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“where did you get that scar?” spoiler asks him one night, and jason glances at her askance beneath his hood. there’s a gap between it and his collar when he tilts his head the right way, and sometimes the sliver of white skin pulls if he turns too far. it isn’t as puckered and prominent as it used to be, but that doesn’t make it any less angry. it still hurts on occasion, and he has to resist the urge to run gloved fingers over it.
“where did you get that scar?” batgirl asks him one night, his noncommittal grunt to her initial hum the most they’ve spoken to one another in a week. jason tugs his helmet back over his head and knows his shrug does not convince her.
“where did you get that scar?” robin asks him one night after red hood waves him off, rolling onto his back and then to his knees. he brushes dirt off of his sleeves and adjusts his collar. red robin comes to land beside them, his lip split and favoring his right leg, and when he turns his head away the side of jason’s neck stings.
“where did you get that scar?” jason scrubs a towel down his face and tries to avoid eye contact in the mirror. the tremor in his fingers follows up his arm as he curls them over the lip of the sink. the scar stands out in stark contrast, following the column of his throat and end of his collarbone. it burns the longer he looks at it, like it’s a brand, and maybe in its own way it is. next time they ask, he thinks, they should go ask bruce instead.
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ASOIAF FANCASTING --> EVERY NAMED FEMALE CHARACTER ABOVE THE AGE OF FIVE, PART XVI
Daenerys Targaryen (b. 284 AC): The youngest child of King Aerys II and his wife Rhaella. When Robert's Rebellion broke out, Aerys sent his pregnant queen to Dragonstone, where she died giving birth to Daenerys. She and her older brother Viserys were smuggled to safety by Ser Willem Darry, who cared for them in a house in Braavos, but after his death she and Viserys ended up wandering the Free Cities. They eventually find refuge at Magister Illyrio's in Pentos, where Viserys concocts a plan to reconquer Westeros with a Dothraki army and weds Dany to Khal Drogo to gain this army. Dany finds strength on the Dothraki sea and settles as a khaleesi, whilst Viserys is killed for disrespecting their customs and threatening his pregnant sister. When Drogo succumbs to infection following a wound, Daenerys tries to revive him with the help of Mirri Maz Duur using black magic, but her unborn son Rhaego is slain for the sacrifice and Drogo is only brought back to be trapped in his dead body. Dany smothers him and burns Mirri Maz Duur on his funeral pyre, where she enters the fire and hatches three dragons out of dragons' eggs that have turned to stone. Now with her own small but loyal band, she travels first to Qarth and then to Slavers' Bay, looking for the means to reconquer Westeros. But rather than purchase fighting slaves, she makes war on the slave cities and devastates Astapor and Yunkai. After taking Meereen, she decides to stay and rule over the city rather than see it fall into chaos. However, she is unable to enact a lasting peace between the freedmen and former slave owners, and after a child is killed by her dragon Drogon, she locks up his brothers (Drogon does not let himself be captured). As part of the attempt to stop attacks on the freedmen, she marries Hizdahr zo Loraq. However, at the reopening of the fighting pits, Drogon returns and spreads devastation until Dany mounts him and flies out of the city. Drogon flies to the Dothraki sea, where the khalasar of Khal Jhaqo, an old enemy, finds her. Fancast: Emilia Clarke.
Daenora Targaryen (b. approx. 215 AC): Youngest child of Prince Rhaegel Targaryen and his wife, Alys Arryn. She was sister to Aelor and Aelora Targaryen. She was married to her cousin, Aerion Targaryen, and had a son, Maegor, with him before his death by drinking wildfire. She was not considered as an heir for her uncle, King Aerys I, and the Great Council of 233 AC passed over her son's claim on account of his infancy and his father's madness. Fancast: Reese Witherspoon.
