#can be tagged as zukaang

[starboysbrainrot]

“Mystery of lack,

Stabbing stars through my back,

Forwards, beckon, rebound.”

- Adrianne Lenker.

[beifong-brainrot]

You know what guys?

In like the first episode of Atla when Zuko captures Aang i genuinely think they'd end up becoming friends even faster than in canon. Like.... Zuko trapped on a boat with Aang for at least several months??? Constant exposure to the sweet eternal sunshine child? Zuko doesn't stand a chance. Also uncle Iroh would not help in the slightest l, he'd be down in the brig having tea with his newest adopted child.

Angsty addon: Aang learns about the Airbender genocide from Zuko and Zuko gets to witness the horror and grief his 'great nation' has caused, first hand. Three cheers for questioning your own morality.

[dyleeart]

HE RESTORED HIS HONOR 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[woodlaflababab]

So something that I've kinda noticed is how ships tend to have themes, and since I multiship so hard in atla it's really interesting to see the different themes.

Like, zukaang is definitely guilt and forgiveness, with forbidden love probably being the second most popular theme.

Kataang is often centered around loyalty and being best friends.

Zutara seems very centered around mutual understanding.

Zukka is like "he cute :3c" from most of what I've seen jdndndndn

Sokkaang, small as it is, often as a theme of overcoming adversity.

Azulaang theme is 100% temptation.

Obviously, I have more experience with some of these ships than others, but these are the ones that, when I think about them, have these things come up as the binding point between the characters a lot.

Idk, it's interesting, if anyone has any other ideas or know what themes other ships have please feel free to share.

[allgremlinart]

a genuine q why do you ship zuko/aang and zuko/jee? isnt zuko like 17, aang 12 and lieutenant jee like much older than zuko?

I'm not the biggest zukaang shipper, I think they're more platonic soulmates, but in terms of "aang was frozen in the iceberg at 16" aus or post-canon adult zukaang... I think they have a lot of potential. they monopolize, like, almost all of the explicit character parallels in the show (far more than Zuko and Katara or Zuko and Sokka have). they have a "in our past lives it didnt work out but it could for us" thing going on. there's that one official art of adult Zuko and Aang holding hands that looks like they're getting gay married. I get it. I'm not the biggest zukaang guy but zukaangs.... I'll fight for you....

as for jeeko yeah I just like problematic age gap pairings. I think it'd be cool if they fucked. peace and love <3

[earfgoddesss]

honestly it's really crazy to me that i gained an appreciation of Zukaang back in 2020 during mine/everyone's pandemic watch, but didn't become a hardcore shipper/artist/writer for them for FOUR YEARS. I don't even remember thinking about them between the time, but now all I think about is them in regards to fandom.

i guess i'm blaming the omake for making me so interested in them. it never ends too there's always something more they sneak in the bonus books/clips

[coulsonlives]

Re-reading the comics and I totally forgot how dark they are

[gotticalavera]

"Look, Bumi. Like a Mommy"

My HC of Bumi and (♂️or♀️)Aang, is the one where Bumi actually inherited Aang's uncontrollable hair.

Since I found this sketch in my notebook, I'm going to vent with some general thoughts about Fem!Aang and Bumi

Bumi wasn't planned, Aang has irregular cycles so she didn't think was pregnant.

The first to realize her condition was Appa. Flying bison can detect when their air nomad friend is pregnant, so they tend to be more careful when flying.

Aang felt very nervous when she found out that she was pregnant. She didn't feel ready.

Aang felt alone, air nomads go through pregnancy, birth and grow up in community. Even though she is accompanied by her partner, friends and family of her partner. Her pregnancy made her feel very alone and afraid of being a mother.

Bumi was born during a stormy day, so Aang was even more scared.

Aang has postpartum depression.

Aang began to improve when Bumi made a grimace similar to a smile. That reminded her of a monk who lived in a temple who had no teeth and she started to laugh.

Aang always carried Bumi very carefully, being tall, Bumi seemed much smaller in her large hands.

Even though Bumi doesn't have airbending (for now), Aang always considered him an air nomad.

Aang sang, danced, spoke and told stories in Air Language for Bumi. So the world already had two speakers of the Air language by birth.

[veggiesforpresident]

a scene from chapter 14 of orbital decay

[woodlaflababab]

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- Sincerely, A Zukaang Shipper

Every time I get recommended a Zuko x Aang post, I get severely upset

And then I check the comments to see if anyone will point out how Aang’s 12 and Zuko’s 16, only for NOBODY to be doing it and instead all the comments are like “OMG SO CUTE!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🤭🤭🤭🤭😍😍😍😍”

YK what I think is cute? You being on a governmental watchlist 😜

[biconickyoshi]

After the Comet

Some wholesome grown-up Zukaang for y’all 😌 I drew this specifically with a yet-to-be-written scene from The Avatar and the Fire Prince in mind. As the above name suggests, this is when Zuko and Aang reunite after Sozin’s Comet, aged 16-17ish and 15-16ish respectively (though this could honestly be them as adults sometime in the canon timeline too).

