#and this would KILL Zuko

[transboysokka]

I’ve been thinking about this for a couple days and the original ending of the show is great and perfect and it Had to Be That Way with Aang sparing Ozai’s life

But I really want Sokka to kill Ozai

I want him to one day find out exactly how bad he messed Zuko (and Azula) up and I want him not to be able to take it anymore and I want him to just snap and go to Ozai and kill him

And I want Zuko to see it and I want him to see the blood dripping from Sokka’s hands and I want him to smile and feel such intense relief that the man who’s always held so much power over him is finally gone but the I want him to be overwhelmed by a Terrible sense of Guilt that Sokka felt like he had to do that for him

And I want Sokka, King of Repression, to look up over Ozai’s corpse, soaked with the man’s blood, and smile. Because now Zuko is safe. And Sokka will never have a single regret.

#I have a LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THIS #don’t tell me Sokka wouldn’t do it bc he’s selfless to a FAULT #that protective instinct he’s know his whole life… #and this would KILL Zuko #AHHHHH I LOVE THIS I MIGHT JUST HAVE TO WRITE IT #atla #text #zukka #greatest hits #100

[comradekatara]

to me, the funniest thing about “that’s rough buddy” isn’t the fact that sokka says something patently insane with zero context seemingly out of nowhere, or the fact that zuko clearly doesn’t know how to respond. it’s the completely incorrect use of the word “buddy.” zuko would obviously like to be friends with sokka, but sokka is not, in fact, his friend. this is the most time they’ve ever spent together, and it’s because zuko invited himself to tag along on sokka’s suicide mission. at this point in the episode, sokka still hates this guy, perhaps less than he did a week ago, but he still hates him enough that he didn’t bother forcing zuko to stay home, which means he still didn’t really care whether or not zuko lives or dies. which, considering that he had tried to kill zuko multiple times in the past, is not all that surprising. this entire episode is essentially just zuko forcing his friendship onto sokka while sokka is legitimately too depressed to care. so when zuko calls sokka “buddy,” there’s a spirit of dogged optimism characterizing that epithet, because in no possible realm would sokka consider zuko his buddy at this point in the episode. and that’s something we miss when noting the iconicness of this exchange, simply because, by the end of this episode, they are buddies, so in our minds looking back on these lines, the implication of friendship doesn’t feel out of place at all. and really, it isn’t out of place, but only because zuko’s tenacity and determination (in this instance, his determination to befriend sokka) has always hugely outweighed his ability to read the room.

#and not for nothing but i think if anyone called zuko buddy (such as aang for example) he would melodramatically groan or something #by all accounts this is not a word he would ever use #but this is his first time even mildly successful socializing with a guy his age #and hes like ‘this is how males communicate right?’ #‘if i call him buddy it shall establish camaraderie. which is the first step to marriage’ #zuko #sokka #sokkaxzuko #90% of my zukka posts are about how sokka hates zuko and wants to kill him #but i think that’s an important contribution to the zukka ecosystem . perhaps even the most important

[petricorah]

i wanted to redraw the princess bride scene but it felt ooc for zuko. think i fixed it [id in alt]

#zukka fanart #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender fanart #zuko #atla #avatar fanart #zukka #zuko fanart #sokka fanart #atla fanart #sokka #kyoshi warrior sokka #i actually think that Sokka would make the best wesly going to save yue but for the purposes of this scene only i switched them #and zuko's inigo montoya but he says he's going to Kill his father #anyway. anyone want more princess pride scenes perhaps with sokka and yue? #myart

[bakedbeanchan]

AU where Zuko doesn't practice helmet safety

#baked bean originals #avatar the last airbender #zuko #sokka #iroh #atla #what would even happen after this. aang's firebending teacher is dead #he'd have to learn from. jeong jeong. #on another note i love how violence is such a big deal to aang #but it's just a chore to sokka #he did not gaf about killing all those guys in air ships or combustion man #“YEAH BOOMERANG :D!!” sokka you just murdered a man. #he cheers after he murders combustion the exact same way i cheer when i finish writing a tedious essay

[lilith-91]

"you miscalculated—i love Zuko more than i fear you” 🤝 "give me one reason to think you might hurt Aang, and you won't have to worry about your destiny anymore. Because I'll make sure your destiny ends, right then and there. Permanently."

