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Bumi's Wolf Tail by azablue
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Legend of Korra
18 Jul 2020
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Bumi had been sitting in front of a large mirror he’d taken from the hallway for almost an hour trying to fix his hair into a “wolf tail,” a hairstyle worn to mark a warrior in the Southern Water Tribe. Tomorrow he would be leaving Air Temple Island to become a member of the United Forces, something Bumi had been dreaming about since he was a child.
Katara was standing at the door calmly, Bumi was not sure how long she had been watching him. “Can I help you?”
OR Bumi II and Katara have a heart to heart while she fixes his hair into a warrior's wolf tail, the Souther Water Tribe's mark of the warrior and Sokka's signature look, the night before he leaves for the United Forces
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- Part 1 of all atla :)
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On the surface the two were completely perfect opposites. When they were children, the village elders would comment on how this was meant to be. Katara was born on a full moon in the dead of winter, and Sokka at the height of summer, at noon. As they got older the differences between them only grew. If Katara could make beads, Sokka could braid. When Katara followed her heart, Sokka relied on the strength of his mind.Where Katara pushed, Sokka pulled.
OR: A Sokka-centric look at Katara and Sokka's relationship throughout the years, taking in everything from the cost of having a father in war to their two years alone to how they love and everything in between.
Sokka's first memory is of Katara.
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- Part 2 of all atla :)
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her strength comes from the sea, but she can move mountains by azablue
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
28 Oct 2020
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At first, Toph didn’t like Katara. Every day Katara decided when she would wake up and Katara told her to eat her vegetables and Katara complained about how she packed her things. It made her blood boil.
Then they went to a dinner party with a crabby sexist old man.
At first , Toph couldn’t believe the soft motherly figure she was traveling with and Katara from the Aang's story about their water bending master were the same person. Now she knows they are. Miles away from any snow or ice, Toph can imagine what it would’ve been like to be there. This was the renegade bender from the South who refused to be knocked down.
OR: Toph and Katara go to a dinner party in Ba Sing Se to help with the invasion efforts, and Toph leaves knowing a more ~holistic~ version of Katara, a person who is motherly AND fought Pakku in the North. A girl who won't back down.
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- Part 3 of all atla :)
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Someone Who Waits and Listens by azablue
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Legend of Korra
02 Oct 2020
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“So what? We’re still here and she’s still gone.” Lin spat, slumped back against the railing, pulling her knee closer to her chest. “Look, I know she has a duty to the people and that they need her… but I need her too,” pulling her knee back against her chest she added quietly, “I just wished all she had to be was my mom.”
Sokka blinked. For fraction of a moment he was thirteen again, holding his teary eyed sister and trying to rationalize being left alone. This time, he knew better. He could help with this.
“How much do you know about before Katara and I found Aang?”
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OR Lin is upset and worries about how much her mom works and her Uncle Sokka is there to help (set during the Yakone case but that's not a central part)Series
- Part 4 of all atla :)
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A Plan and a Promise by azablue
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Legend of Korra
31 Aug 2020
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"We know how dangerous the world can be Sokka… I’m just asking you to be there."
“Aang, you’re the Avatar, nothing’s gonna happen to you.” Sokka said firmly, it was his only excuse, albeit not the greatest one, but he didn’t care. His best friend, his pseudo little brother, was in front of him calmly discussing his untimely demise, his mind wasn’t as clear as he wanted it to be.
“That’s exactly it Sokka! I’m the Avatar!” Aang said, throwing his hands into the air, “We’ve both seen first hand what kind of danger that can bring, there’s always going to be people who want to hurt me, hurt the people I love, I’m just asking you to-”
OR Aang knows how dangerous being the Avatar can be, he asks Sokka to be there for his kids if he can't
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- Part 5 of all atla :)
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Aang knew grief like an old friend. In his youth, it had been painful to grapple with the idea that the Air Nomads were gone, that he was truly alone. He knew deep down that no matter what he did, that weight on his shoulders was so heavy it would follow him into his next life. Spirits help his successor.
But this time, it was different. This was new. The emptiness that often accompanied the pit in Aang’s stomach was replaced with something sickening. His body rejected the possibility of Bumi’s death like poison. It wasn’t real. He had to be alive.
OR: When he's 19, Bumi II gets hurt in the United Forces and his family is told he is missing in action. Aang and Katara try to be there for their son and Tenzin and Kya navigate the new dynamic as friends and family rally aorund them. We explore family dynamics, being biracial, trauma, and being okay with being not okay.
(includes cloud baby flashbacks!)
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- Part 2 of finding our way
- Part 6 of all atla :)
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beautiful boy- elephant graveyard by azablue
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Legend of Korra
25 Feb 2024
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NOT a multific but instead a return! Stand alone! These are scenes/snippets/shots written for my fic, beautiful boy, that did not make it in the final version. this is a "what if?" of sorts
these will be more clunky, and have some repeated dialogue/phrases from beautiful boy bc these are the first drafts! what ended up on the cutting room floor! i am always curious about other fic writer's process and apart of mine is writing a few versions of stuff, so i thought why not publish them for nothing else but to give a peek at my "process" (how fancy and refined)
hese are the "outtakes" of sorts that i've compiled from all the pieces that i decided didn't flow or add anything or felt ooc that i still think are worth something. anywhoooo if you want more of this universe, here is this! hope you enjoy:)
rly, these are for like 3 ppl who love the og like i do:)
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The "outtakes" from my multi-chapter fic about Bumi being hurt in the United Forces and the gaang family
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- Part 7 of all atla :)
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if I were a mountain by azablue
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Legend of Korra
21 Jun 2024
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For a while, neither of them spoke. They sat in a heavy silence, just the two of them. Aang looking up, Zuko staring straight ahead. He thought again of his cousin, of his mangled family and all they took, and how Aang had always, somehow, been at the center of it.
“You were dreaming about him, weren’t you?” Zuko said, suddenly. His chest tightened at the realization. It came together all at once, like someone had whispered the answer in his ear. Aang shifted beside him. His eyes almost flashed in the moonlight. “Of Roku.” Zuko clarified, though they both knew who he meant.
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OR: Aang's 18th birthday stirs up a lot of unprocessed grief and with the inauguration of the United Republic just around the corner and increasing expectations the pressure of it all is becoming too muchRepublic City shenanigans, drunken truth or dares, complicated visits home and a semi-arranged marriage inbound!
this is about the Gaang, five years after the war trying to find their way :)
I should say, if you've read beautiful boy this is definitely in the same universe in terms of vibe/characters/style/etc, just think of it as like not quite in the same canon but pretty much <3
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- Part 1 of finding our way
- Part 8 of all atla :)
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how we start is how we end by azablue
Fandoms: Avatar: Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
25 Jan 2025
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Lin was about to offer to interview their contacts again, when a clatter in the bullpen caught all of their attention. There was a scuffle outside, two voices growing louder and louder as they approached their conference room. One voice they all recognized belonged to their receptionist, Layla, and the other-
Lin cursed under her breath.
The other voice was as familiar to Lin’s as her own. For most of her life, that had been a blessing. Though now, it was like a warped curse on them both. The earth bender’s heart skipped a beat. She knew, before he even opened the door that he was coming here. There was only one person alive that could sneak up on her.
OR: What if Aang dies earlier, and just as they're picking up the pieces, the new Avatar is found? Tenzin, Bumi, Kya and their family are trying to move forward, and all of their progress (or lack thereof) comes to a crashing halt.It's messy, it's rough, it's them at their worst
OR: The Avatar Cycle Feels Complicated If The Avatar Was Your Dad
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- Part 3 of finding our way
- Part 9 of all atla :)