#spicy kataang in the links

[flameohotwife]

Alright, since it looks like I might actually finish this in time, here's a sneak peek at the next segment of Explorations (rated E), written for the prompt: Wait.

In the days and weeks that followed their return to the South Pole, Katara and Aang found a way to a new normal. They had discovered that if they timed their lunch right, they could meet up in her family’s hut while everyone else was out, and sneak in some coveted alone time. They never knew how much time they would have before someone returned, though, so they had been diligent about keeping clothes on and staying in common spaces, but it had been a welcome change. An opportunity to engage in hungry kisses and fleeting touches that they hadn’t before.  It wasn’t enough—and each encounter left them charged, electric—but it was much, much more than they’d been able to get in the South Pole before. They had discussed their next move on the flight back to the South Pole from Cranefish Town: Aang wanted to use his mouth on her. She had seen him fully now, and even gotten to use her hands on him, but he hadn’t yet seen her. When he’d told her how much the smell of her arousal turned him on, and how he wanted to taste her the way she had tasted his release, Katara hadn’t known what to think. She didn’t think they would have an opportunity for it before their next trip, anyway, whenever that would be. But she often went to bed dreaming about it. ... She [walked into Appa's stable, where Aang usually slept, looking] behind her to make sure no one was watching, but the village was blessedly empty thanks to the hunt. Katara thanked every spirit for this opportunity as she discreetly bent away her snowy footprints and erected a door of frosted ice. Appa groaned and extracted himself from beneath Aang. He stomped over to the pile of hay that they had brought back from Cranefish Town for him and took a giant mouthful.  Katara smiled at the sky bison, but the next moment her breath hitched as she saw Aang roll over onto his back momentarily, pants tented and calling for her. “Kataraaaa,” he groaned, before rolling to his other side and curling up again in the snow. His eyes had never opened—was he actually awake? Or was he dreaming about her, this time.

Show Us Your WIPples

A little more than two weeks before Kataang Smut Weekend! Where are you at in your prompts? Tag us with a peek.

[vibee2001]

Can I request NSFW kataang drawings please 🙏🏾

I have drawn some spicy kataang, I’ve shared them on a kataang discord actually!

There’s the discord link if you’re interested! (Make sure to get the ‘’white lotus 18+ role 🫡)

[flameohotwife]

Illusions

Rated E | 2.9k words

Written for @kataang-dungeon Kataang Smut Weekend 2022 alternate prompt: Painted Lady x Avatar, and also loosely for Only One Bed, Tattoos, and Reunion

“Avatar Aang, I need your help.” Aang rubs his eyes, waking up slowly to the ethereal sound of her voice. “Please, wake up. A new factory has come to pollute my waters. I need you.”

He fights the stir in his pants at those last words. It has been so long, and her voice is so enticing…It sounds exactly like her. Could it be? Or is it just a dream? 

He sits up and looks around the small room he’s rented, blinking the sleep away. He had stopped in this floating Fire Nation river village last night on his way to visit Zuko. He and Katara haven’t seen each other in almost a year, and though he knows it is for the best, he longs for her touch and her comfort. All of the memories of their time here had come flooding back to him the second he stepped foot on the dock, and he yearns for her. 

Read (the smut. I mean...) more on ao3

[avatar-march-madness]

Day 3: Inappropriate Use of Bending

Summary:

What’s the point of bending if you don’t try to bring it into the bedroom?

AO3 Stats:

Tagged inappropriate use of bending

AtLA (Mature): 7 fics including Zutara, Kataang, Kanakku, Zutaraang, and Maiko

AtLA (Explicit): 39 fics including Zhayu, Zutara, Kataang, Azutara, Azulaang, Zukaang, Zukitara, TyZutara (Ty Lee/Katara/Zuko), Rangshi, Toph Beifong/OCs, Katara/OCs, Zukka, Zutaraang, Tokka, Sukitara, MaiLee, Sokkaang, and Sukkoph

LoK (Mature): 8 fics including Korrasami, KyaLin, Irosami, Makorra, and Borra

LoK (Explicit): 0 fics (guess it’s time to change that, hm?)

