#expect for steambaby 2

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overprotective dadko taking on sparring matches with each of his kids' significant others just to see if they're worthy (or should i say, honorable) enough for his kids

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Hiii! I dropped by on accident and found out your avatar headcanons and OCs so so nice

I gotta ask a few curiosities of mine if that's cool? *takes out a notebook and a pen*

- since katara and zuko are a thing, did it make their friendship with aang weird or was he cool with it instantly? And how did it even began for them? Did it followed the show's events? Did Aang even got a crush on Katara?

- What happens to Azula?

- How does all these next gen kids react when Korra shows up? Is it weird, is it fine, is it all the same? I mean, they all knew the previous avatar and he was pretty much their family and all. Tho I think them having their own lives also mean it's not that much of a deal?

- Is Katara still one of Korra's teaching masters?

- Sokka's kids get along?

- Does Tenzin and Bumi eventually get okay with each other?

- Korra still loses her connection to the past avatars and therefore Aang? Do they even talk, like he did to Roku and all?

- do you have any other headcanon or change of other characters from tlok or tloa that you mind sharing? like, a plot from tlok that you think it could be better improved or discarded, or something that happens on your universe and you haven't talked about yet?

Sorry for this such a big of an ask, i really REALLY liked these ideas you had (and your art is also amazing and so awesome and pretty too 💞).

heyyyy anon! sorry for the late reply, i hope you still see this.

First of all, thank you! I love genuine interest in my stuff I never expect it. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy and clever. ALSO thanks for complimenting my art! i'm a slow artist so my blood sweat and tears (mostly tears) are in every drawing !!!

onto answering your questions to the best of my ability:

1) Aang is completely cool with Katara and Zuko's relationship. He's basically their biggest shipper :) He did have a crush on Katara (and Zuko tbh), but he was able to let it go pretty quickly. As the Avatar, after the war he was almost too busy to even be sad about it. Overwhelmingly, he was just happy for his friends

Also, Katara and Zuko get together after the war, when Katara's about 17 and he's about 19. Katara goes to the South Pole and they fall for each other through letters and short visits.

Most show events aren't really taken out for me. Just really the kiss right at the end.

2) Azula has a redemption arc. I like to think of it as being a redemption arc she herself is hardly aware of. She just thinks she's really in the long haul of fooling the gaang into liking her. Her redemption arc starts immediately after the war because Zuko keeps her safe in the palace.

Aang becomes her friend first and encourages everyone else to give her a chance. Sokka provides an outlet for all of her older brother issues, since she and Zuko have an awkward relationship. And Katara is tutored by Azula in Fire Nation etiquette and history so she's better equipped to be Fire Lady.

sorry if this is confusing, but believe it or not this rambling all makes sense to me.

3) Korra is very important to the next gen kids, aang's kids and the zk especially. Her arrival is in the middle of great political conflict that never would have happened if Aang wasn't murdered, so they're eager to get her in on the Avatar business.

My idea with Aang dying so young, is that all of his business is half finished. His kids didn't get real closure for their relationship. So Bumi, Yelaan, Palkyi and Tenzin all have complex feelings toward her. Bumi's in particular are very intense.

Being around Korra FEELS like being in his father's presence, which is hard for him. He doesn't want aang to have been a good person or a good father because then he'd really have to miss and mourn everything he was gone for. but this is a lot and hard for me to say so

the steambabies also need Korra and consider her central. They watched their parents' reactions when Aang died (particularly Zuko), and that has affected them deeply. Sakari has been advised to always follow the avatar, so she's happy to have guidance. Besides, she hopes the Avatar will restore and era of peace since she worries for Bumi and Akiak.

Akiak has changed since Aang died, a lot. In ways he's not always proud of. Facing Korra is somewhat hard for him for that reason. Especially since sometimes she opposes some of his methods. He thinks her way of bringing peace is naive.

Tophs kids (and Tenzin to some extent) are the same :)

4) Yes! Katara is one of her waterbending masters. I feel like when you're an Avatar's Master, that's your role for life. She already knows how to train the Avatar. She, Zuko, and Toph taught Korra in the right order, and are old friends with her. Korra has already met the whole Gaang even if she doesn't see Toph or Zuko as often as she'd like

5) I usually choose not to give Sokka kids. I feel like he doesn't want to be a father (even though he'd definitely be the best at it). He and Suki work too hard and have agreed they just aren't super interested in kids. He and Suki are full time Aunt and Uncle to all of the Next Gen. Now, ive made some OCs for asks and I'd say that they do get along :)

6) Bumi and Tenzin's relationship is ROUGH in this story, but yes, they do. It takes a while but eventually they're only mildly hostile with each other. Tenzin helps Bumi reconnect with Air Nomad culture, and Bumi helps him commune with the spirits better. This is jumpstarted by Korra.

7) Korra does keep communication with her past lives! But her path to being a fully realized Avatar is much more difficult. The decision to raise her in a compound was a mistake, and so her growth as an avatar is severely set back. This means, she speaks to her past lives when they reach out to her (and she's in tune enough to listen). Aang is not easy for her to talk to, but eventually she masters it. She doesn't really tell anyone because she's scared everyone will then only want to talk to aang, not her.

8) First of all: for atla, i write very particular cultures and geographies to expand the universe. They affect things in only minor ways for the most part in atla. Also, Aang is trans. I love it too much for it to not be true (if youre wondering how he had kids he made deals with spirits)

Now for tlok. In my opinion, it's very necessary for the different conflicts to not have clear starts and ends. These should all be interweaving conflicts that everyone's caught in the middle of. Not only does this facilitate a lot more character interactions, but it also builds stress and feels realistic.

Mako and Bolin are former triad members and pro athletes, they should be rougher around the edges. Also, Mako would NEVER EVER become a cop after seeing the direct damage they cause marginalized communities. I think that perspective would be very important for korra as an avatar.

Season two plotlines should just be a civil war between north and south. Tbh, I'm not digging all of the subtle ways the north takes over the south, and I imagine the south isn't either. They separated from the north for a reason, and then during the war, the north didn't even help them. The tensions were rising and Aang never came up with a good long term solution when he was alive, and that affects Korra.

