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somethingwritey · 3 years

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How is the Rangshi long fic coming? Id love an update on ittttt!

Hello! I'm so glad you're still thinking about my Rangshi fic! It's currently around 20k at the moment—definitely getting a bit carried away!

Because you asked, here's another little out-of-context snippet ;)

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“Do you think the spirits would mind if I assassinated a world leader?”

Jinpa jerked his head up at the question, risking a glance behind him at her. Kyoshi knew she must be a sight to behold, laying out across the wide saddle and staring up at the darkening clouds. In her hands, she opened and closed a fan in time to her pounding pulse.

“I don’t think that’s listed as an Avatar duty,” Jinpa stammered, thoroughly taken aback by her proposal.

“Bummer.”

Jinpa was quiet for a few moments, no doubt trying to edge around the subject towards her reasoning. “I take it that meeting with the Fire Lord went… poorly?”

Kyoshi propped herself up on her elbows to stare him in the face. She hoped he could read how absolutely stupid that question had been. She’d emerged from the Fire Lord’s palace by stomping, causing tiny earthquakes as she marched over to the stables. That should’ve been indication enough.

“He’s out of control.” Kyoshi shivered—Rangi’s absence making itself very apparent just then; she could always be counted on for a little extra warmth while traveling.

Kyoshi went back to staring at the sky.

Zoryu’s words about the Firebender still echoed in her ears, doing more to chill her than the night air ever could. She wished she could put more distance between Rangi and the Fire Lord, despite being hidden away in Yokoya.

For a terrifying moment, she wondered if Zoryu somehow knew. If he could see the girl in her cotton shift, laid out on the infirmary bed with her hands knotted in the sheets. If he had discovered a way to look at the bruises on her face and the way her breath still rattled slightly whenever she breathed. Maybe this whole meeting had been a distraction, a diversion to take Kyoshi away from the infirmary and Rangi. Maybe, it was too late.

“Jinpa!” Kyoshi felt her heart pounding in her ears. “Fly faster!”

She worked herself up as they flew, imagining horrific scenes of injury and destruction—rivaling the iceberg or North Chung-Ling - only this time, it would absolutely be her fault. If anything happened to Rangi, the Flying Opera Company, even Hei-Ran and Atuat, she would be to blame.

Kyoshi gripped the edge of the saddle, her knuckles turning white from the effort. She watched the ground grow closer and closer as Yingyong spiralled into a descent. Her chest tightened with every drop in altitude, and once, she almost slipped over the edge and plummeted the last several feet to the ground.

“Quiet evening.” Jinpa seemed on the whole unaware of her own personal panic. He landed Yingyong with ease and dismounted, walking around the side of the bison to assist Kyoshi like he always did.

She didn’t wait for the monk to make it over to her. She tumbled from the saddle, falling hard onto the ground and scrambling back up to her feet.

“Kyoshi!” he yelled after her in disbelief.

She didn’t turn around, stumbling towards the infirmary to what she knew would be waiting for her. Blindly, she pushed open the door and tripped over the doorway, panting and gasping for air, to find -

No evidence of violence. No ransom note or bodies or trails of blood. Just Hei-Ran and Atuat sitting in a few chairs with bowls of noodles, with the rest of the Flying Opera Company still bedridden, but looking more vibrant than before. Even Rangi looked, on the whole, unchanged, propped up in bed. Someone had even taken the time to put her hair back up in its usual topknot.

“Well,” Hei-Ran said dryly, taking in Kyoshi’s haggard appearance. “Are you being pursued by wolfbats? Lion vultures? Spider snakes, perhaps?”

Kyoshi’s face flushed red, and she tried hard to catch her breath - smoothing down her skirts to remove the ruffles.

“Did the monk get eaten?” Atuat asked calmly, taking another bite of her noodles. Clearly, the two women were enjoying the joke at Kyoshi’s expense.

Rangi covered her mouth, looking as though she was trying to keep a straight face for Kyoshi’s sake and failing at it. Kyoshi glared at her.

“Not you, too.”

A little snort escaped Rangi’s fingers, and her eyes went wide.

“Some bison ride you must’ve had,” Kirmia ventured, surveying Kyoshi’s windswept state. “What did happen to that Airbender of yours?”

Kyoshi gestured out the door. “Probably unsaddling Yingyong,” she told them all, still somewhat out of breath. “I, uh, just needed to check something.”

“The Fire Lord put you on edge?” Hei-Ran put down her bowl of noodles, staring hard at Kyoshi.

She forced herself to look back calmly. The last thing she wanted was to let everyone know that she’d gotten worked up over some unfulfilled threats. And now that she was here, even Kyoshi could tell how stupid she’d been. The infirmary was the safest place for Rangi right now, surrounded as she was by Hei-Ran and Atuat and unable to make any wrong move the Fire Lord could use to justify an attack.

Kyoshi forced a smile, relaxing her shoulders the best she could. “Nothing of the sort.” She tucked her fans back into her belt. “The meeting was simply to confirm what he already knew. Pretty big waste of time, actually.”

Hei-Ran was still studying her skeptically, probably trying to pinpoint the reason for Kyoshi’s sudden change in demeanor. Kyoshi dared to look over at Rangi again.

Her expression mirrored her mother’s, lips slightly pursed and head tilted to the side. If Kyoshi didn’t want Hei-Ran to discover the true nature of her meeting with Zoryu, she definitely didn’t want Rangi figuring it out.

Rangi’s station meant everything to her, and she took her job very seriously. If she knew that her own Fire Lord was pondering possible ways to strip the girl of her life - or worse, her honor - she would lose it.

Kyoshi had already seen how Fire Nation citizens treated their disgraced ranking officials. Hei-Ran had been pitied, patronized, pet like an animal. If anyone were to take that tone with Rangi, well, Kyoshi couldn’t promise that she would be able to keep her Avatar State in check.

“Care for some noodles?” Atuat gestured to her own bowl, holding it up for Kyoshi to see.

There was no way Kyoshi could turn down food. She hadn’t eaten since… well, Kyoshi couldn’t quite remember the last time she’d eaten, and she could feel Rangi staring daggers at her.

“Yeah,” she smiled at Atuat. “Noodles would be great.”

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It was three days before Rangi was able to stand.

Atuat worked on her the best she could, trying to heal the internal damage caused by Yun. She told Kyoshi that bits of his earth dagger had broken off inside her wound, causing irritation and leaving a large possibility for infection. It didn’t help that Rangi was a terrible patient.

“I can get up,” she kept insisting. “I’m fine!”

When Atuat finally let her try, Rangi leapt at the opportunity, getting to her feet much too quickly and nearly doubling over from lingering stiffness and pain.

“Careful!” Kyoshi cried, hovering nearby. The outburst earned her stares from both Rangi and Atuat.

