#but zukka also lives in my head rent free so

[coralpaperthoughts]

zuko as Heather by Conan Gray after the Boiling Rock Incident, watching Sokka simp over Suki and wishing he could take her place

Happy Pride !!!

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Tag people you would like to get to know better

Thanks for the tag @gigantomachy1916! I'm always happy to talk about my interests lol!

1. Three Ships

L x Misa obvi, my otp. They live in my head rent free 24/7. Zuko x Sokka is another big ship for me. I've always loved both characters a lot and the episode Boiling Rock changed me as a child. Harley Quinn x Poison Ivy is also a huge obsession of mine. I love both characters separately, but together they are just so perfect. I really feel like they balance each other out and help each other's character development. I never write for zukka or harlivy like I do for lawmane, mostly because I'm intimidated, but I have little stories in my head about them as well.

2. First Ever Ship

I'm pretty sure my first ever ship was Kim Possible x Ron Stoppable. I really wanted them to end up together and I remember being so excited when they finally kissed in the movie. I kinda want to go back and watch the show and see if I still love it as much as I did as a kid.

3. Last Song

No Rain by Blind Melon. One of my all time favorite songs and I often listen to it when I've been going through it. I really identify with this song and yeah this year has already been off to a rough start for me.

4. Last Movie

The last movie I watched was Bullet Train and I really enjoyed it! It was a really funny action movie and I really liked most of the cast! Aaron Taylor Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry were definitely my favorites, all of their scenes together were just fantastic!

5. Currently Reading

I'm currently reading Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers. It's a really sweet and cute lesbian romance and I'm enjoying it a lot so far! I'm also catching up on a few different fanfics, one for literati called lux et veritas and it is sooo good and super in character.

6. Currently Watching

A few different things, mainly focused on The Last of Us show right now, which I am very much enjoying. I'm also watching Abbott Elementary, which is fantastic, You season 4, which has been interesting, and SaikiK, which is absolutely hilarious.

7. Currently Consuming

I just ate some chicken pita Mediterranean meal that I made myself. It was very good and I'm very proud of myself and my cooking skills.

8. Currently Craving

Zaxby's. I fucking love their fried chicken and zax sauce. I am always wanting Zaxby's, but I don't have the money to eat out 😭.

9. Tagging

@barlee--mars @blondiest @balsemicvinegar @cryptid-in-the-labyrinth @citruscloudsandmoon @dillyfirestarter @ecolekua @fengsuave123 @fuu-miku @herembers @iamredby @knowingoverseer @kartyboomz @mere-mortifer @nomorification @puffballlofdoom @redcrewmate @rottentiger-art @s-k-e-t-c-h-y-artist @witchxmom And anyone else who is interested in answering!

[juniperhillpatient]

D, L, O & R for the fandom ask game?

D: What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?: I’ll answer for ATLA 😉 My Team Teen Vigilantes series on ao3. It all started because I got a flat tire & I was bored waiting for the tow truck so I started taking notes on the notes app on my phone about ideas for an ATLA au….

L: Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for?

Oh shit this is kinda a hard one 😅😅 I’m not very good at thinking of requests!

Uh @queenofthefaces has literally done commissioned Azula fan art for me. And I believe @theowritesfiction owes me a favor because I included a requested line in Happenstance! I just still haven’t thought of the favor yet but I haven’t forgotten so some little request from me will crop up in either The Blood Lotus or Once in a Blue Moon 😉

And um I won’t @ them, I can’t even think of their tumblr or if I follow them right now anyway but I’d pay in blood if Snowandfire on ao3 ever finished Paint it Red They’ll Cover it Up Anyway 😭 That fic lives rent free in my head forever as does the entirety of the Zuko Teaches Kindergarten universe which I cannot recommend highly enough (I especially recommend Paint it Red to you even though it’s sadly incomplete because i know you like Jetko & it’s the fic that made me love it even though I know it was supposed to be endgame Zukka should it ever end)

O: Choose a song at random, what ship does it remind you of?: I’m leaning into Jetko in these answers I guess but Stay Stay Stay taylor swift just came on as I’m sitting here listening to music and it’s literally SUCH a Jetko song

R: A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships.

Like I said before - it’s the internet SOMEONE ships it if you ship it 😉😂 And I’m not “basic” per se but I’m also not totally wild. Basically all the things I ship at least have some others who agree from what I’ve seen 😂

Uh I feel not too many people ship Jet/Azula but maybe I got some of y’all onboard with Happenstance? Maybe? Not everything has to be endgame to be valid 😉

Anyway! Thank you for playing along with the ask game 💞💞

[hyperfixationisamust]

Sokka in LoK (Oldkka????)

We were all robbed of old Sokka so fuck canon I'm putting him in

Sokka moves like he's still in his prime, always full of energy

but sometimes the knee that he hurt during Sozin's Comet will lock up and he's down for the count

totally carves his own cane. or makes one idk mans made hot air balloons he probably finds some way to make his cane some kind of cannon or sword

absolutely treats Korra like his own kid; won't hesitate to snark or playfully punch her, but will also give her advice when she needs it

he teaches Korra how to fight with weapons or hand to hand, or at least teaches her to fight while thinking outside of the box

White Lotus member Sokka feels so right; he's like a more upbeat version of Piandao mixed with less cryptic Bumi. wicked smart and quick wits with a sharp tongue but goofs off a lot so people assume he's just an old wackjob

Sokka makes it so that there's a permanent nonbender councilperson position and/or a Water Tribe representative

though they've matured, Katara and Sokka still squabble but with more words and the occasional bending of water/snow into Sokka's clothes

loves to remind Zuko of his teenage, angsty self constantly

I firmly believe that Toph told him she was gonna go live in a swamp because Tokka friendship my beloved

fuck it Suki is also very much alive and retired on Kyoshi Island and is an instructor and Sokka will occasionally drop by to talk

Sokka definitely still fights, regardless of what people try to warn him about watching his health, he's still fit, thank you very much

never got over the thrill of travelling and goes wherever his heart takes him, but always visits friends when he's in the area

still loves art and writing, tho he has improved a lot lmao

when they were first building Republic City, he may have gotten a liiitle mad when there were no non-bender statues so he made Non-Bender Row, a street solely dedicated to statues of well-known non-benders and plaques of their achievements

always calls his friends to see how they're doing when phones become a thing

speaking of phones, Sokka loves seeing all these new inventions and definitely would like Varrick; reminds Sokka of a younger him, or so he likes to say

hates Amon with a passion and how he preys on the useless feeling of nonbenders; Amon doesn't get as much attention and followers with Sokka opposing him

when he first meets Korra's group, he thinks Mako is somehow related to Zuko

Mako: it's nice to meet you, Mr. So-

Sokka: are you Zuko's long lost son or something

Mako: ???

