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A New Throne For the Era by Ghost_Guard_13
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
27 Oct 2025
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With Zuko taking the throne after a hundred years of war, the leaders of each nation are invited to the Fire Nation to restore balance and discuss the healing of their world.
Not everyone is so willing to change.
Or; Hakoda goes to the Fire Nation, General Fong doesn't trust Zuko, Zuko tells them why he was banished, and Zuko gains a proper father figure AND a boyfriend.
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The Palace of Lies and Secrets by Genderfluid_Gremlin
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
24 Oct 2025
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Sokka has been hated and abused his whole life for being a firebender, so when the Fire Nation comes to abduct him, it turns out to be a blessing. Everything changes when he meets Azula. Befriending the damaged princess, Sokka will learn that his new home is not nearly as perfect as it seems.
Meanwhile, Azula has never forgotten seeing her brother Zuko get murdered by their own father. Ever since, she has done everything she could to survive, even if she hates herself for who she's become. Befriending Sokka sets her on a new path, but will she continue to obey her father, or choose to make a stand against the war?
Everyone believes Zuko is dead. Little do they know he lives, trapped in a Fire Nation prison camp. There, he will discover the true cruelty of the war and suffer in ways he never imagined. When he finally returns to the Fire Nation palace, he will have to decide whether to enjoy happiness with the people he loves, or risk everything for a chance at stopping the hundred year war.
Sokka, Azula, and Zuko have all suffered terribly, but by finding strength in each other, they have a chance at ending the war and bringing peace to the world- if only they have the courage to try.
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The Face of The Enemy by bunniecha12
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
21 Oct 2025
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Nothing has been untouched; starvation, exploitation, and death at the hands of the Fire Nation. As the Southern Water Tribe’s benders are hunted to extinction, one is born beneath a full moon. Her first cries echo through the night: a waterbender.
The raid came fast—brutal, merciless. But Katara was spared. Hidden away in the Fire Nation palace, growing up in the shadow of her enemies. Forced to assimilate for survival, she clung to the only remnants of home, her mother’s necklace… and the light in a lonely boy’s golden eyes.
Zuko. The prince who made her laugh when nothing else could.
The Avatar returned, the war’s tides shifted, and Katara seized her chance to escape.
Joining Aang, she fights for the world’s freedom—while battling the ghosts of her past, including the boy who never wrote, the boy who stood on the wrong side when it mattered most.
He comes seeking redemption. And though she’s the only one who hasn’t forgiven him, those long-buried feelings—have never truly left her.
In the quiet moments between battles, they begin to surface again, soft and smoldering. And slowly, painfully, their hearts begin to remember what they once were… and thoughts of what they might become. -
But Lover, You’re the One to Blame by trueromancce
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
14 Oct 2025
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Zuko took a breath, then started talking. If he wobbled on his feet, Sokka might have imagined it, because the other boy immediately uprighted himself and continued on like nothing happened. “First: I’m fine.” Debatable. “Second: Long story. I’m being… targeted. I was supposed to head to this place off the coast of the Kyoshi island, but then my. Ship exploded.” He paused here, as if still processing it, before uneasily answering again. “Third… uh, what was the question again?”
Sokka, immaturely, was about to interrogate the boy again, but he didn’t get the chance: Prince Zuko started hacking and coughing, and then, in one sudden, dramatic display, collapsed.
OR, the war & the things that followed. Not all of them are pretty
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i've seen your face underneath my dreams by mangomonk
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: Legend of Korra
13 Oct 2025
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Since the end of Hundred Years War seven years ago, Fire Lord Zuko has been isolated in the Fire Palace, fending off assassinations and mending the Fire Nation and its burnt bridges, all while putting off the Fire Sages' demands that he take a wife. When Iroh finally finds him a match, he reluctantly agrees to the marriage, with the expectation of never speaking to her again and sending her off to Ember Island.
It proves to be more difficult than he expects though, when he realizes that his new wife is as stubborn as a dragon moose.
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“I’m not a bad dog…I don’t know why I bite” by Sullygirl14
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
13 Oct 2025
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“Zuko told Iroh that he had blacked out the moment that hand touched his face but he didn’t. He just couldn’t bear the haunted look in his uncles eyes everytime he looked at his face. So he didn’t tell him, didn’t tell anyone,not a single soul. Didn’t tell them how he begged for rescue, didn’t tell them how he felt it all, didn’t tell them how he still feels it on bad days,didn’t tell them he saw Azula smile as he was being dragged of…”
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Zuko isn’t bad, he simply does as he’s told, unfortunately he’s been told to do bad things
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Ruin the Friendship by JasmineTeaLatte
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
11 Oct 2025
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As he approached, a few things happened at once:
The Northern Water Tribe ambassador tugged sharply on Katara’s wrist, scowling down at her.
Katara yanked her wrist free, snarling something under her breath up at her former dance partner.
And Fire Lord Zuko found a glass of some nondescript party beverage splashed unceremoniously in his face, completely soaking his upper body in the process.
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Or, when the new Northern Water Tribe ambassador's flirting with Katara goes too far, Zuko tries to be a gentleman and help. Key word being tries.
Written belatedly for Zutara Month 2025: Day 10 - Jealousy.
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To save the South by LemonFantaSmells
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
08 Oct 2025
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In a world where the 100 year war never happened, the four nations remain in harmony thanks to a 112 year old avatar Aang.
