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    Fractures by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

    25 Feb 2024

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    Zuko realizes his destiny much earlier. As in, as soon as he wakes up in the palace after his Agni Kai and is told he is banished. Unfortunately, he's never been a patient one. So he storms right up to Ozai and tells him what he's going to do. And gets locked up for over three years. Then, one day, he's being pulled out and told he's the new Fire Lord.

    A "Zuko never meets the Gaang and suddenly becomes Fire Lord after three years of literal torture" AU. In which the Gaang doesn't know what to think of the new Fire Lord who happens to be the missing nephew of Aang's firebending teacher, Iroh constantly has a headache, and, sure, maybe the world hates the Fire Nation, but the Fire Nation LOVES Zuko, and he can work with that.

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    Goodbye Papa, It's Hard To Die by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

    25 Nov 2025

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    It had been three weeks since his injury on Agni Kai, two and a half weeks since the burn became infected, a week and a half since the infection healed, and a week since he woke up on the ship. 

    Zuko...wasn't sure how he should feel about this. He was banished.

    Banished.

    Or

    Zuko is a mess and can't handle this well.

    Or

    In the order; Zuko has a bad day(s), meets a dragon hawk (spoiler:the dragon hawk adopts him), he tries to (literally) end his bad day(s), drinks tea with Iroh, gets hugged (emotionally), and wonders what to do about it because he's emotionally constipated. (Spoiler:He cries)

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    Lily White, Poppy Red by

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    28 Sep 2025

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    Fractures by

    Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)

    12 Mar 2025

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    A "Zuko never meets the Gaang and suddenly becomes Fire Lord after three years of literal torture" AU. In which the Gaang doesn't know what to think of this new Fire Lord who happens to be the missing nephew of Aang's firebending teacher, Iroh is misunderstanding a few things, and, sure, maybe the world hates the Fire Nation, but the Fire Nation LOVES Zuko, and he can work with that.

    Last work in this series is the character list + descriptions for any readers who are lost on anyone.

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    Fire Nation red, the same colour as blood by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

    17 Nov 2025

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    The boiling rock was worse then canon. I'm making it more realistic guys.

    Oh, and I'm thinking Hakoda can adopt a truamitized Zuzu, and Sokka loves his new brother.

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    There is No War in Ba Sing Se by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

    20 Jan 2022

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    Zuko went to bed as the new Fire Lord; the war had been ended, his friends were safe, and his uncle was running a tea shop. His future was, finally, hopeful.

    When Zuko woke up, he was back on his ship sailing toward Sokka and Katara's village.

    Lu Ten is alive, Aang is still missing, and there is no war in Ba Sing Se. Still, Sozin's Comet is coming, and Zuko thinks it's his only way back to his timeline.

    If this one doesn't kill him first.

    Updates when my brain gremlins let me!

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    Even Gold Deserves to Shine by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

    29 Apr 2025

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    Prince Zuko has been declared dead in the Fire Nation and the Dragon of the West is missing, presumed dead after the Great Siege of the North. Meanwhile in the deep underground palace dungeons, a beaten figure prays to Agni for help.
    His savior has the bluest eyes he's ever seen and so does his new family.

    Hakoda wasn't planning on gaining another kid after the failed invasion but here he is. He just wishes the kid would stop giving his crew heart attacks with his lack of survival instincts.

    Oh and also Azula may have started a rebellion in her brother's name. Whoops.

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    Seasons In The Sun by

    Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)

    25 Nov 2025

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    What if Zuko's story gradually drifted away from canon after his first Agni Kai?

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    Account and Accountability by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

    05 Nov 2025

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    Zuko has been burned and banished, and must not return to the Fire Nation without the Avatar. However, the spirits of Fire Lord Sozin and Avatar Roku have a very different mission for him: put the trapped spirits of the Air Nomads to rest, and join the Avatar in bringing balance to the world. Is this truly his destiny, or merely a nightmare brought on by fever and infection? And if it's real, how can one teenage boy possibly succeed in such a daunting task?

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    Lily White, Poppy Red by

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    28 Sep 2025

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    Azula, former Princess of the Fire Nation, left the Palace three years ago in order to build up an alliance and take her father down, once and for all. But the world is changing - the Avatar's arrival is both a blessing and a curse, and with him comes a risk she might not be willing to take. Meanwhile, in a Nation more fragmented than ever, Zuko will do everything to cut off his weakness and folllow Ozai's orders - but he doesn't know if he can kill Azula.

    ---

    “It’s always a pleasure to watch destiny unfold."

    Azula sighed, “Destiny will not win a war, Uncle. This is the result of all out hard work.”

    “Ah, but just as we cannot control the skies and seas, sometimes we cannot control the path our lives take.”

    “Tell me, Uncle. Do the tides control the ship, or do I?”

    Uncle laughed, “Point made. Lead on, my niece, but be wary of incoming storms.”

    For a moment, the world was still, and something tense settled on her shoulders. But she shook it off.