loves messing with Bolin and constantly teases him; very proud of him when Bolin learns lavabending

very impressed with Asami; I like to think Asami really looks up to Sokka as a non-bending inventor and when he finds this out: ego boosted, Asami is his new favorite

I have a whole separate wip of young Bumi II and Sokka bonding, but just know these two are very close and love to poke fun at their other family members together

Oh they also have the same connection to spirits so they can bond over that too

When Bumi gets airbending, yeah Sokka’s a little sad, and yeah maybe he cries a little bit, but it’s fine Bumi’s still his favorite

Sokka sees so much of Katara and Kya in Kya II; very supportive when she comes out and will hurt anyone who judges her for it

loves messing with Tenzin; sometimes will call him mini Aang; has a running bet with the rest of the family to see who can get him the most red (currently Meelo is in the lead)

Meelo and Sokka are a disaster together; the sheer chaos they can and will cause is through the roof

thinks of Ikki as a female version of Aang; also like to cause trouble together, but mostly through pranks

likes to poke fun at Jinora about her spiritual connection, but he's really proud of her when she gets her airbender tattoos

Sokka: jfdslkjh go Jinora fksdljg

Kya: Uncle are you crying

Sokka, sniffling: nO-

Give me Sokka interacting with his nieces and nephews he’d be such a good uncle spirits please

definitely thinks Kai is not good enough for his grandniece

very wary of Wu, doesn't like him at first

Sokka: he's an entitled royal brat with no manners

Katara: so were you, but without the royal part

Sokka: *offended noises*

Would absolutely be best friends with Pabu and Naga; jokes that he loves them more than their owners

Sokka would be super into probending and would probably even buy a team; but that's a post for another time

Liked the Black Quarry Boar-q-pines, but when Korra joined the Fire Ferrets, he started rooting for them

he's the first one to notice how close Asami and Korra are

Asami and Korra: *smile at each other*

Sokka: oh??? what's this????

when Mako goes through the awkward phase with Asami and Korra after that whole love triangle shitshow, Sokka tells him about his own love struggles

Asami and Korra: we're together now <33

Sokka: KNEW IT

[haitanirindo]

zukka fics that live in my head rent free! 

1. what did you bury before those hands pulled me from the earth (what were you digging) by draco_sollicitus status: complete (18k words) rating: mature pairing(s): sokka/zuko  summary: Sokka is immortal; it's been tested, he knows that he can't die. He's immortal, but he's not quite a god like his sister, Katara. He's immortal, but he's not quite powerful like his friends Aang and Toph. He's just sort of Sokka: good at fixing things, good at playing pranks, good at helping people. When a bet against Toph goes horribly wrong, and an attempt to save him goes even worse, Sokka finds himself the unwilling guest of the Lord of the Underworld. And, strangely enough, every story Sokka's heard about Lord Zuko seems to be ... completely wrong. (Also, he's really handsome. Why does he have to be handsome?)

mythology nerds come get y’all juice. a very good fic. 10/10

2. Where I Want to Be by through-the-stars-to-the-pavement status: WIP (83k words) rating: explicit pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: "'The fog was where I wanted to be.'" Everything is different. The pitch of his voice, his posture. The auditorium goes silent. No one can take their eyes off of him.… He's amazing.  Zuko had to perfect the art of acting as a child to survive the horrors of his homelife. When he got older, it was only natural to take his talent to the stage for entertainment and escape. Enter Sokka, a craftsman and set designer with a giant heart who is haunted by plenty of ghosts of his own. A tale of trauma, disability, family, creativity, and love. 

this is one of my all time favorite fics. it’s seriously so good and i think about it often

3. Teaching a Heart by @i-write-shakespeare-not-disney status: WIP (114k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: Sokka is asked to go to the Fire Nation to teach the crown prince how to sword fight. When he arrives, he's surprised to learn he has to pose as a companion before he can teach the stubborn prince because he rejects every teacher. Far from home and among new customs, Sokka struggles to gain the prince's trust and friendship despite the uncertainties of the customs and dynamics he sees. As he slowly finds answers to his questions, his bond with the prince grows until it becomes something far more ardent than friendship. Doomed as it may be with the prince's approaching wedding ceremony and coronation, Sokka and Zuko find themselves consumed by what they find in each other.

i have no words, i just love this fic and it makes me weep.

4. The Road Between Action and Inaction by @donvex status: complete (17k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: Sokka does a shitty k turn in the parking lot across from the bus station, pulls up to the curb where the boy is looking determinedly at his phone, and rolls down the passenger window. “Hey! Which way were you going?” He may die, but at least his conscience will be clear. The guy blinks at him. “Don’t.” Oh, he’s prickly. Or: the hitchhiker au, featuring Sokka and Zuko falling in love without even realizing it.

a classic. roadtrip fics own my ass. 

5. purrfect for eachother by lesmiserablol status: complete (3k words) rating: general audiences pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: “Let me teach you how to be a cat person,” Zuko says. “Learning from the master himself,” Sokka grins. “Alright, this can’t be too hard. Show me what you got.” (because sometimes, it takes going to a cat café four times to realize you're in love with your best friend)

this whole series is adorable, reading it is self care

6. Ashes Inside When You Finish Your Song by @muncaster status: complete (47k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko, aang/katara, mai/ty lee summary: Sokka writes lyrics for his sister’s band. Zuko plays piano and is unnecessarily nice. Fellas, is it gay to write love songs about your friend and his golden eyes? (AKA, a modern band AU featuring The Gaang, crappy software equipment, homoerotic lyrics, and the realization that maybe, if you think about a guy every night before you sleep, you just might be in love with him.)

i think this is the longest one-shot i’ve ever read and it’s so worth it

7. a study in matchmaking by @verdanthoney status: complete (12k words) rating: general audiences pairing(s): sokka/zuko, aang/katara, bato/hakoda summary: Zuko and Sokka try to play matchmaker, but things don't go exactly as planned.

this fic makes me want to scream, in the best way. it’s so cute

8. A Predictable Story by mindbending status: complete (7k words) rating: general audiences pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: "On this night, you shall share a kiss with a great love of your life!” That lying, scummy Aunt Wu predicts a grand romance for Sokka. To disprove her "fortunetelling" once and for all, Sokka decides to spend the night with least romantic person he knows. Zuko.

again, i have no words. this fic is cute as hell

9. that’s murder, buddy by @bisexual-atla status: WIP (14k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: Throughout the streets, on quiet nights, it was rumored the screams of those missing could be heard. Some say the sounds were coming from underground. Where were the young girls? And what was happening to them? Was an evil spirit haunting Gaoling, or something more human? More sinister? My name is Zuko, and you’re tuning into another episode of ‘That’s Murder, Buddy’. Or: Sokka has no idea that his crush is the host of his favorite podcast. (But everyone else knows.)

