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Sokka, a young boy on the front lines of guerilla warfare, struggles with his desires to return home or to stay with his best friend, Zuko. A completed story that explores the harrowing impact of war and propaganda on child soldiers while tackling the inevitable loss of youth and innocence.
Yes, I love throwing beloved characters into modern settings they don't deserve to be in.
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...Zuko saw the flash of the blade before anyone else. He was already moving. Time bent...
Or a one-shot featuring badass Zuko protecting Iroh from pirates.
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- Part 2 of Zuko Angst
- Part 1 of Zuko's Wani Days
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“the only girl i ever love was sokka in drag” ZUKKA by avidhater
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
19 Oct 2025
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“Andrew in drag” by The Magnetic Fields inspired
Zuko runs away to Kyoshi Island, desperate to escape the weight of his past and the expectations that follow him everywhere. He hopes to find some peace—but peace is the last thing he gets. Instead, he stumbles upon Sokka, decked out head-to-toe in Kyoshi Warrior armor, and in the dim light and confusion, mistakes him for Katara.
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Scorched by Rock, Healed by Touch by Blue1234098
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
19 Oct 2025
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...The Earthbenders. They had been tracking him for hours, maybe even longer. Their abilities to shape the earth beneath their feet made it nearly impossible for Zuko to outrun them. They were relentless and their pursuit only reminded Zuko that he was no longer the warrior he once was...
Or a one-shot featuring Zuko escaping from an Earth Kingdom prison with some help from his old crew
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- Part 1 of Zuko Angst
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The Blue Dragon by WeirdScribe95
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
19 Oct 2025
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After being burned by his father for refusing to fight him in an Agni Kai, thirteen-year-old Prince Zuko wants only two things: to restore his honor and re-earn his father's love, and to find some way to heal his face. So when a Fire Sage tells him there's a mystic spring deep under the castle that can grant him both things, he listens.
The next thing he knows, he wakes up in the middle of a city with foul air, technology beyond his wildest dreams, and lunatics on every corner. Shortly after he firebends to protect himself, a man dressed mostly in black catches him.
Who knew that being sent to another realm would be the best thing that ever happened to him?
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How to accidently befriend you enemy and make them think you're someone else a guide by Zuko by Skeleton_Secrets_99
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
19 Oct 2025
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The arrow only injured Zuko it did not knock him out. Shocked by how foolish his enemy is Zuko takes the opportunity to find out more about the Avatar and accidently becomes one of the GAANG in the process. Why does the Avatar keep looking at him like that and what's the strange voice he keeps hearing? Zuko really should listen to his Uncle more often.
On hiatus
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- Part 1 of The blue spirit chronicles
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The Embers He Buried by Lovely_chicken
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
19 Oct 2025
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Another year had come in Zuko’s exile. A wandering breeze stirred the homesickness in his chest, and with it, the memory of a girl he thought he’d forgotten.
A dream. A pair of earrings. A folk song. Suddenly, everything reminded him of her, like an ember struggling to flare back to life.
The question was: would he let it burn again?Series
- Part 5 of Just another Fire Nation love story
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"So you take the knife to the wall instead. You carve and carve until a coin of light appears and you get to look in, at last, on happiness. The eye staring back from the other side—waiting." — Ocean Vuong, Torso of Air
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When Mai gets a call in the dead of the night from Zuko's uncle about how Zuko hasn't come home since the end of the school day and their breakup, her mind doesn't automatically assume kidnapping. She doesn't think anyone could be capable of making Zuko disappear.
But then she finds Zuko's shoe hidden in a dirty curb, and she wishes for once that she was wrong.
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Zuko is a feral submissive who is rapidly running out of chances.
Enter: a group of lovable misfits who are gonna found-family the shit out of this guy if it's the last thing any of them do.
Or: Zuko is a sub who knows he’s worthless. Sokka is a dom who thinks Zuko is wonderful.
They figure it out together.
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He never asked for help.
He never complained.
He just kept going—until one day, he fell.This is a story about what it means to be part of a team when no one believes in you.
About the pain hidden behind silence.
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After The Fire Nation's failed Siege of the Northern Water Tribe, travelling with the Northern Water Benders south they separate to continue their journey to find an Earth Bending Master. However, with new enemies at their heels on the Firelord’s order to kill the Avatar.
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Please note this is a sequel, it is highly reccomended to read the first one before this one.
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- Part 2 of Avatar Zuko AU I made from spite
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The Palace of Lies and Secrets by Genderfluid_Gremlin
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
18 Oct 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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Song of Water and Fire by DarlingSecret
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
16 Oct 2025
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I am the eldest princess of the Northern Water Tribe. I was kidnapped by the Fire Nation before I turned 16… and it was my salvation. I escaped a forced marriage, mastered water, healing, and bloodbending. Today I am 18 and living in peace.
Until Zuko appeared…
And fire awakened something in me that not even water can soothe.________
Thanks for reading this silly story.History Rewritten. Oct. 2025
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Share My Guilt With Me | Zuko/Reader college AU .ೃ࿔ by gutzzyie
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
16 Oct 2025
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He was like you.
At least you hope he was.
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The Weight On Our Shoulders by YourFellowGhost
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
16 Oct 2025
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The war is over. The Avatar has won.
