#THIS IS ZUKOS FAULT
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I think what bothers me about ppl being surprised at removing the misogyny or making aang be responsible from the start instead of running away is that this is literally fandom trends representing themselves. Like when characters have to grow y’all run to downplay what they have to grow from! STICK WITH ME FANDOM SHIFT this is what bothers me so much about fanon Harley Quinn. Like if Harley never enjoyed or felt free or whatever with joker why are you calling her post relationship arc a redemption? Even back to heroics if bruce was never an asshole or close minded or ham fisted when it came to his kids where do you think the other identities started? What do you think their relationship is growing from? Like it’s so boring lmao
#And then you’ll create negativity that never existed as long as it keeps everything normal#no bruce was never suspicious of his precious baby Jason 🥺#dick hated him with a passion tho!#like ok. get off Twitter.#get off ao3.#pls and thank you#And the Harley one makes me sick bc I adore Harleys redemption especially as a character MADE for joker breaking out and becoming her own#but then y’all are like ‘well she was never BAD! she was manipulated and brainwashed the whole time! and never contributed to anything#significant!’#what is the redemption y’all are speaking of?#THIS IS ZUKOS FAULT#sorry I’m not getting into my opinion on his entire redemption#but like. he was the prime example of perfect victim#and that’s not BAD or whatever I think the progression of his arc was great#I just think y’all overstate ‘redemption’#but not even Zuko Iroh! the way y’all collectively forgot or ignored that he SUCKED!#sorry I swear I ranted to my brother about this for an hour this morning actually#but I forgot every name I pulled#but in conclusion this redemption that’s not rlly redemption cause my fave was never bad thing is soooo#IK i shit on tim but Jason Stans step forward please#I was gonna say Damian but the reason I’m not is bc god forbid y’all actually let him redeem himself#like he feels so much guilt and remorse and y’all are like ‘the haughty princeling wanted poor wittle Drake DEAD at every turn’#also he was ten#and yknow what I think bothers a lot of ppl#that even through the remorse he acknowledges that he was a child and doesn’t allow for the adults in his life to just skate by while he#wallows. which is what I’m sure so many of y’all would prefer to see as per ao3#but no Damian does actually demand accountability from everyone involved including but not limited to himself!#but also I do adore his redemption arc bc yeah he did do that shit and it sucked#however I will never discuss it with fandom ppl who can barely name two of his friends that aren’t Jon. maybe they’ll know Colin and maya i#if they’re really about it…
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For your post finals art request, how about something from your Zutara scars au? Maybe Zuko gently kissing the scars on Katara's hands, with Katara looking absolutely flustered.
Thanks for your consideration and time.
I love soft scar kisses so much, I hope you don’t mind that I added a touch of angst to this
I saw something recently that was like what if Zuko thinks he’s the one that burned Katara’s hands, and I really like the idea so I wanted to incorporate it into this au. So here’s a little comic about Zuko apologizing for burning Katara’s hands (which he did not) insipired by your request :>>
#zutara#zuko#katara#atla#soulmark au#my art#i like to think happens during a conversation about zuko's scar#he'd be opening up to katara about it and even telling her how it happened#he'd also talk about how he never wants to do what ozai did to him to others but he thinks he ended up doing it to katara#and that's what leads him to apologize#so when katara says it's not his fault do you think she's talking about her own scars or zuko's fukalfjlakfk#n e ways#that one drawing at the bottom is actually a redraw of one of my old art from this au#i was looking at old art from this au for reference for some of the flower placements akdjmajdkjsjd#and i thought i'd do a redraw of it cause i still like the art but i can do it so much better now djajdkskkf#but yeah thanks for making a request with this au#zk brainrot is so back#i am so back
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au where after dying in pidw, shen qingqiu gets reincarnated as zuko, prince of the fire nation with all the memories of his past life.
ozai better watch out because his son is definitely going to kill him when the first opportunity to do so arises.
#the scum villain's self saving system#scum villian self saving system#scum villain#scumbag villain#scumbag system#scumbag self saving system#svsss#mxtx svsss#svsss au#avatar the last airbender#atla#shen jiu#shen qingqiu#original shen qingqiu#og shen qingqiu#og sqq#original sqq#sqq#zuko#prince zuko#atla zuko#fire nation#i would say 'rip to ozai' but it's his own fault that he's the exact type of man that his reincarnated son would despise#ozai dies#atla au#zuko au#reincarnated zuko#reincarnated shen jiu#shen jiu au#ozai immediately after his son is born: haha i'm in danger!
