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redeemed!azula au where she and katara are absolutely fed up by their brothers when theyâre all staying at the fire nation palace
zuko & sokka: *literally just holding hands*
katara: spirits, theyâre disgusting
azula: absolutely vile
katara: so much pda
azula: they need to get a room
katara: youâre so right
azula: besides, weâd be cuter than them anyways and we could destroy the world
katara: i hope you mean that hypothetically
azula: us being cuter than them?
katara: no, destroying the world
azula: âŠoh, yeah, that was a joke
katara: good! soâŠwanna go prove we can be cuter than them
azula: donât have to ask me twice
katara & azula: *making out somewhere*
toph, seeing them via earth vibrations despite being half way across the palace, looking straight into the camera like sheâs on an episode of the office: yknow, i didnât think it was possible to be more dramatic than zuko and sokka. i was WRONG.
#atla#avatar the last airbender#katara#azula#zuko#sokka#toph beifong#azutara#kazula#zukka#natla#katara and azula chaotic little sisters au#aangâs off saving a city somewhere probably#toph in the background like there are no hets in the fire nation royal palace letâs gooooo#but also kazula is probably gonna burn said palace down at some point on accident#or on purpose idk
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Breaking my silence: I think Zukoâs âIâm angry at myselfâ explosion in The Beach episode was queer coded
*runs away before I can be booed off the stage*
#zuko#zukka#jetko#or literally anything else#Iâm probably not the first person to say this but I havenât seen anyone say it before#I mean he said himself that he was âconfusedâ and that he âdidnât know the difference between right and wrong anymoreâ#and of course he meant that morally with his realization that the fire nation was wrong#but alsoâŠit seems like heâs conflicted emotionally#he was overcompensating with Mai that whole episode#and was very insecure about their relationship even though they werenâ really displaying much chemistry to begin with#like he was trying to force something that was - for the most part - not there#that along with the odd chemistry with Jet and his awkward discomfort with JinâŠ#idk man#ok Iâll stop yapping now#my post#headcanons and stuff
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soulmark au sketches. the idea of sokka in proven âsoulmates are realâ universes consistently intrigues meâhow would that impact his skepticism/interpretation of fate/destiny/free will? personally i think heâd be very angry for a very long time and probably not even understand why
#my art#itâs just a âimportant moments in your soulmates life show up on u through kinda vague occasionally metaphorical marks#fuck i love soulmate aus lol#the clothes lean a lil fire nation/earth kingdomy i think but i was just riding the high of drawing#knowing if i stopped to do research i might just. stop entirely#so i just winged it#wung it. u could even say#anyways#sokka#avatar the last airbender#zukka#soulmate au#i imagine that in this au sokka zuko and probably aang all get matching âavatar beam of light!â soulmarks#just giant white-blue beams all the way up their arm or leg or torso or somethin#cuz like. life changing moment for each of them lol#katara would get like. her own eyes or something representing her eye color for the moment aang wakes up and sees her#lol just saw i forgot to color his mouth in the first sketch lol
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one aspect of avatar canon i feel like isn't talked about nearly enough is the fact that zuko canonically has prophetic dreams
#these tags are great#I love zukkafication#zukka#though to be fair#I donât think iroh would be the only one who knows what dragons look like#thereâs probably plenty of dragon imagery in the Fire nation#given that they used to be highly revered#and then killing one was a symbol of status#even if itâs not super common Zuko liked Love Amongst the Dragons#yes it would be stage props so they wouldnât look exactly like the real thing#but it would give him a vague idea#either way I still think itâs totally possible for him to have prophetic dreams#but itâs also possible that his brain was projecting his inner conflicts and worries onto something heâs interested in#because zuko is definitely interested in dragons
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We were robbed of a Zukka sword fighting scene
especially since they probably had the same master (considering Pian Dao isn't only the best swordsman/ sword master in the Fire Nation, but also a close friend of Uncle Iroh)
#atla#avatar the last airbender#atla best show#atla zuko#zuko#prince zuko#sokka atla#atla sokka#sokka/zuko#sokka#atla zukka#zukka#zuko/sokka#sword#sword fighting#literally#no homo#im kidding i want all of the homo
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Guys, I found the perfect Sokka creature.
So we all know the dragon Zuko au, where he turns into a dragon, right? And I thought "hey, what if other nations have that too?" So I started my research.
The first creature I thought of was Tangie, because it's perfect for a fanfic. It's a water horse beast, that can appear as either a horse or a handsome man. When someone mounts it in horse form it's pretty safe until Tangie smells water. Then the back becomes adhesive and human can't escape. Tangie takes human to water and eats it.
Zukka fanfic where Zuko wants to put himself in danger (again) with no consideration for his own safety (again) and self sacrifice for others (again), but Sokka in horse form turns on his adhesive trait and literally carries him to safety like "no you stay right here"? Yes please.
BUT!
I thought, why force our western mythology here? So I searched for Inuit creatures, since you know, water tribe is based on Inuit culture. There aren't a lot of them on Wikipedia, so it didn't take long to look through every single one and guys
Guys.
Akhlut.
Do you guys know what an akhlut is? You probably don't, so let me tell you. Akhlut is an orca that becomes a wolf once it steps on land. It also has a merge form.
Do you know what looks an awful lot like it was inspired by orca, or at least has orca colors?
THAT'S RIGHT!
Do you guys know what was definitely inspired by wolves?
EXACTLY!
He already is an orca wolf! What's more, most of ATLA animals are merged from two animals, so it even fits lore! Tangie is perfect for fanfics, but akhlut is perfect for Sokka.
Why isn't this common in fanfics? Why isn't it popular? Besides, look at this good boy.
Baby Sokka akhlut.
EDIT: okay so maybe Sokka's war paint doesn't look all that orca-ish, but not having it in front of my eyes I thought it fit so I kept it in the post even after I double checked it. It has the colors. That's enough for me.
