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the fault lies with me.
Zuko is injured and left behind in Ba Sing Se. Eventually, he starts to pick up the pieces.
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There's darkness locked in every bud, and shadows bloom freely amidst despair. But sometimes, even creatures born in blackness learn to reach for the light of the sun; just as those conceived in brightness may cocoon themselves in ashes. Souls tangle like desperate weeds; they will grow into a garden or a stranglehold.
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He's known since almost before he can recall he was going to die. It's his first solid memory - everything before is just smudged fragments, worn & faded by time & distance. All of the fire & fervor in him is gone, because he has nothing, he is nothing, & he's realizing that his life was always just a story that desperately needs an ending.
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hoping you're someone i used to know by KrastBannert
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
08 Feb 2026
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It's been three years since she last saw her brother - and now, seeing him, Azula has no idea how to react.
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08 Feb 2026
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Where the Tulips Grow by Evangeline_Douglas
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
12 Nov 2024
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In the balloon, Zuko hadn't let himself think about what would happen if the Avatar's group turned him away, but the cold reality sinks into his bones like the mountain air, and he trembles where he stands. There's nowhere to go and everywhere to go all at once, and he promised them, promised himself, promised Uncle his repentance for Ba Sing Se. He promised to make it up to Katara.
The only question is how he's supposed to do that without teaching the Avatar firebending.
(Or: Winning a war is hard. Atonement is harder).
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20 Jan 2026
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In which Iroh informs Zuko of his genealogy under Lake Laogai in s02e17 instead of s03e06, and that little change changes everything.
Or, the Great Spirits interfere behind the scenes, and it shakes up canon.
AU starting late season 2 (and a little bit all around, to be honest). This is a WIP.
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22 Jan 2025
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Kids grow up fast when a cruel world awaits them. In times of hopelessness, Katara and Zuko grow together. In times of separation, they hope to see each other again.
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22 Jan 2025
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Zuko doesn’t mean to start a revolution.
(Or: Iroh is still traveling the Earth Kingdom when Zuko talks his way into a meeting. Ozai goes one step further, and the tides of war begin to shift three years early.)
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13 Feb 2022