Season three's plotline can mostly stay the same except there is no harmonic convergence that introduces new airbenders. The airbenders are the group that they are. They're travelling the earth kingdoms doing peace talks since much of the earth kingdoms don't want to be under ba sing se. Particularly the Si Wong Desert. Aang was in active peace talks when died and was never able to come up with a long term solution.

Season four is also mostly the same except no mechs or spirit nukes.

All the while the equalists are raging on at home.

ANYWAY. thanks for the ask! I hope you see this after i posted it SOOOO late.

See the pattern? Korra must fill aang's shoes while also dealing with all of his unfinished business. Every character serves a unique perspective that helps inform korras decisions.

I dont think these ideas are perfect and the only way to write Korra, but I think they make sense. They help tell a story Im more interested in.

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Steambaby Week Fanfics

So I've been swamped with work and writing my Zutara / Bridgerton / Pride and Prejudice fic, so I haven't had time to create any new content for @steambabyweek.

But I have rounded up all my existing steambaby stories for your reading enjoyment! FYI, mild spoilers will be referenced, so I'm placing them below the cut both for that and because this post got very, very long...

Technically, I've written about the steambabies in 3 different universes. So I've split them up for clarity's sake, with the most expansive AU at the end.

Color Code: Firebender, Waterbender, Nonbender

SOUVENIRS UNIVERSE

Souvenirs We Brought Back From Ember Island – Zuko and Katara share an intimate evening together the last night at the Ember Island beach house before heading out to confront Ozai and their destinies the next morning, only to discover several weeks later that they brought back a surprise souvenir from that encounter…

Rated M for suggestive content and referenced adult situations, though Chapters 10 and 11 where the steambbs make an appearance are SFW.

Steambabies in this series:

Crown Princess Izumi

Prince Tulok

Princess Kya (not born yet when the story ends, though will end up being a nonbender)

ZK BIG BANG 2021

A Present Fit For A Fire Lady – Fire Lord Zuko struggles to come up with the perfect present for his wife to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Unbeknownst to him, he’s already given them both the best present of all.

As this fic ends with Katara revealing to Zuko that they’re expecting their first child, there aren’t any details about the actual steambaby. However, as this was part of the Big Bang event last year, there are lovely artwork pieces included, not to mention two incredible original songs written just for this story!

THE PHOENIX AND THE DRAGON SERIES

Phoenix and Dragon – Set during the series that I wrote for Zutara Week 2020, back when the pandemic first started and forced us all indoors and I had waaaay too much time to kill. This chapter introduces the first four steambabies and features the announcement that they’re expecting triplets as well.

(Yes, I went overboard when I gave them seven babies in this series – I blame being a new fanfic writer at the time and getting carried away – but like the Bridgerton family, they had a ton of babies because they wanted to, though after #7 they decided they were DONE.)

little rays of starlight– The Fire Lord and his wife take their infant daughter out on a trip to see the Southern Lights during the crown princess' first visit to the Southern Water Tribe. Features protective Dadko fussing over keeping little Izumi warm against the South Pole winter and just overall tooth-rotting fluffiness. Guest appearances by Sukka, who are expecting their first baby in this fic, and Taang, who aren’t engaged yet but will be soon.

The Fire Lord and the Sunstone – takes place when Crown Princess Izumi is just shy of 2 years old. The royal family inherits Druk after the Fire Lord and the Avatar are summoned back to visit Ran and Shaw. A cute fluffy oneshot that has baby Druk becoming fast friends with the eldest steambaby.

A Fire Burning in Her Bones (WIP)– Crown Princess Izumi has always dreamed of someday bending fire or water like her parents, following in their footsteps and making them proud. But when Izumi discovers that she’s a nonbender, she must learn to carve her own path, while learning more about her parents’ history and her nation’s role in the Hundred Year War in the process. I've gotten sidetracked by other fics since the last update, but I will finish this story one day. Hopefully.

Fun Fact: There's a 13.5 year age difference between the eldest and youngest of their kids.

Steambabies from this series, plus some fun facts / trivia about them if / when I ever get around to writing more fics in this AU:

Crown Princess Izumi

Twins - Prince Hanzo and Princess Kya

Prince Shunsui

Triplets - Prince Lu Ten, Princess Ayuko, and Prince Mihiro

Izumi – eldest child and daughter, born 3 years after Sozin’s Comet

Gold eyes, black hair

Name Meaning: fountain, water

Skilled with broadswords, learns from her father and later Master Piandao

Crown princess; introvert; birthday falls in the same week as the anniversary of the War's End, which coincides with her parents’ wedding anniversary as well

Most like Zuko in terms of dry sarcasm; constantly feels need to prove herself especially compared to her prodigious younger sibling Hanzo (essentially a gender-flipped Zuko and Azula sibling rivalry but on much, much friendlier terms)

Favorite subject is history; favorite treat is SWT seaweed cookies

Hanzo – eldest son and the elder twin, born approximately 5 ½ years after Sozin’s Comet

Gold eyes, black hair

Name Meaning: to hide, half

Named as a shout-out to the real-life legendary Japanese samurai Hattori Hanzo/Demon Hanzo. The "Demon Hanzo" nickname also gave me Blue Spirit vibes as well, ngl

Occasionally uses blades with a focus on broadswords

Ambivert; Is the spitting image of his father in his pre-banishment days. Later in the story (not written yet), his older sister Izumi will see a portrait of young Zuko pre-scarring and mistake them for each other at first

Has his mother’s personality - kind and nurturing but will cut you if you mistreat someone

Kya – younger twin

Blue eyes, brown hair

Named for Katara and Sokka’s mother

Outgoing; enjoys fashion and finding bargains during shopping trips with Great-Uncle Iroh

Inherits Uncle Sokka’s (terrible) sense of humor

Enjoys studying art from all over the world

Decent at healing but prefers sparring

Eventually settles down in SWT with her wife and their pet polar bear dog

In later years helps teach waterbending to Avatar Korra

Shunsui – born 11 years after Sozin’s Comet

Gold eyes, brown hair

Name Meaning: spring, water

Becomes a respected healer and opens up several healing clinics

Enjoys the simpler things in life like his Great-Uncle Iroh and develops an affinity for botany as a hobby

