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attackfishSo I just finished writing something so impossibly sweet that I swear all my teeth just rotted in my head from it. And since I have to write floranna's fic for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
help_haiti (and her request is full of lovely angst) I need to get myself in a darker writing groove. To further this goal, I’m watching Criminal Minds, and I’m asking you guys to send me your darkest, most angst producing prompts for Avatar: The Last Airbender. Comment with up to five, and I’ll guarantee you at least one commentfic. I’ll probably answer with more, knowing me. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
weirdlet and floranna get seven requests and a guarantee of two fics, because I spawned a wild AU in weirdlet ’s head, that she has been writing delightfully twisted installments for, and because I delayed writing floranna’s promised fic to work on my novel.
Please no rape or sexually explicit requests. I’m a big believer that there needs to be more gen darkfic in fandom.
Ganked fromavocado_love .
Meme Closed and Finished
Despite the fact that I asked for no requests involving rape or sexually explicit requests, my brain decided to take me there all on its own in two instances. I've done my best to warn as accurately as I can in both in a way that the warnings themselves are non-triggery. I'd also like to put up a blanket warning for violence.
Fics:
forflorannahelp_haiti :
Azula's lightning strike on Zuko has some far more serious consequences
Zuko hurt his leg on the run and it won’t heal: Part One l Part Two l Part Three l Part Four l Part Five l Part Six l Part Seven
*Warning for heavily implied Rape by Coercion and Sexually Abusive Dialogue* Bonus: AU of “Sun Child”, Zura’s pregnant with Zhao’s child continued from Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child), both of which are AUs ofweirdlet 's Sun Child AU
for[Bad username or site: animikii @ livejournal.com] :
Suki’s just as calmly insane as Azula is. She just hides it better
forweirdlet :
Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child) continued in Bonus: AU of “Sun Child”, Zura’s pregnant with Zhao’s child, (*Warning for heavily implied Rape by Coercion and Sexually Abusive Dialogue*) both of which are AUs ofweirdlet 's Sun Child AU
Koh's eggs
Eric Bogle’s “And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”
I sometimes imagine Jet's hiding a set of stripes under his shirt- how'd he come to experience such a flogging?
forblue_lacquer :
Zhao helps his chances of being promoted by getting rid of his competition
What Chit Sang did to end up in the Boiling Rock
Zhao destroying part of Wan Shi Tong’s library
The Omashu Earth Kingdom resistance succeeds in killing Mai’s family (but not her)
foravocado_love :
Why exactly the turtle-ducks fear Azula so much
Lao Bei Fong will do anything to keep his daughter safe, even from herself
Zuko: Directly after the Agni Kai
Bonus: some fluffy Toph/Zuko, all grown up (not dark)
forclockwerkchaos :
At the North Pole something goes wrong with La, and the Fire Nation sinks beneath the sea
foryma2 :
The story of Lu Ten’s death
Zuko finds his mother (or more accurately, Ursa finds him)
Aang isn’t rescued by the Blue Spirit and is imprisoned for a long time Part One l Part Two
forbeboots :
S2, Iroh dies, leaving Zuko without his influence continued in Zuko breaks down in front of the Gaang and further continued in The Gaang in Ba Sing Se
Jet decides NOT to gather proof that Mushi and Lee are firebenders before he acts
help_haiti (and her request is full of lovely angst) I need to get myself in a darker writing groove. To further this goal, I’m watching Criminal Minds, and I’m asking you guys to send me your darkest, most angst producing prompts for Avatar: The Last Airbender. Comment with up to five, and I’ll guarantee you at least one commentfic. I’ll probably answer with more, knowing me. weirdlet and floranna get seven requests and a guarantee of two fics, because I spawned a wild AU in weirdlet ’s head, that she has been writing delightfully twisted installments for, and because I delayed writing floranna’s promised fic to work on my novel.Please no rape or sexually explicit requests. I’m a big believer that there needs to be more gen darkfic in fandom.
Ganked from
avocado_love .Meme Closed and Finished
Despite the fact that I asked for no requests involving rape or sexually explicit requests, my brain decided to take me there all on its own in two instances. I've done my best to warn as accurately as I can in both in a way that the warnings themselves are non-triggery. I'd also like to put up a blanket warning for violence.