Art source:
Tangie from Bailee on Deviantart
https://www.deviantart.com/tag/bailee?page=5
Big Akhlut from Scorching Kami on Deviantart
https://www.deviantart.com/scorchingkami
Baby Akhlut from Hburton on Deviantart
https://www.deviantart.com/hbruton/art/Akhlut-Pups-895973610
#sokka#atla#akhlut#inuit culture#inuit mythology#mythological creature#zukka#imagine he has three forms of human orcan and wolf#and can freely change between those#and also merge them#orca merman sokka?#sokka with his wolf tail out and wagging?#or maybe he only has the orca-wolf form#maybe its his own personal special thing#chosen one style#or maybe its common among southern water tribe warriors#maybe sokka can't change as he would like#the possibilities are endless#akhlut!sokka au#tangie#tangie!sokka au#shapeshofter sokka
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yes another Zukka AU
Ok so Zuko got put in charge of a boat and its crew at age 13 (not the brightest decision right Ozai) and Hakoda was on sea a year later right? So imagine Sokka, really wanting to go with his dad, deciding to snuck in their boat, so when his dad finally finds him, its too late to go back but still, they canât let him stay on a WAR boat so they set a course for a port to contact someone from the tribe to pick him up but while they were there, you have 14 years old Zuko meeting 13 years old Sokka and both have 0 idea who the other is until someone, probably lieutenant Jee, comes up to Zu and is like âYour Highness, we are ready to departâ except that in the short time the boys were together, Zuko got told about the raids and a first hand story about the Fire Nationâs âGrEaTnEsSâ so heâs like âwait a second my dadâs an assholeâ and heâs just like âok no we are going to help Sokkaâs dadâ and after a lengthy discussion of life choices, parenting styles and boats intricacies, Zuko comes out with a new dad, a boyfrie- best friend and a new life goal, which is to end the war. He also gives several people a new life goal too, which is to punch the Fire Lord in the face, or whack him in the head with a bat, theyâre not picky
#Bonus points if Hakoda asks Zuko to bring Sokka back to the SWT and so he stays for a bit and thats when him and the siblings finds Aang#Yes he does changes his hairstyle#The blue spirit is also there somewhere#Iroh and Hakoda bonds over tiring childrens#zukka au#zukka#atla zuko#atla sokka#atla aang#atla katara#atla hakoda#atla iroh#atla au#atla#avatar the last airbender#avatar: the last airbender
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Avatar the Last Airbender - Master Fic Rec Post
See under the cut for forty-two total recs, predominantly Zukka.
Wooing the Water Tribe by lenaballena (ALL TIME FAVE RIGHT HERE)
Zuko is courting Katara, and with every passing day finds new and insane ways of showing that he would quite literally move the spirit world and earth to make her happy.
In hindsight, it probably would've been better if Sokka had realised he was in love with Zuko at literally any time before this. Or preferably, never fallen for his best friend in the first place.
exothermic reaction by blueconsequences
When Sokka is temporarily blinded by Fire Nation soldiers, the members of the Gaang take turns to care for him.
One pair of hands is warmer than the others.
Love's Such an Old-Fashioned Word by drvcos
When invited to the 100th anniversary of his fatherâs company, after 15 years of radio silence, Zuko decides to show how happy he is to all the people from his past. Thereâs only one (fatal) problem.
Or,
Zuko is a frazzled single dad, Sokka is an absolute flirt, and the âfakeâ that comes before their relationship doesnât feel all that fake.
like real people do by verdanthoney for bleekay
Sokka knew he would be dealing with a raging case of baby fever during their annual vacation on Ember Island. What he didnât expect was to discover that he was also hopelessly in love with Zuko, and had been for years without realizing.
Spirits Help Us, There's Two of Them by hopepunk
Sokka and Zuko are both weird guys. Fortunately, they're the same kind of weird as each other.
(do you take this jerk to be) your one and only by jatersade
Under the leadership of Fire Lord Iroh, the Fire Nation has made every attempt to restore peace and make amends for the harm they inflicted during the Seventy-Year War. Their newest proposal is a literal proposal: a marriage to unite the Fire Nation and the Water Tribes.
The Fire Nation offers Prince Zukoâs hand.
The Water Tribes offer Princess Yueâs.
Sokka is apparently the only person in the world who has a problem with any of this.
isn't this the vision that you wanted by nebulastucky
Firelord Zuko - ender of the Hundred Year War, ruler of the Fire Nation, payer of respects and reparations - takes advice and counsel from representatives of every nation, division, and specialty.
But teenage boy Zuko - friend of turtleducks, wielder of fun looking swords, stumbler over words and feet in the presence of cute boys - only listens to two people, and they are conspiring together to ruin him.
or: Iroh just wants what's best for his nephew, and Katara just wants to know everyone's business.
we had a moment, we had a summertime by nebulastucky
Sokka shrugs. âWhatâs the worst that could happen?â
âYou get captured and killed by the Fire Nation,â Toph provides.
âThey wonât execute me in a tea shop,â Sokka says around a sudden lump in his throat. âThatâd be bad for business.â
or: the one where sokka falls for a tea shop and a boy with too much charm for his own good.
Ignition Point by Yuu_chi
Most people know they're a bender since birth. Sokka just had to discover it at twenty when he accidentally burns his own house down.
Alchemy by mindbending
Sokka (a.k.a the Silent Knight, a.k.a. the sharpest detective in Caldera City) has three cases weighing on his mind.
1.) Zuko, son of the mob boss Ozai, has gone missing under sinister circumstances. 2.) Lee, a teahouse waiter with the face of an angel, wears a scar of mysterious origins. 3.) The Blue Spirit, a lithe and enigmatic cat burglar, keeps stealing into the Fire Nationâs storehouses (not to mention Sokkaâs dreams).
