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@steambabyweek
I'm sorry to announce that there will no longer be Steambaby Week events. The blog will not be deleted and I'll still reblog steambaby fanwork but that will be the extent of it.
Thanks for all the support throughout the years.
She’s back at it 😛
Izumi full body, she’s so bbg.
Big into cultural studies, spending a lot of time travelling and journaling Everything.
Firebender, but her father and great-uncle made sure she always understood that fire was both life and destruction.
Let me know what you think :]
My Shayla 😍
Steam baby #2, Tatik.
He’s a go with the flow type waterbender who has a lot of big business ventures he’d like to tell you about.
About 3 years younger than Izumi and happy to let his sister be the golden child so he can focus on his art and Big Ideas (snow cone stand and food refrigeration innovations)
Ultimately a lover not a fighter ❤️
Thinking abt that scene at the beginning of LOK and headcanoning that Katara actually has the closest, most wonderful relationship with all the steambabies and their kids.
For instance, everytime Izumi takes a leave of absence from Firelord duties to come visit her retired parents in the SWT, she's met with the customary grilling '(I can tell u aren't getting enough sleep. Have you been eating enough? Has that one minister started bothering u again? im going to send a letter to his mother-')
Izumi's husband gets the full briefing as well ('next time you see her putting treaties on her bedside table, u need to bodily pick her up and drop her in a pond because I've tOLD HER SO MANY TIMES-')
Meanwhile the children are always so excited to go see Gran Gran and "Grumps". They get to spend the whole day exploring, fishing, sledding and getting in trouble around the village, overseen grouchily by a giant red dragon who is definitely NOT HAPPY at being turned into a glorified babysitter. When they get back, Katara tells the creepiest stories around the fire- old myths and legends, she'll save the war stories for another time- while they drink hot tea (made by a much more skilled Zuko). Sometimes they'll get to see them spar (still got it), and be in awe at first only to become disgusted when it inevitably becomes poorly disguised flirting.
When their cousins are there they get a tent all to themselves and stay up the whole night. Katara and Zuko told them to go to sleep, and they can hear them trying and failing to keep their voices down, but they don't mind really.
It's the family that Katara had taken from her and that Zuko never would have dreamed of having.
If Katara and Zuko had two daughters, their family would perfectly bridge the Fire Nation and Southern Water Tribe cultures.
Here is how their lives in the Avatar world might look:
The Bending Dynamic
• The Firebender and The Waterbender:
To balance the elements, one daughter would be a firebender training under Zuko, while the other would bend water, mentored by Katara. This unique sisterly dynamic would symbolize the ultimate peace between their once-warring nations.
• The Combat Styles: The sisters would likely innovate by blending fighting styles, with the firebender incorporating fluid waterbending movements (similar to Iroh’s lightning redirection) and the waterbender using aggressive, direct Fire Nation forms.
Personalities and Roles
• The Eldest (The Crown Princess):
Fierce, responsible, and fiercely protective. As the heir to the Fire Nation throne, she would carry the weight of rebuilding her nation's reputation, blending Zuko's passion with Katara's deep sense of justice.
• The Youngest (The Free Spirit):
Empathetic, rebellious, and deeply connected to her heritage. She would likely spend her time traveling between the Fire Capital and the Southern Water Tribe, acting as a cultural ambassador and diplomat.
Of course if the Firebender is the youngest and the Waterbender is the eldest the rule will still apply. When it comes to the Fire Nation.
World Impact:
Their existence would solidify a permanent political and emotional alliance between the Fire Nation and the Water Tribes. However, it would also draw intense scrutiny from traditionalists in both nations who oppose mixing royal bloodlines, forcing the family to constantly defend their vision of a unified world.
( Which honestly would make a really good story plot device for a fanfic.)
I'm sorry guys I'm contractually obligated to make the whole NG cast cry during the climax of their respective arcs
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Picture this: the twins arguing who is older. They went their whole lives assuming they're the older twin. Tsuki arguing she's smarter, so obviously she's older. Tai says he's taller (it makes sense in his head, if he's taller he's in charge)
They can't ask Zuko or Katara. Since you know.... they're currently brainwashed
They ask Ryuu.
Ryuu: I'm sorry guys I wasn't paying attention. Idk :<
And so they go on their own Southern Raider's arc to find their birth certificates.
(It did not occur to ask....idk....Sokka???)
Zutara children + grandchildren names
The steam babies names ( in order ,) are Kya , Izumi , Iroh and Hakoda . ( Hakoda is Sokka and Sukki's son who was adopted by Zutara after the two died .)
Kya is a fire bender , Iroh is a water bender , and Izumi + Hakoda are non benders .
Kya is still very much a lesbian and gets married to Toph and Aang's twin daughter , Poppy , her twin being named Tenzin who is an earthbender while she's an airbender .
