#‘zuko and sokka are so alike’ no

[stinkysarai]

this this this this THIS. so tired. SO TIRED OF SEEING NATURALLY GIFTED ZUKO! he worked hard to master his skills, he did not effortlessly pick them up. he is not azula, who is a prodigy and genius. however, sokka IS a genius and a natural at anything and (mostly) everything. to switch it up and say that zuko is a natural and sokka isn’t is to diminish their characters and essentially say that you don’t understand them.

(this of course doesn’t count if you’re doing… like, swap aus!!)

this especially ruins the problems between zuko and azula because zuko is envious of azula because of her prodigious abilities, and azula only finds her worth in her smarts/skills, which is why she thinks of zuko as an inferior person. ‘naturally-attuned-to-everything’ zuko would a) have a completely different dynamic with azula and b) would end up completely changing the problem between them. why would azula think so little of her brother when they’re both on the same page, or when he’s even better than her? why would zuko be jealous of azula when he’s just as good as she is? UGHHH!!!!!! screams

if anything sokka would be the one teaching things to zuko who would then work hard to further progress his skills. HELL if anything zuko would have to beg to be helped by him because sokka would just be like ‘little old useless me? gifted where? are you ok in the head??’ both of these guys have little-to-no self-esteem possible. the littlest amount there is even. and mental illness. all of them in fact. every single one known to mankind. ok thats a joke but you get my point i think

sorry for the rant reblog its 5 am and i love sokka and zuko and azula because they’re all me and i’m all them; yes this is impossible but fuck that i just made it possible. i am ill

Been reading a lot of zukka fics lately, and I keep noticing people writing modern day fics where Zuko is good at all things and teaches Sokka stuff that Sokka then works hard to be good at.

You fuckers, Zuko is not naturally good at shit. He worked super hard to be good at all things he does. He is NOT a prodigy, Azula is.

Sokka is naturally good at everything. He picks up skills instantly. He is just good at haikus, he just learns to be a swordmaster after like a week, he just is good at fighting after Suki teaches him for like a day. The man picks up skills like he picks up elbow leeches. He failed that one time on the day of the black sun and had the most massive meltdown about it because he’s never failed before.

[hauntingofhouses]

i tried watching the netflix a:tla live action and got so frustrated that i could only make it through 1 episode before i decided "fuck this" and started rewatching the cartoon from the first episode

anyway that led to me writing this in my notes app while half-asleep in bed last night

[lost-in-love-maze]

In the canon compliant world where Aang and Katara get together, I headcanon that the moment the everyone found out that Zuko took lightning in the chest for Katara during the Final Agni Kai, they all were not normal about it. Like can you imagine someone hearing about it and not thinking that Zuko was in love with her? How can everyone not be confused af hearing that Katara starts a relationship Aang and Zuko and Mai start dating again shortly after? Can you imagine all of the questions from friends, family, and politicians alike?

“So you risked your life to save her, potentially losing the throne to Azula, and the Fire Nation’s only chance of ending the war, because you’re just friends?”

“Good friends.”

“And when he went down, you ran towards him, hand extended out to heal him without any regard for your life, despite his maniacal sister still being in the fight… Crying when you revived him. All out of friendship?”

“Yes.”

I want to know how this conversation went down, what the reactions were, and how Zuko and Katara explained their way out of the situation. Because we all know Suki and Sokka would absolutely not believe them, Hakoda and Kanna would overanalyze their interactions from that point on, because that’s his daughter/her granddaughter, and the whole world would just wonder if they’re both in denial.

[thatrando13]

Sokka fr looks like comic Sokka (in the scenes where he sees Zuko). It's a wonderful drawing

-> Atlas

This is a shitty drawing I did at 4 in the morning, because I had nothing else to do, I did it for fun and it's stained because I don't know how to color [it's the best I could do, I don't know how to draw characters or bodies] 👻 It's the best I could do thank you 🗿💪🏽

[arverst-aegnar]

Day 30: Time Loop/Time Travel

heck yeah, i completed two days this year!!

the ending is a bit more abrupt than i wanted, but it just was not cooperating with me, and i was afraid that if i left it too long with my other incomplete Zutara Month ideas it might get infected with "takes too long to finish -itis". so here it is.

The word spreads quickly, covering the entire Earth Kingdom in a matter of days and reaching the Northern Water Tribe’s court within a week. Even the remnant of the Southern Water Tribe, all but forgotten at the bottom of the world, hears about it before the new moon.

Fire Lord Ozai is dead. His successor, Fire Lord Iroh, has declared his intentions to put an end to his nation’s war of domination. Petitions for peace and offers of reparations are being extended to all world leaders.

The Southern Water Tribe elders suspect a trap of some kind. Some think the proposed Peace Conference is actually an opportunity for him to kill the other nations’ leadership, leaving them vulnerable to his armies. Others suspect a subtler scheme to conquer the rest of the world through diplomacy, or perhaps a combination of culture and technology. 

For Sokka and Katara, who only hear the news by listening intently outside the elders’ meeting tent, there are more pressing matters at hand.

