#divorced zukka even

[ash-and-starlight]

divorced zukka + “you’re just as beautiful as the day i lost you” scene from httyd. is this anything.

#this has been sitting in my drafts for sooo long #but i saw a resurgence in divorce brainrot on my dash so i wanted to bring this to the Conversation #umm feeling a bit insane rn #zukka #divorced zukka even #they also have their lil dance and song and izumi is puking in the bg #and then one of them……. :/ #GENUINELY asking if someone connected these dots bc httyd was the blueprint for ‘divorce but still in love’ #send post

[petricorah]

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

[sokkas-therapist]

divorced zukka but they’re divorced BECAUSE they wanted to be the first gay couple to get divorced. So immediate after same sex marriage is legalized they get married and then divorced that same afternoon

They’re still together tho, but they love telling people that they’re divorced :)

Like imagine- “aww, you two are so cute, are you together?” “No, we’re divorced 🥰”

#I know it’s not divorced zukka Saturday yet but here take this! #OH OH #or what if they aren’t even together yet #they just did it for the sake of saying they did it and thought it would be a funny joke #(but bro….I don’t think it’s a just anymore-) #they both slipped and caught feelings per usual #sokka #zuko #zukka #divorced zukka #atla #avatar #sokka x zuko

[bisexuallsokka]

'divorced zukka is toxic' 'divorced zukka is unnecessary angst' you fundamentally misunderstand the entire concept i cant help you <3

#i get it they are in love but also. IT IS SO MUCH MORE NUANCED THAN THAT BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT ROLE THEY PLAY IN A POST WAR WORLD #wouldnt it be so funny if we started real discourse over this? #oh you think this ship that has been living in my head for four years deserves to be happy? JUMP OFF A CLIFF FR #jk anyway it is very clear which divorced zukka dislikers dont even know what its about they just see the phrase and make assumptions #but peace n luv <3 <3 <3 <3 it is definitely not for everyone #divorced zukka

[witchering10123]

my "divorced" zukka au, slammed back into my memory by @transboyzuko latest addition (a true hero right there yall)

story idea is below the cut because whoo boy it became a lot longer than i thought it would

sozin's comet, sokka and toph are dangling off the ship, there's smoke and fire everywhere, it's getting hard to breathe, hard for sokka to see, and without his weapons, sokka is unable to see a way out

a figure of a guard appears through the smoke, and sokka jerks back and away from the man (in vain) but in doing so, jostles his leg. the pain and the shock combined, toph's hand slips out of sokka's grip and he watches helplessly as she falls

sokka makes to jump after her, but the guard grabs him before he can and yanks him back onto the safety of the wider platform. sokka tries to fight, but he's quickly subdued and he falls unconscious

(fear not, toph does live: she falls from sokka's grasp, but what sokka doesn't realise, due to the intensity of the smoke and fire, is that suki is right beneath them, and she catches toph. do not worry i am not killing toph, i am too scared to do that)

the airship pulls away from the battle, with the most senior commander taking over and urging a retreat to one of the southern fire nation islands, where he, and a number of powerful fire nation lords, hail from - that part of the fire nation does not recognise the authority of fire lord zuko, however it is unclear if they would recognise ozai, now that his bending is gone (and besides, quite a number weren't wholly impressed with him usurping iroh), so the war has become more of a civil war, with the separatists (they're not separatists but idk what else to call them) planning to take over the fire nation and then continue the war

the gaang are now faced with a fire nation civil war AND convincing the many ek provinces and water tribes to support zuko so that the 100 year war can truly end, however many ek ministers and some northern water tribe ambassadors believe this is a trick

during this time, sokka is a prisoner of the separatist group, and has resigned himself to this fate, believing toph to be dead and ngl perhaps suki as well, but he's definite that toph is dead and he's definite that his actions led to her death, so MAJOR survivor guilt

this is, of course, exacerbating his guilt about not protecting yue, his mum, katara (even though she's not dead he still doesn't know what happened to her)

so yeah, sokka's feeling very guilty and feels as if he deserves being imprisoned/tortured/etc, so he's not making any escape plans or anything, he's just done

