12 Works in ATLA Gen Week 2021
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a little bit of you & a little bit of me by GallifreyanFairytale
Fandoms: Avatar: Legend of Korra
18 Jul 2021
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Jinora wishes she could teach Ikki to be more like her - safer, less prone to injury. Wishes she could lock her sister in their house so she’d never get hurt like this ever again, wishes she’d been able to keep Ikki home from school until her ear was feeling completely better so this never happened in the first place.
She can’t. Of course she can’t. She can’t protect Ikki from the world, can’t hole her up so she never experiences any harm, whether physical or emotional.
But maybe it’s being an older sister that makes Jinora wish.
or: jinora's thoughts on being the oldest sister over the years
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- Part 4 of we'll grow together (atla gen week 2021)
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It all started because of fidget spinners.
Zuko remembers the day clearly—he was walking down the halls with Sokka, his boyfriend, who was happily spinning his fidget spinner, as one with a fidget spinner does.
It just so happened that Zuko’s ex and current best friend, Jet, was walking in the opposite direction at the time, twirling his own fidget spinner.
Jet and Sokka had never really gotten along well; they were always tense, defensive, and quick to anger around each other. But, since they were in the same friend group and both cared deeply for Zuko, they sucked it up.
Until the fidget spinners.
[or, five times jet and sokka claimed that they hated each other but still looked out for each other when they needed it]
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i was a child and she was a child by thatwasanticlimactic
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
03 Jul 2021
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Once Azula’s face was freshly cleaned, the young girl’s eyes hungrily zoned in on Zuko’s cone, which wasn’t even half way finished yet.
“Zuzu,” she began, hopping over to her brother and plopping beside him on the bench. “Are you going to finish that?” She pointed at the cone.
Zuko narrowed his eyes suspiciously, inching away from Azula. “Yeah, I’m gonna finish it.”
“Well, you’ve barely made a dent,” Azula continued. “I can help you, if you want.”
“Azula, you already had your ice cream,” Iroh gently chided, shaking his head but smiling either way.
[or, iroh and lu ten take young zuko and azula out to a theme park for vacation and buys them ice cream and then chaos ensues]
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these quiet motions, my favorite moments by GallifreyanFairytale
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
03 Jul 2021
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Izumi has always loved the stage.
or: izumi's thoughts as she waits for her papa to be done working and her dad to bring them food
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- Part 5 of we'll grow together (atla gen week 2021)
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Neither Zuko nor Azula got a chance to be anything but rivals. From the moment Azula is born, they’re stuck in a competition that they had no choice in. It’s what has happened countless times before them.
Except it doesn’t quite happen the way it should happen. Because while Ozai chose Azula and Ursa chose Zuko and Azulon watched on and Lu Ten stood on the sidelines and Iroh only ever saw what he wanted to see, something changed for the first time in decades.
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never been in love (and it's all good) by GallifreyanFairytale
Fandoms: Avatar: Legend of Korra
01 Jul 2021
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They sit in silence for several moments, with Bumi chewing his lip and squeezing the stress ball in his hands while Kya twists the Rubik’s Cube just enough to put Bumi on edge about her messing it up.
Finally, Bumi blurts out, “I don’t think I’m ever going to want to have a crush on anyone.”
Kya doesn’t look up. She just shrugs and says, “That’s fine. Dating is overrated anyways.”
or: five times bumi came out without using the word + one time he called himself aromantic
Series
- Part 3 of we'll grow together (atla gen week 2021)
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reach out and take hold (the future is yours) by FiresFromOurHearts
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
01 Jul 2021
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The GAang discuss the future that lies ahead of them - and where they see themselves.
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let your colors burn (and brightly burst) by GallifreyanFairytale
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
01 Jul 2021
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See, Yue can play the game. She can pick out a boy to say she has a crush on when she isn’t sure she really wants to be anything other than friends with him. She can agree when people call actors hot and spout out whoever’s popular when questioned about her celebrity crush. She can play the game, use the right words, make herself look like she feels the same way everyone else does.
But she can’t entirely understand what’s so great about kissing.
or: it takes a little help from her friends, but yue figures out why she's always felt a little different
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- Part 2 of we'll grow together (atla gen week 2021)
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home is here (with us around a campfire) by FiresFromOurHearts
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
29 Jun 2021
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Some days you have to get away from everything, and some days your friends are there to pick you up.
A road trip that takes Zuko out of his own mind, sees them through lunch at McDonalds, and laughing around a campfire. Life hasn't ever been better, not really.
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Suki is a child when she steps forward, filling shoes too big for her. But this is Suki and so that never mattered. She steps forward regardless, because Kyoshi Island needs someone to do so.
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i slithered here (from eden) just to sit outside your door by GallifreyanFairytale
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
28 Jun 2021
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The scales on its head and back have an iridescent shimmer, which Mai recognizes as belonging to the Surya snake, named for the spirit of light. It must be a baby one, and if Mai had to guess, she’d say it’s lost.
She holds her hand out towards the snake, and it slithers up her arm, twisting around her wrist.
She stands up and turns back to Sokka. “It’s just a baby; it won’t hurt you.”
or, sometimes friendships are formed via snakes and infodumping
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- Part 1 of we'll grow together (atla gen week 2021)
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It takes a while, but eventually Aang has a chance to see how Appa reacts to Zuko. He's not sure what he expected, but it's definitely not what he found.