“Dad’s going to need me with him at this Peace Conference,” Sokka declares. He pulls out his boomerang and takes aim at a snowman some of the little kids built last week. “Whatever the Fire Nation’s planning, it’s no match for Southern Water Tribe ingenuity!”

Katara worries her bottom lip with her teeth. “What happened to Fire Lord Ozai?”

Sokka scoffs. “Who cares? He was a big, fat jerkbender like all of them. Probably set his bed on fire ‘cause he was roasting the Earth King in his sleep.”

She says nothing as her brother goes to pull his boomerang out of the snowman’s head. Nor does she say anything when her father announces that he and his entire family will be attending the Peace Conference, along with several of his best warriors. 

On the ship, she delights in opportunities to use her waterbending to speed it on its way, or to play pranks on Sokka, but often she is found deep in thought, wearing a pensive look much too old for her.

“You’re strangely quiet,” Kya observes as they prepare to disembark. The voyage is over, but the journey to Omashu will take at least another day. “Something eating you, sealpup?” She pokes her daughter in the side, which provokes a giggle that quickly fades. Face unusually solemn, Katara shakes her head. Kya frowns, but leaves the matter be.

The entry into Omashu is packed like salted fish in a barrel, people from all over drawn to the Peace Conference, but an envoy from the king gives their delegation precedence over the rest. Sokka cranes his head back to take in the architecture. Kya’s gaze flits around, trying to take in the variety of clothing worn by native and visitor alike. Hakoda’s attention is on his family, but he makes sure he knows where all his warriors are at the same time. Kanna, riding an ostrich horse graciously provided by the king, seems mostly interested in staying upright, but her head turns every now and then when a familiar scent wafts in from one of the market stalls. Katara, kept at the center of her family unit, has no interest to spare for any of it.

When they reach the palace, they are immediately brought to the main hall, where King Bumi, Chief Arnook, and three of the Earth Kingdom’s Council of Five await them, as well as Fire Lord Iroh. No sooner are the official introductions made than Katara turns to Fire Lord Iroh and, with a hasty bow, demands, “Did Zuko come with you?” A half-second later, flustered, she stutters, “I - I mean Prince Zuko.”

In the chaos of the sudden trip, some things were left to the last minute, and that includes the talk Hakoda and Kya intended to give their children about how to behave in front of foreign royalty. The blood drains from Kya’s face. Hakoda, his face a storm of anger stirred up by fear, takes a step toward Katara, prepared to pull her back to safety. But before he can, to their astonishment a broad smile spreads across the Fire Lord’s face. With a shallow bow, he waves a hand toward a door behind them. “Prince Zuko is in the garden, but I am sure he would not mind the company, if your parents think it acceptable.”

Katara is running towards the door before he finishes speaking.

*****

Katara knows she’s going to get in trouble for this later. It’s her own fault, putting off the explanation for so long, acting like the little girl they believe her to be -- as much as she can, at least. But whatever punishment they think up is nothing compared to what’s waiting for her in that garden.

If he doesn’t remember, if she’s still all alone in this, then no punishment could be worse. If he does …

She’s never seen the garden in the Omashu palace before. It’s more ornamental than the ones she’s used to, and the main features seem to be rocks and crystals more than trees and flowers. But she can sense water -- a fair amount of it, too, like a small pond -- and she doesn’t have to follow it far before she sees him.

Zuko is next to the pond, his back to her. He’s smaller than she’s ever seen him, and not just because he’s sitting down. His hair is long enough to brush his shoulders, even pulled up into the traditional topknot. Like his uncle, he is dressed in Fire Nation red and gold, but the cut of his robes looks different to her untrained eyes -- Earth Kingdom style, perhaps? Surrounding him are half-a-dozen turtleducklings, and the wave of affection that sweeps over her freezes her in place.

“Hey now.” She recognizes that mildly scolding tone, even if his voice is a little different than the one in her memory. “You have to share with your sister. You’re not getting more seeds just because you’re bigger.”

Katara tries to say something, but it seems all the words she wants to say are trying to come out at once, and have jammed up in her throat. She stumbles back half a step.

The crunch of the gravel under her feet gets his attention. His head turns slightly in her direction, then he’s leaping to his feet, turning towards her -- 

Oh.

He doesn't have the scar.

For one moment, Zuko stares at her with wide eyes. Then in the next, he’s closed the gap between them, pulling her into the tightest hug she’s ever had. Katara wraps her arms around him and buries her face into his shoulder. “Katara,” he breathes, and a little sob escapes her at the familiarity and warmth in that single word.

“Zuko,” she manages. Her voice wobbles but does not break on the name like she thought it might. “Oh, Zuko.”

He pulls back too soon, but he cups her cheek with one hand while the other brushes her hair out of her eyes. Katara tries to smile at him, but it’s hard when every emotion of the past three years wants to pour out at once. Instead, she reaches up and gently touches his left cheek. The skin is smooth and whole under her fingers.

Zuko closes his eyes, but not before she catches a flash of pain. Immediately, she knows what must have happened. Why he has no scar. How Ozai must have died.

