A/n: before anything, this fic is DARK. Make sure to read all of the warnings before reading. All characters are always aged up. The work is dark so I'm not tagging anyone but credits for dividers - cafekitsune and for the event - neteyamsyawntu
Word count: 2,1k
Summary: The creatures of darkness are always watching, just waiting to attack.
Warnings: 18+! NONCON, oral (f), p in v, unprotected sex, impreg (no consent) , xenophilia
Translations:
Tanhì - star (in this fic)
I do not support/romanticize the actions in this fic
Dead dove do not eat
You were a sweetheart among all of these brutal men. Colonel’s daughter, it granted you many opportunities but you haven't used any of them. You were studying hard from the very beginning to become a scientist, and you did. Pandora caught your interest right away, the plants, animals, and people. You liked to learn, not these impractical things in school, but things about life that everyone usually learns the hard way. You liked to explore new territories and discover new things. It was your personality and you worked hard to get the job of your dreams
You walked through the forest, collecting samples of unknown plants, at least unknown to you. All of them were so beautiful that you could already imagine the things you would see if you put them under the microscope. Neteyam felt you on your first day. Your scent was unlike anyone else’s, so sweet yet so bitter, just like you. He didn't stalk you, not that he needed to. You tended to explore the places where he usually was. It was cute to him, the way you were speaking to the plants and animals, Neteyamn couldn't help but feel that you were lonely, just like him. Neteyam had family, his parents, and siblings but they didn't pay as much attention to him as before his accident. Eventually, they focused on their mates but he couldn't find a mate… he didn't want to since he saw you. Neteyam longed for a family, a loving mate, and a bunch of children. At first, he was watching you out of curiosity, but as days passed it turned into something more. Neteyam didn't know how to name that feeling, it couldn't be love… no, he hadn't even met you properly yet. Everything was peaceful, he never made his presence known to you, until today. Today your ovulation started and Neteyam could feel it, the images of you with a pregnant belly and you underneath him as he makes you a mother overwhelmed him. Neteyam was quite observant, despite not stalking you he could already tell a few things about you. You were lonely and he could give you a family… Was this thought really that bad? His body moved forward on its own before his mind could comprehend. You heard something so you immediately turned around, your lips parted noticing the huge creature, or rather a person… a na’vi. Neteyam cursed himself in his mind for revealing himself to you, and at you for looking so goddamn cute. You looked at him with curiosity, your eyes scanning his muscled body. You already knew a lot about na’vi and their traditions, that's why his lack of clothes didn't surprise you. His appearance did, he had horns and claws, and his fangs seemed longer. You stood up slowly as Neteyam approached, you forced yourself to look into his eyes, not at his muscles.
“I'm not here to hurt you or your clan,” you said slowly. Neteyam raised his eyebrows, at least you knew his language. He didn't answer, coming closer and closer, you reached for your gun. It wasn't too smart of you, to ignore your father’s warnings and not take the new technology. Your father viewed na’vi as monsters who are hungry for blood, but you refused to see them that way… but now, probably one of the biggest of them was looking at you like a predator looks at his prey, you weren't so sure. He caught your wrist before you could take the gun and pulled you closer. You bumped into his strong chest with a quiet whine, Neteyam looked down at you licking his lips. He sniffed the air, looking content with your scent… now that it was mixed with the one of ovulation. You were fertile and his whole body felt it.
“You will have to forgive me for this,” he whispers, throwing your gun away.
“Please, I don't have bad intentions,” you whispered, looking at him with those pleading eyes of yours, but Neteyam knew better. He could give you something that you never had, a real family. Neteyam slowly undressed you, despite your little struggles. He couldn't just tear your clothes apart, he wanted you to be comfortable… if you even could. Neteyam didn't look too happy about this, his heart ached to see your eyes watering and hear your pleas, but he knew that he could make your life better. He could give you so much love. Gently, he placed you on the soft grass, slowly caressing your hair.
“I see you,” he whispers softly, looking into your eyes. “They don't see you, but I do, tanhì.”
“Please just let me go,” you said quietly. Neteyam didn't like that you were afraid, he understood it but still, didn't like it.
