If So Others May Live [Indefinite Hiatus]

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Series Begun:
2023-03-08
Series Updated:
2024-09-22
Description:

Zuko takes a different path after his attempt to capture Aang at Wolf’s Cove.

In “Honorable” Zuko travels the Earth Kingdom, meeting people who teach him the true meaning of honor. Eventually he finds himself heading north and through a series of events ends up traveling alongside Sokka for the remainder of this story. [Edit Complete: March 26th, 2025]

In “Forgivable” Zuko wrestles with his past, and how his new closeness with Sokka brings forth old wounds. Uncertain of his worthiness to be forgiven he must slowly come to understand that it is not he who can make the choice but those he’s hurt. Further more he has to come to understand that he does not have to give forgiveness to those who have hurt him. [Edit Complete: March 30th, 2025]

"Lovable" in which Zuko learns what love truly is, through not only he and Sokka navigating what their relationship is and will be after everything they've been through, but also through the relationships he forms with those he chooses to call family. Relationships aren't their only concern as planning for the Day of Black Sun is in full force, in the hopes that they can end this war before Sozin's Comet comes. [Hiatus]

Notes:

Trigger Warnings for this series overall
- Torture, while not immensely graphic is depicted
- References to child abuse, both canonical and stemming from such
- References and depictions of an abusive relationship
- Implied/Referenced sexual content (nothing expressly written beyond a teen rating)
- Sexual comments made toward a minor (don’t argue with me because your country/state has different ages for this, thank you.)
- Some mentions of homophobia
- Depictions of in world racism (while not entirely the same as our own world it is certainly there)
- Some mentions of sexism (canonical for the most part)
- Zuko constantly putting himself into situations that can be considered suicidal (he’s not, but this feels necessary to mention because he certainly values literally everyone else’s life above his own, it's literally the reason for series title)

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