Fics:
for
florannahelp_haiti :Azula's lightning strike on Zuko has some far more serious consequences
Zuko hurt his leg on the run and it won’t heal: Part One l Part Two l Part Three l Part Four l Part Five l Part Six l Part Seven
*Warning for heavily implied Rape by Coercion and Sexually Abusive Dialogue* Bonus: AU of “Sun Child”, Zura’s pregnant with Zhao’s child continued from Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child), both of which are AUs of
weirdlet 's Sun Child AUfor[Bad username or site: animikii @ livejournal.com] :
Suki’s just as calmly insane as Azula is. She just hides it better
for
weirdlet :Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child) continued in Bonus: AU of “Sun Child”, Zura’s pregnant with Zhao’s child, (*Warning for heavily implied Rape by Coercion and Sexually Abusive Dialogue*) both of which are AUs of
weirdlet 's Sun Child AUKoh's eggs
Eric Bogle’s “And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”
I sometimes imagine Jet's hiding a set of stripes under his shirt- how'd he come to experience such a flogging?
for
blue_lacquer :Zhao helps his chances of being promoted by getting rid of his competition
What Chit Sang did to end up in the Boiling Rock
Zhao destroying part of Wan Shi Tong’s library
The Omashu Earth Kingdom resistance succeeds in killing Mai’s family (but not her)
for
avocado_love :Why exactly the turtle-ducks fear Azula so much
Lao Bei Fong will do anything to keep his daughter safe, even from herself
Zuko: Directly after the Agni Kai
Bonus: some fluffy Toph/Zuko, all grown up (not dark)
for
clockwerkchaos :At the North Pole something goes wrong with La, and the Fire Nation sinks beneath the sea
for
yma2 :The story of Lu Ten’s death
Zuko finds his mother (or more accurately, Ursa finds him)
Aang isn’t rescued by the Blue Spirit and is imprisoned for a long time Part One l Part Two
for
beboots :S2, Iroh dies, leaving Zuko without his influence continued in Zuko breaks down in front of the Gaang and further continued in The Gaang in Ba Sing Se
Jet decides NOT to gather proof that Mushi and Lee are firebenders before he acts
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Date: 2010-01-30 07:09 am (UTC)Oh God how I love this fandom...
Firebenders are cannibalists. Zuko centric, please, and preferably at the Western Air Temple the Gaang reacts to this. (Yes, I am a Zuko-whore. ^^ And not ashamed by it!)
Zuko is very, very morally grey. Gaang is terrified/worried about the decisions he does when he has joined them. No qualms of killing, etc. Say if this is too vague.
Zuko hurt his leg on the run and it won't heal. (something like with Severus, something a bit more permanent.) ^^
Ocean spirit dragged Zhao AND Zuko down to the bottom of ocean.
Azula's lightning strike on Zuko has something far more serious consequences on Zuko.
Ozai executed Zuko after he arrived to Fire Nation.
Zuko was never a fire-bender.
...
Well, I am predictable. And easy.
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Date: 2010-01-30 07:53 am (UTC)*cough* I'm a big fan of Sokka, if you can't tell. XD
Instead of forgiving him, Yue's spirit haunts Sokka, subtly ruining his relationship with Suki and generally screwing him over.
Yue gifts Sokka with waterbending when she becomes the moon spirit. Sokka's angry and scared of himself because he doesn't trust bending and can't control it very well.
Suki's just as calmly insane as Azula is. She just hides it better.
...I could go on. And on. And on. Gen darkfic is SO under appreciated. And Criminal Minds is the best. Right after Avatar. XD
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Date: 2010-01-30 08:13 am (UTC)Hmm....
1. Koh's eggs.
2. Eric Bogle's "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI
3. Toph- witnessing what no one wants to see
4. Jet- first time
5. Ozai- what hasn't he done to get Azulon's attention?
6. Zhao. Wedded and bedded.
7. I sometimes imagine Jet's hiding a set of stripes under his shirt- how'd he come to experience such a flogging?
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Date: 2010-01-30 02:32 pm (UTC)Zhao helps his chances of being promoted by getting rid of his competition
What Chit Sang did to end up in the Boiling Rock
The Omashu Earth Kingdom resistance succeeds in killing Mai's family (but not her)
Why Yon Rha hates his mother so much
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Date: 2010-01-30 06:23 pm (UTC)Let's see... let's see...
Why exactly do those turtle-ducks fear Azula so much?
Lao Bei Fong will do anything to keep his daughter safe, even from herself.
Zuko - Directly after the Agni Kai
Sokka - In canon, Smellerbee and Pipsqueak were really going to kill him at that 'long walk'. What would have happened to Katara and Aang if they succeeded?
(This may not be a dark!fic prompt, but I thought I would try anyway.) Sokka is supposed to be the next chief of the SWT. Suki can't give up her position of leader as a Kyoshi Warrior, and one day it will come to a head.