“I won't hurt you, tanhì” he wanted you to know that so badly. He would never hurt you. Neteyam slowly removed his loincloth, your eyes immediately glued to his cock. You have never seen a na’vi naked, but Neteyam already didn't look like a typical na’vi so you could guess that his genitalia didn't exactly look normal either. His cock was huge, covered in small nubs, something similar to those on the sex toys you would use sometimes. It had bioluminescent stripes, just like the rest of his body. “What's that? First time seeing a man naked?” He teased, but you bit your lip nervously. Neteyam sighed knowing that he was right, it changed his plans a little. He was glad that you were untouched, perfect to claim. He got on his knees between your legs, his hands caressing your stomach and hips. You knew what he wanted but you still wanted to believe that a na’vi wouldn't hurt you like that.
“What do you want? Information? Weapons? Gadgets?” You tried to negotiate, perhaps he would agree and let you go.
“I want you,” he muttered. Neteyam began to kiss your neck, slowly moving down until he reached your lower abdomen. You felt weird, you wanted to run and never see him again, but your body seemed to react to him. “I need you to be prepared, so I need to give you at least one orgasm, little one,” Neteyam explained though he didn't need to. He knew it was wrong, but he knew that he could cherish and love you for the rest of your days if you only just allowed him. Carefully, he licked your dripping folds, humming happily at the taste. Your body tensed as you tried to push his head away to somehow get out of his grip but Neteyam was much stronger, and he didn't budge. His tongue was exploring you carefully, and you couldn't help but let out a few small moans. You didn't want this, you didn't understand why your body was reacting in this way. You continued to struggle, but Neteyam just held you tighter as he was pushing his tongue in and out of you, his lips sucking on your sensitive clit. You didn't want to cum, not from something like this, but you already could feel yourself getting closer. Neteyam hums against your heat, he enjoyed it and he knew that you did too. Maybe your mind hasn't caught up with your body yet. As his movements intensified, you came on his tongue. Your cheeks flushed, you were embarrassed of yourself and your body. It shouldn't have reacted this way, you didn't want it. “Good girl, see? I'm so proud of you,” he moved back on his knees and caressed your hair.
“Please, I just want to get back home. I won't tell anyone,” your voice shaky. Neteyam was impressed, you didn't seem to give up.
“This is your home, with me. '' Slowly he got on top of you. The head of his cock already leaking with precum. “I had an accident, years back when your father attacked my clan. It was something that changed my appearance forever,” he wanted to show you that he trusts you, and you should trust him. Neteyam intertwined his left hand with yours. “This might hurt a little despite you being so wet. I will be gentle, tanhì.” You shook your head no, trying to push him off and escape but Neteyam just spread your legs wider. His weight pinning you to the ground, making it impossible to escape. Neteyam moves his hips forward, slowly entering you. You yelped in pain, begging him to pull out and leave you alone. Neteyam hated that he was hurting you, but the feeling of your tight pussy was beginning to drive him crazy. “Shhh,” he caressed your hair, letting you adjust to feeling him inside you. “It will feel better soon, I promise.” After some time, he began to move his hips very slowly. He was stretching you so much that you thought that it was going to rip you apart. Especially after seeing the tummy bulge, it was so evident. You didn't stop struggling, but you were getting tired so the attempts were weaker. The pain was fading and you were terrified, you didn't want to feel pleasure from it. Neteyam, feeling that you were stretched out enough, couldn't hold himself back. He tried so hard but everything about you was driving him crazy. He began to slam himself into you roughly. “I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, tanhì but I can't help it” he looked genuinely sad. He kissed your tears away gently. You whined in pain, he covered your mouth with his hand, he didn't want to hear you being in pain. Neteyam hated himself for hurting you like this, but he couldn't help it. He already imagined how he would make this up to you, showering you with love and gifts. You didn't think twice, biting his hand roughly. He pulled his hand away, it was bleeding. Neteyam looked at you angrily, placing that hand on your hip.
“You seemed so innocent but you’re just a depraved slut. Don't think that I can't feel you getting wetter and clenching around my cock,” Neteyam groaned, and you did not have the strength to protest. He was mad at himself, he didn't want to offend you but you bit him so fucking hard, and he was just trying to give you something that would make you less lonely. After some time, his grip loosened, he didn't want you to be hurt. Now you had the time, you could inject him with a sedative or try and run for it, but you didn't. You stayed in the place, not understanding yourself but still. Moments ago all you wanted to do was to run, but it wasn't the case anymore… or at least you didn't want to do that so desperately.