Daenys Targaryen (b. approx. 128 BC): The daughter of Aenar Targaryen, a dragonlord of the Valyrian Freehold. She foresaw the destruction of Valyria twelve years before it happened. Her father heeded her visions, sold all their holdings in the Freehold, and moved the family to the island of Dragonstone, which became the first seat of the Targaryens in Westeros. She was married to her brother Gaemon, who was later called Gaemon the Glorious, and they ruled Dragonstone together. Fancast: Emily Baldoni.
Princess Daeryssa (Age of Heroes): A princess who, the songs say, was once saved from giants by the legendary knight Serwyn of the Mirror Shield. (My own headcanon: Though likely retconned out of existence, I thought Daeryssa might be a king's daughter from any of the small kingdoms of the age of Heroes, maybe with a mother of Valyrian blood.) Fancast: Seychelle Gabriel.
Dalla (main series era): A serving woman at Dragonstone, part of Stannis Baratheon's staff. Fancast: Jessica Baglow.
Dalla (d. 300 AC): The wife of Mance Rayder, chosen King-Beyond-the-Wall to lead the Free Folk in their flight from the Others. She dies giving birth to her son during the battle between Mance's forces and the army of Stannis Baratheon. Fancast: Julia Ormond.
Dancy (main series era): A prostitute at Chataya's establishment in King's Landing. Fancast: Cintia Dicker.
Danelle Lothston (b. approx. 190 AC): The last of her House, she was the Lady of Harrenhal and Head of House Lothston in her own right. She wore armour and led men into battle, notably when she called her banners to end the Second Blackfyre Rebellion in its infancy at Whitewalls. During the reign of Maekar I, she reportedly turned to the dark arts, which caused her madness and the downfall of the Lothston line. People still tell stories of her bathing in blood and eating children. Fancast: Oksana Butovskaya.
Danny Flint (probably lived after the Conquest): She was a girl who joined the Night's Watch, pretending to be a boy. However, when her secret was found out, she was raped and murdered by her sworn brothers. Her song claims that her ghost still walks the Nightfort. Fancast: Ava Acres.
Darla Deddings (lived 130 AC): During the Dance of the Dragons, rioteers in King's Landing attempted to rape Lady Darla and her brother was killed defending her. Fancast: Kaitlyn Dever.
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genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, believe joe, nicky and booker have fucked. you dont spend 200 years together and not attempt to fuck the depression out of someone
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@bookerfag finally someone understands my pain
reading a joe/nicky fic and of course they make the omega, the gender "role" that is highly in tune with fucking trans, the "prejudiced" one. and of course that has to be booker. because booker has to be the bad guy to everyone's faves, especially when he's fucking coded as trans. thanks for that wind_ryder.
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reading a joe/nicky fic and of course they make the omega, the gender "role" that is highly in tune with fucking trans, the "prejudiced" one. and of course that has to be booker. because booker has to be the bad guy to everyone's faves, especially when he's fucking coded as trans. thanks for that wind_ryder.
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Well shit... I deleted the ask by mistake BUT I got an ask talking about reverse AU Moon Knight in which Layla is the Avatar of Khonshu and Marc/System are the Avatar of Taweret.
Its infested my brain like a worm, I had a draft, and I got rid of the dang draft :((
So, now that I'm done explaining, let me share my ideas!
Layla dies after tagging along with her father. Perhaps a stowaway, perhaps learning, no matter what, she gets caught in the crossfire. Marc is there, and when he realizes what the job is, he fights on the side of Layla and her father.
Khonshu saves Layla at the price of her service. Layla exits the temple in Khonshu's armor, and I belive that might look something like this...
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Anyway, she comes out to find her father, bandages peal away, and she finds him dead. He is dead beside the man who tried to save him, Marc, and Marc starts spitting up blood. He coughs, signifying he is alive, and Layla saves him because he is the only one left, and she believes he is a good man.
They keep in touch. Eventually, Marc and Layla start dating. They get married. Layla serves Khonshu as Moon Knight, and Marc helps whenever she needs with his mercenary skills, but with Layla so gone Marc never has to worry about his DID 'getting in the way'.