Izumi has two children with the other twin , Tenzin . Having two sons , a non bender named Bumi ( who is crazy athletic ) and an earthbender son named Milo .
Iroh takes no interest in relationships , being a " if I can stay at home I will" kind of person . He does have an adopted firebender son who's named Roku ( he is the biggest avatar geek under the sun , probably takes every chance to boast how Aang is his godfather .)
Hakoda has two children as well with a waterbender , two girls that are both waterbenders named Ursa and Azula ( in this timeline , Azula gets the genuine help she deserves because she's just a mentally broken teenager and becomes the steambabies cool , slightly unhinged aunt .)
Should I do Taang ship kids + grandchildren hc's next ( the ATLA brainrot is getting to me .)
zutara steambaby hcs:
— ZUKO WOULD BE THE GENTLEST GIRLDAD EVER……braiding his girls’ hair…….listening to their rants with the most So Grave So Serious Fire Lord Expression ever and actually trying to Propose Solutions on how to handle the mean girls lowk bullying them……..or how to talk to their crushes (but he’s very Protective of them. any crush would have to go through serious blocks) like u will not catch him lacking this is his most serious most important MATTER in life…….and then he would have tea every day w his princesses………and there would be Daily Turtleduck Feeding Sessions…. ofcourse
— KATARA LOVES HER GIRLS TO DEATH….teaches waterbending forms to BOTH izumi (firebender) and kya (waterbender)…….i feel like she would have a special bond w izumi too if she’s the firstborn but also Kya because she’s the spitting image of her BUT ALSO izumi because she sees zuko’s face in her every time and her heart swells and the world softens every time she’s with her girls…… but even as raising them as warriors who know how to hold their own, she would still ensure that they’re enjoying their girlhood—something she’s lost and never had—that they still remember they’re young girls with lives to be lived…… she would be their best friend when it comes to clothing and gossip and deep seated insecurities and fears……….
— if they had a son (iroh ii or idk hakoda ii or something)…… zuko would be So So So So Unbelievably Tender….. playful ofcourse but just Gentle…….. he would give him the childhood he never had—the pure, given love of a parent without any strings attached, without any rocky legacy to balance with, without the unspoken malice or cruelty……… bender or not, fire or water, zuko would love him and raise him with all his heart……………….
— DAILY ROADTRIPS/FIELD TRIPS ON DRUK. that’s a given
— i just think they’d be wonderful parents together…..katara is already gentle and nurturing in nature, but she also can be Stern and Strict if circumstances needed her to be…..zuko is just as gentle, if not a little more emotionally constipated about it, but he would def be the one to spoil their kids more…..in a way i can see them healing their inner child through each other (katara can be “Dark” or “Too Angry” and zuko would be there—not necessarily to temper her out or “calm her”—to receive it without judgment or moral purity or moral hierarchy…….zuko would have a hard time voicing out his insecurities when it comes to being a Husband and Father but katara would be there to? Remind him. Who he is. Who she is. Who They Are Together)……and it would just be so, so, soooooo beautiful and everything they deserve (which isn’t a perfect thing—but something real, something they’re IN FOR TOGETHER…… it wouldn’t be about trying to perserve a race or culture [but that would still be instilled either way, just not the Main Point] but having a family together and raising their children and loving them and Being There For Each Other EMOTIONALLY. PHYSICALLY. PROPERLY. THOROUGHLY. ACTUALLY. with each other. through each other. for each other. loving ALL their children, regardless of their abilities or characteristics.
— NO FAVORITISM. NONE.
one night, after telling the twins their bedside story, kya and izumi ask their dad about "when they are getting their face marks", cause they assumed his scar is some sort of birth mark they would develop too. katara finds him bawling his eyes out hugging two very confused (but very supportive of their sad dad) kids, cause the thought of his children getting hurt by his OWN hand is so atrocious he couldnt take it
Izumi and Kya as Katara and Zuko's daughters. 🥰 I love the idea so much that I had to draw it.
The parents :
The daughters :
Negotiations between the Fire Nation and the Southern Water Tribe ended, it’s now Babies time.
Zutara Family
HEADCANON
Izumi, Akemi, Kenoa, and Ronin have pretty typical first words ("Dada" and "Mama").
Kya II's first word is "Oogies," thanks to her Dad's constant teasing of her Aunt Katara (Sokka is embarrassed, especially since she clearly thinks it's his name; Katara finds the whole thing hilarious).
Bumi II's first words are "Yip Yip" (Aang couldn't be prouder; the GAang thinks it's cute).
Ryu's first word is "Umi," thanks to his inability to say "Izumi" at that age (This becomes Izumi's nickname amongst her siblings & cousins; Sokka calls her "Zum Zum"; Iroh calls her "My Favorite Fire Lord" when she's a teen; Toph calls her "Sparky Jr." from day 1).