BUT THEN

a new political prisoner is placed in the cell next to his: a young boy called hinata (imagine like 7 or 8) who the separatists are using to try and goad one of the fire nation nobles who is supporting zuko - he reminds sokka a bit of the boys back home in the swt that he cared for

sokka begins to feel very protective of this kid, especially when the guards come round to do their usual tormenting, or when they give out too small rations, or when hinata has a nightmare, and after a while he realises that he needs to get out, but not for himself, just for hinata

so they do, they escape (you'll notice how much thought i've put into this lmao) but they can't get back to hinata's family because it's all a massive war zone so sokka grabs the kid and they head for the ek, and not just the ek, like south east of ba sing se ek, near the eastern air temple ek, like as far from the fire nation as possible, sokka isn't letting anyone near hinata

yeah, he essentially becomes an older brother to hinata

now sokka has every intention of reuniting hinata with his family once the war is over but unfortunately they are very remote and so the village they are staying in doesn't exactly get the news asap. or like, at all

aang is visiting the eastern air temple a few months after that war has ended (i'm thinking at least a couple of years after aang defeated ozai but hey whatever floats your boat) and he stops by at a village to get supplies and lo and behold sokka and hinata are there

the reunion is very accidental, one of appa's buckles on his saddle snapped and aang landed near the village because he didn't want to continue his flight to the eastern air temple with a broken saddle and he needed supplies anyway, and so he enters the village, asks a nearby kid who looks strangely fire nation "hey, do you guys have a blacksmith" and hinata is like, "oh yeah, come with me" and he takes him to sokka

yes sokka would become a blacksmith fight me if you dare

(also i'm imagining that during sokka's time as a prisoner, he definitely lost his leg that got broken because like the separatists would have gone for the easiest route with sokka's broken leg and if it's broken too badly then why bother trying to heal it just go chop chop- so yeah, sokka makes himself a prosthetic and specialises in mobility aids, which are sorely needed in this area of the ek with the amount of refugees that fled to that province when they couldn't get access to ba sing se, but he does other engineering things as well and his ideas are, ngl, creating a bit of a hub near the eastern air temple, so slay for sokka)

regardless, aang and sokka reunion :)))

long chat about hinata having to return home, because like yes that was always the intention but aang reveals to sokka that hinata's family were killed when hinata escaped and the separatists had no more leverage over hinata's family (he doesn't reveal that to hinata for obvious reasons, he lets sokka do that) and hinata and sokka have become a little dependent on each other

it's not co-dependency per se, but like it was definitely going that way before they reached the village and their community helped them begin to heal from their trauma and stuff, but regardless they don't want to be separated, and so after much deliberation sokka and hinata decide that they want to stay where they are and if the gaang want to visit that is fine but if there's nothing tying them to the fire nation then why leave their new home

sokka's part of the decision is most definitely fueled by shame over losing toph and not being able to protect the people he loves, but aang doesn't realise that sokka doesn't know that toph is alive so aang doesn't mention anything, he just agrees to tell the gaang and family and all and leaves

aang returns not even three weeks later with katara zuko toph suki, a couple of hinata's uncles who want to at least see that hinata is alive, and a letter from hakoda and bato saying that they're aboard a ship sailing over

angsty reunion for sokka as he realises that toph is alive lemme assure you that was not on his reunion bingo card no siree

angsty reunion for suki and zuko with sokka because zuko and suki were very sure that sokka was dead and sokka was very sure that zuko and suki would hate him for getting toph killed

angsty water tribe fam reunion obvi with a heavy dosing of katara hakoda and bato assuring sokka that he did not fail

...so yeah it's angsty it's dramatic it's miscommunication it's long distance it's kind of technically not really divorced au but it's got a bit of flair and that's all that really matters

#zukka #divorced zukka #my unhinged writing #hurt sokka #sokka adopts a child #which tbf is like at least half of my aus #if lok won't give us father figure/guardian sokka then i guess i'll have to #hurt everyone #give them all hugs and forehead kisses they deserve them #amputee sokka #amputee sokka my BELOVED #get that man a prosthetic #blacksmith sokka #again #don't try and fight me #if you even attempt to fight me you will fall into the ruins of your lies #anyhoo #they're gay your honour #gay and stupid #engineer sokka #forgot about that hehe

[theolddivorcedzukka]

to be real with you all, i don’t think that zuko and sokka could ever in any context be the couple that divorces as a joke because zuko would take that seriously no matter how sokka explains it because “huh??? why would we do that?? but i love you?? are we okay sokka should we talk what’s wro” and i cannot imagine sokka asking to do that for fun with zuko (only with toph. for the jokes). anyway have you guys watched this episode called “the boiling rock”