When Marc's mother dies, and Steven takes the host job for a while, and it really messes with Marc's life. Marc tries to distance himself, but he worries about Layla and her service to Khonshu, so he stays nearby. He keeps watch, but he doesn't let her know.
Skipping some details, Layla nearly dies, but Marc and/or Steven push her out of the way, and they die to Harrow.
More details skipped, Layla and resurrected MK system (tho Marc and Steven really). They fight, they win, and Jake Lockely believes he has to protect his system, so with Taweret still their Goddess, he visits Harrow to kill him. That is the end, a cliffhanger. Taweret can't stop him, and he manages.
I don't have enough specific thoughts, nor do I desire to type it all in this one post. However enjoy these other outfit concepts. Credit if you use please!
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Base credit: Pintrest. I couldn't find the og, no matter how I looked. If you know pls tell me so I can add credit.
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Outfit details to come on another post. If you want to know more TELL ME I'll happily expand on this AU!
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I think Billy Hargrove is touch starved AND afraid of being touched because of his father and that’s why he’s violent.
I can just imagine Billy’s whole self just shaking when someone makes the first move to touch him without meaning any harm. Billy kinda just watching their hand make its move towards him, breathing heavily, shaking in the slightest. Just like El when people tried to touch her wrist in the beginning.
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Can anyone tell me what happened to this fic (The King in the North by vangarado_mossi)
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The King in the North
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/SAEQpHa
by vangarado_mossi
Ned escapes before he is executed in King’s Landing, and Jon doesn’t take the black. The ensuing war in Westeros will play out far differently than in either ASoIaF or GoT, but a brutal, bloody war occurs all the same.
Words: 2341, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Categories: F/M
Characters: Ned Stark, Jon Snow, Robb Stark, Elia Sand, Catelyn Tully Stark, Jeyne Westerling, Joffrey Baratheon, Robert Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Cersei Lannister, Jaime Lannister, Tyrion Lannister, Tywin Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen, Theon Greyjoy, Rickon Stark
Relationships: Elia Sand/Jon Snow, Robb Stark/Jeyne Westerling, Ned Stark/Catelyn Tully Stark, Khal Drogo/Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister/Jaime Lannister
Additional Tags: R Plus L Does Not Equal J | Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen are Not Jon Snow’s Parents, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Smut, Romance, Slow Build, Warg Bran Stark, Canon-Typical Violence, Torture, War, Blood and Gore, Ned Stark Lives, No White Walkers (A Song of Ice and Fire)
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Winter Roses Fanfic
Completely AU from the end of the Rebellion! After Ned takes Jon from the Tower of Joy, he stops by King’s Landing to see Robert crowned. There, they discover the former Queen had died in childbed. But while Prince Viserys escaped Dragonstone, the baby Daenerys was not born soon enough and was brought to the capital to face justice for her family’s crimes. This story is about Robert allowing Daenerys to live in Winterfell, betrothed to Jon to sully her line, rather than disgrace himself by murdering a baby.
A/N:  I’ve started posting this fic in AO3 back in November, but now I’ll begin posting the chapters here. You can find the link to the fic in AO3 in my blog. I’ll post one chapter per day until Tumblr is up-to-date and then I’ll post here and in AO3 at the same time.
Prologue — The Betrothal
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The Land of the Gods <Coming soon>
“Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna, and thousands died for it.”
He could hear it still, by the Old Gods and the New, he could still hear the whispers. They were talking down there in the mortal world, his connection with Ghost allowing him to hear Ser Davos’ gruff voice and Lady Melisandre’s chants. They were trying to bring him back, yet Jon Snow had no desire on leaving today.
It had been as if the world was truly clear now, his eyes could see all and his mind held all. Even when he first stood in darkness, he could see, for the first time in his life he could see those waiting for him in the Land of the Gods. He had felt lighter then, comfortable and calm as he took in the sight of Eddard Stark and the small woman that reminded him of Arya.
