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“What happened? What did this to you?”
Feng Xin isn’t listening. None of the voices are the one he wants to hear, that annoying and thinly mocking tone whenever something doesn’t go to plan. He tries again. “Mu Qing…”
... The light hurts, and his eyes flutter closed. One more time, in case they didn’t hear. “Mu Qing.”
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Feng Xin is injured. The other gods think Mu Qing did it.
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10 Jun 2026
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Zuko and Azula don't know anything other than the fast-paced, competitive world of film & television acting. The 'Phoenix Family,' as the paparazzi have dubbed Ozai's family unit, are happy faces on magazine covers to the public. In private, they're a mess of dysfunction.
While co-starring in a corny slasher, the siblings meet a first-time actor, Aang, who seems to have tried every profession under the sun before acting. Aang's friends are different. They don't judge based on net-worth.
As Zuko and Jet's romantic relationship unravels, Zuko finds himself spending more and more time with Aang's cute roommate, an architect named Sokka.
Azula's never taken her personal desires into consideration - not when it came to her career which was chosen for her before she was born, not when it came to relationships. Chan is the public's dreamboat, so he must be a dreamboat. End of story. So when Aang's friend, Katara, questions if Azula even likes Chan, Azula is furious. Katara is nosy & obnoxious & that must be why Azula can't stop thinking about her - right?
The siblings learn about a world outside of acting and begin to question the values instilled in them by their father.
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25 May 2026
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In the aftermath of the siege of the North Pole, Prince Zuko winds up adrift and is "rescued" by the warriors of the Southern Water Tribe. Trapped on a wooden ship in the middle of the ocean, Zuko tries his hardest to stay in control of his bending and his temper with the Water Tribe crew that holds him captive. But when Chief Hakoda's efforts to wrangle the Fire Prince include tying the two of them together to keep an eye on him, Zuko's position on the ship and fight for control gets tangled, as the lines between warden and parental figure weave together and the two become attached in ways they never expected at the end of his rope.
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- Part 1 of Lifeline
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24 May 2026
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Mid-Season-One Zuko is held for ransom by Chief Hakoda. Ozai's replies to the Water Tribe's demands are A+ Parenting. Hakoda is… deeply concerned, for this son that isn't his, and who might be safer among enemies than with his own father.
Podfic and translations in Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian now available! See chapter one author notes for links.
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24 May 2026
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Five years ago, Zuko was scarred both physically and mentally. Now he believes that he doesn't need therapy... or friends. He just wants to graduate high school and run away from the life he knows. But as his trauma starts to manifest itself as nightmares, his uncle convinces him to start attending group therapy. There, he meets a hyperactive freshman with large tattoos covering his head and arms, a pair of siblings who lost a friend, and a blind girl. Through a series of adventures and with the addition of an athletic badass, they all begin to heal and build a new family in each other.
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23 May 2026