When Rangi straightened up again—slower this time—Kyoshi could see the imprint of the bandages under her shift - wrapped generously around her torso like battle armor.

“Are you sure she should be doing this?” Kyoshi asked Atuat, probably only fueling Rangi’s determination. “She’s still got bandages on! What if she starts bleeding again? We can try again tomorrow! Or next week!”

“Kyoshi, what’s your problem?” Rangi narrowed her eyes.

She was being far too overprotective, Kyoshi knew. She should back off. Let Rangi manage her own recovery. But even though it was inviting Rangi’s wrath, Kyoshi didn’t want her Firebender’s stubbornness to impede her healing process.

Rangi needed to take it slow. Make sure she didn’t make things worse with her rush to get better. As much as Kyoshi wanted to see her girl back on her feet, she knew it wouldn’t benefit either of them if it happened too quickly.

That’s what Kyoshi told herself as she watched Atuat support Rangi and instruct her to gently raise and lower her arms - stretching out her muscles. Kyoshi just didn’t want Rangi to overextend herself. To tear open her wound. To hurry an infection along. Her concern was born from love and care, not selfishness.

Or cowardice.

As if to poke holes in her reasoning, Hei-Ran entered the tent, arms crossed. “Jinpa told me your meeting with the Fire Lord ended… abruptly.” She glanced over at Atuat and Rangi for the briefest of moments. “Rangi, straighten your shoulders. Injuries don’t excuse bad posture.”

Rangi huffed, but obediently did as she was told. She respected her mother’s authority, whether she liked it or not.

Kyoshi picked her next words carefully. Lying to Hei-Ran was never a good idea, but neither was letting on just how badly the meeting had actually gone. “I think… the messages of both parties had ample time for sinking in.”

The words could’ve come straight from Yun’s mouth—vague with just the right amount of high-brow language. Maybe she wasn’t a hopeless cause after all.

Hei-Ran seemed surprised by the response as well. “I see. And what message did the Fire Lord impart on you?”

Shit.

Kyoshi tried to think on her feet. “Politics,” she said at last. “The importance of… political relations.”

“Sounds like the stuff Jianzhu used to preach,” Rangi offered, crinkling up her nose at the mention of the departed sage.

Hei-Ran sniffed dismissively at the mention of the man who’d nearly poisoned her to death. Kyoshi wondered inwardly if the woman ever mourned Jianzhu, despite everything. He had once been her close companion, after all.

Every one of Hei-Ran’s old friends were gone, she suddenly realized - swallowing hard. Kuruk. Kelsang. Jianzhu. The once-inseparable gang hadn’t stayed that way for very long. Hei-Ran was the sole survivor.

Killed after hunting dark spirits.

Murdered by Jianzhu.

Murdered by Yun. And me.

What terrible fates had been waiting for the previous Avatar team, often at the hands of each other. Was that what waited for her? For Rangi? For Wong and Kirimia? Was every Avatar doomed to bring failure and annihilation to the people who loved them most?

“Atuat,” she said sharply, turning to look at Rangi who’d made good progress accompanied by the Waterbender. “That’s enough for today.”

“Yes, Avatar.”

As Atuat moved to help Rangi back to bed, Rangi protested - an angry haze settling over her face as she watched Kyoshi move towards the door.

“What?” Rangi twisted in Atuat’s grip, trying to break free, to run after her. “Who let her call the shots around here? Kyoshi, don’t you dare walk away from me! I’m not through talking about this!”

Kyoshi didn’t turn around. She couldn’t.

“Fine! Go clear your head! See if I care!”

And then Kyoshi made it out of earshot.

She would delay Rangi’s recovery as long as she possibly could, drag it out until the spirits themselves were begging the Firebender to get back on her feet. Because at least here in the infirmary, tucked away in Yokoya, she had people to keep her safe. She couldn’t get herself thrown into another life-threatening situation while she was still recuperating from the last one.

Kyoshi wouldn’t be the reason for Rangi’s obliteration.

And neither would Zoryu.

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more coming soon! my commissions are open (and so is my ask box!)

#rangshi #atla #rise of kyoshi #kyoshi x rangi #longfic #writing commissions #fanfic #shadow of kyoshi #kyoshi #avatar kyoshi #avatar the last airbender #rangi x kyoshi #fan fic #fic update

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silima · 3 years

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u know what i think would be a very cool au.......... kyoshi joining the fifth nation instead of the flying opera company

i just think this is a super interesting exchange and itd be really cool if more came of it + we saw more of tagaka after this fight:

obviously like the next thing kyoshi says here is “you’re fucking disgusting and i hate people like you with every bone in my body” so you would have to do some messing around to make this au happen but i think you could do it. something like this:

kyoshi & friends lose the battle against tagaka based on one key event—tagaka manages to incapacitate kyoshi before kyoshi manages that crazy earthbending move that, in canon, gave jianzhu the ammo he needed to win the battle. instead, tagaka’s pirates chase jianzhu&co off and prepare to invade yokoya; jianzhu&co all flee or something, probably trying to get there before the pirates.

tagaka successfully captures yun and kyoshi and reiterates her offer to kyoshi—join or die, basically. kyoshi is fully ready to say "fuck you i would LITERALLY rather die" but then yun is there and he’s probably either gagged and/or stuck in a block of ice so he can’t say anything, but he's looking at her and she knows how badly it would hurt him to watch her die—and she also knows that, if she lives, she at least has a chance to help them both escape. so she says yes.

tagaka obviously uh. knows that kyoshi fucking hates her and only cares about yun, so she makes an effort to keep them separate, fully aware that both would run away together if they could. meanwhile, tagaka is basically waging war against the earth kingdom here. kyoshi, not yet a proper fighter, isn’t placed anywhere near the front lines—but she’s being trained for that, and tagaka takes a special interest in her despite her inexperience. she’s being taught how to fight for a cause she hates by people she hates even more, and it’s generally a shitty time all around. kyoshi is throwing herself into combat training, though, because if nothing else, when the time comes to double-cross tagaka and free yun, she wants to win.

meanwhile, she’s also trying to suss out where tagaka is keeping yun. it takes something like two months for her to find out the truth:

about three weeks after they were first captured, jianzhu, kelsang, and hei-ran broke past tagaka’s defenses and freed yun.

leaving her behind.