Lyanna Stark, the She-Wolf of Winterfell, the Lady Baratheon if she had lived and married Robert, but the Princess of Dragonstone and the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms if she had lived at all. She had taken him in his arms right away, sobbing into his neck and rocking him in a way that made him feel like a babe.
It didn’t take long for the truth to set in, in fact, it took just Lyanna’s bright proud smile that shed the veil.
Aegon, she had called him, cooing and caressing his cheek. “My little wolf, a dragon on his own right.” She had said again, taking it upon herself to wipe his tears as everything fell on him. “Look at him, Ned. Look at my boy, look how he has grown.”
His father-no, his uncle Eddard, gave a watery chuckle before hugging him as tightly as his mother had. “I am proud of you, know that.”
But Jon never replied, instead collapsing on his shoulder where the fur pelt was. It was home there, the smell of leather and pine heavy on Ned as when Jon was a small boy with a thousand questions and fantasies. No tears came, just comfort, just the feeling of peace as his mother clung to his arm and led him away deeper into the darkness.
She liked to smile, the Lady Lyanna, her grey eyes crinkling around the corners as she looked up at him. She was everything he had ever wanted when he was a boy, a smiling high born lady who loved him, who smelt of winter roses, and who told him stories as he closed his eyes. His mother was a beautiful one, a willful lady that conquered dragons and stags and walked with the grace of a wolf. The little boy in him was nothing short of proud for it.
“Think of the Land of the Gods as the world below.” She was saying gently as a mother should, brushing back his dark curls as they continued to walk into the darkness. Jon looked back towards his Uncle Ned, a frown on his face when he didn’t see him behind them. “Ned went back to the North now, back to Robb and Lady Catelyn, don’t worry dearest, we will go there too soon. You have to meet them first.”
And so mother and son walked arm and arm, Jon looking down at his mother to make sure she was still there, and Lyanna humming a soft tune. The song was enough to calm him, to ease his anxieties, but it wasn’t enough to close his ears. He could still hear them down there, Ghost was still down there and until the end of his life, Jon will be able to hear what he heard. Yet, it wasn’t only Davos or Melisandre, but a stranger speaking in the back of his mind.
“Can you see it?” Lyanna gripped his arm gently, smiling brightly up at something in the darkness. “Isn’t it beautiful?”
“What is?” Jon tried to look up to, yet his eyes grew heavy and blurry when he faced the darkness straight on.
Lyanna frowned softly from his side, looking up at him before her eyes went wide. Her expression twisted then, a sad smile looming as she touched his cheek gently. “It is not your time yet, I can see that now. You are not fully here, my beautiful boy, the Red Priestess works fast, I see. You are standing on the gates of Dragonstone, Aegon, where your father stood, and the first Aegon years ago. Remember that, for me at least. You are not leaving yet, not yet, but remember when you do leave.”
“But I-” Jon chocked up, shaking his head like a little boy as he hugged his mother to him. “I don’t want to go, please, I just met you, I just learned your name. Don’t make me leave, I want to stay here. I want to see, let me see please.”
“Oh my darling.” Lyanna cooed gently on his ear, easing his sobs as he knelt down in front of her. “You will see one day, when you are old and grey, when you finish the life written for you. You will return here again, and I will be here, waiting for you, you’ll see, my love. You’ll see.”
“Lyanna!” A voice called from the darkness, a powerful one that spoke his mother’s name gently. “Lyanna? Where are you?”
Jon looked up from his mother’s embrace, his eyes focusing on the darkness until a tall figure walked out. The Prince Rhaegar has always been a source of tales in Westeros, with his indigo eyes and pale silver hair. He had been a Targaryen Prince, the future King, and he had died in the banks of the Trident.