Fic Recs:

Drowning In You by @spicyswordlady - Zutara

drown me in the water by @badlucksav - Jiangtara

Severance by @orangepanic - Irosami

Say My Name by @authorjoydragon - Zutara

Art by @authorjoydragon​ posted on twitter for spicy reasons. (Twitter will be up and running soon, then we will link here!)

[thinkingisadangerouspastime]

i saw you liked kataang and was wondering if you have any fic recs? there seems to be such a lack of kataang fics in the world!

lmao oh do i!! i've been through the entire kataang tag on ao3 over the past month and a half i gotchu (although this list is nowhere near comprehensive; it's mostly just taken from my bookmarks 😂)

spicy (but rated T)

Insinuations by kuchi

Katara and Aang come across some ridiculous insinuations about their relationship in a tabloid.

Public Display of Affection by NerdChild644461217

She was torturous. A beautiful, dark-skinned water witch, and she had him completely under her spell. Aang decided a long time ago he was okay with that.

Fire Burns and Fire Warms by LightSage89

Katara is curious about Firebending. Who better to satisfy her curiosity than the only Firebender she trusts?

Desire and Will by The_Clockwork_Monk

With Aang still having trouble letting loose with his firebending, Zuko asks an alarming question:

"Have you ever kissed a girl?"

kataang family

Voices of Power by itsmoonpeaches

His mother let out another breath. “Please clean up and get ready, you two,” she added. “I can help you with your hair, Kya. Just come to the bedroom when you and your brother have put on the clothes I’ve laid out for you. Bumi will help you with your shoes.” She turned and walked through the gateway, intent on doing what she needed to do.

“Okay, mom!” shouted Kya.

Or, on the 20th anniversary of the end of the Hundred Year War, Bumi realizes just what his dad being the Avatar means.

Oral Traditions by itsmoonpeaches

“Are we gonna meet your family too, dad?” queried Bumi innocently. His pale blue eyes were wide.

“Yeah, daddy!” echoed Kya with a great yawn.

“You did meet my family,” Aang stated carefully. His back remained toward them as he gripped the reins atop Appa’s head. “You and your mother are my family. Your Gramp Gramp, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Suki, Mai��they’re my family.”

Bumi tilted his head. “No, they’re not,” he maintained.

Or, Aang and Katara bring their children to the second annual Glacier Spirits Festival in over one-hundred years.

Not The Last by binkabonkahankeydoo

And then she's crying too, her arms around them both, and he's so, so grateful for the little family that they'd created together, and the love that they'd found in each other.

heightened senses by peroxideprncss

in which Toph Beifong reveals a secret that nobody knew they were keeping

angst and hurt/comfort

The Warmth of Memory by purplecrescent

While Katara shaves him, Aang reflects on his childhood in the Southern Air Temple and the things that tether him back. In other words, time is an illusion.

Three Times by Silver Thunder

They happen to have kissed three times - but he's still just 'someone', and not a boyfriend.

To Take With Him by Roselightfairy

The kiss from the Day of Black Sun, in Aang's perspective.

Lightning by Roselightfairy

The fight in Crossroads of Destiny, from Katara's point of view. "Katara's hand leapt to her mouth and she prayed, prayed to whomever might be listening that he could deflect it, that he could defend himself, that he wouldn't get hurt – " In which Aang is struck by lightning.

Unbendable by cloudymagnolia

The human body doesn't stop functioning just because it's in a coma. A look at all that Katara went through to care for Aang, after the fall of Ba Sing Se.

Not Just an Airbender by The_Clockwork_Monk

Days before Sozin's Comet, Katara tries to reassure Aang about the task he now faces, and he tries to explain to her why he feels he can't go through with it.

The Price of Mastery by Stonehill

“I've always been taught,” she begins, voice slow and tired, “that water was life. Waterbending was a way to interact with our environment and bodies in a way that healed and created. Now it feels like death.”

In her infatuation with her craft, with her identity as a Waterbender, she’d forgotten that the ocean is a terrible presence full of storms and monsters; a volatile presence that, once it’s grasped hold of you, might never let you go.

Now she, too, has become one of those monsters of the deep.

you cut through all the noise by wanderinghooves

A year is such an excruciatingly long time.