(yun, now free, is pretty sure that kyoshi is alive. at first he’s (reluctantly) willing to buy jianzhu’s excuse that they’re planning to save her too, just not *now,* but as time goes on it becomes clear that jianzhu has no such plans (and honestly, in jianzhu’s eyes, kyoshi isn’t a big loss). to yun, kelsang, and rangi, though, she absolutely is—and the three of them begin plotting a rescue attempt of their own, unbeknownst to either jianzhu or kyoshi.)

back with kyoshi—she’s feeling all kinds of angry and betrayed right now because she hears that not only was yun rescued while she was abandoned, but also, kelsang was part of that rescue mission. kelsang abandoned her here with these daofei. the people who were most important to her in the world not only left her here, but they snuck through all of tagaka’s defenses and fought their way out to save yun, not even a mile away from her, and still left her behind.

when tagaka tells her, kyoshi doesn’t believe her at first.

when it does sink in, kyoshi goes into the avatar state.

at this point, kyoshi doesn’t know what to feel. because she hates daofei, but she hates jianzhu and hei-ran and especially kelsang just as much—maybe more, now, because they cast her aside just as easily as her parents did. at least tagaka didn’t do that. and now we’ve got a very confused, very hurt, very angry kyoshi.

tagaka, on the other hand, is feeling absolutely delighted with herself, because here she was thinking that jianzhu had managed to take the avatar back from her. now she knows something he doesn’t, and boy is she going to exploit that.

#avatar the last airbender #rise of kyoshi #kyoshi #yun #tagaka #jianzhu #rangi #hei-ran #kelsang #atla #rok #i love drama.#pirate kyoshi au

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muppet-on-a-spit · 2 years

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001 kyoshi novels!

fandom ask game

favorite character: Lek :( but also Yun, which is interesting because they are similar. Then, I gotta mention Kyoshi of course. Okay but also I like Wong a lot. And Lao Ge... you get it.

least favorite character: Probably Hei Ran

5 fav ships: Kyoshi x Rangi. And uh. Okay so I haven't thought about it beyond that. Jesa and Hark sound legendary.

character I find most attractive: Kyoshi

character I would marry: Kyoshi again 😈

character I would be best friends with: Preferably the whole Flying Opera Company. Wong, Lek, Kirima, and yes even Lao Ge. (they could fix me and make me worse)

a random thought: Jianzhu? Best character imo. Like, obviously I hate him, but thematically? ~wow~ And the best death too, like UGH *chef's kiss*

an unpopular opinion: I don't know what's popular 🤷

my canon otp: so. Rangi and Kyoshi are in fact very good.

my non-canon otp: I don't have one 🤷

most badass character: Watch me say Kyoshi again. Jinpa is also pretty badass I think.

most epic villain: oh Jianzhu. I know the literal pirate queen is also in these books, but Jianzhu is just a very good villain. His motives make sense for him, and he's so hate-able and a dirty capitalist. I enjoy every moment he's on the page, because I'm having so much fun hating his guts and waiting to see what dastardly plan he'll concoct next.

pairing I'm not a fan of: I heard something about Lek and Kirima and I didn't like that

character I feel the writer screwed up: I've only read them once and it's usually on the reread of a good book/movie whatever that I find things like "ohh THAT'S what didn't work for me," so I don't have a character in mind for this question. In general though, there were some slow parts that affected everyone in my mind

fav friendship: Lek and Kirima :)

character I most identify with: Probably Jinpa. He's so me.

character I wish I could be: Kelsang. But like, more alive than he is.

#hello hello this took way too long thank u for ur patience #kyoshi novels #gray speaks #gray's mail

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lobster-tales · 3 years

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College AU - Rangshi

This is for the first day of the Winter ATLA Femslash Week! This work is available here on AO3.

Prompt: Kiss/First Kiss or College AU

Yun invited Kyoshi to join the university's fencing club. He forgot to mention that the sabre coach's daughter was hot.

When Kyoshi entered the practice gym for the first time, she didn’t expect the noise. Voices of students and referees mingled with sneakers scraping on the floor. The most unique sound, however, was the clash of the fencing weapons. She had thought the swords would clang together harshly, like in the movies. Instead, they met with hollow clunks.

A small group of students sat on the bleachers, taking a water break. Many of them were looking her way, curious but not wanting to approach. Kyoshi inhaled deeply, forcing herself to walk towards them. As she got closer, more of the students looked up. She heard the whispers; “Holy shit she’s tall,” “Do you think she’s a professional?” “I hope she’s not a foilist.”

Kyoshi was used to being gawked at. She had a naturally intimidating presence, and most people used it as an excuse to avoid her. For Kyoshi, loneliness was like a knife in her side: less trouble to leave it be rather than let everything spill out.

“Foilists! Back on strip!” The students evacuated the bleachers, passing by a figure that barely surpassed her in height. The man’s face held lines that betrayed his age and good humor, chin blanketed by a long beard. He shot Kyoshi a grin, and relief flooded her system. “Hello there; you must be Kyoshi.”

“Yes,” she hesitated, unsure how to address him. “...Sir.”

The man let out a boisterous laugh. “You don’t have to call me ‘sir’ unless you’re in trouble. The rest of the time, you can call me Kelsang. I’m the foil coach.” He stuck out a large hand, and Kyoshi took it. “Yun was adamant that you’d be here, though I should tell you that practice started an hour and a half ago.”

Kyoshi felt warmth in her cheeks, and averted her eyes. “They… needed me to stay an extra hour in the kitchen.”

“Oh, so you’re a chef then?”

“... Dishwasher.”

He nodded respectfully. “Honest work.”

Kyoshi wanted to drop the subject. “Where is Yun?”

“He’s on strip now,” Kelsang said, indicating a duel that was taking place. “You want to watch?”

She followed Kelsang, surveying the gym as they stepped towards the center. She picked out three distinct practice groups. At the center, a team wore all white and held large weapons. The group behind her had smaller weapons, and silver vests over their white gear. The third team was still warming up at the back of the gym.

Kelsang noticed her evaluation. “How much did Yun tell you about fencing?”

“A little. I know he fences epee.” They joined a handful of students watching a duel. Two masked fencers stood directly across from each other. For each fencer, an electric cord plugged in beneath the large bell of the weapon, disappearing into the sleeve of their white jacket. The cord reappeared behind their bodies, pulled taut from a metallic box at the edge of the strip.

One of the fencers was stiff, awkwardly swiping the weapon up and down. His opponent was completely at ease, stance low to the ground as he casually knocked the other fencer’s attacks aside. Yep. There’s Yun.

Kelsang leaned over, explaining the basics. “There’s three weapons: foil, epee, and sabre. To put it simply, epee and foil are the swords that you stab with, while sabre hits from the side of the blade. Of the three, epee is the largest and heaviest.”

Yun’s opponent lunged, nearly losing their balance as Yun gracefully moved out of the way. The tip of his blade landed on the other fencer’s arm.

“Halt!” The voice belonged to a referee. He seemed to be similar in age to Kelsang, though his features were far more serious than the foil coach.

“That’s Jianzhu,” Kelsang said. “He’s our epee coach.”

Jianzhu called, “Counterattack arrives. 4-0.” The fencers readied themselves again. “En garde, prêt, allez!”

Kyoshi frowned. “Wait, what just happened?”

