I'm a queer epileptic and so is Zuko

she/they - this is a side blog - knowing me, this will be 99.9% reblogs, sorry not sorry

[epilepticzuko]

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Zuko

Korra

Suki

[romancedawning-deactivated20210]

Once when the gaang visits the Fire Nation, they’re all just on the side of too tipsy when Zuko leans in with the most grave expression imaginable.

“Aang,” Zuko says, “This has been… haunting me…. Why did your friends need to suck on those frogs?”

And Aang just gasps, and does not explain the frogs, because he has suddenly remembered that Miyuki is still wanted by the Fire Nation and that just won’t do. So Aang demands that Zuko pardon Miyuki for her crimes, which then gets the rest of the gaang to dogpile on and also demand justice for Miyuki. 

Zuko is willing to hear him out. 

…Zuko is significantly less willing to hear him out when Aang mentions that Miyuki is a cat.

(Zuko finds it difficult to believe that a cat is legitimately wanted by the Fire Nation)

But because they are all the worst, he relents and they all drunkenly stumble down to go find the records of Miyuki’s crimes and write her up a pardon, much to the chagrin of the night-shift archivist.

[voidcenturyscholar-deactivated2]

Zuko, staring blankly at Miyuki’s rap sheet:

The gaang:

Zuko:

Zuko: I don’t …. I don’t think I can pardon this…

[onetruefool]

[enbyzukostanblog]

Sokka: It can’t be that bad! Let me see-

Sokka:

Zuko: You see what I mean?

[crazy-pages]

Toph: Is anyone going to tell me what it says or am I just going to have to wait in suspense?  

[firelord-boomerang]

jet hcs please

okay some random ones

straw biter. he mangles those babies up. he gets a metal/bamboo straw and somehow chews them up too. his chompers are made of steel and perfect.

people have been known to swoon on the very rare occasion that he pushes his hair back.

he has only one tattoo, very small but no one really knows where it is. it's a blink and you'll miss it kind of thing.

he talks in his sleep.

his favorite ice cream flavor is keso and everyone except for longshot and the duke think he's weird for it.

he has more jackets than what he knows what to do with. also hats. so many hats to try and tame that wild wild mane.

pretty decent at sewing.

can play three instruments. won't say which ones.

great at card games because he can read people and no one knows when he's bluffing or not.

[firelord-boomerang]

I subscribe to the idea that Zuko can't actually make good tea. He knows how to make good tea but somehow some way it just never ends up being good but then people think he knows how to make good tea because his uncle is a verifiable tea connoisseur and he worked at the Jasmine Dragon so the man should be able to make good tea, right? wrong.

[firebeforethestorm]

I’m kind of obsessed with this idea of Zuko living in the Earth Kingdom. 

Nothing etched out in stone quite yet but I’m thinking something along the lines of: he ends up there after his banishment and is convinced to stay or he’s stolen from the palace as a child and grows up there without knowing he’s a prince. 

I just really love the idea of Zuko getting to live a relatively normal (albeit probably difficult) life. Maybe he joins the Gaang earlier or maybe he joins the Freedom Fighters (because nobody knows he’s a firebender until they do…OR maybe he’s not a bender?!)

Jet and Zuko becoming friends (or more, it could work imo). Zuko as The Blue Spirit (or something similar) pissing off the Dai Li. Zuko and Jin! Zuko meeting Toph first?! Someone from the White Lotus watching out for him. Azula and Iroh adventures to overthrow Ozai from the inside? (I just want better for Azula, it’s not fair lol) 

I don’t know but it’s yet another dumb idea I keep thinking about lol

[the-turtleduck-pond]

Zuko - High kicks completely over his head regularly. Kicks through metal (with shoes) and a solid wood table (barefoot). Able to balance easily on one foot on a half broken table. Master of dual broadswords. Hops around like its nobodies business. Is practically a ninja.

Zuko… WHY DO YOU RELY SO HEAVILY ON YOUR BENDING?

[blue-spirit-propaganda]

Maybe the Fire Nation considers firebending the most important form of attack/defense and everything else is inferior, so as Prince of the Fire Nation he has to primarily use firebending as it is the Most Honorable™

(Also Zuko is far too powerful and if he relied on his greatest skills the series would have been over by book 1)

[the-turtleduck-pond]

You’re probably right. He was probably taught that it’s all firebending and that makes me MAD.

This boy fucking shattered a likely steel (maybe iron) chain with a single kick and he could have done so much more damage.

