#scanlan - fire bender

[waltwhitmansbeard]

Hi! *waves* Can I ask for "I thought you weren't coming." for Kaylie and Scanlan, please?

6. "I thought you weren't coming."

He's an idiot. He's been an idiot his whole life, and he's going to die an idiot—tonight, probably, in this dank basement beneath the bazaar. He can hear music and foot traffic and conversation from above, so no one's going to hear him scream, which is fine, because his captors, unlike him, are not idiots, and thus they have rather effectively gagged him to prevent the type of mouthy shenanigans for which he's developed quite the reputation. He's also bound, hands tied painfully behind his back, so magic is well and truly out of the question. But worst of all, Scanlan really has to pee.

He got cocky. Er. He got cockier, and somehow, these not-idiots connected Scanlan Shorthalt, Tal'dorei transplant and drunken bard on a bender, to the Meat Man, notorious crime lord and general scalawag. Based on the taunting he endured after being kidnapped just around the corner from Meatman Imports & Sexports—embarrassingly, honestly—these people believe him to be some kind of associate of the Meat Man, not the Meat Man himself—so, slight idiots. Still, this crew in particular has felt the effects of the Meat Man's arrival on the black market scene—no one smuggles as efficiently or as cheaply as the Meat Man, and Ank'harel's shadiest characters have gotten the word around. Scanlan will likely be tortured for information he's definitely not going to give, and when that fact becomes apparent, they'll kill him, plain and simple.

But that's fine. He'll keep his mouth shut, because anything he says will bring them closer to understanding how the Meat Man's operations work, and the more they know, the closer they get to Kaylie. And Scanlan's an idiot, but he's not dumb enough to lead a crew of violent criminals who hate him closer to his daughter.

Kaylie. Fuck, he's gonna miss her. He promised her, promised, that he wasn't going to get himself killed. Again. She'll never forgive him for this. And she shouldn't, because he's an idiot, and selfish, and maybe not so great at being a criminal. Certainly he's not so great at being a dad. He wishes he'd have the chance to apologize, to tell Kaylie how proud he is, before being dismembered or drawn and quartered or whatever the hell they're going to do with him. But hey, at least she's not here with him. One thing he did right.

There's an unholy boom from up above, an explosion that shakes the foundation of the building and sends dust and debris raining down on Scanlan's head. He hears screams and storming feet, and what he thinks to be the dangerous crackle of fire.

Not how he thought they'd kill him, but he has to admire the flair for the dramatic.

There's a loud pop from somewhere behind him and he flinches. The flinch explodes into a muffled scream as hands tug at the ropes binding his wrists. He wriggles, trying to worm away from his attacker.

"Hold still, ya jackass!"

Scanlan freezes. "Ah-ee?"

Kaylie's face appears upside-down above him. "Of course it's me. Who else'd be savin' yer miserable arse?"

She gives up fighting with the knot, takes the dagger from her hip, and in one clean swing, slices through the rope. He instantly yanks the gag from his mouth. "You're here!"

She rolls her eyes. "Och, that gag were nice."

"I didn't think you were coming!"

Her eyebrow quirks up. "So...you were just gonna let 'em kill ya, then?"

"Well—I mean—no, I had a plan, of course—"

"You really are a right idiot." She grabs his arm, yanks him roughly to his feet, and holds on tight. "Let's get out of here. The fire won't keep 'em forever."

"That was you—?"

He's cut off by the tug of her magic as they dimension door out onto the street. She picked a spot around the corner, and Scanlan sticks his head out to look down the block at the burning building. The inferno is impressive. "Nice job, Kaylie!"

She smacks him on the back of his head. "Nice job gettin' caught, idiot."

He deserves that. "I'm sorry, and I'm sorry that you had to save me."

"Later, we've got to run 'fore they—"

"No, now." He hugs her, pulling her tight into his chest. "I love you so much."

"Right, weel. I guess I'm glad you're no dead, yeah?"

"Me too." He lets her go. "Now come on. I've got revenge to plan. Also I have to pee."

She grins, and the they take off into the streets of Ank'harel together, two thieves in the night.

[heartheaded]

⭐ SLAMS THIS DOWN RIGHT HERE

WHY ARE YOU EVEN SENDING ME THIS DLKSAJFLS

ok SO i'm just gonna scroll your list & do a lightning round? ready?

{ Ragatha } Pomni, of course! and the OC's! maybe Papyrus if we're feeling different!

