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Another Kind of Fire by spiderhyphenman
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
16 Jul 2026
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After the Tournament of Elements, Kai wakes up beneath an unfamiliar sun, surrounded by unfamiliar faces, with absolutely no idea where he is or how he got there. Found by a certain uncle-nephew duo, Kai learns all the right things, all in the wrong order. There's an ancient warrior travelling the Dirt Empire, age old enemy of the Fire Nation, and he's back after a hundred years. Fine. Sure. Whatever.
Wait, he wants to control all the elements?? And it's just this one teenager trying to stop him???
Or: Kai and Zuko briefly become a discount Team Rocket, make it everyone else's problem, then maybe sort of kinda change their worldview.
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For as long as he can remember, Zuko knew he would have no say in who he would marry. Anyone familiar with basic royal customs would realize it as well. Marriage wasn’t a luxury or some grand display of love; marriage was for convenience and a power move if done correctly. It meant nothing to Zuko. He was raised with the knowledge that he would one day be sent off to live with a stranger for the sake of his nation, and it didn’t matter if he ended up happy or not. His happiness didn't matter.
All this to say, when his father tells him that he is to marry a stranger from the Southern Water Tribe and use their marriage as an opportunity to spy on the enemy, Zuko knows he has no choice. It's just...he didn't expect this stranger to be so kind to him.
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What Doesn’t Scar (And What Does) by Nock_and_Bolt
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender & Related Fandoms
13 Jul 2026
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Sokka finds out that Zuko’s life-threatening, Sozin-comet-powered, crazy-blue-fire-prodigy-inflicted lightning wound didn’t scar.
And Sokka’s got questions about that.
Because if that didn’t scar, how in Koh’s lair did he get the one on his face?
Or: The one in which there are uncomfortable conversations, dramatic life-threatening events, and undiscovered traumatic depths to be plumbed on a weekend beach vacation. As is the ATLA norm.
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consequences of the strong by Anonymous
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Jul 2026
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at the boiling rock, prisoner zuko is “visited” by Ozai. Zuko tries to hide the wounds from the gaang but they inevitably find out
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The Anchorite Prince: Living Death by PetraMysticaCLXV
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender & Related Fandoms, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
17 Jun 2026
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The punishment for patricide should be death by drowning, yet the newly crowned Firelord Azula in her mercy has granted her murderer brother to live the rest of his life in reflection within the Tower of the Sacred Fire in the heart of Hari Bulkan.
Prompts Used for W3: Hurt/Comfort // Isolation // Near Death Experience
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In Si Wong, nothing ends quickly enough to be called sudden. But, if the spirits are kind, they would let all that lives die a sudden death anyway.
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Three Things Cannot Be Long Hidden by ExpressionsofMe
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
08 Jun 2026
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Agni is done watching her people suffer at Ozai's hands.
After the Agni Kai, Zuko succumbs to his injuries and Agni intervenes. After three years locked away, Zuko becomes the Fire Lord. The rest of the world assumes Zuko will be just like his shitty father. Well, he'll just have to change that. With Agni's help of course.(or: Ozai kills his kid and Agni says Uno reverse Bitch!)
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How to accidently befriend you enemy and make them think you're someone else a guide by Zuko by Skeleton_Secrets_99
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
29 May 2026
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The arrow only injured Zuko it did not knock him out. Shocked by how foolish his enemy is Zuko takes the opportunity to find out more about the Avatar and accidently becomes one of the GAANG in the process. Why does the Avatar keep looking at him like that and what's the strange voice he keeps hearing? Zuko really should listen to his Uncle more often.
(Inspired by a fic i read on whattpad years ago that has since been taken down)
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- Part 1 of The blue spirit chronicles
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[Podfic] Towards the Sun by FaerieFey13
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
29 May 2026
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Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.
Featuring Azula's extended field trip, Jun not signing up for this, and Sokka's increasing desire to scream. Come get your international politics with a side of baby dragons.
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Ruin the Friendship by crcookie05
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
27 May 2026
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my advice is always ruin the friendship,
better that than regret it
for all timeWhat if Katara had stayed at the Jasmine Dragon instead of running off when she saw Zuko? What if she'd decided to find out what he was up to? What if they'd bonded ahead of time? How might things have changed? Will it be enough to lead Zuko down the right path sooner, or will he still have to learn his lesson the hard way?
my advice is always answer the question,
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"So you take the knife to the wall instead. You carve and carve until a coin of light appears and you get to look in, at last, on happiness. The eye staring back from the other side—waiting." — Ocean Vuong, Torso of Air
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When Mai gets a call in the dead of the night from Zuko's uncle about how Zuko hasn't come home since the end of the school day and their breakup, her mind doesn't automatically assume kidnapping. She doesn't think anyone could be capable of making Zuko disappear.
