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“My Fire Grandpa — Fire Grandfather.” Sokka says. “He's in the palace, with Lala and my Fire Dad and Fire Mom. I don't see them very often. But they're there.”
“Could I meet them?” asks Kya.
Sokka thinks about it.
“I don't think you can,” he says. “I'm not Sokka there.”
Or: Sokka and Zuko are born on the same day. For as long as they can remember, twice a month they live each other's lives. People notice.
Alternatively, the story of Sokka and Zuko, as seen through the eyes of everyone but them.
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“The Spirits’ attention should be treated with caution.” Iroh informed him firmly. “You should do nothing to invite them, but if they have...noticed you, Nephew, you should do nothing to offend them. Treat them with respect, and treat them with suspicion. Even the kindest of Spirits may have an ulterior motive. To wear the face of a Spirit,” Uncle picked up his cup, again, with a small pause to emphasise his point, “it’s inviting trouble.”
Zuko gulped.
Or: Zuko steps foot in a shrine, a midsummer night before Aang wakes up; the events that follow will change the entire war. (It would take a lot for the Prince of Fire Nation to switch sides, but the Spirits are done waiting. Before Aang AU)
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- Part 1 of Consequences 'Verse
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From the City to the Ocean by trying_to_spell_both_our_names_at_once
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
30 Oct 2020
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“What are those?”
“These,” Mother said, and Zuko noticed her voice was shaking, as if she was about to cry. “Are our pelts.”
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Zuko, Azula, and Ursa are Selkies. It changes everything and nothing at all.- Language:
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With the arrival of Princess Azula, Toph Beifong, and Master Piandao to the Fire Nation, Fire Lord Zuko, barely staying afloat as is, finds himself thrown directly into the very thing he's been avoiding: the fallout of the Hundred-Year War. As faces old and new emerge from the shadows, some friend and other foe, Zuko struggles to help both his nation and the world while grappling with exactly what it means to do what is right.
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Books 2 and 3 of Fractures
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URSA IS ALIVE????
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Fractures by EvieNyx
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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Canon Divergent AU where Zuko joined the Gaang early in the S2 finale: Crossroads of Destiny.
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Link to Series Playlist on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1z5qoWROjZhw8vbd3pycfz?si=fNo9HLz2TGqcYofyr9rKVgLink to my Zuko Playlist on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1E3NDejbO5jfbR5odNTcT0?si=xyD1do_oRrqYf6v55saGwg+ Bonus Azula Playlist:
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zuko navigates trauma and his sexuality through his last few years of high school
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Ozai had never been a loving father, not only to Zuko. He just didn’t have it in him to love. He desired power, so he respected Azula - needed her. He did not love her.
But that was exactly the difference between the two siblings, while Azula had been in the presence of indifference - a possible liking - Zuko wasn’t just subject to a lack of love. No, he faced hatred. Pure disdain.
But it was three years ago that Ozai first left a visible mark on the boy, leaving a scar for the world to see. Shaming him, hurting him and challenging him to death, at once. Publicly humiliating him in a duel meant as a display of respect between two matched opponents, rivals.
And since then, Ozai had grown in aggression, in his abuse.
That's why Zuko had to leave.
OR: In this universe, Zuko was never banished. Instead, he was subject to three more years of abuse, and it's this abuse that causes him to come to his senses, all on his own, and join the Avatar.
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Zuko and Toph have a sparring match, and Zuko reveals a little more than he initially planned to.
“Oh, you so let me have that one!” She shouted, throwing her hands up in the air. “Come on, it was obvious!”
He grunted as he stood, trying not to get defensive. “Hardly.”
“It was right there!” She gestured with her hands.
“Well I. Didn’t. See it.” He didn't.
“Even I would have been able to see that coming, and I’m blind!”
Why was she taunting him like this? Zuko felt his anger flare up.
“Congratulations,” Zuko sneered. “But not everyone gets an easy fix like you.”
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Perfection is Overrated [Podfic] by Tuktuk for JaggedCliffs
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
05 Sep 2022
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For his first thirteen years, Zuko was raised in a palace. And yet somehow, it's the three years outside the Fire Nation that seem to count more – at least to the palace staff, who act like he's been raised by fox-wolves.
At first, this only annoys Zuko.
Until he begins to think that the Fire Nation needs more than a formerly-banished prince.
A podfic of Perfection is Overrated by JaggedCliffs
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offhanded remarks and their consequences by sillyandconfused
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
08 Jun 2025
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Lessons For the Wise and the Struggling by quotidian_void
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 May 2025
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Zuko gives Hakoda a lesson in parenting, Hakoda gives Zuko a lesson in son-ing, Iroh and Hakoda have a custody battle, and Zuko gains two dads
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Zuko (not) Alone: book three by Mozart_the_Meerkitten
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
12 Dec 2025
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What if Zuko had gone into his banishment alone, without Iroh, a ship and a crew? What if, after failing to capture the Avatar, he finally gave up and joined the Gaang (and turned into their protective older brother)? And how would that change his story and the stories of those around him?
