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Avatar: The Last Airbender Fanfiction

An Unlikely Alliance by badlucksav

When Katara finds herself separated from her brother and Aang, she finds herself alone in the Earth Kingdom desert. The last person she expects to encounter is Prince Zuko. But with him no longer pursuing the Avatar and with her in need of help to locate her friends, the two of them form a tenuous alliance.

Chapters: 53/?

Inspired by @thesavagedaughter0627 's beautiful story An Unlikely Alliance I drew this. I really have a love for drawing them glaring at each others (just the right tension before the interesting moments 😌)

[image ID: a digital fanart of Katara and Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender. They're both standing, portrayed frontally from their knee above, glaring at each other. Zuko is wearing his Earth Kingdom's clothes from Zuko Alone and Katara is wearing her book 2 watertribe outfit. In the background there are two silhouettes of them looking at each other standing closer. Katara has her left hand half away from Zuko's face, while Zuko has his right hand reaching for her. End ID]

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For @risemaclay as my gift for the server solstice exchange. I hope you like it and have a wonderful New Year, my dear friend!

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I posted 916 times in 2022

51 posts created (6%)

865 posts reblogged (94%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@juldooz-atla

@risemaclay

@cynical-mystic

@barelyaware

@perfectlypanda

I tagged 908 of my posts in 2022

Only 1% of my posts had no tags

#zutara - 499 posts

#zuko x katara - 447 posts

#zuko - 212 posts

#katara - 195 posts

#not atla - 130 posts

#ooh this is pretty - 60 posts

#atla - 55 posts

#avatar the last airbender - 51 posts

#avatar: the last airbender - 49 posts

#zutara week - 46 posts

Longest Tag: 133 characters

#this is why i love fire lady katara. not only bc she would bring new ideology to the fn but bc she and zuko are great rulers together

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

delicate - chapter 18

In which Katara unleashes a display of power to save the Fire Prince while keeping her promise. But in doing so, lines are crossed that can't be uncrossed...

FYI, I updated the tags, and while I tried not to make anything too graphic, some parts at the beginning may make you squeamish. Nothing like Stranger Things' Season 4 levels of graphic, but still reminiscent in a way.

Lastly, you're not going to like me for this cliffhanger (but just wait until you see chapter 19's - y'all are going to be MAD.)

Anyways, without further ado... enjoy!

36 notes - Posted July 23, 2022

#4

delicate - chapter 14

In which Katara and Zuko join her family for a dinner at the Beifong’s, where their pretend courtship will be put to the test against the living lie detector known as Toph Beifong…

AKA, the chapter in which Toph and Suki channel their inner Rachel and Phoebe to figure out what these two pining idiots in denial are hiding, like in the episode of Friends when they find out about Chandler and Monica.

“They think they can mess with us? The mess-ers become the mess-ees!”

(technically Chandler’s line but who’s keeping score?)

and of course:

While poor Sokka (who’s both Joey AND Ross in this scenario) just wants food and for this to all be over with, because this is his best friend and his sister 😩

See the full post

43 notes - Posted June 18, 2022

#3

let’s go back to the start

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36708718

Aang could only stare, rendered speechless as he watched his most loyal companion who he’d given up mastery of the Avatar State for - his forever girl - choosing to side with the Fire Prince instead.

It was all too clear now exactly where Katara’s true loyalties lied, and they weren’t with him.

~*~*~

Or, Aang finally awakens onboard a strange ship a month after the fall of Ba Sing Se to a new world, one where both the Avatar and a traitorous Fire Prince have been declared dead by the Fire Nation.

Now, the pair have no choice but to put aside their differences to form an uneasy alliance. The Avatar must learn to finally let go of his attachment to Katara, while the Fire Prince finds himself surrounded by former enemies who’d just as soon see him dead...

Sequel to Taste of a Poison Paradise.

50 notes - Posted January 28, 2022

#2

When the ZK antis are trying to spread their toxicity yet again but you're too busy living your best life shipping ZUTARA and having ✨FUN✨ unlike those lame haters:

So the next time you hear "iT's NoT cAnOn" just tell them to SMILE and thank them for letting us live in their minds rent free for 15+ years 💜

(and yes, I redid the gif from the OG post because that's been bugging me all this time ahahahaha)

53 notes - Posted September 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I am now the proud owner of Zutara mugs 🔥🌊

Behold!

(Hot Leaf Juice not included.)