Laidback personality; enjoys traveling especially in the Earth Kingdom

Is the only steambaby besides Izumi not to be either a twin or triplet

Like his older sister Kya, helps teach waterbending to Avatar Korra

Lu Ten – eldest triplet, born approximately 16 ½ years after Sozin’s Comet

Blue eyes, black hair

Named for Iroh’s son, Zuko and Azula’s late cousin

Extrovert who takes up pro-bending when he's older

Bi pretty boy who naturally charms the ladies and the men, but has a hidden sweet, shy side

Loves traveling the world along with honorary Uncle Aang, Aunt Toph, and all their brood

Secretly gifted at the tsungi horn but will never admit it

Ayuko – middle triplet and youngest daughter

Blue eyes, black hair

Name Meaning: love, affection, rainbow

I came up with her name because of the rainbow sunshower scene in the story right before ZK announce that they're expecting her and her brothers

Is a naturally gifted bender like her Aunt Azula and the only firebender of her siblings capable of creating blue flames

Introvert who enjoys writing and reading; often seen curled up with a book in the library

A theatre nerd just like her father; is also a talented dancer but too shy to show off her skills most of the time

Mihiro – youngest triplet and youngest son

Gold eyes, black hair

Name Meaning: crown, benevolence, sea

Skilled with broadswords

Trained in swordfighting by his eldest sister Izumi and looks up to her; also learns from Zuko, Sokka, and Master Piandao

Inspired to learn broadswords after watching his eldest sister Izumi fighting with them one day when he’s 3-4

Finds out about Blue Spirit myths during a visit to the Earth Kingdom when he's a child and not-so-secretly admires all the legends and tall tales of the infamous vigilante, much to his parents’ amusement

Enjoys cooking

And there you have it! What can I say, I have a soft spot for Zutara and all their bbs 💜

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Because people are being turds...

This is for Zutara.

Would you mind sharing headcanons involving angst?

Followed by tooth-rotting fluff?

Thank you 😊💓☺💗💛💖😊💓

I don't really do angst (I'm a sensitive, delicate flower), but I've got plenty of fluff that'll give you diabetes

Like Aang and Toph, Druk makes a good practice child for Zuko and Katara before they have children of their own

When it's cold, Zuko will glomp onto Katara for warmth. He knows he can use his firebending to keep himself warm, but he'll look for any excuse to cuddle his girlfriend/wife

Even when they're dating, Zuko's shy to make a move on Katara because he doesn't want to do something wrong like make her uncomfortable. Katara appreciates it (and thinks it's cute) but she gladly helps him learn to be a little more forward.

Zuko and Katara would have a litter of a steambabies. At least four and at most six, because 1) they love having a big family and 2) they would be that couple that can barely keep their hands off each other

When the kids are grown up and Zuko's abdicated, he and Katara retire to the South Pole and help in raising and training little Korra. They do often visit the Fire Nation to check in on things and their children and grandchildren, who do visit them in return

When Aang first learns about Zuko and Katara, he's at first hurt and upset, but he eventually comes around and by the time Zuko and Katara are married and are expecting their first child, Aang is a devout Zutara stan and a silly uncle to their steambabies.

Zuko does get a teensy, weensy bit jealous when Katara is lavishing Druk with affection (like she's smothering him with hugs and kisses and baby talk and he's just lapping it up)

At some point, years later, Zuko has Kya's necklace refurbished when it starts to fall apart from age. He knows Katara wants to pass it on to their daughter and he gladly ensures it will last for that to happen.

(a personal and more mature headcanon) Zuko and Katara are each other's first when they get to that level of intimacy at an appropriate age (because they're still pretty young when the war ends and they have little experience with relationships, plus they both think it's a huge step so they would be picky and more reluctant getting into physical contact of that degree). It's a little awkward and messy at first, but they quickly pick up on what they're comfortable with and enjoy it regardless of the difficulties

When Katara gets pregnant with their first child, Zuko is both over the moon and an anxious wreck because he's doubtful of his capability of being a father (especially considering that his own dad was far from being Father of the Year). But as soon as the baby is born and he holds them for the very first time, he starts bawling and is an affectionate Papa Bear from the get-go

Instead of a hat, Katara makes Zuko a shawl, which he wraps himself in a lot of the time whenever Katara's not around

Katara takes to gardening since she grew up with almost no plant life in the South Pole and oversees the care of the Fire Nation palace's garden. Zuko will sometimes join her for walks in the garden or helping her in caring for the plants growing there

Both Zuko and Katara will often bring their children to meetings when they're babies/toddlers. Councilmen have vivid memories and talk fondly of discussing politics while the Fire Lord and Fire Lady have a cute baby swaddled in their arms or a toddler sitting in their lap, drawing or playing with a playing with a plush turtleduck or otter-penguin

The steambabies have a couple of large sky bison plushies thanks to doting Uncle Aang

Zuko and Katara take turns braiding each others hair when they're chilling together

For their wedding, they both wear white with silver and gold. They also wear purple in place of any red or blue coloring

As Fire Lady, Katara incorporates some Water Tribe colors and designs into her regalia

Zuko and Katara have two vacation homes they visit with their children: the one on Ember Island and the other one being newly built in the Southern Water Tribe.

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ZFAW Content Creator Interviews: @PokiDokies

Hey everyone! We hope you’re all excited for ZFAW, and to honor (ha!) ZFAW’s commitment to supporting and celebrating fan content creators in the Zutara fandom, we’re going to be rolling out a series of interviews with well-known and widely-beloved content creators over the next few weeks. We’ve got artists and fanfiction authors, some names you recognize as well as a few phenomenal up-and-coming talents, and we can’t wait for you to meet them all!

For the fourth interview in this cycle, we have up-and-coming artist Lev, aka @pokidokieships - she can also be found at @pokidokies on Instagram and @zk_dokies on twitter!