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So basically ATLA brain rot has hit me like a truck
#atla#avatar the last airbender#zuko#toph beifong#what happened was I was forced to watch the live action#which is actually pretty good if you get past the first few episodes#and if you don’t have someone in your ear telling you it’s awful the whole time#first episode is definitely the weakest and that’s 50% gran gran’s fault#aang and katara are also pretty flat but whatever#sokka’s good and zuko’s fantastic actually#they did goof on a few things but overall I think it’s a fun time#just don’t expect it to be as good as the cartoon and you’ll be okay#ANYWAY it got me missing toph#so i rewatched the blind bandit episode#and then wound up watching the entirety of books 2 & 3 in a few days#and now I’m brain rotted#which is especially weird considering when I first watched it I was like#yeah that was good! and then never thought about it again#i dunno what changed but i need help it’s taking over my life#wanted to draw Sokka too but he looks hard to draw#and i had enough trouble with these two#maybe someday#sorry for rambling in the tags goodbye
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I’ve been thinking about this for a couple days and the original ending of the show is great and perfect and it Had to Be That Way with Aang sparing Ozai’s life
But I really want Sokka to kill Ozai
I want him to one day find out exactly how bad he messed Zuko (and Azula) up and I want him not to be able to take it anymore and I want him to just snap and go to Ozai and kill him
And I want Zuko to see it and I want him to see the blood dripping from Sokka’s hands and I want him to smile and feel such intense relief that the man who’s always held so much power over him is finally gone but the I want him to be overwhelmed by a Terrible sense of Guilt that Sokka felt like he had to do that for him
And I want Sokka, King of Repression, to look up over Ozai’s corpse, soaked with the man’s blood, and smile. Because now Zuko is safe. And Sokka will never have a single regret.
#I have a LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THIS#don’t tell me Sokka wouldn’t do it bc he’s selfless to a FAULT#that protective instinct he’s know his whole life…#and this would KILL Zuko#AHHHHH I LOVE THIS I MIGHT JUST HAVE TO WRITE IT#atla#text#zukka#greatest hits#100
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Another thing I've been muling over: a complain I've seen about Maiko is that she keeps him from going on the right path—and... I agree.
For Mai, Zuko's well-being is her sole concern and the rest of the world could crash and burn and that's... Okay?
Realistically speaking, your support system should NOT be one person. One thing I love about ATLA is that (despite romance writing not being one of it's strong points) the lack of ships that follow the tropes.
Kataang is not an archetype. Neither is Sukka or Maiko.
Having your support system be just your romantic partner isn't healthy (for them or for you) or realistic. But most romances do that and until I watched ATLA it didn't occurred to me that that's not a good thing.
ATLA and Maiko are very realistic in that Zuko needs both the Gaang and Mai. He needs the Gaang to hold him accountable for every shitty little thing he did—and he needs Mai there to keep from spiraling and self-destruction.
Zuko and his uncle were de facto conquerors, so they had to do much more to redeem themselves than Mai and Ty Lee (mere soldiers, but NOT innocent) had to.
Zuko had to work hard to earn the Gaang's forgiveness (personal opinion: he should've grovelled more and he should've been called out on his racism against Aang) and Uncle Iroh reconquered Ba Sing Se in the name of it's people.
They both did reparations to the very people they hurt. And their crimes were much more direct and vicious compared to Mai and Ty Lee’s.
As someone not as responsible as them, Mai and Ty Lee's redeeming themselves was at the Boiling Rock.
And well, when Zuko is Firelord right after the war—he would be paying for the crimes of his ancestors. He needs the Gaang there to keep from acting like he did with Katara pre-Southern Raiders (everyone else seems to have forgiven me!) and he needs Mai to keep himself from actually spiralling into self-destruction and undeserved guilt (Sozin's and Ozai's faults aren't his even if he's paying for it and someone needs to remind him that)
So, yeah. He needs them both for different things.
As for Mai, her conflict was that she was never allowed to express herself. And loving Zuko made up for that—she finally stands up for something she believes in (not in the cause, but in Zuko) and Zuko didn't even have to do anything beside exist. He didn't “fix her.”
Although, again I do have the the complain that Mai has to do a lot of emotional labour for him and if you really are gonna shit on Maiko: it's Zuko who needs to step up, not Mai—well, Mai tried to “fix him” and she couldn't!
That's so important to me!—I’m tired of girl fixes boy narrative. And she couldn't fix him because only he could fix himself and Mai herself is used to making the best out of a situation and being selfish/passive/choosing the path of least resistance. She tried to do to Zuko what worked for her (or maybe didn't, considering she was coping)—and well—later when Zuko's Firelord it'll be Mai who keeps him from harming himself.