#literally nothing prompted this btw i just kept thinking about them and suddenly had this thought #the divorce is not one bit jokey it’s 100% srs and they’re not even married #anyway hi #vee keep talking #divorced zukka

[momos-servants]

Thinking of lowkey toxic Zukka with Lana lyrics

“Don't say you need me when

You leave and you leave again

I'm stronger than all my men

Except for you

Don't say you need me if

You live last, you're leaving

I can't do it, I can't do it”

Maybe, whether it's Sokka or Zuko, one of them attempts to rekindle their past romance. However, it becomes apparent that their relationship is over. Both are aware that it's a futile attempt, yet they struggle to release their grip on one another. Their interactions are now limited to awkward glances and small conversations, but even that seems irreplaceable. The frustration of moving on lingers, yet they find themselves inevitably drawn back to one another. Maybe Zuko grows angry seeing Sokka trying to date again and sends out desperate attempts to rekindle their relationship. Maybe Sokka crumbles, knowing as much as he desires to feel Zuko’s touch again, he’s not what he needs.

#zukka #LANA #I don’t even care for divorced Zukka #but I do love so angst over anything else

[backhurtyy]

@bisexuallsokka just said life is a highway is a divorced zukka song i cant take this anymore

#SHES NOT EVEN WRONG WHICH IS WHY ITS SO UPSETTING #IS NOTHING SACRED #divorced zukka #divorce tw #zukka

[bleekay]

i may not be 100% divorced zukka truther, im too delicate tbh, but i will say there's such an appeal to a love that never quite covers the gap between them. like the love is there, and the love isn't the problem, it's everything else, it's their lives going in different directions, it's living apart, it's each allowing the other to put themselves first over their relationship even when they don't want to, and it's not hating each other for being selfish, and it's taking whatever is offered and not asking for more even though they both may want to, and it's periods of denial where it's all roses and sunshine and talk of running away together, and periods of trying to get over it all and be friends because the alternative is difficult, and it's getting older and accepting that it's not perfect but it's not really so broken as they thought it was either

#zukka

[ash-and-starlight]

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#wow it’s sooo crazy how tamino wrote my dearest friend and enemy about divorced zukka wow #woahg even #either way we’d be apart either way it would break my heart I dream of living a life where neither of us fears looking behind #hello?? #send post

[petricorah]

since it's over my dash today, when i draw comics, this is my "divorced" zukka au: That they choose their duties over their personal lives. Sokka out of love and obligation. And Zuko out of love for his people...but also out of guilt and fear that he'll end up like his father. And they got together, briefly, wonderfully, before they had to part ways. It was the culmination of years of pining and worrying about their friendship, and for a brief moment, they think they can have a future before reality and their own choices ruins it for them, and Sokka leaves and Zuko stays. They didn't get the chance to be happy together and now it hurts too much to even be friends. Because all that's left between them is what could have been. And sometimes they'll have to do a mission together and things will click back into place like they were meant to be, just like boiling rock, and they'll be reminded of what a good team they make and how much trust they have in each other. And Zuko is reminded that he hasn't really smiled that way in years because Sokka's the only one who can make him that happy, and that realization comes with a bitter twist inside him because he knows it's fleeting, and it's not fair that he can only be happy with someone who lives across the world. And Sokka remembers what it feels like to have warmth and sure footing. What it felt like to be with the one person he could completely let go with and know he'd be caught if he fell. And how he missed hearing the sound of Zuko's laugher so much he has trouble enjoying his own jokes because it just feels a little bit empty without the person he wanted to spend his life with by his side to hear them.

And then, the mission ends, and they're having to say goodbye, again, and it hurts more and more each time until neither of them are able to face it at all.