Zuko is about to be crowned Firelord. He is alone with his destroyed nation. A teenager with too much to handle, who feels like he is already drowning under the pressure.
He takes a moment alone before the ceremony, determined to get his breakdown out away from prying eyes. He had an image to uphold now, after all.
But Zuko needed to get used to the fact that he was no longer alone, and he had a friend who was under just as much pressure as him.
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The Hunger Games: 4 Elements by thequeenisdeadboys86
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
15 Oct 2025
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"And now! The moment you have all been waiting for! It is time to announce the tributes! Happy Hunger games! And maybe the odds be ever in your favour!”
Thousands of names, Katara thought desperately to herself, there are thousands of names in that bowl, it won’t be Sokka, it won't be Sokka.
“The district 11 male tribute will be…” Ming Ming paused to squint at the paper, “Sokka, son of Hakoda!”
“And now for the ladies...” Ming Ming said, but Katara barely hears her. Greif has already set in. Katara knows her brother, strong as he is, will not survive a Hunger Games, not against the terrifying fire-bending tributes from districts one, two and three. The odds are never in her family's favour.
This is proven true when Ming Ming announces that the female tribute from district 11 will be Katara.
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Avatar Hunger Games au in which the Gaang + others get reaped!
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Fanning The Flames by GoldenHourglass
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 Oct 2025
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Left behind at the Misty Palms Oasis, Katara waits days for Aang, Sokka, and Toph to return. But when bounty hunters close in, her only chance at escape comes from the last people she ever thought she could trust: Zuko and Iroh.
Now traveling under false names, bound by a fake marriage, and with no room for mistakes, Katara finds herself on the road to Ba Sing Se. What begins as mutual distrust slowly turns into eating side by side, sleeping even closer, and something far more dangerous: comfort. She thinks it will end once they reach the city, but in a place crowded with millions of refugees, and stuck in the Lower Ring, she doesn’t have much hope of finding the others. With no leads and nowhere else to go, she resolves to wait for her friends to find her.
But in their cramped apartment, days turn into weeks, and Zuko and Katara begin to settle into something that almost feels like domestic bliss. It isn’t real. Or at least, it isn’t meant to be. But the longer they stay, the harder it becomes to remember where the act ends and something real begins.
*Updated Weekly*
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- Part 1 of Fanning The Flames Series
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The Other Airbender by Lev Tanel (InkVail)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 Oct 2025
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The Gaang wanted a break for Aang to start learning earthbending. Instead, they got:
– A boy who jokes through every injury (and there are a lot of injuries).
– His best friend, who can crush a tree with nothing but air pressure.
– A cat.
– Zuko deciding one of them might be an airbender.What follows: fire, trauma, terrible jokes, and more found-family moments than they bargained for.
And when Zuko finally captures someone he thinks is an airbender, he has to decide whether to treat him as proof—or as a person.
This story takes place after Zuko Alone and then functions as an alternate version of The Chase. Toph has just joined the group, Azula is on their trail, and Zuko is far from Iroh’s calming influence.
The Gaang calls it “their problem now.” Zuko calls it "proof."
Teorin calls it “a disaster.” Lev calls it "a masterpiece."Don't let Lev's jokes fool you. He hides as much as he says.
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- Part 1 of The Chaos Archive
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Zuko had scrubbed the smell of sex and blood of himself, but that didn’t stop it from clinging to the inside of his nose. Could the others smell it? Could they taste his shame in the back of their throats too?
Irrationally, Zuko wanted to crawl inside himself. Peel those watching eyes off him; don’t look at me! They knew, somehow. They could see it on him. Some kind of tell, some stain he couldn’t see or wash away.
What if they all knew? Laughing behind his back at what he’d given up just for a fraction of a chance to get his honor back.
What honor? Any scrap he’d had left after the Agni Kai was lost the moment he spread his legs for Zhao.
They could all see it, couldn’t they?
Zuko wondered if he could ever be rid of the things Zhao did to him.
Zuko deals with the aftermath.
He goes about it the same way he deals with every other shitty thing in his life: with gritted teeth, stubborn pride, and a whole lot of yelling.Series
- Part 2 of handgranade hearts
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Wind to Waves to Dust to Ashes by AbroMelon34105
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
14 Oct 2025
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100 years ago, Fire Lord Sozin lead the Fire Nation into war against the other three nations, completely wiping the Air Nomads off the map and turning his sights to the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom. The Avatar, the sole person responsible for the peace of the world, vanished around this time and hasn't been seen since, and many have begun to lose hope that he even still exists.
Aang was never the Avatar. His twin sister, Anya, was saved at birth because she was the Avatar's next incarnation. Now, a hundred years have passed and as the last Airbender, it's his jobs to teach the current Avatar airbending...whoever that may be.
For three years, Zuko has searched for the Avatar at the behest of his father, along with the promise to have his honor returned to him. Desperate, Zuko has put every once of his being into this search, and now his luck seems to be turning around. An airbender - the last in the entire world - has been sighted in the Southern Water Tribe, and Zuko just knows that he knows where the Avatar is - if the nomad isn't the Avatar himself.
Yet he keeps insisting he's not. So if he's not the Avatar, then who is? And what is going on with these damn dreams?