Azula's lightning strike on Zuko has something far more serious consequences
Date: 2010-01-30 07:34 pm (UTC)Zuko’s legs gave out twice as he made his speech, and he kept his hands behind the balcony to hide the shaking. The whole time, he could hear the physician’s words to Mai, over and over again. “His heart’s weak. We need an heir as fast as you can possibly manage.”
He could feel it fluttering within his chest.
Later, on Appa, Mai didn’t mention it, and as he lay with his head in her lap, Katara bending the water out of the clouds to try to fix everything, he hoped she didn’t know he had overheard.
~*~
The teashop walls had a few scorch marks, and places where the paint was still drying, but Uncle was standing in front, just as pleased with it as ever. Zuko leapt down, hands hidden in his Earth Kingdom robe, and ran to him. The robe flapped around him, and Uncle held his arms out-
And his legs decided to spasm right there, and he fell hard on the teashop steps.
Mai and Uncle sprinted to him at the same time to help him to his feet. “Are you alright?” his uncle demanded, throwing Zuko’s arm over his shoulder.
“I’m fine,” he said gruffly, pulling his arm back, and Mai smacked the heel of her hand gently into his forehead.
“He walked right into Azula’s lightning,” she told him, arm around Zuko’s waist, keeping him up.
“What!” he yelled, and Zuko shrugged halfheartedly.
As soon as they were inside, he moved to serve the tea, but his uncle grabbed the tray off the counter before he could reach it, and Zuko was left awkwardly letting Mai guide him to a seat.
He got his tea last, and when Uncle handed it to him, he rested a hand on Zuko’s shoulder before sitting down next to him.
It was nice to rest like this. You weren’t supposed to rest after saving the world; you were supposed to start making things work again, but it was nice.
“So what am I supposed to do?” he muttered, taking a sip of tea and glancing at his uncle. “Lean on walls or sit down all the time and hope no one notices?”
“No,” Zuko glanced at him hopefully, “There’s no way people aren’t going to notice.”
“Oh,” he looked away, wondering why he always thought his uncle was helpful again. “Thanks.”
“There is nothing wrong with everyone noticing, Nephew,” he soothed, “Scars are a mark of honor.”
“It’s not a scar, Uncle!”
“Yes it is! Some scars are just harder to identify than,” he pointed at the burn scar around his nephew’s eye, “others.”
Zuko glared.
“Scars mean you walked away from the battlefield,” Uncle murmured. “They mean you’re alive.”
No, he wanted to say, they mean you’re too stupid to block properly.
Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child)
Date: 2010-01-30 07:40 pm (UTC)It didn’t matter that she wished she had killed him during the Agni Kai.
It didn’t matter that she hated him.
It didn’t matter that she wanted to scream and set him on fire when he was made an admiral on the eve of their wedding.
It didn’t matter that he had given her a choice between marrying him or being sent home to be executed for breaking her exile.
It didn’t matter that he had been so smug, so triumphant, so mock-kind, and pretended he was doing her a favor.
It didn’t matter that she was going to spend the rest of her life as a quiet little admiral’s wife, and if she was lucky a quiet little admiral’s widow.
It didn’t matter that Azulon was going to be Firelord someday.
It didn’t matter she was never going to be allowed anywhere near the capitol ever again.
It didn’t matter that no one was ever going to call Lan Min or her a princess ever again.
It didn’t matter that she had no honor.
It didn’t matter that she had failed.
What mattered was that Lan Min was safe.
What mattered was that they were going home.
Re: Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child)
Date: 2010-01-30 07:43 pm (UTC)Nifty.
(Don't worry, it's still scuttling around behind my chair and occasionally biting my butt too.)
Re: Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child)
Date: 2010-01-30 07:46 pm (UTC)Somewhere in my mind, Zura is burning Zhao, me, and the bunny in effigy, together.
Re: Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child)
Date: 2010-01-30 08:08 pm (UTC)I keep thinking of Zura's mother-in-law as the sort of hard old stick who puts you through hell but you're grateful for it at the end. Mostly grudgingly.
Re: Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child)
Date: 2010-01-30 08:10 pm (UTC)Zhao is a horrible evil bastard. His mom? Kicks ass. Zura's ass.
Re: Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child)
Date: 2010-01-30 08:17 pm (UTC)"That means YOU'LL DO YOUR FIRE-DRILLS AND LIKE THEM, YOUNG LADY!!! Keep your shoulders back, chest up, and BREATHE! Now ROAR LIKE A TIGERDILLO!" *and the hardwood cane keeps one's posture very strictly correct*
Re: Zhao: Wedded and bedded (AU of Sun Child)
Date: 2010-01-30 08:18 pm (UTC)Koh's eggs
Date: 2010-01-30 08:42 pm (UTC)Once there was Bao, who had a thousand faces, and she had shared them with Koh. She was the oldest. She was the first.