i love the entire concept of this one, we love oblivious sokka

10. We’ll play hide and seek (to turn this around) by @crosspin status: complete (5k words) rating: general audiences pairing(s): sokka/zuko, bato/hakoda summary: Sokka gave him a sheepish smile. “It’s…well, you see, there’s this boy…” Hakoda sighed and set down the sports section. This was going to take a while. “He works at Barnes & Noble. At the big information desk in the middle. Every Saturday. And I really want to ask him for his number, but it’s super awkward because there’s always this other guy working the information desk at the same time. He’s old, like you. But I have a plan." Sokka’s eyes lit up deviously. “You come with me to Barnes & Noble today when they’re working and distract the old man. And while you have him distracted, I’ll swoop in and get the goods!” Sokka has a plan to ask out the cute boy at the bookstore. Hakoda is a begrudging participant until he meets the boy's beautiful older coworker.

this fic!! this fic! adorable, incredible, magnificent

11. feels like we only go backwards by @oldpotatoe status: WIP (88k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: [Time passes oddly. Between one second and the next, Sokka has the Fire Lord pinned to the wall with his hands around the bastard’s throat. Golden eyes (one gold eye, his mind whispers) widen in shock. “Sokka?” he chokes out. And then he smiles. What the fuck? “Sokka, I—” Sokka slams his head against the wall, once, twice, and the smile wipes off his face. Good. “What,” Sokka bites out, “have you done to my sister?”] Or: An injury leaves Sokka with amnesia. His last memory is of the failed invasion, of leaving his father behind in enemy territory on the Day of Black Sun. Of hopelessness. Rage. But then he wakes up, and the war is over. Suddenly, he must come to terms with the fact that years have passed, and that he's somehow the Southern Water Tribe Ambassador to the Fire Nation. He is also supposedly friends with banished-Prince-turned-Fire-Lord Zuko, of all people. Close friends. Yeah, nah.

if you’ve been following me for a while you know this fic fucks me up beyond belief

12. breakable heaven by @fruitysokka status: WIP (43k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: With his twenty-first birthday looming just around the corner, the Southern Water Tribe Elders have decided that Sokka, next in line to be Chief, needs to get married. Sokka does not want that, but he does need to get them off his back until he can figure his way out of it. What better way to do that than to pretend to date his best friend (and newly minted Ambassador to the Southern Water Tribe) Zuko? Seriously, this is a foolproof plan. Maybe one of Sokka's best. Absolutely nothing can go wrong.

this just in: sokka and zuko being oblivious makes me want to yell

this turned out a bit longer than i expected but it also doesn’t even cover all my favorites. i had to stop somewhere, or i’d be here forever. maybe i’ll make a part two someday.

anyway, enjoy!

[autisticzukka]

what is this hakoda zuko arranged marriage you speak of? i am intrigued

okay so the long story short is that it’s a slight rebuttal of a popular post that is very fun but i find like... unrealistic in a really intriguing way like, how would this ACTUALLY play out. I’ve talked about it at length in my server a few times, and it’s one of those AU’s -- like the genderbend zukka ATLA rewrite or the zukki fic that starts with sokka failing to assassinate zuko -- that lives rent free in my head and I’ve written a couple thousand words for.

tw for like VERY unrequited zuko in love with hakoda and the inherent comedy of sokka being in love with his fire nation stepmom.

so here’s hakoda, chief of the southern water tribe, happily not-married to Bato. and here is a more balanced war, where the north and the south are actually  allies, rather than whatever the fuck they were in ATLA. Yue already has a fiance and the Northern chief refuses to remarry. that leaves hakoda responsible for biting the bullet and doing a political marriage even though, as he points out at length, he is an elected official and if he stops being elected it’s no longer a marriage with the chief of the south pole. intelligently but mostly selfishly motivated (yue’s fiance is his nephew, after all) pakku points out that its not like the fire nation knows... that. the fire nation is dumb. ozai’s stupid.

faced with such inarguable points hakoda stiffens his upper lip, pre-emptively ends things with bato on the understanding that if this is another kya situation they’ll get back together and that he’s still the most important person to him but the tribe comes first yada yada, and deals with katara throwing the mother of all tantrums. it is slightly softened by the fact that in return for him marrying the fire nation noble, a thing everyone can agree isn’t traditional, the north has finally agreed to train katara. she heads out before the wedding, in protest but also so as to not cause an international incident.

(on her way, she’ll find aang. with the war less dire, katara will be sympathetic towards his desire to live without committing violence, even if she deeply can’t relate. they’ll have a hot girl romcom summer of self discovery and coming to terms with the dichotomy between duty and love as they become master benders. at some point they pick up toph. they ARE a throuple.)

sokka meanwhile is like.. not cool with it.. but ? kind of relieved? like. he’s the eldest kid. he’s 18, and he’s been a man of the tribe as far as legalities for several years. it would have been entirely understandable if his dad had asked HIM to do it. he had his emotionally crushing romance with yue, and as much as he was like ‘im kind of a prince’, he finds he doesn’t actually want some of the responsibilities and demands that would bring. yue’s life sucks.

back in the fire nation, zuko never demanded a quest and never went on it. he’s spent years hardening into something that, while brittle, can survive the pressures of the court around him. he still has his scar. he still wants his father to love him, but he knows by now that it’s not something he’s capable of earning. he watches his sister, never the most stable person, start to have complete breakdowns of sanity once she hits puberty, and helps her cover for it and receive medical treatment on the down low. he’s the heir, but he lives knowing that if he was ever in a position to inherit his choices are to abdicate or have the baby sister who he raised kill him and destroy herself and the country in the process.

when he realizes the plan is to marry azula off rather than someone more reasonable-- mai is RIGHT there, for fucks sake-- he doesn’t realize ozai’s true intent is to fuck this up through malicious compliance and false shows of good faith. he panics, and does the zuko thing: he blurts out that this is unacceptable and immoral and she’s only 16 and Ozai sees the true opportunity for two birds with one stone. send zuko, let him piss someone off so badly he gets killed or divorced, and he gets rid of zuko from the line of succession permanently. there are those who are incredibly attached to teh idea of a firstborn for firelord, and it’s been a constant thorn in unpopular ozai’s side to nto be able to name azula his heir apparent without costly rebellion. but if he can taint him in the mind of the fire nation so much that birthright is easy to supercede-- yeah. this’ll work PERFECTLY.

so zuko is sent to marry hakoda, chief of the water tribe.

literally NO ONE was expecting it to be a member of Ozai’s immediate family. besides the fact that his oldest child is half hakoda’s age and his brother has 20 years on hakoda, it would have been sus as fuck - the treaty is not favorable enough to grant that kind of secession of interests. it becomes quickly apparent that this young man -- hakoda reminds himself of that repeatedly. not kid. not kid. young man. don’t think of him like a kid, it’s hard enough on both of us already. -- is not a horrible threat. he’s scared shitless and shakes with what he thinks is bravado. he’s desperate to make the marriage work. he’s desperate to not go home. he’s got a giant fucking scar on his face from where the fire lord punished him for some grievous but unstated offense.

zuko “daddy issues” fire nation sees his husband to be and, despite being scared shitless, immediately begins to soften a little. like... he’s not nearly as scary as he thought he’d be. his face can be stern, but it just as easily breaks into huge smiles, and his eyes are crinkled with laughter. he’s incredibly handsome. and his biceps are. his biceps. are. his hands are...

like. zuko thinks. okay. maybe. maybe his marriage duties. won’t be so horrible as he thought. maybe he’s ready for this. and he knows what to expect, Uncle had discreetly provided him the means and the contacts to acquire an intimate education in the whirlwind of activity that was the two months before leaving. and like, once he’d gotten past the nerves, it was often even... good? or at least... not bad? he thinks that even if hakoda isn’t a professional expert, he has a certain.... je ne sais quoi, if you will.

