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Azula gets written as a white lesbian too often from what I recall of the Azutara fics I’ve read and it just feels weird. I’m not a huge fan of modern AUs as the diaspora aspect of these fics is nowhere to be seen and rarely do I see anyone put effort into doing any research on these cultures ATLA takes inspiration from, so again, feels extremely white for a show that doesn’t have white people in them.

This is a wide spread issue within this fandom though when it comes to how people handle brown characters. Just look at what people have done to Hakoda in terms of Zuko. It’s off-putting as hell to me to see this brown indigenous man have to “adopt” the heir to the throne of his oppressor and it’s worse when Zutara or Zukka is involved.

no literally!! and i get why atla's fandom is so white considering how deeply racist the show is like. yeah that's off-putting, and most of my friends do dislike it because of that. but it's still sooo frustrating to see how western-centric and white the fandom's interpretations of the characters are. like there's so much nuance to the characters that's lost esp in diaspora fics that are written by people who've clearly never even known an esea or indigenous person irl lol

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How would you fix Azutara in terms of them being a romantic pairing?

I’m just curious because the take of Azula being written as a white lesbian isn’t new and while it’s primarily an Azutara issue, I’ve seen the same thing in ships like Tyzula but alas, this is about Azutara and only Azutara.

oh you are assuming i'd ever want to fix it, and tbh i probably wouldn't because i find the fandom kind of rancid and i hate thinking about azutara romantically. but like? gun to my head, i would start with portraying their relationship as more fucked up than azutara fans seem willing to do. like the first problem with azutara romantically imo is that the fans are afraid of the characters azula and katara are in canon which means they erase all of the secondborn asian daughter problems azula has bc bryke very unintentionally wrote a girl that a lot of youngest asian daughters see themselves in. also, they just generally make azula ooc to white lesbianify her. katara suffers from this personality erosion less so, but she's made to deal with azula's shit way more than i think she realistically would given that she's not afraid to stand up for herself and likes to fight in canon.

um, other than that it's hard to really explain how i'd make azula not seem like a white lesbian and katara seem like an actual indigenous person like in a way white people would understand other than like, i wouldn't reduce katara's activism to some stupid white girl shit like "oh she hates just homophobia or just misogyny" like i'd give her nuanced and good political takes that i see reflected in actual indigenous communities. and i wouldn't be afraid to acknowledge both that azula has HEINOUS opinions and is not a fucking caricature of a white christian republican because that is just silly. she'd be shitty in a japanese person in diaspora way if you were writing her as a japanese charcter in diaspora lmao.

oh, also i would lean into azutara as more of a tragic romance? like i'd write a few happier fics or fics where things work out in the end at least somewhat, but the thing about azula is she really lends herself to tragedy. that's not abt the whitewashing thing that's just a personal critique.

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Suddenly I am craving to see a story based on Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Fairies. Like think - Azula is making a Compendium of dragons and legendary beings and goes on an adventure to explore the world.

Like imagine the possibilities and it could be set during the Avatar verse.

lt can be a cozy fantasy and maybe Zuko or Mai and Ty Lee can go with her.

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The above screenshots are all notes from posts I made for Siraj or posts I made while thinking about Siraj's fundraiser.

None of it helped Siraj avoid a stagnant campaign. He gets short bursts of activity ( he is grateful for every dollar, trust me he expresses joy at every $5 dollar donation ) but, after that the campaign stagnates for days. So all that is happening is that I am getting activity. My notes have filled up, my phone does not stop pinging- but for Siraj it is the same as always with donations trickling in slowly.

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Edit: this is once again getting notes. But there has been no proportional donation coming in for Siraj.

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Admittedly, I have never read it but would to give it a try! Sounds so interesting, any classical book give them all to me.

Jane eyre but is Aemond x Rhaena

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give me every classic rendition of rheamond

like wuthering heights, my beloved

pride and prejudice, you will have a place in my heart.

Jane eyre but is Aemond x Rhaena

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fang runin: maybe in another universe i’m not manipulated into a war by a father figure i trusted and driven by a need for revenge and a want to prove myself.

the other universe:

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once, i had an empire in a golden cage

i have this habit of creating a story in my head but never writing. wanted to see the reaction to this story idea before drafting more.

Sometimes the person you are looking for is closer than you think

Azula goes on a redemption arc, finds her mother and hatches dragons, becoming the mother of dragons whilst also stopping a civil war. Not necessarily in that order. 

symbolism

white butterflies sightings represent purity, innocence, and spirituality. Seeing a white butterfly can signify a major shift or soul journey.

