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ZKBB 2022 Sign-Ups Open!

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ZKBB 2022 Sign-Ups Open!

The time has arrived, Zutara friends! If you're interested in participating in this year's Zutara Big Bang, please complete the sign-up form above before Friday, April 8th. Invitations to the event Discord server will be sent on the weekend of April 9th and 10th.

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Love is the most twisted curse of all

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yknow ever since people realized tumblr isnt dead and have decided to flock here from twitter and tiktok ive seen a huge influx of people in fandom spaces who dont reblog anything. at all.

like, i used to have an art blog with 340 followers. not a ton but not a small amount either given how this website works with creators. and in my experience back then even the ones who only left likes still reblogged other things or at least posted their own stuff. literally the only empty blogs were clearly bots.

but on this New art blog, i've had so many people with fandom-specific headers and icons with actual usernames as urls and some kind of title or description, but have. Nothing. no posts. all they do is like things. and it's always public, too. their following list and their likes list.

and honestly all it makes me think is that these people are New and also don't know how tumblr works. how likes don't give exposure. not even in a "oh, i know it doesn't give exposure, but i'm still going to reblog anyways" way, but in a genuine honest to god straight up doesn't realize tumblr likes don't work like twitter's.

PLEASE please if you're from tiktok or twitter or whatever please reblog people's art both fandom and original if you like it!! and maybe actually pad out your blog's content in some way so people won't potentially see you as a bot and block you.

REBLOG ARTIST'S WORK. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THEY GET ANY ATTENTION ON THIS WEBSITE OH MY GOD. PLEASE. I BEG of you

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ZKBB 2022 Sign-Ups Open!

The time has arrived, Zutara friends! If you're interested in participating in this year's Zutara Big Bang, please complete the sign-up form above before Friday, April 8th. Invitations to the event Discord server will be sent on the weekend of April 9th and 10th.

More information about the event, including our rules and role-specific expectations can be found at the links below!

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I don't really use this but I liked how my Jin came out so I figured I share it.

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Big Bang is here!!

This is my piece for Memory by 🤐 on the Zutara Big Bang Collection.

Super stoked that I got to be part of this event and paired with such amazingly talented people. Shout out to @sumartdesigns also created fantastic artwork for this story!

Please go check out the story and all the other works that we've all been making!

And a special thank you to all the crazy hard working Mods who put this all together!!

[ID: Zuko and Katara sitting in a field at dusk. Katara is on the left hand side and Zuko is on the right. The sky is filled with starts and some clouds. They are both sitting facing towards the sky and are mostly silhouettes. Zuko is pointing out a star constellation to her. There are two lines of dialogue from the story in the middle of the picture the first one reads in smaller writing, "Why did he stay?" And the second, in bigger writing reads "He fell in Love."]

@zkbigbang

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Here it is!!! My artwork for Memory a beautiful fic from the @zkbigbang!

[ID: A digital drawing of Zuko, Katara, and a baby Druk from Avatar the Last Airbender. Katara with her hair down is wearing her usual short sleeve water tribe dress. She smiles and leans forward on her knees while resting one hand on Zuko's shoulder and holding his hand with her other. Zuko is in his firelord outfit. He too is smiling leaning forward on his knees. The two are looking at a baby druk. Baby druk is curiously looking up at Zuko. He sits in a charcoal colored egg. All three of them are sitting in a reddish cave with lava rock ground.]

The other artist for this fic is @doodleladi ! Their piece is so beautul so make sure to check it out!

Summary for "Memory"

The war ended in summer.

Another war began in fall.

And in between?

In between were two months of peace. Of bliss. Of a world where anything was possible. Of a world where maybe love was enough.

It wasn’t.

It isn’t.

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

Let’s start at the beginning.

-or-

Zuko loses his memory. Katara doesn’t give it back to him.

Later this will be reposted revealing the author's name.

