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The events at Crescent Moon Island during the Winter Solstice turn out a little differently. As the volcano erupts thanks to Roku's wrath, chaos consumes the temple, and Sokka tries to save their new ally Shyu, but ends up trapped and collapsing from exhaustion and heat. Drifting between life and death, he dreams of home, playing childhood games with Katara and hearing his mother’s voice, before the dream twists into darkness.
When he wakes, it’s to the face of his supposed enemy: Prince Zuko.
Stranded together on a failing Fire Nation skiff, they’re forced into an uneasy alliance that tests every instinct and belief they’ve ever held.
Just how will Sokka navigate all the obstacles and hardships life throws at him? How much will he have to endure before he runites with Katara?
This series is my love letter to the Avatar: The Last Airbender series. I fell in love with it when it was released back in 2005, and loved it ever since. I intend to rewrite all 3 books of the series with a darker and more mature twist, so join me on this Canon Divergence rewrite!
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- Part 1 of All the Light That's Left Unseen
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30 Nov 2025
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Kim Hongjoong is a young boy growing up on a tropical island. He admires the ocean and the freedom that it affords. He longs for it. Park Seonghwa is a quiet, polite boy who has just moved to the island Hongjoong lives on. The two quickly become inseparable and share their dreams of adventure on the high seas. As they explore the island they live on, and all the islands around they come across a mysterious room and their lives inexplicably unwittingly change forever.
Part One: Childhood
Chapter 1 - Chapter 9Part Two: The Navy
Chapter 10 - Chapter 16Part Three: Adventure Saga
Chapter 17 - Chapter 47Part Four: The Final Journey
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24 Oct 2025
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William never imagined his worst nightmare would wear the face of his best friend. Caught in a war he doesn’t fully understand, he’s forced to hide in a compound filled with heroes who are supposed to protect him. But what if fate has other plans? What if the building is attacked by the very variant of Mark who is desperately trying to fill the void left by his William, and has no intention of letting him go. Will the scared human be able to escape those strong, bloodstained arms that only want to wrap around him and abduct him forever?
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15 Jun 2025
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"You think I hate you? You think I'd ever kill you?" Sokka holds Zuko's face in both hands, blood dripping from his lips. "I'd fall on my spear for you. I'd find you anywhere. What do you think that means?"
Rescued, but imprisoned, Zuko finds himself no further from death on a water tribe ship. Sokka, the chief, would see him bleeding out on the boards of the deck as justice. He's a fire bender, the evil of the war that his father rages through their world. Zuko hasn't been a part of that war. Not for years. Now he's thrust back into it against his will, finding himself fighting on a side he never expected to be a part of. Maybe he'll find a cause worth fighting for; someone worth fighting for.
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- 88,565
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- 20/?
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07 Apr 2025
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Angel Dust is unlovable, and Valentino is unkillable. Let's see which is proven faster.
or, In which Angel is Angel and Husk is Husk (But also a overlord, as a treat)
or or, In where Husk's deal with Alastor landed in a draw
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- English
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- 26,179
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- 8/?
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22 Feb 2024
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But Cold Was Life Without Him by SomePaperMoons
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Trek: The Original Series
27 Nov 2024
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"Certain it is, and sure, love burns, ale burns, fire burns, politics burns. But cold were life without them." - Romulan Song
"I'm a Romulan, Sokka. I'm on the run, being chased by powers you couldn't comprehend. You shouldn't be risking yourself like this."
Sokka grabbed him by his face and held his gaze firmly. "And I'm only human, Zuko. Lost strays and hopeless causes are practically our greatest tradition. I'm not going anywhere."
Sokka's life is going nowhere, and he knows it. Stuck in a dead-end posting in a dead-end corner of the quadrant, he has no choice but to sit and smile as the future leaves him behind. Zuko, on the other hand, is on the run from his life in a stolen ship. He has no friends, no destination, and no hope; his garbled, tortured mind is full of enough secrets to set the galaxy on fire.
