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

Re: Laying Aang to rest at the Southern Air Temple, Part 7/7

[wolfs-lament.livejournal.com]

I like the detail that this installment gives to the AU. I especially like that there's an Avatar who doesn't do her duties. Very nicely done!

Zuko and Aang's interaction is lovely. I hope there are more chances (somehow) for them to talk. One thing I love about the whole thing is how well Zuko's personality shines through in the little things: knowing every member of his crew, but not acknowledging them and his sorrow at hearing about Baoshi's death while still being angry for being (in his opinion) manipulated both really stuck in my mind.

Re: Laying Aang to rest at the Southern Air Temple, Part 7/7

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Thank you! One of the problems with any Avatar Zuko AUs is what has the Avatar been doing for the last hundred years? Also, it gave me a lovely chance to give Zuko a bad example.

Thank you! Zuko's recalcitrance to speak and his tendency not to understand his emotions any better than anybody else does can make him a bit hard to write.