#Kintsugi AU

[demaparbat-hp]

Kintsugi is the art of decorating your scars with pieces of Agni.

In the Fire Nation, the amount of golden marks are a sign of status. Only the Royal Family can afford to seal every single wound with Kintsugi. Such is the weight of this tradition that, among the ones with Agni's blood, it is the highest mark of dishonor to have a natural scar, for it proves you aren't worthy of the privilege.

After the Agni Kai, Ozai forbid Zuko's scar to be sealed with Kintsugi. The boy wasn't worth his title, his traditions or his pride. Zuko would be broken, but he wouldn't be beautiful. Not anymore.

(And sometimes it's easier to pretend he never was)

[veinsfullofstars]

“Any more stupid questions?”

Bonus live reactions to being saved from a Dark Matter ambush:

Started 07/13/24, finished 07/27/24, updated for color correction 11/02/24. | Kintsugi AU Masterpost

[frangenda]

Unfortunately, the human body does not come pre-pierced

[collabwithmyself]

Wonder if electronic devices just tend to malfunction around Morceau. The ghost doesn't like them. (Morceau and Sergei belong to @wizardmolars!)

[corishadowfang]

touch of midas for the WIP game!

(For this)

"Touch of Midas" is basically a character study of Hoder! I'd probably group it into the Kintsugi AU (hence the title), but it's technically canon-compliant. The idea is that it'd follow her from childhood up until her death, showing snippets of her life, her relationship with her brother, and how Scala's ideologies may have shaped her. I only got a short way into it, but it's a WIP that I'm really hoping to complete eventually!

As for a snippet...

            “Hoder.”  Tiny hands tugged on her dress.  “Hoder, we’re gonna get in trouble.”             “But I want to know what’s going on.”             She caught snippets of sentences—“think about schooling” and “best to start early” and “consider your standing”—but it was nothing that made much sense to her, and so she went back to staring at them, cheeks puffed in annoyance.             “Dad said we’re not s’posed to be here.”             “You don’t have to be here.”             “I don’t wanna be alone, though.”

[atlafun-and-fics]

A little piece of Zukkang!! Kintsugi AU

(Adapted from Dema Parabaht - Kintsugi AU Creator)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59820172

He smiled small, until the rising sun began to burn behind his eyes. He grunted gruffly as the light forced him to squint before he even cracked his eyes open.

Is this really necessary?

Aang wriggled his way lazily toward the wall trying to get into the windowpane’s shadow, his eyes relaxing in sweet relief once there was darkness again. His body laid still as he released a small sigh. Slowly, his eyes fluttered open and the image of what saved them made him softly grin.

Zuko laid on his side, eyes closed with the sun escaping in bright shards over his body. Not the shadow Aang was trying to fall under, but it was a nice improvement...

[kursed-curtain]

Kintsugi - the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art.

[stealthsuitdeku]

Page three and four just dropping!

BNHA canon divergence au where all the vestiges held by TomurAFO make a plan to come back to life once he gets weakened Spoilers to the last arc, sorta ^^'

[bezbedazzle]

Art for ch 2 of my Kintsugi Hegdehog AU!!! I haven’t posted it anywhere since I’m still writing, so wait for it it’s gonna be BANGER I promise!!!!

AU info since I’ve never talked about it on here lolz(and it’s one of my biggest Sonic projects)

This will be spoilers for the AU if anyone even cares. This scene is a conversation between Shadow and Mica in his dream. Mica isn’t a real character, rather he is a manifestation of a part of Shadow’s subconscious. He represents guilt and forgiveness bc Sonic kinda DIES in this AU lmao. The main point of writing it is to serve as a character study of Shadow, or at least my interpretation of him. So yeah, that’s enough info for now, I hope to be making more artwork for this so I can yap more :3

[pastadorable]

Round one @rottmntpeepawpolls

It was a good fight @daedelweiss truly an honorable first battle!