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sokka sees his new stepfather and immediately falls in love because he’s that kind of dumb bitch. (the core of this au is that i cant breathe thinking about sokka falling in love with his hot young stepmom his age who his dad doesnt even want to fuck. like. i CANT. sokka masturbates to ‘hand caught in the washing tub’ fantasies which are even more absurd for requiring zuko to be DOING LAUNDRY. i find it so funny.)

bato watches them at the wedding feast while hakoda is very clearly trying to treat zuko as an Equal Adult Partner and mostly managing to seem like someone having a serious conversation with a seven year old about the game they’ve made up. zuko is clearly enamored with it, soaking up the attention, blushing and doing his best to Bravely Flirt, which at one point includes awkwardly attempting to feed Hakoda by hand. bato has to excuse himself to have a teary eyed giggle, hoping that Kya is in the spirit world looking down and laughing with him. he can’t resent the kid even a little bit, when hakoda is sitting there looking so incredibly fucking befuddled as to what he’s supposed to do with this star struck infant he’s legally wed to

anyways all of this... is very funny. their wedding night... is less so. zuko does not take the rejection from hakoda very well, especially because he’d been caught wanting. HE’S the one who should be rejecting hakoda. and he catastrophizes almost immediately about his potential value to the water tribe, his future treatment, that endless inescapable freezing cold loneliness is the good ending for him here... hakoda, meanwhile, drops zuko off at his home, reassuringly informs him that there’s NOTHING else expected of him and he will be well taken care of, and books it to bato’s. bato refuses to let him in on grounds of ‘you can’t sleep under the same shelter as me on your wedding night to that kid, have a fucking brain’, and he ends up crashing at sokka’s.

sokka, who had KNOWN that his dad wouldnt, but also upon seeing zuko and zuko’s awkward flirting was like... but how COULDNT he???? sokka is relieved.

the core of this fic is that i find it endlessly hilarious for zuko to try and seduce his husband while sokka simps around zuko and bato tries to be heartbroken or betrayed but mostly ends up with a giant case of hysterical schadenfreude. but the thing that CLINCHED it for me, like THE scene. several years after being married, settled into their life. they’re partners and they see each other as people. and zuko just fucking snaps one night

he just kisses him, desperate and clawing and climbing and maybe a little drunk. he knows hakoda is going to push him away, maybe even hit him, but he doesn’t care anymore, he doesn’t care. he can do anything he wants to him as long as he just-- finally does something. zuko is 21 and married to the surface of the sun and the surface of the sun jr is his best friend and clearly in love with him-- so clearly not even zuko can miss it-- and like. listen. listen. zuko is not a patient person. but he’s been patient for this. he waited and he matured and he is a fucking amazing husband and he wants this, he wants him. he wants to be wanted.

but hakoda doesn’t push him away. hakoda doesnt yell at him, or hit him. hakoda gentles the kiss into something soft and closed lipped. he pulls away slowly, and his eyes are so sad for zuko, so pitying. he strokes his cheek with the back of his hand so gently. he says, I’m sorry. I don’t want you.

and zuko daddy issues fire nation swallows

and he nods

and he leaves, even though its his own fucking house

and he knows he’s never going to be good enough

like FUUUCK i am OBSESSED WITH THAT

[backhurtyy]

if it's not too late 🍓 *scratches head*

it is NEVER too late for you vee!!!! you are like…. the only description that comes to mind for you is like. funky little guy. like you’re like my younger sibling that perplexes me but in the best way where i go up to random people on the street and say hey omg look at what my sibling did lmao isn’t he hilarious??? and then they just kinda blink and look at me owlishly and i roll my eyes and go nevermind i wouldnt expect you to understand and walk away while they’re left wondering what just happened.

anyways that’s a really weird way to say that you’re one of my favorite people on this webbed site. like i genuinely laugh out loud ALL the time at your tags and posts, and some of the things you’ve said or come up with live rent free in my mind (little spoon sokka sunday. spoonification. divorced zukka. etc). and like i started appointing characters days (roy mustang monday, nanami nfriday, shadoka saturday) just because of you, so every time i tag a post with one of those i go ‘omg vee!!!’ even when it’s someone you don’t know or care about lmao. also i really admire that you’re very kind and silly, but you also don’t tolerate any shit (and you’re right not too, especially when you have the most correct opinions out of anyone). idk i just think that’s a really cool trait. anyways yeah i adore you and i very much love seeing your posts and tags and i hope you’re having the most wonderful day

[carbootsoul]

do you.. have any old man sokka hcs. particularly if they're zukka. because i can't stop thinking about grandpa sokka he lives in my head rent-free

oh my god i’m going to scream i had literally all of this written out and then accidentally typed ctrl+r and reloaded the page :sob: so when this takes me another like day and a half to post that’s why. anyway i love old people hcs bc like.. god i wish that were me. also this is a yue lives au bc i love her too much (and?? suki and sokka lives au i guess????)(also zuko isn’t fire lord.. they’re some kind of democracy) (also also by old man this is like.. 60s i think)

zuko and sokka are those old people who have like seven houses and travel between them with like... minimal notice to their friends, family, and half-dozen government leaders who they unofficially advise. whenever someone has something important to tell them they need to send a half-dozen hawks to every different house. izumi somehow always knows where her dads are

sokka keeps all the paintings he makes in a room in his house in the fire nation and he and katara went through it one day and started crying together about the evolution of his art- both about how his level of skill improved and about how the art showed the rebuilding of the world

sokka and suki and zuko and yue have a secret beach house in the earth kingdom and they all plan to live there together when suki and yue retire. in the meantime they all gather there for a few weekends every year and talk about how they should really all retire. and then they don’t.

