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Golden Boy (and Silver Girl) for the Kintsugi AU.
#zutara#atla#zuko#avatar the last airbender#katara#atla fanart#atla art#prince zuko#zutara au#kintsugi au#kintsugi#fire lord zuko#katara x zuko#zuko x katara#katara fanart#katara art#katara of the southern water tribe#zutara fanart#zutara art#Lore update!#Despite adopting Kintsugi as their official practice to promote cultural superiority; Kintsugi is not inherently Fire Nation#The other nations practice Kintsugi as well. Though ever since the War started it's much more uncommon to see outside of the Fire Nation#The Earth Kingdom seal their scars in bronze. The high nobles consider it to be unbecoming so it's much more common in the middle classes.#Kintsugi is much more well received in the SWT than it is up North. The NWT believe it to be barbaric. A foreign practice adopted by the...#...less civilised South. You can imagine the outrage and scorn Katara received when arriving North with a quite noticeable silver scar.#It is the seal of a Southern Warrior. She got hers during the same raid that took Kya. Hakoda himself has quite a few...#While Sokka tried to give himself a Kintsugi scar (it did NOT go well)#The Air Nomads didn't practice Kintsugi! Theirs was a naturalist approach. Your body is yours to cherish and protect just as it naturally is#These ideas were shared with me by some amazing people! If you have any headcanon or idea regarding this (or any) of my AUs let me know!#It makes me so happy to inspire you! Even if it's just a little. I'd love to hear all your thoughts and rambles!!!
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happy birthday to one of the greatest fics of all time <3 ( @bisexuallsokka , thank you for writing this masterpiece.)
#atla#zukka#zuko x sokka#zukka fanart#atla fanart#tangled au#now that i see you#now that i see you fanart#fic fanart#so. this fic…#I know I’ve talked about it like. two or three times in the past#but I’m so serious about it#genuinely it is one of the greatest fics I’ve ever read not even exclusive to this fandom#it’s so well written and thought out and carefully crafted#(much like the rest of Jo’s work but I don’t want these tags to be overly long)#so if you are a tangled fan and anyone with a brain#please give this fic a read#literally? it will change your life#anyway happy birthday to this masterclass beautiful extraordinary masterpiece
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The point where you, uh. You definitely put a note with the wrong story. Because what does this mean
Which was the point Zuko realized trees didn’t really understand people. At all. That was okay, Zuko didn’t, either.
#it was probably for Chaos Avatar Zuko? because tree#but it was in my Towards the Sun notes#for the Water Tribe prison camp arc#which is... not particularly tree heavy folks#anyways typing for TtS currently but man do I remember why this chapter didn't get written before#Jun why you gotta have a huge POV#I love you hon but Zuko and Katara are already here#so this is a three POV braided chapter#and that's going to carry through the whole arc#and that is a LOT of scene intermeshing#why did I have to go ARTSY on this#(because it gives my brain happy writing joy that's why)#Jun and the continuing adventures of Stealing Zuko's Coat#Towards the Sun
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I JUST GOT THIS COMIC AND THIS PANEL IS SUCH BIG BROTHER ENERGY I LOVE THEM
#I’d give everything I own to have a show about them just being a happy stupid family#atla#avatar: the last airbender#avatar the last airbender#aang#zuko#comics
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It's the year of the dragon!! :D
#zuko#fire lord zuko#fire lord#atla zuko#atla#avatar#avatar the last airbender#new year#happy new year#2024#fanart#art#digital art#illustration#atla fanart#umossu#my art#zuko can you give us a big smile#good boyyy
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watching ATLA live action and i am reliving my zuko loving, zutara shipping era
#hello HAHAH#actually more of zuko loving#i'm reminded of how much i love zuko's entire story idk man#it's giving todoroki (not updated with bn/ha sadly)#a child who saw the cruelty of the world at such young age#his journey to regain his honor sure but also for his father's attention#he didnt know better he just wanted to be happy with his family ugh huhu#but its hard when spite runs deep in the blood of ppl closest to u#inadvertently you adopt it too#nevertheless he had uncle iroh#his relationship with uncle iroh is damn precious ;w;#uncle iroh one of the best characters in atla tbh#antagonist displaying empathy and morality = chef's kiss <3#anw the zutara thing is just minor BUT#i saw this twitter post showing zutara and p&p parallels#HAHAHA I LOVE#enemies-to-lovers trope superior in this house amirite#gisa rants#gisa's fandom life
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get transmascd idiot
#avatar the last airbender#atla#zuko#vulpine.art.tag#i WILL transmasc all my favs actually#also i just rewatched atla for the first time in like. six years#zuko gives me happiness
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What’s your Max grief AU, if you’re comfortable with sharing that??
