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Zuko thinks the Avatar's collection of misfits is behaving weirdly. They're constantly acting like they know something he doesn't, like they know him when they definitely shouldn't, and they're constantly trying to get him to join them! Which he would never do!
(For some reason, Sokka, Katara, and Aang have memories of growing old, and all the steps it took to get there, but have no idea what triggered it other than breaking Aang out of the iceberg. Naturally, they want things to be better, but teenage Zuko, still in his angry yelling phase? Adorable. They can work with this.)
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- Part 33 of Livy's Misc Oneshots
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El gaang tienen sus recuerdos de cuando son más grandes desde el inicio de la serie pero los recuperan cuando se unen al grupo, Zuko siente que actúan raro con el y cuando se une les dice "hola, soy zuk- hijos de p"
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Colourful|Monochrome|Pink by FoiblePoibleNoibleWoible
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
31 Dec 2022
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Ozai’s son was barely a minute old, and he was already a disappointment.
He had treasonous soulmarks.- an au where soulmarks are more like YouTube recommended and not this perfect gospel truth. also you get like a bunch of them
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"We're going to be alcoholics by the time we're thirty," Sokka sighed.
"You think we'll live to be thirty?" Zuko asked, honestly thrilled. Sokka had pretty good instincts. Perhaps Zuko should reevaluate his long term goals. He could start by having long term goals.
A more likely alternative was that Sokka was just a hopeless optimist. It just went to show, you never truly saw another man until you stood shoulder to shoulder against a fleet of war balloons intent on raining death upon the city you loved.
Zuko was just a normal guy with normal interests. He liked theatre, burglary, crotchety ostrich horses, watching the Blind Bandit crush her opponents in a glorious display of skill and violence... just your standard banished prince things. It wasn't his fault he kept stumbling into rebellions and uncovering long-buried secrets. Fine, maybe freeing the prisoners was on him, but he was completely innocent of all other treason. Zuko was his father's loyal son. He'd never betray his nation.
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Uncle Iroh took a more creative approach to fostering Zuko's appreciation of other cultures. Now it's everyone's Problem.- Language:
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Flashpoint Act I: Kindling by BloodInTheTides
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
11 Oct 2025
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Nearly a year into her role as the Southern Water Tribe’s ambassador, Katara has accomplished what her counterpart from the North could not: securing reparations from the Fire Nation court. But when sabotage, scandal, and colonial unrest threaten the fragile peace of a post-war world, she finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into the viper’s nest of Fire Nation politics…and closer to its ruler. As rumors swirl and tempers flare between the Ambassador and the Fire Lord, Katara finds a helping hand, and unexpected solace, in the brother of one of her students. In a nation built on blood and lies, she must decide: how far is she willing to go to protect those who cannot protect themselves…and what will it cost her?
This is the first act of a five-act story. Act I is complete and comes to, what I consider to be, a narratively satisfying conclusion. I will be posting the remaining chapters of Act I every day during Zutara Month 2025.
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- Part 2 of Flashpoint
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Azula is a fast learner.
She molds herself.
She buries the parts that Father won't like.
She creates parts Father might love.
She experiments, and tests, and prunes herself until she is what he wants. Until she's safe, and favored, and powerful and his loyal, perfect daughter.
She cannot be like Zuko.
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- Part 11 of Change of Address
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To Lose or to Gain (Series) by Yemi Hikari (Yemi_Hikari), Yemi Hikari - PM (Yemi_Hikari)
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
22 Jan 2025
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What Azulon meant by sacrifice was to give up ones child to another.
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To Lose or to Gain II: Flames of the Future - 4/?
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There's an owl. It's not a cat-owl or a badger-owl or even an owl-deer. It's an owl, it's huge, and it's not pleased to see them.
"Humans. What are you doing in my library?"
Zhao bows deeply to it. "Honoured spirit, I am a humble seeker of knowledge. I had heard of the wonders of your library and wished to see it for myself."
What follows is the most nauseating combination of flattery and lies Zuko has heard for a long time. Not that Zuko has the right to accuse an honourable Fire Nation citizen of lying. And he should want the spirit to believe Zhao. Right?
Right. Anyway. Something something knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Honoring the spirits that keep our sailors safe and bear us where we need to go.
"And your companion?" the owl asks. Wan Shi Tong, whose name literally means the guy who knows everything. And he can't hear what utter moosebullshit Zhao is spouting? Really?
"Him?" Zhao says. He pats Zuko's shoulder, and Zuko grits his teeth. "He's my assistant. A bit simple, but he can follow orders. I'll ensure he doesn't trouble you."
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Zuko goes to the library. He ends up staying for three years.
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Cultural Reciprocity (n.)
The dynamic or material exchange of knowledge, values, and perspectives between two or more different cultures.“In the Southern Water Tribe,” Sokka begins in a scholarly tone—like he’s about to recite an oral history, “warriors wear wolf-tails, and keep the hair on the crown of their heads pulled back.”
