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[akaiikowrites]

over the hiatus there's been a lot about buck spiraling over losing eddie. which. fair. boy is gonna spiral. but also. have we not contemplated:

✨ the inevitable eddie spiral ✨

the last couple of times eddie was Properly Separated™️ from buck for more than like 3 days consecutively, he

decided to join a fucking fight club before

having a full PTSD meltdown only buck was able to properly help him / chris thru

nuance note: yes i'm simplifying a bit. obviously there was a lot more going on with eddie than just buck not being around. esp in s5. but also. it's curious he was still able to hold together somewhat until he didn't when buck was gone. you see. i connected the dots.

[akaiikowrites]

What work took you the longest to write?

if we're counting ongoing WIPs that i'm actually still working on... dcmb has been crawling along since 2018. no i'm not crying who's crying because it's totally not me in terms of completed works, though, they call you refugee took the longest since the initial drafts were posted in december 2017 and the last chapter was posted in may 2022.

(what we can learn from this is that i'm very slow but i almost always get there eventually.)

[akaiikowrites]

3AM zutara concept

after the war, katara takes up the mantle of the painted lady in the fire nation again because. idk. reasons. but she becomes so wildly popular and beloved that the common people start campaigning to make her fire lady.

you know what our fire lord needs? a spirit wife. i know usually those a reserved for new dynasties but i think he qualifies.

eventually katara gets strong armed into court - btw she's been missing for like 2 years at this point, don't worry about it - as The Chosen Spirit Bride of Our Beloved Monarch. zuko would do a spit take if he was drinking the calming tea uncle iroh keeps sending him. half his councilors are on board with this for saving political face / uniting the nation with feel-good propaganda and the other half of them see a golden opportunity for Treason (TM). and all of that is before katara stops an assassination attempt on zuko (it's the eighth this week) which just proves that he needs a spirit wife.

so now katara is the painted lady, the fire lord's (maybe?) fake fiancee, and also her best friend's bodyguard. zuko's very happy, very confused, and very unable to contain his "that's my wife fiancee best friend!!!" energy. there is only one bed.

the whole thing is giving tense political intrigue but make it romcom.

[akaiikowrites]

@foolofatook001 you've activated my trap card allowed me to talk about my favorite thing which is world building!

my concept is that the fire nation changes dynasties periodically due to like... coups, lack of heirs, revolutions, what have you. and traditionally one of the big justifications for why so-and-so ought to be the new fire lord is they have a 'spirit wife' (or husband!) who represents the blessing of the spirit world.

many of these 'spirit wives' have just been ordinary humans with a shiny topcoat of propaganda. but. the thing is, with it being the atla universe, not all of them have. and which spirit wives were real vs fake depends on who you ask.

obviously katara is the former but most of the fire nation is convinced she's the latter. also maybe she is, actually, a little of a spirit bride given that she does legitimately have the blessing of the actual painted lady. so then what???

[akaiikowrites]

#15 for the ask meme!

what WIP are you taking into next year with you?

too many lol. i'm still working on dcmb for sheith. i've got the sequel / companion fic to they call you refugee + like 3 other zutara fics that are in some version of development. also a couple of buddie fics. also also a mass effect trilogy rewrite that's mostly an excuse to do lots of world building and gratuitous shakarian feels. i may or may not ever post it since the fandom is small and it's so self indulgent.

so that's uh...8 or 9?

(p.s. if anyone is a mass effect / shakarian person hit me up because i need to scream about them.)

[floydsin]

ao3 wrapped [writers edition]

How many words have you written this year?

How many works did you publish this year?

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

What work of yours has the most hits?

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Favorite title you used

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?

Pairing you wrote the most for this year?

Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

What work was the quickest to write?

What work took you the longest to write?

How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

What’s your longest work of the year?

What’s your shortest work of the year?

What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

Your favorite character to write this year?

The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Which work of yours have you reread the most?

How many kudos in total did you get this year?