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You Are Half of This World AO3 Link by [redacted] in the Zutara Big Bang AO3 Collection For the @zkbigbang (Created by these amazing people: @rideboldlyride, @soopersara, @likefirings, and @firelxdykatara) Be sure to check out the other artist and their work for this fic: @favlie

Sometimes Katara awakens from a dream and finds herself crying. She can never remember the dream. … Sometimes when Zuko wakes up there are tears soaking his pillow.

[ID: Two colored digital illustrations of Katara and Zuko from ATLA framed with letterbox bars to mimic a film screenshot. 

The first image depicts Katara in a Southern Water Tribe igloo, surrounded by soft furs and decorated pots, various items of Water Tribe life. She sits up in her bed, her hair undone, delicately wiping tears from her cheeks with the ring finger of her left hand. More tears drip onto her right hand, clutching her blanket. She is sad but also a bit surprised at her tears. A soft fire lights the cold igloo with a warm color scheme. Sokka is asleep on the opposite side of the room. 

The second image depicts Zuko waking up in his bed in the Fire Nation Palace. He wakes abruptly, his hair catching up with his body falling around his face, while he clutches his heart through his nightshirt. Tears fall down his cheeks and drip off his face. He is more pained and shocked than Katara. A curtain from Zuko’s canopy bed flutters behind his head, and a crescent moon shines through the slats of the shades in Zuko’s room, lighting him in stark shadows and a cool blue color scheme. /END ID]

Please DO NOT REPOST. Be sure to check out the fic and author!

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[ID: A digital drawing of Zuko and Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender. In the first image, Zuko and Katara stand back to back in an open field of grass during the day time under clear skies, they’re both posed in water-bending stances. In the second image, the first panel, Zuko looks over his shoulder at Katara as he wears a smirk on his face. In the second panel, similarly Katara is looking over her shoulder, returning Zuko’s smirk with a knowing smile.] ty jeb for helping me with the image description!!

Several minutes later there comes a moment when her and Zuko are in sync—it’s fleeting but Katara catches it with a trained eye and her heart skips a beat. She doesn’t know why but something about it makes her nervous, and seconds later she realizes it’s because of how well they work together. She’s so used to being alone and doing everything herself—being the only waterbender in her tribe, being the only cook, cleaner and caretaker for everyone—that sharing a moment with anyone scares her. 

Yet as Zuko slowly but surely begins to match her movements, the thought of sharing moments of peace with someone who accepts her for who she is doesn’t scare her as much anymore.

to read more check out On the Sea on AO3

Also, @imreallyfuckingtiredrn did a fanart for this fic please go see her work!!  

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Chapters: 1/13 Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Katara/Zuko (Avatar), Aang/Toph Beifong, Sokka/Suki (Avatar), Mai/Ty Lee (Avatar) Characters: Katara (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Druk (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), The Gaang (Avatar) Additional Tags: Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, Mutually Pinning Idiots, idiots to lovers, rom com, Tossing a Lampshade on this, No bare bulbs here, tropes galore, all the pining, Planting a forest with all the PINING, Druk is a GOOD BOY, tea metaphors, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Wholesome Gaang, Found Family, Zutara Big Bang, Miscommunication Summary:

Ten years is a long time to be irrevocably in love with someone who will never look twice at you. But Zuko has learned to cope with it…well, mostly. Besides he has a country to run, marriage proposals to dodge, and a dragon to raise—who has time to pine over the one that got away?

Now though, Uncle has tricked him into accidentally declaring that he’s looking for a wife and Katara hasn’t even been back to the Fire Nation in over a year. Zuko’s out of time, and he still doesn’t have the first clue how to deal with any of it.

Staring: All the tropes you love, wholesome gaang reunion, the cutest baby dragon who won’t stay out of trouble, and the two biggest morons who have gotten far too good at denying they have feelings for each other.

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[Image ID - Digital painting/Collage. Katara and Zuko stand side by side, slightly angled away from each other. Katara clutches her hands in front of her while Zuko awkwardly rubs his neck and reaches out tentatively to place his right hand on her shoulder. Both of them are blushing and looking at each other from the corner of their eyes. Their outfits are elaborate court robes and the title of the fic “Cut to the Feelings” is large in the upper left corner in gold leaf brush font. Two detail pictures follows, one of each of their faces.]

