#Steambabies

[konggodzuko]

Tying into a previous headcanon of mine that Zuko and Katara often bring their kids to meetings because they don't want to foist parenting onto a nurse, the steambabies end up developing their version of House (i.e. pretending to be grown ups) except it's Politics.

All you do is sit in a circle and say Serious Grown-Up Things then argue and shake hands (they might be in meetings but they're kids so they don't really know what's going on).

Whenever their cousins (i.e. the Sukka & Taang kids) visit, they rope them in for a few rounds of Politics, and the cousins just don't get it.

Steam baby 1: We're here to talk about the bill to give people more water! SB2: No water for anyone! Throw the bill out! SB3: Chairman, censure SB2! Taang or Sukka Kid: This game sucks.

Sokka, Suki, Toph, and Aang find the whole thing completely hilarious. Katara and Zuko find it funny too, but are also a little embarrassed that their kids' idea of fun is council meetings.

[sevrinve]

bedtime

[comradekarin]

LOOK WHAT OOMF SAID ON TWITTER YALL- OH MY SHAYLAAAAA ZK STEAMBABY LUTEN

[demaparbat-hp]

Izumi (steambaby) sketches.

[azulasminion]

[cyanorhis]

hehe

[yikes-kachowski]

Steambaby time!!!

This is Sakari! And obviously she belongs to zuko and katara. Arts a little old sorry

Anyway here are some quick facts about her:

- she is very well-mannered, proper, and graceful

- she is bisexual

- she is a bookworm who keeps to herself

- she is autistic

- she is the crown princess and heir to the throne

- she has two doctorates because she loves school

She also has tattoos!

[becasart]

Omgg I forgot to post this here. But here are some sketches from my sketchbook! Drew @minunqi 's cute steambabies 🥺🥺🥺💕💕💕

[perfectlypanda]

There was a limit to how complicit Druk was willing to be in Kira's schemes. Take the cake off the table and give it to her? No. Give her a boost? Wellllll okay. (Fire Noodle #16)

Kya is the steambaby who usually appears in these Fire Noodle comics, but she is much too well behaved to sneak out of her crib during naptime and pull Druk into a quest for sweets. So instead, surprise appearance of Zuko and Katara's third and youngest child, Akira "Kira"!

♥ Please do not repost. If you like it and want to show people, share a link to this page instead. Thank you!

[do0hwa]

I saw this trend on x(Twitter) of drawing zuko in southern water tribe parka with different objects/ cute hats on him based on the picture above (credits to my friend @ zutaraslife on x! )

so I decided why not PUT IZUMI ON HIS HEAD

ehehe here's firelord zuko giving his daughter izumi a shoulder ride :)

[stardust948]

If Zuko and Katara take their kids to work and meetings, then its possible some of his kids picked up really difficult words

"Dad I want more mango!"

"No, you had enough"

"Preposterous!"

Haha! There's a 50/50 chance they'll use the word correctly but the results are still the same.

[overlordneon]

tell us more abt ran??

RAN? My Zutara steambaby? Dragon of the Southern Water Tribe? Red twin? Sun Warrior? THAT Ran?

GLADLY! I've sortof reworked details of their backstory since I last talked about them anyways. Here's a lengthy ramble about her I guess...

So as you may or may not know already- Ran and Shaw were both raised in the Southern Water Tribe. Katara actually opted to do it alone (she was worried about introducing the two kids to the stresses of FIre Nation poltiics. Zuko respected her choice, hoping to avoid repeating the same relationship as him and his sister.

So neither of the kids knew who their father really was until the day that Ran started firebending. She was pretty sensitive as a kid, basically scared about everything and running to either her mom at anything scary- including her shooting fire out of her fist.

After that Katara finally came clean to them both and told them all about their dad. He would come to the Tribe to visit from then on but Ran wasn't super eager to learn firebending. For the longest time, she would've much rather prefferred to have been a waterbender, having the power to heal people like her brother and mom was something she really wanted. It took a lot of encouragement from her brother before she decided to give it a try. Zuko would try his best to teach her during his visits for a while but they realized that it was going to be better for Ran if they moved to the Fire Nation for her training (it took Katara a lot of convincing to agree to it.) And making it publicly known who his children were.

