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Chapters: 30/30 Fandom: Avatar: Legend of Korra Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Characters: Mako (Avatar), Bolin (Avatar), Korra (Avatar), Asami Sato Additional Tags: Original Character(s), Originally Posted on FanFiction.Net, Major Original Character(s), Spirits, Post-Avatar: The Legend of Korra, LOK - Freeform, Avatar, alternate Mako, Bending (Avatar), New Avatar, the lost avatar, Post-The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Avatar: The Legend of Korra References, Mako-centric, dragon - Freeform, Avatarverse - Freeform, avatar legends, legend of korra mako, mako story Series: Part 1 of AU Mako/ Legend of Korra Summary:

Korra's gone, Mako's cursed, and the new Avatar is a sham. Now it's up to Mako to protect Korra's reincarnation until he's ready to take his place as the new Avatar.

Updated chapters 3&4. Nothing super serious, just some grammatical errors and style changes. Maybe an additional sentence here and there.

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Re-edited chapter 2.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55700419/chapters/141768727

Enjoy!

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I re-edited the whole damn thing!

Why? Because I'm a psychopath. Because I don't want to let it go. Because I still want it to be more than what it is.

Is it any better, idk. I went and did a whole proof read (which apple pages is spotty at best) and cleaned up some unnecessary stuff.

Enjoy!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55700419/chapters/141394294

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OMG! I can’t take it anymore! For the last week, whenever I open this bloody app, some stupid ad immediately starts playing. It doesn’t even show up on my feed so I can’t stop it. I even went into settings to turn off autoplay thinking that might help. It didn’t. Someone make it stop! *aggravated sobbing*

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Finally! It's Been Released!

After almost three years of waiting, it's finally out.

I was excited, of course. The announcement of this comic is essentially what started this blog. But, I was also hesitant to read it. This will likely be the last piece of official LotK media we are going to get, and certainly the only one featuring Mako. I didn't want it to "end." (I'm a fanfic writer. The story never ends.)

However, I did eventually read it, and I loved it. The story, the artwork--everything about it was great. Although, really, it would have needed to be absolute trash for me not to like it.

There was one thing about the comic that made me pause (several, but I will keep my editor brain in check). To take a line from Dan Larson host of the Secret Galaxy YouTube channel:

"Is it canon?"

The answer...Maybe?

First, let's ignore Mako's hair style and the fact that the brothers are living together. Hair can be whatever, and it's possible that Bolin couldn't make it on his own once his mover career ended.

Taking those two things off the table, it could be assumed that this story might have taken place between season three and four of the cartoon.

However, there are two pieces of evidence that contradict that theory.

If Korra and Asami are together, and Bolin is a presidential assistant, this puts the story solidly after the events of "Turf Wars." But that isn't right either.

Allow me to present exhibit B:

Did you catch it?

The scar is missing from Mako's left arm, which means this would have had to have happened before the end of season four. He even had the scar in the previous comics, so it's a thing.

Now, I don't know the real reason why the scar is missing. Was it a colorist thing? Was it the penciler? Was it simply omitted from the original writing? What's to say...But, it does throw a bit of a monkey wrench in the timeline.

Anyway, that's my two-bits.

Buy the comic, support the series, let the creators know we want more LoK content and here's hoping this won't be the last piece of official media.

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Apple Pages is gaslighting me. (And maybe you.)

Recently, Apple released their new AI tools including options to proofread, rewrite, and even connect with ChatGPT (no way) in their writing app Pages. Curious, I decided to play with the rewrite tool to see how it worked. I will admit, as much as I am against AI, I can see its use as an editing tool. I certainly don’t take its rewriting suggestions verbatim, but it has made me rethink some of my writing choices—switching sentences, replacing words, etc. However, I have been finding some strange things as I slowly review the entirety of my Lost Avatar story. Words have been replaced and phrases have been added that I know I didn’t have in the original. And this is before utilizing the rewrite tool.

Now, one might argue that it’s over two-hundred thousand words. There’s no way I could possibly remember all of them exactly, and that’s true. However, I’ve read my story enough times to know when something is out-of-place or inaccurate. The proof? The final version is posted on AO3. Several times I’ve had to reference my own work to see if I had really written what is now in the final draft on my Pages.

The first time I noticed it, I dismissed it. A fluke, right? The second time, I got annoyed, which prompted this entire post.

Let me share an example:

Original:

“That’s not Mako.” Korra had seen the cold stare on his face once before. It was the same as when she had fought him while he was possessed by darkness. Except this time there was no dark energy around him. Just anger.

What I recently found in Pages:

“That’s not Mako.” Korra had seen the cold stare on his face once before. It was the same as when she had fought him while he was possessed by darkness. Except this time there was no dark energy around him. Just anger which meant she might still be able to reason with him.

See the difference? The addition of that last phrase? I have no idea where that came from and, again, this is prior to utilizing the rewrite tool.

So, a word of caution to anyone that is using Pages as a word processor or using its AI tools. You might want to review your works or make sure you’re saving a copy in another location. Otherwise, they might not be the same as you remember them.

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Went to Dark Horse’s website for an update and it looks like I need to add eight days to my count…

I get that things happen so I’m not overly upset…Just need to wait a little longer I suppose.

