#dadto

[616hakoda]

Bato braiding Katara's hair after Kya died because Hakoda doesn't know how aaa

Yes !!! Exactly this !!! He's had enough experience with braiding his own hair that braiding Katara's becomes second nature. Soon enough, Katara can't really remember what it felt like when her mother braided her hair. It's bittersweet when she realizes Bato was there for her at that point in time. (Also Hakoda is like, the expert on wolfstail's. braids? He's not that great I promise.)

[bakoda4life]

Im still trying to figure out how when i was younger i was literally like oh sokka and katara have two dads but literally never put two and two together

like hello?? they're gay bitch

literally i was like aww two dads they both raised them... saw them on screen awww best friends who raise kids... saw the comforting gestures awee they care so much about each other they deserve to be happy and yet i never figured out they were in love

[theaterqueen1985]

Y'know, I almost wrote "There's Always a Way Back Home" as a 'salvage' fic where Azula and Zuko got tossed overboard and all that good stuff, except for by the time Bato shows up, he recognizes them (both look enough like Ursa that he just knew) and inevitably the truth get out. Zuko's like "my mother could have been with someone worse.... like Ozai." And Azula, ever the princess would be like "wtf how dare my mother ever consider being with a water tribe peasant." Eventual dadto and also at some point they find Ursa because reason so, Ozai of course gets taken out since the water tribe has his 'family' and the kids aren't given the throne since they have enough trauma to deal with before all that. Also, Lu Ten wasn't alive in this version so that was depressing.

[ebiofsu]

[crpplvamp]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!

You've heard of Dadto and Papagami, but may I present to you...

Bishamom

I know someone's probably made the joke already but hey whatevs

[kashimayatsuto]

夜父さん    (night father) Yatōsan

[616hakoda]

How do you think Kanna reacted to Hakoda and Bato adopting Aang, Toph, and Zuko?

She honestly is not surprised when she sees Bato has adopted Aang Toph and Zuko. She knows he has a record for being a bit of a surrogate father for a lot of the young children in the village and for that, she isn’t surprised to see either of those three around Bato at any given point (or Toph practically glued to his side when they leave meetings). What surprises the hell out of her is when Hakoda seems to have adopted these children who absolutely are not his own. She knows Hakoda to be a traditionally possessive person over his family. What’s his is his and what isn’t his will not be his. That’s what she thought him to be for a long while. But when she finds Zuko embracing Hakoda after a long day of meetings and such, when she sees Hakoda and Aang out fishing and overhears some horrible dad jokes from him, and when he spots Toph timidly standing by him and him accepting it, all the same, she realizes that her son loves all those that need it. And these three kids, these three kids who have been hurt far too many times in their short lives, definitely deserve the love Hakoda can give them and she is nothing other than proud. (Of course, when she sees the two of them out with the kids together she can’t deny how much of a family they look like and never fails to remind them of that fact.)

[616hakoda]

Okay, i read your Azula redemption thingy and now I'm in tears imagining Azula visiting the Southern Water tribe and theres snow, and ice and some really cute animals and Azula has never seen northern lights and she's absolutely mesmerized. Kiyi comes and sits with her (all three siblings are there and Iroh is acting Fire Lord at the moment) and the two are just watching the sky and Azula feels at peace. Then there's Bakoda watching them as Zuko joins his sisters because they deserve happiness dang it! (Can i send more of these?)

Azula visiting the southern water tribe is now incredibly important to me. Hakoda enjoys hers and Zuko's visits so much hehe and Bato gets time to talk with Zuko about his progress healing his wounds !! Please do send more of these I am actually now fully on the azula redemption arc train:) I jus