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sokkas-therapist · 1 year

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my favorite Zukka trope is “it’s complicated”. No I won’t elaborate because IT’S COMPLICATED

Jk I will elaborate in the tags because I live for drama 😌

#divorced zukka maybe?#nobody knows what’s going on (even them)#on again off again type of relationship exept they’re never really ‘off again’ because they’re always in love #maybe they’ve been unspokenly together for 15 years and they’re basically married #but everyone always whispers amongst themselves over what they are to each other #maybe they’re just pinning idiots forever that have this thing going on where they flirt with each other and are openly affectionate #but refuse to talk about it or put a label on anything so that they can be more #maybe it’s because they’re scared: of what people would think of being abandoned of loving and losing #scared of getting their heart broken man #either way they’re trying to protect themselves #but can never stop wondering what could have should have been #they try to play it off as ‘oh I don’t want to make things messy a friend #(or colleague or roommate or teammate or whatever trope your great desires)’#but we all know there’s more to it than that #zukka #sokka #zuko #atla #avatar #sokka x zuko #zuko x sokka #divorced zukka #divorced zukka SUNDAY even. BAM

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yvainart · 3 months

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an old sketch that i decided to colour (they’re in their divorced era here btw; or something like that)

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petricorah · 1 year

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zuko alone pt 2

lovingly inspired by this [ids in alt]

#zuko #sokka #zukka #zukka fanart #myart #sokka leaving aka the light in zukos life leaving #i imagine this is right before a confession but something happens and sokka decides to go home permanently and they both can't say how they #feel even though it's almost understood because it's too painful #when i first drafted this sokka's hair wasn't nearly as long but then i got carried away because of canon long haired sokka #after i drafted this i actually came up with a longer form one that's more faithful to the inspiration so maybe i'll do that someday.#where they're actually dating already but the love just. isn't enough for their duty #drawing sokka without his necklace is weird. like he's nakey #sokka fanart #atla fanart #atla #avatar the last airbender #can this be divorced zukka if they were never together? tagging anyway in case people have angst blocked #divorced zukka

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bisexuallsokka · 1 year

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maybe one day you will all be ready for my post about the parallels between divorced zukka and kermit/mrs piggy

#'which one is kermit which one is mrs piggy--' NOOO. not like that. thats missing the point #the point has to do with the dynamic of their breakups and the will-they-wont-they being about their marriage #amongst other things #in reality this should say maybe one day i will be ready for this post. there are lots of thoughts i have yet to articulate #anyway happy saturday #divorced zukka

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headaching · 2 years

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Zuko points out, "I'm not the one who watched me skate for three hours straight."

He drops his board to the ground, mounts it, then skates a smug circle around Sokka. They refuse to participate in eye contact by glaring at the sky with arms crossed tight over their chest, drawing Zuko's attention to the tattoo banded around their flexed bicep. He stops skating entirely in favor of fixating on the curves of their muscles and the freckles falling from their shoulders.

If Sokka notices Zuko's fallen guard, they don't seem to care. "It wasn't straight," they argue obstinately.

Zuko pries his eyes from Sokka's arms to flatly dismiss, "You're not funny."

#see i go between writing the divorced zukka and this wildly different modern au established relationship fluff #in which sokka and zuko see how long they can flirt before kissing #gayvgaygaygayhshgay #zukka #my work #i thought maybe i would finish this today and that’s Not happening so here :)

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theolddivorcedzukka · 1 year

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happy birthday prince and the fool day AND happy birthday laurel hell by mitski AND happy divorced zukka saturday. blow after blow after blow

#maybe it’s all tied together. maybe laurel hell can be our divorced prince and the fool always #vee keep talking #divorced zukka #prince and the fool day

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polyphonial-old · 2 years

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smth smth about how loving a person can feel so much more fragile and special after you've been separated from them. smth about how you hold regret for the lost time between you. smth about how you are now acutely aware of just how temporary things can be

#me??? girlblogging abt divorced zukka????#maybe......#vee you have infected me w zukka brainrot just when i thought i was over it #also sorry if youve made a similar post in the past my brain likes to remember ideas long after ive forgotten the source #making me think it was MY idea when it is NOT #this is actually also abt my ocs #mostly zukka tho #zukka #atla

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zvtara-was-never-canon · 11 months

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Zutaras and even Zukkas to this day claim that Mai and Zuko wouldn’t be compatible because Mai never showed any care about the world/morality/politics which makes her an abhorrent match to their precious Fire lord.

That is the closest they ever got to a minimally logical argument and it still falls apart super quickly when you think about it.