#avatar the last airbender #aang #katara #mai #kataang #maiko #they are not playing about them #my girls ❤ #oh katara would have killed zuko #she was 100% serious #and mai was ready to die against azula #atla

[mugentakeda]

more jetko tomfoolery

#jet: have you ever seen a bitch so bad you wanted to kill yourself? #smellerbee: can we talk about something else. like when are you gonna get a job for example #also as for why i think jet and iroh would still have beef even if jet never saw him heat his tea.... #i think jet would still find his vibes very off. and hed be right about that technically #and iroh wouldnt like jet because hes slimy and proud of it. and because he came over to their apt once and sat on zukos bed w his shoes on #he wants his kid to make friends. really he does. but why does this little punk have to be it. #jetko #jet #zuko #iroh #smellerbee #longshot #avatar the last airbender #atla #alicias art

[zutarawasrobbed]

Why Zuko didn’t tell the Gaang about his scar

There’s been wide speculation for years about why Zuko didn’t tell the Gaang about how he got his scar in the series. The consensus is that they didn’t have time, which is strange because the answer is rather obvious.

If Katara found out, she’d go out of her way to kill Ozai herself, and her next field trip with Zuko would be to the Fire Nation castle on a full moon to crush Ozai’s heart in his chest with her bloodbending.

But that would completely negate the need for Aang to restore balance and learn energy bending in the finale to avoid killing Ozai.

#Katara: we have to defeat the Fire lord. he’s the worst #Zuko: yeah. when he burned me- #Katara: I’m sorry. he did what? #the speed in which Katara would yip yip to caldera would be expeditious #Katara is the head of the team kill Ozai fan club. #I was personally team kill that bitch Ozai #also it would probably lead to Zutara #so the creators wouldn’t let that happen #zuko #katara #avatar the last airbender

[allgremlinart]

see the REAL reason they killed off Jet was because if he lived and he got the required Southern Raiders-style field trip episode with Zuko they would have like just killed the guy. like no this time actually we're killing the guy. yeah nobody is learning anything its just murder in this one. and also because theyyyyy would have had horrible gay sex about it too. him and you know. the two of them.

#like Zuko knows who Colonel Monke is too like he's seen him before. he could definitely find and kill him. #is all I'm saying. like RIP Jet you would have LOVED to kill the guy who murdered your family with #that twink who you begrudgingly have to work with now. but nooooo internal bleeding. sad ! #jetko

[emkini]

Would like to thank taob by @hella1975 for giving me ample sketch inspiration over the last few days

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #sokka #atla fanart #fanart of a fanfic #taob #em draws #zi se owns my whole heart btw #his and zuko's relationship is something I didn't know I needed #STUNNINGLY dysfunctional but dammit they love each other a whole lot #kanut in the list of top ten middle aged men I would kill and die for

[bluespiritshonour]

Thinking about how popular Mai would've been if she were a boy. Like, can you imagine?people would've swooned over her like they swoon over, idk, Jet—it just occured to me that I like her because she's so unconventional for a female character.

Girls like Mai exist in real world—but women are rarely allowed to be complex and three dimensional and grey in fiction.

I would argue that Mai is a grey character; she did start out as Azula's lackey. And well, that's a fictional girl; I found her apathy stan-worthy.

I love that she constantly has a bitch face. She cracks dry/dark jokes. Wears black. Is mysterious and stoic. Does everything she can to disregard authority/even though she's not confrontational about it. (There's one difference. Bad boys are usually very confrontational).

All these characteristics exist in popular male characters. (Except for one thing that I've noticed: most of these “bad boy” characters are volatile and yet, are described as broody/stoic, like, dude. That ain't stoic, that's so emotional.)

So yeah. Coming back to Mai. Imagine if she were a boy.