“I thought I was dreaming at first,” he says hoarsely. “I told him off. Yelled at him for being a terrible father and a worse Fire Lord. Then -”

Katara shakes her head and pulls him back to her. This time he’s the one to bury his head in her shoulder. “I know,” she tells him, her throat still choked. “I know. I did too.”

Later, she thinks, she’ll tell him about Yon Rha. About how in her determination not to relive the worst day of her life, she had pulled on his blood with a ferocity she had only seen herself use in nightmares. What his corpse had looked like, afterwards, and the look on her mother’s face. How what had once been a fantasy of power and relief had, if only for a little while, become a horrifying reality. Maybe she’ll finally find the words to describe the contradictory emotions that have been warring in her ever since, but even if she doesn’t, it will be okay, because now she has someone who will understand.

For the moment, she holds him close as they both succumb to tears.

[atla-confessions]

I know it’s popular and I know it’s a motif that zutarians love but realistically

Zuko and Katara are not tui and la there is nothing push and pull about them. They have the exact same personality zuko’s just a bit angrier and katara’s more sarcastic but that’s more socialization. Even their functions with the story doesn’t support the push and pull. And honestly if any character relationship embodies tui and la it’s Aang and Zuko.

The foundation of their relationship is that they are Yin and Yang. Zuko and Aang spend the entire seasons locked in a push and pull relationship both emotionally and literally. (Emotionally Aang pulls zuko pushes, physically zuko pulls (trying to capture, Zuko is more a close range fighter), Aang pushes (getting away most defensive air bending is literally pushing people away)

Life and Death - Air is literally life you cannot survive without breathing and you need air to breathe. It is literally called the breath of life. In the past 100 years fire has become so synonymous with destruction and death people hate you on principle for being a fire bender. Even Zuko believed that fire bending was a tool for destruction to be used in anger. Also air can either fan or snuff out the flame, balance has to be reached to

Good and Evil - Aang by virtue of being the avatar is the “ultimate good” he also embodies a more child like innocence and his whole arc is figuring out a way to strike a balance between that innocence and duty meanwhile the Fire nation are the big bars and Suko is the face of that for a long time. He represents the darker side of child hood abuse and his entire arc is trying to regain some of that innocence back.

And I don’t even need to go into the yin and Yang you see the poem you get the metaphors.

But yeah Aang and Zuko are as tui and la as it gets which honestly it’s very specifically a water bending thing so the comparisons aren’t complete so take everything with a pinch of salt. And honestly tui and la is actually a wonderful metaphor for the physical flow of water bending because even just watching them you can see the push and pull.

But yeah Aang and zuko’s relationship to each other doesn’t get enough credit in fandom and Zuko and Katara’s is often forced into boxes it doesn’t quite fit.

They aren’t quite opposites attract the only opposite thing about them is fire and ice they are actually pretty similar, like their colors they are just hotter or cooler versions of the same personality. On similar ends on the sliding scale of temperament. And honestly I think that’s what makes them so fun!

If anything Zuko and Katara are two sides of the same coin. Similar in disposition different in socialization. It’s why the water siblings and the fire siblings mirror each other so well. Personality wise zuko is katara Azula is sokka if the conditions they grew up with were more extreme. (Obviously they have their differences) but even their principle relationships with their parents are similar. Zuko and Katara with their moms and Azula and Sokka with their fathers. (Again obviously the two parental situations are nothing alike just how they function with each child’s story is similar)

X

[veryever]

The NATLA stuff hates women can seem dramatic but

When Aang agrees to go with Zuko in NATLA, Katara runs and yells "wait" and tries to reach him

Sokka physically stops her and Aang tells her it's okay

Aang says "no one has ever fought for me before" and the camera pans away from Katara to Sokka. Sokka is 80% of the frame.

The next shot is Sokka squarely center frame, implying Aang is looking directly and only at him when he says "you're the bravest person I've ever met."

We then get a reaction shot from Sokka where he sad frowns, alike aww shucks.

And a reaction shot from Katara where she huffs. she actually huffs.

Aang turns to leave without even sparing a look at Katara again

Even setting aside how insane this makes me feel when in the OG Katara is the brave one. Katara is the one who fights for Aang.

Even putting all that aside and treating these like brand new characters... The cinematic language here is telling me Katara doesn't matter. It's telling me that Katara is being silly by getting involved.

Aang basically tells her to calm down, Sokka has to physically restrain her. Aang doesn't consider her brave or worthy of acknowledgment, only perfect boy Sokka.

He could have called them both brave, he could have thanked both of them. It's intentional to further downplay Katara after decentering her in the story.

But yeah. I'm so glad they removed the sexism.

[ehliena]

Soulmates start seeing in colour when they meet for the first time AU where Sokka starts to see colour when they try to swap Mai's brother for Bumi in Omashu and he doesn't notice until things die down that omg he's seeing colour now.

All the while, he's worried that it's because of Mai bc it can't be Ty Lee since he's heard that soulmates are nothing alike (false) and it can't be Azula bc Azula. He's worried at first bc Mai is Fire Nation.

