#sailor Sokka

[waterfire1848]

What about Sokkla as olympic athletes AU? Not necessarily competing in the same sport.

Hello, anon!!

Azula is the best archer in her nation. She's been training since she was a child under her father's teachings. When she was five, she was taken to her first archery lesson and fell in love with the sport. Since then, she's gotten an archery range, new bow and arrows for her to practice with. As time went on, Azula grew stronger and stronger in the sport until, when she was twenty two, her father tells her that she will compete for a spot in the olympics. Azula always did fantasize about possibly competing but learning that she actually had a shot was insane to her. (Ozai: The email is here from the board saying if you got in or not. Azula: And? Ozai:.... Ursa: Ozai, tell the poor girl. Azula is going to have a heart attack from waiting so long. Ozai: She got in. Azula: I'M GOING TO BE IN THE OLYMPICS!)

Sokka grew up with his sister as a higher skilled swimmer. Wherever she went, Katara was the best swimmer on the team and it won her plenty of awards and praise. While she was beating swimming scores left and right, Sokka decided to go sailing for time away from his awesome sister. Now, that isn't to say Sokka dislikes his sister or is incredibly jealous, he just can't always stand everyone praising her and sometimes calling him the little brother, especially when Katara laughs at their mistake. He just needs time out on their family's little sailboat and he gets incredibly good at it. He doesn't compete himself but his father does start to notice how skilled he is and encourages him to compete. (Sokka: But dad...I...I don't even know if I want to be in the olympics. That's for the best athletes in the world. I just sail for fun. Hakoda: Don't sell yourself short. You put in the practice, time, and you have skills. I've never seen someone so confident in their skills. You should at least try. If you don't get in then at least you'll know. Sokka: Okay. I'll try.) A couple months later, Sokka gets a letter saying he's been accepted to join the USA sailing team for the summer olympics.

Azula and Sokka arrive Beijing a couple months later for the summer olympics. While they don't interact much in the first few days, only seeing one another because they're both part of the USA team, they do find one another before Sokka does not know where sailing is supposed to meet up. Basically, one day, before their events take place, Sokka accidentally wanders into the archery range and almost gets shot but Azula screams and stops the other archers. (Azula: Watch it! These arrows aren't for show! Sokka: Sorry! I'm sorry! I'm looking for the sailing crew. Azula: Look around. Does this look like sailing? Sokka: You don't have to be a jerk about it. Azula: I do when you're being an idiot and almost got yourself shot and me put in front of a judge for involuntary manslaughter. Sokka: Point taken. Sorry about that. I'm Sokka. Azula: Azula. Sokka: You're here for archery? Azula, holding up her arrows: What do you think? Sokka: Fair..... Azula: Are you going to move away from the target at any point or....? Sokka: Oh! Yeah! Yeah! *He moves behind her so she can practice* But umm...if you're not too busy would you maybe want you...get some dinner. It'll be an apology from me for almost getting shot. Azula: A dinner? Sokka: Yeah. Azula:....Sounds like fun. Come by my room later. I'm in A6 in the USA section. Sokka: You got it).

Azula and Sokka meet up that night and quickly discover that they do have a lot in common. Both of them are incredibly competitive, they have similar families, they both love anime and they both desperately want to win. They aren’t competing on the same team so they don’t get to spend too much time together. Plus, they are in the Olympics. (It’s not like there’s a lot of downtime). The most they get to do is text each other between practices but it’s enough. (Azula: I’m going to kill my partner if she doesn’t learn how to shoot straight soon. Sokka: Come on. It can’t be that bad. Azula: She flips her hair around like she’s Merida from Brave. It’s ridiculous. Sokka: Is she hitting the target? Also was that a Pixar reference? Azula: She’s hitting but she’s not hitting center which is what she needs to start doing. Sokka: She wouldn’t have made it this far without some skill. Azula: I suppose that’s fair. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if she bought her way into the games. Sokka: Good luck to you. Azula: Thank you. Sokka: Why didn’t you respond to my Pixar question? Azula: *Read*) Sokka does take the time to go to her event though and watch her win gold for the USA team. Her partner definitely isn’t as good as her, but she’s decent enough to get them a win. Sokka goes to find her after the event and they kiss. It would have been nice though if someone told them a reporter saw them.