(eventually yue finds some young community leader to be the new nwt chief and suki passes the torch of being the leader of the kyoshi warriors off and sokka and zuko just. stop taking earth king kuei’s calls and they do retire to that beach house and spend the rest of their lives lounging around)

@kyoshi-lesbians talked about gay slang in the atla universe and my favorite from that list was calling old gay couples penguin seals and old sokka would LOVE that slang

he first hears it at a white lotus meeting when iroh teases jeong jeong and piandao about how awful their tea is (are you saying that a pair of penguin seals in their fifties can’t make a decent pot of anise tea?) and sokka is like :0 i’m in love with that slang i know me and my husband are both only 27 but i will save this in my brain and once he turns 50 and decides he’s old enough he is THRILLED and never shuts up

the cool grand-uncle to the airbender kids. he always brings them treats from wherever he and zuko travel (they swoop into tenzin’s house and sokka has a box of candies and zuko has like, an investment into tenzin and pema’s retirement fund asjfksldj) so the kids love him. tenzin likes it.. less because the kids are a handful even when they haven’t had a bazillion caramels. he loves his uncles tho and they have good conversations about international relations

sokka’s leg injury starts to act up again when he gets older and so he starts using a cane. at a huge gaang family dinner he shows up with like. a stick he found in the woods. toph is like damn socks i could do better than that and i’m a blind 50 year old and zuko’s like hm well i could do even better than you and it becomes a whole thing with all of sokka’s family. (kya wins because she made hers out of a light enough material that sokka can bonk his sister over the head with it without hurting her)

he also does a lot of work with his sister and yue toward making the two tribes more accessible both to nonbenders and disabled people!! he and zuko also petition the fire nation and earth kingdom about similar initiatives but it’s a lot more slow-going because he’s not like, related to the leaders.

he’s the cool uncle but he is NOT the hip uncle. he could be the hip uncle but he only uses slang from like.. literally before he was born because like half his friends were old when he was young and he is no longer young. also he invented like half the technology currently in use but he still pretends not to understand how to use it just to drive izumi insane

zuko is perpetually graying (he somehow always has dark hair and gray temples) but sokka basically woke up one morning with completely white hair. he loves it bc it makes him look even more like a mad scientist

i hope these r kinda what u were looking for!! ajskldfsjd lok was so wrong and sokka deserved to be an old man

[vietzuko]

if we used to share a discord server, this post is for you!

hello! i am going to try to do this as anonymously and non-confrontationally as possible. i do not want this to be a spectacle or call out post, but i will say that i am quite disturbed by the way situations have transpired on the server. 

in case you didn’t notice, i left! when i left, i wrote a little goodbye post in #general, which has since been deleted. either the mods deleted my goodbye or they banned me from the server (which automatically would delete my message). in case you didn’t see it, here was my goodbye message:

hi everyone, i’m leaving the server. if you’re a POC who is interested in joining an ATLA server where POC can talk about ATLA and critically discuss race, feel free to PM me for a link! otherwise, this is goodbye. see you all around.

i won’t rehash everything that happened in the events leading to this, nor will i name names in this post. if you were on the server, you probably saw what happened publicly or you can message me personally, either here or on discord. if we know each other through the server and you want some clarity over names/events in this post, please PM me. 

if you are a POC in the ATLA fandom who is concerned by the events of this post and you would like me to clarify which server i’m talking about, please PM me.

i just wanted to share the very long message that i sent to the mods (on their prompting!) because i feel that it shows my perspective on what transpired.  unfortunately, this message did not result in any meaningful change, except for me getting banned/my messages removed from the server. i suppose that’s a type of meaning! haha. 

anyway. here’s the message. cw for racism, yellowface

hi MOD 1 (and presumably the other mods who will read this message)! thanks for reaching out. i’ve had some time to dwell on the situation and discuss it with other people in the server who witnessed it and reached out to me personally. this is going to be an unbelievably long message, so i apologize in advance and thank you for your time in reading it.

i think the first thing i’d like to do is give some context for the incident and to give my perspective on why i said the things i said.

i have PMed a mod about a racist incident in the server exactly once. it was when i first joined, and i saw a picture of a white person in yellowface in the cosplay channel. i didn’t know any of you personally yet (and this was before some of you even joined on as mods). i have since told SERVER MEMBER 1 about this incident and i’m pretty sure they mentioned it to you because i noticed you’ve changed the yellowface rule. but i think that the context of me pinging a mod about a racist incident and then witnessing another (although less egregious) instance of racism by the mods might explain why i am, in general, hesitant about talking to mods about racism on the server. i am just trying to live my life and experience as few micro-aggressions as possible.

i also think the fact that i regularly educate and push back against white people’s racially harmful messages in the server is also important context. i realize none of you likely know this, but about every two weeks i receive an unsolicited PM from a different white person apologizing/asking for forgiveness/asking for reassurance/asking further questions about their racism on the server. i’m glad people are learning from me, but this is a huge amount of emotional labor that i put into the server and its members because of course i have to reply and explain things and tell them not to worry and thank them for apologizing, etc. i know that these messages aren’t your fault, nor am i asking you to do anything about this. but it feels important that you know the price that i (and perhaps other poc in the server, although i can’t speak to that) pay in order to share space with you.

MOD 2 has even messaged me personally to thank me for educating people in the server and responding to racist messages, saying: “really appreciate how much effort you put in and everything, i was trying to type something up but floundering badly.” it was a nice message, and i appreciated it a lot! it also led me to believe that the mods would prefer if i engage with racist messages myself, rather than ping them, because it felt like i was just going to be more able/willing to articulate a response anyway.

so when SERVER MEMBER 2 messaged the zukka channel “thought that lives in my head rent free: Sokka's hairstyle in canon is just a warrior's hairstyle and has meaning because of that. Sokka wearing the same hairstyle in a modern AU is undisputably queer-coded” and nobody replied for a while, i assumed that it was because they had seen what i had seen-- a racially insensitive message that totally ignores sokka’s indigenous heritage and the history behind indigenous hair-- so i decided to step in with what i thought was a balanced response. 

SERVER MEMBER 2 then replied with a cheery “Fair enough! I will defer to your greater knowledge,” which i couldn’t tell was sarcastic or not, but i decided to be generous and to believe they were genuinely thankful for my reply, so i responded with a “you too can have great knowledge. i only know things because i read things. anyone can read things and learn,” which is something i firmly believe and also a way to divert the conversation away from SERVER MEMBER 2’s mistake, which i felt was the most dignified solution for them. i suppose this message could be read as aggressive because i didn’t use exclamation marks? but that feels unfair and ungenerous because i genuinely did not mean this message in a harsh way.

then SERVER MEMBER 3 jumped in and asked a few questions, which i read as a request for clarification, so i tried to continue to explain my point. it felt like SERVER MEMBER 3 wasn’t understanding what i was trying to explain, or at least i wasn’t able to articulate myself well enough, which was making me a little tired and stressy (and i was also thinking about my own race and queerness in stressful and triggering ways), so i decided to tap out of the conversation. 

me: dude i love u and i respect u and i truly believe that u are trying very hard to understand, but this conversation is making me kinda heated

SERVER MEMBER 3: I’m gonna step back from it because it’s not my conversation to insert myself into, which is what I did initially and apologize for

me: i think it's so important to engage + ask questions & i appreciate that u respect my opinions on these things, but i think i'm just. i have said what i need to say and now must sleep. much love to all.

to me, this felt like me expressing that i was feeling tired and upset and leaving the conversation, while still attempting to reassure SERVER MEMBER 3 that i still admired him as a friend. i felt like the conversation had ended peacefully!

i hope this helps explain why MOD 3’s message came as such a surprise. 

