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An illustration to "Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep" by tushkann
@kuruk-weekend, day 1 - Avatar companions/Love and loss (maybe)
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guys guys i know how i can make kuruhitha slay for me, SICKFIC USE TO BE MY FAVE TAG ON AO3!!!!!
Listen im an adamant ummiruk shipper, you can pry that ship from my cold dead hands
But
Kuruhitha slays ngl, jianruk is toxic old man yaoi couple, kuruhitha is healthy old man yaoi couple
The only problem with Kuruhitha is there is not enough of it.
kuruk for the ask gam?
you mean my favorite water tribe character ever?? ofc.
a song that reminds me of them
ok this one is angsty but no suprises by radiohead is his
what they smell like
Kuruk smells like sweat and saltwater and that is a fact
if he was in a modern au he would smell like men's deoderant
an otp
nyahitha <3 this should be obvious given my blog name
a notp
hei ran. they just wouldn't get along
favorite platonic/familial relationships
so many. hei ran! (I may not ship her with him but them as besties has my heart) kyoshi! (best avatar mentor/current avatar relationship don't fight me on that) kelsang!(they are lit rally bros. radiant sunbeams of the team) jianzhu (ok trust me its not a good relationship but its very interesting from a meta/analysis standpoint)
a headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with
not so much a headcanon but I hate old (or even contemporary) posts that paint him out as a lazy, do-nothing avatar who tarnished yangchen's legacy when he was a martyr
the position they sleep in
when alone- starfish all over the bed, face down
when with a partner- big spoon, cuddler (random hc but he gives the best hugs)
a crossover au i’d love to see them in
I'd love to see him in more modern aus! and of course he fits into the avatar jedi-lineage star wars au (which i just realized I need to talk about here lol)
my favorite outfit they’ve ever worn
kuruk does not have too many canon outfits but I just know that at some point he rocked a sleeveless tunic like korra and sokka do
any ways no one's gonna make kuruhitha headcanons but me so i might as well write them down
basic stuff kuruk is bi, nyahitha is gay
homophobia isnt isn't much of a big deal in the fire nation (at least during the time nyahtiha's alive) so he's not too bothered about showing it
homophobia is a big deal in the northern water tribe (a legacy that lasted up until unalaq) but kuruk's entire solution to that problem was 'the nwt chiefs cant be mad about things the nwt chiefs don't know' with a bit of 'i'm the avatar i can do what i want' thrown in
they first started dating only months after they met, when kuruk was 23 and nyahitha was 25. by then the others (jianzhu kelsang and hei-ran) had met nyahtiha once and were quite surprised to find out they were dating
hei-ran and nyahitha had a rivalry that was almost always one sided but switched between them on who was angrier with the other depending on what was happening in the fire nation at the time, what kuruk was doing, and the time of day
jianzhu didn't like nyahitha (something something 'he's a bad influence kuruk please don't hang out with him [jealous ex boyfriend]), he and kelsang actually got along fairly well
they did not have a meetcute. they had a meet-ugly. it was a mess. (canon already did a wonderful job of portraying this so i will not have to go in depth)
their first relationship was friends to lovers in the best way-: friends with benefits hookup to actual romance
their first time together was short and brief and beautiful, but tainted in the shadow of reality. they would share kisses in the bhanti tribe library before remembering why they were there. in his later journals (the ones he wrote when reflecting on his life), kuruk wrote that 'remembering it is like staring at a painting of a fire- taking in all of the beauty and none of the destruction."
nyahitha, on a few long nights where he was sure he might loose his lover, considered proposing. he even handmade a betrothal necklace of blue and gold only to keep it in a box as soon as it was finished. he couldn't do that to kuruk
neither of them expected their relationship to last. after a few years of imagined paradise, they drifted apart into their own miseries. they remained friends (it wasn't like they really had anyone else, especially in kuruk's case) and just focused on their own lives, trying to maintain a semblance reality. nyahitha was preparing to take on the role as high sage, and kuruk had his avatar thing going on. there wasn't much time for them to pursue a relationship on top of anything
coincidentally, that was around the time hei-ran got married. kuruk couldn't handle it all going on at once. it was healthier that they just stayed apart, at least for now
after the whole ummi debacle, kuruk vanished for a few years, and everyone simply presumed him dead. by this time nyahitha had moved away from bhanti island and gotten himself a small apartment in the capital, a simple space enough for a couple. it was always too big for him
in his final moments, kuruk showed up at nyahitha's house to die. (i already wrote this in a fic so read it). it was there and then that he confessed his (ironically) undying love for nyahitha. nyahitha could barely utter his reciprocation without crying
not to be shippy on main but kuruhitha is very good for a ship i invented