ALSO. This puts him kicking Sokka in the head in a whole new perspective. That kick could have absolutely decimated Sokka if Zuko was trying. Like… Sokka hun when you said Zuko was no longer trying to kill you you didn’t even know that the closest you came was within 5 minutes of meeting this boy.

[blue-spirit-propaganda]

AU where Zuko is just 5% more unhinged

[the-turtleduck-pond]

Zuko 5% unhinged could have ended that 100 year war in a few months out of sheer spite.

[life-is-fandoms]

Zuko 5% more unhinged would’ve become firelord as soon as he recovered from the Agni Kai

[the-turtleduck-pond]

Are we talking about his first Agni Kai or the final Agni Kai? Either is funny, especially with Zuko being 13 in one scenario.

[life-is-fandoms]

I meant the first one. But now that I think about it, how funny would it be if Zuko started dismantling the war after his fight with Zhao? Like this admiral gets his as handed to him by a 16 year old who immediately declares he’s going to end the war. Word doesn’t reach the Firelord until a few days before Zuko bangs on the palace doors demanding a duel for the throne, the only catch is that fire bending is only allowed once during the duel

[the-turtleduck-pond]

Actually, him doing this after any of his Agni Kai fights would be hilarious.

13 year old Zuko, now the Fire Lord and dismantling the war effort. No one can stop him. Iroh is giving vague advice and doing nothing to stop this angry tiny teenager. Nothing can be done. He’s threatened over half the generals and most of the nobility for trying to speak against him. (teenagers have no fear, he’d just bulldoze through the council)

16 year old Zuko, just having defeated Zhao and decided he’s done with the war and his father. Word might not reach Ozai until Zuko’s almost at the palace, but you bet the Gaang heard, is on there way and are going to laugh as the Fire Lord is brought down by his angry teenage son. (They may or may not offer him a ride to get him there quicker because they want to witness Ozai fail at fighting off an angsty Zuko.)

16 year old Zuko, just healed after being struck by lightning immediately standing up, walking to the generals and telling them to get their troops the fuck out of the Earth Kingdom and Water Tribe areas before he challenges them to an Agni Kai. (He knows Katara would flip on anyone dumb enough to take him up on it while injured. He’d still try and fight anyway.)

Zuko deciding after an Agni Kai that he’s just done is now my favorite thing.

[is-that-another-soulmate-au]

Okay look, this is. The best thing. I have ever had the privilege of reading with my own eyes. And I am so tempted to write it out in a short fic.

[the-turtleduck-pond]

One, I would love a fic of this and would absolutely read it. Like, would read it so many times.

Two, how dare you leave this in the tags?

#i am so close to actually trying to write out the scenario after the agni kai with Zhao#like I am SO CLOSE#Because just imagins Aang catching wind of it and running to the gaang like#Aang: Zuko’s ending the war#Katara: what? thats crazy we’re ending the war and he’s out enemy#Aang: no. no. he’s already ending the war Katara#Aang: hes almost to the firenation and he’s going to fist fight his dad#Sokka: okay… this I have to see… lets give him a ride#and so they do#they escort him to the fire nation all the while hyping him up#and then they get there and Zuko challenges him#and tells him that by his honor he is only allowed to use firebending once during the dual#and if he uses it again all that honor is gone#Ozai’s just like aight bet#and then loses when Zuko lands a swinging kick to his head and Knocks him out. the bitch is probably close to death at this point#but who the fuck knows?#not that anybody cares#Aang might care for like two seconds#but after that he’s just like#hell yeah wars over time to party

[blue-spirit-propaganda]

Imagine Sokka’s reaction, he’s all pumped up for the greatest (mostly) non-bending fight of the century and then Zuko nearly kills Ozai with a single kick

The same kick that Zuko used to fling him harmlessly into the snow back at the southern water tribe

Like Sokka just realizes that kick could have decimated him

[the-turtleduck-pond]

The part of me that ships Zukka just reminded me that Sokka seems to have a thing for people that can kick his ass and/or are royalty and all I can imagine is Sokka staring at him in realization and in the background.

“Sokka no”

“Katara, I don’t think I get a choice.”

[blue-spirit-propaganda]

I had to draw it

[the-turtleduck-pond]

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

Sokka is absolutely enamoured and nothing can stop him now.