Aang is sent abroad for a year of diplomacy while Katara helps to rebuild at home. Distance makes the heart grow lonely.

love is just a word (you give it meaning) by thriftedstars

He's falling and she's riding the wave, falling, falling, falling, and then he's in her arms and Spirits, he's so small. So small and burnt and quiet and still, and so, so young. His eyes are closed, his mouth gaping wide, and when she gives him the gentlest of shakes his head just flops, and she feels sick to her stomach because no, no, not Aang, not Aang.

or, a look into katara's thoughts immediately after aang is shot by azula.

Own Worst Enemy by ADCurtis

When Katara is… damaged – caught in the crossfires of men, spirits and the Avatar – Aang is forced to leave her. A choice made to protect her from their most terrifying foe – the monster within himself.

drabbles

Snapshots by RMarie124

This is all for Kataang week 2020, but finished a week late. A small collection of short drabbles that take place pre-, during-, and post-canon.

fluff/soft/humor

Staring by BetterThanCoffee

Katara finds Aang distracting. Post-The Blind Bandit

Can I Kiss You? by Marie

He’s smiling at her and she can’t help but smile back, the corner of her mouth quirking. She continues to stand, her fingers now worrying at the end of her still damp braid and she can see the confused tilt of his eyebrows as he stares at her.

These Moments by portable_tragedy

Aang waited a hundred years for his favorite worldly tether. This is their life. Vignettes. Fluff.

Overheard in Ba Sing Se by cloudymagnolia

At Zuko's seventeenth birthday party, Zuko dances with Katara, and Aang overhears some malicious gossip. The only thing that could make the evening worse for him? Toph trying to be comforting.

general recs

literally anything by itsmoonpeaches

Aang/Katara Missing Scenes by The_Clockwork_Monk

Kataang Raid by LightSage89

again this is not a comprehensive list!! especially bc there's so many good fics i read and then don't bookmark bc im just really bad. at remembering bookmarks exist for some reason. basically. if anyone else has some kataang recs, feel free to add on!! also i encourage y'all to rb this bc all these links mean this post probably won't show up in the tags 😂

[kataang-week]

Round 2 Voting Begins Tomorrow!

Alright, so Round 1 Voting is over and the results are in!  Thank you to everyone who voted!

Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to prompts that received 2 or fewer votes: Beautiful, Collection, Courage, Evil, Exist, Forever, Freedom, Gradual, Horizon, Opposite(s), Panic, Party, Peaceful, Pool Party, Power, Space, Spicy, Thoughtful, and Wonder.  This brings us down to 74 prompts to choose from.

(Just a reminder though, the last day of Kataang Week - Day 8 - is an optional Free/Crossover day, so if a prompt you really liked does not make it to the final 7, you can always use it on Day 8 if you’d like!)

Round 2 of Voting shall begin tomorrow, Tuesday, April18th and run until the end of the day on Saturday, April 22nd.   

Just like last week, a post with a link to the survey will go up sometime tomorrow morning and voting will begin!

- Mod Dan

[flameohotwife]

Growing Pains

I finally finished the last chapter of Growing Pains! There are still several more installments for the Explorations series planned and in the works, but this wraps up the arc of this particular section. Many many thanks to @vanillabutspicy for editing/beta-reading, and full credit to @coyotelemon for the image of Cranefish town as a combination of Aang and Katara's elements at the end. True geniuses, both of them!

Katara and Aang head to Cranefish town for one last stop on their first unchaperoned trip alone before heading back to the Southern Water Tribe. Katara accidentally sees something she shouldn’t and it causes a whole lot of awkwardness between the two on the way. Read on ao3

[flameohotwife]

The fic I associated with your username is Reborn in New Love 😘

AAAAAAAHHHHH choco!!! I know this fic is rated E but I'm so happy to be associated with Reborn in New Love - it's an older one but still one of my favorites. I love that I was able to work in one of my favorite themes (rebirth) and that it alternates between smut and fluff and is generally a happy, feel-good, hopeful fic (with... a lot of smut, too, haha).

