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Hi there! An absolute fan of ASiSoD; I just did a second reading and was just curious about what do you like reading and what written works inspire you? From reading your work, your list must be immaculate!

i don't really have time to read? i barely have time to work on this story. last thing i actually read was probably the hobbit about three years ago. lol

i actually have maybe a dozen and a half books on my to read list, but i just don't have the time. :(

#asisod #a sailor in search of drowning #asks

hi! just wanted to say that i'm no longer putting up with people inquiring about updates! i'll update when i can. i'm busy! go be rude somewhere else! blocked!

#zukka #a sailor in search of drowning #the audacity of some of you i swear

queen where are you?? any updates? i’ve been rereading the story over and over again

hi, sorry for the super late answer! i've been busy and haven't had much time to write. :( (i also apparently don't have my email alerts set up whoops!)

additionally, i've been thrown some curveballs by life, so that's complicated things some. i'll try my best to get back to ASiSoD as soon as i can! <3

#p.s. not a girl :)#mugleres #asks #replies #a sailor in search of drowning #asisod #zukka

Trapped, all Zuko can do is think and prepare. He receives visitors and information. Also, a letter.

new chapter! come and get it!

#zukka #asisod #atla #atla fic #zukka fic #zumi #a sailor in search of drowning

this about summarizes the new chapter.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

#i might as well share here #zukka #zukka fic #atla #atla fic #asisod #zumi #fanfic #a sailor in search of drowning

small heads up, i'm no longer going to use twitter to update. i've locked the account and will now only be using blue sky for ASiSoD updates. blue sky is linked in my blog info. much love.

#a sailor in search of drowning #asisod #zukka #atla #atla fic #zukka fic #zumi

A Sailor in Search of Drowning by 2638582858593L

After the failed assassination attempt, Zuko finds himself consumed with the thought of his blue-eyed lover. His mind and conscience are thrown into chaos and, much to his dismay, he only craves to see her again. Meanwhile, Sokka goes through some changes of his own. He realizes that there are things that are impossible to compartmentalize. Some things, he discovers to his great horror, cannot be rooted in logic. OR Sokka's failure to kill Zuko starts an unprecedented chain of events that changes their lives forever.

49. beauteous, furious, and searching (2024-10-11)

Jet reluctantly accepts help. Zuko sums up the journey so far. Also, a birthday.

50. scouring hungry deserts (2024-10-18)

The Gaang finds out why there's no homeless people. The pot boils over.

[for anyone still not aware, i uploaded Chapter 49 of ASiSoD last week, and Chapter 50 today.]

#zukka #zumi #atla #asisod #zukka fic #atla fic #a sailor in search of drowning

it's 2-for-1 for my fave ASiSoD excerpts

“And my understanding of this group,” Toph said, “is that they all have really big hearts. Even Sokka. Maybe especially Sokka. He acts hard and mature, but usually he's just quaking on the inside. And you know…” She reached out and nudged his clothed knee with her fingertips, leaving three dotted points of dirt behind. “He does most of his quaking when he's around you.”

chapter 14 of A Sailor in Search of Drowning

there are a few instances in this chapter where Sokka shows that he's paying a lot of attention to Zuko, but since Zuko's only getting the brunt of his disregard, he's not quite seeing it. i really like this chapter because Sokka is at the point where he keeps saying he doesn't care about Zuko and yet all his actions paint a different picture entirely. he shows Zuko kindness and keeps track of him all while passing under Zuko's radar.