As quickly as he came, he disappeared from his eyes. Jon stood up quickly, trying to find him again under the veil of darkness. That had been his father, the noble Rhaegar who had loved his mother with all of his might.
“Your father is proud of you, both of them are.” Lyanna whispered next to him, a bright smile coloring her face as she watched the darkness with love in her eyes. “Remember that, my boy. The dragon and the wolf will stand behind you, as they always have. And I will stand with you, as I always done. Never forget it, never forget the truth of it, Aegon. You are no fool, no lord’s bastard. You will be king, my dear, as your brother would have been.”
“Listen to me now.” Rhaegar’s gentle whisper drew his head to the side, a tall frame hugging him tightly as his mother and uncle had. “It takes a man to rule. An Aegon, not an Egg. You have done well, you are the North’s son without a doubt. But now, I need you to awake, my son. Keep your eyes and ears sharp, the name Targaryen will return once more. The dragons are awake now, you shall see soon, and when they come, I want you to go to them. A Targaryen alone in the world is a terrible thing, and my sister has been alone for too long. You have been alone for too long. I failed you once and your mother a dozen, but not here, not now. Awake, my son. The Lord of Light will want to make you his puppet as will others, you must fight them all, promise me you will.”
Jon tried to keep his arms around Rhaegar, but his eyes grew heavy and his arms felt nonexistent. He was waking up now, Melisandre was calling his soul down before he had a chance to see them again. Robb, he was so close, damn the Red Priestess for bringing him down.
Zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor. The fallen Prince had whispered, dark eyes sparkling with a solemn fire as everything become white in Jon’s mind.
Hey, hey, so I’m trying to find a footing here with fanfics, so tell me what you think about this so I can figure out what elements to use and such! This is supposed me when the Night Watch kills him, a few hours before Melisandre fully revives him as the soul needs to actually attach to the body before waking up.
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‘True Alpha’ My Ass
You know, it would be nice to see more “Scott Gets Kicked Out of The Pack”  fics where it happens for reasons that match up with actual canon, AKA that Scott McCall is a toxic, abusive asshole and no one wants him around except maybe Stiles, because abusive friendships are hard to end.
“Scott McCall gets kicked out of the pack”  fic but he gets kicked out for any combination of the following canon reasons:
- stalking Allison 
- harassing Allison
- forcing Allison to go out with her stalker just to get Alison’s mom off his back 
- patronising Allison and yelling at her in the middle of a crowded club 
- lying to Allison about her mother’s death 
- trying to manipulate/emotionally blackmail Allison into getting back with him 
- creeping on Allison in the shower and throwing her against her bedroom’s door 
- assaulting Stiles just because he had the audacity to put Allison and innocent people’s life, safety and well being above Scott’s jealous fits and temper tantrums ("Why are you trying to ruin my perfect life!?" ) 
- making out with Lydia, his rival’s girlfriend and the girl his best friend liked, and then painting her as a bitch in heat just to stroke his own fragile ego and prove that he can have any girl he wants now that he’s popular 
- using Danny (a gay POC) to get Coach off his back so that he could dance and smooch with Allison at prom 
- violating Derek and then boasting about it in front of his own victim ("Because you may be an Alpha, but you are not mine!" )
- claiming the Hales deserved to be burnt alive by the hunters in front of Derek Hale and his comatose uncle ("They Had A Reason!" ) 
- stealing the Hales’ money for himself 
- framing Derek for murder (twice) just so that he can be free to play lacrosse, stalk the new girl on campus and endanger people’s life to his heart’s content 
- mocking Erica’s trauma and epilepsy 
- mocking Isaac and calling him an idiot for wanting the Bite to defend himself from his abusive father 
- assaulting Jackson out of jealousy 
- assaulting Danny during lacrosse practice 
- cheating his way into first line 
- violating other people’s boundaries, bodily autonomy and consent whenever it benefits him 
- plotting and conspiring with Gerard Argent behind everyone’s back against Derek and his Pack 