Aus present:

NQK @tervaneula

WRORAU @weranoutofrats-rottmntau

Arm+A Leg @newellthedragon

WBBS @purplecatghostposts

Red Rover @red-rover-au

Shell Shock @lieutenantbiscute

FABT @cartoonhostage

[kerizaret]

HAIII (hoping you're asleep at this point) Could I request some Pierrot and Hina... Though, this time instead of bullying could we have some friendship <33 Just some fluff if that's okay from the angst queen

HII as an apology that this took so long you get them in colour :D

Kintsugi close-up bc I did it differently and it's a bit hard to notice in colour 👍

[demaparbat-hp]

Golden Boy (and Silver Girl) for the Kintsugi AU.

[veinsfullofstars]

🪞 Fallen angel... who do you see staring back from the Mirror? 🪞

(ID: Kirby series fanart of Galacta Knight and my personal interpretation of his Mirror World counterpart. GK hovers above facing slightly to our left, his feathery wings spread wide, shaded in lilac and tipped with gilded wing talons, a swallow-like tail visible. He holds his shield forward in his left hand (our right) and his lance to the side in his right (our left), a single magenta eye leering at the viewer through the visor of his mask. A halo of heart spears floats and shines angelically behind his horns. Below him, M!GK hovers in the same pose but flipped horizontally and without the halo. Visually, M!GK has mostly the same features as GK, with his color palette being darker and less saturated (dusty purple body, dark gray armor, gray mask, maroon lance, rose-gold horns and weapons accents). His eyes are not visible in the shadow of his mask, but there are signs of erosion running down the metal surface in rusty orange lines, almost like tear tracks. Instead of feathery wings, M!GK has wings composed of jagged shards of pink crystal, glittering and lit from within by a luminous glow. A few pale feathers can still be seen peeking out from his back. END ID.)

Hey, so... what if... I went a little insane for a minute? What if I just... concepted a character... for the sequel... to an AU... I've told no one about... and haven't even finished writing yet? What if I then... pulled the salt shaker labeled "ANGST" out of the pantry and just... unscrewed the cap all over this poor lad? Oh, and Galacta Knight's here, too, I guess.

Sketch started 02/21/24, render started 03/01/24, finished 03/06/24, updated for color correction 11/02/24. | Kintsugi AU Masterpost

[frangenda]

Obligatory beach episode!!

Bill does not get in the water

[collabwithmyself]

Made a ref for Morceau (@wizardmolars) from the Kintsugi AU plus some bonus doodles

[corishadowfang]

Kintsugi AU Sora(?!) story??!

(For this)

Yep! There are a few different ideas I've had floating around for other stories in the Kintsugi AU, and one of those was looking at like--how Baldr being reformed and alive would have ripple effects across the rest of the KH universe. One of those ideas involved Baldr essentially becoming a mentor to Sora, because like--Sora's also an empath (seemingly)! And Baldr would see this kid and go, "I never want him to experience the same things I did--or make the same mistakes." And so he'd just. Take him under his wing! For what it's worth, Sora thinks he is The Coolest, and doesn't really understand the grief and regret that comes from his mentor sometimes.

I only got a little bit into this one, unfortunately (it was started for the first DR anniversary, but I lost steam pretty quickly and haven't been able to pick it back up), but here's a snippet:

            It was a good idea, in Sora’s mind—and he didn’t think good ideas should be sat on for too long, because then they might become bad ideas, so he hurried out of their hiding spot towards the strangers.             “Ah—Sora, wait—”             The strangers weren’t paying attention to them; they were talking amongst themselves, not quite quiet enough to be secretive, but enough that it seemed like grown-up talk.  “You aren’t getting sentimental in your old age, are you?”             “No.”             “He is; he’s just not willing to admit it.”             “Thank you, Baldr, for your insight.  I thought we were here for a reason?”             “Right.  The Heart—”             “Eraqus,” the white-haired one interrupted lightly, “we have a visitor.”