Two figures, themselves at crossroads, find themselves chased by friend and foe in a race to prevent a war that could destroy the entire Federation - and everyone they've ever loved.
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29 Apr 2023
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Azula, former Princess of the Fire Nation, left the Palace three years ago in order to build up an alliance and take her father down, once and for all. But the world is changing - the Avatar's arrival is both a blessing and a curse, and with him comes a risk she might not be willing to take. Meanwhile, in a Nation more fragmented than ever, Zuko will do everything to cut off his weakness and folllow Ozai's orders - but he doesn't know if he can kill Azula.
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“It’s always a pleasure to watch destiny unfold."
Azula sighed, “Destiny will not win a war, Uncle. This is the result of all out hard work.”
“Ah, but just as we cannot control the skies and seas, sometimes we cannot control the path our lives take.”
“Tell me, Uncle. Do the tides control the ship, or do I?”
Uncle laughed, “Point made. Lead on, my niece, but be wary of incoming storms.”
For a moment, the world was still, and something tense settled on her shoulders. But she shook it off.
She had the Avatar, and soon she’d have the North.
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- Part 2 of Lily White, Poppy Red
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- 141,006
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- 32/36
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12 Oct 2022
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I Stole A Secret From Your Lips by BrainlessGenius, Miss_Macabre_Grey
Fandoms: Dr. STONE (Manga)
18 Sep 2023
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One night. Another party Gen needed to attend to rub influential elbows and find new clients.
One night. Another party Senku wanted to avoid and abandon in favor of private work.When Gen goes home with Senku, he expected it to be another fleeting night with no clothes. Somehow Gen finds himself returning wearing more clothes, safety goggles, and a bit of pride on his sleeves.
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- 193,889
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- 31/32
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04 Aug 2022
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Asagiri Gen has been working in the underground criminal world for years as an information broker with a wide variety of clients, from lowly street delinquents to corrupt politicians in power. Yet, despite his wealth and reputation, he has never been affiliated with any gang, nor had allies he could seek out in a time of need. As dull as it sounded, he was happy living in solitude.
Well, that was until a certain, high-profile Mafia Boss requested his help and gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.
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- Part 1 of Snakes at Midnight
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- English
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- 264,173
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- 28/28
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02 Jun 2022
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[Aang cuts him a quick, guilty look. “I didn’t mean to imply that you…”
Sokka raises his eyebrows. “That I…Focus on the present to the point of blindly committing to enormously questionable courses of action with significant long-term ramifications because they’re gratifying in the immediate moment, which is particularly concerning as our chief Maker of Plans?”
“Uh—That’s basically…Yeah.”]
Surrounded by danger and doubts, separated by war and one irrevocable decision—after the world of just-Sokka-and-Zuko crashes into the world of everything else, what comes next?
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What happens when trusting someone suddenly means something far different out in the world than it did in the space of a Ba Sing Se teashop?
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- Part 3 of Burning Bright
- Language:
- English
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- 397,919
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- 31/31
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13 Feb 2022
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Looming Storm by Talesofahomo
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime)
08 Mar 2023
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Kaigaku's life had been hell since the day he was born, thrown into a world that clearly didn't want him with nothing but the clothes on his back, having to actively fight the universe just to stay alive another day.
Every time he found a bit of happiness it never lasted, whether by his own hands or forces he couldn't control, whatever semblance of a life he had was violently ripped away. So when he finally found a place to call home and people to love he was wary, knowing that one day this fleeting family would be torn away from him as well. He just wished it happened differently, wished it didn't have to happen in a way so painful and cruel that it left his already fragile box of happiness teetering on the edge of a never-ending abyss.
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- 98,939
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- 15/?
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15 Dec 2021
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Zuko is a prince, son of the fire lord. Before his banishment he could want for nothing materially. Gold, clothes, jewels, anything was his for the taking. And then he had nothing. Until Sokka, who was maybe his friend, started to give him gifts. And a cross purposes conversation with Katara makes Zuko assume that these gifts contain a lot of cultural and emotional significance. And he accepts.