- conspiring with Deucalion (Boyd & Erica’s murderer) behind everyone’s back just to assassinate Tracy and Josh, two innocent chimera victims 
- taking full advantage of his position of power and authority and assaulting Isaac (repeatedly) due to his own pathological jealousy and possessiveness 
- deciding everyone should keep Lydia in the dark about everything for 2 seasons and only telling her anything when they absolutely have to
- Scott’s borderline creepy "I know we are going to be together"  speech when Allison wanted to dump his toxic ass 
- throwing Derek, Boyd, Isaac and Erica under the bus every time they were on screen during Season 2
- using, trying to control, belittling, gaslighting, victim blaming and dehumanising Stiles (the neurodivergent hero who kept risking his own life to save Scott’s and everyone’s ass without ever asking for anything in return) throughout the whole series 
- blackmailing Derek and threatening to leave him in his rapist’s clutches unless Derek did exactly what Scott wanted, AKA protect him and Allison and kill Peter on Scott’s behalf 
- lying to Kira about her Kitsune and patting Theo on the back for recording his girlfriend sleeping without her consent 
- pimping Kira out to Liam in an attempt to convince Liam to accept him as his alpha 
- saying "I love you”  to Kira and promising her that he would have waited for her and then cheating on Kira with Malia (Kira’s best friend and his best friend’s ex girlfriend) immediately after 
- keeping Malia’s heritage from her because “Oh no but her dad’s an evil monster! We shouldn’t tell her!”
- lying to everyone and not telling anyone anything and then acting wounded when it backfires on him 
- taking all the credit for his friends’ heroic actions and achievements and blaming others for his own failures and mistakes 
- roaring Malia into submission and forcing her to shift back into her human form against her will
- bullying and mind raping Corey
- assaulting Liam and landing him at the hospital just because Liam’s much more talented and better than him at lacrosse even without a werewolf upgrade 
- kidnapping and biting Liam without his consent, and then involving Stiles, because Scott can’t even clean up after his own mess, or take responsibility for his own shitty actions and behavior 
- using Hayden as bait against the Dread Doctors without her consent 
- trying to emotionally blackmail Malia into helping his whiny ass (“What if I told you that you are the only one I have left?” ) 
- gaslighting Stiles (“You need me!” “You trusted him, too!” ) into sharing the blame for his own failures and mistakes and then forcing Stiles to draw his hideous 'property of twue alpaha Scott McCall’ tattoo 
- being a faux moral warrior of the cheapest kind and making others do the dirty work for him because he’s scared shitless of losing his precious true alpha title
- being a toxic, abusive friend and an even shittier boyfriend and werewolf 
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I want someone dead. Lucifer Morningstar. He hurts people. And not just his enemies, those close to him, as well. In fact, I think he hurts them most of all.
Obviously.
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The actions of a Fire Nation admiral during a meeting causes some problems for Sokka. The words of that admiral causes some problems for Zuko. They try to take care of each other. 
“What did the admiral mean,” Sokka blurts out without really thinking about it, “when he talked about insubordination?” 
Zuko freezes, the rag half-out of the bowl and his other hand still bracing Sokka’s (not quite holding it… far too gentle to be holding it). “What—uh. I, uh.” Zuko stops. Takes a breath. Tries again. He still doesn’t look up at Sokka. “When I was younger, I spoke out at a meeting.”
Warnings: burns (description of), violence, threats of violence, discussion of canonical child abuse, characters curse but no curse words are written, character is non-permanently injured, yelling/arguing, trauma
A/N: me? writing a zukka AtLA fic and posting it an hour short of midnight? Apparently, it’s more likely that you’d think. 
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Zuko has the patience of a saint, Sokka thinks to himself.
It’s an unusual thought, he realizes. A year ago, if you’d told Sokka that he’d come to think of the Banished Prince as ‘patient’, he’d probably have thrown his boomerang at you. A year ago, Zuko was one of the most short-tempered people he knew. A year ago, Zuko was the face of the enemy.