“the escalation to defensiveness and accusation regarding the original (relatively benign) statement was unnecessary and exaggerated. There’s an atmosphere of purity policing that’s been growing, which is why I took away the squick channel, as I assumed that a space that encouraged no repercussions was facilitating irresponsibility aggressive arguments. “

i truly didn’t believe i was being defensive. i was very careful not to accuse anyone of anything. in fact, i tried as far as i could to coat my language in “i” statements-- “i would personally not choose…”, “i would just. stay away from…” in order to avoid “accusations.” i was also trying very hard not to be aggressive, and i (and other poc that i have spoken to about this) believe that the idea that my messages were aggressive is racialized. just because a poc is upset about racism, it doesn’t mean they’re attacking you personally! 

i feel so hurt that my messages were wilfully interpreted in this way, instead of being read generously and from a more compassionate perspective, especially since i voiced my own upset and discomfort during the conversation. it distresses me to think that me expressing negative emotions is seen as aggressive, rather than a cause for empathy or care, and i do believe that this is because of my race.

if a mod had asked me to take the messages to the DMs or to squick or even just let me know that someone was interpreting my messages as aggressive, i would have changed my behavior. (like i said earlier, i spend a HUGE amount of energy coddling white people on this server. i am very used to it.) 

instead, i got the shock of 45 minutes after the fact, being publicly chastised and labeled as aggressive and being told that my conversation was “something nasty or unwanted.” 

the idea that SERVER MEMBER 3 was de-escalating a “clearly escalating situation” feels untrue to me. i was ready to move on after i sent my message to SERVER MEMBER 2, but he kept engaging me on the subject! (no hate to SERVER MEMBER 3 on this.)

i think one of the most painful parts of this whole situation is the implication that i was attempting to “purity police,” as though i am a person who picks fights just because i want to feel good about picking fights?? or to act holier-than-thou???? i do not do this. if you have witnessed ANY interaction i’ve had with a racially insensitive white person on the server, you will know this. 

i am simply a person of color trying to live my life. i do not want to fight about racism. i want to chill out and watch my cartoons. unfortunately, sometimes, someone will say something that i consider racially insensitive and i will do my best to engage and explain why i find this insensitive. that is all. (it is important to note that most of the time, when i see racially insensitive things on the server, i do not say anything because i am tired and it is a lot of effort to engage. i truly only engaged this time because nobody had replied to the message and i was just like, oh, fine, i guess i’ll educate, since no one else has!)

this whole incident has honestly made me really hurt and disrespected. i have enjoyed my time on the server and i have made some good friends there. however, it feels clearer and clearer to me that the server is a space where white feelings of safety (not being criticized for their racist content) are prioritized over poc’s feelings of safety (not having to witness and experience racist content). i sincerely considered myself to be an active and enthusiastic member of the server, maybe even friends with some of you, but it feels to me that all of our previous positive interactions have been displaced by this idea of me as an aggressive, overzealous purity cop who calls things racist for fun. 

i don’t even know how to repair my relationship with the server after this because i really do feel horrible and sick about the whole thing. i have spoken to other poc who also expressed their concerns about the way the mods handled the situation, even if these other poc weren’t directly involved, and some of us are considering leaving the server, if we haven’t already. (i would also like to note that these people reached out to me, unprompted, to make sure i was doing okay after what they and i interpreted as a micro-aggression by the mods. like, we independently read the situation in this way.)

(also, not sure if this matters, but i talked to SERVER MEMBER 3 the morning after the incident because i wanted to make sure he was okay, and we both ended up apologizing to each other and having a really good and productive talk.)

thanks again for reading this. i hope that you’ll be able to better understand my perspective on what occurred. i truly appreciate the work that you put into the server (especially as someone who also puts work into the server lol), and i know it’s difficult to mod a large server (i also mod an atla server!), but i continue to feel hurt about this. i know it’s hard to read tone over server messages, but i really wish that my (and SERVER MEMBER 4′s and SERVER MEMBER 5′s ) server messages had been read with greater compassion. 

...

and that’s all folks! i’m going to be remaking my blog soon, partially because this whole experience has exhausted me and partially because i have been meaning to anonymize my internet presence for some time.

[zukkaoru]

📓 dkfjhgdsx

okay this is another one i don't think i could ever do justice but it lives in my head rent free: a zukka fic based on the song christmas in june by ajr

basically it deals with zuko having to miss out on a lot of celebrations with sokka bc he's so busy trying to do everything in his power to fix the fire nation. so he has plans to go to the swt with him for the winter solstice that fall through, they have anniversary plans that have to be cancelled, sokka spends the entirety of the fire lily festival waiting for zuko to have a spare moment but that spare moment never comes, etc. and zuko can feel himself constantly turning sokka down and having to cancel and he hates it. he wishes he could live in a world where sokka was his top and only priority, but the reality is he just can't.

but agni, he loves sokka so much. and sokka keeps putting up with him, keeps telling him it's okay that he had to cancel and maybe they can do it next year but zuko knows it's only a matter of time before it's too much and sokka leaves because zuko just can't give sokka what he deserves from a significant other.

((i try so hard to be so happy / are you happy too?))

and zuko hates it because he also knows he's never going to love anyone else the way he loves sokka. he wants to marry sokka, wants to spend the rest of his life with him, wants to start a family with him and grow old with sokka by his side.

but he also needs to focus his time and energy on the fire nation - on fixing all of the wrongs those before him did, on fixing everything that is his duty to fix. he can't go galivanting around the world with sokka; he doesn't really deserve that.

i'm sure it would have a happy ending bc i don't think i could put them through so much angst without any payoff you know? but yeah it would be a lot of angst. a lot of zuko knowing sokka deserves better than him, a lot of sokka wishing for the zuko who was with him before the war ended rather than the fire lord who can never put him first.

and i think it really comes to a head when zuko realizes that he isn't ever going to love anyone else. i don't know if he talks to iroh or mai or katara or someone else, but he learns that he's allowed to be just a little bit selfish. he's allowed to say no to a last minute meeting bc he already had plans with sokka, he's allowed to leave mai in charge for a couple weeks while he goes with sokka to see his family. because as much as zuko doesn't want to let the fire nation down, he realizes that sokka is more important to him and he always will be. zuko being fire lord might be important to the world, but sokka is what is important to zuko, and he needs to stop leading sokka to believe that isn't the case.