Oh am I ever! The Max Grief AU is the shorthand name I give to a Jeeko canon rewrite idea I have kicking around and partly brainstormed in which Zuko in his cranky, irritable way loves his ship, loves his crew, loves his Uncle, and maybe-but-we-aren't-admitting-i loves Jee, not that anyone knows about them.
And then his crew gets commandeered by Zhao. And the ship that's become his home gets blown up. And the North happens and only Zuko and Uncle manage to escape, despite everything Zuko did to try to find and save them.
And now we end up with a S2 and S3 Zuko who is absolutely spiraling and losing his shit, who doesn't care if Azula catches him, who almost *wants* Azula to catch him so he has something to fight back against.
Now we have a Zuko who keeps seeing the faces of his lost crew in the people he meets throughout the Earth Kingdom, and running into his grief over and over and over with no idea how to manage it.
Now we have a Zuko who can unsettle Jet with the depth of his rage toward those who lead the Fire Nation.
Now we have a Zuko who has no problem learning cold fire on the first try, because Zuko has been cold ever since he came out of the water in the North. No matter how much time he spends baking under the Earth Kingdom sun, no matter how many layers he puts on, Zuko is cold. Like the Northern waters seeped into his very veins. Like his losses are smothering his inner flame.
Like his dead cling to his bones, and his rage is the only thing he has left to keep the cold at bay.
#asks and answers#Max Grief AU#fic writing#The Max Grief AU does have a happy ending!#A whole revenge plot that then turns into word of prisoners in the north that becomes a desperate speed run of overthrowing the Fire Lord#Because *Ozai* might not negotiate an exchange of prisoners#But *Zuko* is willing to give up anything the north might ask for as long as he has a chance to do it before the long nights hit the north#when the sun doesn't rise and firebenders don't do so well...
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“He didn't want to think about the ramifications of the Fire Nation successfully flying one of those war-balloons over the Lower Ring… The only protection available for those poor people would fall squarely on the shoulders of those new recruits, and they would have to be ready to carry that responsibility. This situation was already a mess and they were still in the planning stages.”
Can’t believe I ignored this last chapter. Good thing Zuko isn’t in one of these meetings or there’d be a fight. Interested to see if this is a redemption for Iroh though to think of the little people or if everyone is just completely fine with the lower ring being burnt to a crisp. Bato clearly has his mind on other things so someone else needs to step up. Jeez
Bato isn’t the only one concerned about this, Suki is also pretty fired up about it in the next chapter… the tension of the upcoming battle gets heavier as we go along.
Unfortunately, there really isn’t much they CAN do to keep the Lower Ring from experiencing casualties…. but how many citizens survive & how bad the destruction is will depend on how many resources they send down there and what their plan of action will be to save lives. (If they even care about saving those lives… many of them being refugees and ‘lower class citizens’)
I am also curious to see if Iroh shows any interest in trying to help the citizens in Lower Ring or if he keeps his focus strictly on keeping the forces from reaching the Upper Ring (where his precious Zuko is)… chaos in the Lower Ring can keep troops from advancing, and there is limited space to flee depending on how Azula advances upon the city… idk. I can’t see it going well, and even Iroh, as powerful as he is doesn’t hold much authority over what the generals do with BSS… He is a tentatively welcomed guest after all. Haha.
we’ll see I guess!! Haha thanks for the ask!!
