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[growingroses]

[id: a digital painting of katara and zuko, drawn from the chests up, with a starry night sky as the backdrop. zuko is leaning in close to katara, their eyes locked together and tension suspended in the few inches separating them. they are wearing clothing inspired by and closely resembling their book 3 designs. end id]

“A lump formed in his throat when he realized that he wanted to lose himself in those bright blue eyes every day. Time seemed to have stopped and he couldn’t focus on anything except the girl in front of him.”

created for the @officialzutaraminibang and inspired by “Stay By My Side” by @thebansheeandherboy! check out this fic and the others in the Official Zutara Mini Bang collection on AO3.

[stargirl-judooz]

Another piece for @officialzutaraminibang

A Darker Blue - by supergirrl : “Katara was silent, letting the governor grovel at her feet so he could work himself into an even more terrified state. Zuko came to stand beside her, and though his swords were held loosely at his sides, she knew he could spring into motion faster than his sister could shoot lightning.”

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

[Image description: The drawing depicts Katara dressed in her Painted Lady disguise, covered in painted red markings on her shoulders, neck and face. She’s wearing a wide brimmed hat veiled with sheer fabric, dark red fabric hood over her hair and sleeves hanging off her shoulders and wrapped with rope around her neck and middle with a shell in the center. Some hair is framing her face and escaping from the hood. Her hair and robes are billowing around her and she’s surrounded by fog. Her hands are out in front of her in a blood bending form and she has a malevolent smirk on her face. End image description.]

[quarantineddreamer]

Stars May Collide Chapter 3: An invitation

My project for the @officialzutaraminibang continues! AO3 Summary can be found here. Thank you so much for all the continued support <3 My usual excerpt is below.

Katara dropped to the snow panting, a chill touching her knees as melting water seeped in where her pants touched the frost-biten ground.

Not good enough. She scowled, squinting through the shadows of dawn to her target –her own parka laid over a large rock some odd distance away. Her attack had been powerful, but had missed by several inches.

It was hard not to hear the voice of a certain prince in her head, reminding her to breathe, to focus. If she shut her eyes, she could feel his hands guiding hers… Katara shivered, though not for lack of an extra layer and shook her head to clear her mind of memories better left in the past.

[clearascountryair]

Fic Update: Figure It Out, Chapter Four

After choosing not to kill Yon Rha, Katara rethinks her sense of self and others' perceptions of her. Or, In which Katara learns that there’s a really big difference between being kissed when you don’t want to be and being kissed when you do.

FOUR | or start at ONE

[mintchochipkookie]

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

Helloooo I wrote another thing, this time for @officialzutaraminibang! It’s a one shot of ZK talking about some of their pivotal moments from the show because we deserved to see that.

Hope you enjoy it!

[officialzutaraminibang]

IT'S REVEAL DAY!!!!

Stay tuned to see which of your fandom friends were behind all of the wonderful Zutara Mini Bang fics!

[authorjoydragon]

It is time to annoy you all with my reposts of the mini bang. 😈 This was such an amazing event! All the art and fics look fantastic and I can’t wait to read each one. Congrats everyone we made it 🥳💛

[pineapple-frenzy]

Here’s my piece for @officialzutaraminibang for the fic Hopeful Things

This is one of my favorite scenes among so many others. I hope this little comic encourages you to read the whole fic cause it really is amazing and so beautifully written! It was so fun to be a part of this project and working on this piece!

Summary: Katara grows up believing in a lot of things. She believes that the death of her grandmother does not mean the death of the last Southern waterbender. She believes the message that the red-armored soldiers bring to her doorstep: That the Fire Nation is evil.

There are other things she believes in, too. Happy things. Hopeful things. She believes that Aang will save the world and that Sokka has a braver heart than any other warrior in their tribe. She believes that she has the courage and spirit to fight and enact real change in the world. And, perhaps most flippantly, Katara believes in soulmates.

She also wholeheartedly believes that Zuko is not her soulmate––almost as wholeheartedly as he doesn’t believe in the concept at all.

[Image Description: A seven page black and white comic depicting the first scene of Part 2 from the Zutara fic Hopeful Things.]