A lot changes in a year.
Sokka barely stifles a frustrated sigh. The attempt does not seem to go unnoticed by Zuko, who glances at him quickly before the corner of his mouth twitches with something like amusement. The meeting had been going on for hours, and Sokka can’t help but feel that very little progress on the treaty had been made. It wasn’t for lack of trying, Sokka knows, but war leaves messy problems in its wake. He knows that both the literal and metaphorical shrapnel left behind by a century of conflict can’t be swept away in a night or a week or a month.
It doesn’t make these meetings any easier to sit through.
“I want immediate release of all prisoners of war,” an Earth Kingdom ambassador demands.
“I second that,” Sokka hears his father–sitting across the table from him–add, a bit more calmly but no less firm. “I have men in those prisons that haven’t seen their family in a decade.”
“Of course,” Zuko replies at the same time a Fire Nation soldier snaps, “absolutely not.”
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AU that I won't write but cant get out of my head.
It was a simple mistake, when a young Lavabender from Chin Village accidentally activates the tectonic plate Avatar Kyoshi created when splitting Kyoshi Island from the mainland.
Now the island drifts further south and in his slumbering state Avatar Aang stops it before it hits the Southern Water Tribe, draining his life force by decades.
Meanwhile a storm kicks up from the resulting movement and harsh mile high waves batter the Fire Nation ships approaching, causing the Southern Raiders to go down and the program to be disbanded.
Several decades later Avatar Aang's life force gives out and the Avatar is reborn into Princess Yue of the Northern Water Tribe.
Fate blinks and accommodates.
King Kuei dies with no heir, leaving the distant cousins of the Beifongs to take the throne, thier crowning Jewel, Princess Toph is hidden away from society, so no one may learn of her hidden disability.
Chief Hakoda leads a group of Southern Water Tribe resistance fighters made up of waterbenders like his daughter and warriors like his son and an elite group of fighters - the Kyoshi Warriors.
When their group runs into the run away Avatar and her guardian, Healer Yagoda, Master Katara vows to teach the princess, and the healer, how to waterbend.
Meanwhile, across the ocean, Prince Zuko prepares to be named Crown Prince, after the disappearance of his sister three years before. His trusted advisor, his cousin Lu Ten, at his side. Though Prince Lu Ten may not be as loyal as first appears after the mysterious death of his father and grandfather.
Former Princess Azula has made a home in the Northern Air Temple along with Earth Kingdom refugees in an attempt to hide Ty Lee - her best friend and the last known airbender. The two, along with Mai, piece together what's left of the Air Nomad teachings in order for Ty Lee to learn her element.
Eventually these plot lines slam into each other with Toph teaching Yue earth, Azula teaching her fire and Ty Lee teaching her air as best she can.
I'm thinking endgame: Harutara, Yumai, Tyzula, and Sukka.
Zuko maybe, maybe not gets a happy ending (he's kind of the Azula character so at most being alive at the end is as happy as it likely gets). Lu Ten goes out like Jet but by Ozai in the eclipse invasion not Long Feng in book 2.
Jet maybe lives but what he does I haven't given thought but Hakoda probably takes him and the freedom fighter under his wing.
