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The Boy Who Was Favored by the Spirits But Did Not Know It by Katowisp
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
03 Sep 2025
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The myth of Zuko, the boy favored by the Spirits but cursed not to know.
“What is your gift, Koh?”
“I have spent many years among mankind and I wear their faces. To your child of fire, I give the blessing of doubt.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/70303946/chapters/182583761Series
- Part 1 of No Harbor but Honor
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Aboard the Wani, rumors spread like rot: a cursed prince, a ghost in the engine room, and the massacre of the 41st.
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As the newly appointed cultural liaison to Northern Water Tribe, Zuko is the first Fire Nation Citizen to step foot inside the city's walls in nearly a century. He's determined to prove himself—to the Fire Lord and to his father—even if the Water Tribe's spirit-touched prince seems to want nothing to do with him.
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Moon Spirit Sokka AU
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Completed
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Dragon!Zuko AU where Zuko is the only dragon and this causes so much chaos. Inspired by @muffinlance and all the dragon crazy.
Part 1: A Dragon Child's Instinct - Mostly Azula POV of the strange things Zuko did as a child and how that affected their relationship.
Part 2: A Dragon's Cry to Agni - The Agni Kai
Part 3: A Dragon's Instinct - The main story which should cover most of the banishment period before Aang returns.
Part 4: A Dragon's Sky - Zuko and his attempts to wrangle an Avatar into a force capable of helping defeat Ozai and the mess that happens because of that. The second main story of the series.
Part 5: A Dragon's Ending - The Epilogue
I have no idea how long this series will go or how long it will take to finish. But it will take a long time. I'm a slow writer after I use up the initial creativity burst but please stick with me through it all.
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grateful fic, who knows if it'll ever be completed....
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I Don't Think Badly of You (Well, Sometimes I Do) by team_avatars_eyebags
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 Sep 2025
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“I heard of him!” An old man shouted from the crowd, “His own father burned and disowned him! He’s that banished prince!”
A woman’s voice whispered, “He said he’s with the Avatar? I don’t believe an ashmaker would ever…”
“Mama, is he here to hurt us?” a child asked their mother.
Blood rushed in Zuko’s good ear. His scar prickled.
This, he thought as he all but fled the scene, This is the price of being Zuko.
This is what I get for being me.
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Or, the one where Zuko has a truly awful time. Oh- I'm sorry, the one where Lee has a bad time. Lee. Right.
Continuation of "I'm Not Angry Anymore". Follows Season 2.
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- Part 2 of I'm Not Angry Anymore
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A few changes help Zuko have an identity crisis (also known as a redemption arc) sooner than planned.
"𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘶𝘬𝘰’𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘈𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘺𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.
𝘡𝘶𝘬𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦."
Or, the one where a master firebender and his master fire-bending Uncle reside peacefully on the remote island of Kyoshi. And the Avatar needs to learn fire bending. And awaken a certain someone's older brother instincts. Add a little gay tension to the mix and you're ready for a real crisis of identity.
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- Part 1 of I'm Not Angry Anymore
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Some people are born with soulmarks. Zuko has them, but his grandfather burned them off because they "make you weak."
Team Avatar has a few things to say about that.
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yes they’re all soulmates supporting and loving each other ❤️🩹❤️🩹
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Seeking Warmth by Art_Deco_Hitchhiker for camellia__sinensis
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
08 Jun 2025
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Zuko is hurt.
His face is numb from the pain coming from the burn.
They left him.
They left him in the cold to die.
Zuko gets found by the Water Tribe after the Agni Kai - AU
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- Part 1 of Scars and Burns
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There Will Come a Family (They'll Heal You with Their Love) by Des98 for noodlebunny, MuffinLance, alchemicalreaction
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
16 Jul 2020
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Zuko continues his physical recovery and starts his emotional one.
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- Part 4 of The Adventures of Mini Zuko
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he’s so clueless i sob
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She took in everything about the scar then, knowing this may be her one chance to do so without staring at him and coming off as a creep. The ragged edges of his scar conflicted with the otherwise smooth, unblemished skin. She knew it was a burn, of course. He was after all, a fire bender. Plus, she knew what burns looked like. But Zuko’s was… confusing. There was something she couldn’t put her finger on…
Katara learns the startling truth about Zuko's scar.
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After mother disappeared, she realized it was her turn to take care of Zuko, he was too weak for this world, too weak for Father.
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Azula rants about how she needs to protect Zuko because of how fragile he is.
This story is lowkey old but I rewrote some of the first chapter, and added a second chapter!!🙈🙈🙈
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this love burns so yellow (becoming orange and in its time, exploding) by meliebee
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
16 Jun 2020
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Ten months after Zuko is crowned at seventeen, he faces his first coup.
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light a fire they can't put out by GuardianKarenTerrier
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
10 Sep 2025
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Iroh accepts, mournfully, that it's going to be a long, long time before Zuko ever feels safe again. If Zuko ever feels safe again. Because of that, because Iroh thinks he already knows the reason for his nephew's silence, he doesn't look closer at just how quiet Zuko has been since waking.
Iroh should have noticed.
He wonders, later, if this, too, is his fault. If something he said while his nephew was still drifting, barely aware of his surroundings, had struck deeper than he meant it to. If even something as simple as a well-meant shh, Zuko, shh had a hand in this.
If Iroh had somehow taken his original mistake and deepened it, rather than trying to make up for it.
(If this is the shape of the scar that Iroh left on his nephew).
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Since escaping from the Boiling Rock, Hakoda had noticed a change in Sokka. Perhaps it had something to do with the haunted Fire Nation Prince who had returned with them.
