13 Works in ATLA Fics That Give Me Serotonin
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Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.
Featuring Azula's extended field trip, June not signing up for this, and Sokka's increasing desire to scream. Come get your international politics with a side of baby dragons.
Podfic and German translation now available, see chapter one notes!
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- Part 1 of Towards the Sun
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[Time passes oddly. Between one second and the next, Sokka has the Fire Lord pinned to the wall with his hands around the bastard’s throat. Golden eyes (one gold eye, his mind whispers) widen in shock.
“Sokka?” he chokes out. And then he smiles.
What the fuck?
“Sokka, I—”
Sokka slams his head against the wall, once, twice, and the smile wipes off his face. Good.
“What,” Sokka bites out, “have you done to my sister?”]
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An injury leaves Sokka with amnesia. His last memory is of the failed invasion, of leaving his father behind in enemy territory on the Day of Black Sun. Of hopelessness. Rage.
But then he wakes up, and the war is over. Suddenly, he must come to terms with the fact that years have passed, and that he's somehow the Southern Water Tribe Ambassador to the Fire Nation. He is also supposedly friends with banished-Prince-turned-Fire-Lord Zuko, of all people. Close friends.
Yeah, nah.
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it's not your fault (I put this heavy heart in you) by ace_din_djarin
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
29 Jan 2021
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Firebenders don't burn easily.
But they can. And they have.
He has.
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Nobody's really sure how to take the new Fire Lord. Actually, nobody's really sure if he'll last long enough for them to get used to him. Zuko, existing in the uncertainty of a life after the war, is right there with everybody else.
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Sokka is a man of science, and science says ghosts aren't real. So, he can't be dead... Right?
Too bad science can't explain why the only person who can see or hear him is Prince Angry Jerk.
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who do you think you are, the fire lord? by flashsideways
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
22 Jul 2020
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“Excuse me?” he says, tentative but a bit worried for Zuko’s health. “I- Fire Lord Zuko? Why are you climbing out of a window?”
Zuko pulls himself back in, his hair a mess around his head, and his eyes are wide like he's been caught. He’s not wearing his royal clothes either- is that a blue mask attached to his belt? “Uh… I can explain?”or, three strangers are introduced to Fire Lord Zuko who is... doing his best.
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- Part 1 of fire lord zuko is doing his best, guys
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Zuko knew he would never be enough, and that was okay.
[Because if it wasn’t, he wouldn’t be able to do anything but silently start to break apart.
And what use would he be, then?]
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On Zuko, being broken, and the gold in his life that helped rebuild him. Because like the Japanese art of kintsukuroi, mending broken pottery with gold, he is broken down, and reborn.
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- Part 1 of Loyalty Through Fire
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How to Care for Your Local Fire Lord; A Memoir by The Palace Staff by RejectsCanon
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
07 Jul 2020
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“I just wanted to introduce myself. Your uncle had told me his niece had been thinking of applying to work in the gardens, so I thought I would introduce myself.” Fire Lord Zuko was awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck and a slight blush crawled up his cheeks.
Oh my Spirits, Hana thought. Our Fire Lord is adorable.
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5 times the palace staff were protective over their Fire Lord because they all love him to death, and 1 time they had someone else do it.Series
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Ambassador Sokka and His Very Bad (Turned Very Good) Idea by gaydaractivate04
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
18 Jun 2020
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The war is officially over. With Fire Lord Ozai and his daughter dead, Fire Lord Zuko now takes the throne.
He takes the throne, and sets to fixing the destruction left over from the war, starting with his own people and ending with everyone else's.
That was how Sokka found himself, the next chief of the Southern Water Tribe, negotiating new treaties in the heart of the Fire Nation with the new Fire Lord.
Who, if he must say, is really good looking for a guy who spent the last few years in the cells beneath the palace.
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- Part 1 of The Adventures of Ambassador Sokka
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The first time a attendant spills Zuko’s tea and doesn’t immediately fall to her knees, begging the Fire Lord’s forgiveness, it is not anger but a resounding warmth that fills his chest.
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The palace staff can't say they're exactly pleased with the attitudes of the royal family, to say the least. Now, after a few wild fights, the old banished Prince is sitting on the throne and leading their nation. What are they supposed to make of it all?
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The five times the palace staff weren't sure what to think about the new Fire Lord + the one time they were.
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- Part 1 of Avatar 5 + 1 Things
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Zuko had heard rumors that warriors from the Southern Water Tribe can turn into wolves, but he doesn't believe these rumors. A week later he is walking through the woods, hunting because he refuses to eat turtle ducks, and he meets a large white wolf, who he quickly befriends. Little did he know that the rumors were true, and he had already met that wolf. When the wolf had thrown a boomerang at him.
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- Part 1 of Better Than Hunting AU
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the beginning of a new and brighter birth by aloneintherain
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
13 Jun 2018
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“I’m so proud of you, my nephew.” Uncle cups Zuko’s face in his lined hand. The gesture is so tender, his palm so warm, that Zuko has to take a fortifying breath against the sudden swell of emotion in his chest.
“I want to be a good leader, Uncle,” Zuko says. “I want to look after my people.”
“You will,” Uncle says. “You are, nephew.”
In a new era of peace, Zuko works to be a very different Fire Lord than his forefathers. Based on this tumblr post.