Azula is asleep in Sokka’s room (they celebrated her win the night before and got pretty drunk) when she gets a FaceTime from her father. Disoriented, she doesn’t even try to hide Sokka’s body when she answers the call. Ozai is beyond pissed about the article when she’s supposed to be there to win. Azula tries to argue that she did win (she won freaking gold) but Ozai isn’t hearing it and tries to order her to return but Azula says she can’t and has to remain for the closing ceremonies. Ozai’s solution? He’s coming there. Whenever Sokka isn’t practicing, he’s comforting a very freaked out Azula (she can’t even enjoy the Olympic village chocolate muffins) (and Sokka does find it kind funny that Azula was less freaked out when she was performing in the literal Olympics vs hearing that her father is coming to the games. Azula doesn’t find the comparison as funny). When Ozai arrives, he argues with Azula not only about her not taking the event seriously but also being involved with someone so far below her status level. Somehow, Sokka also gets involved in the argument and it all comes to a head when Ozai says that he will leave and never say a word about Azula and Sokka’s relationship if Sokka can win gold in his competition. (Sokka: This is the weirdest thing even but I accept.) Azula, same as Sokka, is in the crowd when he performs. Since he’s out on the water he can’t see her as well but he still knows she’s there. It’s incredibly close, had Sokka been only a couple moments slower he could have come in second, but he does win. He goes back to shore where Azula is waiting for him and the two kiss again. This time not caring or checking for press.

[wingsfreedom]

Sokkla with Siren Azula AU would be so funny because Azula would fail to lure all men except for this fool whom she'd end up falling in love with too.

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[dunnowho180125]

I absolutely love (Zukka or not) fanfics in which Zuko has very dubious talents like lockpicking or pickpocketing or shady bargaining and being generally good with boats and where he doesn’t always live the lavish lifestyle of a prince and where Sokka is the one who can put shit together in nature and who can actually hunt and know what to eat and whatnot and is super good at geography and-

[hypfden]

Why is almost every blue character a bisexual. This phenomena needs to be studied

[hypnoticsphere]

love thinking about zuko being freakishly good at telling the time. sokka looks up at the sun and is like “oh it’s midday, we should get moving.” and without hesitation zuko goes “no, the sun will peak in 3 minutes and 42 seconds.”

[nayadoesstuff]

A little sneak peak of the ATLA AU fic I'm working on (I promise I'll commit to this one fr). Aang doesn't find out he's the Avatar till he's 15 - he runs away at that age and gets stuck in the iceberg then. He doesn't arrive until three months after the comet has already come - the EK is basically a pile of ash at that point. He meets up with Zuko, Katara and Sokka while searching for his people across the Air Temples. They've been recovering there since the comet after failing to stop the invasion. Zuko, sick of hunting the Avatar figured out the FN's bullshit and defected, using the Blue Spirit as an alias to basically fuck up shit for the FN. This happened sometime around Book One. Bonus:

[immortal-x-mortal-tourney]

Battle Couple Battle Semifinals!

Harumichi (Sailor Moon) VS Sukka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

[atla-confessions]

Anime Club HCs #2

I like to think Sokka is a major shonen fanboy and particularly a fan of Dragon Ball Z. He and the boys would get into arguments over strongest characters.

Sokka: But can Saitama beat Goku tho?!

Zuko: He’s the One Punch Man for a reason Sokka!

Aang: You’re both wrong. It’s Sailor Moon!