Zuko needs both to be balanced out.
He needs multiple people to act as support system and that's both healthy and realistic. Mai isn't everything and neither should she be.
I know what the comics did; don't bring them up here. It's not about the comics.
#maiko#atla#avatar the last airbender#zuko#mai#atla mai#gaang#zuko and the gaang#atla maiko#honestly i would admit that atla's writing of romance is lacking#but if you don't like maiko it's not mai's fault#if anything it's zuko's#jerk didn't even apologize for his behaviour on the ember island#mai threw her lot in with him whole heartedly no hesitation#he should've made up to her too#say whatever you want but mai loved that boy#i just felt like word vomiting#pro maiko#this is always a mai defence zone
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not a single redraw of ivan the terrible and his son as iroh and lu ten you guys are such unfun geeks......
#I HAVE TO DO EVERYTBING AROUND HERE.#Not tonight though. tomorrow. if i dont forget.#tbh it could also fit him n zuko but i feel like it fit him w lu ten more#cus it really was his fault lu ten died. He killed his son#lalalalalalalaaaaa <-normal
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She's too sleepy to walk (allegedly)
This is before they start dating, but everyone assumes they're together. By the time they admit their feelings and tell everyone, their friends are like "wdym you've been dating for three years. I thought this was an engagement party."
#zutara#zutara fanart#my art#zuko#katara#avatar the last airbender#ATLA#im not anti tagging this because its not for them anyway and ifthey comb through our tags and find it its THEIR fault#for choosing to let some picxels ruin their day#hell this can even be platonic#i think this is before they start dating for reall but everyone assumes theyre together#to the point that when they annonce it to their friends everyone is like ??? youve been together for like 3 years wdym#zutara college!au#zutara modern!au
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It was just supposed to be a prank.
It really wasn't supposed to be anything more than that. All she'd wanted was to get Zuko out of the way for a few hours so that she could have mom's attention all to herself. It wasn't supposed to turn out this way. He was supposed to be right where she left him, not in the middle of the forest. He wasn't supposed to be running such a high fever.
Azula hovered by the edge of Zuko's bed, watching as the doctors their parents had called tried to treat him. His cheeks were flushed with fever, but he wouldn't stop shivering. She didn't like the looks on the doctors' faces, nor the way they mumbled to each other. She could only catch a little of it- they would shake their heads and say his fever was dangerous even for a firebender.
He'd be lucky to survive the night.
She let herself be hustled away at some point, but those words kept ringing in her head. It was just supposed to be a stupid prank. She didn't want Zuzu to die. He was too stubborn for that, right? He was always stubborn and annoying. A fever couldn't kill him.
She couldn't fall asleep that night.
Tossing off her covers, she made her way quietly through the halls of their Ember Island villa. She quietly cracked Zuko's door open and peered inside. Mom had fallen asleep in a chair by the window, so she quietly crept in. Zuko was bundled up in his sheets, almost invisible underneath them as she crept closer.
"Zuzu?"
Nothing.
"Zuko?"
There was a rustle under the blankets. Azula exhaled, and reached for them. Stupid Zuzu. His fever would only get worse if he buried himself underneath them. She'd fix them for him, because she was a good sister- she was. When he was better, she'd apologize for her silly prank. It hadn't been very princess-like of her.
Something grabbed her arm.
Dimly, she was aware that it was Zuko. Azula winced- she could feel something prick her skin. As the clouds parted to give way to the moon, her brother sat up, the blankets falling off of him-
-no.
No, no, no.
That wasn't her brother. They had Zuko's face, but-
-the creature lunged.
Azula doesn't remember crying out, but she must have- loud enough to wake the entire villa. Her mom shot to her feet, but for a moment was simply frozen in place, trying to process what she was seeing. Azula stared up at her brother's face, his lips twisted into a snarl. She couldn't breathe. Zuko's hands were against her throat. There was something wrong with them.
There was something wrong with him.
She dimly remembers someone forcing Zuko off of her. She dimly remembers being dragged out of the room. She dimly remembers the yelling. She dimly remembers the seemingly endless visits from the Fire Sages, muttering to themselves about curses and dragons. She dimly remembers her parents arguing.
Grandfather died. Mother disappeared. Her father took her back to the Caldera with him. She remembers asking about Zuko.
"That thing," her father spat, "-is not your brother anymore."
(It was just supposed to be a prank.)
#dragon cursed zuko au#or: there's old scars on azula's throat#the high neck of her armor and robes always hides them. but she knows they're there#she knows who gave them to her#(she knows deep down that they're her fault)#for reference she's like. six or seven here
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Zuko's problem with Ozai is not that Ozai played favorites, it's that Ozai's favorite was Azula and not him.
#Zuko#Zuko meta#Obviously Zuko was an abused child and this is normal#to him#so it's not his fault#but it does#really strike me
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It’s a bit funny when ATLA fans who are so deeply attached to the show blame the fandom for the problematic elements of the actual text. They’ll say: “You missed EVERY message that the writers included! I can’t believe that you’re unable to understand the deliberate messages woven into the show!” And then the “message” in question will be a flaw they noticed in the text, an unresolved narrative issue, or an instance of the writers’ biases seeping through the story.
I just wish that certain fans would consider the idea that perhaps the writers were not as all-knowing as they thought they were and that those gaps manifested in the story. Blaming fandom for misinterpreting the story (according to your own interpretation of it) is so ridiculous and indicative of the reluctance to critique a beloved childhood show. ATLA was ahead of it’s time in a number of ways, but we have to stop acting like it is beyond reproach.
#sometimes your nostalgic childhood show isn’t as woke as you remember and might be problematic in certain areas#it’s not the fandom’s fault that we are engaging with the text that was presented to us. Some people’s issues with the fandom are really#just issues with the text itself. Like with Zuko’s supposed *mocking of Aang’s dead culture* They’ll complain that fans never address that#but if it is truly an instance in the story that you find insensitive#shouldn’t you take it up with the text? considering that the text is the thing that left it unresolved?#why is the fandom your priority when it comes to criticism? It sounds like the issue lies in the way the story was written as opposed to fan#reception of it#avatar the last airbender#anti bryke#atla fandom discourse#atla fandom salt#atla fandom critical#pro zutara#pro zuko#atla discourse#atla#fandom discourse
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Chapters: 20/? Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Aang/Katara (Avatar), others to be tagged later - Relationship Characters: Sokka (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Jet (Avatar), Suki (Avatar), Kyoshi Warriors (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Jee (Avatar), Hakoda (Avatar), Bato (Avatar), A bunch of OCs, Long Feng, Joo Dee (Avatar), Azula (Avatar), Mai (Avatar), Ty Lee (Avatar), Ozai (Avatar), General Fong (Avatar) Additional Tags: Violence, Blood and Injury, War, Minor Character Death, Rape/Non-con Elements, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Attempted Sexual Assault, Major Character Injury, Amputation, Implied/Referenced Suicide, possible major character death, themes similar to the first two books, Sexism, Racism (like has already been written in first two books), dark themes, Human Trafficking, Slavery, Just a lot of dark war-like themes, there will be a battle, Torture, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Injury Recovery, Healing, Underage Sex, Underage Drinking, Animal Death, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Warnings each chapter, Hopefully some healing for Zuko finally, no promises, but that’s the goal, Reunions, hopefully a happy ending, Sokka gets some healing too, Non-Consensual Drug Use Series: Part 3 of Leaving It All Behind Summary:
-This is the last book of the series LIAB, please go read the other two books before this, or you will be very confused-
Zuko has been taken by the Earth Kingdom army to who-knows-where, and Sokka is determined to get him back.
But he can’t do it alone.
With Suki and the Kyoshi Warriors by his side, Sokka is headed to Ba Sing Se to find Katara and Aang so they can go rescue his fire bender.
Things aren’t as easy as he had hoped. Corruption, lies, and unknown horrors await them inside the city’s walls. None of this is helping Sokka’s mental well-being.
Hakoda and his men face a problem of their own as Azula approaches with the intentions of making it rain fire.
Sokka and Zuko will both find themselves having to reintegrate back into a life they thought they left behind, with people they hardly remember. It isn’t easy for anyone, especially when they don’t recognize the person standing in front of them.
#UGHHHH posting chapters makes me nervous#but here it is!! Part two of last chapter a month later#hehehe oops#but anyway I hope you enjoy#There is a lot going on haha#so… good luck#it should still be a fun and light chapter before uhhh next one#If You’re angry about the cliff hanger#it’s not my fault#blame someone else :):):):)#like zuko#it’s super easy to blame him!!#as always heed the tags#zukka#leaving it all behind#into the fire#ITF
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Fic-to-Art #44: Zuko and Katara meet Hotaru
This time around, my Patrons chose these two scenes from the prompt I offered them... and that prompt was "Hotaru", our tiny firefly herself <3 drawing her continues to be a challenge pertaining how to ever make babies look cute, but I hope she looks alright this time!
These two moments take place not too far from the other, but it's worth noting that Katara and Zuko don't get to see Hotaru at the exact same time. Thus, I figured I'd take advantage of the opportunity... and draw Sokka and Azula introducing their little one to their respective siblings. This will be an emotional chapter (lots of those coming up), but I do hope that these moments of happiness will be a good way to soothe the pains caused by our very intense angst from the current chapters... to be specific, this is chapter 378, so we're not that far away!! Just gotta wait a bit longer!
A part of me took joy in this specific prompt... the fandom has an abundance of "uncle Sokka" and "aunt Azula" content, be it with them together or not, while Zuko and Katara (also while together or not) happen to be the ones who become parents first. This often relegates their siblings to a secondary role, and too often there's either implications or outright accusations that these two just aren't fit for parenting. I don't really remember seeing much, if any, content where Zuko and Katara are the uncle and aunt instead... thus, I figured this would be a fun switch-up that, ultimately, doesn't mean any of these four aren't fit for parenting (Zuko's already a dad, Katara will be a mother someday in the future!)! It just means that Zuko and Katara get to bond with little Hotaru and be supportive siblings! And everyone's happy and wholesome in the process!
At any rate! I hope you guys like it, and as ever, if you'd like to be part of the creative process behind these pieces, a $1 pledge makes you eligible for suggesting art prompts and voting for the winner, as well as reading Gladiator snippets 6 days before the next chapter releases!
#sokkla#sokka#azula#katara#zuko#gladiator#fic-to-art project#I think the most annoying thing about drawing Zuzu is I never seem to make him look properly older#like what is it with him#is it my fault#why does he always feel babyfaced#and no it's not about facial hair okay#my Zuko has no beards he is beard-free and always will be (?)#but anyway#don't come at me with 'omg Zuko being the Iroh to Hotaru!' because NAY#HE'S BETTER#there I said it#the fact that he actually is interested in Azula's kids and is nice to all of 'em#(yes I mean all of 'em if you don't know what I mean go read my not-so-subtle future Gladiator oneshot from underneath starlit skies)#has officially made him a better uncle than Iroh I do not make the rules (oh wait maybe I do)#as for Katara she will be a very enthusiastic aunt#who always wants to babysit#and is always ready to make that baby smile somehow#so yes she will be a wonderful aunt herself#tbh Hotaru is a lucky baby in many ways and one of them#is that people actually wanna babysit her?? Sokkla don't really have to beg people to help them with that ahaha#helps that she's such an easygoing chill baby but still#this baby is LOVED#and that's facts#anyway please enjoy this before tomorrow's chapter makes you guys want to kill me :'D
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here's an idea i only just considered.
Crimson Waste could've been a lesson of empathy for Catra.
she could've realized that so many people were suffering, were going terrible, terrible things, and that some or many were from the Horde, running away from the abuse, enslavement, and torment.
instead of being given what she wanted, she could've had the chance to earn her place in the Crimson Waste, to earn friendship, to earn respect and the affections of those she could consider her peers.
through hard work and understanding, Catra could've learned what it meant to give and receive love. to heal others and herself.
if the writers wanted to give her a redemption arc...
why not start in a place like that?
#spop#she ra#spop critical#spop salt#spop catra#she ra catra#catra#anti catra#anticatra#anti catradora#anticatradora#it could've been her own “zuko alone”#she wasn't totally isolated as she still had scorpia#but there could've been so much opportunity for her#for her to grow and change and realize her faults and try her hardest to be a better person#especially to scorpia#it didn't have to be this way#and it honestly makes me a little sad
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you know when you watch that series that you used to watch when you were five and you fall in love with the main character’s nemesis who later becomes their friend
#i’m looking at you zuko#look it’s not my fault he’s impossibly hot#avatar the last airbender#atla#prince zuko#zuko#atla zuko
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Zuko☀️❤️🔥
Wanted the excuse to draw a long-haired, adult Zuko. I also made him breathe out fire because it looks cool.
#fanart#zuko#adult zuko#long haired zuko#I like it freely flowing in the wind#zuko fanart#hes so beautiful#sigh#he looks super serious and focused in this but TRUST he's actually just an awkward lovable goofball#its not his fault he has a bit of an rbf#:(#mans casually breathing out fire and manipulating it to twist and curl around him#its a whole flex seeing that kind of control over such a volatile element#late idea but i shouldve drawn baby Druk next to him blowing out puffs of smoke#but I swear I only get these ideas after the art is already finished and I'm too wary of ruining it by adding more :/
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