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nobody can save me by pansexualnotmansexual
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 Sep 2025
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This fic begins shortly after Zuko’s coronation. A team of doctors and healers are sent to the Fire Nation to look after the health of Team Avatar, including a therapist. As Zuko’s mental health plummets, the Gaang urges him to seek help. An almost-assassination and a suicide attempt send Zuko spiraling, oscillating between "okay" and "not okay."
This fic is an exploration of bipolar disorder and its impact on Zuko, as well as the ones around him.
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- Part 1 of The Rise and Fall of a Bipolar Fire Lord
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Zuko was born a girl, Azula a boy—and the Fire Nation never imagined the unwanted daughter of the second son would ever be named Crown Princess. But when she is, Zhao sees the opportunity. And takes it.
Some things never change. Zuko is still banished, still hunting the Avatar. But this time, she’s not fighting for her honor, but for her daughter’s future.
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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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Book 3 of Lu Ten and Zuko series.
Their defeat in Ba Sing Se left the two cousins being seperated once again. While Zuko managed to escape with his friends/found family, Lu Ten made a sacrifice to go back to the palace.
Pretending to have switched sides, he tries to gather information to help his friends, without his evil Uncle Firelord Ozai to suspect a thing.
Now Lu Ten and Zuko are back in the Firenation, their old home, but under two completly diffrent circumstances. But both have the same goal:
Stop Ozai and seeing each other again.
--It is advised to read the previous two Books to get context for this one-
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- Part 3 of Lu Ten and Zuko
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To Bloom with Beauty by cass_apocalyptic_series_lover
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), +Anima (Manga)
15 Sep 2025
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Zuko didn't know what was going to happen at the Agni Kai. The last thing he expected though... was to transform into a +Anima.
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In the Dawn of All My Layers by chavahlah (howlpropaganda)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 Sep 2025
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Political unrest is rife in the Southern Water Tribe. Katara hopes that Fire Lord Zuko's visit during the Glacier Spirits' Festival will be fruitful, but she seriously doubts it. In the middle of celebrations, the Glacier Spirits themselves wreak havoc on Wolf Cove, and even Aang can't seem to calm them down.
On the far East side of the South, things aren't much better. A dreadful famine has set over the village of Glacier Combe, and the Chief's daughter Yanagi ventures into the barren ice floats at the first sign of spring.
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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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They all find the fire princess odd
Kattara thinks her sleep talking and lack of modesty that she expacts a royal and girl to have is odd.
Sokka thinks her dryness and lack of humor is odd.
Aang thinks the way she talks about her family is odd.
Toph thinks her heartbeat is VERY odd.They find other stuff odd. Stuff the adults around them don't find odd, only horrible
or...The gaang slowly learns that not all the evil in this world came from the war.
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There is a price to pay when you’re born in power.
There is a price to pay when you stand for something you believe in.
If you gain something, you have to lose something instead, that’s one sure thing in life, however not everybody is willing to pay that price. But everyone does in some way in the end.Series
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A Little Bit of Death by trickyster_3000
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
12 Sep 2025
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To Zuko, life is a stage and an important play is taking place in front of him. He believes that it is his destiny to keep the story on track no matter what and ensure everyone gets a happy ending. Things would be so much easier if the characters would stop dying, killing him, and/or ending up in some sort of catastrophic situation. It doesn't really matter, he will reset the stage as many times as it takes until everything is perfect.
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In one world, Ozai sees the anger in Iroh’s eyes and decides that he will offer Zuko a way to regain his honor in order to pacify the Dragon of the West.
In another world, Iroh leaves the audience early, and Ozai does not have that sudden change of plans.
Zuko is banished permanently, with no uncle or crew to support him, and the future changes.
And in the Earth Kingdom, a spirit tale starts coming to life.
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- Part 1 of Heart and Nerve and Sinew
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“Sokka,” Fire Lord Zuko speaks up. “Are you done talking to them? Because if so-”
“Let's say I'm done, but we'll still have to talk,” says Older Sokka. “We have a problem. More precisely, five problems. These are not members of the New Ozai Society, trying to kill you by disguising themselves as us. It's us. From the past.”
“Hey!” objects loudly younger Sokka. “What are you doing, future me?”
Or: on their way to the North Pole, Aang, Katara and Sokka are ambushed by Zuko and his uncle. Somehow, this leads to them visiting the future.