“Yun got the point, so they return to en garde and another round begins.” Kelsang smirked. “Usually, we just say ‘en garde, ready, fence’, but Jianzhu likes being pretentious.”

The statement earned Kelsang a glare from the referee, who quickly turned his attention back to the match.

Kelsang continued. “In epee, you score points from the tip of the weapon. You can hit your opponent anywhere on their body, as long as you hit them first.”

The other fencer went for Yun’s toes. Yun gracefully lifted his foot, stretching his leg and bringing his heel down in a lunge. His blade landed on the opponent’s arm.

“Halt!” Jianzhu called. “Attack no, counterattack arrives. 5-0, bout.”

The opponents removed their masks, reaching out with their left hands to shake. Yun looked towards Kyoshi, his eyes wide as he shot her a breathy smile. “You made it!” He unplugged his blade, passing the cord to another fencer. His messy bun flopped as he trotted towards her, eyes twinkling as he pulled her into an embrace. Despite the sweat, he smelled like warm spice.

“I’m here,” Kyoshi said stiffly, enveloping him in her tall form. She felt the eyes of the other students. No doubt several if not all of them had crushes on Yun, and here she was in his arms. Not that she blamed them; Yun was easy to fall in love with.

“Jianzhu,” Yun said, pulling back. He threw his hands wide, displaying Kyoshi in front of the coach. “This is Kyoshi! She’s the one I told you about.”

Jianzhu considered her, nodding courteously. “Kyoshi, welcome. We’ve been needing another epeeist, especially someone with a lot of…” He tried to put the words delicately. “... Reach.”

“Hey, I saw her first!” Kelsang chuckled. “I already claimed her for foil.”

“She can decide on her own!” Yun said indignantly, but leaned toward her to loudly whisper, “But epee is the best.”

Kyoshi smiled shyly. “If it’s alright, I would like to look at the other weapons.”

“Sure!” Yun pulled her away, calling back to Jianzhu, “I’ll be back!”

Foil was next. Yun showed her the lithe blade, explaining the basic rules. They watched several bouts before she asked, “What about the third one? I didn’t see another set of strips for them.”

Yun rolled his eyes, indicating the far end of the gym. “They’re just setting up now. Hei-ran keeps them doing warmups for most of the drill time.”

“Can we watch?”

“Of course!” Yun practically dragged her to the sabre area. “You’ve gotta watch one of Rangi’s bouts.”

“Rangi?”

“Yeah, she’s insane on strip.” He shrugged. “I mean, she’s the coach’s daughter, so it’s no surprise.”

An older woman with black hair eyed them as they approached. Yun introduced her as the coach, Hei-ran, before asking when Rangi would be fencing.

Hei-ran cocked an eyebrow. “She wasn’t planning on fencing today. She’s doing private lessons.”

Yun smirked. “Not if I can help it.” He briefly took Kyoshi’s hand. “Wait here.” Before she could respond, he was already jogging across the floor to two fencers, both in full gear.

Kyoshi stood beside Hei-ran, aware of the coach’s perfect posture. As a habit, Kyoshi slouched in an unsuccessful attempt to make herself smaller. Now, she mimicked the coach and straightened her back.

The two of them watched the sabrists set up the strip and change into their gear. Hei-ran glanced at her out of the corner of her eye. “So, Kyoshi, have you ever fenced before?”

“No.” She hesitated, not wanting to relinquish more information than necessary, but she sensed Hei-ran would not be satisfied with the simple answer. “... Yun actually asked me to come.”

“And how do you two know each other?”

“We went to high school together. After graduation, he came to the university while I did my associate’s degree at community college.”

Hei-ran considered her. “A very responsible decision. Your parents must be proud.”

“Yeah…” Kyoshi pressed her lips together. “I uh… I actually don’t… have those…”

“Oh.” Hei-ran looked like she was uncertain whether to emote sympathy or not, and settled for, “All the more impressive.”

“Thanks.” Kyoshi shifted her weight. She hated feeling like a statistic. “And what about you?”

“My father was a fencer. I learned at a young age, much like my daughter. An injury prevented me from getting my A rating.” She noted Kyoshi’s confusion. “The US Fencing Association rates fencers from the lowest level, U which stands for unrated, to the highest level A.” Hei-ran nodded towards the strip, where a masked opponent stood across from Yun. “For context, Rangi is a C-rated fencer.”

“Ah.” Kyoshi watched as Yun donned a silver jacket over his white gear. Rangi was already sitting in a low stance, the cords plugged in to her gear. Yun finished hooking up his own weapon. He flashed Kyoshi a grin and placed the mask over his head.

Hei-ran cleared her throat. “Excuse me.” She moved to the strip, hands out to either side like a conductor. “Fencers, en garde. Ready. Fence.”

Kyoshi could have blinked and missed the attack. Her jaw dropped as Rangi immediately stood from her long lunge, turning her back to Yun as she returned to her starting position. Yun laughed, taking the point against him in good stride.

“Attack arrives, 1-0. En garde. Ready. Fence.”

This time, Kyoshi’s eyes kept up. Yun and Rangi lunged concurrently, clashing together.

“Halt! Simultaneous. No point. En garde, ready, fence.”

As the bout went on, Kyoshi made mental notes of the style of fencing. Unlike in epee and foil, there was very little back and forth, no hesitation. The three minute timer on the clock usually only ticked down a few seconds before the round was over.

“Halt! 1-4.”

Yun whooped and called, “See that, Kyoshi? I got her!”

Truthfully, she hadn’t seen the point, but gave him a thumbs up anyway.

“En garde, ready, fence.”

Both fencers took one step forward, but to Kyoshi’s surprise, Rangi moved back. Yun advanced cautiously, before he took a quick step and lunged, swiping at her arm. Rangi held out her weapon to block the attack with a parry, and Yun immediately retreated. Rangi advanced towards him slowly, flicking her blade up and down. Yun jolted a few times, anticipating an attack. Rangi kept pushing him towards the end of the strip, toying with him.

When Yun was at the edge of the strip, he lunged. Rangi was faster. She rushed him, her blade clicking against the top of his mask as she drove past him.

“Halt! Attack no, attack arrives. 5-1, bout.”

Kyoshi stared at the lights on the scoreboard. Green and red were both lit up, and she furrowed her eyebrows in thought. If both of them attacked at the same time, then why did Rangi get the point?

She looked up just as Rangi removed her mask, her cluttered mind blanking instantly.

Rangi’s black hair was cropped just above her shoulder, half of it pulled into a messy topknot. Her angular features were clean, and Kyoshi realized she hadn’t even broken a sweat during the entire match. As Rangi exhaled, her lips parted slightly. Kyoshi’s own breath caught in her throat at the sight. Rangi’s dark bronze eyes landed on her, and for a moment, Kyoshi thought she might fall to her knees.