111 notes - Posted July 4, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

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I am SO SO SO SO SO excited to share this gorgeous piece of art with you all!! Check out this commission done by the lovely @risemaclay!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[image ID: Digital drawing of Suki and Sokka in formal Water Tribe-style dress (intricately-pattered green and blue fur-lined vests, long sleeves, and leather belts; Sokka is wearing his two-fingered gloves and arm wraps, and they both have a single beaded braid in their hair). Sokka is embracing Suki from behind and kissing her shoulder, his eyes closed. Suki is looking off in the distance with her mouth slightly open, one arm reaching back over her shoulder to touch Sokka’s cheek. end ID]

This is based off that post about the intimacy of vintage couple’s portraits... The shoulder-kissing portraits screamed (or lovingly whispered) Sukka to me, so I went to Rise with the idea, and she captured the vibe SO perfectly! I can’t get enough of this piece. It gives me butterflies in my stomach every time I look at it. And I look at it almost constantly. 

@risemaclay​’s commissions are open, folks! Check out this post for details. I highly, highly recommend working with her. I mean...just look at that Sukka art!! And it was such a pleasure to go back and forth on ideas, and to see her process and all the things she came up with that I didn’t think to ask for but absolutely loved (like the matching braids!! 🥺🥺🥺). 

I hope you love this piece as much as I do! And if you do, definitely go show Rise some love on her art (and maybe commission your own piece)!

[stitch1830]

Hi Stitch! Sending you another Taang ask, because we need more Taang on our lives 💚🧡

Now, my ask is more Taangst than Joy's, and I don't know if anyone sent something similar before, but what would be the reason for their first fight as a couple?

If you have already answered before, feel free to ignore it 😊

Hi Rise! Thanks for the ask! Happy to chat about Taang, because you're right, we do deserve more Taang in our lives!

That's a really good question, and I feel like it could be a number of things, depending on how they get together and what they've already talked about throughout their relationship.

For a first fight, I can see them arguing about Aang's duty as the Avatar. That seems like an issue that probably stays with Aang for most of his life is just him trying to balance his life as the Avatar, his role as the last airbender, and his own desires for his personal life. It's a delicate balance, and I can see Toph pushing him to lean toward one role over the other, trying to help him prioritize his responsibilities, and he just gets mad about it.

It's a lot of pressure, and his instinct tells him to run when he's under pressure, so Toph getting on his case about his life probably pushes him toward bursting a few times. He'd yell at her that she doesn't understand, perhaps complains that he can't handle it, stuff like that. Toph is just trying to help him, but she's so straightforward and direct with Aang that sometimes it rubs him the wrong way. And when he fights back, she digs her heels in and doubles down on her arguments. I think her instinct would be to stand her ground, to counter all of Aang's arguments until he caves, because she doesn't lose to Twinkletoes, even if she loves him. Her competitiveness gets the best of her during the fight, and she forgets the reason she's arguing with him in the first place.

Honestly though, I feel like this type of argument is one that is short lived. They both get furious quickly, but after a beat, they learn to think about the other's perspective and can get past their troubles.

Another argument could be one that is left to simmer for years but then there comes a time and things just boil over. I feel like while Aang never explicitly states that he needs to have children to repopulate the Air Nation, I think it's this cloud that hangs over them, whether they want it to or not.

Aang just wants kids because he loves kids, but of course, if Toph says that they're not having kids, he wouldn't push her. He'd be sad, but it wouldn't sway his decision to stay with Toph. Toph probably gets it in her head that Aang says he doesn't want/need kids, but that he's lying (she knows he's not, but a part of her always thinks this). She shuts him out whenever the conversation comes up, because while she's never told him that they're never having kids and that she doesn't want kids, she doesn't necessarily think that she'd be a great mother.

It's a lot of internal conflict on Toph's end that has her pushing him away and maybe even trying to break off their relationship, but Aang learned from the best about how to be stubborn like the earth. All he does during this time is try to convince her that he doesn't need kids to be happy, just her.

Eventually, they do talk about it and start to have a conversation around kids, but it just takes them a while, and the argument is prolonged simply because Toph shuts the conversation down whenever Aang brings it up for the first few years.

Okay! I think that answers the question, if not, feel free to ask more questions, Rise! Always enjoy chatting about Toph and Aang and Taang and ATLA haha ;)

Thanks again for the ask, and I hope you have a great day!

......