After a political deal between the Fire Nation and Southern Water Tribe goes South, Katara offers herself up for a marriage alliance
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Zuko never held a pivotal position in the royal family. He was just the son of Fire Lord Azulon’s secondborn, and brother of Azula, the prodigy. To most, he was nothing more than some entitled guy they had to tolerate, so insignificant that nobody really protested when a Water Tribe bride was deemed suitable for him.
Yet he soon finds himself kneeling behind his father at the Coronation Plaza, draped in funeral robes for the second time that month while the nation hails their new Fire Lord. Now, as the unwanted heir with a foreign wife, he must navigate the deadly politics of the Fire Nation court to survive.
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Never Give Up Without a Fight by hearmerory
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
22 Sep 2025
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Fire Lord Azulon names Zuko as his successor.
This does not fit with Ozai's plans.
This does not fit with Iroh's plans.
This does not fit with Zuko's desperate finger hold of control over his life, which is quickly disintegrating around him. -
Y'all's Relationship Is Fucked Up by Freaky_Sad for AlexJiwon
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
21 Sep 2025
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Zuko sadly was born Omega which put him at a lower position in Ozai's eyes. Because of that Zuko has lots of cultural differences when it comes to this dynamic than the rest of the Gaang. Zuko believes that taking care of his pack comes with many different duties. AKA Zuko has the standard teachings of Fire Nation Omega because of Ozai and his relationship with Azula.
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Five Stages Of Zucest by Nichya for BalrogDeMorgoth
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
19 Sep 2025
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Zuko has dirty dreams about his sister and tries to cope with it.
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“Tui above, it’s always something! What did I do this time?!” Sokka yelps, eyebrows furrowed.
“You didn’t come to my stupid fucking party, that’s what!” Zuko yells.
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It’s the one year anniversary of the war ending and Zuko, as the Fire Lord, throws a party to celebrate. After not seeing Sokka for a whole year, he thinks it’ll be a way for them to finally catch up, but Sokka doesn’t show.
— rated t for implied sexual content and swearing
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As kids, Lunae and Zuko were best friends. They were basically attached at the hip. But, after Zuko was banished, they didn't see each other for three years.
When they reconnect in Ba Sing Se, the course of Zuko's life changes for the better, and Lunae discovers that the pull she's been feeling from the spirits since winter has been leading her to someone unexpected.
The Avatar.
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Bro, you need to stop passing out after every good deed. it's probably not good for your health by Gargargay
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
07 Sep 2025
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When Zuko first joins, He wouldn't sit with them to eat. And then when he was forced, he barely ate anything. But it's okay because he has rations left over. At least that's what Zuko said, He said he had plenty but who knows how long they'll last? He gives sokka and Katara Some rations for when they eat but it's probably because he has plenty left right? wrong.
Zuko is stupid and doesn't want to say no to the Gaang so he just ends up passing out from not eating
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Aang is born female. It doesn't change all that much, until it does. What twelve-year-old girl wouldn't instantly develop a crush on the masked dual-sword-wielding bad boy who busted her out of Avatar jail?
Zuko's dignity suffers.
A story in which Aang accidentally humanizes herself to Zuko far earlier than her canon counterpart by the simple virtue of being a girl with an awkward crush. Well, Aang is the one with the crush. The awkward part is mostly Zuko.
Freedom of Association: The author is Christian and American conservative. Readers are free to be whatever they please.
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Trial by Fire by LordOfWinterfell for pringlewinglecan
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
01 Sep 2025
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Justice is slower than fire. And it burns colder.
In a post-war Fire Nation clinging to old power in new clothes, a widow demands justice for her husband’s death. Her accusation? Lord Ryoku—noble, untouchable, the face of everything Zuko’s court pretends is past.
But the court is still a battlefield. The nobles close ranks. The law twists. Truth drowns in procedure. And Zuko stands at the center, the crown heavier than ever, forced to decide whether justice is something the Fire Nation can afford—or something it cannot survive.
A political thriller in five parts. No bending battles. No easy victories. Just law, legacy, and the slow, suffocating weight of leadership.
Sometimes the only thing that burns faster than lies... is silence.
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- Part 1 of Embers and Flame
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If All Else Fails Meet Me At Our Spot by smelliot11
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
31 Aug 2025
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Long ago, the four high schools played together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fyre Academy attacked. Only someone strong enough, in more ways than one, could stop them, but when the schools needed that player the most, they vanished. 20 years passed and my brother and I met someone who had a fighting chance, a St Yangchens Bison named Aang. And although his defensive skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to win anything. But I believe Aang can win the cup.
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Zutara Week 2025 Vintage.
In the wake of Katara breaking up with his best friend, Zuko finally gets the courage to tell her he’s been in love with her for years, with the help of a little bit of advice from everyone in his life who kick his ass in gear!
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The monks had told Aang and I of our destinies as coexisting Avatars earlier than usual since they feared there would be a great danger approaching us. I was a naïve kid. I hadn't yet wrapped my mind around the dangers and darkness looming around every corner of this world. I was also too ignorant to realize how stupid it was to think I could trust Aang. He left me to die, meaning he broke the promise we'd made the day we were told of our fates.
I had thought we were to always tough everything out together, but the contrary became clear to me once I was covered in wounds and wearily staring into darkness.
I am Avatar Y/n and this is my testimony of the true events leading to the defeat of the tyrannical Firelord Ozai.
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aang and y/n are both Avatars except y/n didnt run away before the Fire Nation attacked. So uh yeah, there are grudges and choices only 12 year olds (112 year olds) make
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Y’all English isn’t my first language so forgive me for errors