First, we don't know what a Fire Lady actually does, as all the Fire Lords we saw in the show before Zuko were widowed/divorced. Maybe it is a role that offers great political power. Maybe it just means you're supposed to stand next to your husband looking pretty and giving him kids every now and then.

And regardless of what the role used to mean, Zuko's whole deal as Fire Lord will be changing nearly everything about how their nation works - if the role of Fire Lady really was incompatible with how Mai wants to live her life, he could just change it to better suit her as he is quite literally the person with the most power in their country and his word is the law.

And while Mai is amoral/apolitical, her actions in books 2 and 3 did show us that she is very capable and willing to:

1 - Fight when necessary (without killing people as the show's rating wouldn't allow for cutting throats and stabbing a motherfucker in the eye, which will come in handy with Zuko's idea for an era of peace, mercy and kindness).

2 - Try to give Zuko some emotional support when things aren't going his way (see Nightmares and Daydreams, aka the episode Mai haters pretend doesn't exist).

3 - Trust that Zuko is making the right call and supporting him fully even as he is doing something that goes directly against what she was taught her whole life (see The Boiling Rock Part 2, aka the other episode Mai haters pretend doesn't exist).

4 - Infiltrate a city and basically act as a spy.

5 - Be a team player.

6 - Just basically take action - THAT is why she didn't like her life in Omashu. She had literally NOTHING to do. It wasn't because politics are boring or whatever the fuck.

So yeah, Mai would not be this disaster Fire Lady, or completely uninterested in helping Zuko. And it's VERY bold of Zutara and Zukka fans to act like the fact that she likes fighting more than the political game is some "gotcha" against Maiko fans, when Katara's whole deal was wanting to have fun, see the world, fight, and learn more about HER culture, and Sokka wants to be like his dad - aka chief of the WATER TRIBE.

Like, say what you will about Mai, but at least we know that after the events of the show she would be in the same country as Zuko. Katara and Sokka meanwhile are likely going to split their time between being home with their family and traveling around with Aang - how is that a good match for the Fire Lord?

And that's when we think of Zuko just as a ruler. If we think of him as a person choosing what makes him happy, we have to remember that HE CHOSE MAI, not Katara, not Sokka, not anyone else, MAI.

I rest my fucking case.

#anti zutara #anti zukka #pro mai #pro maiko

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adriancatrin · 11 months

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Best Zukka fic recs and/or Azula centric fics (bonus points for both!) I'm desperate for more content.

(digging thru my bookmarks) hoo boy ok let's see

i'm gonna put a cut because this might be long!! idk what all of the zukka 'classics' you've read so i just included 'em if they're my faves. list is in no particular order, pls heed warnings/tags on AO3 as some include potentially triggering content ~

like the sun inside of you by ofherlionheart: Zuko is sixteen years old when he’s handed a crown, a throne, and a hundred-year ancestral legacy of colonial imperialism. He’s not scared of the work; he’s scared of being consumed by the responsibilities and burdens he’s claimed. What Zuko doesn’t quite realize, yet, is that he’s not alone in this. Still in progress, one chapter left to go. Very slow-burn Zukka, and some great Azula stuff

To Cleave These Roots We've Made by Erisenyo: Sokka and Zuko have been roommates and best friends through college and graduation, through first jobs and new jobs and promotions, through friends getting married and sisters being pregnant and everything in between. But that all ends in four days. Four days to pack up an apartment. Four days before Zuko goes to law school and Sokka stays behind. Four days to untangle two lives that Sokka and Zuko have spent ten years weaving together. Can you call it a divorce, if you were never actually together in the first place? I don't remember Azula's involvement in this, but gosh darn it's a good one

i won't stumble as i follow down this path (cause words that are spoken are just other things to have) by jublis: It takes Zuko one year to visit his sister again. Featuring birthday weeks, struggling with your own goodness, and a future. Pretty sure this is a Zukki, ft. Azula very heavily

Destiny in the details by salytierra: Sokka heard that story before. Of course he did, the turning point of Zuko's destiny, the single bravest and most noble (or stupid) thing he's ever done. He retold the thoughts that went through his head back then, the repercussions... but he left out a single detail. And it's that detail that changes everything. I need to see his soulmark. Sokka thinks, heart hammering in his chest. Fantastic post-canon soulmate AU. Azula's not in it, though

Divine Intervention by AggressiveStress: Sokka has had a lot of dates but they never stick around and he doesn’t know why. Literally everyone else knows why. Honestly I don't remember much about this one I just know I really liked it hahaha