“Please,” you asked him for anything. To let you go, to make it feel better. You didn't know, your mind and your body didn't cooperate. Neteyam moved to rub your clit, he was getting closer and he would be damned if you didn't cum before him. You hated how good it was to feel him inside you, how good he was hitting the best spots. You hated yourself for enjoying it. The whines turned into moans, and Neteyam slowed down a little to make it a little bit more comfortable for you. He sucked on your breasts, the stimulation caused the coil in your stomach to burst. You came for the second time, now around his cock.
“I will make you a mother, we will be a family, tanhì. You will never be alone again,” he thrusts deep into you feeling his balls tightening.
“No, don't do that to me,” you needed to be reasonable, even though the little voice in your head was just asking for you to accept it. You began to kick, trying to move away, trying to bite him. Neteyam ignores your words and attempts to escape.
“I'm sorry, I really am. But I can’t let you go, you are the mother of my children, my mate, my family. I need to breed you, please forgive me. This is the one thing that I can't refuse myself,” he was almost pleading for your forgiveness. Finally, his body shook as he came deep inside of you. Neteyam exhaled, satisfied with the outcome. He slowly got off of you, your body shook because of the intense emotions. The shiny bioluminescence liquid dripped down your thighs, you looked at it a little bit amazed. It was something beautiful you couldn't say that it wasn't, but the situation it was made in… Neteyam gathered your clothes. “Next time I will cover your whole body in it. You would look so pretty, wouldn't you? Don't worry, you did such a great job. I'm proud of you, my little one. You were so brave,” Neteyam helped you to put your clothes on and picked you up, and hugged you to his chest. You were too weak and too confused to resist. Why didn't you run when you had the chance? “I am your family and I will always take care of you,” he caressed your hair before walking forward, towards your new future.
The thing about TSR that makes me feel so crazy that nobody talks about is how before the episode, Zuko and Katara both thought the other didn’t care as much as they did about what happened between them in Ba Sing Se. Katara thought he had been tricking her, and he never genuinely cared about her as a person. Zuko thought she was just an empathetic person who could’ve grown to care about him if he hadn’t ruined it, but the feelings weren’t that deep to begin with and she probably just wanted to get him to stop chasing them.
They were both wrong, of course. Zuko hadn’t ever spoken about how the Fire Nation wronged him personally, what his scar meant, or allowed anyone to touch it. Katara had never been on the receiving end of someone trying to empathize with her pain. She’d always been the one to reach out first to sympathize with someone. This time, she’d been yelling at Zuko and he still extended the first olive branch. She offered to heal him with water she’d been saving for something important because she sensed the pain he was in and wanted to alleviate it. But neither of them were able to confirm how much this meant to the other because they get interrupted and Zuko doesn’t see Katara looking back at him.
When Zuko joined the group and Katara threatens him, it confirms his thinking that her anger at him has to do with how his actions led to Aang’s death (and part of it is, but the larger part is about how it made her think that he didn’t actually care about her). He thinks that if he shows that he’s not a threat to Aang, that he is fully committed to fight for and protect the Avatar, she’ll trust him like everyone else.
From Katara’s perspective, Zuko showing up and being this great guy who’s teaching Aang firebending and protecting her brother and saving her dad from prison all while not doing anything to show that he personally wants to make amends with her proves that he really didn’t care about her in Ba Sing Se. He didn’t trick her, but it just didn’t matter to him as much as it did to her.
That’s what leads to TSR. On the edge of that cliff, when he asks her why she doesn’t trust him like everyone else (because if it was really about Aang’s safety, she would’ve been fine with him after he brought him back from the sun warriors), she turns around and tells him exactly why she’s still angry. It’s because she cared about him and he didn’t care about her.
And that’s why every line of dialogue out of Zuko’s mouth that episode is a variation of “I care about you”. Because he never wants her to feel like he doesn’t again.