    She had the Avatar, and soon she’d have the North.

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    Goodbye Papa, Please Pray For Me, I Was The Black Sheep Of The Family by

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    19 Nov 2025

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    "You will learn respect and suffering will be your teacher" 

    These were the last words he hears while his father is holding him in a way that he can almost think of as kind. Instinctively, he wants to move away, but he can't, his father's strong hands firmly make sures that he stays in place. 

    Or

    Zuko and what happened to him after Agni Kai

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    la parfum de fleurs by

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    02 Jul 2024

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    The news that Fire lord Zuko had been assassinated lands at Sokka's feet in a neatly-bow-tied scroll. A year passes.

    Sokka receives the next letter from Iroh's favorite messenger hawk, which he catches as it struggles to land in his balloon.
    The letter is short. His eyes skim the scribbled mess on the parchment. He reads the five words over and over and over until his brain catches up with his vision.

    Sokka,

    Zuko is alive.

    Iroh

    Or,

    Zuko is assassinated. For a year, Sokka grieves his best friend and everything he never said, until Zuko appears right back where he died.

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    Avatar: The last Airbender podfic by , , , , , , , ,

    Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types

    28 May 2022

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    All Avatar: the Last Airbender podfics by Dr_Fumbles_McStupid (and sometimes intermittent supporting cast).

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    Love Is Going to Lead You By the Hand by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

    28 Feb 2021

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    Zuko thinks he might actually be getting his shit together. But then his mother reappears, from the last place he would think to look and the last place he would ever hope to find her.
    The tragedy of the last ten years of his life are nothing compared to hers.

     

    Zuko accidentally finds his mom, adopts a child he has never met, cries a lot in front of strangers, and finds that maybe he is still worthy of love, in no particular order

    This was previously entitled "They Are Not My Sins to Atone For, But I Can Still Try"

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    Sunsets and Sunrises by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

    06 Jan 2025

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    It’s been six months since Uncle Iroh died, and Firelord Zuko is fine.

    Really, he is.

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    leave this all behind (empty shores) by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

    18 Apr 2021

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    “I know you’re a hallucination,” Zuko finally manages, “but is there any chance you could help me. Ummm.”

    What’s he even supposed to say? ‘Help me die properly?’ Even fake-Uncle looks all worried, and Zuko’s oxygenless heart can’t take it if he’s already been disappointment enough for all sixteen years of his life.

    And then he realizes.

    Somehow, the spirits decided they weren’t going to throw their worst gambit at him this time. No; somehow, the spirits decided they were going to send him into the past even after he’s already died.

    “Nevermind,” he says faintly. “I think I’m going to throw up.”

     

    or: the lionturtle imparted that should bending another’s energy fail, the soul will be corrupted. traveling backwards in time might offer an opportunity of sorts.

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    overboard and out of sight by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

    28 Feb 2024

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    Finding himself separated from his uncle after an attempt on his life, a newly banished Zuko washes up on the shores of Kyoshi Island.

    In his efforts to reunite with the last living family member to ever show him kindness, he crosses paths with a badass Kyoshi Warrior, a certain blind earthbending genius, and is dragged along when the Avatar comes to town.

     

    THIS FIC CONTAINS GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH (DEPRESSION, SUICIDE), CHECK CHAPTERS FOR CONTENT WARNINGS AND READ THE TAGS CAREFULLY.

    [This is an orphaned incomplete work]

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    in the well (a fleeting glimpse) by

    Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

    14 Jul 2021

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    the ozai radiates so much asshole energy that aang's energybending absorbed it au, featuring:
    - time travel
    - mildly corrupt!aang, who is entirely oblivious to it
    - katara's undiluted guilt complex
    - sokka struggling to reconcile how any of this, because science
    - zuko having bad hair

    (some things are better, but some things are worse.)

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    It Really Doesn’t Matter- if I’m Wrong, I’m Right by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

    29 Nov 2020

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    It had already been three years since he had first emerged, freshly scarred, and now Zuko was back in the Fire Nation palace. However, this time, Zuko was no longer the disgrace of the royal family; he was allowed to feel for once. No, now Zuko was Fire Lord, and had helped end the 100 Year War. He had helped usher in an era of peace, alongside the Avatar no less. Or at least he hoped it would be an era of peace, it had only actually been a few months since the coronation. Zuko was barely 17 and he already had so much work to do to fix the horrors of the past 100 years.

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    You‘re such a weirdo by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

    02 Jul 2025

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    Ren, a girl with white wings tattoo, on her way to find the Avatar to find an airbender just like her. Zuko, a banished prince, on his way to find the Avatar to regain his honor. Both got the same target but different goals. Who is going to find him first?
    “You know you’re talking to yourself, right?”
    "How long were you standing there?"
    "When you started with ' hello, Zuko here' and waved
    at imaginary people" She started to laugh.
    "You're such a weirdo"
    Zuko x OC

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