((plan on this / you're no longer gonna be the plan i miss))

anyway yeah i just think that song is really a prime zukka angst song but my thoughts about it are such a jumbled mess i'm not sure i could ever properly get them out into a fic i'm happy with

[marriedzukka]

a scene of yours that lives rent free in my head is the one with zukka slow dancing and eventual fessing up.. I listen to the playlist daily and when cool people comes on I just remember it in all its intensely soft, sincere, and so beautifully written glory and its like sunshine through the windows on an early sunday morning

cool people, my beloved 😭💙 I know it's my own fic but I will forever associate that song with it now, there's no escaping it

but also ahhhh thank you this is really sweet...i love that moment too :')

[playlist]

[milf-harrington]

hello ! I'm sorry people are being mean in your inbox, you don't deserve that. So good morning here are some nice things: I think your blog is really cool, even the not atla posts they're always fun to read. Your college Zukka AU lives in my head rent-free and has for like two months, brilliant work honestly. The way you sketch things is very soothing to me, the vibes are excellent. Also, the way you pose/position characters in drawings is the best they have so much expression and is very cute. Uh more nice things: crop top Sokka, Zuko and Sokka doing the gay wrist thing in drawings, dragons? Yeah those are all good. Anyways, I hope you and your pets have a nice day, visit your nephew or enjoy some coffee and toast together or something <3

thank you, these are all exceptionally good things

[onmyliteraturebullshitagain]

ok so my friend and i lovingly pressured another friend into reading your midwest zukka and, not only does your midwest zukka live in my head 👏🏻 rent 👏🏻 free, but now we have a whole ass zukka groupchat and the friend lovingly pressured into reading midwest zukka is gushing about how much they love it too. we love your work so much

Oh my god that's so sweet!! I'm so glad you're enjoying it and bringing more people on the Midwest Bi Disaster train!! ♥️♥️♥️

Also Zuko shooting fire and hearts is giving me life! Thanks, friend, and I hope you and the group chat know you can always pop in and talk to me or suggest ideas! 😀

[ardantly]

Yo what?

Anyway, thank you guys??? Sm??? I thought I'd get another fanart done in time for this but I've been busy with household stuff all day because adult life ya know

Anyway, here's a short blog rec/lovely people list!!! I'll try to keep the gushing to a minimum but I can't promise anything

First of all the crimily, my chosen family trope on this hellsite:

@acezukos ABBY I love Abby sm, she writes fanfics that make me cry every single time, certified rock nerd, stemverse lives in my brain rent free and one day I'll finish the podfic I SWEAR, always here for a good dad joke we love that, just a wonderful person.

@alrightbolin I love Amelia sm, genuinely lovely human being, so wholesome and lovely, BOLIN STANS UNITE, Amelia is great, go follow her we stan.

@beifong-bltch NETTY WE LOVE NETTY omg, absolute icon, plantverse is chef's kiss, dude I wish I could be as cool as netty she's so cool wow, also bandverse owns my heart, amazing human being.

@disaster-korra Ver is literally my kid we love ver, actually made me rethink my stance on Bakudeku which is fucking GREAT, caffeine child (pls no espresso tho pls), crime creator and enabler and we love her for it.

@extragayzuko HALIE OMG we love halie in this household, an absolutely fantastic artist whom we STAN, Android zuko literally killed me dead, also writes like wow we stan a multitalented emo queen.

@fyrelordzuko RO oh my god we love and support Ro so much, she's amazing, actual fandom mom and so fucking sweet, listen I genuinely look up to Ro sm you don't even know, both her shitposts and her amazing creative content SLAP, go follow her, you're missing out, love u mom.

@learnto-fly JULES MY WIFE, I'm married to this wonderful woman, loving and supporting my wife dot jpeg, could judo flip me and I LOVE that, I just love Jules sm, she's a fucking phenomenal artist I can't believe this is my wife, she's not only an atla stan but also skam and we love that because alt er love, go give her love she deserves it sm.

@leewiththetea SONLEAF WE LOVE SONLEAF, our actual son whom we love, original crime lord, always an enabler and I love that about him, also j&j and kpop au live in my head rent free and I love that sm, genuinely one of the sweetest people out there, has made me cry with being so sweet.

@lunathelittledragon LUNA listen I've known Luna the longest out of the crimily and I love her sm, we've been through some shit and she's just a wonderful friend alright, I wanna go back to eating yoghurt on the tube, good times.

@mako-apologist BABBY I love babby omg, I still remember crying over her Sukka fic, I legit can't think of Suki without thinking of Babby, her power, tiktok QUEEN.

@mellowdreamer AMY WE LOVE AMY, actual kid to all of us, aioli aficionado and we love that, has the braincell sometimes and comes up with FANTASTIC takes and we stan that, loving and supporting amy dot jpeg.

@owlsantuary LUCY I LOVE LUCY she's amazing and lovely and I love that when the Americans (i.e. most of the server) are asleep the Europe gang has some of the hottest takes and aus, cornershop au is WONDERFUL and one day I'll write it, fellow tolkien stan along with abby and sonny and I love that, just a great and beautiful person.

@itszukkatime SONNY like what are u doing if you're not following Sonny, I love my other mom sm, her kindergarten au actually made me cry (and ship jetko), she and ro are wonderful parents, I love sonny a lot and her writing and drawing and content in general is fantastic.

Now some other wonderful people I definitely recommend:

@transkya NINA we love nina, they're great, they have the hottest takes and aus and HELL YEA EUROPE GANG, we stan, thank you for appreciating my dad jokes that's very kyute of you.

@quenchyest HEY NOA, wonderful blog (side note: I'm still amazed at the existence of lavender latte like WHAT) go follow!!!

@what-would-azula-do we love redemption arc azula in this household, a+ takes, we stan.

@whats-a-reading also the hottest takes, listen their tags are great and should be shared with the world, go follow.

@soft-zuko wonderful blog, we stan zukka in this household, soft zuko is best zuko.

I've most likely forgotten someone because my brain is actual mush, but thank you guys sm!! Maybe I'll get around to posting the fanart today still 👀

[haitanirindo]

zukka fics that live in my head rent free part two

i’m your man by @sifu-hotdamn status: complete (5k words) rating: mature pairing(s): sokka/zuko, haru/jet, mai/ty lee, aang/katara summary: He’s looking around the dressing room again for the first time since Sokka started talking to him, and notices that everyone else is wearing much less clothing than he is. Oh, fuck, did Ty Lee sign him up to do stand-up at one of those shows? Zuko inadvertently winds up doing stand-up at a drag club variety night. One of the drag kings takes an interest.

very wholesome and funny, drag king sokka is something that can be so personal

seven(teen) minutes in heaven by @bisexuallsokka status: complete (3k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: The next thing he knew, the two of them were being shoved into the hall closet, Toph loudly declaring that their time had begun. It was official. For the next seven minutes, Sokka was to be trapped in the tiny space with the man he was hopelessly in love with, the implications of the situation hanging over his head heavily.

this fic makes me want to scream (in a good way)

