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who do i have to speak to about if they can redo the prophecy? by writingandwinter
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
31 Aug 2024
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"Romantic troubles. There is nothing romantic about what happened with Zuko. His silence told her exactly what she suspected: He pitied her. He saw her struggle while stretching, he noticed how out of shape he was, he heard he say nobody would ever want her. He wanted to make her feel better, he kissed her in an attempt to comfort her, but he would never like her. Mai was not a fool, she understood there were expectations for Zuko, expectations she could never fulfill. Mai’s belief that things could be different, that he possibly could like her, was a foolish idea she was humiliated to even entertain."
a maiko oneshot of miscommunication, being in your 30s, and making up.
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- Part 2 of a maiko au
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"You were an only child" Ty Lee said to her on the beach on Ember Island.
Mai is an only child, not was. She does not have any siblings, but she has a son.
Only days after Zuko's banishment, Mai's life as she knew it ended. Her role within the Royal Family changed forever, with her golden eyed son as proof. Three years later, she needs to build a life with her son by her side as he always should have been. -
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"Once, Mai was to be married at fifteen, a contract signed by her parents and Zuko’s when they were mere children. Children can be married. Well, they could, until Zuko passed a law stating one cannot marry until sixteen years of age. Her mother was not an adult on her wedding day, she was younger than Zuko when he was burnt by his father. "
The morning of Mai's wedding, she and her mother come together.
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if one thing had been different, would everything be different today? by writingandwinter
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
06 Oct 2022
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"She’s no longer thirty-two when she clutches this knife, she’s five years old and stealing a knife from the kitchens to poke holes in her wall. She’s ten years old and poking holes turned to throwing darts and suddenly she’s noticed for her talent. She’s fifteen years old and throwing knives at Katara,Sokka, and Aang, though she did not know their names. She’s sixteen and in this room with Zuko. She’s seventeen and at a training center in Caldera with Ruon Jian, and he’s telling her he will never love any other girl the way he loves her."
a oneshot for Mai week featuring a divorced Mai, fed-up-with-pining Zuko, and knives.
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- Part 1 of a maiko au
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but the rain is always gonna come if you're standing with me by writingandwinter
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
01 Jun 2022
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Zuko finds his wife in the gardens, a deep grey blanketing the clouds in the sky, covering the sun that shines on their nation more often than not. He did not have to search for long. Mai spends most of her free time here these days.
A garden of Asters blooms a decade into the marriage of Fire Lord Zuko and Fire Lady Mai, though their family tree remains barren.
written for day one of maiko week 2022: rain
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a maiko au by writingandwinter
Fandom Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
31 Aug 2024
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i once believed love would be burning red, but its golden (like daylight) by writingandwinter
Fandom Avatar: The Last Airbender
05 Feb 2022
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after the foxes have known our taste, i'd be home with you by jetblacklilac
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
07 Sep 2024
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The future is an uncertain aspect of life for anyone else but Helaena.
Bookmarked by writingandwinter
31 Jul 2024
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you're coming back and it's the end of the world (we're starting over and i love you darling) by snowcoveredhills
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
01 Sep 2024
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Alicent should've screamed. She should've alerted the knights about the intruder. It was her duty to be Aegon's ally. It could end the war before it even began.
But she didn't. Because it was Rhaenyra. And deep down, Alicent wanted to hear what Rhaenyra had to say.
Or, Alicent lets herself believe Rhaenyra.
Bookmarked by writingandwinter
30 Jul 2024
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Why did you leave me ? by Katsuragi_Triss (Lexyan)
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
29 Mar 2024
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"Mother also says you're not friends anymore. Why?"
When Alicent lowered her gaze to Joffrey, she read no reproach in the little boy's eyes, merely innocent curiosity. Why weren't they friends anymore? There had been so much pain, so many elements beyond her control that had led to this situation that Alicent had never clearly dared ask herself the question, as if the answer couldn't possibly be simple anyway. And yet the words came to her naturally, like a breath too long held in her lungs.
"Because we hurt each other, mutually."
"Why?"
"Because it was so decided."
"I don't understand," muttered the child.
"I don't understand either," was all Alicent could reply.
It had been four years since Driftmark, since Aemond's lost eye and Rhaenyra's blood. Four years to pray and forget.
Four years after Driftmark, when Alicent thought she had finally forgotten, the maester announced that little Jaehaerys' lungs were sick and that only Dragonstone's sea air could cure him. And, once again, Alicent was forced to remember, to confront a past that was far too heavy, an echo of all she had lost.
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30 Jul 2024
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Seven-Pointed Star by hellebores_and_daffodils
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
29 Mar 2025
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Alicent is trapped in a life of silent duty. Does she want nothing more? (She wants to scream. She wants to burn. She wants to live. She wants.)
(Or, Alicent and her tragic, dysfunctional relationships)
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29 Jul 2024
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After the loss of Aemond's eye in Driftmark and the added brutality of the events that came after, Alicent finally realizes what she must do to safeguard her children: abandon the house of the dragon.
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Bookmarked by writingandwinter
03 Jul 2024