The_Chronic_Cryptid
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An AU where the four nations speak different languages:
The plan had been simple...
Step 1. Break the Avatar out of the Pohuai Stronghold.
Step 2. Drag the Avatar back to his ship.
Step 3. Sail home.
Step 4. Present the Avatar to his father and have his honor restored.Nowhere in the plan had Zuko accounted for becoming injured and the Avatar dragging him back to their camp. It certainly hadn't accounted for them taking him prisoner. Nor had it accounted for the added complication of Avatar's companions not having the decency to learn the Common Dialect. Only the Avatar understands him and communication in the group is a tangled mess.
Because when you don't speak the same language, how can you find a Common Ground?
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Patterns by The_Chronic_Cryptid for orange_panic_archive
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
31 Dec 2025
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“You’re the Earth King,” Azula said.
Kuei shook his head, though his eyes were kind and his smile almost rueful when he said, “Earth King Regent, I’m afraid.”
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Several years post-canon, Azula has settled into routines that keep her busy and everyone else mostly out of her way. At least until the arrival Kuei disrupts those patterns.
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In direct continuation of The Ties That Bind (stitched together with events from the past), Azula and Zuko's journeys are woven together.
Having been tasked with finding the Avatar and returning him to the Fire Nation once and for all, Azula will complete her mission by any means necessary. Even if it means dealing with her traitorous Uncle.
Having been separated from his Water Tribe family, Zuko will do his best to survive until he can make his way home. Even when his loyalties are tested to their limits, and his place in the world is unclear.
Will bonds be forged, strengthened, or fall apart when held together with Frayed Lines?Series
- Part 3 of Lifeline
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The Greatest Risk We'll Ever Take by The_Chronic_Cryptid for BearsAndBeans
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Nov 2024
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A post-canon Sokkla where Azula is an ambassador and Sokka is a selkie
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The Selkkla AU
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“You look cold,” a voice said.
She sniffed—a reaction to the comment, and certainly not a reaction to the temperatures that were making her nose resemble the blush color of Ty Lee’s favorite shirt. Turning in the direction of the voice, she found the first sign of warmth she’d found in the South Pole outside of that Agni forsaken tent. A pair of light eyes watched her from beneath the thick folds of a dappled, grey fur cloak hood.
“So I’ve been told. I would have to imagine it’s a product of my upbringing,” Azula answered.
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Waiting to Die by The_Chronic_Cryptid for BearsAndBeans
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
02 Sep 2024
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Piandao tried to give one of the cups to the young man in the bed, but he wouldn’t take it and shook his head, “Don’t drag this out, old man.”
“I don’t know that I’m quite certain I understand what it is that I’m dragging out, young man. What is it that you’re waiting for?”
“To die.”
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A Jet lives Au with platonic (or maybe the very beginnings of not so platonic) Jet and Piandao, a recovery fic and the road to recovery is swords
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It was the kind of thing that happened in folktales: a cursed prince, a transformation that could not be broken. Except those princes usually became monstrous-looking creatures who needed true love's kiss to return to normal. They did not get stuck as a six-year-old boy depending on a bald runt and two Water Tribe siblings.
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Toph does not need anyone, certainly not the whiny Avatar or his bossy friend. Thank you very much, she's totally fine on her own. Zuko is sick of the Earth Kingdom and he just wants to go home. He really shouldn't stop when he witnesses some thugs threatening another stray kid, but he does. The chance encounter changes everything.
S2 AU - where Toph and Zuko run into each other mid-Chase and end up going on a field trip together. (I upped the rating to T for some mild cussing - just to be on the safe side).
WARNING: VERY SLOW UPDATES
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When the usual channels of communication are shut down, the most surprising people can find a way in. A strange little love story.
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- Part 7 of Fluffy!verse