Being around so many more firebenders was a bit of a culture shock to both Ran and Shaw, where Ran felt a lot less like the freaky firebender of the family. It caused a major flip in her personality. She became much more of a hothead, (a lot like her parents) to counteract her brother's cooler and relaxed temperaments. She took her training a lot more seriously, getting more and more competitive and headstrong as a bender. For better or worse, Zuko saw a lot of Azula in her. When she was around 15 or so, Zuko would be the one to suggest that she should train with the Sun Warriors, feeling it would be the best way to keep her on a good path.

Her time training with the Sun Warriors was not the easiest. With neither her status as the Firelord's daughter or the familiarity of her home in the Southern Tribe she had to work to earn her place there, this included a lot of grunt work, cleaning up after dragons included. And while it was forbidden for any of them to directly interact with the Dragons (or their hatchlings) Ran would essentially do the thing where you feed the dog scraps under the table and leaving him meat treats. I think Shaw would briefly come to train alongside her for a bit there too. I imagine that part where she would finally earn the respect of her Sun Warrior peers would be something like... her confronting some aspiring firebenders that arrived to hunt the young Druk for sport. "You came here to make a name for yourself by killing a dragon but you'll have to settle for losing to one." It would still be some time later in her life before she would earn the official title of "Dragon" and finally return to her family. Around 19 i think? Druk coming along with her as they had bonded pretty strongly.

That's most of the rundown of her lore wise. She's set on bringing Sun Warrior philosophies to modern firebending, treating fire as a form of life rather than a force of destruction or power and in a way it made her feel more connected to her mother and brother too, no longer feeling like she was on opposing ends from from their elements.

And that's what I've got worked through so far. If you'd rather learn something specific feel free to ask more details. Ask me about Shaw next, how he's off breaking the women-as-healers stereotypes and working to implement bloodbending into healing practices (sortof against his mother's wishes). If the next Avatar series doesn't give us at least one male waterbender healer, I'll riot.

Side note but Avatar Wiki giving me better fuel for naming the twins after the dragons. Shaw is blue twin and Ran is red twin.

[ziezii]

zuko's stressing and dreading for the next council meeting happening in a few days for new installments for their new city, he's talked to katara about his feelings but decide to keep his dread about what to do a secret

but, for the past two days he's seen it. little scribbles on paper giving him ideas and opinions on the thing he was working on. he immediately thinks his wife was behind all of this and smiles at the thought (he'll have to thank her later)

that smile however, turns even wider when he comes to his study room the night before the meeting and meets his 8 year old son, seemingly brainstorming

their relationship has been somewhat rocky, only turning for the better the last couple of months. so when he walks in and his son notices, they spend (and will continue until he's an adult) the majority of the night in prepping for the meeting

[demaparbat-hp]

Sweet Kisses when Zuko finds out Katara is pregnant with Izumi

A new fire

[rifari2037]

Yes, I'm here for Zutara. No one can change my mind. I've been shipping them since I was a kid, long before I knew about shipping and fandom. When I re-watch ATLA, I shipping them even more. When I watch Zutarian art and video, I shipping them even more. When I read Zutarian meta, fanfic, or headcanon, I shipping them even more. Even when I read canon shipper points, I still love and shipping Zutara even harder. I mean, just look at their chemistry! And some people still denying.

[piggypie22]

Zutara’s Son

“Try it on son, it will be yours one day”-Zuko

Ok so I know most people want the firstborn steambaby to be a girl firebender but hear me out, imagine the plot. Zuko struggles forming a father-son relationship with his waterbending son, who has a hard time trying to accept that he will be the next firelord. The fire nation wants to override his birthright and make his younger firebending sister the heir to the throne. This all leads him to be ashamed of his abilities and only use waterbending in secret. Zuko must teach him there is more to being firelord than awesome displays of power, all the while forming their bond as father and son. Katara must show him the beauty and strength of waterbending and to embrace it. Finally, he must prove his worth as a future leader of the fire nation to his people.