai Li drag Jet off and was like, you two okay? You need a hug? Here let me help clean up all this furniture and tip heavily.
Then a few months later the old man is breathing fire in the streets and a week after that they see a picture of the new Firelord.
Their brains be all like
Patrons of the Jasmine Dragon when Mushi and Lee are mysteriously missing after the invasion of Ba Sing Se:
The same patrons a few months later after Mushi firebends the shit out of an entire platoon of fire nation soldiers and Lee is declared Firelord: