#Taang modern AU

[bearsandbeansart]

Just had the thought that Toph would love Mischief Night.

[jazumindrawzfanart]

This is actually my first time drawing Taang. More in the modern AU. ❤️✨

Maybe one day I’ll be able to draw Zutara in Modern AU too.

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Magic Between the Moon & Sky: Rayllum Oneshot Series - A 5 Year Anniversary

Today marks the five year anniversary of MBTMS’ release. (Technically it’s tomorrow for Ao3, but FFN I posted there first). A oneshot collection that is yet to be finished, I know, but one that I treasure deeply. I may have fallen out of my love for TDP in certain elements, but the writing and what I started with in regards to Rayllum was something else.

I don’t mean to be all, “I was there when it was written” but I joined this fandom in its season one days, when it was REAL small here on Tumblr. Which meant smaller ship circles too. I’m glad to have witnessed the fandom blossom and grow, and by that extension, Rayllum itself too.

I know many of my readers probably assume I won’t be returning to MBTMS, but you’re kinda wrong. I swear I’m not one of those 100 oneshot fics that stop halfway (no fault to them of course, sometimes passion runs out)! I legitimately have more than a dozen oneshots planned out. But, I’m also biding my time. I’ve learned with fic writing, that writing what I love is just as crucial as being passionate about it. I'm not currently into TDP but I still enjoy the oneshot concepts i thought up for my fics, so I'll probably only work from those.

I mean, I can probably just grind out the last oneshots and meet the 100 quota, but they wouldn’t be good. Or maybe, they would be to some of you, but they wouldn’t be something I could be proud of. Least of all, I wouldn’t have fun writing it. So yeah, I do believe I know my limits and the extent of my creativity.

But the main reason at the end of the day, as to why I won’t drop this fic, is because it has quite literally spawned some of my best writing. “Loyalty & Light”, “The Most Undoing Thing”, my Taang oneshots, “Legends of Avatar: The Untold Story”, they’ve all had great prose that I’m proud of. Some not so much, but that’s growth.

“Magic Between the Moon & Sky” houses many different styles and concepts I could never explore with most of my fandoms. I’ve written a modern college AU grounded in the slowest of burns, I’ve written childhood AUs diving into the naivety and hilariousness of a kid's mind, and I’ve written an emotionally powerful (as readers have said) Soulmate AU even though I don’t like Soulmate AUs. And I have many more mind, but I’ve also managed to explore the canon and interpret my own ideas from before we learned anything of the lore.

Some were at the requests of fans, others were because I wanted to try and get my feet wet. Much like Callum and Rayla themselves, this fic was a great avenue for me to explore my abilities as a writer and try new things. And in the end, I’m proud of that. And I cannot wait to see what I do next.

Thank you all, for an amazing five years of patience and love. Again, no idea when I'll return to this fic but I'll get around to it.

Until next post,

- Bleh

[punkeropercyjackson]

Fav Kataang hcs or AUs? They're always fun to hear

Transfem4Transfem(Katara is a mermaidgender trans girl and Aang is a genderfluid,bigender and genderqueer transfem)

Autistic4Autistic(Katara masked a LOT until she met him and he taught her to embrace her autism which is one of the reason's she fell in love with him)

Age regressor flips from trauma and take turns being eachother's caregivers

Regular Punk 4 Pastel Punk

Idc what canon says,Katara always stays taller than Aang

In a modern au,Aang would be a blasian latino and him and Katara would bond over it!!!

I have an au in my head where them and Toph are a polycule!!!Purely self-indulgent,i just love Taang and Katoph so much♡

[krastbannert]

Tagged by @noexoozes

20 Questions for Fic Writers

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 69 (nice) on my main account, with 5 on another account. And then there's a few here and there I've deleted over the years.

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 188,387 words.

3. What fandoms do you write for? Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Legend of Korra, Tron: Legacy, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Dragon Prince, Mass Effect, Destiny, and Horizon (as in Horizon: Zero Dawn and Forbidden West). At one point I had a Halo fic but that's been deleted. And then I've got a few original works.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

to that loyal heart (you're forever sixteen) - Zuko and the 41st Division, and what it means to those who will never forget what Zuko did.

Twin Flames - Azula-centric, post redemption, where she meets her niece, Izumi, for the first time, and finds that they have something in common.

those stories written in your skin - Zuko and his various tattoos, and the story of a journey around the world.

Lonely - Fire Hazard Siblings-centric, a small, quiet moment on Ember Island where both, for the first time, feel safe.

Wash These Stones - sequel to to that loyal heart (you're forever sixteen), about Chit Sang, the 41st Division, the loss of a child, and the healing that comes years later.

5. Do you respond to comments? I try to respond to all of them, but I kinda...lost track and stopped around 8 or 9 months ago. I recently responded to a lot of them, finally.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? The multishipping discord kinda hated for Hey, Pretty Boy, my modern AU Yuekka oneshot told from Yue's perspective. They thought that was really angsty. And the Taangst Week pieces I did were, to the other Taang fans, pretty scaring (still waiting for Taangst Week II: Electric Boogaloo). But I think the angstiest fic I've ever written is either The Abyss or Escaping the Shells - both have no happiness, no comfort, no catharsis. They're just about what's left when the battle is over, and the hollow shells of people that the fighting leaves behind.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Probably Across That Glimmering Sea, the story I wrote for the Fire Nation Recovery Zine - about the world letting out its breath after the war, and learning to live again - or maybe Go For Broke, the true story of a real-life hero. If planned endings are counted, probably either Brave Soldier Girl or not with a whimper (but a roar like thunder).

8. Do you get hate on fics? Ehhhh depends on your definition of hate. I haven't gotten any of the classic hate comments that a lot of my friends have gotten, but Brave Soldier Girl has gotten some pretty heated negative comments on the last two chapters.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I have, but I've written so little that I don't really think I have a type, per say. I have written any in a while.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? I have not written a crossover. Thought about it, years ago, but haven't.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Not to my knowledge.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? I've been a beta reader, but that's it.

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh honestly, I have no idea. I love a lot of ships for a lot of reasons, so it's really hard to pick.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? At this point? All of them. Realistically, tamehegane (my swordsmith!Azula AU) and hold you like a hand grenade (Azula & Ursa, companion to Brave Soldier Girl).

16. What are your writing strengths? Recurring motifs to represent characters and the story, and digging into the thoughts and feelings of characters so they feel real.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? The act of writing. Not kidding. I suck at actually sitting down and writing. Also, general confidence in my writing (hard to feel like you're actually a good writer when almost no one reads the majority of what you've written in the last two years). Those are probably linked together in a way I don't really feel like examining too closely.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I've tried it; something about it doesn't feel right, probably because I only speak English fluently.

19. First fandom you wrote for? The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

20. Favourite fic you’ve written? Oh, man. Neither are finished, but probably Brave Soldier Girl or not with a whimper (but a roar like thunder). So much I have planned for both, so much research for both, so much work and emotion that I'm trying to put into each one. It's hard to say which one is realistically my favorite.

Tagging @authorjoydragon @thiscryptidischronicallyyours @mycomfortblanket @nyamadermont and whoever else wants to consider themselves tagged!

[bluebomber182]

I used beta.elevenlabs.io to make a AI dub of a series of fan comic featuring Zuko and Katara. These fan comics are made by coppercatter, pineapple-frenzy, rllybritrlly, semokan, and sleepyacro

Sources

If you want to play around with the characters' voices in elevenlabs, you can use these files linked below. You should set clarity + similarity to 95% for accuracy. If you want to make the WAV files louder, then use foobar2000. If you want to reduce the echo in the WAV files, then use audacity and then go to Effect > noise removal and repair > noise reduction.

Katara

WAV file

Zuko

WAV file

files.catbox.moe/rbymws.wav

All files including an Adobe enhanced speech file for Zuko

[mah-o-daryaa]

Mone's Introduction (+ Masterlist)

Welcome to my Tumblr account!

Name: You can call me Mone as per this account Age: I'm a teenager (13-19) Gender: She/her Fandoms: ATLA, Riordanverse, Harry Potter (formerly), Ninjago (Occasionally), Voltron (Occasionally) What I do here: Just chilling around, wasting my time (and occasionally write stuff) What I DON'T do here: Bullying people for their opinions DNI: Racism, sexism, misogyny, Islamophobia, zionism, neo-nazis, other religious nutjobs, bigotry of any kind Favourite Characters: I have... a lot of favourites: ATLA Katara Zuko Sokka Toph Iroh Korra Kyoshi Kuruk PJO/HOO/TOA Percy Jackson Leo Valdez Jason Grace Piper McLean Apollo/Lester Papadopoulos Dionysus/Mr D Favourite Ships: Taang (ATLA), Zutara (ATLA), Sukka (ATLA), Percabeth (PJO), Valdangelo (PJO), Valgrace (PJO) Hobbies: I'm gonna be a writer!

Masterlist:

The Unlikely Analogy

Avatars Aang and Kuruk Avatars Kyoshi and Korra (+ Yun)

Elemental Symbolism and Foils

Avatars Aang and Kyoshi Avatars Kuruk and Roku The Element of Change

Equivalent Elements

Avatars Kuruk and Korra Avatars Aang and Yangchen

Other Metas:

ATLA Modern AU: Avatar Edition

Disclaimer: After my encounter with the Avatars for The Cycle Repeats series, they have decided that they will be infiltrating my blog from time to time. Text spoken by a past Avatar will be colour-coded for your own convenience:

Avatar Wan: Bold Red Avatar Yangchen: Bold Orange Avatar Kuruk: Bold Purple Avatar Kyoshi: Bold Green Avatar Roku: Bold Black Avatar Aang: Bold Yellow Avatar Korra: Bold Blue Me: Bold Pink or Simple Black

[stitch1830]

Hello! 💥, 🦋, and/or 🤍

Hi there! Thanks for the ask :D

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

So technically my least kudos'd fic is Kiss Me, which is a Kantoph doodle for Year of the OTP lol. But since it's only 200 words, I'll pick my next least kudos'd fic(s).

Clocking in at 4 kudos are A Man's Best Friend and Here for You. Both are Kantoph fics that I wrote for Year of the OTP! I like Man's Best Friend because it's a modern AU, and I think it's funny to see Kanto interact with Toph's guide dog while she's away for the weekend. But, there's some sweet moments in there, and I think it captures some fun, fluffy moments between Toph and Kanto. For Here for You, it's another modern AU, but this is just showing Kanto being a sweetheart while Toph is struggling with something and just doesn't feel like talking about it right now. While they're not together yet, Kanto puts her needs over his and, as the title suggests, he's there for her haha! I just love showing Kanto being supportive for Toph, being someone that she can let her guard down around and if she needs a hug or to cry, she can do that around him without judgment.

🦋what are you most insecure about when you post a fic?

I think when I posted my first fic, I was nervous about posting it correctly? I worried about the grammar and whether I posted at the right time, that sort of stuff.

Now, I don't think I get very insecure when I post a fic, perhaps just this naive hope that they'll do relatively well? I write mostly for Kantoph now, and there aren't many active Kantoph shippers that solely ship Kantoph or ship them the way that I do (very canon divergent and fluffy and filled with happily ever afters haha). There's always this hope that "maybe this one a lot of people will somehow read and really enjoy it!", but I've learned to separate that feeling from writing/posting my stories. I write for the challenge to be creative, to tell stories that live rent free in my head, and for my friends/moots.

🤍what's one fic of yours you think people didn't "get"?

Hmmm. Probably Where Am I At, which is a Taang story I did for Taangst Week 2021. Really, the theme of this was how the family members of Toph and Aang's family deal with loss, but I think the Modern AU setting and the fact that I made Toph not blind probably threw things off. I do think the bones of the story is okay, but I based this off an original idea and thought I could place Toph and Aang as the main characters, when in reality, I really shouldn't have. I'm not one to delete fics, so it's still up, but I don't think it'll ever rise in the ranks as a fabulous Taang fic haha!

Okay! That's all I've got (probably rambled a bit ope), but thank you so much for the ask! Always fun to talk about writing hehe. Hope you have a great day! :D

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Send me asks about writing! :D

[zeus-favorite-child]

Hey, would you do 7. How long has it been? with Toph x Aang?

This set in a modern au (coz I don't have the strength to pull apart Kataang) plus I kinda like the idea of Taang as childhood friends. In this au Toph is not blind and Aang somehow decided to grew some hair. Thank you anon for sending this I'm very much thrilled to write some taang stuff. Enjoy folks.

[risemaclay]

An art for @taangweek prompt Teasing, I can't believe that I actually made this 😵 I suddenly got the idea yesterday and managed to finish it on time. The background is not mine, it's a photo taken from internet and adapted for my work.

[photo used for background]

[badlucksav]

Day 6: Modern AU

And so Taangst Week comes to a conclusion. *looks at empty box of tissues*. This was so fun to participate in!

If she was being honest with herself, she’d admit that she was putting off her homework because she was sulking. And if she was really being honest with herself, she’d admit that she was sulking because her best friend, whom she was secretly in love with, was currently on a date with his pretty, bubbly cheerleader girlfriend.

Toph almost couldn’t believe that her dorky best friend—who made stupid puns and liked theater and D&D—had bagged a cheerleader. She wanted to be happy for him, and maybe if she could set aside her unrequited crush, she would be. But Toph liked Aang as so much more than a friend, and she knew that she would never compare to a tall, pretty cheerleader like Ty Lee.

[authorjoydragon]

The final day of taangst week.... thank god. We are never doing this again. Too sad.

Here’s my prompt for day 5: Death

Including trigger warnings on this for car accidents, blood/gore and death. You might not want to read it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31232798/chapters/77775782

[nerdybookworm25]

Zutara/Sukka/Taang/Mailee Modern!Au Headcannons

Zuko wears beanies

Katara steals Zuko’s beanies

When they finally get an apartment together, they share a sock drawer and constantly have to rummage through the socks to find tones that will fit bc Katara’s feet are smaller than Zuko’s

They live in the greater Ba Sing Se area

Suki and Sokka live a dozen or so blocks away from Zuko and Katara

Aang and Toph live in a more upscale area bc Toph’s parents bought her an apartment even though she didn’t want them to

It allows both Appa the Saint Bernard and Momo the Siamese cat to stick around

The Gaang meets up for weekly game/movie nights

Host apartments rotate

Once a month they’ll have the girls and guys separate and they’ll go do whatever

There’s almost always alcohol when they get together for fun times

Suki revamped her Great Grandma Kyoshi’s dojo and runs that with a bunch of her friends from her sorority days back in college

Sokka will occasionally come help Suki out

He’s the bad example

The younger students all love him so they don’t care

Toph is a personal trainer

Sokka is an engineer and an inventor on the side

Aang is a philosophy professor at the local community college

Toph sits in on his classes at random and just props her feet on his desk

Katara is a family physician at Ba Sing Se General Hospital

It’s a bit of a drive but she’s fine with it (it’s like 15 minutes give or take with traffic)

Zuko is an electrical engineer

He and Sokka met in a math class they shared in Sokka’s freshman and Zuko’s sophomore year of college

Aang has had Appa for 12 years and Momo for 8

Zuko bought a bearded dragon (Druk) sometime towards the end of his time as an undergrad

Katara loves Druk and Druk loves Katara

Sokka and Toph treat Katara like she’s their personal doctor

Zuko and Katara both go to therapy

They make it a point to see different therapists

The Gaang all work out at the same gym

It’s the gym Toph works at

Sokka and Zuko have the same trainer- Piandao

Toph is Aang’s trainer (among many other ppl’s)

Suki and Katara aren’t about the personal trainer thing so they’re just workout buddies

It’s always routine to go to the Jasmine Dragon after time at the gym

It doesn’t matter if you’re on your own, with a friend/partner, or it’s everyone together

You best believe you’re going to the JD after

Uncle Iroh makes it a point to see Zuko every other week

That usually means he’s also seeing Katara every other week

He does pester them about grandkids sometimes

They know he’s only joking (or is he?)

Suki, Mai, and Ty Lee hang out sometimes

They all go to Kyoshi Island Dojo (that’s where they met)

Azula got a lot better once she got to college

She majored in criminology

She, Zuko, and a family lawyer friend of theirs put Ozai in jail

She and Katara actually get along pretty well

She kind of gets along well with all of the girls

They just had to get over the initial tension

Katara and Zuko were the once who convinced Azula to go therapy

She lives alone in the same area as Toph and Aang

Mai and Ty Lee live up that way too

Ty Lee models sometimes when she’s got time off from the dojo

Mai takes a lot of her pictures

Only when she’s not busy being the best lawyer in the Earth Kingdom

(No Mai was not the family friend that helped lock Ozai up- sorry)

Zuko, Sokka, Katara, and Suki are all bi

Aang and Toph are both pan

Ty Lee and Mai are both lesbian

Azula is aro/ace

Sokka and Katara both dated Yue for a little bit in high school at different points

And this is once again spiraling out of control and I’m in too deep. If you want me to change/add anything, comment or put it in my ask box!

[authorjoydragon]

And for the final prompt of Taang Fluff Week- Modern AU, I used this lovely fanart as inspiration. ☺️ I hope you don’t mind @dragonbonez!