Sokka sighs and takes a swig from his special bottle. Itâs hard solving three completely unrelated mysteries at the same time...
i wanna be still with you by tristanyvaine
Handwritten letters sent back and forth do not a love story make. Or. Maybe they do, in the case of a certain Fire Lord and Water Tribe warrior who happen to fall in love over sending letters to each other at least.
keeps me up late at night by midnights
Fifteen years since the war had ended, and still Zuko remembered every step of the way as if it were yesterday. More than anything, he remembered Sokka. He'd been in love with him then, and he still was.
ft. ambassador sokka, fancy parties, pining zuko, and two oblivious fools
the brightest you've ever been by panthalassas
Azula folds herself into the lotus position and empties her mind. Then Yue places her hands on either side of Azula's face, and her mind fills back up again. Or: Yue notices Azula is lonely. Turns out, Azula's ready to feel some emotions.
real love baby by verdanthoney
Five times Zuko and Sokka pretend they aren't in love, and one time they don't.
OR,
Sokka initiates a friends with benefits relationship between them, and Zuko keeps coming back for more.
Seasons in the Sun by burkesl17
Ambassador Sokka's first year in the Fire Nation, a story for each of its seasons. With thunder, assassins, blossoms, poison, politics, volcanoes and a baby dragon. Also falling in love.
Or: four parties, four assassination attempts.
Please Return if Found by CSHfic, VSfic
When Sokka sees a âlost petâ poster near his apartment for an actual, literal dragon, he thinks itâs a joke.
Right up until he finds the dragon sitting on his couch.
Nobility by hikuni
Book 3. Sokka/Zuko. Set after The Boiling Rock Pt. 2, Sokka and Zuko explore the Western Air Temple, where Sokka tries to get Zuko to talk about girls, marriage, and maybe even a future for the two of them.
Worship the Ashes by meregalaxiesandgods, patentpending
All Azula wants is for things to go back to the way they were â her father on the precipice of conquering the world, her own position secure at his right hand. Now, the only secure thing is her, trapped in a gilded cage in her brother's new Fire Nation. Lonely and adrift, Azula would do anything to make it end, until an unexpected connection rekindles a light she long-thought had burned to ashes. But falling for Suki isn't something Azula can let herself do, especially with the world as they know it threatening to crumble around them.
Or: Azula goes to therapy, has an identity crisis, stops actively trying to kill her brother, makes a few friends, and falls in love along the way.
No Quiet Life by JustGettingBy
Zuko's not sure when it started. It would be easy to say it started with Boiling Rock, or with the Western Air Temple. But whenever it started, his crush isnât about to go away anytime soon.
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âItâs not too late, âLeeâ. We could steal a boat. Sail across the high seas until we hit the horizon. Spend the rest of our days living off the land.â He brandishes his arm as if to show Zuko the untapped potential of their future as wild hunters.
ïżœïżœïżœNo, Sokka.â
Sokka shrugs. âWell, it was worth a shot. When youâre up to your eyeballs in expense reports, donât say I didnât ask.â
Zukoâs mouth feels very dry. âI wonât.â
virtues uncounted by bloobeary
fire lord zuko visits the southern water tribe eight years after the war ends
based on that text post
Will We Last the Night by CSHfic, VSfic (My absolute fave of the canon rewrites for its wildly IC enemies-to-lovers feel)!
Chief Arnook never assigns Sokka to protect Princess Yue, so he goes to fight the Fire Nation with the other men. When the moon dies, and the ocean spirit takes its revenge, Sokka is caught standing on the deck of a Fire Nation ship. Sokka should have drowned⊠and he would have drowned, if not for a certain Fire Nation raft fleeing the North Pole.
[An enemies-to-lovers season 2 rewrite, where Sokka is separated from the gaang during the Siege of the North, and travels the Earth Kingdom with Zuko instead].
Ashes Inside When You Finish Your Song by Muncaster
Sokka writes lyrics for his sisterâs band. Zuko plays piano and is unnecessarily nice. Fellas, is it gay to write love songs about your friend and his golden eyes?
(AKA, a modern band AU featuring The Gaang, crappy software equipment, homoerotic lyrics, and the realization that maybe, if you think about a guy every night before you sleep, you just might be in love with him.)
Relief Next to Me by wilteddaisy (taotu)
Sokka thinks Ozaiâs beach house is pretty awesome. Slightly less awesome is the couch he has to sleep on, as is accidentally getting into Zukoâs bed. At first, that is.
noble blood by lupus (khaleeseas)
The Southern Water Tribe was no place for a firebender...or even a Fire Prince for that matter. And yet here Zuko was, not only in the South Poleâs capital itself but in the Royal Palace, protecting the tribeâs Chief after a failed assassination attempt. Chief Sokka, his old friend and a man who was intelligent and witty, yet kind of a dumbass. A man who was brave and strong and kind. A man who Zuko was utterly failing not to develop...personal feelings for. __
aka: a kind of roleswap AU with Southern Water Tribe Chief Sokka and bodyguard/mercenary Zuko.
it's more about the things that you take with by winterfire22
itâs been a few years since zuko took the throne, and he's doing his best. but there are some things missing.
enter his new ambassador program, and an opportunity to reconnect with an old friend.
before we jump ship, let me teach you how to stay afloat by eurydicees
He doesn't remember when his feelings changed, just that, somewhere between the fires of his homeland and the ocean of Sokka's pirate ship, he fell in love.
In which Zuko learns to swim, Sokka falls in love, and the sun and ocean remain as steady as ever.
in silence; ripen, fall and cease by aiyah
Zuko reaches out with trembling hands and tucks it behind Sokkaâs ear.
âA pretty flower for a pretty boy,â he whispers.
