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nobody's son, nobody's daughter by Popjunkie42
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
09 Aug 2026
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He has created a vision of a prince in his mind - the perfect prince: ruthless but fair, strong and commanding. A head taller, shoulders broad, who inspires awe and fealty in every room he walks into.
When he sees this prince's face, he has no scar.
In his late-night imaginings, tossing and turning in bed, this perfect prince of the Fire Nation has every response prepared for the waterbender.
-You took up arms against the Fire Nation royal family, what did you expect to happen?
-The Fire Nation exists to enforce order and progress through the land.
-Fire Lord Ozai demands your obedience. I demand your obedience. Now tell me where the Avatar is -
And yet, even in his imagination, she still looks back at him with that cool, unending disdain.
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Katara is captured after the Avatar falls at Ba Sing Se. Somehow Zuko never imagined this - the Avatar suspected dead, and the waterbender rotting in a Fire Nation prison. He needs to keep her protected from his sister and his father. He doesn't examine this impulse too closely.