#ozaang

[blackdragonssssss]

If Aang had emerged from the iceberg decades earlier (?)

是小时候的ozai和成年aang。

[sacachorch0vo]

Lo que entendí de Atla

[queer-apocalypse]

I may not know much but I know Ozai's long, soft, silky hair is universally beloved and worshipped by his partners across every fathomable ship. They comb their fingers through it, bury their faces in it, pull on it, braid it, do a double take when they catch its scent when Ozai passes them by...

[azulas-daddy-kink]

I'm not op nor an ozaang shipper but I am curious, where does ozaang lose your interest?

Well, for one Aang is prepubescent.

Two, I'm just really picky about ships in general.

Three, I'm primarily an M/F shipper.

Four, I have trouble seeing Ozai fucking another male. I think he's violently homophobic. A "Super Straight" (tm) and his pronouns are nor/mal.

Five, vibes are off.

[lady-tortilla-chip]

He had spent a lifetime in service to the Fire Nation’s might, molding himself into a figurehead and crushing the corpses of countless thousands to reach the natural summit of his station.

But Azulon, in his inability to imagine defeat, neglected to mention the natural counterpoint to the law that once cemented Ozai’s dominion: a new authority, once imposed, demanded total submission.

Ozai’s existence no longer served any other purpose.

— Covariance by @thetpot. Listen, listen, listen y’all this fic is SO amazing it’s SO SO amazing I literally can’t express enough just how much I LOVE IT please please please go read it and love it as much as I do!

[thetpot]

covariance

...time suffered a strange dilation in the four walls of Ozai's prison. To him, it passed in jumps and starts, but he realized his mistake when the Avatar persisted in his visits. Ozai’s account of the days and nights told him that he came four times a year. Each time, it was with clockwork punctuality as if he diverted himself from his routine to make sure he was there.

Ozai knew the responsibility that came with rule, and while the Avatar did not claim dominion over anyone, Ozai knew the impossibility of planning three months ahead in a life so marked by significance.

That was something his father had been quick to impress upon him as a child. Fire Lords bent the world to their will but the very act of exerting power exacted its toll, slaving one to the inevitable drudgery of then zealously guarding it.

If an Earth Kingdom reactionary group decided one day to bomb a crucial trade route, Ozai's time and attention were surely drawn to it. They were the acts of simple farmers turned reactionaries—powerless men who would have been doomed to a life of mundanity had Ozai not presented death as an option. Yet if Ozai hadn't directed his attention to them, the power wouldn't have been his to hold for long.

That's how he knew that the Avatar deliberately made time to visit him. There was no other explanation for the regularity of his visits.

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Written for Aang Rarepair Week 2022, Day 3: Rhythm/Breath

@aangtheestallion

[avatraang]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aang/Ozai (Avatar)
Characters: Aang (Avatar), Ozai (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Mai (Avatar)
Additional Tags: Age Difference, Post-Canon, energybending, Air Nomad Lore (Avatar), Air Nomads (Avatar), Air Nomad Genocide (Avatar)
Series: Part 3 of the aang x everyone series
Summary: Done with the dishes, Aang turns around and leans his elbows against the counter, a challenging energy to the tilt of his chin. “Why are you really here, Iroh?”
 The fire crackles in time with Iroh’s voice when he answers, words drawn out but sure of themselves. “I think you should visit him, Aang.” Iroh doesn’t look away, even when clear shock bursts through Aang’s face. “I think you should see what I mean for yourself.” [Or, many years after the war, Aang and Ozai are confronted with the life-altering aftermath of energybending. Oneshot.]

[myinterestsvary-writes]

Pro tip! Liking Aang doesn't mean shipping him with people who tried to kill him, tried to maim him, or were racist toward him :D

Ok.