[asknotbug]

Now. Imagine: Zuko challenging Ozai to an Agni Kai during the eclipse, tho. Like. Hahah. Yeah. Ozai would die so hard without fire at his beck and call.

[the-turtleduck-pond]

This post has only gotten better with time.

[blackholes-are-fun-deactivated2]

I love this post with a passion

Imagine if your a grown and bitter adult and a literal child starts demanding things from you. Repercussions of not listening to Angry Child? A fight you could never hope to win. Angry teenagers are some of the scariest humans. Angry teenagers that can snap metal no problem with a kick are absolutely terrifying. Zuko would be an unstoppable political force.

[the-turtleduck-pond]

Zuko just tells Katara and Sokka if they have issues to use him as a threat. He wouldn’t even ask why they’re using him as a threat. He’d show up to the Northern Water Tribe like “What’s up? I’m 16, the Fire Lord, angry, and can break metal with a single kick. Quit making their life harder.”

(Somehow in this universe they still need Toph, she’d love this version of Zuko)

Oh.

Aang finds and wants Toph as his earthbending teacher after Zuko becomes Fire Lord. Her parents won’t let her go. Aang literally pulls the “One of my friends is the actual Fire Lord and he will kick down that wall to help me make a point”. They don’t believe him? They find a busted wall, a delighted Toph, and a vaguely amused Fire Lord.

[shadowkittycrow-deactivated2022]

I really love this, but I was thinking of Azula drilling through the wall. Zuko hook kicks her off and shatters the drill like glass. Zuko and Toph would be the two physically strongest people in the series.

[the-turtleduck-pond]

Azula screams like a child who’s toy got broken by their sibling (I mean that is what it would be). I feel like everyone would be staring in horror at Zuko as he just walks off like he didn’t just break it.

[amixiifish]

Zuko is just so badass but what I really love about him is his gentle nature. Instead of using his strength and ability like Ozai and Azula, he used it to help the nations heal.

There’s no doubt in my mind that Zuko most likely could have beat Team Avatar with Azula by his side if Zuko wasn’t so kind.

It’s sad to think that Azula and Zuko didn’t bond because hey would have been such a badass duo.

[the-turtleduck-pond]

Zuko is indeed incredibly gentle by nature. He goes out of his way fairly often to avoid badly harming anyone.

If they had gotten along, it would be a terrifying force of nature.

[flameo-hotman]

I’m sobbing because I love this

[incomingalbatross]

Absolutely no offense to Sokka/Suki, but I think there should be AU content where Yue becomes the Moon but then she and Sokka just... keep dating. She uses her spirit powers to hang out with him somehow and, well, the one benefit of having given your life for your people is that at least you don't have to give up your love life for them now, right? Sokka adapts easily enough to having a spirit girlfriend, because it is frankly not the weirdest thing that's happened to him.

Potential futures, ranked from most to least angsty:

Sokka being the Moon's Husband until he dies, bringing the inevitable, tragic yet beautiful until-the-end-of-time parting that ends mortal/immortal relationships.

Avatar-world variant: Sokka dies but reincarnates, and the Moon shines more brightly on every one of his future selves, whether he knows why or not. (Sometimes he does.)

Sokka also ascends to spirithood at some point by virtue of Being The Moon's Husband, and basically becomes the Knowledge Owl Guy's nemesis because he A) is very involved in the mortal world and B) thinks that information should be free.

Variant: Sokka replaces the Ocean Spirit through some convoluted turn of events, making him and Yue the new yin-yang of Water.

Related, but different: Sokka just gets a nice house in a corner of the Spirit World where Yue stays between moonset and moonrise. If Iroh can, why not Sokka?

Anyway, this way you get the wholesomeness of these two finding happiness and love together even after everything; the comedy of Sokka actually DATING THE MOON and probably being very chill about the weirdness; and the incredible potential of an immortal spirit Sokka.

[muffinlance]

HARD vote for Sokka being Wan Shi Tong's eternal rival, especially pre-Sokka-ascension, when Yue is dragging Just-Some-Mortal-Guy Sokka to the spirit world to attend random social functions. The owl just stink-eyeing him as Sokka does the equivalent of standing by the buffet and shoving all the food in his mouth.

Also, Boiling Rock.

Sokka: My girlfriend turned into the moon.

Zuko: That's rough, buddy.

Yue, manifesting in the balloon rail right behind Zuko: Great jump scare perks, though.