Jingyuan's first word is "Shit." No one wonders which parent he got that one from. (He says it at an international summit with his Dad, and his Uncles Zuko and Sokka in attendance; Aang is mortified and apologizes profusely to all present; Sokka laughs so hard he cries and falls out of his chair; Zuko spits out his tea, he laughs so hard; Toph cackles and snorts when they tell her afterwards, she is so amused and proud)
Yua's first word is "Moo." (Her parents are confused at first, until they realize she yells it particularly animatedly at her Dad, who calls her "My Little Moon and Stars")
Tenzin's first word is "Momo." (Toph says that's close enough to "Mama," so that means the majority of the kids chose her as their first word, so she wins -- even though Aang is unaware of them ever being in a competition over that)
My HC Zutara Steambabies!
Eldest: Akari
-> Non-bender
-> Heir to throne
-> Extremely skilled in all canon martial arts. (Sokka and Suki trained her - she also inherited her father's dao swords )
-> Sarcastic af | teases her siblings as a hobby | Loves sketching like her dad | strong-willed | resilient | lowkey stubborn
2. Twins: Lu Ten & Kya
Lu Ten
-> Firebender (discovered he can lightning bend on a random Tuesday)
-> Inherited his uncle Sokka's humor | loves cooking | calm and rational | empathetic | extrovert and social
Kya
-> Waterbender (extremely skilled in both bloodbending and healing)
-> Loves tea(but cannot make it to save her life) | Strategic | troublemaker | fierce and compassionate | opinionated | protective af
3. Youngest: Taqik
-> Firebender (but specifically Blue Fire)
-> cannot handle spice for some reason | stoic and wise (very Iroh-like) | dramatic for no reason | a proper turtleduck | introvert
HEADCANON
To the older Fire Nation Royal Palace Staff who remained post-war, Fire Lord Zuko is strange.
He demands to be in the room for every one of his children's births (he demands for Izumi; when Ryu, Kenoa, and Yua come along, the Palace medical staff let him in without argument), cries tears of joy each time, and never once asks about whether they have the "spark" of a firebender in them. He and the Fire Lady/Lady of the Waves use no wet nurses throughout any of their pregnancies, and rarely use nannies/babysitters. It is not uncommon to see a baby strapped to the Fire Lord's chest during a meeting with the council or visiting dignitaries (nor is it uncommon for a sleep-deprived, disheveled Fire Lady/Lady of the Waves to barge into those meetings to "steal" their baby back).
When his council petitions for him to name one of the twins as his successor instead of Izumi, simply because they are male and firebenders, he reminds them that #1 he indeed shares DNA with the former Fire Lord, #2 they were more than willing to name his sister Fire Lord despite him being the firstborn, male, AND a firebender, and most importantly #3 his eldest daughter is more than capable as any man or bender to sit on the throne (plus he's DONE with the Fire Nation tradition of pitting siblings against one another).
He's canceled/postponed council meetings in favor of attending events at his children's schools. When the Fire Lady/Lady of the Waves travels for work, the Fire Lord mopes around the Palace until she returns (the kids tease him about it; Katara teases he's her fifth child in that regard, but finds it endearing all the same). The entire family always visits the Northern and Southern Water Tribe together, whether for vacation or diplomatic reasons (when they visit the Earth Kingdom, specifically Ba Sing Se, the kids basically live in the Jasmine Dragon with Iroh for the entirety of the visit; Iroh collects them from the Palace the moment he hears Zuko's arrived, the one time Zuko didn't bring them -- about 9months after Yua was born -- Iroh banned him from entering the shop until he brought his grandchildren/great nieces and nephews).
Fire Lord Zuko's children respect him; they do NOT fear him. He is their father first, Fire Lord second. He loves his children openly, and they do the same: running to greet him at the docks when he returns from a diplomatic mission or waiting eagerly outside of his council meetings or following him around like a trail of turlteducks; kissing or hugging the scarred side of his face even before they learn of its origins; calling him 'PaPa' instead of 'Father ' or 'Sir'. The Fire Lord personally taught his eldest dual broadswords, personally trained his sons in firebending, and even taught his waterbending daughter some firebending moves to translate into her bending style. When Izumi learns hair braiding, he is her more than willing guinea pig and proudly wears his sometimes lopsided braids around the Palace for the day (when Yua learns, his hair is constantly interwoven with hair ribbons, and if she's aware of the land of origin of a visiting dignitary beforehand, Zuko wears their colors instead of the usual red or purple). He sheds a tear at each of his kids' weddings (all except Ryu get married; no one knows who cries harder at Kenoa's wedding, Zuko or the father of the bride)
