Kindle the Wind (The Avatar! Zuko 'verse) commentfic meme

[attackfish]

That's it, folks, I can't take it.  In the hopes that maybe writing some of what I want to write will get me unblocked on the fic I'm trying to write, I'm giving in and running a commentfic meme for my Avatar!Zuko verse.  Comment with up to five requests, and I’ll guarantee you at least one commentfic.  I’ll probably answer with more, knowing me.  weirdlet , fanficforensics, beboots, and floranna  get seven requests and a guarantee of two fics, because beboots  and floranna  are the best betas ever, and weirdlet and fanficforensics just because.


Also, the 'verse has a title now, Kindle the Wind!


Air, Water, Earth, Fire.

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished.

A hundred years passed and the new Avatar crashed into the ice sheet that borders our village. Although he is the Fire Nation prince, and it's his family and his nation that have brought this war to the world, I have hope that inside Zuko lies the spark of greatness. In the end, he has to save the world.

Front Cover Illustration

Timeline:

The Turtle-Crab and the Hawk
The first time Zuko struck a Fire Nation soldier in anger
Banner
Meeting Sokka and Katara
The joys of new bending
Zuko surprising himself by being spiritual and philosophical
Gran-Gran criticizing Uncle's parenting skills
Uncle Iroh finds out
Iroh has a talk with his nephew
Agni Kai against Zhao
Laying Aang to rest at the Southern Air Temple
Momo joins the Party
Sokka finds out the women on the ship aren't there to cook (and learns something, maybe)
Act of Providence
The Spinning Gates

Comments

Iroh has a talk with his nephew

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Because I sort of wimped out before, not giving you Iroh-and-Zuko interaction, the second half of the answer to prompt one

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Iroh was waiting at the stern of the ship when his nephew's steamer sailed up under the cover of the strange, short polar summer twilight. He watched his nephew hook the special chain to his vessel and creep up the ramp. As his nephew sent a fire blast into the miniature moter that would haul the steamer onboard, Iroh stepped out of the shadows. "Nephew."

Zuko spun around slowly, carefully in the polar wind. "Uncle," he responded warily.

"I had an interesting talk with those children you captured," he said calmly. "Very interesting."

"I'm sorry, Uncle," Zuko whispered, feeling sick. "I know I dishonored the family and I'm going-"

Iroh grabbed his stupid, wonderful boy's arm and pulled him into a fierce hug. "You will not. I won't let you."

"It's the right thing to do," Zuko muttered into his uncle's sleeve.

"No, it isn't," Iroh told him, holding tight. "There is no honor in choosing captivity, and I will not let you do it."

Re: Iroh has a talk with his nephew

[fanficforensics.livejournal.com]

OH MORE.

And hell yes, hugs. Go Iroh. Zuko, you are really really stupid but you are made for hugging, and there's no way you can pretend otherwise. I want to squish them both here, and I really hope that Zuko just lets the power of cuddles change his mind about turning himself in.

But Ozai will be fucking that up with his "love you darling, come home" letter, presumably? I hate him a little more already.

Re: Iroh has a talk with his nephew

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

That suicidal streak of Katara's that Gran Gran didn't know about? Well Iroh really really really knew about his nephew's. In fact, Katara telling Iroh that Zuko wanted to turn himself in is what really made him believe her. Fortunately, Iroh has long experience managing such idiocy on his nephew's part. Not much success, but lots of experience.

Thankfully for both mine and Iroh's sanity, Ozai doesn't find out about the Avatar thing until after that regrettable incident with the blue spirit, and then there are certain reasons his daddy's message doesn't reach Zuko right away (can't say more, you can't make me!) but yeah, Ozai is an uncle/nephew love killer.