Send me asks about ATLA, or anything, really! :D

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Welcome back! It's so good to see you more again on dashboard 💕☺️ (yeah I'm quite silly, but I really like your posts and your reblogs)

Says the peep who I am literally always delighted to see on my dashboard 🥰

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BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD! Once you are given this award you’re supposed to paste it in the asks of eight people who deserve it. If you break the chain nothing happens, but it's sweet to know someone thinks you’re beautiful inside and out !! <3

You deserve it back 💕☺️

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this is a tumblr hug, pass it on to your ten favorite followers and mutuals 💗

Thank you rise ❤️❤️❤️ This is boomerang, right back at you 💞

For the people who don’t have their asks open, I'm going to @ you here: @encantadordechungungos, @amj338, @vegebulsoup, @luthiensl, @vivigaona, @avidreader3, ...🧸 hugs to you guys!

I super appreciate the comments, reblogs, thoughts in the tags, and likes on any of the fanfics, rec lists, translations, and Hinata Japanese fashion posts I make.  I also appreciate my mutuals, like you rise ❤️, who post about completely different fandoms that I’ve never participated in 😂  you keep my dashboard interesting and varied!

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I don't hate it, but I don't like it either.

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You’re always so sweet. Thank you 😊

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Just a little idea of this days 😆 I use this photo as reference for the pose, it was perfect for Hinata *v*

I have also tried a realistic style, but I didn’t like the result, so I dropped it.

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You're one of my faves too! :D

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Hi Sam,

I'm sorry to hear that the recent events in the fandom took a tool on you and decided to take a step back, but I hope this will help you recover and feel better with time.

I really liked your zk stories, thank you for sharing them with us through this full year ❤️

Take care :)

Hey, it's so nice to hear from you. I'm very sorry about everything that happened too, and I hope all of us here get to heal and find spaces that make us feel safe once again.

And gosh, thank you so much. Writing every single zk story has given me so much joy, and I truly hope that I can return to finishing them. I have always been very thankful for all the support that you and every single reader has given me, and I can't tell you how much that has meant to me. Sending you lots of love ❤️

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Thank you for sending me this ❤

[stitch1830]

Hi Stitch! Since lately not many people are asking you Taang and dunebabies headcanon, I was wondering... how do Aang and Toph react when they found out their kids start dating?

Hi Rise! Thank you for this ask, I'm always happy to chat about Taang :D It's been a little quiet recently, but hopefully this kicks off Taang week with a bang! :)

So when it comes to their kids dating, I think Toph and Aang have similar thoughts, but depending on the kid, their execution is a little off haha!

Like, they both want their kids to be happy and will respect whoever they choose to date. But sometimes... they can be a little much haha!

I see Toph as being the chill parent and being like "Yeah, I figured you were dating" and Aang being the eager/"nosy" parent like "*Gasp*! You're dating? Who? Tell me everything!" He seems like he would love to hear all the details while his kids just groan at him because "please it's not a big deal just leave me alone!"

The only issue I think Aang would have would be when Suyin (their youngest girl in my AU) starts dating. She'd probably be the first to date, too! But Su's a daddy's girl through and through, and Aang just can't believe his baby girl is all grown up and dating people. He probably gets super defensive for her too and kind of interrogates the person lol. Toph pulls him back and tells him to chill out because being meddling parents is not their style.

Suyin and Gyatso from my AU seem like the type to date a lot and are pretty open about that sort of stuff, so after the first time the kids bring their dates over, Toph and Aang are pretty chill with dates going forward. With Lin and Kenji, those two are more quiet and reserved about relationships, so they try not to make it more awkward by asking too many questions or making the kids feel embarrassed. Toph and Aang ask the necessary questions, but then they usually wait for Lin and Kenji to open up to them more, which eventually, they do.

And then I think after their kid leaves for their date, Toph and Aang just sit or stand in silence and let out a quiet sigh. Like, Wow. Their kids are growing up and are starting to fall in love. How crazy, and can you believe how fast time flies? They certainly can't!

Okay, I think that answers your question! Thank you again for the ask, rise! Hope you have a great day!

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✨💛 This is the Amazing Person Award! 🏆Once you are given this award you are supposed to paste it in the ask of eight different people, who, in your opinion, deserve it. If you break the chain nothing will happen, but it is sweet to know someone thinks you're amazing inside and out 💛✨

Right back at ya, Rise!! 🔁💚🌻