#Stick a bunch of middle aged military men in the room and see if they give a fuck about the women and children in lower ring#I’m not saying their all like that but I would think the focus would be on destroying the FN before they can advance further into the city#To where the ‘worthy citizens live’#Where the architecture they give a damn about protecting is#Hakoda and bato are the ones thinking of those women and children#Because they know what it’s like to have their women and children killed#& they know what FN soldiers are capable of I mean fuck they stole their water benders and locked them in metal prisons#Hardcore… so yeah I do think iroh is a good guy#But I don’t know if his mind thinks of the little guy… not when he was raised to believe the little guys were only there to for kindling#Idk maybe I don’t give iroh enough credit or I give him too much credit and know just because he loves zuko and wants to be the happy goofy#Fun uncle he needs & not still the dragon of the west who chuckled when he talked about burning BSS to the ground#WE WILL SEE I GUESS haha#We are getting clossseeeerrrrr haha#& we get some iroh time next chapter which is super fun#For everyone but zuko haha#Thanks for the ask anon#Liab#ITF#leaving it all behind#ask
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Zuko hates the fire nation. He does and he is tired of pretending he doesn't. Don't get him wrong he loves his people and the culture but after seeing the whole world he understands that he will never feel safe in his own nation. When everything feels like a jab towards him. With all eyes looking at him.
So when Izumi turns 35 and after ten years of being his right hand.
AND learning that his lovable best friend/ambassador/the love of his life is going to become Chief he realizes the Southern water tribe may need a fire nation Ambassador and who is better than the former fire lord. So Zuko resigns and follows his heart to wherever he pleases with his trusty companion Druk.
Besides someone needs to help the Chief of the Southern water tribe the same way he was helped by his water tribe ambassador. And who knows maybe after not having the weight of the world in his shoulders he may finally confess
#zukka headcanons#zukka#atla#Chief sokka#fire lord zuko#ambassador#Ambassador sokka#Fuck you racist people who make sokka the caregiver and fixer of zukko every problem and makes him leave the SWT#He is literally the character who loves his people the most#Are you insane bitches give these men an actual happy ending
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YALL THAT IS MY SON DON’T PLAY WITH ME OR HIM
#watched the first episode a few minutes ago#…imma give them they props#it was good!#the bending tho???? TOP TIER YO#uncle iroh still my fav tho so don’t play with him either#CASTING ATE DOWN#i won’t say much about sokka other than i’m hearing him but not seeing him….#that’s all i will say.#dallas eating as zuko like that’s him!!#kiawentiio…that’s my katara.#gordon quite literally is aang. no further discussion#OH AND I DON’T PLAY ABOUT GYATSO EITHER#everyone bodied their roles i’m so happy#i will say more after i finish the series#yes i am streaming illegally so shush and don’t tell nobody#not too fond of the changes but like i said….will discuss later#avatar the last airbender#atla live action#atla liveblog#aang#sokka#katara#zuko#uncle iroh#avatar the last airbender live action
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Sonic Underground Episode 16: Bug!
I’m watching Sonic Underground in search of inspiration to finish a fic I’ve been writing forever. It’s a sad state of affairs. See the recap of the first three episodes here, if you're interested!
The plot (for want of a better word): Robotnik’s latest scheme is using robot flies to take control of mobian minds and turn them against their friends! The Sonic Underground plans to stop him, but Manic’s impulsiveness gets him infected. Can Sonic and Sonia save their brother and the day?
Don’t let the summary or the outcome fool you. This is a Manic episode, and a surprisingly not bad one, if you think about it more than the show wants you to.
So. An interesting thing about this series, which this episode highlights: in most contemporary media, Sonic’s problem is that he does everything on his own, and he needs to learn to rely on his friends. In Sonic Underground, he’s actually fine with teamwork, but the unspoken reality is that he’s actually more effective when he goes off on his own. Manic is the one called out as needing to rely on his team more.
Usually the series doesn’t call him out on this. But it’s fairly well done, to give credit where due, because Manic is the squishy wizard of the triplets: he has a lot of power with his drums, but he’s physically weak, emotionally vulnerable, and the slowest mentally. Whenever he goes off on his own, even in spaces he knows like the black market, he always ends up putting either himself or someone else in danger.
I’m just saying. In a better, more developed show, Manic absolutely could have had an amazing character arc of resentment and misused power and redemption. Sonic Prime!Nines says what.