After the Boiling Rock, he's worried bc Mai is Zuko's girlfriend, and bros don't do that to bros.

Then when they have a chance to talk, he finds out that Mai has always seen colour since she was a kid (and so has Zuko) while Ty Lee can't see colour. Then Ty Lee says that Azula mentioned being able to see colour shortly after they reunited in Omashu.

So now Sokka is worried bc his soulmate turns out to be Azula and she's Zuko's sister...and she's Azula.

[tangledbea]

Not sure if you care about atla, but if you do, what characters do you think Rapunzel, Eugene, Varian, and Cassandra would quickly connect with or take a liking to?

I do care about ATLA! It is the gold standard to which I hold all other cartoons! (Not to say it's flawless, but it's been almost 20 years and I have yet to see another series - animated or live action - have such a carefully planned and expertly executed plot.)

Anyway, Rapunzel and Aang are bffs right away, no questions asked. Suspended childhood and too much responsibility on their shoulders while they just want to run around and play? Check! Love animals and fun and adventure? Check! Loves/wants to fly? Check! Have people hate them and want them dead just because of who they are? Check! Not to say that she wouldn't get along with literally all the protagonists, because that's how Rapunzel be. But I think she'd form the fastest, deepest connection with Aang.

Eugene and Sokka are going to sit in the corner and be the meat and sarcasm guys together. I mean, come on, those two are so alike. They're both kind of weirded out by the magic (or "magic") that exists in their world. They consider themselves the keeper of the leader of the group. They mask pain with humor. They consider themselves a ladies man (or did, once upon a time). Let's face it, Sokka is Eugene eleven years ago, if he never got into thieving.

Cassandra and Toph would get along smashingly, I think. They're both entertained by violence, they hold their emotions close to their vest, they pride themselves on being tough, competent and independent, and they don't feel the need to talk constantly. Toph and Cassandra would sit quietly by the fire and laugh when Sokka or Eugene inevitably hurt themself somehow.

Interestingly, while it's not quite so easy a match, I think Varian would get along well with Zuko. Ex-villain with a redemption that makes them a major part of the team. Father issues. Childhood trauma. It all checks out.

And you do my boy Lance dirty by not even asking about him, but I'm going to include him anyway, because I love Lance and I'm not going to allow him to be overlooked. Lance would pal around with Iroh. He'd happily take advice on how to be a better father figure, and share his own life experiences with someone who would laugh at his anecdotes and appreciate that he's found a new, honest path in life, one that's true to himself. And Iroh would be tickled that Lance would regularly try recipes on him. He'd always know exactly what tea would go best with the proffered meal.

[discordiansamba]

mmmmmmm lee in the ember island villa. do you think he would find old family portraits and get a strange sense of recognition when he looks at young prince zuko?

katara keeps her word.

toph and the avatar leave. the only ones in the villa are himself, katara, and sokka. they can't find a room that locks from the inside, so toph metalbends one into existence before she leaves. katara lets him cook his own meals (though she and sokka keep spying on him). she makes no attempts to touch him.

lee mostly tries to stay in the room he's been given. he's safe there- relatively. but he's not used to staying in one place for so long without anything to do. after a bit of trepidation on his part, he takes to wandering the interior of the villa. maybe he can find a way out if he pokes his nose around enough. something toph missed.

he wonders whose villa this even is.

he gets his answer soon enough.

there's a family portrait hanging in the entrance. it's not the young princess azula that he recognizes first- it's fire lord ozai. it was hard not to. his portrait had been everywhere when the fire nation had taken over ba sing se. the owner had been forced to put one up in the tea shop. lee had scowled at it every day. after the earth king reclaimed the city, and the portrait was thrown away, the owner would tease him about it.

("it was an expression that didn't really suit you, lee," she'd say.)

the older woman next to him... he didn't recognize. but if this was a portrait of fire lord ozai and princess azula, then she had to be the fire lady, right? ozai's wife? he wasn't sure what her name was. no one had ever talked about her, so he'd kind of assumed she was dead. she was... pretty, lee thought. he could see where the princess got her looks from.

the young boy at fire lord ozai's feet must have been prince zuko.

he unconsciously touched his own face as he stared at the boy in the portrait. he guessed they looked a little alike. the portrait was in monotones, so he couldn't really be sure. he leaned closer, narrowing his eyes- then sighed and shook his head.

what was he even doing? he was just entertaining katara's nonsense.

on his way back to his room, he paused to stare in a hallway mirror. his unconcealed eye was a shade of yellow not common among the people of the earth kingdom. his hair had grown out enough so that he could wear it in a proper earth kingdom braid. his bangs were long enough now to completely conceal his scar underneath them. he pushed them back, staring at his scar in the mirror.

it was ugly. like a brand. a reminder of the worst day of his life. it made everyone who saw it deeply uncomfortable. jin would smile at him and tell him he was handsome even with it. she'd touch it tenderly, in a way he only ever let his father do. he sighed and lowered his bangs.

he guessed he could see the resemblance. there was no point in denying it. even princess azula acknowledged it. he could see the resemblance, but...