1. Tell us about how you came to ship Zutara. What does this ship mean to you?

Zutara has been a ship that I have loved for a long time, but it wasn’t always that way haha.  When I first watched the show, I was really young and I just went with kataang because it was  canon in the end. When I got a bit older and rewatched the show, I was instantly drawn to  zutara and the incredible wasted potential it held. I discovered tumblr and read tons of well  written meta (because I am a nerd) that explained why their relationship worked so well. I also  noticed what had become of Katara, a character I admired very much growing up, and wasn’t  too happy about that. Zutara portrays such a balanced and dynamic relationship, with mutual  growth on both ends. It is a relationship built on redemption, understanding and sacrifice and I  just think that’s beautiful. It also involves a strong brown female character, and I would have loved to see her in a relationship with someone who treated her as an equal. Someone who was  willing to help her get closure regarding something so traumatic in her life and even risking his  life for her. I’m a Katara stan first and I feel like zutara is a healthy relationship that does not  take away her agency as a character. She is allowed to be angry and hurt, and I liked that we got  to see that side of her and see that Zuko did not judge her in that state, and be there by her  side. We have also seen how Katara is emotionally supportive when Zuko is in doubt. I believe Zuko and Katara deserve the best and that is each other.

2. What inspires you to create zutara fanworks?

The revival of the ATLA fandom made me fall back really deep into this ship. Unfortunately, I  noticed that it was getting a lot of hate and there wasn’t much new content being generated for  this ship. I also noticed a lot of people misunderstanding why people like this ship, stating very  shallow reasons and using it as an excuse to bash people who like it. So, I decided to create the  zutara content that I wanted to see. I like to Katara and Zuko in a really cute and healthy  relationship in my art, because these kids have been through so much. I never expected so  many people to like it though! That was such a pleasant surprise and I could not be more  thankful! I got really involved with the zutara fandom and made so many friends through my art  and mutual love for the ship. This support, along with my love for this ship, inspires me  everyday to make content for the pairing. Happy to announce that there will be a lot more  zutara art to come!

3. Be selfish - if you could request one fanwork based on your own art/fanfic, what would it be? What would you absolutely love to see someone create?

To be honest, if anyone wrote fanfiction based on one of my drawings I would be over the moon! Most of my drawings of the pair are scenes that I make up myself or are based on popular zutara headcanons. I would love to see someone write a fic that incorporates those scenes/headcanons and expand on them a little more. If anyone ever decide to do that, let me know

4. Any words for people who are new to the fandom and/or nervous about sharing their work for the first time?

My advice would be, no matter how nervous you are, just post it. Just put it out there! I  guarantee that your work would make, at the very least, one person super happy. If you love a fandom/ship/character and create something out of that love, it will show in your work. People  will appreciate that. Another important thing is to make content that YOU want to see! Sometimes, you gotta feed yourself because nobody else caters to your niche interests. Trust  me, it makes everything more fun when you look at it that way.  

5. What is your favorite Zutara-related thing you’ve made and why is it special to you?

My favourite Zutara art that I’ve made is one that I drew for day one of Zutara Week 2020. The  prompt was “Reunion”. I had made a few zutara drawings before this one, but I especially loved  this because I was able to create an expression of utter love on Zuko’s face as he held his arms

out to embrace Katara. I also loved how Katara looks so excited to see him haha. For some  context, Katara and Zuko barely interacted in the comics that came after the show ended (and  we all know why). So, I decided to draw these two in the outfits they wore in the comics! This  was also the first prompt of Zutara Week 2020, so I wanted to make it really special. Realistically, these two would be so busy after the war. They probably write letters to each  other and when they finally reunite, they would be ecstatic. I drew a second picture of them  already embracing as a little treat hehe. The soft colours and the fondness between the two  makes it the favourite drawing I’ve ever done!

6. What’s an idea for a fanwork that you have but haven’t gotten around to making?

There’s actually so much that I have planned! One good thing about zutara not being canon is  that the fandom has come up with so many cute headcanons! Zutara is a ship filled with so  much potential so there’s just so much content to make. I haven’t gotten around to designing  their steambabies yet, so I have that planned. Mama Katara and Papa Zuko is a concept that  cann be so personal to me. They would make such good, loving parents. You can definitely look  forward to some cute family drawings in the future. Maybe draw the whole family playing with  some turtle ducks by the pond? Their kids would be so beautiful too I can’t wait to design them!  I have more stuff planned of course, but this is a concept that I have been wanting to do for a  while now hehe.

7. Are you participating in ZFAW? If so, want to give us a hint as to your plans? 👀

I am not sure if I’m going to participate in ZFAW, only because I may be busy with university  projects at the time. However, I may try and do one or two of the prompts if I have the time! I  plan to make everything cute and fluffy as usual, and maybe a little angst too.

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Zutara in the Earth Kingdom

Let me start by saying that, first off, I’m more of a Kataang shipper than a Zutara one. There are several reasons for this, including (but not limited to) a) I generally prefer canonical ships, and, b) I think it’s important that Zuko left his father to join Aang because he truly believed it was the right thing to do and not just because he had a crush on a pretty blue-eyed girl. (And if I were to ship Zuko with someone from Team Avatar, it’d be Toph, not Katara.)

However, while I don’t write it, I have no opposition to reading some well-written Zutara.

And, in the past twenty-four hours, I’ve discovered a Zutara trope I’d never heard of, but am now really into. Namely, that Zuko and Katara are a married couple living a peaceful life in the Earth Kingdom (typically Ba Sing Se, since, you know, there is no war in Ba Sing Se or whatever), probably with a coiuple of adorable steambabies, away from all the chaos in their pasts-- until the war comes dragging them back in. (Bonus points if there’s Dai Li brainwashing involved.)

I’ve seen four fics that involve this:

Yesteryear: (Season 2 divergent. Complete.)  When her husband Lee is captured by Fire Nation soldiers, Tara leaves their village to find him. Meanwhile, Lee is stuck in the Fire Palace, where everyone (including the deluded old Fire Lord who calls him “Nephew”) is acting like he’s the long-lost Fire Prince. He just wants to go home.

Hopeless: (Alternate Season 3. Complete.) After being separated from Aang and her brother, Katara made her way to Ba Sing Se with Zuko. A year and a half later, the city falls, and she finally reunites with them, infant son in tow. Meanwhile, Zuko is back in the Fire Nation, wondering whether he’s just made the biggest mistake of his life.