****

Azula wakes up to see the Kemurikage's are gone and the surroundings are empty; she is guided by a butterfly and finds the temple with a lonely Monk inside. She is taken in and the dream sequence starts to occur but before it can get really traumatic, she is saved by Noren who tells her to get up and leave this place. 

Delirious, Azula can barely move her limbs, she realises that the temple has done something to her. She is physically half dragged, half carried by a girl a few years older than her. They encounter the spiritual monster who attacks to stop them from leaving. 

Even in her state, Azula is still a threat and capable of lightning bending. With the help of the mysterious girl, they are able to walk only to find the temple gone. They meet a refugee camp, this is where Azula starts to change her periphery about war seeing the harm caused to citizens across the fire and earth nation diaspora. 

Goes to the library where she finds dragon eggs and takes it 

She meets Zukos’ rival who wants to continue the war, he recognises Azula - she says no and leaves, fights an agni kun and wins, she lets the Avatar know she is here by shooting to the sky a bolt of lightning followed by blue fire, they arrive but she is gone. She watches as he is arrested by the Gaang.

Azula also hatches a dragon egg and I want the scene below.

And in the first time in a hundred years, dragons were born 

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I am having too much fun imagining Mr. Darcy trying to talk some sense into Lydia after finding her and Wickham in London.

Lydia: Go back?!? Lord no! It’s horrid dull there compared to town, and what of dear Wickham? We shall be married any day now, I’m fully assured of it. And what right have you, you proud, insufferable, horrid man to tell me what to do? Especially after treating poor Wickham so abominably bad! I’ve half a mind-

Mr. Darcy, to self while staring hard at the wall: You love Miss Elizabeth. You love Miss Elizabeth. You love Miss Elizabeth…

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“i can fix him” girl you are WORSE than him

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Someone write a Sokkla version on You’re Losing Me.

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castle crumbling is an azula song and i will take not accept any criticism. taylor wrote it for azula. i know that because she told me.

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once, i had an empire in a golden cage

i have this habit of creating a story in my head but never writing. wanted to see the reaction to this story idea before drafting more.

Sometimes the person you are looking for is closer than you think

Azula goes on a redemption arc, finds her mother and hatches dragons, becoming the mother of dragons whilst also stopping a civil war. Not necessarily in that order. 

symbolism

white butterflies sightings represent purity, innocence, and spirituality. Seeing a white butterfly can signify a major shift or soul journey.

****

Azula wakes up to see the Kemurikage's are gone and the surroundings are empty; she is guided by a butterfly and finds the temple with a lonely Monk inside. She is taken in and the dream sequence starts to occur but before it can get really traumatic, she is saved by Noren who tells her to get up and leave this place. 

Delirious, Azula can barely move her limbs, she realises that the temple has done something to her. She is physically half dragged, half carried by a girl a few years older than her. They encounter the spiritual monster who attacks to stop them from leaving. 

Even in her state, Azula is still a threat and capable of lightning bending. With the help of the mysterious girl, they are able to walk only to find the temple gone. They meet a refugee camp, this is where Azula starts to change her periphery about war seeing the harm caused to citizens across the fire and earth nation diaspora. 

Goes to the library where she finds dragon eggs and takes it 

She meets Zukos’ rival who wants to continue the war, he recognises Azula - she says no and leaves, fights an agni kun and wins, she lets the Avatar know she is here by shooting to the sky a bolt of lightning followed by blue fire, they arrive but she is gone. She watches as he is arrested by the Gaang.

Azula also hatches a dragon egg and I want the scene below.

And in the first time in a hundred years, dragons were born 

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‘i won, where you couldn’t even catch a child. how embarrassing of you.” she drawled, slightly smirking. azula heard the slap before feeling it;

azula thought that she understood her mother a little bit more, her fiance took her face into his hands examining the damage.

the guards in the room made no attempt to stop him.

stroking the cheek with his thumb, ‘captain lee, fetch the medic, the avatar attacked the princess.’

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the guards in the room of that night no longer looked at her face, cowards, she thought, they were ashamed for either not stopping her fiance or not stopping her from fighting the avatar but either way she wore the bruise as badge of honor.

her fiance raged but he could not strike her again, his fear of the fire lord streghten even more after the strike has kept him away, for she was ozai’s property daughter and he never forgave those who touched things that belonged to him. though that never stopped him hurting his wife or children, she thought bitterly.

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