As I started to do the finishing touches, I legit made myself pretty giddy with how well (at least I think) I did the expressions lol - especially with Aang, who’s basically got heart eyes 🥺 And then there’s Zuko’s soft little smile 🥺

(can you tell I’m literally insane about my own AU lmao)

This is actually my first time drawing them both in an actively ship-y context - I’d been practicing a lot with just individual portraits and/or poses because I’ve been intimidated by doing more, but now that I’ve done it, I have soooo many other cute fan art ideas 👀 someone is probably gonna have to come pry my tablet out of my hands at some point…

(reposting this bc the tags somehow got fucked up when I had the original post in drafts and I couldn’t fix it)

[zukaangweek]

(prompts list also in image alt text)

Thank you to everyone who voted! The theme for Zukaang Week 2024 will be The Blue Spirit.

There are two prompts for each day, which you can follow as closely or loosely as you'd like. And while the theme inspired the prompts, fanworks do not have to be related to The Blue Spirit - they can be about anything, as long as it's Zukaang!

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[my-cabbages-gorl]

Inheritance, Zukaang one-shot

Written for @zukaangservercommunity Mini Bingo April 2024 under the (extremely loose interpretation of) prompt, "festival" Summary: Aang and Zuko spend a wine and laughter-soaked night reading through unsent letters from Sozin to Roku on the eve of Aang's 27th birthday festival. Rating: T+

Tags: Angst, Romance, heavy flirting, implied sexual content, no explicit smut, Aged-Up characters, Post-Canon, Aang is 27 & Zuko's 31 Blurb: By tomorrow afternoon there would be hundreds of people from all four nations pouring into the Southern Air Temple to celebrate the festivities of Aang’s 27th birthday celebration. Zuko carved a day out of his schedule to arrive early- he wanted to surprise Aang with a gift. He wrote to him asking if they could spend one day together before the festival- just the two of them. There was an unexpected lurch in Zuko's stomach as he unfurled his letter that read “Come as many days early as you can make time for” in Aang’s flowy script. Word count: 6,712 Read on Ao3

[zvtara-was-never-canon]

hey there! what's your opinion on zukaang? (either romantically or platonically) ((if romantically, of course imagine them to be aged-up)). i was just wondering because you seemed to have noticed that there are a lot of parallels the show makes between them

sorry if you've answered this before, i just didn't see a zukaang tag on your blog and that's why i'm asking

Don't care for the ship, but can totally see how it'd work. It IS one of the most important dynamics in the whole show after all - and that's why I LOVE their friendship, and get really emotional when they hug in the finale.

Also the entire episode of them meeting the dragons is the funniest fucking thing. Aang calling Zuko sifu hotman, demanding a dance, and saying "I don't care what other people say, you're pretty smart" - leading to Zuko looking all happy before getting grumpy again once he realizes "Wait, that means everyone said I'm dumb as fuck."

Zuko grabbing that goddamn dragon egg even though it's clearly a trap, encouraging Aang and saying he's talented, saying he was his motivation for firebending. Them fighting over that freaking flame, "Still think we can take them?" "I never said that!", doing the same for the dragons then Zuko getting embarrassed as hell having to tell everyone about it.

And finally, this iconic dialogue in which I felt a spiritual bond with Zuko:

[zukaangservercommunity]

Zukaang Bingo 2024

Ready yourselves, Zukaang shippers!

Zukaang Server is hosting a Mini Bingo from April 7th to 9th!

What is a bingo? A Bingo is a prompt event for fans to challenge themselves to create more fic or art. Usually it’s a fic-based event, but the Zukaang Bingo is open to both authors and artists!

What counts as a bingo? A line of three filled out squares counts as a bingo. This can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal!

Can I combine prompts? Yes, you are allowed to combine up to two prompts per work.

My prompt is SFW but I want to add smut Participants over the age of 18 are allowed to write/draw smut, as long as it has the proper tags and warnings added.

We've also created an Ao3 Collection where you can post your creations, check it out HERE

And make sure to use the tag #ZukaangBingo2024 so we can easily reblog it ☺️

If you have any questions or need help with anything, our inbox is open!

We can't wait to see what you guys create ♥♥

[terriblygrimm]

this is petty and i truly do support love for them in any form, but can PLATONIC zukaangers please not tag their posts with “platonic zukaang” or “platonic though make sure you know i mean platonic!!!!! PLATONIC!!!!!” like zukaang is the ship name.

& this isn’t a dig abt posts who talk abt their friendship, or meta, or obviously understand the depth of the show and their characters - i’m referring to ppl who HAVE to say/clarify that they mean STRICTLY PLATONIC and in no way would ever mean or insinuate romantic don’t ever infer romance between these two you sick freaks shady posts. like pls. if you mean that & are utterly terrified/disgusted with the possibility of ppl interpreting your post in a NOT platonic way, don’t tag your post with the SHIP NAME.

you’re not the fandom police and nobody cares abt your underhanded purity callouts. let ppl have fun and enjoy things in their own way.