Rangi reached out to shake Yun’s hand. He took her fingers in his, tilted her hand, and kissed her knuckles. Kyoshi stiffened as he did so. Part of her had always been envious of Yun’s good looks, his ease with people, but those feelings were nothing compared to the jealousy that ripped through her now.

As the fencers unhooked from the strip, Hei-ran noticed Kyoshi’s pallor. “Are you alright, Kyoshi? You look ill.”

“I- I’m fine.” Kyoshi regained her composure. “I was just… impressed by the... fencing.”

“I see.” Hei-ran’s voice held a fleeting compassion. “It can be daunting at first, but we’ll provide any training you need.”

Yun and Rangi both approached them. This would be the fourth time Yun had introduced her tonight. Kyoshi usually limited him to three at any given social event, but for some reason, she didn’t mind. “This is her, Rangi.”

The sabre fencer stuck out her hand. “Yun’s told me a lot about you.”

Kyoshi slowly took her hand. She wished she could mimic the way Yun had tilted her knuckles. She wanted to lay her own mark there.

Rangi gave her a strange look and she realized she’d been holding her hand too long. Kyoshi let go quickly. “Hi. Same.” She was telling the truth; Yun had told Kyoshi about a sabre fencer. He’d left out the part where she was drop dead gorgeous.

Yun threw his arms around both of their shoulders, reaching high to grab Kyoshi’s. “Practice is almost over, and Tuesdays are milkshake nights. The diner’s just across campus.”

The hour was getting late, and Kyoshi was exhausted from work. She felt, though, that there was no excuse strong enough to keep her from getting to know Rangi.

Huffing playfully, Rangi grumbled, “Fine, but I need to be in bed by midnight.”

***

At 2:00 AM, the three stumbled out of the diner doors. Yun dangled between Kyoshi and Rangi, clutching at his stomach. “Okay, maybe three milkshakes was too much.”

“You think?” Rangi growled. “Come on, where’s your dorm?”

They supported him for three blocks, finally resting outside the massive hall. Yun managed a weak salute before staggering inside the building. Once he was gone, the two dissolved into giggles.

Rangi shook her head fondly. “He is something else, huh?”

The same jealous feeling pricked Kyoshi, and her laughter was cut short. “Yeah… sure is.”

Stretching, Rangi asked, “You live on campus?”

“Yep. C Hall.”

“Perfect. I live in B. We’ll walk together.”

The streets of campus were well lit. Buildings towered around them, their purposes mysterious in the dark. Save for the occasional studious night owl, Kyoshi and Rangi were alone.

Rangi broke the silence first. “I know you didn’t get any practice time, but how did you feel about fencing?”

“It was cool.”

“... Would you be interested in coming back?”

“Yeah, sure.”

Rangi eyed her. Like her mother, she was never satisfied with the easy answer. “So how do you know Yun?”

Hei-ran had asked her the exact same question only hours before. Part of Kyoshi wanted to repeat her answer, but she fell prey to a stronger urge. She had already given away too much of herself tonight. “From high school.”

Though Kyoshi was nearly a head taller than her, Rangi had set a rapid walking pace. Kyoshi had finally adjusted to her speed, but when she glanced to her left, she saw Rangi was no longer beside her.

Rangi’s voice came from behind. “Do you have a problem with me?”

Kyoshi whipped around. Rangi glared at her intently, arms straight at her side. Kyoshi’s mind raced as she wondered what she had done to deserve such an aggressive response. “What?”

“You haven’t said more than three-word sentences to me all night.”

“Y-yes I have,” Kyoshi said feebly. She knew Rangi was right.

“You had no problem talking to Kelsang or my mom. So what is it about me? Did I do something?”

Dread clutched Kyoshi. The only way Rangi would have known about her conversations was if she had been watching her. Everyone was watching you, she told herself harshly. You’re impossible to miss. “No, you didn’t do anything at all, I just…”

“Just what?”

“I just…” Her mouth tried to sculpt her feelings into words. “I… think you’re cool.”

Rangi’s eyes widened slightly. She must have been prepared for something worse. “Oh.”

“Yeah.” The statement had been painfully simple, but Kyoshi felt more vulnerable now than she had all night.

“Well… I think you’re cool too.” Rangi spoke carefully, almost like she was afraid of spooking her. “Actually, I was really looking forward to meeting you. Yun talks about you all the time.”

“Right…” Kyoshi trusted Yun’s word, but this entire exchange would have been easier if she was a complete stranger.

“All good things,” Rangi said quickly. “Just that you’re… hardworking. And strong.”

Kyoshi wasn’t sure how to respond other than, “Cool.”

After a pause, Rangi cleared her throat. “We should get back to the dorms. It’s late.”

“Yeah.”

The rest of the walk passed in silence. Kyoshi almost preferred the lack of conversation. She wanted nothing more than to be near Rangi, close enough to feel the energy that radiated off of her.

Rangi halted once more, facing a stone building. “Here’s B Hall.” She glanced back at Kyoshi and offered a curt, “Goodnight.”

“Wait.” Rangi’s eyes pierced her, and Kyoshi realized she had said the word out loud. “Um… That last point… during your duel with Yun?”

“Bout. We don’t say duel.”

“Right, bout.” Kyoshi pressed her lips together, thinking. “Why did you get the point? You both hit at the same time, so wouldn’t it have been...” She struggled to recall the word Hei-ran had used. “Simultaneous?”

Rangi considered her wordlessly, and for a moment, Kyoshi was afraid she wouldn’t answer. At last, Rangi said, “In sabre, we have something called priority, or right of way. Essentially, it means offense and defense. It’s like… soccer. You know how in soccer, one team has the ball and the other has to defend?”

“Yes.”

“It’s like that. Right of way is like the invisible ball. So even if both fencers attack at the same time, whoever was on offense gets the point.”

They stood a few feet apart, directly in front of each other. Kyoshi took the last few seconds to memorize the lines of Rangi’s face. She wondered briefly if either of them had the right of way at this moment. The obvious answer was Rangi. Even though she’d only known her a few hours, Kyoshi recognized that Rangi always acted first.

“Well, goodnight, Kyoshi.” Rangi was about to retreat.

A heady mixture of exhaustion and night air spurred Kyoshi. She decided to take the moment, seize the offense back. She reached for Rangi’s hand. Before she could stop herself, Kyoshi lifted Rangi’s knuckles to her lips. “Goodnight… Rangi.”

Kyoshi saw her bronze eyes widen, but turned away before the rest of her face could react. She made for her own dormitory, walking with purpose but not with urgency. There was no sound but the wind in the black trees, the unfaltering steps of her own feet.