A boy who's apathetic and has no passion for anything. A boy who's constantly bored/a thrill-seeker/has nothing he cares about. A boy who has a shutter for a face and rarely expresses himself, is amazing with knives and hand-to-hand combat and is gloomy.

There's nothing he cares about because caring gets people hurt and everyone wants something and is two-faced so it's safe to be a mask of indifference. Until—hold on—until he meets a passionate, hot-headed girl who's ✨ different ✨and if not anything, wears her heart on her sleeve/is an open book...

Yes, I'm talking about Zuko.

...and oh, oh, would you look at that? Now he has something to fight for!

I mean, for Mai, Zuko (after Ty Lee) is the only other person in front of whom she can be herself.

Reminds me of “he's only nice to her” trope. Sorry.

“You're so beautiful when you hate the world.”

“I don't hate you.”

Just imagine Mai as a boy. People would eat it up. They don't like her 'cause she's a girl.

#mai #atla mai #avatar the last airbender #in defense of mai #i just felt like word vomiting #even zuko is described as broody #as if he wasn't constantly #and i mean CONSTANTLY #incapable of not expressing himself #plus mai was more apolitical than zuko #zuko was an active part of FN imperialism #and while mai did help azula #she always chose the path of least resistance #cue azula drilling a hole into ba sing se's wall #in what would be a historic victory for FN #and mai being like ew #azula can kill me later im not jumping in a drain #again not defending mai for helping azula #which is why i say she is a grey character #she's also a side character and hence did not get as much care/screen time as #say #someone like zuko

[ambriel-angstwitch]

Sokka: I have decided I want to get cremated

Zuko: Like when you die?

Sokka: No whenever just surprise me.

#zuko: so when I stop being your enemy you suddenly want me to kill you #Sokka: I just miss the thrill of being attacked out of the blue #zuko: have you been drinking cactus juice? #atla sokka #Sokka would so do this kind of chaotic thing #luckily he didn’t say it to Azula she’d probably take him up on the offer #zuko #sokka of the water tribe #prince zuko #fire lord zuko #zuko avatar #atla incorrect quotes #incorrect avatar the last airbender quotes #incorrect atla #sokka avatar the last airbender #atla zuko #sokka and zuko #can be interpreted as #zukka #post series #zukka incorrect quotes #I love talking in the tags

[comradekatara]

old man zuko was crazy for saying to korra “i was often aang’s counsel, and i would love to be yours.” i mean i guess they’ve had several decades in between shows to establish that fact offscreen, but textually, our only instance of zuko “providing counsel” to aang is when he tried to bully him into killing his dad for him. not exactly what i would qualify as imparting sage wisdom, but ok lmfao

#zuko #aang&zuko #i guess he also taught him firebending but like. idk man #if i was aang and i needed advice on smth i don’t think i would go to zuko first……… but that’s just me i guess #if anything i feel like the only character who was consistently giving aang good advice was katara #meanwhile zuko sokka toph were all just like ‘you need to KILL’

[fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma]

don’t know if anyone’s pointed this out before but if zukka actually got married then Katara would be Zuko’s sister in law. do you even understand how powerful that is ?? do you understand the sheer terror they would put in everyone because oh no oh spirits, there’s two of them and they’re siblings.

#atla #zukka #zuko x sokka #zuko & katara #like????? #there’s so much you can do here #first of all sokka would HATE IT and mildly be regretting his choices #bc now he gets double the teasing #And the general public is scared too #like those two fighting??? shitting my pants #also if we’re talking about Serious Stuff then like #Zuko never had a sister he could get along with #never had a sister he could tease and annoy but she’d still kill anyone for him #but now he has that #like do you SEE #anyway #I’ll shut up now but I needed to get this out of my brain

[ultfreakme]

Look you can’t dismiss Zukka as a crackship when they, overall, had more positive interactions with each other than many other fanon Zuko or Sokka ships that are taken more seriously because they’re het.

Like okay, you’ve got

the episode 1 armor parallel

 Sokka saying “if there’s one thing I know about Zuko, it’s that he never gives up”

Zuko’s time at Western Air Temple where Sokka’s the only one who’s helping him to his room and even smiling at him.