In the southern raiders, it’s clear Katara planned to kill her mother’s killer initially. She may not have said it out loud but it’s clear by seeing her behavior that her initial plan was to kill him. She only changed her mind at the very last minute and spared Yon Rha when she found him pathetic. Aang sensed this, he knew she was going down the dark path of wanting to kill for revenge, which is why he tried to stop her. Zuko was enabling her. You can call it “support” but if you truly care for someone, you’ll speak up when you think they’re about to make a mistake, even if it’s not what they want to hear.
Zuko just wanted to get on Katara’s good side even if it meant letting her do something she would regret later. Zuko may not have directly encouraged her to kill the man, but he was willing to allow her to do so. This doesn’t mean Zuko is evil, it just means he’s flawed but I do not see his actions towards Katara as good in that episode. This isn’t an attack on Zutara shippers, it’s okay to like morally darker ships, it’s fiction, but southern raiders is really not an episode to use to try to prove Zutara would be healthy
So, I’ve been sitting on this ask for a few days because I wasn’t sure how to word this. But now I think I know how to answer this. Stay with me, this is going to be a long one.
TSR discourse is actually really funny to me because on a fundamental level, the wild interpretations people have about this episode are because people don’t like women Katara (and Zuko, because they have to pretend he’s this big bad evil whenever he and Katara are in the same frame, but this is more so an extension of the misogynistic Katara hate). Katara never said she was going to kill Yon Rha, Aang implied she did (and the fandom, of course, listens to Aang on this). There isn’t any canon dialogue of Katara saying she was going to kill him (and Aang isn’t a fucking empath that can sense murder lol, he just assumed Katara was going to kill, which says more about him than her).
Zuko also NEVER encouraged Katara to murder (and if you ask the fandom for the canon lines to prove this, they can’t, because Zuko doesn’t even speak for a good chunk of this episode). I will tell you some canon Zuko lines; Zuko told Katara he knows where her mother’s killer is and he’s going to help her find him, Zuko said Kya was a brave woman, Zuko told Katara she needs to rest, Zuko told that FN soldier to look Katara in the eye and to not pretend he didn’t know who she was, and the original tsr draft has him putting a blanket over her while she rests. TSR literally ends with him being forgiven by Katara because he personally helped her confront the ugly parts of her trauma and gain a sense of closure over it so she can finally begin to heal. So, I'll ask this: Zuko enabled her to do what? How can you watch TSR and say Zuko wasn’t a good influence on Katara? Because Katara certainly doesn’t seem to think that’s the case… Unless you can’t trust that she knows what she’s talking about?
Katara told Aang out of her mouth that she knew he would never understand and that she would never forgive Yon Rha (therefore, Aang is wrong). Katara wants to confront her mother’s killer and Sokka for some reason agreed that she was sounding like Jet–a boy who manipulated her specifically to be able to kill a village filled with innocent people. But let this fandom tell it, Katara is vulnerable and being enabled by big bad Zuko and she needs Aang to tell her what to do. Or that she was some massive bitch for what she said to Sokka but he doesn’t need to say sorry for what he said to Katara? Katara needs neither Aang, Zuko or Sokka’s go-ahead to act. She needed someone who was going to give her the space to process and confront the man responsible for her pain, and that wasn’t Aang.
Not for nothing, if I’m being real, I can’t even imagine a TSR where Aang joins her instead of Zuko.
Food for thought, but if Katara thought Yon Rha deserved to die, I would be 100% down behind her. You think Kya was the only victim? You think just because he’s conveniently retired that erased the harm done to SWT? I think there’s a few reasons why he doesn’t die, but I for one would not argue about why Yon Rha of all people needs to live. If Katara didn’t find him pathetic and sad and decided to kill this man, would that change your perception of who Katara’s core character is? Katara ends the episode saying she wasn’t even sure if she was too strong or too weak for not killing Yon Rha, showing that there is some lingering doubt in her mind about the outcome of that confrontation. Not the journey itself, but the confrontation. Understandably so! This shit is heavy!
This fandom also has a bad habit of positioning Aang as a moral authority in TSR because of his tragedy, and it's not right. Katara gets dogged on by the fandom and told that her trauma doesn't matter in comparison to a boy who lost his entire people, therefore she should just listen to him, and it's frustrating. Aang can be angry and lash out and not have to apologize. Aang can have off-screen kills that don’t ever have to get addressed by the narrative. Aang can kiss Katara after she said no and not have to suffer the consequences of it. Aang can be patronizing and flighty and it's completely fine. There is a clear double standard here. I know you see it.
