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Airplane Fixes Everything! by thispatternismine
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
16 Jun 2026
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He couldn’t change the past (he had written some time travel ideas into his notes, but even if they’d used them, they’d still run into the brick wall that was the System’s demands), and he couldn’t reveal the System’s existence, so ‘actually this is a story I wrote to pay rent and a mysterious entity is forcing us to run around in it like rats in a maze and it really really wanted you to go into the Abyss sorry’ was also off the table (so off the table that the System interrupted its status updates to flash up a big red warning window for even thinking about it).
So all he could do was mitigate the damage by taking the wind out of the protagonist’s sails.
By making Cucumber-bro as pathetic as possible! There was no glory in kicking a man while he was down, after all!
Due to a Without-A-Cure flare up, Shang Qinghua is sent to Jin Lan City in Shen Qingqiu's place. Shit, what do you mean the protagonist is back two years early? Okay, Shang Qinghua, think fast, & start talking!
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“Hmph! Yet again you interrupt a lesson with wild theories. You are nothing but a disruptive influence, and don’t know the value of an education.”
As if to emphasise his point, he smacked his hand against the painting. He must have infused his hand with qi, as there was a flash when he tapped the paper, and the totally-not-talismanic-symbols glowed. Most of the class instinctively ducked, but nothing happened, and nothing seemed different when they looked up.
Shoulders relaxed, and subtle sighs of relief were breathed.
And then a voice came from the front of the room, by Lan Qiren’s desk.
During the guest lectures, Lan Qiren accidentally triggers an array that shows a glimpse into the future.
It's certainly educational.
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Always Read the Fine Print On Spirit Deals by thispatternismine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
02 Jul 2025
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“Well, if it’s an opportunity to be a hero that you are after, I can provide it.”
This was exactly what he’d hoped for when he came here, to this particular cave, on this particular island, on this particular night, even as he wondered if the scroll he had found wasn’t more of a fiction than those ridiculous plays his wife & son enjoyed.
“There is a price to be paid, of course, as with all things.”
This fic is about two things:
1) Treating Ozai as an actual character with motivations beyond simply Being Evil For The Sake Of Evilness, & dealing with his relationship with his family.
2) Making him suffer.OR:
Ozai makes a deal with a spirit. It does not go well for him.
ON HIATUS
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When Azula met her brother in Ba Sing Se & told him he could come home, he believed her, even though she had made this exact offer before. This time there was no loose-lipped Captain to give the game away, & he was brought back to the Fire Nation not as a hero, but in chains.
When he is dragged from his cell months later, he expects to be facing his execution, not his coronation.
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The Story of Us (Looks A Lot Like A Tragedy Now) by thispatternismine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
23 Jan 2023
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The reveal in the comics that Ozai's & Ursa's marriage came about because of a prophecy makes no sense, because dammit you do not establish a great lineage through a second son unless you want a civil war. But... what if the fact that it made no sense was the whole point?
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The Fire Sages bring Firelord Azulon a prophecy: That mixing the royal bloodline with that of Avatar Roku will create a mighty lineage. But there's a problem. Roku has one descendant of marriageable age, & she's already married to his second son, with a baby on the way. -
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Agni has stood by as his children have used their gifts to burn the world, consumed with despair but reluctant to interfere. When the one who is meant to act as his intermediary in the mortal realm burns his own son in a shocking act of cruelty in front of a crowd who fail to step in, that is the final straw.
The Fire Nation descends into chaos at the sudden loss of firebending, & the war becomes bloodier still, as the troops fight on out of sheer desperation, terrified that a reckoning is now due.
And then Iroh, tending his injured nephew while trying to keep him safe from a vengeful father who blames him for this calamity, realises that Zuko's inner flame still burns...
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“You dare suggest I betray Iroh? My firstborn?” The Firelord’s voice was laced with anger, and for a moment the flames around the throne flickered. Ozai froze; he’d failed. But then there was a pause, before his father continued, the flames returning to normal. “You have grown bold, to ask such a thing of me. Tell me why you believe I should, as you put it, use you.”
Instead of flying into a rage when Ozai demands that Iroh's birthright be revoked, Azulon asks for his reasoning. Ozai thinks this is a good sign. He is very wrong.
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Instead of trying to capture the Avatar at the North Pole, Zuko steps in to save the Moon Spirit, falling into the pond in the fight. Tui, seeing the child's dearest secret wish, grants it. Princess Zuko doesn't know how to explain this to anyone.
Or: A trans!Zuko take, but with ~magical transformation~.
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Prompt: Family
“What do you think it will be?” he asked.
She laughed and swatted him, playfully. “A baby, silly.”
He rolled his eyes. “You know what I mean.”
Ursa has some news for her husband.
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- Part 7 of Zhaozai Palooza 2021
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Detective Sokka & the Mystery of the Hickey by thispatternismine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
30 Jul 2021
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Prompts: Caught in the Act, Post-War
Still, he thought later, as he helped a bunch of the tribesmen (and one Loser Lord) put up a wall, all that jerkbending really built up those muscles. Might as well put them to use.
Then he scratched at his collarbone, pushing his coat away from his neck slightly and…
Wait. Was that a hickey?!