...the only person he could see in the mirror was himself. was lee.

he huffed. how could he be brainwashed if he could so easily recognize himself in the mirror? he wasn't going to let katara worm her way into his head that easily.

[findingzukkarp]

calling out for a zukka rp!

I've been ravenous for a good zukka rp for a while now and have decided to finally reach out into the void in hopes of finding one! Hopefully, the below information will lead wayward people like me into an amazing story!

Basic Information about me:

I am 26 years old

I live in the United States on EST

I only rp on discord.

My writing style is adv lit/novella. (word count is typically 500+ words)

DISCLAIMERS:

Writing style is very important to me. It is genuinely make or break for me. I am also a long time fanfic writer so I believe my writing is very thorough. I am not semi-lit whatsoever. My writing will be lengthy and thorough most often so I please ask that you do not interact with this post if you do not think you will be compatible with my writing style. (Samples will be included in this post!)

I am not too keen on most topics, themes, or tropes that fall under the umbrella term “Dead Dove”. Nothing involving minors and adults together in sexual or romantic relationships. Not too keen on heavy violence, gore, or any type of ageplay.

Who I'm Looking For:

Someone who is 21+ (will settle for 18+)

Someone who writes third person

Someone who is able to write as close as possible to their character’s cannon personality (with some liberties, of course!)

Someone who is comfortable writing NSFW content (smut:plot usually ranges 40:60 but I’m willing to adjust)

Someone who writes adv-lit/novella (very important)

Extra RP Details:

I am primarily interested in writing as Sokka! I can write as Zuko but Sokka is my main muse!

As irrational and immature as it is, I am only interested in Sokka as the primary top. Sorry to all my bottom Sokka lovers- I just find bottom Zuko too beautiful.

I’m pretty open to a wide range of ideas yet I do love to lean a bit more slice-of-life and modern in role plays. I love angsty, plot heavy ideas as well– however, I do wish for a good bit of planning and deliberation beforehand!

Extra Fun Details About Me:

I am a lover of omegaverse (including mpreg) but I am completely fine not including it into my RPs!

Humor in writing is hardwired into my brain so expect bad jokes and terrible puns (Sokka is my muse, after all)

I have a love for slow-burn but I've found that slow-burn in RPs is notoriously frustrating sometimes but I'm always down to try!

You've reached the closing:

Now that you’ve somehow gotten through all of that, please take note of all the information I’ve painstakingly laid out! I will not be negotiating things I have blatantly laid out but I am open to questions or concerns!

Now, without further ado, please give this post a like ❤️ or send me a dm 💬 if you’re interested in starting an rp with me!

Writing samples will be listed from here on so please enjoy!

Samples:

Being Fire Lord came with a slew of advantages and disadvantages alike. He got his meals whenever he pleased, a sprawling bedroom with a chaise lounge, and his own naturally heated mineral spring attached to his quarters. There would never be anything more satisfying than handing scraggly old Fire Councilman their own smoldering asses and then slinking back to his room to slip into warm, healing waters.  There are far too many disadvantages to properly list. It would take a mile long scroll and a bottomless ink pot to scribe them all. 

As Zuko paces the stone floor next to the balcony doors, he laments for what his mind recalls as a false, simpler time. A time where he roamed the Earth Kingdom, free of responsibility, his title, and his name. 

-*-*-

Zuko was fictional. He had to be. Or at least that’s what he thought when his roommate first unlocked their door and paused in the doorway when they’d met for the first time. There was no way in hell that it was even remotely fair to Zuko to look the way he did– even with a gnarly burn wound blooming across the left of his face– wisps of dark hair curling where it met the collar of his shirt. He was the embodiment of every tortured, panty dropper, heartthrob he’d ever read about in his ex-girlfriend’s books (although Suki claimed to never know where they came from) and at that moment, Sokka felt as if his body had plummeted through the earth’s core and was shooting out the ass-end of the planet and somewhere into the stratosphere because holy shit he’s never seen a guy more attractive in his life.  Needless to say, the absolute lack of words Sokka was able to produce probably impacted their first meeting more than he could even think of seeing as when he woke up in the morning, Zuko wasn’t there. When he went to sleep at night, Zuko wasn’t there. On the fifth day, he was beginning to think he’d totally screwed up and was going to have to suffer having accidentally offended his first-ever roommate by gawking at him as if he were a pubescent boy seeing a tit for the first time. 

[uuuhhmmm124]

Ty Laru headcannons

i know what you're thinking: this thing came out from the Chibi shorts, and Haru and Ty Lee don't even meet in ATLA!

But but.....

Why not?

These are all my headcannons that support a certain theory i'll talk later about......

They could have met the first time at Zuko's coronation, but probably they wouldn't have even talked. But then Ty Lee became a member of the Kyoshi Warriors, and this gives her the possibility to travel to the Earth Kingdom

Maybe it's a festival in Kyoshi island: a good reason to leave the Fire Nation with her comrades and go to the Earth Kingdom.

During this festival she can meet Haru: he is a friend of the Avatar, Zuko knows him. I don't believe it's love at first sight, but they meet again later, in a mission of the Kyoshi Warriors around Haru's village.