#winter atla femslash week #rangshi #college au #fencing au #kyoshi novels #my fic #atla fic #atla

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can you see an ending to SOK where yun lives / yun redemption? i've been thinking a lot about the trend of abused kids never getting over their abuse and dying instead, and i feel like FCYee does a good job of writing yun and i don't want to say he's guilty of this trend, but sometimes i wonder if there could've been another ending. sorry if this ask is weird/uncomfy, you don't have to answer. have a nice day!

ok so...I am writing a meta about this (familiar anon i see you) but I feel like it’s worth answering here, too. this is less of a meta and more my personal thoughts so there’s no graphic descriptions of anything but I’ll put it under a cut because it got long, tw for canon typical violence/death.

short answer: yeah, there were workarounds but nothing that wouldn’t change the motifs, themes, plot points of the novels. I think the novels set out to make a different point on abuse than atla (think “it was wrong and it was cruel” as opposed to avatar “the obligation to be more than the sum of her grievances with the world” kyoshi) which isn’t a bad thing, necessarily. also, like, atla was a kids show and the kyoshi novels are ya and they very successfully make points on moral ambiguity and who gets to live and who gets to die. I agree and think f.c. yee handled it pretty well and yun was “meant” to die based on his backstory and evidence discussed below + the fact that he’s emulating the cycle of abuse by the end of the book. could it have been done differently? absolutely. was this story meant to? not really. you already said that it doesn’t feel like yun was killed off instead of writing about him dealing with the impacts of abuse, because the impacts were dealt with and explored just...he died at the end anyway, because of the places dealing with that stuff lead him. quoting a line from below the cut but yes, yun apologism on main. but I very much prefer to do it within canon, I think.

but would I want to see a version where yun lived? a little, yeah, because I wanted, well, justice for him. I wanted him to reunite with rangi and kyoshi and meet team avatar and live out the rest of his life happy and free from jianzhu because I love yun’s characterization, but as a character he has a bigger part of the narrative than being someone I’m attached to. I think that also begs the question should he have been used in those narratives of abuse the way that he was if someone like me (whose relationships could be classified under “complicated” at the very least) could relate and love him, especially for a YA novel? also not sure. maybe it’s not that deep, especially because what’s already been written and published is all but set in stone (and I am not very interested in writing fix-it fanfiction, just building on canon).

so those are my personal thoughts summed up (there’s extra rambling on why he was supposed to die + a plot workaround below). when all is said and done, this is a storyline I turn to in order to cope, but if there’s anything similar that perhaps ends with the survivor alive...any recs would be appreciated, from anyone! thank you for asking and making sure I’d feel ok ruminating on it <3 I hope you have a nice day too!

contextual evidence...zoryu going “some people will always change you back to who you were,” rangi asking kyoshi why she didn’t stop yun and kyoshi’s only answer being that seeing him had turned her back to her unsure state, yun trying to rid kyoshi of her fans and all her character growth during the final Boss Battle™...these things are a theme. you can’t strip the books of this touch of some are always meant to end, esp b/c that stuff was set up in trok (I always seem to come back to kyoshi asserting her only duty was to protect her loved ones in yokoya and then her duty becoming something much larger) so I feel like you couldn’t get rid of yun death without significant workarounds in the motifs and plot points in the novels.

that being said, I’m sure there are and were plot workarounds to killing yun. there’s an alternate universe out there where the novels ended with yun being a parallel to lao ge (I’ve talked about how they parallel each other before I think it’s very spicy; here and here), where he becomes jianzhu’s successor and just like lao ge kept kyoshi accountable on the other side of things, this time to the bureaucracy of the earth kingdom instead of lao ge’s agenda. this would also tie up when lao ge said something along the lines of “jianzhu does good work.” the novels are in no way perfect and the ending and pacing in the last third of the book do feel rushed to me (although the last kyoshi pov chapter ends sooo sentimental, enough for me to call f.c. yee a sap) but I feel they do establish the ways that kyoshi is going to cope with being a political figure, but I’ll have to elaborate on that somewhere else, so I digress.

the truth of it is this, and it is very harsh—yun was always supposed to be dead. we see it in how he and kyoshi have very similar backstories and the ways that jianzhu and kelsang are also pitted against each other their kids (well, kelsang’s kid, jianzhu’s pupil) end up dealing with the reasons why they were brought in. kelsang saved kyoshi from the goodness of his heart, he took her in and raised her like his own child (this makes me very emotional...) whereas yun was taken in because he was thought to be the avatar. then it turns out that kyoshi might be the avatar, but she is still kelsang’s daughter first, with kelsang honoring her wishes to keep it secret and letting her comfort him on the iceberg, and then when he believed kyoshi over jianzhu. establishing kyoshi’s humanity is really important in the novels so we can give kelsang a big thank you to him and then later to rangi to make sure kyoshi loves and treats herself well.

what i’m getting at here is that if yun hadn’t been taken in for being the avatar, he would’ve been dead and it’s a form of uh...narrative checkov’s gun in a way? there’s only so long you can make something of yourself by beating tourists at pai sho. kyoshi and yun both had expiration dates and only by the grace of jianzhu and kelsang did they survive. yun reassures himself that life is a game and “he will survive a turn longer.” his story is always about doing the next thing to survive, to prove he’s worthy of the survival and salvation given to him by jianzhu. kyoshi’s story is not about deserving avatarhood, it’s about becoming the avatar. it’s a key difference in the way the narrative treats them. if he’s hadn’t been mistaken for the avatar, he would literally be nothing. he’d be dead.

and there’s only so far you can go playing the person who deserved avatarhood if you’re not the avatar, and I think that mainly accounts for discrepancies in the idea of justice and how yun and kyoshi get to act on it because believe me, I would’ve loved to see yun tear the whole thing down. like, to see kyoshi have to kill yun for destroying the system (this is an oversimplification*) and then have her declared the “breakdown of negotiations?” like alright...sure, jan. let the boy kill a few people!! eat the rich!! murder isn’t even that bad anyway (/joking).

*yun is literally declared the residue of kuruk’s generation’s sins by hei-ran. this theme of legacy and cycles of abuse is emulated to him which brings me to acknowledge that yeah, it’s really shitty to see him killed when that theme lives in both him and kyoshi. it is a symbolic ending to the cycle of abuse when kyoshi “puts him away” (did she have to say that!!!) but that shit hurts, man. however the line “I’m sorry I said you would have to live with your pain. Because you won’t,” serves to acknowledge that by the end of the duology, yun himself has become an abuser. he’s shoving kyoshi into boxes, tries to kill rangi (to be fair rangi tried to kill him minutes/seconds earlier but he did try to kill her mom for allowing a man to try to kill him. it’s almost like...a cycle), he holds people hostage, terrorizes and murders several people in his pov chapters...at least lao ge was subtle about his work.

so yes, yun apologism on main. but I very much prefer to do it within canon, I think.