- - -
[or: this is the story of an ikebana artist and the man who visits him.]
zing by meteor-sword (vaenire)
âIâll just put away the rest of the treats for them. Toph, hold this will you?â He hefts Zukoâs bag over to her before Toph can protest, and she has a mind to drop the bag at her feet before she feels something interesting inside the bag. As her seismic sense ran passively through the bag, she sensed something small; it was heavier than the parchment but lighter than the bag of coins-- giving a feedback of vibration somewhere between glass and limestone.
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Like usual, Toph sees this coming when no one else does.
gold in the air of summer by leopardfringe
Sometimes, Toph likes to ask about colors. Not oftenâpeople generally aren't great at explaining them to her, but her newfound metalbending abilities have left her curious.
(This, of course, has nothing at all to do with how she doesnât even need her feet to know who's crushing on who in this group. Nope, this is just purely for research, and definitely not because she's sick of them dragging their feet.)
the stars go waltzing out in blue and red by tristanyvaine
Zuko falls in love with Sokka in the Southern Water Tribe. Sokka falls in love with Zuko in the Fire Nation. It spirals from there.
or: (Zuko thinks a lot about blue, words, love, and Sokka // Sokka thinks a lot about red, touch, love, and Zuko)
To Be Named, To Be Known (To Be Loved) by Erisenyo
Zuko needs tomorrow to be perfect, but when one person is so many things to so many people--My Lord, Fire Lord, Nephew, Zuzu, Sifu Hotman--how is he going to find the time to make sure everything goes exactly right?
Or,
Five titles Zuko has earned himself + One more to add to the list. If he can just get through this Very Important International Celebration first...
this ultraviolet morning light by GallifreyanFairytale
âSokka?â Zukoâs voice is quiet and raspy as he shifts just enough that Sokka lifts his head up from Zukoâs shoulder. The confession Sokka had ready to go dies on his lips at Zukoâs expression - at the red he can just barely make out in Zukoâs eyes. âSokka, I⊠need to tell you something.â
Sokka swallows and nods silently, not trusting his own admission to not slip out if he dares to open his mouth. Zuko must be confessing the same thing Sokka wants to. Which, admittedly, Sokka hadnât actually planned for, but itâs fine. He can adapt to this. He just needs to shift a few words around in his brain, and--
âYouâre my best friend, you know that right?â
And why does Zukoâs tone make this sound like a break up?
OR
sokka and zuko break up, make up, go undercover, thwart a rebellion, watch the sunrise, and change the course of fire nation history. not necessarily in that order.
the stars sighed in unison by spellboundrose
For some reason, Zuko can't stop looking at Sokka out of the corner of his eye. It must be something about the way the moonlight reflects off his skinâor maybe how his eyes, such a vibrant shade of blue, glimmer like the stars above themâ
Oh.
Oh, no.
(Or, five moments under the night sky and one beneath the sun.)
everything and nothing at once by tristanyvaine
See, everything would be fine if Sokka was here, because if Sokka was here then Zuko wouldn't be thinking about him over and over and over again while he misses him from the stupid ponytail to his weird Water Tribe shoes.
signs of light by beachytablecloth
And now, out of breath from running, Sokka can feel the anxiety beginning to overwhelm him, stitching his sides and pounding in his ears.
âItâs Zuko,â he finally gets out, panting. âHeâs missing.â
or,
Zuko gets kidnapped; Sokka falls apart.
A Predictable Story by mindbending
"On this night, you shall share a kiss with a great love of your life!â
That lying, scummy Aunt Wu predicts a grand romance for Sokka. To disprove her "fortunetelling" once and for all, Sokka decides to spend the night with least romantic person he knows.
Zuko.
Boomerangs and Rainbows by mindbending
At Sokkaâs behest, the Gaang skips rescuing Zuko during the Siege at the North Pole. Instead they leave him, unconscious, buried in the snow.
In completely unrelated news, Sokkaâs haunted by a ghost now.
little taste of heaven by loserlesbian
"His mom had given him a diary.
No, not a diaryââ a journal, she had specified. He knows itâs a diary. Zuko thinks she only called it a journal because she thought that Zuko wouldnât use it if she said otherwise. A diary is for feelings and angst, but a journal was for working through your problems without all that mushy, gushy stuff. It was for writing out simply what was in your head, nothing more, nothing less."
or, zuko through the years, struggling with himself and his sexuality.
i'll tell you the truth (but never goodbye) by lesmiserablol
âI was ready to fight for us. I was ready to find a way, any way for us to work. And you were the one who ran away when it got too hard!â âThatâs not what happened and you know it!â Sokka snaps. âIt was never going to work, and it was stupid to keep pretending otherwise! Iâm sorry Zuko, I am, but just because you are the Fire Lord, just because weâ we were in love, everything wasnât going to magically fall into place.â Zuko still has a stubborn expression on his face. There are angry tears in his eyes when he says, âWe couldâve figured it out. We couldâveâŠbeen us. We couldâve had a good life together.â âYeah, well, I guess we wonât ever know.â (or, the twenty years between Zuko and Sokka breaking up and finally getting together again, shown in 5 times they donât say goodbye, +1 time they donât have to)
boy problems by burnt_oranges
âI accidentally signed off on an arranged marriage to Sokka,â Zuko says faintly. He sits up so fast he almost falls out of his chair. âI signed off on an arranged marriage to Sokka, and he agreed." In which Zuko suffers in a variety of ways, including but not limited to: close and constant proximity to the object of his affections, assassination attempts, and irreparable injuries to his dignity.