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Sokka downed the rest of the cactus juice. Beside him, Momo picked up the piece he had dropped and started nibbling on it. “It's … bitter,” Sokka said thoughtfully, scrunching up his nose. Katara made an irate sound, but he ignored her. Pettily, he bit into the flesh of the cactus, and Katara made a louder, higher-pitched noise of protest and distress. “Mm, yeah, bitter,” Sokka confirmed. “But I like it.” And quite suddenly, that sense of despair that had been hanging off his soul loosed its barbed hooks and slipped off, sinking into the hot sand like water and draining away. He looked up at the vast ocean above them, and then raised the cactus to bite into it again. It was juicy and the flesh was almost floral-tasting, beads of milkiness escaping the corners of his mouth and dribbling down to his neck. It took the thirst from his haggard body, quenching it until it bloated the gulf of his belly and choked him. Yet he bit into it again and again, devouring the succulent meat until he was drenched down to his collarbones. Abruptly, Katara smacked it out of his hands. And, despairing, Sokka let go, watching it plop onto the sand. Then he tilted his head, recognizing the shape of it. He clutched at his chest, patting it and then knocking at his rib cage to hear the hollow within him. Because right out on the sand, baking beneath the sun, was his heart.

chapter 15 of A Sailor in Search of Drowning

i don't even have to think about it, this is my absolute favorite part of this chapter. it's based on my favorite poem, how could it not be?

#zukka #zumi #atla #asisod #atla fic #zukka fic #asisod spoilers #a sailor in search of drowning

But would you love me if I was a worm (ghost)?

by 2638582858593L

Summary:

A week after the start of this constant harassment, a young man showed up at his door. Ozai was not sure if he was hallucinating him or not. He was not entirely sure when he had last gotten any sleep. “Ozai, right?” Sokka said, raising an eyebrow at him as he looked him over with a slight grimace. “Uh, need a moment to get … bathed?” Ozai pointedly did not growl. He was better than that. “I have not been able to properly bathe in a week because of the ghost haunting my house,” Ozai told him. “That is why you are here, child.” “Uh, not a child,” Sokka said, frowning. “I'm twenty-five. And I'm a private investigator, dude, not a ghost buster. Try the tabloids.” Perhaps Ozai had exhausted the directory for ghost hunters. “You will help me,” Ozai said, staring him down. “I will pay you one hundred grand to solve this problem for me.”

Ozai’s home has been haunted for one week, and he refuses to take another second of it. But who's he gonna call?

AKA, the story where Sokka, P.I. solves a case.

(note: fic is locked to ao3 users only.)

#zukka #atla #zukka fic #atla fic #ao3 #ao3 fanfic

i got distracted creating a few dozen fics (finished three, so i didn't do so bad, i think!) and had to put them all on hold to come back to ASiSoD. i've returned! sorry for the wait! my break was awesome, but i missed my main fic!

#asisod #not sure what to tag this as #zukka #i suppose #a sailor in search of drowning

i hope your break is going well! asisod rapidly became one of my favorite fanfics of all time. i found the first one browsing on ao3 when it came out & i was ecstatic to find it was being continued when i went to reread, i’ve been following every chapter update with enthusiasm. please take your time and only come back when you are truly ready, it would be sad for a story so beautiful to be rushed or affected by burnout. thank you for sharing your gift with us readers!

my break is going wonderfully, thank you. this message was really nice to read. sorry for the late reply, i hadn't realized i had anything in my inbox! i'm pleased to hear you're enjoying ASiSoD and thank you for your patience!

(seriously, everyone, thank you for not getting on my ass for taking this break, i really need it.)

no promises because breaking them gives me hives, but i hope to return to regular updates soon! ❤️

#asks #anon #zukka #a sailor in search of drowning

i'm going to share this here as well because i'm still laughing so hard i can't stand up straight.

context: i planned to write down notes and just take a picture to change to text, but when i did that, the text was gibberish and now i'm actually crying from laughing. 😂

i don't think this includes spoilers, so it might be safe to share. it reads like simlish!

what i failed to consider is that my handwriting flows like cursive and looks more like little waves with the occasional spike, strike, and hook.

#a sailor in search of drowning #asisod #zumi #zukka #atla #anyone want to guess what the new chapter is about?