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flerkenkiddingme · 4 years

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you know what’s been driving me bonkers right now

when kuruk died, jianzhu, hei-ran and kelsang were running themselves ragged looking for the next avatar for like 10 years until they found yun. they were trying to quell a worldwide panic that the avatar hadn’t shown up for that amount of time (and then when they found kyoshi there was ALL kinds of chaos)

and then, according to the episode the avatar and the firelord, roku was found out to be the avatar at around 16 years old. dude didn’t look like he had ANY idea of that at the moment. was there a similar situation going on there? the fire nation isn’t nearly the size of the earth kingdom, so why did they wait so long? how could there have been zero indication who it was? i just find it hard to believe roku didn’t show ANY signs until age 16. was it thrown out of whack because of kyoshi’s long life? i need answers

#atla #avatar the last airbender #rise of kyoshi

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Forbidden Love:

Chapter 1

*Disclaimer: I do not own any of the rights to Avatar the last air bender and all the lovely characters that reside within it’s universe..but I do love them.*

Ever since Hei-ran and herself moved to Yokoya, Rangi couldn’t remember a time that the staff that stayed, and served in the Avatar’s Mansion owned, and operated by Earth Sage Jianzhu had ever been around her age. Those who were anywhere close in age to the firebender were too intimidated by her to be nice, and therefore shut the door to rangi’s own concept of pleasantries. Of course Rangi was not opposed to making friends if the possibility presented itself, but she wouldn’t go out of her way to make it happen since she had a job to do. When her mother gave her the opportunity to become the Avatar’s bodyguard due to her hard work, and dedication after graduating from the Academy Rangi was beside herself with joy. She could imagine the kind of adventures, and stories she would be able to gain from her time beside the bridge between two worlds. Similarly to that of her mother’s own adventures spending time with Kuruk growing up. Rangi was filled with a simultaneous surge of anticipation, and anxiety when she accepted the position, however she wouldn’t let anyone past her personal wall to see it. No. To the world she was a highly trained military soldier who wouldn’t be caught dead showing weakness if she could help it.

Rangi’s first impressions when meeting Avatar Yun was that he was handsome, the second impression she got was that he was handsome...and he knew it. To the Firebender the concept of vanity was an instant turn off, and a means to being able to shut off that side of her where she could in any way catch feelings for the Avatar. She was thankful for this instant recognition because mixing feelings, and emotions towards the one she was honorbound to protect would no doubt lead to utter chaos, or at the very least a messy complication. A good thing she came to find out about yun was that they were practically the same age, which she hoped would make the possibility for friendship, and the difficulty of her job a lot easier.

Being in Yokoya, and the Earth Kingdom as a whole had brought Rangi a whole new perspective on how the four nations operated. It was one thing to hear about the differences in social customs from an academic standpoint through textbooks, and an entirely different concept altogether when acting them out in person. Thankfully Rangi was a fast learner though so being put on the spot in situations was not going to be an issue for her. Being surrounded by a majority of Earth kingdom citizens (she was in the earth kingdom after all) was nice because she found herself attracted to the people’s mannerisms, and if she were to be honest with herself their striking good looks as well. Something about an earthbenders Diopside colored sparkling eyes had the firebender’s heart doing cartwheels, but suffice it to say she had yet to meet one who met her emotionally high standards.

One day while walking with Avatar Yun to meet Jianzhu for their daily sparring match Rangi noticed Master Kelsang coming around the corner standing side by side with one of the prettiest girls she had ever seen.

“Ahh well if it isn’t Avatar Yun, and his Honorable Bodyguard Rangi.” Kelsang said aloud while looking back and forth between Yun, and the taken aback firebender.

“This here is Kyoshi. She will be joining us here in the homestead from this point on. I’m hoping you both could possibly show her around at some point in the next few days. I have a gut feeling the three of you will get along swimmingly.” Kelsang said with a light chuckle. Turning towards Kyoshi the group could see a slight blush forming on her charmingly freckled cheeks.

...So her name is Kyoshi, Rangi thought for a solid second before finding the courage to speak. “Hello there, it’s nice to meet you Kyoshi.”

Yun followed up with his charming ways by saying with a crooked smile “it’s a pleasure to meet you Kyoshi, I look forward to getting to know you by showing you around the compound. I know it’s not every day a person gets a personal tour of the Avatar mansion by the Avatar himself, but Kelsang here seems to be fond of you, and the wise monk’s judge of character hasn’t steered me wrong yet.” Yun chuckled to himself as though he really found himself hilarious, and looked upward to the tall woman in anticipation of shock or awe of his words.

Kyoshi looked towards Kelsang as though she were asking for help on what to say in response, when Kelsang abruptly nodded his head in agreement with Yun’s offer. “I believe that is a splendid idea Avatar Yun. Please show Kyoshi here the lay of the land while I see to it that Jianzhu knows you won’t be making it to your usual training session today.” The Airbender Bowed to the three teenagers before walking away with a small smile creeping onto his face.

Rangi did a mental slap to the forehead, now overthinking her few words. Could she have been any more bland in her own remarks to the new girl? Aside from Yun making it a point to state he would be the one to show her around (albeit in his own cocky way) she hadn’t left herself room to have a “necessary” follow up conversation. Her style of making new friends was similar to her plan of action in the academy. Which is to say that one must strategize in order to win, to the firebender planning was everything. Her only saving grace she could think of was that since she is Avatar Yun’s bodyguard it would make sense that she would have to follow them both on this tour as a fly on the wall.

Rangi just hoped her usually intense aura wasn’t off putting to the new addition to the staff, because for once she found herself wanting to get to know one of them. Her impressions of Kyoshi seemed to lay in the belief that she was sweet, and somehow delicate despite her taller than average build, plus it didn’t hurt that they seemed to be around the same age as well.

Kyoshi looked back and forth toward Avatar Yun, and Rangi before finally speaking on her own behalf “hello to both of you. I am honored to serve you Avatar Yun, and am thankful for the opportunity to work in your atmosphere.”

Rangi hearing Kyoshi’s voice for the first time had her realizing her first impressions of the new girl were more than likely accurate, however something about Kyoshi was hard for the bodyguard to place. Rangi made it a point right then, and there to try, and pinpoint what it was about Kyoshi that made her seem different in some way. She’d decided in a few moments that she’d spend however long it took trying to figure out this new servant girl..named Kyoshi.

Author’s note: The last fanfiction I ever wrote was 6 or 7 years ago. However after reading both books in a matter of days, and finding a severe lack in Kyoshi x Rangi fanfics...I had to contribute. So that being said here is the beginning of their story, let me know your honest thoughts. I’ll work on making another chapter if you guys want me to continue :)

#kyoshi #rangi #kyoshi x rangi #rise of kyoshi #shadow of kyoshi #rangshi #fanfic #avatar the last airbender #avatar kyoshi #avatar #lgbt #wlw yearning #wlw mood #wlw love

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blue-rose-89 · 4 years

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Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi spoilers (chapters 9-11).....

