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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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I sometimes imagine Jet’s hiding a set of stripes under his shirt- how’d he come to experience s
Date: 2010-02-17 04:36 am (UTC)The turtle-duck honked and tried to twist up and bite him, but he shook it. He should have snapped its neck before he tried to get away, but it was to late now.
The Fire Nation Soldiers crashed through the woods behind him, crashing and stumbling. He swore and ducked under a branch. As he ran, he tried to map his location in his head, to figure out where home was and run in the opposite direction. He glanced back-
And smashed into a tree. The turtle duck fell from his hands and bit his ankle before waddling away, right into the arms of the soldiers. One of them picked it up gingerly.
“You don’t have a lot of brains, do you kid?” the captain guffawed, shaking Jet by the scruff of his neck. “Should’ve picked some Earth Kingdom peasant.”
Jet spat in his face.
“Eugh!” the captain grimaced. “Let’s get him back. It’s time we made an example around here.”
Jet fought them the whole way back.
The Fire Nation soldiers corralled the townsfolk into the street, Fire Nation colonials along with the Earth Kingdom people and held Jet off the ground by his arms.
The captain let go.
Jet fell to his knees and one of soldiers came forward to yank his shirt over his head before the captain’s foot on the back of his neck slammed him back down. Blow after blow cracked down from the borrowed whip until his back ran slick with blood.
When the crowd had dispersed, the captain let him up and the soldiers moved back, laughing and mocking as he grabbed his shirt and stumbled away.
On his way back to the woods, wincing with each step, Jet slipped back into the barracks coup, grabbed a turtle-duck, snapped its neck, and threw it over his shoulder.
He whistled around a hastily picked stalk of grass.
Re: I sometimes imagine Jet’s hiding a set of stripes under his shirt- how’d he come to experien
Date: 2010-02-17 04:46 am (UTC)Re: I sometimes imagine Jet’s hiding a set of stripes under his shirt- how’d he come to experien
Date: 2010-02-17 04:56 am (UTC)Head!Zuko wants to murder him for killing the turtle-duck.
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Date: 2010-02-17 04:59 am (UTC)Re: I sometimes imagine Jet’s hiding a set of stripes under his shirt- how’d he come to experien
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Date: 2010-02-17 05:07 am (UTC)Re: I sometimes imagine Jet’s hiding a set of stripes under his shirt- how’d he come to experien
Date: 2010-02-17 05:16 am (UTC)Re: Bonus: some fluffy Toph/Zuko, all grown up (not dark)
Date: 2010-02-18 07:46 am (UTC)Anyway, thank you SO MUCH for writing this story. Yes there was some angst, but I really enjoy how you had three running elements in it. Toph, who may or may not become Queen of Omashu, but doesn't want the responsibility. Zuko, who is in need of a firelady, but is aware that an earthbender won't be easily accepted by his court, and who seems to love Toph anyway. And Zuko's daughter (love the name) who is terribly uncomfortable by her daddy's choice of lady-friend's. All in all, I really enjoyed this ficlit. Thank you!
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Date: 2010-02-18 02:55 pm (UTC)What do you mean you don't believe me?
Re: Bonus: some fluffy Toph/Zuko, all grown up (not dark)
Date: 2010-02-18 03:24 pm (UTC)This was originally going to be much sillier and happier. I blame Zuko. Of course Toph's not just any earthbender, say a nice, sweet, rather passive one. No, she's Toph, who would positively delight in driving Zuko's whole court up walls. If I ever want silly Toko, I'll write her as Firelady. It would involve disaster.
Leishang just thinks it's all rather sordid. The two of them pretty much accept that their relationship is never going to include nuptials. Zuko's regretful, Toph... not so much. At least all the problems here are outside of the two lovers. The bond between them's strong. *pets them* it really is one of my favorite ships, and there isn't nearly enough of it.
At the North Pole something goes wrong with La, and the Fire Nation sinks beneath the sea
Date: 2010-02-19 03:01 am (UTC)The water swallowed the Avatar up without a ripple, but when it gave him up again, it sprayed forth like a fountain from the oasis. “Oh Spirits,” Aang whispered, but they were the problem, weren’t they.
“Aang!” Katara ran forward and seized him in a hug. “Are you alright?”
“No,” he said into her shoulder. “I’m not.”
~*~
When Iroh came to put his hand on his nephew’s shoulder, Zuko’s feet were dangling off the bridge. The Water Tribe denizens stepped around the two of them without a word. No one wanted to realize they were there. “Nephew-”
“What are we supposed to do now?” he muttered.
“Nephew-” Iroh sat down next to him and put his arms around his nephew, but Zuko shrugged them off.
“You heard him; they’re all gone, everyone at home, in the colonies, everywhere, there’s nothing...”
“There is us,” Iroh put his arms back around him. “We are left.”
His face crumpled, and Zuko did everything he could to stop the tears. After the first few fell, he swiped the rest away, face hardening. “We can’t stay here.”
“We shouldn’t spurn the Water Tribe’s hospitality after Zhao invaded!” His uncle’s arms were so tight around him. “We do not have anywhere to go anyway.” The Avatar had stood there and told the tribal council all about how all the people, all the buildings the Fire Nation had ever built, the royal palace, villages, ancient Sun Warrior temples, were suddenly gone, washed away.