It Must Follow, As Night the Day by @catie-does-things: (Season 2 divergent. In-progress.) Six years after Katara goes missing, Aang returns to Ba Sing Se to search for her-- and, if possible, Fire Lord Iroh’s missing nephew. He certainly doesn’t expect to find them together. Even more shocking, neither of them seem to know him-- or their own names.

we walk a fragile line (also avaliable on fanfiction.net) by @antarcticasx: (Post-canon, war was lost during Sozin’s comet. Complete.) After the war, Zuko and Katara were the only ones left. They fled to Ba Sin Se, where they’ve spent the past fifteen years in hiding. Unfortunately, their oldest child does not appreciate having to hide his firebending, or all the lies and secrecy surrounding his parents, and decides to forge his own path. This does not go very well.

If anyone knows of any other fics that use this trope, please let me know!

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Thanks for the tag!! I was tagged by @tea-and-la and @stitch1830, I loved this tag game since I first saw it!! 😍😍

1. Favorite Zutara trope:

I love reading all their transition from enemies to friends to lovers. I love seeing them grow individually but with each other's help, I love seeing them recognizing so much of themselves in one another and discovering more about their own personas thanks to it. Their flaws, their virtues, whatever they want to do with their lives, etc.

I also love the headcanon of Katara having scars. From the Fire Nation raids or from when Aang burned her by accident. I think their encounter at the Crystal Catacombs would have have had a more significant tone to it not only for their character arcs, but also for the theme of the show and the worldbuilding. Both of them would have been scarred by fire, by a government that dragged them into a war they didn't want. The burns also destroyed their innocent former selves and forced them to grow up to face a cruel world. But their conversation would return a bit of hope to them, maybe the world isn't so cruel, maybe there is kindness even in the people you less expected it.

2. Uncommon opinion about ZK:

I personally don't think they consider themselves soulmates. Nor do I think their attraction to each other is very based on the physical aspect, but that also has to do with my personal headcanon that Zuko is demisexual.

I think they don't consider themselves soulmates mostly because they would think it is cheesy, and also, I see them more as the kind of love that is growing/choosing to love. That one when you see acknowledge someone's flaws as much as their virtues, and you realize you love all parts of them, and the two of you make the effort for the relationship to work.

3. Favorite Zutara fic:

Dancing in the dark by damagectrl!!

It was the very first Zutara fic I ever read and has remained my favorite memory of my first days in fandom. It still inspires me, the story is very sweet.

4. A song that you think fits ZK:

Corazón sin vida — Aitana ft. Sebastián Yatra

Sad Song — We The Kings ft. Elena Coats

How you remind me — Nickelback

Inalcanzable — RBD

And for TSR/Last Agni Kai-vibes exclusively:

Subiré al Infierno — Cumbia Ninja

5. When do you think Zuko and Katara should get together romantically, if at all?

I debate between a couple of years after the war and when they turned around college-age. I like to imagine them having time to heal properly and enjoy their friendship with each other and the rest of the GAang and figure many things out before starting a stable relationship.

6. Do you have any steambaby headcanons?

They would have three children: Kya and Izumi would be twins, Iroh II would be the youngest sibling.

Iroh is the one that resembles Katara the most, but the shape of his eyes is the one of Zuko's. They are the same tone of blue as Katara's though.

Kya and Izumi have their father's dark hair and facial features, but their skin is the same shade of brown like their mother's and brother's. Kya's eyes are amber-colored, Izumi's are grayish-blue.

Kya is a firebender, Izumi is a waterbender, and Iroh is a non-bender.

Of all three siblings, Iroh is the calmest one and Kya is the most adventurous, Izumi is the most mature and keeps her siblings from chewing each other's heads off.

Kya and Izumi are daddy's girls.

Iroh is equally close to his mother and father, although he has decided he will always ask only Katara for dating advice after a couple of failed attempts with Zuko.

He still practices sword-fighting and hand-to-hand combat with Zuko though.

7. Which atla character do you think would be the biggest Zutara shipper?

(Pause for dramatic effect)...

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(Wait for it)...

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Aang!

Yep, I said it! 😌

He had huge crushes on both Zuko and Katara when he was kid, and he was there to see them falling for each other but being too much awkward messes to make the first move, so he thought it would be fun if he gave them a little push in the right direction.

He started to prompt conversations about Zuko with Katara and commenting how handsome Zuko is, Katara agreed, but then it all turned into a competition of who considered Zuko more attractive and Katara would start listing her favorite qualities about Zuko, making her realize she was in love with Zuko.

Aang smirked triumphantly.

8. A ship that you think is similar to Zutara (can be from atla fandom or a different fandom):

Jude Duarte and Cardan Greenbriar from The Folk of the Air trilogy are definitely a darker, more adult version of Zuko and Katara.

Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn from The Dark Artifices trilogy are some kind of genderbent version of Zuko and Katara but with some more similar elements, too. She's also looking to avenge her parents' death, he had to kill his father when he turned evil (it was more complicated than that but you get the idea). It is mostly the dynamic the one I think is similar, check this quotes:

"I love you more than starlight."

"Once you dissolve dye in water, you can't take it back out. It's like that. I can't take you out of me. It means cutting out my heart, and I don't like myself without my heart. I know that now."

"I was angry at you. I missed you. But I never stopped loving you. [...] As long as you exist and I exist, I will love you."

*insert Will Smith's pointing meme*

Aaron Warner and Juliette Ferrars from the Shatter Me series remind me of them, too, in the sense that she became more ambitious as the story went on and she fell in love with him because he respected and encouraged that ambition.

Nina Zenik and Mattias Helvar from the Six of Crows Duology are a must on this list, of course.

I don't know if to include James Herondale and Cordelia Carstairs from The Last Hours trilogy in here, too, but James is definitely like Zuko in the sense that they think about everyone but themselves, and Cordelia refuses to stick with sexist societal rules.

9. If you had to pick a different ship name for zk besides "Zutara," what would it be?

Ugh! Sorry, I suck at ship names 😕

10. What is your favorite piece of work that you created for Zutara (art, fics, edits, gifsets, headcanons post, etc. plug whatever you’d like to here!)? And if you don’t create content, feel free to share a piece of favorite zk content here:

I'm definitely very proud of my first Zutara fic, The Words Never Said, even if I have finally gotten to the point where I consider my writing from that time cringey.