Maybe I Don't Want Heaven by inkfingers_mcgee: Zuko does not realize that he wants to break up with Mai until she says, “We need to talk about us,” with an unmistakable finality, and the candles around his meditation mat don’t even flicker. // Five years after ascending the throne, Zuko reaches yet another crossroads of self. Sokka helps him through it. Mai incites national legislative reform. Azula is listed as a character in this one but I don't remember her role. The fic is great though. slow burn in case u haven't caught onto the trend of my fave fics yet haha

Of Tea and Turtle Ducks (and the Turtle Duck Guy) by Erisenyo: Sokka is nothing if not enthusiastic about his interests--Learning. Campus traditions. The campus turtle ducks. The guy who's watching the ducks so intently this year. Zuko is nothing if not intense about duck watching. (It's not really about the ducks.) (Is it ever?) No Azula again but gosh darn it this fic is so cute. (expect more erisenyo on this list whoops)

this ultraviolet morning light by GallifreyanFairytale: sokka and zuko break up, make up, go undercover, thwart a rebellion, watch the sunrise, and change the course of fire nation history. not necessarily in that order. I don't remember the level of Azula's involvement in this fic, but I do remember she's in recovery and Zuko thinks about her a fair amount.

Empty Bodies, Empty Smiles by attackfish: Zuko sorts through the wreckage of his childhood and comes across a doll given to his sister. Not a shipping fic, just a character study of sorts of Azula as a child. It's... very sad, but incredibly nuanced in its understanding of her as a very unhappy and unfortunately disturbed child

Will We Last the Night by CSHfic/VSfic: Chief Arnook never assigns Sokka to protect Princess Yue, so he goes to fight the Fire Nation with the other men. When the moon dies, and the ocean spirit takes its revenge, Sokka is caught standing on the deck of a Fire Nation ship. Sokka should have drowned… and he would have drowned, if not for a certain Fire Nation raft fleeing the North Pole. An enemies-to-lovers season 2 rewrite, where Sokka is separated from the gaang during the Siege of the North, and travels the Earth Kingdom with Zuko instead Azula is just S2 Azula w/o redemption I believe, but my goodness the Zukka is just so. SO sweet

Burning Bright by Erisenyo: On a particularly hopeless night, Zuko sends out a messenger hawk to nowhere. He didn’t realize that his messenger hawk is deeply committed to completing the job. And that Sokka happens to be traveling straight through nowhere, at the time. I'm currently rereading this series for the umpteenth time, it's amazing, highly recommend, Azula is hyper intriguing in it too w/ a very complicated relationship with Zuko

All's Fair by Lovely_Elbow_Leech: Book one ends with two major diffrences: 1. Sokka went on the mission with Hahn (it did not go well) 2. Zhao survives the North Pole and that proves unfortunate for everybody (except Zhao, obviously) Imprisoned on Zhao’s war ship, Sokka and Zuko have to work together to survive. They are not very enthusiastic about this prospect. And they argue. A lot. Another of my top faves. Book 2 is in progress

Real Slow by surveycorpsjean: “I see.” Zuko closes the scroll. “Is the Water Tribe sending a replacement?" “Uh yeah,” Sokka gestures to himself dramatically. “You’re looking at him.” No Azula I believe but heckin' slow burn

this is a gift (it comes with a price) by WitchofEndor: There is a ghost on the Wani. But the crew have grown used to - even fond of - Prince Zuko. And no matter how many times General Iroh tries to gently explain the boy’s predicament, tries to suggest that he might attempt to move on, Prince Zuko can always be found watching the sea. There is a prisoner in the palace. Not Zukka, but the relationships in it are fantastic, including Azula and Zuko.

While Mighty Oaks Do Fall by WitchofEndor: The newly-crowned Fire Lord Ozai offers his firstborn son to service in the temple. This turns out to be a catastrophic mistake. Wacky crazy fic. There's something funky fresh happening with Azula, but it's an in-progress fic so. who knows where it'll go

I probably don't need to include The Art of Burning but it's in my fave bookmarks so. Same for Blue

Also in retrospect I have a lot of issues with this fic, but here's my post-canon Zukka w/ Azula redemption fic: New Heights

#hope this helps!#being part of the atla fandom is the first time i've ever bookmarked fics on ao3 so. unfortunately i forget a lot and lose fics:(#but! here are several for ya #beesofnotredame #asks #fic recs #zukka fic rec

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julchenawesome · 1 year

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Zukka week 2023

Day 7: engagement & enemies to lovers (divorce)

Like I'm not forgetting "FLWOGB", neither Will be with "A Song of Ice and Fire" fic by @avatarthelastbackbender. The quote comes from "House of the dragon". Well, this ship it's SLOOOOW BURN , and the quote it's perfect.