A secret for this one is I THINK MY CHILD MIGHT HAVE READ SOME OF IT. MAYBE. Some people know this already but when I was working on this fic and others last summer I was taking every opportunity I could get to write, which stupidly included times the kids were awake (but not around me, like in the next room watching TV or something). One day though, as I was working on this fic, my youngest decided he was going to give himself a random bath in the middle of the day so he could play with a new toy in the water, and I jumped up and ran to the bathroom to make sure he was being safe/didn't drown himself/etc. I could've SWORN I minimized the window I was working on the fic in (as I usually do) but when I came back it was open again and my oldest was nearby working on some legos, where he had been watching TV in the other room when I left. My kids like to play "the dino game" on chrome when there's no internet and since I tether my laptop to my phone there is often no internet when they're able to use it, so I *think* he may have been trying to sneak in a game since it was open and available, but they're always supposed to ask permission first before any electronics use.

The child in question was ten at the time, and it was a dialogue section, thankfully NOT a smut section that I was working on (though the word "arousal" was on the page somewhere), but he's watched AtLA several times (we always watch as a family). He knows who Aang and Katara are, hahahaha. I asked him if he went on my laptop and he said "no," but... yeah I'm prettttty sure he did. So that's fun, and also why I never work on fic when my kids are awake and home anymore, even if I don't think I'm going to be interrupted 😅 Thanks for the ask, friend (and learn from my mistakes, haha)!

Tell me the one fic you associate with my username. In exchange, I’ll tell you a secret about that story.

[flameohotwife]

Rough Day

"She knows that if anyone else witnessed this it would seem like he was using her–-using her just like she told him to–-but that isn’t it at all. He would never use her. She just allows him to be every version of himself, and loves every version of him. She gives him permission to feel the emotions he won't let himself feel in front of others, and never judges him, just as he does for her in return. She trusts him to take whatever he needs from her without crossing the lines they’ve discussed, so she can bring him back to himself. This is unconditional love, built on so many years of understanding and deep trust in each other."

Or, Aang has a rough day at work as the Avatar. Katara finds a way to pull him out of his anger.

The door flings open abruptly. Aang strides in, roughly bending a breeze behind him to slam the door shut again. His mouth is a hard line, jaw set, eyes like stone; it looks like he has been clenching his entire body for much of the day. She can see the muscles of his one exposed arm tensing and untensing as he moves.

“Bad day?” Katara asks. She knows the council has been giving him a very hard time recently, fighting over every little thing. And then he gets letters from various mayors and world leaders asking for help with uprisings in their villages, or for food or supplies, or simply for him, and he just can’t be everywhere at once. He’d told her this morning that he felt like he was losing it, like what few shreds of control he’d ever had were slipping through his fingers. It was maddening, he’d said. He certainly looks mad, now.

Aang ignores her and storms out back as soon as he’s deposited his satchel of scrolls by the door. From the sounds of it, he’s taken to bending the stress away. She can hear the fire blasts and the stones moving in the courtyard. She sets aside the vegetables she had been chopping for dinner and goes out to see if he wants to spar.

Read more on ao3 | Rated E

[flameohotwife]

Fanfic writer ask game: 5, 7, 12, 37!

Happy fanfic writer appreciation day, friend!!!

5. Share one of your strengths. Northern asked the same question! hahaha I dislike listing my strengths why must you do this to meeee. I said characterization for northern, for you I'll say dialogue. I have a lot of fun writing dialogue, and have been complimented on it before so I think it comes off well, at least for the characters I know the best (Aang and Katara).

7. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Aang’s grief was ever present. Sometimes it pressed in from all sides, suffocating him. Sometimes it just sat on his shoulder, reminding him through every council meeting that he was alone. The only one wearing orange and yellow. The only one with arrows. The only one. 

He had lost so much; nobody would really blame him if they knew. However, Aang carried his burden quietly, behind a mask of joviality and gentleness. Not that Aang wasn’t jovial and gentle, but so many saw this and forgot about the heavy sadness sitting just under the surface. Only his closest friends could see the slips of his mask. The clenched fists under the table in response to an insensitive comment, the twitch in his eye from losing sleep trying to somehow preserve his lost Nation, the momentary disappearance of his signature grin when a memory of them broke through, reminding him that they should still be here. That it was his fault they were gone. 