I also think this outrage about Katara killing Yon Rha is disingenuous. Aside from the fact that everyone in the Gaang has killed before, a previous user said that had this been, say, Hakoda, no one would have think pieces about the morality or the emotional repercussions of killing Kya’s murderer—who was an agent of the systemic FN killing and imprisonment of the SWT. Katara would have been crucified by the fandom if she told Hakoda he shouldn't confront Yon Rha and that he should forgive that man. It's misogyny to think Katara needs her male friends to tell her what to do and that they’re directly responsible for her moral decisions. It's misogyny to say that Katara didn’t really mean what she said when she told Aang she knew he wouldn’t understand and that he was wrong about what she needed. It's even weirder to pretend that Katara would somehow be “broken” and feel worse about herself if she had killed Yon Rha; Katara doesn’t forgive Yon Rha yet she’s clearly on a much healthier pathway post TSR, contrary to popular belief.
Also, by the way, Zuko doesn’t need Katara’s forgiveness, he wants it. Zuko can still train Aang, stop Ozai and ascend the throne. He can do that all without Katara’s forgiveness. Hell, Zuko would have beaten Azula fair and square had she not cheated and tried to aim at Katara. But he knew he personally wronged Katara after they emotionally connected in the crystal caves–about their shared trauma regarding their mothers who both sacrificed themselves to protect them, mind you–hence him seeking Sokka out in the first place to ask about Kya. Anon, you need to ask yourself, WHY does Zuko want Katara to forgive him? Why does he take this journey with her? You don’t want to “get on someone’s good side” for no reason. Zuko actually cares about Katara, and their relationship only gets stronger after TSR (while the KA dynamic gets weaker on the road to the finale).
Also, where the hell were Toph and Suki this episode? Bryke got rid of them with the quickness because he knew that episode would be different if they got to add their two cents to the conversation.
What do you think of the take that Zuko didn’t really care about Katara or her pain in TSR, he just wanted her to forgive him
I really disagree. If Zuko didn’t care about Katara or her pain at all, why would he go to such lengths to make it up to her and gain her forgiveness? Why would someone care so much about getting the forgiveness of someone they really don’t care about?
Zuko already had the approval of the rest of team avatar. Katara was seen as the odd one out for still being angry at him. She also saved him earlier in the episode when he fell off the air ship by pulling him onto Appa, so her anger at him clearly wouldn’t jeopardize him because she clearly saw him as an ally to protect even though she was angry at him.
Therefore, strategically, Zuko did not need Katara to like or forgive him. The rest of team avatar already had, and Katara clearly was willing to help Zuko as an ally despite her anger at him. And yet still, Zuko really wanted her to forgive him, even telling Sokka that he cared about what she thought of him.
The way Zuko interacted with Katara when they went on their trip in “The Southern Raiders” also clearly suggests that he was invested in Katara getting the closure she needed. He looked personally angry at the Fire Nation soldier they mistook for Yon Rha and also at the real Yon Rha. This level of emotional investment just doesn’t appear in someone who doesn’t really care. Zuko clearly did empathize with and relate to Katara’s pain and wanted to help her get the closure she needed.
the anti-Zutara criticism that “Zutara shippers are teenage girls who only like the ship because they self-insert as Katara” is actually so funny because how does that delegitimize the ship? So…girls who relate to Katara like Zuko, and they think Katara would like Zuko, and that’s bad because…girls are wrong? Girls are shallow? Girls don’t know what’s good for them?
Anyway if I were a grown ass man who created a fictional teenage girl that lots of real teenage girls relate to, and these girls believe she would like character B instead of character A, I hope I’d have the humility to say to myself “hmm I wonder why people who relate to this character’s feelings and motivations think she would react this way” instead of jumping straight to “these girls are doomed to like toxic relationships”
(And I know Zutara shippers like the ship for many different reasons, and self-insert is not the most popular by a long shot, I’m just saying that the criticism of self-insert stems from dismissal of what teenage girls like, and that feels kinda misogynistic to me)
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