Then we get TWO WHOLE EPISODES(TWO) of Zuko and Sokka working together extremely well and the narrative itself showing how they complement and support each other positively.

Need I talk about the tent scene, yes its funny but also Sokka felt comfortable enough with Zuko at that point that he talked about his mom with Zuko.

The SWORDBENDING KAI

the fact that Zuko, Sokka and Suki become a little sub-trio during Ember Islands

the Search comic where they’re the only ones awake and they’re talking about family.

every zukka shipper knows this one, *ahem* “The prince and the fool, is that all you were, or were to one another?”

If we’re talking on Zutara terms, Zukka is equally as valid. Like yeah it’s funny as a dynamic but also, it’s not like this is completely out of nowhere. There’s stuff in there that backs up the ship rather well.

I think overall, Sokka saw Zuko as more of a person? The crystal caves thing put Zuko on Katara’s shit list, rightfully so, but it’s because Katara’s an idealist and sees the best in people. Unfortunately it goes the other way, she’s a lot more black and white about people than Sokka. Like if it were Sokka in the crystal caves and Zuko had pulled the mom story, Sokka would empathize but he’s not going to trust Zuko in any capacity or see him too differently unless he showed results.

Like he knows to some extent Zuko’s capable of good and even says that just being capable of good isn’t enough. He needs to show it. Zuko betraying them in the Ba Sing Se definitely would’ve pissed him off but like, to some extent, he’d have seen it coming. Sokka’s always been more nuanced on the morality thing than Katara and Aang. Which is why I think he more quickly was willing to give Zuko a chance at the Western Air Temple. Zuko was acting on his ability for good. Sokka being a skeptic actually helped them a lot(oh, Jet my boy).

Anyways Zukka rights

#zukka #zuko x sokka #fanon ships can be not serious and all but i get miffed when people act like zukka is some utter joke #coming here after weeks #but i'm gonna get killed for this #but uhhhhhhhhh zukka has more backing than jin and zuko #I'M NOT SAYING DON'T SHIP those two but #they got one episode and heterosexuality of the early 2000s demand for a love interest #IF that whole thing wasn't a thing i'm p sure jin and zuko wouldn't be a thing like at all #if sokka were a girl and boiling rock happened he'd be considered a love inerest for zuko #or vice versa if zuko was a girl and boiling rock happened everyone would expect them to end up together #but because they're both GUYS it's like 'hahah crackship'

[evelynpr]

I might get burned at the fandom stake here, but I personally think Zuko x Katara x Aang being a thing when they are older would be very interesting and hilarious. Just hear me out-

Katara and Aang, married, both looking at Zuko: "Hey so my wife and I saw you across the bar, and we saved the world together and all so, can I get you some tea?" kinda vibe.

Like the three of them are all each other's narrative foils and parallels. They circulate each other narratively and emotionally throughout the whole series and even comics. When they're all older restoring peace around the world, they would have all spent so much time together I like to think it would just, kinda Click for them

#pls dont kill me for this kataang and/or zutara fans and antis i am begging for my life here #there is much more to this i have in mind #like these 3 would have essentially grown up together restoring peace around the world #but Zuko just feels almost like a missing piece to their relationship #Zuko and Katara are Aang's yin and yang to me like u just cant separate them #evelynpr atla #i just need to get this off my chest so i wont tag this too much #atla #avatar the last airbender #zutaraang

[mugentakeda]

better safe than sorry

#katara is so shifty eyed and protective of all her friends i think its really cute......... #i was thinking about the way zukos face shifted when iroh yoinked him and made myself sad #also PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEE dont tag as zu///tara ... #i mean i guess you could interpret this as that but anytime i post katara zuko things assume zuko is a gayboy. Idk #but yeah!!!! quick little comic of an idea i had hahaha.... #she reminds me of luffy in the way that as soon as she sees you as a friend she would kill and die for you #beyond limits comprehensible by the feeble human mind. #katara #zuko #iroh #avatar the last airbender #atla #alicias art