Yesterday is Ashes by alivingfire
Sokka takes a strategic step back, but he also smiles: triumphant, like he baited Zuko into exactly what he wanted. Like itâs a challenge. Itâs the same way he looked when they sized each other up at the prison, with Sokka in chains that left red marks around his wrist, in tattered prison garb, malnourished and angry. Back then, that was Sokka saying: I see your power. I see you. Now, see me. Zuko saw him then. And he sees him now; different, but the same. I see you. Zuko lights his daos in flame. Sokka grins, back to gravel and heat. âCome on, Fire Lord. Impress me.âZuko burns. His vision flickers with fire. His heart races. His blood sings. His body is like a magnet, pulling ever onward to meet Sokkaâs. He advances.He pins Sokka to the wall, blades against his throat. Or, Zuko found Aang first, Sokka and Katara were imprisoned in Boiling Rock for trying to rescue their dad, and all Sokka knows is he's pretty sure he's not supposed to think the Fire Lord is attractive but he's never let things like rules stop him before.
in flammam flammasăç«äžæŸç«ă by ranilla_bean
Zuko scoffed. âAs always, I am the author of my own unhappiness.âSokka hummed. âYears ago, when it was just us travelling together, we came across this fortune teller. I didnât believe any of that mumbo-jumbo. But then she said that my life would be full of struggle and anguish, most of it self-inflicted.âIt suited Zukoâs life extraordinarily well, he felt. âSometimes, I feel like Iâm the only person in the Fire Nation who has a vision of what it takes for this country to get better.âSokka turned to face him, but Zuko looked resolutely forwards. âThat canât be true.â
Zuko turns twenty-five. In spite of his best efforts, the Fire Nation seems to lurch from crisis to crisis. The firebenders have lost their flame, and the situation with the former colonies is only worsening. All the while, he's ill, lonely, and consumed by work. And on the other side of the country, Sokka has just moved in with one Master Piandao.
#zukka#zukka recs#atla#atla recs#avatar the last airbender#avatar the last airbender fic recs#master atla post
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jo. bestie. hi. iâm holding your hands and asking u to please if u want deal us all permanent psychic damage with âyouâre just as beautiful as the day i lost youâ (the httyd divorced zukka agenda has to continue and nobody can do it as well as u <3)
Sokka had spent the entire journey to the Fire Nation imagining himself being so overwhelmed with emotion at the sight of Zuko that, decorum be damned, he would run into his arms as soon as they made eye contact.
The sting of disappointment he felt when he realized that Zuko wasn't even there to greet him and Katara was enough to extinguish most of the excitement he had felt and make him second-guess everything about this trip. It was odd enough that after over a decade of being broken up they had rekindled their relationship over letters, what would it be like when they saw each other in person for the first time in years? Did they only know how to be in love again in theory? Was Zuko truly ready to leave the throne and his home in a few months and start a life with Sokka?
He's hiding out on some balcony that the two of them frequented in his Ambassador days, and he jumps when he hears the door open behind him. It's probably Katara telling him to stop moping, and he's about to tell her that he just needs a minute when he sees Zuko there, giving him a tentative smile.
"Hey," he says.
"Hi," Sokka says, the corner of his mouth twitching in amusement.
"Sorry about," Zuko gestures, and Sokka knows what he means.
"I get it. You're a busy guy," Sokka says.
That makes Zuko frown, and he walks over and takes a seat on the bench next to him. "Not too busy for you," he says. Which, historically, is kind of a lie, but Sokka appreciates the sentiment all the same. Especially since soon, they won't have to worry about the Fire Lord nonsense ever again.
Zuko seems to be thinking the same thing. "For what it's worth, it wasn't 'official business' keeping me away again," he clarifies. "Izumi was getting a little overwhelmed with everything going on to get ready for the party, and I spent longer in the garden with her than I realized. She's with Uncle, now."
Sokka softens at that, his doubts slowly starting to fade away. "That's understandable."
"Thanks for coming all the way here," Zuko says quickly. "It means a lot and it...it's really good to see you."
The sincerity in his tone is a little overwhelming. "Wouldn't miss it for the world," Sokka says, despite having missed the last ten or so of Zuko's birthday celebrations.
It makes Zuko smile, though, which Sokka relaxes at the sight of.
"You look good," Sokka says, smiling back.
"You look..." Zuko trails off, a strange expression on his face as he just keeps staring at Sokka.
"What?" Sokka asks suspiciously. "Is there something on my face?"
"You're just as beautiful as the day I lost you," Zuko says, so softly Sokka might have missed it had he not been hanging onto every word from those lips.
"I..." Sokka says, feeling speechless for once as heat rises in his cheeks. "That's...great, thank you."
As soon as the words leave his mouth he groans, putting his head in his hands as Zuko laughs loudly at him.
"You can't just say things like that," Sokka complains, even if he can't stop smiling.
"I can and I will, especially if that is the kind of reaction I can expect," Zuko teases. Sokka looks over at him and feels his cheeks flushing again at the soft look on Zuko's face.
Sokka takes a shaky breath, calling upon every ounce of bravery he's ever possessed to help him reach for Zuko's hand. "Twelve years?" he asks, giving it a squeeze.
"Twelve years," Zuko confirms, squeezing back. âItâs not that I havenât seen you that whole time. I justâŠnever let myself really look.â
Sokka nods. âYouâre sure this is what you want?â
Zuko raises his eyebrow. "I've started packing."
Sokka rolls his eyes and shoves Zuko's shoulder with his own. "Oh, so romantic, run away with me just because you're already packing."
Zuko laughs again, and Sokka feels lightheaded. He's not going to get used to constantly hearing that sound anytime soon.
âI've had all this time to think about it, and my answer is still the same," Zuko tells him seriously. "This is best for the Fire Nation, best for us. Are you sure, though? Six year olds are pretty crazy.â
âRaising a kid with you?" Sokka asks. "That's all I've ever wanted. Craziness and all."
The way Zuko looks at Sokka erases any of the doubts, the questions, the worries Sokka had about this. About them. After the years of heartbreak and separation, Sokka knows that's behind them, and the future looks much brighter.