I'm proud of my writing in general, especially of my current main WIP (an Avatar!Zuko AU), and the ones I still have planned, and I'm also proud of my ZK edits, especially the ones inspired by Nikita Gill's and Frida Kahlo's quotes.

Tagging: @asongofhopeandjoy, @lettersfromn0where, @spicyswordlady, @authorjoydragon, @thebansheeandherboy, @enbyzutara, @thebluesunflower44, @nanunanu22, and anyone who wants to answer!! 💖💖

Zutara Tag Game

@zutaraweek Day 4: Free Day

Hello, this is Ana (formerly with the username @analynasi)! In honor of free day for this year’s Zutara week, I decided to create a little Zutara tag game. My answers are down below, and underneath the cut there is a blank template to copy and paste from if you would like to do this too! The answers can be however long or short as you’d like them to be <3

1. Favorite Zutara trope/headcanon: I have many favorite tropes, but one of them is when Toph picks up on the romantic tension between Zuko and Katara and acts like a gremlin child by making fun of them about it, or actively trying to get them together, or both.

2. Uncommon opinion about zk: I don’t like the idea of Zuko or Katara being given a betrothal necklace by the other when they get married to each other. The betrothal necklace always seemed like a Northern Water Tribe tradition, not a Southern Water Tribe tradition. Plus, I don’t like the idea of anything replacing Katara’s mother’s necklace on her neck, and I don’t think Katara would like the idea of it either.

3. Favorite Zutara fic: I have many favorite Zutara fics, but Once Around the Sun by eleventy7 will always hold a special place in my heart, as not only the first zk fic I ever read, but also the first fic I ever read overall.

4. A song that you think fits zk: buzz cut by lovelytheband and MisterWives always reminds me of Zutara in a modern AU!

5. When do you think Zuko and Katara should get together romantically, if at all? I like the idea of them getting together when they’re around 16-ish and 18-ish respectively (just because a few of my favorite zk fics have them getting together romantically at about that age), but it takes a very well-written fic to pull that off in a well-paced and mature manner. I also don’t mind them getting together when they’re in their 20s.

6. Do you have any steambaby headcanons? I think that they would have three children. I like to imagine a girl, a boy, and a girl (in that birth order).

7. Which atla character do you think would be the biggest Zutara shipper? Iroh. He wouldn’t be pushy about it, but I think he would be very keen to how good for each other Zuko and Katara are.

8. A ship that you think is similar to Zutara (can be from atla fandom or a different fandom): Red Crackle, the ship between Carmen Sandiego and Graham Calloway from Carmen Sandiego (2019)! Someday I’ll make a post about all their similarities.

9. If you had to pick a different ship name for zk besides “Zutara,” what would it be? If I were joking around, I’d probably say “Kazu” or something like that. But if I were being serious, I like the idea of a ship name based off of their elemental combination. Like “Thundersnow" (the result of a combination of snow with lightning and thunder), for instance.

10. What is your favorite piece of work that you created for Zutara (art, fics, edits, gifsets, headcanons post, etc. plug whatever you’d like to here!)? And if you don’t create content, feel free to share a piece of favorite zk content here: I really like this playlist gifset that I made for Zutara, and the Zutara spotify playlist I made to go with it!

Tagging @flameozukohere @authorjoydragon @precious-metal-girl @sunandmoongobrrr @that-turtleduck @juldooz-atla @thebluesunflower44 @kaligraphy @katara-stan-club @theotterpenguin @thebansheeandherboy @hanadoesstuffwrong @risemaclay @nerdybookworm25 @lotustiled @stand-on-the-horizon @theaalvez @aang-beifong @stitch1830 @jasmine-tea-latte @airiustide @whoracefitz @firelord-kya @asongofhopeandjoy @mycomfortblanket @rosy-cosmos @tea-and-la @fallen-ophe @fire-lord-katara @thesavagedaughter0627 @losergrl25 @fiction-vixen @atomicpeache as a few of my zk mutuals to start this out (no pressure, ofc) <3 Absolutely feel free to do this even if you aren’t tagged though!

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1. Favorite Zutara trope: Pining awkward Zuko is the best. I really love the idea of Zuko starting off just silently loving Katara in secret and trying really hard not to let it show but also...failing epically lol. And then of course seeing the eventual moment where Katara let's him know she reciprocates his feelings.

2. Uncommon opinion about ZK: I go back and forth about Fire Lady Katara. I don't think it makes ZK a bad ship the way antis do (nor do I think Katara hates the Fire Nation people in a special way that Sokka doesn't lmao) but sometimes idk if I can fully see it. And I think it would make for an interesting roadblock/conflict in their relationship...Katara loves Zuko and wants to be with him, but isn't sure she wants to be Fire Lady. I think if she did take the role, it definitely wouldn't be in a traditional sense. She wouldn't be sporting the Fire Nation clothes all the time and whatnot. And Zuko wouldn't expect her to.

3. Favorite Zutara fic: I know I most likely won't be the only person to say this one but 'I'm Still Here' by owedbetter on ao3. It's the fic I always tell people to read when they get into ZK. It's a book 3 divergence where Zuko and Katara start developing feelings for each other after TSR. It's AMAZING.

4. A song that you think fits ZK: I'm notoriously bad at answering song questions so I'm just gonna be boring and skip this one lol

5. When do you think Zuko and Katara should get together romantically, if at all: My fic answer should tell you that I do like canon divergences where they get together sometime on the show. BUT I think my ideal scenario would be a couple years after the war. Zuko/Mai and Katara/Aang would have both already broken up and Zuko and Katara realize they have developed feelings for each other after being good friends for a large chunk of time.

6. Do you have any steambaby headcanons?

I do! In my head, they eventually end up having three kids. Their oldest, a girl named Kya, is the most mature but was also the most soft-spoken and gentle as a child. Her personality gets directly contrasted by her bending abilities when she ends up being an over-powered firebender like Azula. This initially scares Zuko and Katara and they end up reaching out to Azula, whose had years of therapeutic healing by this point, and she helps Kya learn to control her abilities. They end up having a special bond and relationship.