{ Katara & Jinora } Crossovers aplenty! I may be more of a casual ATLA fan (I've only seen the first series and a little of Korra!), but it's an easy world to grasp! My DND characters/OCs can thrive here with a little tweaking! Canons need an additional thought, but I mentioned fire-bender Daphne somewhere >:)

{ Sayaka, Sonia, Komaru, Kaede } Aaah, the lovely DR girls! I happen to have some lovely DR boys with an itch to add another (Teruteru) & an Angie for your consideration!

{ Starfire & Nightstar } Party!Thor! 'Nuff said!

{ Descendants & Disney } Tinker Bell or the Monster High girls can work with these guys, we just have to do a little plotting!

{ Namine & Kairi } U g h especially these guys! You telling me Tink wasn't a princess of heart WHY? -------prolly 'cause she's not human, but dw abt it

{ Calhoun } Wreck-It Ralph holds a special place in my heart and is one of my most favorite movies of all time, so I am always thinking of crossovers for this when prompted, so!

{ Raven & Rosabella } Tinker Bell variation where it's her kid?? I'm keeping that father secret though because honestly who knows

{ Luna } I have Harry Potters, you have a Luna-- it's simple math, really

{ Hetalia } I truly don't have anything to go here, I just want to say I loved growing up with Hetalia what a blessed generation we are/were

{ Keyleth } I love her to pieces, she's beautiful & Scanlan will always support her tbh... my DND OCs are open to her as well, though!

{ Draculaura, Elissabat, Frankie, Mouscedes, Twyla } A crime none of the ghouls have interacted at all?! Dayna, Vandalla, Lorna, and Gooliope are down to clown with the ghoulfriends!

{ Applejack, Pinkie, Twlight, Starlight, Sugar, Neo } The ponies are in development hell, but I've had their cutie origins lodged in the back of my mind like a rock launched at it at full speed -- the muse is highest for PINKIE PIE, a candy-growing talentswap

{ Vivi } & Daphne, good day

{ Haruhi } TARO has an established verse, but truly any teen I have can become a student and enjoy the Host Club at their own peril

{ Ann } The beautiful Ann for the mysterious Moon!Yusuke, and I've been battering around with adding Emporer!Mishima too

{ Pokemon } This is just a special entry for Chuchi TBH, because I have an Alolan Raichu called Babs and she's my everything

{ Powerpuffs } If I ever add Buttercup TBH...

{ Daphne } Hey, she has like 12 sisters already, right?

{ Sam } If you endorse me on Clover..........

{ Snow White } I can make some shit WORK with the Monster High girls here! I imagine Gooliope would be especially interesting here skldshldkfdl ugh I have some IDEAS ON THE HORIZON

ok! that's all! good luck to us!

[lily-sweet-dreams]

mighty nein atla au

welcome, listen to me ramble about who bends what and why

caleb

this is literally so obvious do i even need to tell you he’s a firebender. 100% still has canon caleb’s trauma re:fire, is more interested in finding other applications for it

beau

non-bender. fight me on this. she’s the only one of the nein has literally zero magical abilities, she Punches things

fjord

a classic waterbender. starts out fighting mostly with bending, eventually learns swordcraft and now uses a mixture of both. learned to heal a little from caduceus and jester.

caduceus

swamp bender baby!! technically that makes him a waterbender but he never bends plain water. plants and spiritual energy only. healing is very similar to canon, good plants go on wound and he channels their energy into healing

jester

water bender who uses ice a lot is closest to canon i think, but the idea of air bender jester won’t leave me alone. i think its the aang vibes. can u imagine the shenanigans she would get up to with airbending

veth

originally thought she was a non-bender, but picks up a little firebending from caleb. still prefers her crossbow though. on the other hand i love metalbender veth who straight up just bends her lock picks into keys, but that doesn’t really fit with my idea of her level of bending bc metal bending is an advanced earthbending technique.

yasha

tempted to go non bender again, but shes got Vibes. its definitely minor bending, but air comes to mind for her wings or water for the healing. perhaps she gave up bending when zuala died. i originally had her as an earthbender bc buff

bonus molly

either a non bender or a blood bender. again we run into the x-bending is a high level technique problem but i kind of like the idea that maybe lucien was a master water/blood bender and molly got left with the remnants.