The Teacher Trap by miyuki_scourgeofthefirenation status: complete (4k words) rating: general audiences pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: Ba Sing Se High School. Zuko’s the Drama teacher. Sokka’s the Physics teacher. The students are trying to set them up.

this fic. what a concept. cute af

i put a spell on you by nights status: complete (5k words) rating: explicit pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: Zuko throws a masquerade ball, and then starts getting ideas. Sokka's game for pretty much anything his fiancé thinks up.

i think about this one often, it’s spicy (mind the rating and tags)

(hope that i’m able to be) all that you need by @zukosadragon-ace status: complete (9k words) pairing(s): sokka/zuko, mai/ty lee summary: Zuko’s struggle with being gay and asexual, as examined through the lens of his various relationships through the years.

this!! ace zuko is so important 

teeth by theycallmesuperboy status: complete (4k words) rating: explicit pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: So Zuko was a vampire. It’s no big deal, Sokka’s last girlfriend was a ghost. He can get behind a few (love) bites.

i am very gay for gay vampires (mind the rating and tags)

i (ori)gami eyes on you by aiyah status: complete (5k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: Senbazuru—fold a thousand cranes, and your wish will come true. Zuko thinks the story is a load of nonsense until he finds himself mountain folding in to Sokka’s every move.

this fic is so cute!! as someone who’s attempted the fabled 1000 paper cranes, this hit different

rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky by @paintedpatroclus status: complete (12k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: Zuko did not anticipate the first day of school jitters to lead to this. No, really, he didn't.

y’all. kindergarten teacher sokka. single dad zuko. you do the math. i love it here

now that i see you by @bisexuallsokka status: complete (49k words) rating: teen and up pairing(s): sokka/zuko, aang/katara summary: “As Zuko watched the lanterns light up those dark nights, he found it hard to believe that a world with such beauty and life could also be the one of danger and destruction his father so frequently warned him about. He hoped, more than anything, that one day he could see it for himself. “And now, here is where I come in…” (or, a Zukka Tangled AU)

i have so many feelings about this fic. i love it so much. zukka and tangled are among my favorite things and i appreciate the hell out of the existence of this fic (jo bless ur entire soul)

spirits help us, there’s two of them by hopepunk status: complete (4k words) rating: general audiences pairing(s): sokka/zuko summary: Sokka and Zuko are both weird guys. Fortunately, they're the same kind of weird as each other.

i read this ages ago but the concept of “meatsword night” still makes me laugh. i love these goofs

 once bitten, never shy by @stupidbihours status: complete (8k words) rating: explicit pairing(s): sokka/zuko, mai/suki/ty lee, aang/katara summary: Sokka and Zuko have been roommates for a while. There’s nothing out of the ordinary about them, if you disregard the fact that Sokka has been alive for longer than the United States has been a country. One would expect such an ancient being to be wise, but no, he’s just a hot jackass, much to Zuko’s dismay.

something about vampire nightclubs just... hits different. there’s something so personal about vampire sokka (mind the rating and tags)

that’s about it for now! enjoy!!

[sparkles-and-trash]

Modern ATLA headcanons; random batch ~

(Zukka, Tyzula, Kataang, Suki/Toph)

trash note: this doesn’t go with any of my other modern AU’s, these are just to get back into writing headspace and air out some ATLA thoughts living in my head rent free, as well as testing a couple of new ships!  

- the Gaang have been friends since like, middle school  

- Zuko became their friend in late High School, when he was kicked out of his family home and moved in with his Uncle 

- everyone loves uncle Iroh and his teashop, he’s an adult they all trust 

- he genuinely cares for all of them, too 

- Hakoda and Bato are married, and Sokka and Katara loves Bato 

- Katara and Aang are totally that couple nobody really remembers not being together 

- Zuko and Sokka were truly idiots to lovers tho, took forever to realize their feelings for each other 

- when they did tho, they were already best friends, so their relationship is very natural and easy from the start, which is great for Zuko 

- Mai is aro/ace, and Azula and Ty Lee are High School sweethearts 

- Mai was the first one from his old life to reach out to Zuko when he was cast out by his father, and Zuko never forgets it, he values her and her friendships so much 

- Ty Lee is a competitive gymnast and Azula is very proud of her 

- she loves showing her off and bragging about her lmao 

- Aang is that kind of guy who sees a stranger in any kind of trouble, or sadness, and without a single drop of doubt he will drop everything to try to help them 

- it’s one of the things Katara loves most about him 

- it gives Zuko major anxiety tho, his stranger danger alert is always high 

- Toph decides to go in a totally different direction than what her parents want for her, and they cut her off totally 

- she honestly sees it as a blessing at this point 

- Sokka and Suki dated in Freshman year of High School, but became the best of friends after, and they always joke about how dating each other led to the best friendship ever and a double bisexual awakening 

- when they become friends, Toph has a crush on Sokka, but as they get older, the crush slowly transfers over to Suki, almost without her noticing 

- one day she’s like, oh thank god I’m truly over Sokka! and then Suki walks in and she’s like.... fuck’s sake 

- she’s almost as bad with feelings as Zuko, so she keeps it to herself for waay to long 

- those to actually bond over being rich kids with so much emotional baggage lmao 

- them having nights where they just sit in opposite sites of the couch, drinking wine, wearing facemasks and bitch about their families 

- it’s therapeutic as hell 

- I know a lot of people think Katara will be a doctor, but I really like her as a vet 

- I think she adores animals, and that she has such strong morals, she is perfect to help those who can’t defend and speak for themselves 

- she and Aang totally volunteer at shelters together

- Toph doesn’t have a seeing eye dog, but she still loves animals, and adores Appa, and loves brining him on walks etc 

- they’re still benders btw so that’s mainly how Toph gets around etc 

- always barefoot haha 

- Sokka is the king of athletsure style 

- Zuko is a typical all blacks kind of guy, which low-key hides his... sometimes unfortunate sense of style 

- Zuko’s hair is always between like, book 3 style and shoulder length, so it’s kind of an awkward look, but it also kinda works? 

- Suki is such a bicon y’all 

- she’s really funny on TikTok and has a pretty big following 

- Sokka also loves TikTok, but he posts so irregularly that he never really takes off they way Suki does 

- Suki’s followers loves it when the gaang is in her videos 

- they esp love Toph and her wittiness 

- some followers starts shipping her and Suki, and at first Suki is like, omffg whaaat, we’ve been friends forever!!! 

- and then, one day, they’re out at a bar drinking, and Toph is laughing at something Zuko said, and Suki is watching her like... she’s so cute and funny, wonder why I never realized befo-... oh no 

- Sokka dies when she finally tells him 

- you guys have to understand, Suki pestered him with his crush on Zuko for so long, finally it’s his turn 

...this got long, oops, I’m gonna stop here for now! 

requests for headcanons, either more of whatever au this is, or other atla or sp stuff, is open for a little while!