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sharlmbracta · 1 year ago

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@did-we-imagine *grabs you by the collar* YOU. GET OVER HERE

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Here is the fic in it��s entirety without all the readmores; thanks again to everyone who kept up with this! This fic wasn’t meant to happen at all and was all written from the top of my head the moment I included Niwa and the kids lmao, so if anything consider this a rough draft for Ozai and Niwa’s story. It’s not perfect and there are some inconsistencies but I’ll tend to those as the main story begins to develop more ^^

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A healed Azula having her first violent outburst in years after finding Ozai in his hiding spot in the Earth Kingdom. She has him pinned, aiming her hand that is popping with charged lightning right at his heart.

‘Beg for my forgiveness.’ She seethes as Zuko panics behind her.

Ozai remains calm.

Years have passed, long enough to realize what he did to them.

He does not deserve to even beg. He closes his eyes.

Azula’s own eyes are overcome with tears. The lightning is at its zenith.

But she is not her father. She releases the lighting into the air with a curse.

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#YESSSSS THIS IS SO GOOD?? HELLO??? THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR?? THE WHOLE TIME??#ozai getting PROPERLY confronted by his MENTALLY STABILIZED HEALED children?? PROPER ozai redemption arc??#i've been looking for SO LONG for a proper redemption arc where he is actually CONFRONTED by his actions as the WORST DAD EVER by his #OWN CHILDREN. ON EVEN GROUNDS. PROPER SINCERE APOLOGIZING. THE ACTIONS THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES #the spirit “fury into forgiveness” encounter ended rather abrupt tbh #and character regarding ozai's subconscious dramaqueeniness would never just go “hey” to especially azula #so a little little out of character BUT azula's arc here. is sooo so good??#also zuko being the “because of your legacy -- you are the one to restore balance to the world and to the fire nation” quote by iroh #and that finally‚ FINALLY internally expanding to his own broken family -- which is fucking finally fuckstarting towards healing now #zuko #azula #character #description #story #writing #save #MEGA save #ozai redemption arc #his previous actions not being overlooked!! PROPERLY being dealt with!! that is like VERY IMPORTANT to me #ANGST // FAMILY ANGST // OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT #crimes he made that were so heinous that he has to prove himself over and over and over again #AND HE NOT RUNNING AWAY NOR INSERTING POWER OVER IT BUT PROPERLY ACKNOWLEDGING IT #zuko being the Sparky of Kindness and forgiving ozai seems like a very can/fanon zuko thing to do/ and OF COURSE IS JUSTIFIED IF HE DOES NO #azula being rightfully and lethally FURIOUS and ozai standing his ground accepting whatever's to come as he fucking deserves all the wrath #HER WRATH. i LOVE this azula #the mercy that ozai tried so hard (AND FAILED) to squash out of zuko ultimately resulting in his unimaginable gratitute of acceptance #and zuko being like “if you fail your other kid like you have failed us you're going back to fucking jail” that fucking HURTS as it's #SUPPOSED to and ozai nodding to it like “of fucking course” IS the best fucking thing for me. the silver lining. the uncliched bittersweet #ozai #healing

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