“Kids and bachelors keep the sides of their hair short. Since Bato witnessed my ice-dodging ceremony when I was sixteen, I’ve been considered an adult for a while now. Growing my hair out is symbolic of maturity,” And this is where Sokka breaks eye contact with Zuko for the first time, looking back down at the table and picking up his cup of tea (iced, which he insists is a Tribe thing but still makes Zuko cringe) to cradle between his wide palms. And then he opens his mouth, and in six words freezes Zuko’s heart and rattles him down to the core—
“And of my intent to marry.”
“Marry,” Zuko repeats dumbly.A/N: This fic spends a lot of time exploring the lore of the world of A:TLA, particularly its ties to real-world Asian and Indigenous cultures. It also happens to be a love story, too.
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burning me up (but still i held on) by dont_leaf_me_alone
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
27 Jan 2025
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(the fic where Zuko uses his big brain cells to prevent his uncle outing them as firebenders in an Earth Kingdom city; this has unforseen consequences. Not all of them are bad.)
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Zuko knelt before his father on the day of Ozai's coronation and said, "I am your loyal servant. I do not fear being burned."
Zuko remembers, vividly, bowing before the court, bowing before his father, and wishing he could say something else. Something like, I will honor you, or respect you, or even obey you.
He wishes there was some other way to prove loyalty, some other way to prove love.
He wishes he could have said something true, but he has always, always feared being burned.
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After escaping the Boiling Rock, Zuko and Hakoda have a discussion about duty, loyalty, and love.
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Your Loyal Son; [RubyofRaven]
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Across the room, Jet's gathering up empty bowls — ahem, hiding the evidence. He grins over his shoulder at Zuko.
"We didn't make a bad team, did we?" he says, sitting down crosslegged across from him. His dark eyes glitter in the light coming from the lanterns.
"No," Zuko says, looking down at his bowl. "We didn't."
(the fic where Zuko uses his big brain cells to prevent his uncle outing them as firebenders in an Earth Kingdom city; this has unforseen consequences. Not all of them are bad.)
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- Part 1 of burning me up (but still i held on)
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flame to a vapor by dont_leaf_me_alone
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A collection of Zuko-centric one-shots that can be read independently with the exception of the ‘Flares’ series.
Fics mostly contain angst, hurt/comfort, whump, some humor, and of course the generic “The gaang finds out how Zuko got his scar”
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A Little Bit of Death by trickyster_3000
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
03 Oct 2025
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To Zuko, life is a stage and an important play is taking place in front of him. He believes that it is his destiny to keep the story on track no matter what and ensure everyone gets a happy ending. Things would be so much easier if the characters would stop dying, killing him, and/or ending up in some sort of catastrophic situation. It doesn't really matter, he will reset the stage as many times as it takes until everything is perfect.
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“That does not answer my question, Azula,” he barks, and he knows he should be nicer… But his fear is only exacerbated by her anger... “Do you want to help me or help the Fire Nation?”
OR, Following Firelady Ursa’s disappearance, Zuko questions the doings of his father’s nation and convinces Azula to run away with him.
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- Part 1 of ★ Red Burns Series
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Livy's Misc Oneshots by Itslivybear
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Batman - All Media Types, Danny Phantom, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, How to Train Your Dragon (Movies), Miraculous Ladybug, Naruto (Anime & Manga), Original Work, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, SK8 the Infinity (Anime), 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
31 May 2025
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All of my oneshots that aren't connected to a larger story, from various fandoms. Added in the order I wrote them.
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I want more of all of these.
Currently at 33 parts
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“We had fun at the tea shop, right?” Sokka said gently. “You had a good time?”
“I... I guess...” Zuko’s heel bounced against the floor.
“I had a good time,” Sokka nodded firmly, “and I’d like to be friends. Step one is eating lunch together.”
He watched the visible confusion deepen over the other boy’s face.
“Step one of what?”
Spirits.
“Being friends.”
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- Part 14 of Change of Address
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Change of Address by hearmerory
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Nov 2024
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A collection of instances in a modern AU of Zuko's shitty childhood, featuring Ozai's dislike of his son's autism and sexuality.
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Avatar: Legend of... The Blue Spirit?? by chibinekogirl101
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
27 Apr 2025
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Aang isn’t the Avatar. But… he used to be…
But water doesn’t call to him, not in the way he knows it’s supposed to. And then, he is saved from Pohuai Stronghold by… an airbender?!
This masked guy that saved him, rescuing him with two swords and a small bout of accidental airbending… is the Avatar. Not Aang. Not… not anymore.
And he’s looking for a Master to teach him air.
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On one hand, Aang is no longer the Avatar
on the other hand, Aang is no longer the Avatar
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To Lose or to Gain: Iroh's Child by Yemi Hikari (Yemi_Hikari)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
07 Jan 2022
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Zuko knows from Azula's own mouth that Fire Lord Azulon ordered Ozai to sacrifice his first born son in order that Ozai might redeem himself in Azulon's eyes. He in fact expects his father to kill him, but something else happens instead.
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- Part 3 of To Lose or to Gain (Series)
- Part 12 of NaNoWriMo (Yearly Challenge)
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