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The Fear and the Fire and the End of the World by nativeportlandian
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
01 Sep 2021
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The avatar was never awakened. Instead, a resistance group from the two remaining kingdoms rise up against the Fire Nation and the so-called “Phoenix King” Ozai. Zuko, deposed and desperate to regain his honor in his family, proposes an idea: he will go undercover and burn them down from the inside. But something changes when he meets the leader of the resistance - the last waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe.
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05 Jul 2026
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The Fire Lord Is Dead by ErsatzErmine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Jun 2026
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A messenger hawk practically fell from the sky and onto the deck. It croaked quietly in misery when a soldier scooped it up, its wings fluttering from exhaustion, feathers tipped in frost. The urgency that had driven the bird to fly beyond reason was immediately clear when the scroll was untied from its leg and slipped free from the oilcloth that had protected it from the elements – the wax seal of the head Fire Sage gleamed in the dying sunlight.
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“Dead.” Admiral Zhao stared at the scroll. The almost habitual smirk was gone from his face, and his expression was almost slack from the shock. “The Fire Lord is dead?”
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Before the Fire Nation fleet arrives at the Northern Water Tribe, news arrives that Ozai is dead. The planned invasion is called off, and Iroh and Zuko return to Caldera City to deal with the sudden change in regimes.
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30 Jun 2026
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Katara and Zuko's mission on board The Southern Raiders goes badly wrong, and they are captured and imprisoned in the unforgiving hull of the ship.
Katara now finds herself locked in a small room with a boy that she refuses to trust, and nine years worth of trauma and guilt swimming in her mind. She is resolute in her hostility towards Zuko, but as the horrors of their captivity unfold, an undeniable bond is formed in the quiet moments between their captor's torments.
When they find themselves safely back with their friends on Ember Island, they are both sporting deep scars – old and new, seen and unseen. Katara struggles to reconcile all the pieces of herself and figure out who she truly is. And Zuko continues to battle with his past guilt, and the new guilt that arises from his growing feelings towards Katara.
As their bond deepens – it may be the lifeline they both so desperately need to pull them from the dark waters of their past.
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Canon-divergence from Book 3 Ep 16 The Southern Raiders. Eventual Zutara.
Trigger warnings placed at the beginning of each chapter.- Language:
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16 Jun 2026
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Recovery isn’t linear.
It’s something Zuko tries to remind himself of on his tough days, and even on his good ones.
Still, even though there are deep dips and steep spikes, the line is overall positively sloped, and that has to count for something.
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Zuko has no idea what love feels like.
He’s worried that he can’t identify it.
Because he thinks he’s in love with Katara, and he has no idea how to give something he never received.
(Sequel of a sorts to my Before I Disappear Fic, read that first!!)
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- Part 2 of Before I Disappear
Bookmarked by profoundlycan
15 Jun 2026
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Katara has one night with Zuko and thinks that's as far as their relationship will ever go.
Until it's not.Series
- Part 1 of To Spend My Life With You
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Bookmarked by profoundlycan
28 May 2026