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[2638582858593l]

chapter 10 of A Sailor in Search of Drowning

There's two things that are significant here. The first is Katara extending an olive branch to Zuko, and the second is the potential for dumb and dumber shenanigans i've alluded to. Homegirl, really said "you check for poison and i'll totally heal you, bro."

maybe when i'm done with this work, i'll write a story where they get into trouble together and Sokka (very peevishly) has to bail them out of jail or something.

Sokka: you got my baby sister in trouble? Zuko: it was her idea, actually Katara: SNITCH

[hella1975]

Honestly I would love an atla fic of just vibes, characters doing things that they didn't in the show (being dockworkers! awesome!), so actually pls more descriptions of Zuko and Azula's life. Although of course just write it for yourself, the idea sounds amazing!

THIS IS SO REASSURING like on the one hand yes im aware most of the atla fandom are just utter losers (affectionate) about the universe and want to explore it as much as possible just like me but also ive literally written thousands of words with ZERO canon-relevant plot lmfao. i may be catering to a very niche audience but by god if im not having fun with it

[ssreeder]

I just read the new chapter and sksjskssjsjs I have so many thoughts

First of all, how dare u not give us the zukka reunion. You’re dangling it in front of us like a hanging carrot and it’s working. Do u enjoy my suffering, is that it? 😭😭🥺🥺

Jk, love you

Second, Katara baby what are you doing? Ik u wanna help your brother but the boy was kidnapped during a war, he’s clearly gone through hell. Sokka needs to open up about what happened in order to start the journey towards recorvery but at least give a boy a few weeks to mope and process everything. And then she went and lied to Zuko and accused Sokka of lying (he did, but he has the right to right now) and it’s all a big mess.

Although, she IS also a child who’s struggling to keep two boys alive so maybe I’m being harsh on her. I JUST WANT SOKKA TO BE HAPPY OKAY?!! MY BABY IS SO SAD I CANT 😭😭😭😭😭

Anyways, great chapter! Rasu’s stories about him and tiny zuko were delightful and I’m looking forward to what will happen next!

Hahaha hiii!!

Don’t worry you get a bite of the carrot next chapter. :)

There will be some zukka!! & yeah they are all children doing their best to cope with the pressure of war & its impossible for them to each handle it perfectly.

Angry traumatized Sokka + exhausted emotions katara = not good.

I’m excited to give you the next chapter wohooo!!! Thanks for the wonderful ask!!

[whowouldwininafite]

[deadghosy]

🌊⛰️🔥🌪️

MODERN! READER WITH GAANG

𖤓PROMPT: you fell inside your comfort show.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩it was during book 2, you were happy to see toph show her father that she can take care of herself. You had wished to see it in person. And booom! You were suddenly in the show where you can see Aang get busted free from the metal cage.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩after the whole fight scene, toph noticed you and pointed you out. You knew there was no chance in running, so you outed yourself out. By calmly saying you are from another world. As much as you sounded crazy, they laughed while Toph knew you weren’t lying by your heart rate. You showed them your phone and that’s when the main Trio stops laughing and got curious

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩Sokka most definitely will ask if the ladies back in your time era are attractive, you said yes and this boy was asking to see what they look like on your phone 😭