This is the beginning of my fic Hopeful Again (rated E), and my biggest Aang's-grief exploration to date. I am proud of it because it really sets the stage and the emotional threshold for the rest of the fic. I poured so much into this fic and I'm still really happy with how this whole fic turned out.

12. Is there an episode above all others that inspires you just a little bit more? Ooooh this is a good one! Does the whole first half of book 3 count? hahaha. The Awakening, The Headband, and The Painted Lady have SO MUCH good character development that I draw from repeatedly in my writing. I guess, though, if I have to pick just one, I would pick The Serpent's Pass from book 2, because I have written entire FICS based on that scene of Aang and baby Hope and his and katara's conversation afterward, so... hahaha.

37. Talk about your current wips. Oh, friend, there are so many (sobs in open, unfinished google docs). I have 7 open wips at the moment, ranging from zero words of prose/just the base idea to multiple unpublished chapters written. The big one is obviously Unspoken, Undeniable (rated T)--my multi-chapter fake dating kataang AU. I also have the next segment of Explorations (rated E) in the drafting stage, an almost-finished smutty labor induction fic I promised sometime last year, a kainora and katara fic/ficlet idea, the mixed-race cloudbabies fic, awkward museum fic to fulfill a @kataang-prompts idea, and a part 2 to A Noble Predicament (rated T) in which Aiza and Katara meet in person. There are too many to talk about hahaha but I will say that you will definitely like the next chapter of Unspoken, Undeniable when I post it next week, since we'll be getting ready for and going to the birthday ball! I also might need to start differentiating the fic between ffn (rated T) and ao3 (rated M, possibly, for now) because of a couple sentences of implied solo activities... Still nothing explicit so I haven't decided if that is where the line is or not. There WILL be a bonus spice chapter at the end on ao3 that won't be included in the ffn version, but... yeah I don't know, hahaha.

Thank you so much for the ask, choco!

40 questions for fanfic writers

[flameohotwife]

fanfic writer emoji ask game: 🥺, 🏆, and ✨!

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

Ooooh this is a good one! I do write a lot of subtle touches, because it's kataang and that is absolutely Katara's love language. I feel like their touches are so layered in meaning (which I touched on a little bit in my recent kataang week fic, Silence and Sparrowkeets, rated T). So, when kataang takes the other's hand in theirs, or brushes their hand against the other's face, or touches their foreheads together... I melt a little every time.

🏆 What's your most popular fic?

By hits alone, it is Growing Pains (rated E) by a good... 1k+ hits (and the second most popular, hits-wise, is its prequel, Love Is Hard When You're Young, also rated E). That fic also has the most kudos of any of my fics, but because it is an E-rated fic (though there's no "traditional" sex) the hits:kudos ratio is pretty skewed. I don't know if that's a trend for all E-rated fics but it definitely is for mine.

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

I'm glaring at you right now, only because complimenting myself is difficult, hahaha. I guess I would say a strength in my writing is my characterization of kataang? I definitely don't have any of the other characters as accurately but I feel like I have a decent sense of kataang at least, and their internal/external motivations, etc...

Thanks so much for playing the fanfic writer emoji ask game! This was hard, but fun, hahaha

[flameohotwife]

FFWF! What's the most challenging thing you've written in a fic and why?

Happy FFWF!!! The most challenging thing I've ever written in fic so far is definitely the entire first half of Hopeful Again (rated E). Specifically the character death scene (that you encouraged, I hope you remember), and then the transition from depressionTM to smut. I wanted to make it as respectful as possible, and wanted to make sure there weren't any dubcon elements, because of Aang's very fragile state of mind. But I also wanted to show kataang's very deep physical bond that affects--and is affected BY--their emotional bond. Not only was this balance was very difficult for me to achieve on paper, but writing Aang's depression kind of... set me into a funk myself. It could have been the fact that I wrote half of it as I was getting over covid, but after getting through this fic I wasn't able to read/write much else for a long time. So, yeah, this whole fic was probably the most challenging thing I've written, but those two parts specifically gave me a lot of trouble, both as I was writing them and then for months after.