In which Kyoshi goes to find a way to communicate with Kuruk....

The Story so far......

Chapter 9

-After explaining what happened to Yun after meeting with Gloworm two years ago, Kyoshi and her group decide to to go a town called North Chung-Ling to meet with a Fire Sage that Kuruk knew to see if he can help Kyoshi connect to Kuruk since Kuruk would have more knowledge on the the spirit.

-Hei-Ran reveals a new dark secret about Yun and Jianzhu. Yun wasn’t just being trained as the Avatar, he was also being trained as a killer by Jianzhu and Amak (Kelsang was kept in the dark) because Jianzhu feared that the daofei or any corrupt figures who benefitted from Kuruk’s untimely passing would want to kill the new Avatar ASAP. It was Hei-Ran turning a blind eye to his secret training that got her on Yun’s hit-list. Rangi does not take this new revelation about her mother well.

-Hei-Ran severs her top knot (basically ‘killing’ her honour) in response to her crimes.

-Hei-Ran tells Kyoshi in secret that she’s planning to use herself as bait to lure Yun out the next time he appears and that if it comes down to it, Kyoshi has to let Hei-Ran die so that Kyoshi can catch him.

Chapter 10

-The group arrives at North Chung-Ling. The town was once a spiritual place until it became a ‘carnival town’ (gambling, fortune telling, etc).

-North Chung-Ling is in Keosho territory but there are Saowons in the area.

-The former Fire Sage they meet is named Nyahitha. Before he became a “sprit guide.”, he has going to be the High Sage until the Saowon screwed him over during the selection process.

-Avatar Kuruk spent his Avatar days hunting spirits and Nyahitha was his assistant. Glowworm was one of the spirits that Kuruk hunted but because he never defeated him, Kuruk was seen to be a ‘cursed’ Avatar (misfortune from the spirits, nature going wonky, etc).

-We meet Lady Huazo for the Saowon clan and Sanshur of the Keosho. As you gessoed it they don’t like each other and are looking for an excuse to fight each other.

Chapter 11

Nyahitha helps Kyoshi prepare to meet Kuruk. Kyoshi would rather meet Yangchen but is unable to do so because.....

1. Avatars have to connect to the predecessor first before they can work their way backwards to the other past Avatars.

2. Nyahitha hints that Yangchen may not be the best choice when dealing with spirits (Hmmm....)

Kyoshi has three things in common with Kuruk: They’re both stubborn, they idolize Yangchen and the are ruled by their emotions. According to Nyahitha, this was Kuruk’s downfall.....

To be continued.....

#Avatar The Last Airbender #atla #Avatar Kyoshi #avatar the shadow of kyoshi #the shadow of kyoshi spoilers

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blue-rose-89 · 5 years

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Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi spoilers (chapters 1-4)

I’ve debated on it but I decided to buy a copy of the new Avatar novel about the legendary Avatar Kyoshi. similar to my RWBY posts, I will give a breakdown on what happens in each chapter along with fun tidbits that come with it.

These posts will contain spoilers from the book. If you haven’t read the book then turn away. If you have or you haven’t but don’t care for spoilerst hen continue on.

The Story so far.......

Chapter 1

The story starts off seven years after the death of 33-year old Avatar Kuruk. His friends Jianzhu (earth bending master and sage) and Kelsang (Air Nomad monk from the Southern Air temple) have been tasked with finding the new Avatar. A task that’s taking seven years to look for.

During this period the Earth Kingdom is huge mess (bandits, corrupt politicians, the Fifth Nation etc)

Each nation has its own way of locating the Avatar. For Earth Avatars they use geomancy. They use this method in areas of the Earth Kingdom until they’re able to narrow it down to one child, the Avatar. This took much longer than planned so in a last ditch effort the masters went with the Air Nomad approach: The toy/relic selection test. They go to a town called Yokoya for a test run.

Kelsang feels that the toy selection test is a nightmare to do because he would have to deal with parents who would believe that their child is special (I see what they did there.)

Kyoshi was an orphan who stumbled upon this ritual. She picked up one of the toys but ran off with it out of fear that the masters would take it away from her (she’s not use to kindness). Despite this being a bad thing for the Air Nomads (being an ancient relic and all) Kelsang goes “Let her keep it. I’m sure it will find it will find its way back to us.....I hope.”

Chapters 2

9 years later Jianzhu buys some land in Yokoya and builds an estate to train the Avatar. Kyoshi works at the estate as a servant.

Kyoshi is terrible at Earthbending so much that her friend, Rangi, believes that she’s holding herself back from the potential to be great.

Her friend Rangi is a Firebender that serves as the Avatar’s bodyguard. She’s fiery and strict but she does care about Kyoshi.

Chapter 3

We are introduced to Yun, the “Avatar” that’s living at Jianzhu’s estate. He’s talented at Earthbending but as we already know, he’s not the Avatar. Yun is a good kid but even he has gotten frustrated on his status as Avatar and why he hasn’t firebended yet.

We are also introduced to his fire bending teacher Hei-Ran, Rangi’s mother and former headmistress of the Fire Academy for girls. Much like her daughter, Hei-Ran is strict.

One of the training exercises for Firebending involves literally walking on fire. Yun did have to go through this despite not being a fire bender because Jianzhu, who too is a hard-ass, said so. Even Hei-Ran was hesitant on using this method.

We also learn about the daofei, the Fifth Nation. the daofei are pretty much bandits/pirates. In the past a treaty was signed to stop the daofei from raiding villages around the eastern seas of the Earth Kingdom but recently their current leader, Tagaka (and her father before her), violated the treaty and are now kidnapping and enslaving civilians. With the Earth Kingdom doing little to nothing to stop them, Jianzhu and Yun make plans to come up with a plan to negotiate with Tagaka.

Chapter 4

A party is held at the estate and Kyoshi is working the shift with her Aunty Mui.

Kelsang is at the party at as well. We learn that Kelsang somewhat adopted Kyoshi during those 9 years. He hasn’t been around much lately because of his duties as the head of Southern Air Temple and that he Jianzhu drifted apart. He didn’t like that Jianzhu spent more time getting wealthy and influential instead dedicating his life into guiding the Avatar. In other words, Jianzhu sold out.

Kelsang, Jianzhu, and Hei-Ran, were Kuruk’s Team Avatar.

Kyoshi takes part in a poetry session in which she recites a poem that she pulled out of nowhere. Hearing this poem convinces Kelsang that Kyoshi is the Avatar.

Why is Kelsang convinced that Kyoshi is the Avatar? The answer will be in the next part!

#avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #avatar the rise of kyoshi #the rise of kyoshi spoilers #avatar kyoshi

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