[jaanii]

modern atla au where instead of the past avatars being aang’s neighbours, or relatives, etc, they’re actually all ghosts haunting his apartment. they’re all bound to his apartment because that’s where they all used to live at different times so they can’t go anywhere else.

kyoshi shows up at the most randomest time ls and sometimes she brings rangi’s ghost with her and all they do is cause mayhem like closing the fridge when aang is trying to get a snack or turning off the water when he’s showering. roku likes to drift around the apartment and just kinda chill, occasionally offering weird advice. kuruk likes to haunt the shit out of aang and anybody else that visits. yangchen is always stealing food and when aang asks if she can even eat it, she says no. occasionally maybe the older older avatars show up but mostly they’ve moved on.

and here’s the thing, only aang can see them, so whenever people come over they’re always so confused but just kind of. go with it. meanwhile sokka is busy trying to get aang to explain the weird shit that happens in his apartment while aang just keeps saying it’s normal. (it is clearly NOT normal and sokka now has a conspiracy board)

[geckosocks]

My favorite thing about fanfic Zuko is that he just does not have a reference point for sexism. Like:

Some person: isn’t that women’s work?

Zuko, thinking of Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee: women’s work? You mean homicide?

[bopeepwritingsheep]

Every time I read the “Toph is a bad example of a disabled character because of her bending.” I want to Physically leap over a table and then flip that table because NO!!!! You do not understand!!!

Toph’s bending is assistive technology!!! It’s a medical aid!!!!!

Toph’s bending allows her to full access her world the same way my mobility aids do, or my medication does. There are times when due to inaccessible surroundings that her aids are rendered harder or impossible to use. Not unlike my own greatest enemy, stairs. However, when she is fully accommodated she’s able to be just as successful and thrive just as much as an able-bodied person albeit differently. Which is the ultimate goal of assistive technology.

[azulasnailtech]

jetka college roommate au

they start off on the wrong foot because Jet claimed the top bunk in their room before Sokka even got there to have a discussion about it

and speaking of move-in day, Jet flirted with Katara! even though Sokka explicitly introduced her as his little sister! Sokka can’t believe he’s stuck with the kind of creeper who tries to hang out with high school girls while he’s a grown-ass adult. (no, Katara, it does not matter that he’s “only” 19 to your 17. he’s too old for you. go help Dad pull boxes from the truck.)

and then when Sokka presents him with his first draft of a roommate contract (which he worked on for hours), Jet smirks and says some tripe about how he thinks they should get to know each other and they’ll be able to get along just fine. Sokka senses a subtext to the words but cannot parse the deeper meaning.

but when the RA comes in with his weak-shit roommate “agreement” that isn’t even colour coded, Jet presents Sokka’s contract as a superior alternative so maybe he isn’t entirely irredeemable.

Jet keeps cutting off stalks from Sokka’s windowsill lemongrass plant to chew on — without even asking after the first time! yes, lemongrass should be harvested regularly, but did Jet actually know that before he started ruthlessly stealing from it? Jet is a bastard man destined for the pits of hell.

Jet is very charismatic. too charismatic. he is friendly enough with everyone in their building but specifically friends with the kids who give off weird loner vibes. Sokka suspects he is going to try to start a cult soon. Sokka suspects he will be at least moderately successful at it.

Sokka is an engineering major, but his program allows plenty of space to take humanities courses, for which he is grateful. Jet is in his first year ethics class, for which he is less grateful. they butt heads a lot. Sokka prays they never get put together for a group project.

(they would probably butt heads less if they didn’t always sit together, but Sokka likes his spot and he always gets there first because he’s punctual like that. and no matter how late Jet glides in, nobody ever takes his spot because Jet is just one of those people who has a presence that lays ridiculously strong claim to a territory. and usually Jet brings snacks or drinks to share because he has a shift at a coffee shop right before class so it’s not the worst thing in the world.)

ever since finding out that Sokka is “good at tinkering,” Jet periodically brings in slightly damaged small appliances procured through dubious means for Sokka to fix. maybe Sokka should question it, but they now own a mini fridge that functions perfectly after Sokka simply rubbed some Vaseline along the gasket, so…

one of the extracurriculars Sokka was most excited to sign up for on club day was fencing. he unfortunately missed the first few weeks while ironing out  his schedule, but the club president assured him that would be fine and another member would help him catch up. only guess who happens to get put in charge of that? not one of the seniors, no. it’s fucking Jet. with his silky smile and an arm thrown over Sokka’s shoulder and pretty promises to take Sokka under his wing.