Their second child is a boy named Lu Ten (Iroh cries when Zuko and Katara first reveal his name). He ends up being a non-bender but is his mother's son in personality and spirit. Compassionate and passionate all at once, Lu Ten grows up wanting to fight to make the world a better place. As a child he's initially disappointed that he can't bend like his siblings but when he's old enough, Zuko teaches him how to fight with twin blades.

Their third and last child is a girl named Izumi. She's a waterbender and is the trouble making rebel out of the steambabies. She's the one always trying to break rules and keeping Zuko and Katara on their toes lol. Her favorite relative is her Aunt Toph. She and Lu Ten fight a lot and Kya always gets stuck in the middle.

7. Which atla character do you think would be the biggest Zutara shipper?

I think I gotta go with Iroh after his line about Zuko's relationship with Katara being 'his strength). I have a big soft spot for Toph being a ZK shipper in fics though.

8. A ship that you think is similiar to Zutara (can be from atla or from a different fandom)

Gotta echo @tea-and-la on this one and say Bamon from TVD and Warren/Layla from Sky High. (Honestly a ZK Sky High AU would be great). And um...there are SOME similarities between Zutara and Catradora from spop but tbh they're also very different in a lot of ways so I don't think I would ultimately include them.

9. If you had to pick a different ship name for zk besides 'Zutara', what would it be?

Idk lol. I like the name Zutara a lot so I'm just glad that's the name fandom went with back in the day.

10. What is your favorite piece or work that you created for Zutara?

I actually haven't made anything for ZK yet, which is a shame considering how long I've shipped them. But I do have a plot bunny in my head that I wanna write a fic for SOMEDAY. It's a future AU where Zuko and Mai get the atla equivalent of a divorce shortly after they have Izumi because Mai realizes she's gay and in love with Ty lee. Zuko ends up spending some time with Katara because she's also living in the aftermath of her amicable breakup with Aang and...the rest is history.

Thanks for the tag! I tag: @royaltealovingkookiness @mrs-n-uzumaki @atomicpeache @tridentarius and any of my ZK mutuals who I may be missing ❤

Zutara Tag Game

@zutaraweek Day 4: Free Day

Hello, this is Ana (formerly with the username @analynasi)! In honor of free day for this year’s Zutara week, I decided to create a little Zutara tag game. My answers are down below, and underneath the cut there is a blank template to copy and paste from if you would like to do this too! The answers can be however long or short as you’d like them to be <3

1. Favorite Zutara trope/headcanon: I have many favorite tropes, but one of them is when Toph picks up on the romantic tension between Zuko and Katara and acts like a gremlin child by making fun of them about it, or actively trying to get them together, or both.

2. Uncommon opinion about zk: I don’t like the idea of Zuko or Katara being given a betrothal necklace by the other when they get married to each other. The betrothal necklace always seemed like a Northern Water Tribe tradition, not a Southern Water Tribe tradition. Plus, I don’t like the idea of anything replacing Katara’s mother’s necklace on her neck, and I don’t think Katara would like the idea of it either.

3. Favorite Zutara fic: I have many favorite Zutara fics, but Once Around the Sun by eleventy7 will always hold a special place in my heart, as not only the first zk fic I ever read, but also the first fic I ever read overall.

4. A song that you think fits zk: buzz cut by lovelytheband and MisterWives always reminds me of Zutara in a modern AU!

5. When do you think Zuko and Katara should get together romantically, if at all? I like the idea of them getting together when they’re around 16-ish and 18-ish respectively (just because a few of my favorite zk fics have them getting together romantically at about that age), but it takes a very well-written fic to pull that off in a well-paced and mature manner. I also don’t mind them getting together when they’re in their 20s.

6. Do you have any steambaby headcanons? I think that they would have three children. I like to imagine a girl, a boy, and a girl (in that birth order).

7. Which atla character do you think would be the biggest Zutara shipper? Iroh. He wouldn’t be pushy about it, but I think he would be very keen to how good for each other Zuko and Katara are.

8. A ship that you think is similar to Zutara (can be from atla fandom or a different fandom): Red Crackle, the ship between Carmen Sandiego and Graham Calloway from Carmen Sandiego (2019)! Someday I’ll make a post about all their similarities.

9. If you had to pick a different ship name for zk besides “Zutara,” what would it be? If I were joking around, I’d probably say “Kazu” or something like that. But if I were being serious, I like the idea of a ship name based off of their elemental combination. Like “Thundersnow" (the result of a combination of snow with lightning and thunder), for instance.

10. What is your favorite piece of work that you created for Zutara (art, fics, edits, gifsets, headcanons post, etc. plug whatever you’d like to here!)? And if you don’t create content, feel free to share a piece of favorite zk content here: I really like this playlist gifset that I made for Zutara, and the Zutara spotify playlist I made to go with it!

Tagging @flameozukohere @authorjoydragon @precious-metal-girl @sunandmoongobrrr @that-turtleduck @juldooz-atla @thebluesunflower44 @kaligraphy @katara-stan-club @theotterpenguin @thebansheeandherboy @hanadoesstuffwrong @risemaclay @nerdybookworm25 @lotustiled @stand-on-the-horizon @theaalvez @aang-beifong @stitch1830 @jasmine-tea-latte @airiustide @whoracefitz @firelord-kya @asongofhopeandjoy @mycomfortblanket @rosy-cosmos @tea-and-la @fallen-ophe @fire-lord-katara @thesavagedaughter0627 @losergrl25 @fiction-vixen @atomicpeache as a few of my zk mutuals to start this out (no pressure, ofc) <3 Absolutely feel free to do this even if you aren’t tagged though!

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Thanks so much for tagging @invnciblesummer and @kataras-bloodbending (hello, new friend!) Sorry this took a while to respond to—I had it answered, then Dumblr said “whoops we didn’t wanna share your stuff so it’s gone now!” So I’m re-doing it lol.