#throws my contribution to the wind #and then they realize they deserve to be happy too and are finally able to get together--/gets booed off the divorced zukka stage #no energy to draw today so.... #divorced zukka #my favorite eric andre bit is “im saving my virgnity for divorce” and i finally have a context for it making sense sdjkfgdfgjk #sigh. i still have the comic about this and there's no way i'll get it and the turtleduck one done for zukka week #run on sentences they be running they keep going when they shoulda just stopped #this was so long sorry jkhaskj

[sokkas-therapist]

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

[bisexuallsokka]

you know,,,the tumblr trending system is a joke and anything will trend as long as a bunch of people decide to post about it at the same time. so where i am going with this, as co-general, i believe it would be funny if, by chance,

here's the thing

if (when?) we organize a massive divorced zukka day there are two possible outcomes:

we are successful in getting divorced zukka to trend. everyone unfamiliar with the concept is extremely confused. ztaras think the evil is defeated but really we are stronger than ever. we teehee we giggle we even ha ha. it's a beautiful and glorious day.

we are not successful in getting divorced zukka to trend, but there is a fuckton of new divorced zukka content in the world. dozens of new posts to circulate and go insane over. we probably convert more people to our cause.

like...there is no scenario in which we as co-generals of divorced zukka nation lose.....i see the vision....

#im thinking. im pondering even #also all my atla moots have mentioned that things are too quiet too boring. i propose this is how we bring everyone together again #divorcedzukka #ask me stuff #divorced zukka

[sukidude]

that post thats been floating around zukka tumblr about how zukka is a captivating ship not just because it works but because it has the potential not to.

not even the potential, it’s doomed to fail. divorced zukka is so riveting because it is the embodiment of knowing the consequences but trying your luck anyway. of having read the book but hoping for a different ending this time.

every. time.

they fly until they fall, they crash until they burn, they love until they can’t stand each other.

It’s not just enemies to friends to lovers, it’s a secret third thing: doomed by the narrative!!!

#whether you believe they get back together before Sokka’s canon death is up to you (me personally I say yes) #but either way oooooohhhh it makes for such a great ship to WRITE jeez #their problem is they love too much!!! too hard!!! they give all of themselves until there’s nothing left!!!!! #I’m sorry I don’t know where this brain rot is coming from lmao #anyway stan zukka ig #specifically divorced zukka #zukka #anyway op from the post im referencing you slayyyyyedddd

[transboysokka]

okay but i AM thinking about Divorced Parent Zukka

Izumi living mostly full-time in the Fire Nation with Zuko because of politics and she’s the heir and blablabla

Izumi never feeling fully like she belongs among the Water Tribe because she so rarely gets to visit and learn the culture

Sokka and Izumi’s relationship doomed to get complicated as she grows up and wow if it isn’t too uncomfortably similar to Sokka’s relationship to his own dad as a teenager

Izumi not even able to talk about either of her dads with the other one because she’ll just get annoyed at their stubborn idiocy

Izumi being the one to FINALLY bring her stubborn dads back together when she’s an adult and can see they never stopped loving each other…

#fIRST of all why do I keep posting divorced zukka I have like 0 audience for it #but I’m sorry I just have so many feelingsssss #text #atla #zukka #divorced zukka #greatest hits #100

[theolddivorcedzukka]

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#5

zuko has spent his whole life fending for and protecting himself. at such a young age, he was forced to eliminate and kill the softer and gentler parts of him because they were seen as weakness by his father and sister and most of the people in his family. but the thing is that zuko at his core is simply a loving and gentle person and even when zuko had lost himself, that part of him was still there. and it’s so important for him to get the chance to bring back that part of him and relearn and express those emotions and be able to show people how much he cares with actions rather than words (yeah he could use words but things don’t always come out the way he wants so..).

AND sokka has spent his whole life protecting and fending for others. with his father and all the men in the tribe gone, he was forced to take the role of the sole protector to the point that it became his identity and all he really was. sokka is paranoid and he’s always afraid that something/someone is going to get them and take the people he loves away from him and being the warrior is such a burden and it’s so heavy and deep down, sokka wants someone that is willing to take that burden away from him and allow him to relax and let himself be vulnerable SO HOW COULD ZUKO NOT BE THE BIG SPOON AND HOW COULD SOKKA NOT BE THE LITTLE SPOON?????

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#4

oh yeah i don’t mind sharing the kitchen with you no worries 😊😊 <- holding the rage of god within me

2,855 notes - Posted February 8, 2022

#3

his misogynistic behavior, pathetic vibe, and rage at everyone and everything captivated me

6,518 notes - Posted April 3, 2022

#2

oh and btw the love was there and it changed everything. if u even care

23,094 notes - Posted June 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

i sincerely believe that “slut” is the greatest trait u can give a male character but they need to be pathetic and cringe fail about it

52,566 notes - Posted July 12, 2022

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