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So @silvercarstairs14 sent me a post about an Avatar!Azula AU and I accidentally go in too deep and created this:
When Aang got frozen in the iceberg, he briefly ‘died’ which caused to the Avatar cycle to continue
Neither of the next two avatars made it past the age of 30 (and had no success in balancing the world
Ozai was instructed to find the Avatar, and as such, Azula was much closer to her brother, uncle, and cousin than either of her parents
When Iroh sieges Ba Sing Se, Lu Ten doesn’t die, but he does get gravely injured
Seeing her cousin in such a state causes her to briefly go into the avatar state
She manages to save Lu Ten, but now the world knows there is a new Avatar
Iroh and Ursa swear to secrecy to protect the children
Azulon orders Iroh and Ozai to kill the avatar and Zuko and Azula freak out
Iroh and Lu Ten set out to ‘find the avatar’ (they’re really looking for bending masters for Azula)
They try to keep it a secret from their father and in the meantime, Azula masters firebending
Then, when Zuko is 13 and Azula is 11, Zuko speaks out against his father in favor of ‘whoever the avatar is’ and ends up in an Agni Kai
Azula has a freak-out and the two of them run away
Ursa realizes that both her children have disappeared overnight and goes looking for them
Meanwhile, Zuko and Azula crash land in the Southern Water Tribe, where they are found by Katara and Sokka
Sokka initially freaks out cause FIRE NATION but Katara saw Azula try to waterbend and realizes that she is the avatar
They find Aang in the iceberg, and discover that he has no bending
Zhao shows up and Zuko kicks his ass, while Azula plans their escape
The four kids escape the Southern Water Tribe and set off to help Aang recover his bending
Ursa shows up to the Southern Water Tribe 15 minutes late while Zhao rambles about how he saw an airbender and Prince Zuko is a traitor who kidnapped his sister
When they go to Kyoshi Island, Suki teaches Sokka how to fight, as well as Azula, since she needs to defend herself without revealing that she’s a bender
Azula feels very betrayed when Sokka gets a kiss and he doesn’t
The gang meets Madame Wu and she straight up tells Sokka that he will marry the fire lord and he’s like ‘Azula?????’ meanwhile Zuko is in the back like o///o
She tells Katara she will marry a powerful bender and Aang thinks that means him (since he was the old avatar) but then Azula stops the volcano and both Aang and Katara have an ‘oh shit’ moment
When Jet tries to hit on Katara, Azula and Zuko break his nose (as it should be)
Azula also briefly dates Yue in the North pole
And when she dies, that’s when Azula and Zuko really realize how bad their father is
Thanks to some spirit world shenanigans, the gang manages to restore Aang’s airbending and Azula begins to learn airbending
Meanwhile, Iroh and Lu Ten have become fugitives in The Earth Kingdom, since the Firelord accused them of stealing his children
So Iroh is just looking berries one day when local himbo Lu Ten runs up like ‘Dad! I found a friend for Azula!’
And Iroh is just like ‘Lu Ten that is a literal child how do you-’ and then the child aka Toph metal bends something and Iroh just goes ‘oh shit’
LET LU TEN BE HAPPY 2020
Meanwhile Ursa finds Bato like ‘yo your boyfriend’s kids kidnapped my kids, wanna go break your bf out of jail?’ and he’s like yeah
So they hold a prison break at the Boiling rock and save hakoda and Ursa openly rebels against Ozai 
The Boiling Rock? More like Ursa files for divorce
In the fire nation, Mai goes and finds Ty Lee so they can go find their friends
The new avatar is becoming known as a very notorious kidnapper
The groups come together when they meet up in Ba Sing Se, where they find that Toph, Lu Ten, and Iroh have opened a tea shop
They spend the rest of the series there, studying bending
Watching Lu Ten, Zuko and Suki spar is totally Sokka’s bi awakening
Then they go and punch Ozai in the solar plexus
Zuko gets crowned Fire Lord, Sokka, Suki, Lu Ten and Toph stay with him in the fire nation as the Official Fire Lord Protection Squad ™
Aang goes off to find the descendants of the lost Air Nomads with Mai and Ty Lee  who are DATING FIGHT ME
Ursa, Iroh, Bato, and Hakoda get a vacation they have been running between the nations trying to babysit a bunch of gay, superpowered, teenagers for years LET THEM HAVE THIS
And Katara and Azula travel in between the nations and their friends restoring balance to the world and being adorable
Also suki, zuko, and katara are trans i just know they are
It’s my au i make the rules the only cishet in the gang is aang and he gets a pass for being a very nice young lad
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