Cut to the Feelings!

Ten years is a long time to be irrevocably in love with someone who will never look twice at you. But Zuko has learned to cope with it…well, mostly. Besides he has a country to run, marriage proposals to dodge, and a dragon to raise—who has time to pine over the one that got away?

Now though, Uncle has tricked him into accidentally declaring that he’s looking for a wife and Katara hasn’t even been back to the Fire Nation in over a year. Zuko’s out of time, and he still doesn’t have the first clue how to deal with any of it. Staring: All the tropes you love, wholesome gaang reunion, the cutest baby dragon who won’t stay out of trouble, and the two biggest morons who have gotten far too good at denying they have feelings for each other.

One of my pieces for the @zkbigbang! This was a dream project! Please go read this fic and give it all your love! I was both an artist and a beta on it and I LOVE IT!!!! There’s a lot of stuff that I’d love to go over about this piece, but I’ll save that for a reblog ^_^

The other artist on this project is the lovely @airiustide who made SO MANY GORGEOUS ARTWORKS!

My fellow Beta on this fic is the @themoon-approvesof-zukka who did an amazing job!

Please, I’m begging you, open it up. Tumblr has murdered it.

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[ID: three digital painting. The first, Zuko removes his robe to give to Katara. It is nighttime and the gaang is all sitting by a fire which leads to the second piece where Katara is watching in stunned silence. Aang and Toph are sitting by the fire with the waves behind them witnessing Katara and Zuko’s interactions. Toph is smirking and Aang is smiling fondly. The third piece a worried Zuko is holding a fallen Katara in his arms in a private garden. There is an arrow in her chest and in the distance sits a part of the Fire Nation palace with lanterns lit. Zuko is dresses in blue and Katara in gold for the occasion taking place that night.]

CUT TO THE FEELINGS

Summary: Ten years is a long time to be irrevocably in love with someone who will never look twice at you. But Zuko has learned to cope with it…well, mostly. Besides he has a country to run, marriage proposals to dodge, and a dragon to raise—who has time to pine over the one that got away? Now though, Uncle has tricked him into accidentally declaring that he’s looking for a wife and Katara hasn’t even been back to the Fire Nation in over a year. Zuko’s out of time, and he still doesn’t have the first clue how to deal with any of it.

@zkbigbang pieces for cut to the feelings. check out @origo-tentaculum for her shared work on this project! and a big thanks to @themoon-approvesof-zukka for betaing and all the support!

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[ID: A digital drawing of Zuko and Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender. In the first image, Zuko and Katara stand back to back in an open field of grass during the day time under clear skies, they’re both posed in water-bending stances. In the second image, the first panel, Zuko looks over his shoulder at Katara as he wears a smirk on his face. In the second panel, similarly Katara is looking over her shoulder, returning Zuko’s smirk with a knowing smile.] ty jeb for helping me with the image description!!

Several minutes later there comes a moment when her and Zuko are in sync—it’s fleeting but Katara catches it with a trained eye and her heart skips a beat. She doesn’t know why but something about it makes her nervous, and seconds later she realizes it’s because of how well they work together. She’s so used to being alone and doing everything herself—being the only waterbender in her tribe, being the only cook, cleaner and caretaker for everyone—that sharing a moment with anyone scares her. 

Yet as Zuko slowly but surely begins to match her movements, the thought of sharing moments of peace with someone who accepts her for who she is doesn’t scare her as much anymore.

to read more check out On the Sea on AO3

Also, @imreallyfuckingtiredrn did a fanart for this fic please go see her work!!  

@zkbigbang

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Sneak Peek: Kidney Peasant, Prince of Tea

She wasn’t in her Thursday-lunch scrubs, but the jean jacket was very familiar as he approached the girl on the bench with two pastry boxes on one hand and a beverage-holder with two coffee cups on the other, the AgniKai logo stamped red onto them.