Zuko couldn’t make himself shove his uncle away again. The way everyone there looked at him, the faces stuffed full of loathing and pity, left him sick to his stomach. He just felt... lost. “What am I supposed to do?”
“Find somewhere to stay,” his uncle murmured. “Settle down with someone.” His voice kept getting rougher and rougher until Zuko thought it would wear away. “Raise your children teach them...” he choked. “That’s all you can-” Zuko wrapped his arms around his uncle, and held him as he broke down.
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Date: 2010-02-19 05:55 am (UTC)---
I do. I wasn't expecting it to be like the extended prompt and I don't think it should have been. One was a drabble, one was a prompt for a 10-50k fic. The extended prompt was me thinking on this topic and how it could have beeen spun out for a large fic, but for a short piece, this was just perfect.
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Date: 2010-02-19 06:24 am (UTC)Re: At the North Pole something goes wrong with La, and the Fire Nation sinks beneath the sea
Date: 2010-02-19 06:25 am (UTC)Re: At the North Pole something goes wrong with La, and the Fire Nation sinks beneath the sea
Date: 2010-02-19 06:38 am (UTC)(I also just realized I made a typo in prompt five, miswriting "he" as "her"... now I'm imagining a super unforgiving genderbended Aang.)
Re: At the North Pole something goes wrong with La, and the Fire Nation sinks beneath the sea
Date: 2010-02-19 06:45 am (UTC)Bonus: AU of “Sun Child”, Zura’s pregnant with Zhao’s child
Date: 2010-02-20 07:54 am (UTC)“I told you not to interrupt me when I’m training!” Zura roared, lobbing a fireball to the side instead of at the prim servant her husband had assigned to her.
“My Lady.” Zura needed to stop flinching at that. So she had been demoted. So she didn’t even know her father could do that- She cut herself off. “There’s a messenger here from your husband, I put him in the garden.”
“I guess anything he has to say to me is more important than anything I possibly could be doing,” she spat bitterly.
(“Spirits, girl, it’s not like it’s your first time, stop flinching.”)
“I wouldn’t know, My Lady.” The woman looked her up and down, eyes narrowing. “Are you going to speak to him right away, or would you like a few minutes to make yourself more presentable?” Her voice dripped with disapproval.
Zura wiped the sweat out of her eyes and glanced down at the way her training clothes fell loosely around the dome of her belly. “No,” she returned the servant’s glare. “I’ll see him just the way I am.”
(“You’re an ugly thing, aren’t you? I thought I was marrying a girl, not an ostrich-horse.”)
Her footsteps pounded dully on the corridor floors, and the tropical sunlight, when she stepped into it, brushed her face like fingertips. The young man, standing stiffly in his armor clasped his hands and bowed to her. When he looked up, his face faded to even grayer than before. Behind them, the servant moved into the shadows, watching. Zura folded her arms. “My husband sent word?”
“N-no,” he stuttered, unable to take his eyes off her rounded belly.
“Then why are you here?”
“Princess, I mean, My lady...” he babbled. Her jaw clenched.
“Yes?” she prompted.
“I have word from...” he trailed off. “I’m sorry, My Lady, your husband’s dead.”
Zura went numb. “H-how?”
The soldier spoke to his feet. “In battle, at the north pole.”
“Thank you,” she mumbled.
“I know this is a terrible time for this to happen with the baby on the way and all... Not that there’s ever a good time, I mean, but...” Zura stared at him, mystified. “I’ll just go now.”
As he followed one of the servants away, Zura pivoted on her heel and marched back into the house, trying to unstick her mind.
“My Lady, where are you going?” the prim woman called after her. The words fell flat in the still, humid air.
“I’m going to see my daughter,” she snarled. “Is that okay with you?”
She pushed her way through the nursery doors when she reached them, and for a moment, her daughter’s nurse just blinked at her in shock, until Zura ran to the cradle and lifted Lan Min out. Giggling, Lan Min grabbed for her mother’s hair.
“I’m going to be watching Lan Min for the rest of the day,” she muttered, pulling her daughter close to her chest. Lan Min burbled, and her mother cooed back, her heart still hammering.
(“I thought when I married you, I’d at least get a girl who had some idea about about what she was supposed to do in bed!”)
The office stood on the other side of the house. Zura shoved the door open, writing a letter to her uncle in her mind. The walk across the office floor seemed longer than the whole rest of the house.
Kneeling down on a cushion in front of the low writing table, Zura rubbed her scalp, expecting it to be smooth like it always used to be, but there was fuzz growing up around her top-knot, and soon some of it was going to be long enough to stick into the wrappings with it.
(“If you ever disgrace me, you’ll lose a lot more than just your hair.)
Lan Min pulled herself up on the table leg and stumbled to another, and then back to her mother.
Zura spread out the paper and weighted down the edges. The inkwell unscrewed with a snick and the brush sent ripples of ink to its walls. Zura looked down at the blank sheet of paper. The brush fell from her fingers and she just stared.
Outside in the hall, Zura could hear rustling and footsteps, and her eyes snapped away from the paper. “My Lady, that’s the Admiral’s office!” the servant began explaining before the door was all the way open. “You’re not supposed to be-”
“It’s my office now!” she yelled, picking up the brush.
Lan Min started to cry.
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Date: 2010-02-21 07:45 am (UTC)