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩and that’s how you got into the gaang. You were the therapist of the group, always listening to their troubles and helping them with all the knowledge you knew about their characters.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩katara always likes to rant about her day to you, and you don’t mind which makes her feels comfortable around her. Book 1 katara was very open on making friends. Book 2, I’ll say the same. If you had meet book 3 katara, YOU BETTER HAD PRAY FOR MERCY LMAO.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩aang likes to play with you with his airbending, and you enjoy the hell out of it. Literally you would smile with the brightest smile, and Aang smiles with you along. Just two sunshines having fun.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩toph likes how you taught her swear words. You and toph curse like sailors😈 lmao. Aang accidentally got influenced and that make katara step in and shut shit down 😭😭.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩you love appa and momo! These furry cuties love you too as appa always licks your face when you show up. Momo sometimes leaps on your shoulders, maybe even trying to share a fruit with you.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩Aang steals your big shirts, and you would try to match with him which makes him even like you more as a friend. You turn into his best friend right there and now.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩with you being a non-bender..protectiveness is to the roof! Literally even if you can fight. There’s still bending that can take you down without a single thought. The people who at your body guards are Aang, toph, Katara, and Zuko. The four powerful benders. But the ones who stick the most are Zuko and toph. Toph because she likes how fierce your personality is. Zuko, Zuko is just himself. Plus he needs more friends.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩Zuko awkwardly ask you a lot of questions from your generation. Like a lot to the point you grabbed his lips shut. That’s when Zuko knew, you weren’t playing games.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩headcannon on zuko and you just being awkward teens not knowing how to start the conversation so all he starts off is, “so, is war a thing in your world?” The way you gave him a wild side glance.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩I can see you making the gaang learn slangs LMAO. You made katara understand the wordings of “What you being messy for?” And she started to use on toph and Sokka 😭😭 you’d probably give Aang a short ass but wholesome slang.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩if you had curly hair, and not some katara curly hair iykwim. I mean like 4c ass hair that I possibly have 😭. I can see katara just amazed and ask in g to comb it which you quickly say no to. Toph, just stands there but probably does touch it when bored. People who ask to touch it is suki, Zuko, and Aang. Those three are people who I can see ask before doing it. Sokka will ask, but will touch it as it ask after 🧍🏾

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩big headcannon Sokka training you on sword fighting, but then Zuko comes in because Sokka is apparently “showing” you the wrong way lol.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩suki most definitely would love to teach you her ways of fighting. Plus chi blocking. Once you mastered it, she would take it up a notch and have you spar with her. In honor of her teaching, you agree. You had the upper hand until she practically cheated by distracting you. Making you lose your focus, she nailed you down. But in all warfare, it was full of laughter and friendship.

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩imainge you showing them that “car” comercial..(of course toph can’t see it lmao) 😭 ZUKO PROBABLY BURNT YOUR PHONE 😨 ALL BECAUSE HE GOT SCARED

[late-draft]

One, two, three... a couple of moments in narrative, or all of them viewed isolated, could be called "misinterpretation" and "an incurable case of shipping goggles" but when the events start piling up and staying consistent between each other, every new one adds context to the previous events.

Zuko keeps Katara's necklace for 10 episodes? Oh it's a plot device so he can track them. Zuko steadies Katara so she doesn't fall off of the shirshu? Oh anyone would fall off of it while paralyzed. Katara jokes about giving a kiss to Zuko for the necklace? Oh she's uh... teasing Aang to whom this completely goes over head? Iroh keeps encouraging annoying love songs during music nights on the ship? Oh it's typical content for sailors. Zuko randomly recites cringe poetry after basically ending a fight in a draw against Katara while he's clearly running out of time? Oh it's the Rule of Cool. Katara randomly defends Zuko's hairstyle when Sokka insults it? She's uhh... defending Sokka's hairstyle even though Sokka didn't insult his own hairstyle (honestly I have no other explanation for this one). Katara is in Zuko's personal space 5 minutes after they started talking without being on opposing sides? She's uhh just that much empathetic. Zuko smiles at her on the very same day they let him stay near them? Uhhh... He waits an entire night awake to apologize to her? Uhh he's just a master manipulator hiding his selfish motives he's really sorry and would do this for anyone. Katara's glued to his side since their hug? Uhh she's empathetic. Zuko plants himself next to Katara during the play and won't budge? Uhh he's just socially unskilled (for now due to abuse) and does't quite understand what Aang wants from him. Zuko intercepts lightning for Katara in slow motion? It's the Rule of Cool again.

All of these things are true, but it's also true that when viewed as a whole... the narrative is portraying something. Reality is everything, the purposeful and the pointless. But theatrical stories pick and choose what to show, and we are taught how to interpret shorthands. Good writing won't have pointless or unconnected events. Neither is it smart to over-animate irrelevant actions.