They have the chance of work togheter, and Ty Lee finds this guy pretty great. Haru is brave and kind, the same things that Ty Lee possibly liked about Sokka (??)

In the moment they become a couple they have a few problems with Haru's father, who doesn't exatly like Firenation people. They have a bad time there, but thanks to Mai, who supported Ty Lee and helped her with the old man, they can get together with Haru's father approval.

Haru would move in Caldera because of Ty Lee's job as part of Zuko's guards, but the Firelord and the Earth King give him the role of contact between their two countries, so often he travels in the Earth Kingdom too.

They has two child. The first one has Izumi's age, and they'll be best frineds as Mai and Ty Lee are. The second one was born years later, when both of her parents are kinda old. It's Pema.

I bet you heard the theories already, they are not mine, credit to whoever invented them (you're great).

There is the most famous theory about Ty Lee, that she is the descendant of some airbenders. And then someone said that Pema may be Ty Lee's daughter bc they kinda look alike. And it isn't weird that all of Pema and Tenzin's sons/daughter (don't know about Rohan but let's say he is) are airbenders? It's a great thing, ofc, but even a couple as Aang and Katara, both benders, has a son who is a non-bender. And Pema, a non bender, and Tenzin has three/four children who can bend? Maybe.... because of Ty Lee legacy. It's normal that children of non bender people can be benders (as Katara). Maybe Ty Lee's airbenders ancestors bending went throught the family till Pema's children? This could mean nothing, Pema could be daughter of some other airbender descendant, but that's how i like to see that:)

[pyroraptordraws]

You know what: *Scugs your character*

Aka. my excuse to draw a bunch of random characters as Scugs because they’re fairly simple to draw (at least for me and in this simplistic style)

Explanations who’s who under the cut:

From left to right, top to bottom:

Sebastian-Stardew Valley: Figured to make him just the edgiest Scug on this page, he does have some orange fur patches from his mom.

Ienzo-Kingdom Hearts: The grey one. He has a dark line around his neck from Chain of Memories.

Even-Kingdom Hearts: The marshmallow. An old eepy boi. He’s got some burn scars under his fur.

Sam-Stardew Valley: He looks like Demyx. That’s why he’s here, because I thought it was funny

Demyx-Kingdom Hearts: Looks a lot like Sam. The difference between the two as scugs is that Demyx has gills and turquise markings.

Xion and Roxas-Kingdom Hearts: The black and the brown one with two spears, do not seperate them.

Axel-Kingdom Hearts: Ketchup coloured boi

Isa-Kingdom Hearts: is done with Axel’s ketchupness. He’s the boi with the light blue fur and x scar

Zenos-FFXIV: The blonde one with the grey tail, he’s on here twice because my partner really wanted me to draw him with their WoL. Eternally stuck at karma 1

Artem-OC: He’s the one next to the smaller Zenos looking up at him, the black and white one. My partner has made them a proper scug design by now.

Alphys-Undertale: the yellow orange one. I care her.

Undyne-Undertale: Probably spent too much time on her design, but you cant have alphys without her and vice versa. Do not seperate

Sakura-OC: My friend @lesbianvenat WoL. They’re Viera so bunny scug.

Alphinaud and Alisaie-FFXIV: They’re the two fluffy white ones with the braid. Twins. Do not seperate.

Zuko and Iroh-ATLA: Once again, do not seperate. Zuko would totally get adopted by Artificer, hands down.

Fandaniel-FFXIV: The dark green Scug on the very left. 100% responsible for everyone being Scugs

Peridot-SU: Angry triangle, smol but will bite

Haurchefant, Emmanellain and Artoirel-FFXIV: The silver, brown and black one below Alphinaud and Alisaie. The heartshaped mark on their forehead is absolutely their family mark and Artoirel is mad his has a crack in it.

Toph-ATLA: Angry, rond slugpup. I gave her a cinderblock

Katara-ATLA: She’s the slugcat next to Aang. Her and her brother look a lot alike

Aang-ATLA: Looks more like a mouse than a scug

Pearl, Steven, Amethyst and Garnet-SU: your welcome for the aneurysm as i listed them in the uncanny order. Amy is eating a plastic bag. A bad example to the bean

Lapis Lazuli-SU: Joins the group of waterscugs on the right, sees Moon and wants to leave i guess

Sokka-ATLA: Waterscug with a white tail, he’s the one swimming downward.

Jasper-SU: Angry, an absolute unit, will bite you. Angry cheetoh

Pebbles-RW: If you don’t know this one, you’re prbly on the wrong tag by accident

Suns-RW: He’s very tall, fluffy and yellow/orange

NSH-RW: Very green, I gave him his scarf since taking that away from him is illegal.

Moon-RW: I gave her some yellow because I love adding overseer colours in some capacity on their respective iterator. It makes sense and yellow actually suits her quite well!

Sliver of Straw: Pale-green one in the bottom right, one of her ears is missing because i like drawing her with only one antennae.