#hello ash beloved sorry this took me so long you sent this ask and i blacked out for like five weeks thinking about them#anyway#zukka#divorced zukka#my writing#prompts#ash and starlight#ask me stuff
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Hear me out: zukka x mulan (disney version). Sokka is pretending to be from fire nation colony, Zuko is their general. He isnât hiding his gender, but his origins. Probably hiding swt tattoos or water tribe trinkets (imagine piercing with water tribe themed beads!)
Why? My brain stuck on this image as zukka and I want to make it zukka
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Easy (a tiny zukka fic)
Sokka was, without a doubt, the smartest person Zuko knew--and he was a complete fool.
Zuko wasn't really sure how he could be both.
He had seen Sokka create some of the greatest plans and inventions, things Zuko could never dream of thinking up in a thousand years, and yet--
He'd also chosen to be with him. Which was markedly the most foolish decision possible.
"Hey," Sokka said, knocking Zuko's shoulder with his own.
They were sitting on the roof of one of the buildings near the palace, overlooking the Fire Nation city. It was the only place his advisors couldn't interrupt them. The sun had set a while ago, but the sky was just bright enough to make out Sokka's concerned features.
"What are you thinking about?" Sokka asked. "You got that look on your face."
Zuko's nose scrunched up. "What look?"
Sokka waved his hand in the air like he was grasping something intangible. "Like you're waiting for lightning to strike."
"I'm not thinking about anything," he grumbled.
Sokka snorted a laugh. "Come on. You're going to have to do better than that."
Zuko's frown deepened and he looked back over the city. Of course Sokka could read him.
Smoke curled from his fingertips. It was easy to pretend with the others. He always wore a scowl, so when he was in a bad mood, no one was the wiser. Except for Sokka. Somehow, Sokka could always tell the difference. He was always there, trying to make things better. Trying to be there for him. Being good to him, and Zuko wasn't...
Zuko didn't deserve him.
"I think we should end this."
"Yeah, it is getting pretty late," Sokka said, stretching his sore arms casually.
Zuko knew the wrappings and the compression sleeve on his arms hid countless battle scars. Several of them he'd gotten because of Zuko. Either inflicted by him as a teenager or now, from Sokka protecting him as the firelord.
"I'm exhausted," Sokka continued. "Suki and I spent the whole day sparring. Every time I think I get the upper hand, I end up flat on my butt--"
"No." Zuko's mouth tasted like ash. "We should end this. Us."
Sokka stilled, then dissolved in a confused chuckle. "What?"
Zuko's jaw clenched. "It was a mistake to begin with."
"What are you talking about?" His smile was gone now.
Zuko forced his gaze away, not wanting to see the pain creeping up on Sokka's features.
"We're over."
Sokka was a messy crier. Right now, his face was probably pinched like a lemon, with tears welling in his eyes--
"Nope."
Zuko blinked and looked at him in shock, but Sokka's expression was almost breezy.
"I don't accept," Sokka said loftily, leaning back casually like they were talking about what food to eat for dinner. "You'll have to try again some other time."
"Wha--are you even listening to me?" Zuko scrambled up to stand over him. "I said it's over. We're breaking up!"
"And I'm saying you better try harder," Sokka shot back. "Otherwise you're stuck with me."
Zuko closed his trap in surprise.
Sokka crossed his arms in a definitive nature that Zuko had grown accustomed to. It meant he was standing his ground, and that not even Toph could budge him. It was quite helpful as an ambassador, but now...
"That's not how it works!" Sparks ignited in his palms, prickling his skin.
Sokka got up, facing him on the edge of the roof.
It was dark now, and the only light was from the lanterns dimly illuminating the streets, and the lights bounced off Sokka's features as he spoke. "What, you think I'm going to let someone as great as you slip from my fingers that easily?"
Zuko's expression broke, and any semblance that he had control over this conversation shattered with his face.
"Yeah," Sokka said softly, and his shoulders dropped. "That's what I thought this was about." He reached forward, slowly taking his hand. He smoothed over Zuko's palm, putting out the smoke that threatened to erupt, even though the heat singed his gloves. "I'm not easy to get rid of," he murmured, tracing over his fingertips, blackened from ash. He tore his gaze up, meeting Zuko's eyes. "But you're easy to love."
Love?
Zuko knew that any relationship with him, romantic or not, was anything but easy. Zuko's throat closed with bile, and the only thing he felt other than his heart pounding in his chest was Sokka's warm touch.
Sokka smiled, and leaned forward, his thumb brushing against his scarred cheek. "Loving you is the easiest thing I've ever done," he said. "It's easy when I make you smile, and I think about how that's all I ever want to do. It's easy when I wake up in the morning, and I'm trapped under your heavy arm that's a thousand degrees."
In spite of everything, Zuko's face twitched into a hesitant smile.
"It's easy when I see you help your people. It's easy when you listen to me drone on and on about my inventions, and when you laugh at all my bad sarcastic jokes." He closed the space between them, and all Zuko could focus on was his voice.
"And it's easy to love you now. Even when you're trying to push me away because you don't see the person I see."
Zuko's eyes flicked back and forth. Agni, he was the one who was going to ugly cry, wasn't he.
He hugged him, and Sokka staggered back from the weight, parts of the roof crumbling off beneath their feet.
"Roof, roof! We're on the roof!" He said, laughing, and finally found his footing with his heel partially over the edge, but he was smiling. "I love you, Zuko."
"I love you, too," Zuko said, mumbling against his neck as he held him tightly, and he didn't let go.