[malachitebeck]

I cannot stop thinking about this. I literally made like three tiktoks about it and I still cannot stop thinking about Vox Machina in the ATLA Universe and like the scenes that could happen and the emotional weight and like AAAAAAAAA.  Let me break it down for y’all because I cannot and will not shut up.  So first and foremost, Keyleth is the Avatar. She was born and raised in the Western Air Temple, up until the point that it was attacked by a strange group of extremely powerful and vindictive firebenders (read: the Chroma Conclave) and she was forced to flee. Keyleth is convinced that these firebenders mean her and the world at large harm, so she quickly sets out to try and find bending masters.  At first, all she finds is Scanlan. A nonbender from the Earth Kingdom, Scanlan is a wanderer and musician who doesn’t stay anywhere for long on account of his... numerous petty crimes. At first, he seems entirely unconvinced by Keyleth and her story, but after a heart to heart in a cave following a roadside ambush from some firebenders, he joins her on her quest to find the first of her three teachers. An earthbending master.  But finding an earthbender proves to be difficult, at least until they widen their horizons. They come across a fighting ring which hosts earthbenders, and Scanlan immediately suggests that whoever wins the tournament should be Keyleth’s bending master. Keyleth, on the other hand, wants to just... observe. See who seems right. To her, the answer is obvious. The thickheaded but strong Grog. Scanlan, on the otherhand, is convinced that the person they should go to is the victor of the tournament because Grog ultimately loses. He introduces Keyleth to him, but when he turns on the pair, its Grog that saves them. Grog is apprehensive to being her earthbending master, saying he’s less of a teacher and more of a “trainer.” But that night, after talking with his dearest friend Pike over dinner, the two come up with a plan. Grog, the bender, can show Keyleth how to fight like an earthbender. While Pike, the nonbender, can show Keyleth how to think like an earthbender. Together, the two are her earhbending master.  However, their little crew can’t seem to catch a long enough break to actually start teaching Keyleth. Every day, it seems, someone else is coming after them. Pike suggests that the group travels across the sea to one of the Fire Nation’s smallest and most far flung colonies- hoping that the lack of strict military protection will mean they can avoid the Conclave. On one of their first days on the island, though, the group witnesses one of the few officers on the island getting robbed. Keyleth, not wanting to just stand by, chases the robber in black. This chase ends up turning into a full blown confrontation, where Grog is ultimately burned by this thief after grabbing him from behind. The action gives everyone pause. Most firebenders are conscripted, but this one is just... here? After some tough conversation (and Scanlan narrowly getting shot with an arrow by the bandit’s sister) the group finds themselves in the small home of Vax’ildan and Vex’ahlia. The twins, a firebender who hates his abilities and a waterbender who has never had the chance to master her element, were abandoned at the colony by their fire nation military officer father after their mother from the southern water tribe died of disease. Keyleth connects with them almost immediately- but despite her gentle prodding, Vax’ildan won’t budge on the notion of not teaching Keyleth to firebend. He and Vex, however, will help her on her journey. And they know a good place to start. Allura Vysoren, the tribal princess from the Northen Water Tribe, has been marooned in Ba Sing Se for years after a diplomatic mission went south. If the group can reach her, she would surely teach Keyleth how to waterbend.  AND THIS IS WHERE IM GONNA HAVE TO STOP BECAUSE I DONT KNOW HOW TO ADD THE READ MORE THING AND I DONT WANT TO CLOG PEOPLE’S DASHES BUT LIKE IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE I CAN MAKE ANOTHER POST???? I have a whole thing about Percy being the son of a fire nation noble and a northern water tribe ambassador who were accused of conspiracy against the Fire Lord and murdered and Percy turned to bloodbending and a whole thing with Allura and Kima and like tRINKET TOO I CANT LEAVE OUT TRINKET THATS A CRIME.  I have brainrot ok bye. 

[sciencebutmagical]

TLDR; I smoked a lot of weed and I write about this. Listen to me anyway? Or don’t. I’m not cutting it off. Scroll past. I dare you. U a coward? Maybe. SPIN UR WHEEEEEL MAAAAAAN. BE A DAMN WIERDO..... I DARE YOU. COMMUNISM? CAPITALISM??? SOCIALISM!!!!!!!!!! MILLENIALS!!!!! FIND OUT????¿¿¿¿? JESTER WAS MY FAVORITE AND SO WAS CALEB AND SCANLAN AND I LOVED CRITICAL ROLE AND DRAGON AGE ITS A METAPHOR BABEY. TIME????? FABRIC. SPACE??? LIGHT. PARTICLES AND WAVES BABEY. WHY BE BAD WHEN U COULD BE GOOD CHAOS. IM A WRITER.