But then she finds Zuko's shoe hidden in a dirty curb, and she wishes for once that she was wrong.
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- Part 1 of a drag path
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Pretend by WiresCrossed
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Chronicles of the Avatar Novels - Various
21 May 2026
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Sometimes, Zuko wishes he could have made the same decision his mother made. Forgetting Ozai's abuse and living a simple, happy domestic life is a beautiful fantasy. It's no longer a reality for any of them, so what's the harm in pretending for just one night?
*Reading the post-series comic "The Search" before this one would be a good idea.
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Where Once Was Fire by sunnywriteswest
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
16 May 2026
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Katara doesn't trust Zuko when he finds them —again— claiming it to be his destiny to teach Aang firebending. No one trusts him, and Katara is pretty sure she is not the only one debating whatever to push him off the edge of the temple right there and then, but when he offers himself as their prisoner, who is she to disagree?
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Growing up in a stressful environment with high expectations could leave anyone with sequels. Stress, anger issues, the communication skills of a rock, the works.
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Crossroad Encounters of the Spiritual Kind by MaferNajar23
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
28 Apr 2026
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Uncle Iroh- for some reason Zuko yet again failed to understand -refused to shoot lightning at his nephew. When further asked about it, he'd said something about it being for safety and health reasons (although it was still a bit unclear whose health he was referring to).
Zuko had never been able to count on luck though. If he wanted to ensure he could get an upper hand against his family, he would have to go and look for one himself, like with pretty much everything else in his life.
But perhaps people should really be careful of what they wish for. It might become true in the least expected ways.
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Book 1: Air by SpirituallyATurtleduck
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Mar 2026
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Avatar Zuko but Aang is hunting him, Sokka, and Katara.
They don't know he means well. Shenanigans ensue.
Also Zuko's animal guide is a turtleduck. His name is Mushi.
Updated (roughly) every 1-2 weeks.
This is the unplanned prequel ;DSeries
- Part 1 of Embers of Peace
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Before he even had the time to process what time it was, he heard a knock. "Enter," he called.
The door creaked open as whoever was on the other side entered. Zuko turned towards the door to see who was in need of his assistance at this very moment. Zuko froze. The person who entered had a hood covering his head, but that wasn't what made him freeze. No. What caused him to freeze was the dagger the stranger was holding. -
Son Of Light, Daughter Of Darkness by MuseForYou
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
26 Jan 2026
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Katara is eighteen, avoiding an arranged marriage to the only man her age in the South Pole she’s not related to, and stumbles upon a man freezing in the ice.
He’s been abandoned by whatever ship he sailed on and has no memory of where he comes from, who he is, or why he has stunning gold eyes when everyone else in the South Pole has gorgeous blue.
Even though he makes her heart flutter like nothing else before, Katara has a duty to her people. The neighboring tribe’s proposal would ensure her village survives the brutal winter, but she cannot stand her betrothed. Meanwhile, the stranger with amnesia needs to prove his worth to the village if he doesn’t want to be exiled for the sin of having the wrong eye color.
They strike a deal. Help each other provide for the town, and he’ll get to stay until he remembers who he is, and Katara can avoid her marriage—at least for one more year.
But after a year together, fighting to survive the cold, how will they face his memories coming to the surface when someone else is found in the ice?
(AKA this is a slightly aged up gaang. Zuko has amnesia, lives in SWT for a year, and then joins the gaang early for the events of the show. Zutara-centric.)
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“Azula.”
It’s taken him much longer to visit than she’d expected, if the lines scratched into the wall were anything to be believed, but she knew he would come nonetheless. Her big brother, so good, unable to leave her down here even after she’d levelled a lightning bolt straight into his heart.
Old habits die hard.
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After the war and Ozai's defeat, Azula and Zuko are left to deal with the aftermath. Except, Zuko is technically the one dealing with the aftermath, while Azula sits in prison and seethes.
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"Sokka" Zuko spoke, garnering the tribesman's attention.
"Fire Lord Zuko," Sokka said, lowering his gaze to avoid Zuko's eyes, "you look well," Zuko felt so small.
Sokka spoke mechanically, rehearsed, like the conversation was strained and the six words were something he might choke on.
It dawned on him.
Zuko was alone, not even Hakoda was here to defend him from the carnivorous harpies, it was just him. His hands shook, lips trembled, but he did his best to show face. His smile disappeared, his warmth dying like the last coals on a hearth, and Zuko felt cold.
He hated the cold.
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"The Search" hatefic by bobthenotwriter
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
12 Jan 2026
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Zuko looks at Kiyi and thinks that it’s clear the spirits are giving Ursa a second chance at being a mother. By giving her the child Zuko wasn’t.
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Zuko should be happy that his mom is back.