Summary: Toph can't see him, but she hears his laugh everyday. And it's beautiful. This is basically a very short glimpse into the beginning of a love story where Toph falls in love at first sound. 😌

@taang-fluff-week

Toph trailed her fingers over the Braille, searching for the answer to her homework question.

It was loud in the tea shop today, a bit unusual for a Tuesday mid-morning. She blamed it on the large group of students a few tables away from her. If they were studying they were doing a terrible job of it.

"Miss Toph, would you like another cup?" The kind shop owner asked. They'd become good friends after she frequented a little too often, coming here in between classes to study.

Her nose wrinkled in disdain. "Actually, I'd like some quiet."

Iroh laughed as he refilled her cup. "My apologies, that's my nephew's rowdy group of friends. They really are lovely people... just not good at using inside voices."

"If you say so, Iroh." She shrugged as he walked away and reached into her bag for her headphones. She didn't like listening to music when studying, but it was better than the loud yapping from those idiots.

Right before she placed the headphones on, a sound made her pause.

A tinkling laugh, clear and pure and so full of happiness.

It came from that same table.

Toph shook her head, fighting a sudden blush. How silly to blush over a random stranger's laugh. Ridiculous.

No it did not make her heart beat faster.

She shoved the headphones on and went back to studying. No more distractions.

~~~

She heard that laugh almost every time she entered the tea shop. Toph found herself craving to hear it, wanting to know the owner of said laugh.

Ridiculous.

Was she really developing a crush on someone based on their laugh? Utterly ridiculous.

~~~

Toph caught herself 'staring' into space, angled towards his table.

God, why was his laugh so sweet?

She shook her head, forcing herself to focus on her books. Daydreams were for saps.

~~~

Iroh filled her cup, his ever-knowing, insufferable, wisdom-having-self interjecting into her business when he spoke, "Would you like me to introduce you to Zuko's friends?"

Toph denied the flush on her cheeks. "No thank you, Iroh."

"Perhaps... just the one boy?" He grinned cheekily at her as her face went even redder.

"Absolutely not." Toph slammed her book shut and quickly left the shop (of course taking her tea with her). Iroh's full-bellied laugh followed her out the door.

She thought she could feel eyes on her, but she couldn't be sure, of course.

~~~

"Hi. I'm Aang."

Toph blinked. Was that...?

"Do you mind if I sit with you?" He asked, already pulling out the chair opposite her.

"Uh... go ahead." She mumbled softly. It was him, she was pretty sure. The boy with the beautiful laugh.

Aang seemed to be looking at her books. "What are you reading?"

She raised an eyebrow at him and snarked, "Braille, obviously."

He laughed. God it was him.

"Obviously," He agreed, "but what is it? You're studying something for school?"

Toph nodded, "Yeah... I'm majoring in business."

"Cool! I'm majoring in veterinarian science." He shared excitedly, "I'm only in my second year. Almost halfway done!"

She smiled at him, "Yeah me too."

"You should come sit with my friends, we're always here studying. I notice you sit alone over here, so I thought maybe you'd want to join us?"

Toph swallowed. Not that she was afraid of that group— she didn't give a damn what they thought of her— but to be in such close, constant proximity to this sunshine boy with the pretty laugh?

"Sure." Toph found herself answering.

"Great!" Aang clapped his hands. "We’re all leaving now but I'll see you tomorrow then— oh. I didn't catch your name?"

Right, he had introduced himself and she had completely forgotten to. She grinned at his voice, "I'm Toph."

"Toph..." Her name sounded different coming from his mouth. A good different. "I'll see you around, Toph."

She raised a hand to wave at him as she heard him retreating. "Yeah... see ya never, Aang."

His beautiful laugh echoed through the shop, sounding almost exactly like the bells on the door as it closed behind him.

And already, she couldn’t wait to talk to him again— to make him laugh again.

She heard a creak in the floorboard nearby and pointed her finger eerily close to Iroh’s face before she snarled, “Not one word, old man.”

Buy me a kofi? ☕️

He has the best laugh, doesn't he?

Buy me a Ko-fi?

[do0hwa]

Happy new year✨

[pineapple-frenzy]

Could you draw something for taang weel, please.

I've been so busy with school I didn't even know it was taang week akfjskjfjdjf thanks for letting me know anon :'>>

I took today as a break from school requirements to do this. It feels so nice to work on something self indulgent again aitjksjfkd I wish I could do more but this is all I have to offer

Happy taang week everyone!! 🧡💚