I’m gay bc someone called me a faggot? I like women. Trans people exist I was confused. Danny was a liar. That’s it. Zootopia. Judy was a cop. Cops are liars. Violence is still a lie. Chaos chaos chaos chaos that’s why I did it. Mischief. The troublemaker. The Traveler. Solas was Chaotic Good Actually But He SEEMED Pretty Neutral BUT Very Wise In The Begginning. I STILL LOVE CASSANDRA EVEN THO SHE WAS DEVOTED TO “ANDRASTDE” THE LADY JESUS THE DIVINE(pope) COULD STILL BE A MAN DORIAN WAS RICH AND GAY AND GREW UP AROUND ELF SLAVES IM SUCH AN ASSHOLE BLACK LIVES MATTER IM CONFUSED THESE ARE PEOPLE THATS WHY IM MAD. CHAOS OH MY GOD I FIGURED IT OUT AND IM GOING TO WRITE IT ALL OUT HOW EVER THE FUCK I LIKE AND I HAVE AN EXCELLENT VOCABULARY I KNOW SO MANY WORDS AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHGAAHAHAHGAHAENWJIF I FIND WHAT I DONT UNDERSTAND AND I LOVE IT UNTIL I DO I LOVED EVERY GENRE OF FICTION UNTIL I DIDNT ANY MORE AHAHAHAHA I can’t believe I understand the whole world at the same time at the ripe young age of 20. I hunt. I don’t have to kill. I’ll never kill you: pacifism. Polite. Class????? Disgusting. Chaos. Balance. WIZDOM. Spirits. Old things are always complicated and are usually too busy. Statistics. I took a class in it. I got a 4/5 on that AP test. An AP is “Advanced place” apparently. I was in the “talent pool(ed)” my whole life but I always hated math until I found it fun. I liked to solve problems. I HATED Physics bc all of it was math but my physics teacher was really kind and really liked doctor who and I really actually liked her in the end but I never knew how to say sorry that I was rude in the beginning. Teaching is the noblest profession but I don’t understand children because I understand logic and empathy. SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS A RELENTLESS LOGICIAN. HE DIDNT KNOW THE EARTH REVOLVED AROUND THE SUN. HE WAS BRITISH. THE BRITISH ARE LIARS BUT THEY HAD THE BIGGEST GUNS AND THATS THE ONLY REASON THEY CONQUERED CHINA AND CHINA WAS THE FIRST PLACE THAT HAD GUNPOWDER BECAUSE THEY USED THEM FOR FIRE WORKS AND FIREWORKS CAN BE DANGEROUSAND THATS FIRE. ATLA. I LIKE AIRBENDING BECAUSE THEY ARE PACIFISTS AND PASSIVE AND SPIRITS AND KORRA WAS HOT BECAUSE SHE WAS CHAOTIC AND SHE LIKED MAKO THE FIRE BENDER BECAUSE HE WAS “HOT” BUT IN THE END SHE LOVED ASAMI AND THATS BISEXUAL GET OVER IT. ASEXUALS DONT LIKE SEX AND DONT HAVE IT. I HAD A CRUSH ON ONE ONCE. SHE WAS A HE AND VERY PRETTY UNTIL HE WASNT AND I AM GAY. AND I LIKE MYSTERY BC I AM MYSTERIOUS IT IS THE BEST THING EVER. A WISE WOMAN SAID SO IT WAS A METAPHOR ANYONE CAN DO IT. I FAILED THE CALCULUS ONE I GOT A 2. 2+2=4 4/5 on the TEST GOOD? GEORGE ORWELL DIDNT THINK SO OH MY GOD. CHAOS THEORY. I GET IT NOW. I GET IT. I GET IT I GET IT I GET IT AND IT TOOK 20 WHOLE YEARS. I am a FIREBENDER WHO LOVES PACIFISM AND FREE WILL AND SHATTERED WINDOWS THE NAZI’S SHATTERED THE JEWS WINDOWS KYSTALNAUCHT THE SECOND WORLD WAR CAN WE NOT START THE THIRD ONE WITH. CHINA MR TRUMP HOW BOUT THAT. MY BEST FRIEND IS ASIAN (from Korea) (which is in Asia) AND PEOPLE ARE TREATING HIM LIKE SHIT BECAUSE OF COVID AND I HATED IT PROTECT IS IN MY NATURE. I LOVE PEOPLE AND I HATE THEM THEY WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT THEY WILL. ALL ONE THING HUMAN YEA??????????