Thanks for the ask!!

[flameohotwife]

My Fic Masterpost

All kataang. All the time. Sorry this is long. Limited fics also on ffn.

In-series:

Not Yet, rated G. Katara wonders what that dance in the cave *means* for her and Aang.

Safe Harbor, rated G. After everyone has returned safely from the comet, Katara realizes she's been having trouble sleeping without being near Aang and decides to confront her fears with a late night talk. Written for the Kataang Week 2021 prompt: Healing.

Post-series:

Love is a Form of Energy, rated G. Katara brings Aang home to the Southern Water Tribe to officially announce their relationship to her family, and learns something about their love along the way

A Noble Predicament, rated T. Katara has responsibilities in the South Pole, and Aang has to attend meetings and social events in the Fire Nation without her. Fangirls descend, and drama ensues, because no one believes the Avatar would be so dedicated to the only woman he's ever been with.

Back to You, rated T. Aang is late, and Katara heard some dangerous rumors on her way home. But Aang always comes back.

Lost, rated M. Aang and Katara are not supposed to be sharing a room. What happens when something of Katara's goes missing in Aang's room after she sneaks in for the night? CW for lighthearted discussion of post-coital adventures (the morning after) and feminine products. Nothing graphic or explicit.

Our Secret, rated G. Katara is injured in a battle with some rebels, and Aang has to heal her, discovering a secret.

With You, rated T. Aang is plagued by nightmares, and they get worse after Katara tells him she's pregnant. Then, meditation brings a shocking surprise.

Moments at Home, rated T. Katara and Aang enjoy a quiet moment at home together one winter evening when the kids are away.

Still Here, rated T. Aang is injured in the line of duty. Again. Luckily Katara knows how to bring him back.

Fifty Years, rated T. The gaang is gathering to celebrate the anniversary of the war's end, and Aang grapples with the pain of losing his people all over again, with Katara's help. Written for a fluff prompt on tumblr but wound up being a little more hurt/comfort plus fluff.

Cloud Family:

Happiness and Love, rated G. Aang and Katara are expecting their first child, and discuss how they want to pass down each of their cultures. Written for the Kataang Week 2021 prompt: blending cultures

Balance and Babies, rated G. Katara has to take a week-long work trip to open the new women's hospital she's been planning since before Bumi was born. Aang steps in to care for their toddler while she's gone. Fruit pies get thrown. Written for Kataang Week 2021 prompt: role swap

Councilbaby Kya, rated G. When Republic City Council schedules a Very Important Meeting during the Avatar's family dinnertime, SURPRISE! It's bring your baby to work day, now. Because Aang is a good daddy and a supportive partner and parenting while working is HARD

Ties That Bind, rated G. Katara contemplates the various family ties in her life, on a normal and chaotic afternoon with her children. Featuring bickering cloudbabies and impromptu parades and lots and lots of love. Written for Katara Week Day 2 Prompt: Katara and her family

Spicy:

Explorations (series), rated E. Aang and Katara navigate the physical progression of their relationship, through varying stages, events, societal pressures, and mishaps, but always with so, so much love and respect.

Reborn in New Love, rated E. Aang and Katara decide they're ready to try for a baby.

Hopeful Again, rated E. Aang struggles with grief and loss that threatens to overwhelm him. Katara struggles to help him through it this time, until she comes up with a new idea to bring back some of what he's lost. Written for Kataang_Dungeon's smut weekend 2021 prompt: Breeding

Still Got It, rated E. Aang and Katara try to sneak in some intimacy, which is much harder when they have to be parents, too. Written for Kataang_Dungeon's Smut Weekend 2021 prompt: Need to be quiet

Typhoon, rated M. Prompt: "Did you miss me?"/"Do you even have to ask?"

Widow Katara:

Til We Meet Again, rated G. Aang has passed. Katara is heading to the South to start anew without him, and finally begins to process her grief along the way. Written for the Kataang Week 2021 prompt: the sea & the sky

Drabble Series:

Pieces of You and Me, rated T. A collection of roughly-100-word drabbles following the prompts for the Kataang 100 challenge on tumblr.