And I purposefully didn't even list any of the symbolism or outside events that don't "originate" from the characters themselves (other than Iroh's actions because it's hilarious).

[wileycap]

Things that definitely happened Post-War in ATLA a.k.a. assorted headcanons that really boil down to "wouldn't it be neat/funny if...":

Zuko fought an inordinate amount of Agni Kais, to the point that some of the junior officials ended up thinking that it's custom to fight the Fire Lord every once in a while. He was notable for both never losing, and never seriously injuring his opponent.

Aang and Katara helped with the reformation of Ba Sing Se. They became friends with Joo Dee. Katara helped her regain her own memories, and her own name. Some of the women formerly known as 'Joo Dee' formed a theatre troupe, which produced highly subversive counterculture plays. Their anti-authoritarian nonconformist plays became a huge cultural movement, though they did face a fair amount of criticism from the more traditional groups. Aang loved them, and the patronage of the Avatar definitely helped them grow. They also produced a play on the history of the Air Nomads, at the request of Aang. Aang, of course, helped write it.

Sokka once hit his thumb with a hammer. This led to the invention of the nail gun, powered by pressurized air. Aang spent over four days bending air into canisters and pressurizing them. The invention never saw widespread use. The day after it was complete, Sokka drove a nail through his thumb.

That one old guy who ratted out Haru for being an earthbender stubbed his toe every single day for the rest of his life.

Lieutenant Jee resigned his commission. He requested that Zuko accept his resignation in person, and Zuko was happy to oblige. The moment his resignation was official, he went on a 45-minute tirade attacking the Fire Lord, which was never written down in its' entirety, but was described as "extremely vulgar, even for a sailor" by attendees, and mostly had to do with their time on Zuko's ship.

Toph actually ended up having a great relationship with her mom after a long and harrowing process. She competed in a couple more Earth Rumbles, and her mother was in the audience, cheering. She never really got along with her father, after the whole "hire two guys to kidnap her by any means necessary"-thing.

Momo started several diplomatic incidents. Future historians would forever puzzled by the many mentions of this mysterious 'Momo' in official documents, with the theory that Momo was the Avatar's pet being dismissed by the leading historians. Clearly, Momo was some sort of rebel leader - perhaps a Water Tribe extremist?

[ash-and-starlight]

Do you have any really specific and/or personal Zukka headcanons that you’d be okay with sharing? I eat up every hc you put into your drawings like they’re candy, I was wondering if you had any others :D :D

OH boii i sure have,,, nothing coherent is coming to mind atm so ill just expose my Extensive backstories of zukka bethrotal armbands that idk if i will find a way to sneak into art.

sokka’s armband for zuko is forged back at Piandao’s mansion, and it's one of the most fine stunning pieces of jewelry ever crafted. it’s not the usual southern ivory but metal, more similar to the armbands worn as an accessory in the fire nation. it’s made of intertwining bands of gold and black meteor metal, with patterns of waves and dragon scales that seem to ripple and move when the light catches on them just right. and the pendant is a traditional blue stone from the swt.

There are no particular engagement gifts traditions in the fn, so zuko goes on a deep dive into southern water tribe ones, asking sokka’s family and friends about jewelry making and learning to engrave over the course of several trips to the swt. He makes sokka’s armband with ivory from his own first (successful) solo hunt. i’m not sure abt the material of the pendant lmao maybe gold? but amber would also be cool methinks

as for the pendant engraving they display a unique single braincell moment (untrue i just want them to match). love the fact that both of them are sea savvy navigators, love to think that in their pining era they spent a lot of time watching the stars and showing each other the different constellations and navigation pointers of their nations, so in both of their armbands’ stones are depicted the constellation used to guide sailors back home, sokka engraving the swt’s one on zuko’s armband and vice versa.

if they were sun’s out guns out kinda guys before this only gets worse during the first weeks of their engagement. shirts are banned. everyone look at the bethrotal armbands NOW.