(this fic is part of a series and you'll probably want to read Zuko Alone books one and two before reading this one)
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Zuko is sacrificed to Agni when he is thirteen. His spirit lives on as a messenger for the sun spirit, for better and for worse.
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Trapped In The Freezing Cold by Huni_obri
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
11 Aug 2025
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As soon as Zuko heard the clang, his heart froze.
He had dropped the wrench.
The guards escorting him to the cooler paused. "What's this?" one of them asked in a condescending tone. "It looks like a wrench," the other responded, a smirk spreading across his face as he picked it up and weighed it in his palm.
"Planning to fix the cooler while you're in there?" the first guard sneered, holding open the heavy door.
Zuko didn't answer. He couldn't. His pulse was roaring in his ears, his heart pounding. Anything he said now could and would be used against him. "Search him, maybe he has more."Or
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Dragons over Snakes by WHYISEVERYNAMETAKEN
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
31 Oct 2025
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A Forward by the Scholar Zuyen:
It has been a long upheld truth of our great nation that after the twin falls of the disgraced Fire Lord Ozai and Princess Azula, and their subsequent imprisonments, neither of the two ever regained contact with our well-respected Fire Lord Zuko. While Fire Lord Zuko ensured the humane holding conditions of his estranged father and sister immediately after his ascension to the throne, he reportedly never saw a need to continue communications with them. Before writing this book, my answer to such an obvious statement would have been, "Blasting flames—well of course he didn't!" Now, though, my answer would be quite different. But best leave that til later.
Fire Lord Zuko, when questioned about such matters, only ever gave one answer in response, saying: “A true leader has no need for snakes and scoundrels. Dragons are far superior.”
Given his far more professional reply, it is no wonder that he was the fire lord and I am a less-than-humble scholar.
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Two siblings learning how to be siblings for the first time via letters. And the scholar from a century later who found them.
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I Didn’t Agree to This (and I Never Signed a Contract) by Suspicious_bean
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
12 Jul 2025
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Zuko turns into a baby dragon by accident. Chaos ensues.
Sokka slowly stood, wary of the creature on his back. The Zuko on his back. He realized with a start that the little thing was trembling as it gripped onto him, heart beating erratically. When his friends started walking up to him, he could hear a hissing sound coming from right under his ear. Even if it wasn’t directed at him, it was still terrifying.
“Wow,” Aang exclaimed, continuing to step forward even at lizard-Zuko’s obvious protest. “He’s a baby dragon!”
Now that left Sokka in shock. “Dragon?”
“Yep! Dragon.” Aang slowly extended a finger towards dragon-Zuko, an enthralled grin on his face. Zuko was clearly offended (or terrified), and Sokka felt him shift around so only his head poked out of Sokka’s collar.
“Yeah, I don’t think he likes that,” Sokka said, lowering Aang’s hand.
Takes place between episodes "The Boiling Rock" and "The Southern Raiders"
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I Know You Want The Satisfaction (it's not gonna happen) by Defective_Emrys
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
12 Jun 2024
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The previous reincarnations of the Avatar Spirit are growing restless as Aang stays frozen within the iceberg and Sozin’s Comet draws nearer. In the year 97 AG, they make a desperate gamble by removing the Avatar Spirit from Aang and giving it to their best hope for peace and balance between all four nations – a 13 year-old Zuko, freshly burned and sentenced to exile.
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forest fire freedom fighter by abed_with_a_knife
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
29 Apr 2024
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There are risks. Practical risks, like flammable items becoming damaged or their literal treehouse burning down. And indirect risks, like what if they’re wrong about him being a nobody? What if the little kidnappee is important enough for someone to go looking for him? It’s one thing to weigh the life of a firebender. It’s another thing entirely to consider risking the lives of your team for the bender in question. If taking a risk for a stranger, much less a fire stranger is what does them in in the end, Jet will never forgive himself.
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Bleeding Hearts, Burning Hearts by Anonymous
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
12 Nov 2025
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Azula's eyes are clear and curious and pure. This child doesn’t have to turn into broken, unhinged teenager ready to strike down her own brother with lightning. She doesn’t have to grow up thinking herself unlovable.
"Let’s have each other's backs," she says, looking right into Azula's innocent eyes. "Always."
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Or, a random woman dies and is reborn as Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. She’s not happy about it, but no one’s asking for her opinion. So here she is, trying to figure out how to use her vague memories of the show to survive until Aang’s return, while also attempting to (manipulate) guide her affection-starved little sister toward a redemption arc. Gotta take that silver sandwich bite!
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