Sokka is grudgingly accepting of the fact that the Loser Lord is living in his village in order to repay his debt to society or whatever it was that Zuko had said, but is horrified when he returns after some time away & sees a hickey on the man's neck. Who would betray the tribe in such a way? Looks like a mystery for Expert Detective Sokka!
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- Part 6 of Zhaozai Palooza 2021
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Prompt: Role-Reversal
“Ozai, you know you cannot keep ignoring Azula’s obvious talents, or letting Zuko slack off.”
He sighed, doing his best not to be frustrated with her. He understood that Ursa’s determination that both her children be excellent firebenders, whatever the cost, was likely down to fear. As a non-bender and the granddaughter of a traitor, married to the secondborn son, her status in the family was precarious at best. Their need to prove to Azulon that they were worthy was something they had in common, but for her it was a chance to restore the honour of her entire family.
What if... Ozai was the kind, understanding parent & Ursa was the ambitious, cruel one?
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- Part 5 of Zhaozai Palooza 2021
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Prompt: Haunted
It felt as if Zhao was always around the palace whenever his ship was in port. More specifically, he was always wherever in the palace Ozai was, or was going to be.
Zhao was always around, even when he wasn't there.
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- Part 4 of Zhaozai Palooza 2021
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I Like Myself (Most of the Time) by thispatternismine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
27 Jul 2021
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Prompt: Pride/Humility
He was the Phoenix King, the full power of Sozin’s Comet flowing through him. The world was all but his.
Ozai's life, separated into four parts.
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- Part 3 of Zhaozai Palooza 2021
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Prompt: Hair/Headpiece
“Interesting haircut,” someone commented. “Long hair, but some short bits on the top. You couldn’t make up your mind?"
Ozai just snarled wordlessly and turned away. The man should know as well as anyone what the shorter strands meant, that Ozai had had no input into his haircut.
Ozai gets sent to the Southern Water Tribe to help rebuild. It's cold & he hates it & nothing is going to change his mind.
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- Part 2 of Zhaozai Palooza 2021
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Prompt: Festival
“You’re a firebender, yes?” she asked, a thumb absently stroking over his hand, warm from his inner fire. Then went on, not waiting for an answer. “Dancing is like sparring, but you’re not trying to win.”
“Then what’s the point?”
She sighed, but there was a small smile on her lips. “Not everything is a competition, you know.”
Ozai slips away from a party to enjoy the festivities going on outside the palace & encounters a masked woman.
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- Part 1 of Zhaozai Palooza 2021
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Victory is Sweet by thispatternismine for MuffinLance
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
29 May 2021
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She peered suspiciously into the crate, and her worst fears were realised. The crate was packed – packed! – with vile-looking slimy lumps.
She stared at Chao in mute horror, which he apparently assumed was awe.
“Great, right? They’re called sea prunes.” His grin grew wider, and her heart sank. “And guess what?”
“What?” she asked, numbly.
“I got another six crates waiting outside! He had loads of the things!”
Sea prunes are served at Firelord Zuko's coronation feast. Some people are more enthusiastic about this than others.
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Reactions to Tea: The Gaang's Reaction by thispatternismine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
23 Nov 2020
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Sequel to The Taste of Tea.
He’d been watching carefully since Zuko had shown up here with that story about ‘being good now’ or whatever. Only all he’d done since then was act like they all had some sort of contagious disease.
The Jerkbender was up to something, he knew it! He just needed to find out what.
Zuko is acting suspiciously. Detective Sokka is on the case!
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- Part 4 of A Taste of Tea
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Reactions to Tea: Ozai's Reaction by thispatternismine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
19 Nov 2020
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Sequel to The Taste of Tea.
Ozai backhanded him, sending him sprawling to the floor.
“How dare you think you can command me, in my throne room!” his father snarled down at him as the flames around the throne blazed higher. “You will tell me, or join your uncle in prison.”
Ozai wants to know why his brother chose to kill an Admiral with an exemplary military record. He does not like the answer he gets.
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- Part 3 of A Taste of Tea
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Reactions to Tea: Mai's Reaction by thispatternismine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
18 Nov 2020
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Sequel to The Taste of Tea.
The longer she read, the worse it got. And the worst bits of all were not where he described what had happened to him, but the blame he cast on himself.
Things were bound to be awkward, rekindling a relationship after being apart for three years, but Mai hadn't expected it to be this difficult.
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- Part 2 of A Taste of Tea
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The Taste of Tea by thispatternismine for MuffinLance
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
17 Oct 2020
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He drinks the tea and tries not to look uncomfortable as Zhao moves closer and closer. He doesn't know how, but somehow every time he blinks the man is closer. He should say something, but what? He’s not actually doing anything wrong. (He should move closer; Zuko is his prince, and he should be hanging on his every word. It was perfectly reasonable.)
If uncle were here, objecting would earn a stern look and a proverb on the nature of politeness and being receptive to your conversation partners.
Zuko says nothing.
Zhao is next to him now. He rests a hand on Zuko's thigh.
He wants to say something, but his head feels like it’s stuffed with cotton and his tongue won't work properly.
Wherever Zuko goes, Zhao always seems to be there, smirking & offering him tea. He doesn't want the tea-that-is-not-just-tea. But he can't explain why to his uncle, or tell him that the very thought of tea makes him want to scream (in rage, not fear, because princes don't feel fear).
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- Part 1 of A Taste of Tea