A story where Zuko falls in love via all the perfect little gifts Sokka gives him. And Sokka just needs a bit of catching up to end up on the same page.
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- 13,157
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12 Dec 2021
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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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- 160,816
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- 25/27
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19 Oct 2021
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- 31/31
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16 Sep 2021
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This is the direct continuation of the series Leaving It All Behind, if you did not read the first book I promise that you will be really confused reading this. (go read that first and then come back to this)
If you have already read LIAB, welcome back!
Zuko and Sokka have successfully escaped Zhao’s prison camp and have begun their journey across the Earth Kingdom in search of Aang or Chief Hakoda, whoever they find first. Still recovering from their experiences in captivity, both Zuko and Sokka struggle to heal from their past trauma while facing new enemies in an unfamiliar territory. Lucky for them, Sokka is full of good ideas and Zuko never gives up without a fight.
The Gaang (plus Jet) are continuing their journey to help Aang master all the elements and are faced with a few unexpected surprises.
A group of escaped prisoners tries their best to fix past mistakes and find their place in the war torn world, it doesn’t come as easy as they would have hoped.
-Please read all the tags and just know that this story will have dark themes throughout-
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- Part 2 of Leaving It All Behind
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- English
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- 383,617
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- 23/23
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28 Aug 2021
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After Armin Alert's death, he found himself flooded with memories from his various past lives, including moments where both Eren and Mikasa had abandoned him. These memories were etched deeply in his mind, particularly the pain of being broken by them and Eren's decision to destroy the world.
Upon waking up as a young child once again, Armin resolved to forge a new path for himself. He aspired to create a future, dream, and hope that didn't involve Eren Yeager or Mikasa Ackerman—or so he thought. Little did he realize that everything traced back to the moment he sat with Eren, sharing a book about the outside world. This act, meant to inspire a desire for freedom, took a darker turn, becoming an obsession with the reluctant blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy.
Now, Armin faced a changed reality, wondering what other aspects of his life had transformed.
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- English
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- 234,161
- Chapters:
- 21/?
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24 Aug 2021
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“Did you know that it takes eight minutes for light from the sun to reach the earth?”
“Eight minutes isn’t that long.”
“That’s not the point.” Sokka feels a wave of numbness engulfing his very being. “It means that on Earth, all the sunlight we see—it was actually sunlight from eight minutes ago. Which means that you could be talking to me, ten minutes or ten years from the past or the future and I would never know.
“Because I don’t even know where you are.”
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[or: two lonely hearts talk on the edge of the universe.]
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19 Jul 2021
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25 Jun 2021
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Looking for the Avatar is a tradition in the Royal Family, but no one really expects to find him at this point. That is, until Lu Ten does. Now 16 year old Lu Ten is on a hunt to capture the Avatar while his obnoxious interfering uncle keeps trying to steal him for himself (rude) and his adorable cousin keeps accidentally befriending the child Avatar and his group (stop that Zuko!).
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- English
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- 122,778
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- 30/?
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19 Jun 2021
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The attack on the Northern Water Tribe goes differently, Aang and the ocean spirit don’t destroy the entire Fire Nation fleet, only most of them.
Zhao escapes, taking Sokka and a few other Water Tribe men as prisoners. Knowing Sokka is traveling with the Avatar he gets sent to Zhao’s “special prison camp” that is hidden near the Earth Kingdom colonies.
Sokka gets a taste of the real war, not the war that he thinks he knows from traveling with the Avatar. While Zhao’s prisoner, he struggles to survive the inhuman conditions. Alone and thought to be dead, he feels himself slowly losing hope.
Seeing a familiar face brings back his hope, even if that face is the scarred Prince of the Fire Nation.
Sokka and Zuko come together to survive and end up depending on each other for a lot more than they ever thought possible.
-please read the tags, overall dark themes throughout-
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- Part 1 of Leaving It All Behind
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 259,814
- Chapters:
- 21/21
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- 12
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- 3,553
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19 Jun 2021