Which work has the most comments?

Did you do any collaborative works this year?

Did you write any gifts this year?

Did you receive any gifts this year?

What’s your most common category?

What do you listen to while writing?

Favorite work you wrote this year?

Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

Biggest surprise while writing this year?

[akaiikowrites]

3AM zutara concept

after the war, katara takes up the mantle of the painted lady in the fire nation again because. idk. reasons. but she becomes so wildly popular and beloved that the common people start campaigning to make her fire lady.

you know what our fire lord needs? a spirit wife. i know usually those a reserved for new dynasties but i think he qualifies.

eventually katara gets strong armed into court - btw she's been missing for like 2 years at this point, don't worry about it - as The Chosen Spirit Bride of Our Beloved Monarch. zuko would do a spit take if he was drinking the calming tea uncle iroh keeps sending him. half his councilors are on board with this for saving political face / uniting the nation with feel-good propaganda and the other half of them see a golden opportunity for Treason (TM). and all of that is before katara stops an assassination attempt on zuko (it's the eighth this week) which just proves that he needs a spirit wife.

so now katara is the painted lady, the fire lord's (maybe?) fake fiancee, and also her best friend's bodyguard. zuko's very happy, very confused, and very unable to contain his "that's my wife fiancee best friend!!!" energy. there is only one bed.

the whole thing is giving tense political intrigue but make it romcom.

[akaiikowrites]

soooo i've been contemplating writing a companion / sequel to 'they call you refugee' (my canon divergence arranged marriage au) from katara's pov.

[lesbianrozanov]

buddie get married - which do you prefer?

buck changes his last name to diaz

they keep their own names

Voting ended onApr 29, 2024

no buckley-diaz option.

[akaiikowrites]

gonna die on the hill that while buck is fine with his last name, he’s wanted almost from day one to be a diaz because to him the diaz boys are home. they’re in so many ways the only home that’s never hurt him. if he had the chance to leave behind all the burdens of being “the wrong buckley” to be a diaz he would do it in a heartbeat.

[harlstark]

my brain every three minutes

[yramesoruniverse-deactivated202]

That subtle, sexy as hell, queer as hell detail of Tommy tilting Buck's chin UP?

Hell yeah, Buck, that is a man kissing you.

[akaiikowrites]

okay but can you imagine how jealous and insecure eddie is going to be now that the shoe's on the other foot. because he has a lot in common with tommy. so much in common. it's like buck is dating eddie but without the trauma*. you cannot tell me he's not going to obsess over the fact that buck's bi awakening is happening with "eddie but hold the baggage." that buck is going to learn muy thai not from eddie - the guy buck knew who did it first - but from tommy.

*big ole asterisk cos tommy may very well have plenty of his own trauma but obvs that hasn't come out yet

[willgrahamscock]

I do not know what is happening in the 911 fandom but do you need me to call 911 for y’all

[willgrahamscock]

HELL YEAH!! BISEXUAL FIREFIGHTERS

[imsodishy]

[tevankinkley]

no but...the way Tommy called him 'kid'....the gentle big hand on his chin pulling him into the kiss....the fact that Tommy is big and strong and DEFINITELY capable of manhandling him.....hnnnnng???

[skipaholic]

there is actually nothing more iconic than abc snatching up 911 after fox cancelled it, only for them to immediately have buck dump his girlfriend and then give him a bisexual arc. ✨

[warren-keplers-funk-band]

eddie is NOT going to catch buck and tommy on a date next episode ARE U FUCKING KIDDING ME. WHAT ROMCOM PLOT IS THIS. i thought we were DELUSIONAL????? WE'RE NOT DELUSIONAL

[tripleaxeldiaz]

buck was very bothered and very bewildered but jesus christ after that kiss he was so HAPPY. like the clouds just parted and things made a little more sense. and now i have to cry about it for the rest of my life

[watchyourbuck]

As of April 4th, 2024, Evan “Buck” Buckley is officially a queer man.