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Beneath the Ember Crown by Mavrokatos
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
12 Sep 2025
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Zuko was never meant to return. But exile has a strange way of revealing what fire is really for.
A legend is born far from the throne - and it wears a mask before it ever wears a crown.
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- Part 1 of What the Fire Remembered
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The Violent Price of Peace by rraebearr
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
12 Sep 2025
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Eleven years after Sozins Comet, and The Avatar brought peace to the world, nothing is the same.
The Avatar is missing. Tui and La are dead and lost to the spirits. Balance is broken.
She’s the last waterbender alive.
Waking up knowing nothing and no one, she has to depend on the scarred stranger calling himself “Lee.” He’s murderous, brooding, and secretive.
Given the name Kya by her companion, she follows Lee on an unknown journey.
Lee must keep her hidden before the Lord of Embers finds her and destroys the already fragile balance.
The Lord of Embers is once again trying to stop the cycle.
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The Fire Prince by CrystaliesAmegria
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar - Fandom
12 Sep 2025
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Zuko eventually succumb to his depression and run towards to the sea to kill himself.
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Soulmates share dreams. Katara’s soulmate is Fire Nation – which becomes much more problematic after their meeting in the reality.
Or: Katara befriends an enemy, Zuko has several life crises, Aang becomes a Zutara shipper, and Sokka develops a habit of adopting siblings. Azula just wants her family back.
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intentions of the fire by sour_orange
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
10 Sep 2025
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The water tribe siblings stand tall besides him, a stern look on their faces. They're dressed in black, no indication of their roots other than the small beads adorning their hair and the tan color of their skin.
“You're the Fire Prince, right?”.
His body clenches at the title. “Zuko”, he offers. “There's no fire prince”.
The girl’s face stiffens, but when the boy -Sokka, a memory from years ago resurfaces- speaks, his voice is softer. “Zuko”, he repeats the name, and it makes Zuko's fingers numbly tingle. He tells himself it's from the cold.
-Or, The Fire Nation loses the war before the Avatar’s return. Aang cannot restore balance without starting another one. Ergo, a blazing revolution.
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agni has (not) abandoned him [rewrite] by iliwaren
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
10 Sep 2025
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He survived two-and-a-half years as General Fong’s training dummy, months as Zhao’s prisoner, and weeks as a captive aboard the Chief of the Southern Water Tribe’s ship, all the while refusing to let his father’s cold, firelit eyes be the last he saw of the man. There was no way these children would keep him from going home.
"Yes," Zuko lied. 'I’ll help you defeat my father."
Or: After three years of imprisonment, Zuko escapes, just in time to arrive at the climax of the Invasion of Ba Sing Se. From there, he travels with the Avatar's team - first as a political prisoner and then, maybe (and indignantly), as Aang's firebending teacher.
(Zuko wonders why Agni let him suffer in the cold for so many years only to make him the Avatar's mentor. Destiny is a cruel, complicated thing. It takes him a while to figure out his.)
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The Palace of Lies and Secrets by Genderfluid_Gremlin
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
09 Sep 2025
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Sokka has been hated and abused his whole life for being a firebender, so when the Fire Nation comes to abduct him, it turns out to be a blessing. Everything changes when he meets Azula. Befriending the damaged princess, Sokka will learn that his new home is not nearly as perfect as it seems.
Meanwhile, Azula has never forgotten seeing her brother Zuko get murdered by their own father. Ever since, she has done everything she could to survive, even if she hates herself for who she's become. Befriending Sokka sets her on a new path, but will she continue to obey her father, or choose to make a stand against the war?
Everyone believes Zuko is dead. Little do they know he lives, trapped in a Fire Nation prison camp. There, he will discover the true cruelty of the war and suffer in ways he never imagined. When he finally returns to the Fire Nation palace, he will have to decide whether to enjoy happiness with the people he loves, or risk everything for a chance at stopping the hundred year war.
Sokka, Azula, and Zuko have all suffered terribly, but by finding strength in each other, they have a chance at ending the war and bringing peace to the world- if only they have the courage to try.
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ATLA-retelling with an OC!
After the first encounter with the Avatar at the South Pole, Zuko wants to repair his ship as quickly as possible. He did not expect to see a girl from his past come back into his life, not now when everything has to be focused on finding the Avatar. Yet destiny has a way of its own.
Book 1: Complete (Chapter 1 - 26)
Book 2: Complete (Chapter 27 - 49)
Book 3: In progress (Chapter 50 - upcoming)