#writing this in one quick draft bc im in a car for four hours so not my uhhhhh best but it was quick and fun#myfic#zukka#zukka fic#i still have my modern au that's completely planned out but i always choose drawing lol#also i did this on mobile if the formatting is weird in sorryyyyy#the prince and the fool
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Since itâs jetko week, do you any hc about jetko ? Any hot takes about jetko ? Any specific thoughts ?
hey anon !
i think that my fav hc jetko would have to be either Jet becoming his personal bodyguard, first as an attempt to âkeep the new Firelord in checkâ and then in an attempt to just protect Zuko when he sees how often Zukoâs life is threatened by him being the new Firelord.
or Jet & Zuko living together far from any big cities, with a big family, after abolishing the FN monarchy. itâs probably the least realistic one but itâs I think the one where both get that they deserve : a peaceful life, filled with love and happiness.
now if weâre speaking about hot takes, i posted this thread on x bc anon inspired me to put my thoughts on paper so Iâm just gonna copy past it here
itâs not specifically jetko thoughts but I do think that the fandom tends to be too harsh on Jet & Zuko in one specific episode. and for me thatâs City of Walls and Secret.
now donât get me wrong. yes, Zuko was lying about his identity, yes Jet was stalking two people and started a fight, but thatâs really, textually, not that bad. Jet is traumatised, paranoid and stressed so when he has the slightest hint that maybe Iroh might be a firbender heâs TERRIFIED literally and every single part of his brain that might think rationally just doesnât work anymore. and thatâs perfectly understandable given what happened to him.
thatâs doesnât make it 100% ok since, yeah they are so many EK citizens that might come from colonies, with mixed heritage, or with fn ancestry that might make them a firebender without being fire nation, and Jet had no way of being sure about this. but as I said his reaction is textually completely understandable.
now for Zuko, he would be in mortal danger if his identity was revealed (which people tend to forget) and he cannot afford to give up on his secret identity for a boy he barely knows. I know yâall like to make it big by saying he kind of betrayed jetâs trust, but jetko, as much as I love it spent max a few days together on the ferry, and thatâs it. thatâs literally it.
zuko even declines Jetâs offer because he cannot afford being close to someone when he is hiding his identity. cuz it would be risky, it would be even more lying, etc. itâs perfectly understandable and sincerely it funny that out of all the horrible things Zuko did itâs often that one that people will point out. I know that canon divergent jetko au might use that angst potential with Zuko lying to Jet but in canon itâs really not that deep. if he doesnât lie = he dies/or gets imprisoned at BEST. if he does lie, he gets a chance at surviving both the EK and the FN. and thatâs basically it.
as much as it is a popular trope to make Zuko or Jet guilty in jetko fics, I really donât like it because canon jetko and fanon jetko are really two different things. canon jetko isnât about betrayal. itâs more about how two severely flawed and traumatised teenagers start to form somehow a friendship because of how similar they are, but the instance of war, trauma and the sick need of survival get between them and tore them apart before they start to remotely form a meaningful relationship.
like in canon these two boys owe each other NOTHING. and I mean it. no Jet doesnât owe Zuko his trust and no Zuko doesnât owe Jet his honesty. not in that specific context. and thatâs something that a lot of people donât get about these two in canon
people even fail to realise that Jetâs lack of trust and hostility towards even the slightest hint of firebending & zuko trying to survive, burying his honesty to do so, are wonderful parallels that could be exploited in fics. not necessarily the âyou lied/you attacked meâ but just the âI had no other choice, Iâm sorryâ which is so much more tragic.
I would add that this specific trope of âZuko earning Jetâs forgivenessâ when it one sided doesnât work for me. it works for ships like maiko or zukka, and especially zutara, but not really jetko. at least not if it isnât reciprocated. like both guys did horrible things but none of these âhorrible thingsâ were directed towards eachother.
what happened in BSS is ultimately tragic because both didnât had another choice. both were clinging on the idea of surviving. both were terrified by what could happen to them. DO YOU SEE HOW TRAGIC THAT IS đ
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How do you feel about the concept of Jet being a mutual ex of Katara and Zuko? Or about them all being poly together? Is that something you'd ever consider writing?
I feel like I get this question like once a year. I'm not sure why? Anyway, no. This isn't a headcanon I subscribe to. I know people can do whatever they want, but in canon, there's no romantic vibe between Zuko and Jet that I can see, and I think romance is probably the least interesting way to go with their dynamic. I'm not even sure how they got shipped together, but Zukka also exists with even less to build on, so what do I know? I don't ship them. I don't even really think they'd be friends like that for real. Like, in an AU, I see them as rivals, maybe frenemies at best. In universe, I don't think Jet would ever forgive the Fire Nation enough for it to not be on sight whenever he sees Zuko after finding out he's a firebender, the prince of the firebenders. And you know what? I don't fault him for that. I think that makes sense for him, and he's got every right to feel that way.
Sometimes, I like the idea of them fighting over Katara, or of Jet being Katara's problematic ex, but that doesn't feel quite right to me either. I prefer Jet as the guy that was almost right for Katara, but not quite. The guy that makes Katara give up on love because if she couldn't make it work with him, who can she make it work with? Right before she meets Zuko.
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I often hear about "zutara aesthetics" and I never got it. No offense to the ones who like it, it's just my personal opinion, subjective through and through. This blog is the only place I feel safe enough to confess, that's all.
I don't like how Katara and Zuko look together. They are good as part of the gaang, but when there are only two of them... Every zutara fanart seems kind of "off" to me. Their silhouettes, their colors, shapes (canonical ones), the overall vibe - not similar enough to look harmonic in my eyes (kataang and maiko are much more visually appealing), not different enough to give an interesting contrast (like jinko, for example). Again, this is only my taste.
And, my gosh, I can't stand literally any Fireladykatara design. They are all so wrong. Why she always has a crescent-shaped crown? Zuko's crown is flames, not sun - they don't even match! (same goes for similar cases with zukka, ugh) And the clothes? Total red - I can see all your respect for Katara and her love for her culture, great job, guys. Red and blue combination - you mean, like Freedom Fighters, pirate crew and the owner of the circus? Canonically these are the characters who dress like that. So every time I see this variant I can't help but wonder if the Fire Nation citizens will think their queen looks like a criminal, outcast, or like a performer who entertains the crowd. Total blue - good for Katara, as long as the cut is not obviously modern or Fire-Nation-like (very often cases), but I don't like how it looks next to Zuko's red.