[korraofthereef]

BASED OFF THIS ASK

warnings — mentions and intent of smut

The Fire Lord of the Fire Nation was wanted by everyone. Girls, boys, alike.

Its was too bad, because he was all yours. For seven years, 5 of them spent married, Zuko shared his nation, his bed, and his heart.

So it was no new feat to expect your closest friend, Sokka, to arrive the following morning. The day of your wedding anniversary.

It was, however, a guessing game to when he would show up. Sometimes Sokka would make his appearance through the middle of breakfast—arriving with gifts and the attempt to try and shout ‘surprise!’ to scare the two of you. Other times he would wake you and your husband awake with the notion that the palace was under attack…

Not some of your favourite moments.

Now you and Zuko were too scared to get undressed and show each other exactly how much you loved one another in case Sokka were to arrive early and be traumatized of the sight before him. You were just thankful that the Water Tribe boy managed to get over the first time it happened.

“Mm, please, love,” Zuko said between each searing kiss he pressed to your throat, hands desperately trying to tug your robes off. “I’ll lock the doors.”

It was almost becoming impossible to tell him to stop, to remind him that missing one night of heavenly sex was worth not breaking your best friend’s heart when he realized he couldn’t surprise them the way he intended to.

With every morsel of self restraint, you threaded your fingers into your husbands’s black locks and pulled his face to yours.

Zuko recognized the shine regret in yours eyes almost instantly, possessively grasping the sides of your head in his hands meanwhile the two of your own slid down to cup his neck.

A wicked growl escaped his throat. “I’m the Fire Lord, if I can’t have the night to spend with my wife in every position I can have her in, then I’ll barricade the damn capital and ban Sokka if I have to.” His lips harshly press against yours in what you sensed to be finality.

The thing is, Zuko’s words would have worked on any other living person on the planet. Everyone except you. And maybe The Gaang, but that was about it.

Once Zuko pulled away and he thought he had won the discussion that you two seemed to have every year, you pulled your head up to plant a gentle kiss on his cheek and brush your nose against his cheek bone. He should already know that he never got his way in this conversation. It was the same thing every year.

“Tomorrow night, when daylight has burnt out and there’s nothing but the candle light to guide your hands. . . I’ll do anything you want.” the whisper of your voice hit his ears. “Anywhere you want.”

The most painful exhale you’d ever heard escape another persons mouth left clean out of your tortured husband’s swollen lips.

And you knew you had won.

In perfect fashion, your arms wrapped tightly around Zuko’s neck as he rolled the two of you over. Giggles that sounded like every love song escaped from your throat, the one that was sure to be covered in marks from your very eager Fire Lord.

When your body was laying straight on top of his, Zuko looked up at you while his right arm wrapped around your waist and his other shot out to the side to diminish the the fire burning in the torches on the wall.

Darkness engulfed your bodies and the feeling of calmness flooded your every sense. Every second that passed by you could feel the tension slowly leave Zuko’s being, replacing itself with sleepiness that was to be expected with everything he’s always busying himself with during the day.

Although you couldn’t see it, your elbows moved to rest on either side of his head and your fingers felt for the stray pieces of onyx hair that scattered across his forehead. You brushed each strand off, leaving space for a long kiss on his forehead before shimming down his body to rest your head on his chest and wrap your limbs around his torso.

“If Sokka tries to wake me up,” He shifted slightly to let his body ease into the mattress. “Tell him I’ll set my dragon on him.”

The daylight shone through the red curtains, casting a red-ish glow around the room. Thankfully, the sound of shouting and the feeling of Sokka’s hands shaking you awake were absent this morning and it was a pleasant surprise in itself.

During the night you assumed you had just rolled off of Zuko’s very comfortable body and onto the mattress because you seemed to be faced upwards and staring at the ceiling which had paintings of you and your friends in memories during the time you spent trying to stop The 100 Year War.

It was your favourite part of the room, an amazing wedding gift from your very powerful husband.

Speaking of which, your head was slightly tilted and pressing against his head while one of his arms were linked with your own as you assumed he was also facing the ceiling by the positioning of his arm.

Looking down at the spot his hand was wrapped around your bicep, it took a moment to clear your fuzzy morning brain and register than the hand holding your arm was much tanner than the color of your Zuko’s.

You were about to jump out of the comfort of your bed when the mystery man shifted in the bed next to you, stretching his neck and drawing your eyes up to his face.

Sokka laid face up with drool sliding down his cheek and Zuko mirroring your exact position on the opposite side of him—except the Fire Lord seemed to still be asleep.

“Zuko,” you hissed out a whisper. You didn’t mind that Sokka wound up sleeping in your bed, you just didn’t want your husband to wake up and be frightened that someone managed to make it past his guards and kill Sokka without a second thought.

You and Zuko were well trained in the art of light sleeping. Being on the run with the avatar and constantly aware for the better portion of a year will do that to someone. Sokka was a master of stealth, being the only non-bender of your friend group taught him to adapt fighting styles that would help him win the higher ground in a battle.

Hearing no response from your sleeping husband, you whispered his name once more, hoping not to wake the boy between you two.

