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To Open Every Door to Night, To Meet Each Rising Sun by Erisenyo
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
19 Nov 2022
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[In rare moments of whimsy and indulgence—usually accompanied by cake—Azula would sometimes think of herself as one part of a triangle. Half of a paired dao. The northern point of a compass, even, always guiding straight and true.
But she thinks, as she contemplates the single cowering candleflame and the stifling darkness, that perhaps she’s been a lone flame all along.
No matter, though. Zuzu claims to have changed. Maybe Azula will change, too. Maybe she will forge herself into a spear, instead, striking straight and true. Or an arrow in the night. A knife in the dark.
Her eyes flick up to where Zuko just disappeared from her sight, and she snaps, sharp, precise, and feels lightning-tinged fire arc off her fingertips.
Or in the back.]
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Six years after the war, Azula has finally reached her age of majority and is about to be crowned Zuko’s heir. If only Sokka could shake the feeling that she’s plotting something…
If only Azula could keep Water Tribe from bumbling into her plots.
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20 Nov 2022
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a matter of time by Duckduck_Scribblerswan (Caellie_E_and_Vaye_R)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
31 May 2022
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Zuko is a smart kid. He knows many things, like the first five katas from the advanced set his tutors started him on, and the defeat of the Xachu Island rebellions of 44 AG. He knows that Azula was the one who stomped up all of the garden roses two weeks ago, even though she told their mother it was a servant boy.
He knows that when he notices a faint burn on the inner curve of his wrist and hears the ticking of clock gears when there's no clocks to be found, he should tell exactly nobody.
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A soulmate timer AU, where soulmates are those whose paths will have great impact on your own, but fate is more easily swayed by choices than it would seem. If both of you make it to a certain point in your lives and your relationship together, the timer goes off, cementing the roles you will have for each other. Until then, anything can happen.Zuko has five potential soulmates. This changes surprisingly little, in the grand scheme of things.
(Requested by my friend for her birthday, who said, "you know what would be cool? More ATLA family soulmate AUs." And I said "what a great gift idea!" made it into a character study and proceeded to sit on it for two years. Whoops. Happy birthday!)
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31 May 2022
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Sherlock Holmes is desperately trying to reconcile his newfound memories and feelings within his transport—a transport that won’t quit with the nightmares and the strange, fiddly anxieties that crop up at the most inopportune moments. On the advice of his psychiatrist—not that he’s thrilled to be taking the man’s advice, but needs must—he's going to mark the anniversary of Eurus’ torments. That explains why he visits the well. What he finds at the well, though, is entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, John Watson has finally come to terms with something he’s ignored his entire life. He’s ready to share that something with Sherlock, except Sherlock isn’t acting himself. It's not the time for confessions, and John determines he must get to the bottom of his best friend's affliction before he can reveal anything.
And you, dweller of the deep, rouse once more from your slumber.
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- Part 3 of Vulpes' Halloween Johnlock
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28 May 2022
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"It was Ozai," he says. "I was thirteen, and he burned me on my knees while I begged him for mercy. Every noble in Caldera was invited to watch. For a long time, I kind of thought everyone knew what happened." He doesn't say that he still kind of thought they knew the story when he joined them, that "for a long time" really meant, "until tonight."
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20 Apr 2022
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come back with gravity by frutescence
Fandoms: The Rise of Kyoshi, The Shadow of Kyoshi, Avatar: The Last Airbender
04 Nov 2020
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"We are protectors," her father used to say in his slow, eastern Fire Nation dialect as he smoothed back the loose strands of Rangi’s bun after she spent too long running around the volcanic beaches of her home island. "It is our duty, our honor, to protect those that cannot protect themselves."
"But why can’t they protect themselves?" Rangi asked once, sitting on his lap on the rocky cliffs near their home.
Her father looked at her and laughed as he took her hands in his. His laugher was a deep, warm sound. Safe. "Sometimes, little one, it’s better to not do everything alone."[Or: When the shirshu spit darts render her unconscious, Rangi remembers her father. A story about Rangi's capture, prison break, and reunion.]
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12 Apr 2022