“Your Umi is a nonbender,” Iroh said firmly, cutting him off. Zuko quieted, tense and trembling with anger. “Many would say he has 'no use', as you so graciously worded it.” “Well, they'd be wrong,” Zuko hissed, his stomach clenching hard and his throat growing hot like he would spit lava instead of words. He could not believe his uncle would say such a thing! “Umi is strong. She's smart. She's capable. She beat me even when I had my bending, and I'm pretty sure the team would be lost without her. She's the one with all the plans. She seems to be the only one who can actually read a map. She single-handedly turned the pirates against me that one time, remember? And it was because of her plan to blind the xier xu with the perfumes that they got away that other time.” Suddenly furious, Zuko fought not to yell. “Umi has plenty of use. She's the most incredible person I've ever met! And she does all of that without bending! How could you even suggest —” He stopped, trying to control his flaring temper. Iroh slowly nodded and said, “I did not suggest anything of the sort. I merely asked a question, Zuko. And here's the follow-up. Why are you any different?” “Because I'm me, okay!” Zuko snapped[.]

chapter 13 of A Sailor in Search of Drowning

Zuko holds himself to entirely different standards to everyone else, but it's most noticeable when it's Sokka he's comparing himself to. earlier in the conversation, Iroh asked him to place himself in Sokka's shoes and contemplate how ready would be to forgive Sokka for hurting him. And Zuko completely brushes it off. to him, Sokka's attack was reasonable. deserved, even. meanwhile, he considers his own attack on Sokka on a different level entirely. he considers it a cruelty, even though they were enemies at the time. enemies who got down and dirty together, but enemies nonetheless.

Iroh sees this and is pained by it. and later on, Sokka sees it as well and is way more proactive about trying to level Zuko's tilted view. only, it's very hard to change someone's perspective when their formative years were spent absorbing this attitude until it was nearly part of their being.

#a sailor in search of drowning #asisod #zumi #zukka #atla #zukka fic #atla fic #asisod spoilers #trying a different format! alt text annoyed me and figured i would cut out the middle man.

chapter 12 of A Sailor in Search of Drowning

aside from the fact that Sokka is suddenly realizing Zuko is a lying liar who lies and did know the name from his "swamp gas hallucination", this was direct allusion to the fact that Zuko did indeed find Umi, like she later admits to Toklo. she is "she" and "her". she's "Umi" as Zuko sees her. Zuko found her. he was the first to find her.

i'm going to need a minute. 😭 this story gives me such [insert unintelligible, helpless noise here]. like do you guys understand how much i need to take Zuko and Sokka by the shoulders, shake the ever-loving hell out of them, and demand they give me life back because…

bonus:

fun fact! Zuko did eat the berries to test them. It was his idea and Katara enabled him like the secret little gremlin she is (i refuse to believe that Katara doesn't have the same itch in her brain for knowledge that Hakoda and Sokka have, hers is just directed toward medicine and bending, while Sokka and Hakoda lean more toward engineering). they were elderberries and Zuko got a stomachache because they can't be eaten raw. they need to be cooked!

#a sailor in search of drowning #asisod #zumi #zukka #atla #zukka fic #atla fic #asisod spoilers

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thank you for following along on Sokka's journey in A Sailor in Search of Drowning. i appreciate everyone who has read and taken to heart the struggle Sokka goes through just to Be.

if there's one single thing anyone takes away from my work, i hope it's that trans and non-binary folk are human beings deserving of understanding, compassion, and acceptance. and i hope it encourages you to support your trans and non-binary family and friends, and even strangers. this is an increasingly harsh world we live in where transphobia is rampant, both online and offline.

and if you see transphobia, i encourage you to speak out against it. many bigots back down when bystanders involve themselves to back up a harassed person. others feel encouraged to speak up when someone takes the initiative. but someone has to take the initiative.

stay safe and much love.

#a sailor in search of drowning #asisod #zukka #atla #zumi #zukka fic #atla fic