This is another episode that feels like it was set earlier in the series than the ones that came before it, because Manic doesn’t know Sonic can use airgear hover boards (and probably better than him). He just doesn’t because he’s faster on foot. And their bond doesn’t seem as tight. It’s interesting.
Ah, this is Rudy’s episode. I’d forgotten him. I had also forgotten where I got the Resistance secret code phrase “The party’s at Mother’s, and the musicians are down the hall”. I’ve just always liked it for some reason, I don’t know why.
Rudy is a water dragon, talks about bottle flies, and has a quite broad but surprisingly believable north-eastern Australian accent, for… reasons. I therefore assume the triplets are in Downunda, which is a region from the Archie comics. They also refer to Freedom Fighters in this episode, which is another Archie invention. Enjoy it, folks. But again, is Mobius a kingdom or a world? You will never know…
So. Manic is bitter because Sonic doesn’t need help after getting on Manic’s case about the buddy system. And he goes off on his own to show Sonic up. If this had been more than an episode, it would have been a great arc, I AM JUST SAYING.
He of course gets bitten by the robot fly, while Sonic easily catches the one going after him.
Side note, real bottle fly bites are an absolute BITCH. This episode does not do them justice.
Meanwhile, Sonic reports to Rudy that his village and all the people in it are gone, and once again, this is treated (hammily but) seriously. This series didn’t dwell on them, but it never denied the realities of the world it was presenting.
We get some very quick explanation of the flies. They’re injecting a serum, a full dose of which only lasts an hour. Just long enough for people to march up and into the robotocisor. Robotnik modifies one so that Manic will get re-dosed every hour until he can capture the other two.
But it’s less than a day and only one radio in before Manic’s found out, of course, and when the serum wears off he doesn’t remember anything. The climax moves on as if none of this ever happened.
The song: Never Give Up. In contrast to the last few songs, this one isn’t quite so grating on the ears, and absolutely could have been an early 90s-style fight-the-man anthem. Kick-butt guitar solo. Reminding you that the Sonic Underground’s songs are—in canon—supposed to exist to inspire resistance and morale. Even if they come with a strong dose of magic firepower.
The day saved, the group heads back to Rudy’s village, and a few survivors pop out of the rubble. So not quite the downer it would normally be, though there is a low-key implication that they lost a lot of important people.
Meanwhile, the hedgehogs are trying to impart the lesson on Manic that him going off alone could have gone really badly, but he decides to prank them by playing zombie again. Which is supposedly funny but… really shouldn’t be. Honestly. Pick a lane, Trashfire.
Come back tomorrow if you're interested!
#sonic underground#lediz fics#sonic the hedgehog#manic hedgehog#sonia hedgehog#Manic's arc could have been so interesting#and I do not do it justice in the Lost Prince#because I too focus too much on his brother#but I am all about arcs that have characters learning to be better#and overcoming their darkness#I want that in a show that has hope#everything that comes close to that is so dark lately#or they inevitably fall to their darkness#but give me more Zuko and I will be happy
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I'm not done yet but hey are you giving zuko eldest daughter trauma because I'll fucking kill you I read ONE line it's probably the first of what's to come but I'm sending the hate ask now xoxo
ofc i wouldn't do that! he's just fistfighting a saviour complex and is eternally burdened by the responsibility of raising and caring for his sister while simultaneously being a child himself and always putting himself before the worst of the war so that azula doesn't have to all the while growing more and more rage towards the situation until it all comes out in a very cataclysmic scene that i will definitely cry at when writing :)
#he's got that fiona gallagher in him#big thief rlly went to town with mythological beauty and 'there is a child inside you who is trying to raise a child in me' v tams zukocore#the funny thing about zuko and azula's relationship is that yes it's kinda wholesome but it is still ultimately fucked#and yet i find them pretty easy to write bc i literally just go 'what would me and my sister be like in this situation'#like ive said before how my sister never really stepped up as the eldest and ive always felt like we shared that role#like i'll give it to her she's better at being the eldest in certain situations and im better in others#and it's always been us helping our mum bc as capable and brilliant as my mum is she's also doing everything alone#and her temper is... not