1. Favorite Zutara Trope: oooh that’s a good one. I really like the mutual pining but they’re idiots and don’t realize the other one has it bad for them. But (not sure if this can be considered a trope) I also really love when they’re able to help each other heal and grow from their traumas. Not that they depend on the other to help them do it, but just that having that support allows them to do it.

2. Uncommon opinion about ZK: hmm….I don’t think I really have any unpopular opinions? Maybe that I just don’t see them having a big family. I usually stick to 2-3 steam babies, although I occasionally throw a 4th one in there.

3. Favorite Zutara fic: Fic? I think you mean fics. You surely can’t expect me to choose just one. Once Around the Sun, Let’s Be Alone Together, and I’ve Got A Dark Alley are the first that come to mind.

4. A song that you think fits ZK: Ho ho ho, do I have a whole playlist for them or what. Top picks are “Evermore” by Hollow Coves, “Heartbeats” by Jose Gonzalez, and “Without You” by Vulpine.

5. When do you think Zuko and Katara should get together romantically, if at all? I responded to this in an ask here (pls dont mind my inconsistent steambaby headcanons with what I said for 6. I change my mind a lot), but I don’t see it happening until they’re in their early 20s (Katara is like, 18 at the earliest).

6. Do you have any steambaby headcanons? Yes! I love my steambabies. As I said above, I usually picture 2-3. I’m obsessed with girl dad Zuko. The firstborn is Izumi, who looks most like her father and is a firebender. It’s sort of a breath of relief for ZK because that means the Fire Sages and nobility have nothing to cry about versus if she had been a waterbender (or even took after her mother). She does have blue eyes though. The secondborn is Kya, who looks more Katara but with golden eyes. She’s a waterbender. The 3rd and 4th possible steambabies are Lu Ten (waterbender) and Iroh II (nonbender). I visualized my steambabies with this picrew.

7. Which atla character do you think would be the biggest Zutara shipper? Iroh and Suki, for sure.

8. A ship that you think is similar to ZK (can be from atla fandom or a different fandom): Hm…I’m not too sure.

9. If you had to pick a different ship name for ZK besides “Zutara”, what would it be? I don’t even know. Zutara is too perfect.

10. What is your favorite piece of work that you created for Zutara (art, fic, edits, gif sets, headcanon posts, etc. plug whatever you’d like here!)? If you don’t create content, feel free to share a piece of favorite ZK content here. An Unlikely Alliance is probably my favorite fic. This is probably my favorite art I’ve made.

Tagging (if you’ve already been tagged, pls ignore): @neurologicaldamage @homeagainrose @chase2452 @gemgirl28 @paintedbluerose @authorjoydragon @evergreenonthehorizon @asajjvxntress and anyone else who wants to do it!

Zutara Tag Game

@zutaraweek Day 4: Free Day

Hello, this is Ana (formerly with the username @analynasi)! In honor of free day for this year’s Zutara week, I decided to create a little Zutara tag game. My answers are down below, and underneath the cut there is a blank template to copy and paste from if you would like to do this too! The answers can be however long or short as you’d like them to be <3

1. Favorite Zutara trope/headcanon: I have many favorite tropes, but one of them is when Toph picks up on the romantic tension between Zuko and Katara and acts like a gremlin child by making fun of them about it, or actively trying to get them together, or both.

2. Uncommon opinion about zk: I don’t like the idea of Zuko or Katara being given a betrothal necklace by the other when they get married to each other. The betrothal necklace always seemed like a Northern Water Tribe tradition, not a Southern Water Tribe tradition. Plus, I don’t like the idea of anything replacing Katara’s mother’s necklace on her neck, and I don’t think Katara would like the idea of it either.

3. Favorite Zutara fic: I have many favorite Zutara fics, but Once Around the Sun by eleventy7 will always hold a special place in my heart, as not only the first zk fic I ever read, but also the first fic I ever read overall.

4. A song that you think fits zk: buzz cut by lovelytheband and MisterWives always reminds me of Zutara in a modern AU!

5. When do you think Zuko and Katara should get together romantically, if at all? I like the idea of them getting together when they’re around 16-ish and 18-ish respectively (just because a few of my favorite zk fics have them getting together romantically at about that age), but it takes a very well-written fic to pull that off in a well-paced and mature manner. I also don’t mind them getting together when they’re in their 20s.

6. Do you have any steambaby headcanons? I think that they would have three children. I like to imagine a girl, a boy, and a girl (in that birth order).

7. Which atla character do you think would be the biggest Zutara shipper? Iroh. He wouldn’t be pushy about it, but I think he would be very keen to how good for each other Zuko and Katara are.

8. A ship that you think is similar to Zutara (can be from atla fandom or a different fandom): Red Crackle, the ship between Carmen Sandiego and Graham Calloway from Carmen Sandiego (2019)! Someday I’ll make a post about all their similarities.

9. If you had to pick a different ship name for zk besides “Zutara,” what would it be? If I were joking around, I’d probably say “Kazu” or something like that. But if I were being serious, I like the idea of a ship name based off of their elemental combination. Like “Thundersnow" (the result of a combination of snow with lightning and thunder), for instance.

10. What is your favorite piece of work that you created for Zutara (art, fics, edits, gifsets, headcanons post, etc. plug whatever you’d like to here!)? And if you don’t create content, feel free to share a piece of favorite zk content here: I really like this playlist gifset that I made for Zutara, and the Zutara spotify playlist I made to go with it!

Tagging @flameozukohere @authorjoydragon @precious-metal-girl @sunandmoongobrrr @that-turtleduck @juldooz-atla @thebluesunflower44 @kaligraphy @katara-stan-club @theotterpenguin @thebansheeandherboy @hanadoesstuffwrong @risemaclay @nerdybookworm25 @lotustiled @stand-on-the-horizon @theaalvez @aang-beifong @stitch1830 @jasmine-tea-latte @airiustide @whoracefitz @firelord-kya @asongofhopeandjoy @mycomfortblanket @rosy-cosmos @tea-and-la @fallen-ophe @fire-lord-katara @thesavagedaughter0627 @losergrl25 @fiction-vixen @atomicpeache as a few of my zk mutuals to start this out (no pressure, ofc) <3 Absolutely feel free to do this even if you aren’t tagged though!

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