“Mm..?” With his eyes still closed Zuko’s throaty hum filled the expanse of the room.

“Sokka’s—” Your voice was cut off.

“Yeah,” The arm of Zuko’s that Sokka wasn’t clutching waved in the air, sleepily dismissing you. “I know just go. . . go back to bed.”

Except you weren’t tired anymore. The adrenaline still slowly fizzling in your system from the shocking thought that some stranger snuck into your private quarters.

A loud groan invaded the quiet atmosphere. This time the sound not belonging to either you or the Fire Lord. “Suki kept me up all night talking on the ride here. I’m tired so shut up.” Sokka whined.

That made your eyebrows twist in confusion. Suki always stayed behind when Sokka showed up to the capital on their anniversary.

“Suki?” Your words were meant to be a question, instead someone took it as if you were addressing them.

“Morning,” a female voice said around a yawn, the voice coming from the foot of your large bed.

Tilting your head up, you could make out Suki’s short brown hair and the fan she was clutching on top of her stomach as she laid horizontally below the three of you.

And you couldn’t help but smile when you finally let your body hit against the plushness of your mattress. Your friends needed you as much as you needed them and you hoped that these things would never change for as long as you lived.

You were lucky to end up with a group of people who could love so fiercely and expected nothing but love in return. If you were broke and bleeding and lost in the woods, you knew that there would be an army looking for you in every hidden pocket of the earth.

For now, you’d just hold on tight to Sokka while the tip of your toe brushed against Suki’s knee and Zuko’s steady breathing filled the room and just hope that no one would ever take them from you.

Author’s Note

I love this and I love the anon who sent in this request!! Had a little fun with this if you u couldn’t tell… 💗

[waterfire1848]

Zuko: You wanna tell secrets?! Okay! Sokka used to wear leg warmers!

Sokka: Okay. Zuko entered a Zuko look alike contest and came in fourth because they said his scar was on the wrong side!

Azula laughing her head off: Oh, Spirits!

Zuko: You think that’s funny? Maybe Sokka should know some of your secrets too.

Azula: I already told him everything [ Turns around to face Zuko ] You shush!

Zuko: Once Azula was sent to her room without dinner so she snuck into the kitchen and stole some noodles.

Sokka: She told me that.

Zuko: Did she also tell you that the cook saw her and she got surprised and the noodles spilled all over her?

Sokka, holding back laughter: No.

Azula: Zuzu couldn’t tell time until he was thirteen!

Zuko: It’s hard for some people!

Sokka: Of course it is. [ Mouthing to Azula ] Wow.

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

POV: You're the Gaang just now finding out that the whole time he's been chasing you Zuko has also been looking after a baby... lizard kitten?

This is the other funny Avatar/The SOS Chronicles (my original story) crossover idea I had. Sometime during season 1 or shortly before it Zuko finds 5-year-old orphan Silvie and adopts her. Silvie at this point is largely non-speaking due to both trauma and being autistic so it's unclear when exactly he finds out she's fully sentient but he learns it eventually just by paying attention to her and her actions/reactions.

Silvie and Zuko are a lot alike actually! Their moms both disappeared when they were young, they're outcasts that most people dislike, they have anger issues and tend to act before they think, and their dads were both horrible people! :)

Baby Silvie is very clingy- literally. Baby Aguithans like to climb their caregivers and cling to them like baby koalas. By season 3 Zuko's used to it- and probably using it to his advantage to try and win the Gaang over. He tries to keep baby Silvie out of his fights and stuff as much as he can but the Gaang has likely seen her around some, especially during season 2 since Zuko no longer had a ship to hide her on. But they kind of assumed she was just a pet like Momo.

Taking care of a smol creature is good for Zuko and makes him much more responsible and thoughtful earlier on because he has to think of the BABY. Iroh is very amused and delighted by the affect Silvie has on his nephew.

Despite trying to keep her out of trouble, Silvie is not helpless and proves it whenever she has the smallest opportunity. She's very defensive and protective of Zuko! If he gets attacked and Silvie is around she's likely trying to tear the face off of one of his assailants with her very sharp claws and teeth. She's nervous in the picture, but you'll see she's got her tail wrapped around Zuko a bit- that's a protective gesture! She's telling the Gaang, 'I might be scared of you, but if you hurt my dad I'll gouge out your eyes.' or something like that, anyway. She's a very fierce little kitten.

Silvie does not trust most people but she trusts Zuko very quickly. Everyone else takes much longer, but she eventually trusts Iroh and the whole Gaang. While Zuko's taking members of the Gaang out on their life changing field trips, the rest of the group is trying desperately to befriend his weird alien child. Silvie does NOT make it easy for them. She does like Appa tho, and will often climb him and hide in his fur. She befriends Toph first because Toph's personality is similar to Zuko's and Toph is trying less than everyone else. Aang is next because while he's trying waaay too hard he's also very nice and good with animals. She holds out distrust for Katara and Sokka longer but eventually after they make friends with Zuko they win her over.

Alright, I'll stop now, but I love this silly little AU so if you want to hear more about it feel free to ask!