Arthur’s ATLA Essentials
The best of ATLA fics according to me! Mainly Zukka but some gen & other ships.
I usually go for well-written long form stuff with good characterisation/interesting plot/adds something to canon, or else shorter things that do the same or are just really fun to read. :)
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[Sokka is five when the first mark appears.
It writes itself in a deep red like a wound, as if someone had carved the word “nonbender” in a messy font across the knuckles of his left hand, as if it was handwritten with a knife.
When he asks his mother, as she applies salve on Sokka’s knuckles, she sighs deeply and says nothing for a few moments.
“Sometimes, spirits don’t make much sense.”
Sokka has yet to turn thirteen when he wakes up screaming in pain, about ten soulmarks all over each other between his left shoulder and his ear, red and vivid like burning flesh. Among the few words that are somehow possible to read out of the disastrous scribbling, “disrespectful” and “coward” and “burned” and “sorry sorry sorry” are the ones that stand out the most to Sokka. He thinks, at the tender age of twelve, whoever did this to his soulmate will be sorry too, one day.
A month after Hakoda leaves him with the job of the protector at the age of thirteen, Sokka realizes, with a bitter taste in his mouth, that he’s got more soulmarks than his entire village combined.]
Or, to have a soulmark is to carry the vilest things that your soulmate believes about themselves on your skin.
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i won't stumble as i follow down this path (cause words that are spoken are just other things to have) by jublis
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
17 Jul 2020
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“Did you know”, he answered, “that Azula’s favorite flowers are fire lilies? Every birthday, she asked for the ballroom to be decorated with them. During our tutoring lessons, she’d doodle them on the inside of her hands so she could hide them quick—dozens and dozens of small flowers, connected to each other by little stems.” Zuko leaned against the wall, crossing his arms. “Of course, she always made a mess. Ink all over her clothes, ink all over her notes. But she got away with it, every time.”
And Suki’s eyes weren’t sad. They were so, so tired. “Why do you hold on to all that, Zuko?”
Zuko shrugged. “Where can I put it down?”
Or, it takes Zuko one year to visit his sister again. Featuring birthday weeks, struggling with your own goodness, and a future.
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- Part 9 of heirloom
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Zuko ends up in bed with the hot guy from class—
—the hot guy who needs some help in the bedroom.
Zuko doesn't mind.[or: TIFU by falling for my (M22) fuckbuddy/crush (M21) who is (supposedly) bad at sex]
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Bookmarked by boxofrogs
03 Apr 2024
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Left off at ch8. Really cute :3 a little steamy but not graphic.
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After the Blue Spirit frees the Avatar from the Pohuai Stronghold, Admiral Zhao captures Prince Zuko under suspicion of treason. Isolated from his Uncle and his crew, Zuko has only one ally: the chatty prisoner one cell over.
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- Part 1 of Birds of a Phoenix Feather
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Bookmarked by boxofrogs
30 Mar 2024
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Really really good!! The humour (especially Sokka’s) is really in line with the show & the characterisation is really good and on point. I appreciate that they don’t downplay or rush Zuko struggling with changing sides. Overall just *mwah* beautiful.
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Sokka's instincts are onto something great. Zuko just wants to serve tea and brood in peace. Ironically, Toph is the only one who can see what's really going on.
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Bookmarked by boxofrogs
28 Mar 2024
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Goofy and silly - humour is really toned in with the show :3