Katara had watched him approach, her grin appearing beneath her exhausted blue eyes.

“I didn’t know how you took your coffee,” Zuko attempted shyly, golden-brown eyes hidden under his blue dragon shades.

He sat and proceeded to arrange the coffee cups and cream and sugar between them on the bench. Katara carefully took a cup, removing the lid and taking in the aroma for a moment.

“I… wasn’t aware that the Honorable Prince of Tea drank coffee,” Katara mused.

“You saw nothing,” he muttered, removing his own lid.

Katara managed to laugh musically, which made Zuko feel unusually triumphant as much as his face remained stoic.

Zuko quietly sipped his coffee and watched Katara sprinkle half a packet of brown sugar and pour a cream into her cup. As she stirred the cream, Katara admired the swirl for a moment before noticing Zuko open the cubed pastry boxes. It occured to her that this boy had managed to balance these unexpected treats from his office to the pond, all without breaking his perfect posture on the walk.

His modeling skills knew no bounds, Katara thought. “I’m not sure if the Doctor Gods will hold this against you, but… vanilla, or chocolate?”

She chuckled again. “Chocolate, please. What was the occasion?” He blinked, surprised that Katara hadn’t yet found that piece of information about him during any of her Google searches. But this was good, he thought, and he felt his shoulders relax.

“There was a birthday at the office.”

“Will you tell them Happy Birthday for me?”

Zuko grinned. “I will.”

Interested in seeing the full piece? The fic and completed art will be posted on June 1st, and the writers' identities will be revealed on June 15th!

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Sneak Peek: Kimi No Na Wa AU

Even though Katara’s heart skipped a beat inside her chest - and it was her actual chest once more - when her eyes met his, she felt a wave of calmness spread through her, the likes of which she hadn’t felt in years.

Because he was right there, in front of her. Not as a reflection on a mirror, but as a real person. She could see his shoulders slumped down, tension draining from them, and Katara was certain that the same wave of calm had taken over him too. Another thing that connected them.

His lips lifted into a soft smile and his eyes were so intense but so gentle. Katara had never been looked at like that. She knew perfectly well what the tenderness of his look meant and it was because she felt the same way. Her hand had reached out to him and she only noticed when it made contact with his chest. Katara gasped at the realization, at how warm he was even through his sweater, at the fact that he was really there.

His hand closed over hers, making Katara look up at the golden eyed boy that she knew so well, despite this being the first time they found themselves face to face with one another. “Katara”, Zuko whispered, but she heard so clearly. The force that had been holding her together was shattered by the sound of his voice calling her name and she couldn’t do anything more than to pull him towards her and bury her face on his chest. Zuko her even closer, resting his cheek on her head. She could feel his heart beating at the same beat as hers and for a moment they let themselves forget about everything and melted further into each other.

Interested in seeing the full piece? The fic and completed art will be posted on June 1st, and the writers' identities will be revealed on June 15th!

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Will the artists art be anonymous too?

Short version: no, the artists won't be anonymous after our June 1 posting date.

Longer version: we really wanted to find a way to keep our artists anonymous for the first two weeks like the writers, but unfortunately art theft is very much a thing that happens in fandom. The only option we could think of for anonymous art posting (short of having them post to our collection on AO3, which is not an ideal platform for art) was having our artists send their completed pieces to the mods who would then post them here on the event blog. We wouldn't have been able to allow artists to include watermarks, and none of the posts would have been under the control of the individual artists, so if anyone else had reposted the art claiming it as their own, we wouldn't have been able to do much about it. At least on the writers' end of things, their personal account is always attached to the fic, and they always have control over what happens to it. Since we couldn't find a way to keep the artists anonymous while giving them control over their work (which is much more likely to be stolen than writing is—and AO3 is much better about handling fic theft than other platforms are about art theft), we're only keeping the artists anonymous until they post their complete works on June 1. (Artists' sneak peeks will still be anonymous, but they're small portions of the actual piece, and we will be adding credit to all the sneak peeks after the writer reveal date.)