She covered the bottomless emptiness in him with face after face.
She was wonderful.
And then one night, she tried to steal the face of the first Avatar, and the woman murdered the lovely Bao. When he found her, her faces were scattered all over their lair.
Underneath each face was an egg. Their eggs. Their children.
He gathered up her scattered faces, and slowly added more to keep them company, and he tended the eggs, feeling the lives growing inside him, and the promise they held.
Until he came back one day and found Avatar Kuruk smashing them to pieces.
He no longer left his lair.
Now the broken shells and the dried yokes littered the corner of his lair, and sometimes, he curled around them, protecting what was left.
But sometimes others came into his lair.
Re: Koh's eggs
Date: 2010-01-30 08:47 pm (UTC)Re: Koh's eggs
Date: 2010-01-30 08:57 pm (UTC)Why exactly the turtle-ducks fear Azula so much
Date: 2010-01-30 09:11 pm (UTC)Azula was a wonderful princess.
It wasn’t hard to be better than Zuzu, but even without her brother around to make her look better, she was something truly spectacular.
She was so dutiful that here she was practicing firebending even with her teacher sick and no one around to make her.
She was so talented that she could already bend lightning.
The energies separated-
And she shot it straight into the turtle-duck pond.
She smiled.
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Date: 2010-01-31 12:21 am (UTC)1) We are the hollow men. (http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/784/)
2) The avatar spirit becomes human to learn compassion, what does this mean about all the other spirits?
3) Inspired by one of your other drabbles. Ty Lee is an Airbender, now make it dark.
4) At the North Pole, some goes wrong with Koizilla, and Aang isn't able to defuse. And thus did the Fire Nation sink beneath the waves.
5) The world grumbles that Aang is to forgiving, to pacifistic. They are fools, imagine if her wasn't forgiving. The Fire Nation may be the first, it would not be the last.
Re: Why exactly the turtle-ducks fear Azula so much
Date: 2010-01-31 03:07 am (UTC)That could be almost canon, you know. Having lightening shot down at you would make a turtleduck remember and run for their little lives every time she came close. haha!
Re: Why exactly the turtle-ducks fear Azula so much
Date: 2010-01-31 03:15 am (UTC)Re: Azula's lightning strike on Zuko has something far more serious consequences
Date: 2010-01-31 07:25 am (UTC)Daft kid. It is a scar of honor, you shouldn't be ashamed.
Re: Azula's lightning strike on Zuko has something far more serious consequences
Date: 2010-01-31 03:39 pm (UTC)Poor Zuko feels useless, miserable, and humiliated. At least he's used to it!
Re: Ty Lee is an Airbender pt. 2
Date: 2010-02-01 01:44 am (UTC)Zhao helps his chances of being promoted by getting rid of his competition
Date: 2010-02-01 02:08 am (UTC)When the captain didn’t show up on deck that morning, the crew went about their jobs restlessly, looking over their shoulders at the captain’s cabin and the lieutenant. When she didn’t show up that afternoon, they drew lots to see who would check on her. When she didn’t answer the unlucky sailor’s knock and he found her dead body, the crew panicked.
But Lieutenant Zhao really took charge. He straightened the crew out and saw to it they completed their mission splendidly. It was so sad their captain had such a weak constitution, falling ill so suddenly like that, but it was a good thing her lieutenant was so prepared.
And that was what the other officers’ reports were going to say. Zhao made sure the rest of the white jade plant was at the bottom of the ocean as soon as he left her cabin, and almost no one had even heard of the stuff anymore.
What Chit Sang did to end up in the Boiling Rock
Date: 2010-02-01 02:25 am (UTC)“Didn’t your mother over teach you you’re only supposed to borrow money if you can pay it back?” The bone snapped, and the man screamed. Chit Seng let him go and he stumbled back, tripping over his own feet, into the wall.
Chit Seng turned his palm up and bent fire into it. The man’s eyes widened and his pupils contracted against the light. “I swear, I’ll pay you, don’t kill me!”
The fire blasted between the man’s feet. “Dead men don’t make good on their debts. I’m just taking a little...” he snatched the arm of the little boy cowering against the wall next to his father. “Collateral.”
Most loan spider-sharks had muscle to collect the money for them. Chit Seng preferred to give his costumers a more personal touch.