If you post it - thanks for the opportunity to express my opinion. Hope it does not offend anybody. I've never seen posts like this, so I think noone shares this point of view anyway. If you don't post it, it's fine. This ask is probably petty; normal people are analyzing the characters and the narrative, and here I am, complaining about how zutara annoys me visually as well.
Hey, petty or not, it's your opinion. You're allowed to just look at something and say "This aesthetic choices are shit." It's crazy that Zutarians are so prone to harrassing people that you're afraid to share this opinion, yet they're constantly calling Aang ugly. If they get to be petty, so can we. At least we're doing that in our space, without trying to tell them what they can or cannot do in their fanarts/fics.
And yeah, now that you mention it... the way they make them look always felt a bit off for me. I never really got why, but I honestly felt like light-bulb went off in my head when you mentioned them just dressing Katara in Fire Nation style even when she's supposed to be wearing Water Tribe clothes.
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ok i know the sex ed post was ages ago but I saw it in your most liked tab and it got me thinking, particularly with zukka, that even though they had sex ed they wouldn't have had gay sex ed. zuko grew up with sailors + the royal family in homophobic fire nation, and sokka got probably taught by gran gran about having babies. so all i can think is that if they decided to take that step when older, they are gonna have no clue what to do. queue sokka very very awkwardly shuffling up to bato who he knows is in a relationship with his dad and saying can I ask a question. promise not to laugh at me. except bato is less amused and more mildly horrified that sokka has chosen him to answer these questions
oh my god yeah. like, i'm not sure gran-gran's sex ed would've been heteronormative - depends on what you think the southern water tribe's attitudes are - but there's a very strong possibility that sokka, as a sexist teenage boy who thought he was straight, may have been like GRAN-GRAN EWWW STOP LALALA I'M NOT LISTENING
like the convo went: here's how babies happen -> sometimes grown-ups do this without the intent to make babies -> people can also do it with people of the same physical sex -> sokka running away screaming
he now regrets that.
for zuko, i think he might have. um. hands-on experience. y'know. on the ferry. with jet. does that prepare him for being in an actual relationship? probably not.
i'm not sure either of them would want to ask for guidance tbh. both of them canonically have experience with women (azula saying "mai seems to be in a good mood lately" had an undertone to it, sokka and suki in "the southern raiders") and zuko has some experience with men, so they'd probably just assume it's fine. figure it out as they go. it can't be that hard, right?
that said the image of sokka asking bato for advice on having gay sex is SO funny. bato knew he was signing up to be a dad when he started dating hakoda but he didn't think he'd have to give The Talk. also he has to be really careful about what examples he uses since his current gay sex partner is sokka's dad. (i imagine bato had some other relationships, but they all ended bc they realized he'd never value them above hakoda.) also sokka is asking specifically because he wants to have sex with the fire lord and like bato knew they were dating but he's never gonna get over how weird his life is now. "my stepson is asking me advice on gay sex so he can fuck the fire lord". truly wild.
meanwhile zuko has started spending time at piandao's bc he needs a father figure since iroh fucked off to ba sing se (plus piandao knows fire nation politics & can help him navigate being the fire lord) so he walks in one day and is like "yeah i have a question. not about politics but uhh. personal stuff" and piandao's like "oh what is it" and zuko tells him and piandao is like "i'm so honored you're asking me" and goes to his library and finds him a guide to gay sex that got banned in the fire nation but piandao managed to find a copy (he has a lot of illegal gay lit) and hands it to him like. go have fun kiddo. i'm rooting for you guys.
the other possibility is that suki (who is still dating sokka, they have an open relationship) finds out they want to have sex and knowing the state of their sex ed decides that they need a Lesson. it's a very good lesson because kyoshi island has very good queer positive sex ed but sokka has some interesting feelings about his girlfriend teaching him how to have sex with his boyfriend. not bad feelings. just interesting
ANYWAYS this is a fun topic and thank you for the mental image of sokka asking bato about gay sex
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hi bestie okay so i rewatched all of lok season four in the past twenty four hours and i also reread several chapters of complicated do you uhhh have more wuko fic recs for me <3
reporting for duty đ«Ą
iâll start off first of course by linking complicated, in case anyone who follows me still doesnât know that this is one of THE fics of all time. but beware you WILL come out of it a full wuko believer. jo is proof.
part 2 of complicated (a mid fic wu pov snippet)
part 3 of complicated which takes place after complicated, which i have never read??? it came out only a few months ago?? brb
i basically recommend every wuko fic the complicated authors have ever done:
bad liar (this one was put on permanent hiatus i guess :/ the most recent chapter sets up how the last chapter mightâve gone pretty well so⊠i just kinda imagine itâs complete lol)
in the dark
so good it hurts
boy problems
haunted house
stone cold
yours, wu
other wuko fics i loved:
on a cold winter night
take my hand written by YOU!! itâs crazy bc i probably read this way before i ever got into zukka not knowing i would and that we would become friends!
the art of wu(ing) which is part 2 of a zukka fic, which lowkey made me at least appreciate zukka from a distance, which led me to read blue and then we were done lol. basically you can thank this fic for me even being part of zukka nation
these are fics i havenât read yet but look great:
iâm feeling good (like i never should)
negative space
this might sound weird but i like you
mako and the terrible, awful, no-good, very bad road trip - i have been waiting for this one to get completed before i read the whole thing but i might cave
iâm also gonna cc @kingwuko on this post bc they are my fav wuko blog and might have other fic recs that havenât crossed my radar! xoxoxo
#happy reading!!#i apologize in advance for any formatting issues due to this being on mobile#ask#lesmiserablol#wuko#fic rec#to read
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