great. so me and my sister took care of each other in our own way#and by 'our own way' i mean we have NEVER had a stereotypical relationship. our age gap is too small and we're both too mean#literally zuko's ch1 quote about 'they'd never been protective of each other' is directly inspired by me and my sister#i dont feel protective of her i dont feel a need to keep her safe and happy and it's really odd bc i KNOW im supposed to but i just dont#and she doesnt for me even though she's the 'eldest'. and yet i love her and would kill and die for her#and also if we were in this situation and we were trying to shield each other#from certain horrors that we thought the other couldn't handle then we'd have to be SO CLEVER ABOUT IT#bc just like zuko with azula if i caught my sister trying to patronise me/protect me i would HIT THE ROOF#like i am thoroughly convinced there is nothing she can handle that i cant and vice versa so we'd have to be soooo slick about it#and while with zuko and azula that only holds to an extent bc azula is ultimately YEARS younger than zuko#and whatever you think of her personality she just straight up should not be exposed to certain things#(neither should zuko but yk what i mean)#it still stands and we see throughout tams the v clever ways zuko has learned to protect azula so that she doesnt catch on#like either the next chapter or the one after (probs the one after) there's a really horrific scene#that's just super dark and gory and while with a normal younger sibling you'd do something to keep their eyes on you and not on the scene#like lie to them or make it into a game or something so they're unaware of what's happening#but instead zuko sees what's happening and before azula can he quickly gets her to check their supplies and count their money or some shit#like giving her a job to acknowledge her capability and not patronise her while still shielding her from a really brutal scene#and it just goes over zuko's head that at sixteen he ALSO SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO THAT#but long story short i just think that's so funny. like the fire hazards are sooo fucked and for good reason#but it literally just boils down to me and my dumbass sister#so yeah. very niche eldest daughter syndrome emanating from tams zuko#ask
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I’m done re-re watching atla once again. Everytime, I’m always left feeling questioning myself “what is life? What do I do now?…bro…”. I GET LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME FROM ATLA, IT JUST RESETS THE MIND. Damn.
Though one thing I really wish they would animate, is finding Ursa. Zuko’s question to Ozai of wanting to find his mother and NEVER gets animated. UGH PLEASE. The comics are great seeing the gaang after war and what they do. What I’d give to see fire lord Zuko in action and everyone else, seeing Ursa again…damn.
EVEN SEEING KIYI OMG 😭😭 she’s so precious.
#nearly 20 years…and still no animation added.#only recently they said about it for 2025…#I just hope they DO IT. GIVE IT JUSTICE.#I really want to get the comics and by far the Novels!#avatar yangchen is my favourite so far. she’s cool!#and how cool kyoshi is on glass bending to save her life. BRO#I also genuinely want Zuko happy lol. i want to see him and his mama happyyyyyy
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I think this bit about zuko and lu ten is kinda cute
#not happy with the show just giving irohs backstory this early on#but again. nothing can make me hate zuko. zuko get behind me
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get OFF MY POST if you’re jsut going to reblog it and say “actually yeah but the opposite” don’t reblog it then make YOUR OWN POST just tell me you only understand these characters in a fandom way than how they are actually portrayed in the show instead of coming onto MY POST and telling me i’m incorrect “i feel like” YOU feel like which means that i do NOT feel like which means that if you feel like that go make your own post
#sorry maybe a tad dramatic but this is the third comment like that i've gotten on that post and i'm sooooooo tired of this#sokka would kill any random person for someone he cares about he cares wayyy more about the people he loves than anyone else AND he has#always given everything for someone he loves he WILL GIVE EVERYTHING HE HAS IN ORDER TO PROTECT SOMEONE HE LOVES#and zuko did NOT just become fire lord bc aang asked him to bc guess what? aang did not ask zuko to become fire lord IROH suggested it and#zuko became fire lord because he knew that the fire nation needed someone like him he put aside the people he loves and his own happiness to#become the fire lord for his nation because he values his duty and his HONOUR MY GFPOFDJ;OSKKDBGOE;JRK#okay btw im fine im being really dramatic and really annoyed and annoying but ughhhhhhhhhh#min.txt
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