Versión without the quote:

@zukkaweek

[ID : dark Background, read feathers or maybe from the weirdwood, or scales or flames... Depends from the perspective. Zuko and Sokka are the main focus, holding together. Sokka touches Zuko's necklace, and his right hand appears from the back of Zuko, with a dagger that threats the boy, it could seems blood at the tip. Sokka looks at Zuko's eye, very serious, conflicted. While Zuko, Who holds Sokka's wrist, and his other hand firebends. His gaze is sad, tender, because even if Sokka threats him and take a thread of blood, he feels something for the Stark. They are enemies for the Targaryen's actions, but that doesn't stop the feelings. Around them the quote from 'House of the Dragon' (Driftmark) from Rhaenyra Targaryen: "Always meant to burn together". END ID]

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transboysokka · 7 months

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This is a big ask so don't feel like you have to, but would you be interested in pitching some summaries of the fics you have up on Ao3? I know there are summaries up there, but I like the casual way you have with words and you say fuck a lot and I dunno yeah

omg this is so funny bc i know the exact way with words you're talking about and of course im not gonna pass up a chance to promote my own work hehe YOU GOT IT!

i have 20 atla fics so I'm going to recommend them in order of... least to most kudos??? to try to trick people into reading more of my stuff? lol idk

I'm 99% sure all of these are Zukka fics...

The Last Five Years - ok actually this is a bad place to start bc i don't think im gonna finish it. it just really didn't take off but um its a The Last Five Years AU with really fucking sad Divorced Zukka

Do Not Stand At My Grave and Cry - this is i think my newest one, it has trans zukka and it's a bit angsty with a fake death but i also think it's kind of fun. it's the idea trans people have of ''who's going to care if my family puts the wrong name on my gravestone?" but there IS a happy ending

A Problem Halved is a Problem Shared - im gonna be honest i dont fucking remember writing this one lol but it says dialogue-only and it WILL be angsty bc it is about zuko and sokka dealing with different issues they have

One Last Time (and its sequel The End of All Things) - Actually OLT is definitely one of my faves I ever wrote. It's my canon-compliant take on um... *cough* Sokka's death, referenced in Korra. It's SO angsty but it has one of the most visceral scenes I've ever written and I DID cry writing this. TEoAT is the happy ending Divorced Zukka deserved with bonus Iroh but you WILL cry reading that too. BUT i cant fucking recommend these ones enough!!!!

If I fade away (the awful things we do to make the head go quiet) - VERY dead dove. trans zuko needs to pay a MASSIVE price to get home to the Fire Nation after Ba Sing Se, and it's not his choice at all. I love this but READ WITH CAUTION

In Which Sokka is Supportive Ally Boyfriend Goals - I am dead serious i like dont remember this one at all but i know it has trans zuko!

Nourishing the Flame Within - not the best written tbhtbh BUT it does have two very important Zukos in it that I hold to be universally true: trans zuko and eating disorder zuko

bad idea right? - okay this is DEF one of my faves lol its about divorced zukka but they just cant stop messing things up and sleeping with each other even though theyre not together anymore lolol

Keeping it in the Family - lmao OKAY SO this is the ONE version of zukka that im like 'ok all u z*tara folks, maybe zuko WAS with her and it obvs didnt work' and then he hooks up with sokka instead and its GREAT but oops now we have Family Drama

Scars of Trust - bro im not gonna like i barely remember writing this one but i remember I LOVE IT and it's about sokka who has been dating zuko a while but he finally learns that zuko is trans? its great

Playing the Long Game - eh, i don't love it, but I'd say it's worth a read. it was my first longer fic in the fandom. it DOES have a great Zukki evolution though if you're into that, and a nice mystery!! Also some whump and angst bc of course

Keeping Score - I liked this one! It's just little snippets of times Sokka has survived assassination attempts, because we always hear about it happening to Zuko, but Sokka gets them too. Angst obviously

It Was Cruel and It Was Wrong - wow, a dead dove fic, yes. It's basically like "If I'm Joo Lee and you're Joo Lee, then who's flying the bison?" Yeah so Sokka and Zuko are both brainwashed by the Dai Lee and Suffering but be careful because this gets DARK

Mother - Izumi has two dads but she feels bad she doesn't have a mom. But guess what, her dads don't have moms either!! She's very happy to find that out! Wow Izumi, way to have some sympathy.