[officialscreaming]

Okay but has anyone talked about how great a Critical Role Avatar the Last Airbender au would be?? Like it all fits so well

Keyleth is basically Aang, an airbender avatar that gets trapped for a 100 years after the Fire Nation attacks until she is found by the twins

The twins lived with their mother in the Southern Water Tribe until they were called to live with their father in the Northern Water Tribe for a while. 

After getting tired of their father’s bitchiness and the tribe’s misogyny they decided to leave and go back home, only to find their home destroyed by the fire nation.

They stay and help the survivors rebuild, not knowing what else to do

Vex has a pet polar bear

(I don’t know if Vex should be a bender or if the twins should be non-benders so I am going to leave it vague)

The twins find Keyleth and they decide to follow her and help her learn all of the elements 

They meet Scanlan on their way to Ba Sing Se

He helps them through the Cave of Two Lovers and having nothing better to do and always up for a new adventure he sticks with them

No one knows if he is a bender or not, he won't give anyone a straight answer

(Either he is a waterbender or firebender, I am not sure yet)

They meet Pike and Grog at Gaoling

Grog is the reigning champion of the Earth Rumble

He joins the group and starts helping Keyleth after they help save Pike from being taken

Pike is one of the last waterbenders who isn’t hiding in the Northern Water Tribe. She leaves in the city with Grog and her great grandfather

Keyleth wants to go to Omashu after founding out it is overrun by the Fire Nation 

The group thinks this is a terrible idea

They go anyways

While traveling to the city Keyleth gets caught by some Fire Nation guards and is taken prisoner

She meets Percy and together they break out and meet back up with the gang

When they tell Percy they are going to Omashu he decides to stay with them

Percy is a non-bender Earth Kingdom noble from Omashu

His family ran the city until the Briarwood’s came in and killed his entire family, or so he thinks.

Sure enough, after getting there Keyleth finds out that Lord and Lady Briarwood of the Fire Nation are in control of the city. 

I have so many more ideas but this is getting too long

[fyeahgrogildan]

This week’s episode was pretty rough, so just gonna come up with some dumb au ideas

How about an ATLA au? I’ve had two different big thoughts about this. Cause like, Keyleth is the obvious choice for the avatar, right? Her whole quest and elemental powers, it would be a pretty good fit, and I could totally see it

But on the other hand, what about avatar twins? Two halves of one whole, splitting the powers between them. Vax as a water and fire bender, who has this connection to the spirit world (which kinda terrifies him) And Vex as an earth and air bender, who loves nothing more than being able to fly free. 

idk I like both ideas

Also (and it’s almost definitely been done before but) Harry Potter au??? Trying to sort some of them is easier than others (personally I love the idea of Gryffindor!Vax and Slytherin!Vex refusing to let different houses stop them from barging into the other’s common room at all hours) and I know they’re all too old to still be in school, but oh well

idk if this is a thing people do, but RWBY au maybe??? All of them would make kick ass hunters/huntresses. Keyleth would definitely be a faunus (she’s already got the antlers) who puts dust in her clothes and her staff (she’s also probably in line to be the next fall maiden or her mother was the previous one or something)  Vex and Vax probably had some intense training when they were younger and under their father’s thumb, but after running away, they’ve learned plenty of their own tricks. Grog with a dust infused Craven Edge (or maybe it’s a little more than just dust) who was kicked out of his band of brigands and left for the grim after refusing to rob a little old dust merchant (Pike to the rescue of course) Also, Scanlan has a flute that also shoots lightning because of course he does (Percy’s guns can just... be even bigger guns)

Or what about theatre company au? I love @teammompike‘s ballet au fics so much, and the idea of Percy working lights and set stuff is my favorite. Just think about Vax and Scanlan hamming up Hamlet as much as physically possible, okay? Grog having Pike help him learn his lines by memory (because reading is still hard and being dyslexic doesn’t stop him from giving some of the best damn monologues) Vex haggling on stage and off because someone has to get them a decent price for costumes (and really the director ought to listen when she thinks a line should be read a bit differently, darling) 

I just really like aus guys, please talk to me about them~