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god the horrors and torment of war
[Hakoda tilted his head. “If you're interested, I can tell you what I've done.” Zuko glanced at him uncomfortably. Hakoda didn't wait for a response. “I've set underwater mine fields that detonated and sank Fire Navy ships containing hundreds of people who couldn't swim. I've killed men — I’ve seen the fear in their eyes as I killed them in close combat. And occasionally, I've even killed soldiers who were running away.”]
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Naturally I'm decaying- Soon I'll have no safe place to sleep if these bills still need paying. by Pwyllxiety
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
04 Apr 2022
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He stays in sight of Zuko’s unscarred eye, he doesn’t know if the younger can see out of his left eye at all and he doesn’t want to scare him further. He settles against the wall on Zuko’s right side, which the ex-prince seems quietly thankful for, Hakoda wished he wasn’t correct sometimes.
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June (plus Nyla) adopts Zuko AU.
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June adopts Zuko
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you’re drowning in ashes that aren’t yours by peach_mango
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
04 Jun 2022
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Zuko, Prince of the Fire Nation.
Zuko, scarred by his father.
Zuko, two time banished prince.
The former prisoners of the Boiling Rock arrive back at the Air Temple, and one of them knows something about the Fire Prince that the others don’t.
aka the gaang finds out abt zuko’s scar cuz i’m a sucker.
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Everyone was quiet for a moment. Zuko was right, they knew, but… but still. They’d seen tragedy after tragedy because of the war, but this was different. Family was supposed to be safe. It was safe, for the majority of them.
Realistically, they knew that this sort of thing happened. But it never really seemed real to them until now.
Chit Sang cleared his throat, somewhat awkwardly, but with purpose.
“Prince Zuko-”
“Just ‘Zuko’ is fine.”
“-Prince Zuko. I was wondering- do you regret doing what you did? You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”
Zuko ran his tongue over his teeth. If he never spoke out, he would’ve never been burned. Been banished. It’s not like he actually changed the fates of the 41st. They all died regardless. He could’ve avoided days of healing and seasickness, in favor of spending the days wondering the palace halls.
He thinks of quiet halls, no longer filled with the laughter of his childhood. He thinks of his father, with a heavy gaze and bruising hand. He thinks of a room of men, content with sending their own people to both kill and die for the sake of their own greed. He thinks of the nations, one dead, and the rest war-torn and starving.
He thinks of these things, and he knows his answer.
“The only thing I regret was not fighting.”
Sokka speaks up again, much more subdued than earlier. “He probably would’ve killed you if you actually fought.”
I know, Zuko thinks. but maybe it would’ve been easier for everyone if he had.
This, Zuko thinks, but does not say. He is already getting more pity and sympathy than he can stomach, and the reactions he would get from saying that would only push him over the edge.
So, Zuko is silent once more. No one says anything, everyone picking at their food.
Abruptly, Zuko stands. “Right. Well. I’m going to sleep. Goodnight.”
Just as he turns, a pebble hits the back of his head. “Stop right there, Sparky. Get your things. You’re moving to where the rest of us sleep.”
Both Zuko and Katara bristle at that, but Toph shushes them. “Nope! No ifs, ands, or buts! You’re moving. And before you ask, yes, I can make you, because I’m the best Earthbender in the world!”
Zuko, very pointedly, does not sigh or pinch his nose. “Fine. Fine! Not like I should have a say in where I sleep.”
Toph grins at him like the little shit she is. “Glad you’ve finally caught on, Sparky.”
Zuko rolls his eyes, which he realizes is pointless when he’s rolling them at a blind girl, but that’s not the point. He turns away so that he can get his things from his room before he’s stopped again.
“Prince Zuko.” Chit Sang looks at him, gaze searing.
Zuko fidgets uncomfortably. “Yes?”
“Know that, while your father has the people’s fear, you have our loyalty. Our love. Always.” Chit Sang makes the sign of the flame, and bows much deeper than a prince exiled twice-over deserves.
Zuko’s heart leaps into his throat and makes a home there, sending blood rushing through his ears. “I- Please rise.” Once Chit Sang rises back up, Zuko copies his bow, dipping down about the same amount. A prince and his subject, exchanging bows as equals.
When Zuko rises from his bow, he meets Chit Sang’s eyes, which are wide in shock, identical to his mouth. “Thank you.”
As soon as the words are out of his mouth, he scurries away as fast as he can, leaving behind a shell-shocked Chit Sang and a cackling Toph.
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Katara raised an eyebrow as she too stood up, brushing sand off her tunic.
“Zuko? Voluntarily feeding Appa? This I gotta see.”
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how the Gaang accidentally eavesdrops on Zuko’s therapy session with Appa (this goes about as well as expected)- Language:
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Fires Made of Echoes by TheRealGambit
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 Sep 2025
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Zuko finds out he’s the Avatar in the worst way possible, but atleast this leads to him making friends - and finding love (eventually)
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Don't Fail Universe (aka Pirate Zuko AU) by EstoppedEgg
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
01 Dec 2022
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Connected stories in an a/b/o universe where Zuko is a pirate and he joins the GAang early.
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Nfbok <3<3<3
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Part 2
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Lee, protector of the water tribe by Pipinpadaloxicopolis_3
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
13 Sep 2025
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The Avatar has returned 100 years after he vanished, and although rumors claim he's nothing more than a 12-year-old boy who only knows airbending, the Fire Nation has prioritized hunting him down.
In some parallel world, Prince Zuko would be part of that hunt, but in this one, he died at the tender age of 12 when, still recovering from the Agni Kai against his father, he was attacked and killed in his royal chamber. A month later, Lee arrived at Pohuai Fortress, and three years later, the blue spirit helped the Avatar escape from the same fortress.Series
- Part 1 of The Legend of...