Thirty-six days (plus eight) before this releases.

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Happy New Year to all…56 days to the Mystery of Penquan Island release.

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This is the second chapter/ slash story I would love to see in a graphic novel format. It’s by far one of the favorites I’ve written.

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I’m still not happy with the whole courtroom drama segment. It’s messy and almost borderline nonsensical. It was actually the last part I wrote and took the longest to find its footing. It also managed to find a way to shoehorn Chayton in the mix which I hadn’t originally planned. And I say “it” because, as I have seen some writers state, the characters took control at one point. I was simply carried by the current.

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It’s Mei Ru!!

Okay…It’s not really Mei Ru but, if I had commissioned an artist as such, this would be how I imagined she would look (minus the facial scar and with a constant smile instead of a frown).

Allow me to add my description of the woman from my fanfic.

—Cushions served as seats at a low table with the brothers taking one side while the woman sat across from them. Her dark hair hung to her shoulders barely draping her red-trimmed business suit. She gazed at them with a smile that never seemed to vanish.

“Feel free to order whatever you like,” she said behind her perpetual grin.

Bolin was practically drooling as he scanned the menu. Mako, on the other hand, wasn’t interested in food. He wasn’t sure if it was his own cynicism or spirit half, but there was something unsettling about this woman. “Thanks for inviting us to dinner but, who are you?” he finally asked, his arms folded firmly across his chest.

“You’re quite right. In all the rush, I never did introduce myself,” she grinned, almost too pleasantly. “My name is Mei Ru. I’m a local entrepreneur. My associate is Gon. He’s a jack-of-all-trades sort.” She nodded to the man guarding the door. “And how may I address you?” she asked as she rested her chin on her knit fingers.

He hesitated, unsure if he wanted to reveal his real name. An option that was quickly taken away from him by Bolin who paused from his browsing to answer.

“I’m Bolin and this is my brother, Mako,” Bolin casually answered, unaware of the annoyed sneer he was getting from Mako. “Can we get some Fire Biscuits?”

The woman nodded in response, her grey eyes fixated on Mako.—

For those curious, this image came from “Uncle Iroh’s Adventure Guide” the latest from the Avatar Legends RPG. I don’t play the game, but I do get my claws on just about anything that has extended lore.

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I haven’t forgotten about this, it’s just…after I finished “The Lost Avatar”, I kind of dropped out of the story. I felt…empty. It’s seems so silly to care about fictional characters in a world I didn’t even create. But the story was over and I lost my motivation to finish its precursor. Or at least flesh out the chapters I’ve already written.

I decided to post this chapter as it was already finished and I will see if I can finish the rest.

Thanks.

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And here we are…back at the end. This is the seventh, and probably final, iteration of the story. It’s always a little sad coming to the end. I may go back and do some tweaks, but it is largely finished.

It’s been an experience. What started as a few chapters loosely strung together by a desire for Mako to have more of a story; turned into a 200,000+ word endeavor. And that’s not counting my other story “Consequences of the New World”. It’s obviously far from perfect. As I have often said, I pretend to be a wordsmith on the internet. But I like what I’ve done and tried to use it as a chance to learn.

Special thanks to @eclecticflowerfreakgoth for their comments, insight, and reblogs. I am glad that you like my characters and your comments have proven that the themes of my story are coming through despite my lackluster writing. And I never considered Yuku as an analog to the Avatar until you mentioned it. Thank you.🙏

Hope everyone who reads my story, enjoys it as much as I enjoyed writing it. 🥹

Now let’s see if I can finish “Consequences” to my satisfaction.

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Completed were-dragon AU for my Mako AU. It’s funny to think I have a non-canon story for my non-canon fanfic…

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Halloween time again.

I told myself “no.” Repeated it over and over that i wasn’t going to make a were-dragon AU around my Mako AU. I resisted for so long…

The intrusive thoughts won.

The fever increased, his body going into overdrive to fight-off the spirit infection. He pulled at his clothes that were suddenly smothering. No! People wore clothes. He wore clothes. He wasn’t going to surrender them to the spirit, even if they ended up stained with sweat. He ignored his rising temperature and centered himself. Jinora said he needed to find an anchor. Something important. The faces of Korra, Asami, and Bolin entered his mind. They were his friends and family. They could work as his anchor. He held onto the images as he mentally repeated the names. 

Korra, Asami, Bolin. 

His arm itched. When he scratched it, he felt bumps all over his skin. Bumps that budded to solid blue points. Soon, he felt the prickles along his entire body. 

Korra, Asami, Bolin. 

He doubled over when the base of his spine screamed as it was ripped from his body. He grit his teeth through the pain.

Kor-ra, A-sami, Bo-lin. 

He grabbed his splitting skull and his fingers were forced apart by a pair of spikes sprouting from his forehead. 

Ko…rra…A…sami…Bolinnn… 

His face and ears went numb and he suddenly felt the wooden floor pressed against his nose.

“Ko…rrrraaa…A…sa…miii…Bo…linnnrrr…” 

His voice went lost.

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Give this a like if you want to read the entire thing.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60135361

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Almost to the end…again.

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Nothing more to say this week.