Jet is ridiculously good at fencing. Sokka is 100% certain he’s been sword fighting for far longer than he’s been in this club. he’s probably been sword fighting for longer than this club has even existed. it’s bruising Sokka’s ego a little bit. he’s gonna have to invite Jet to frisbee golf and kick his ass to even the playing field again. gotta keep him humble.

Jet’s weird loner friends apparently have/grow/sell the dankest weed. Sokka absolutely refuses to let Jet keep any in their dorm room because the school has a blanket ban and he’s on a full ride scholarship. Jet is shockingly quick to agree because it turns out he’s also paying for school through a patchwork of scholarships, grants, and loans. they like to sneak off into the woods just outside campus together when they want to smoke.

Sokka has noticed that Jet doesn’t get phone calls or care packages from home because he’s not an idiot. he’s never brought it up beyond wordlessly sharing Gran Gran’s Nanaimo bars because he’s not a dick. Sokka shouldn’t feel compelled to invite Jet to join his family for Christmas break because they’re not best friends.

but Sokka does, and Jet accepts, because they are absolutely best friends.

[azulasnailtech]

Sokka: Have you ever had someone do your eyebrows? I'm really good at it, even Katara agrees.

Jet: I get my eyebrows threaded every week.

Sokka: You mean you look like that on PURPOSE!?

[firelord-boomerang]

But wouldn't it be so fun if Jet was Sokka's bisexual awakening? His jealousy and suspicions about Jet was actually him covering up the fact that he was attracted to him.

Down from the trees Sokka comes face to face with tallest, cutest boy he's ever met but also, hey wait a minute, and he's also a great fighter? And the very potent feelings coming from Sokka that he's never felt before he misunderstands as agitation but was truly on the inside attraction.

[firelord-boomerang]

Sokka: I hate Jet. I think about how much I hate him all the time.

Katara: You think about Jet all the time?

Sokka: Hold on--

[the-messenger-hawk]

Jet: *kicks in the door*

Sokka: What did you do?

Jet: NOBODY DIED!

Sokka: What kind of answer is that?!

[mostly-mundane-atla]

Reasons Teo should wear a kuspuk:

The clothes he wears follow a similar silhouette already, likely for the same benefit of warm layers because it's a mountain temple built for people who kept themselves warm with airbending. A hood may also help to keep his ears warm given the windchill factor that comes with flying.

Large pocket in the front easily accessible and good for holding onto things that migh launch out of his lap if he stops too abruptly.

Kuspuks are easy to slip into and take back off again by design, especially helpful for a someone using a wheelchair with such a high backrest.

It would look cute on him.

[imdeadtiredtm]

I have tragically yet seen a A:TLA crack fic where canon! sokka gets suck in a modern, no powers AU. While juggling his counter identity, the everlasting bullshit that's American high school, bumbling at modern devices and slang, avoiding his sister and dad of this universe, and trying to find his way home... he's just like, huh. It's nice to have a hot minute thats not being a child soldier. And thus begins Sokka's journey doing absolutely batshit insanity thinking its even remotely in the ballpark of normal which includes but is not limited to:

• Joining the cheerleaders thinking that they’re like the kyoshi warriors. Furthermore seeing the make-up and skirt as integral to the art. (He's not wrong, and pulls it off amazingly)

• Met in universe Zuko, whos currently a jerk, but isn't also a human flamethrower and literally hunting him down. Sokka's just normal about it while Zuko insistences they're rivals. They fight in the hallways at least once (less a fight and more of zuko frantically throwing punches and Sukka ducking and blocking with the utmost and infuriating chill.)

• Wants money. So what does he do? Goes to a karate competition. Wins. Then proceeds not to tell anyone. Not out of any actual secrecy but because this is pretty standard Gaang stuff back home.

Que the frantic sensei that arrives at the door answered by the very confused Katara and Hakoda.

•Gets more into martial arts and literally freaking everyone out. Turns out, spending the majority of your short little life fighting, keeping up with, beating, and trying to survive from not only full grown masters, but also masters that can control forces of nature plus maybe a spirit or two makes you pretty damn good at fighting.

• Casual parkour. Twenty-four seven. On roofs. Climbing up brick walls. Gravity defying jumps. Ridiculous reflexes.

Naturally the modern him that lands in his universe is just screaming 24/7. But hey, they both go home in the end. Canon sokka gets a break, modern sokka gets a crisis, as a treat.