Impact - It's about Zuko taking a longer time to recover from an assassination attempt than he'd want, and Sokka being loving and patient with him! I wrote this when I had a bad concussion for like three weeks and so it's pretty like. Medically accurate lol

Scratchy - Short and sweet. I don't remember this one much but I know that it is fluffy and involves turtle ducks!

Hidden Pain, Shared Love - Another short and fluffy one. It's about the first time Zuko sees that Sokka has problems with his leg sometimes?

Zuko and Sokka Get Engaged in the Most Zukka Way Possible - okay i actually really love this one because it's on brand and cute and also i made it fucking angsty because oF COURSE

Zuko Amongst the Dragons - yes so what if zuko was raised by dragons and met the gaang but he was super feral? and what if shenanigans ensued? AND what if sokka and zuko fell in love anyway????

#quesTian #Anonymous #fic #fic recs #atla #zukka #divorced zukka #trans zuko #trans zukka

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erisenyo · 3 months

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9, 13, 16, 25 🫡 godspeed

9. worst part of canon

The Great Divide lol? Jk, I generally like canon a lot, actually! I think it is such an amazing framework to play around in. But I do wish they had grounded the Southern and Northern Water Tribes in research/real-life cultural roots to the same degree as they did for the other nations. From what I've seen from circumpolar fans, it seems like it's more of a stereotypical and surface-level referencing vs the attention to detail given to the Fire and Earth and Air cultures. I wish canon had built that out more fully and deeply (or at least, built the North out if there was a theme being threaded around cultural loss due to the impacts of war).

13. worst blorboficiation

I feel like awkward turtleduck Zuko is the easy answer here...so I'm going to say Katara. I really like her, for her anger and her heart and her sense of justice and her sense of care and her dorkiness and hunger to learn. It feels like a lot of times she's boiled down to 'group mom' with no other layers, or to a girl boss/girl power fantasy that doesn't actually engage with her trauma and responses to it, or her ssensse of justice. She's a really great, complex, human character and I hate to see her filed down to just the one facet that lets her slot into the background of someone else's story.

(Which is maybe like the opposite of blorboification, to be put into the background lol? De-blorbified haha?)

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

I see a lot of headcanons/characterizations of Zuko as incredibly anxious, frequently to the point of paralysis and distress and needing rescue, and it's one of those things that feels totally divorced from his actual canon characterization to me. He is all action in canon. He throws himself at every problem face-first and he'll figure it out on the way. He has a big emotionally painful revelation that he was raised with lies and he goes to yell at his dad and point swords at him about it. He has an identity crisis so he does some vigilante stuff. A more experienced, older firebender gets in his face so he challenges him to a duel--three times.

He is not paralyzed by anxiety. He is a perpetual motion machine. He broods, he doesn't ruminate, and there is a difference.

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

Oh man lol. Ignoring all the purity wank stuff (which. what a big thing to ignore.), how about when we complain about how other shippers are rude and mischaracterize us and come at the Zukkas, when we don't come for them. Which just goes to show how uniquely terrible and rude and awful and wicked and ignorant and mean those other shippers are, and how they don't know anything about canon either, and also their ship is stupid and racist and phobic and--

But don't worry, we don't come at other shippers.

(For the choose violence ask game!)

#ask games #ask and answers #sorryyyyy this one maybe got a bit harsh I do promise I am not vagueing anyone lol

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narrativelysignificantturtleduck · 1 year

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i'm very pro divorced zukka bc i read a LOT of firelord/ambassador back at the beginning of the pandemic and while i still love some of them (firebender's guide my beloved) after a while i started to wonder, like, would sokka really be happy living in the fire nation? like wouldn't it fucking suck to date the leader of the nation that oppressed your people, even if he was your best friend and doing his best to fix things? you'd want to spend time with him but to do that you'd have to go to a place that hates you. and wouldn't it be miserable to be a leader of a formerly imperialist nation and the guy you have a crush on is your best friend from a culture yours tried to destroy? you'd want him close but know that he probably feels weird and out of place and experiences tons of racism whenever he visits.

all the best firelord/ambassador fics i read dealt with this to some degree (again, firebender's guide my beloved) but it still makes you think that maybe they wouldn't stay together, that maybe they wouldn't be able to make it work enough to make this difficult situation worth it

so y'know. divorce

#i don't know if it's specifically a reaction to firelord/ambassador for everyone but it is to Me #and ngl it's kinda gotten me back into zukka #bc after a while i got tired of it and moved onto zukka but minor characters #where i didn't have to see any bad takes because the only people who also like them are my friends #and that pairing is very much Divorced so. yeah divorced zukka is Right up my alley #divorced zukka #nina's personal log

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petricorah · 11 months

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