#chaos avatar Toph

[moodlemcdoodle]

Read some Dark/Chaos Avatar Zuko AU fics a while back and those AUs are VERY GOOD but then I had a brain blast so. Dark/Chaos Avatar Toph AU

[aangarchy]

I got polls letsgo

[headcanonthings]

*Zuko drives Toph to the banks drive-thru window* Toph, in a bad Italian accent: I'd a like-a to make-a the deposit. Bank teller: HEY BUDDY I REMEMBER YOU!! Toph: *frantically pours marinara sauce into the vacuum tube* Bank teller: GODDAMNIT IT'S THEM AGAIN! Toph: DRIVE ZUKO DRIVE! *Zuko, in fear and not knowing what is going on, speeds off*

[neva-borne]

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[ladyelainehilfur]

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CHONG WAS THE ONE WHO PLANTED THE SEED OF TOPH BECOMING A COP, I WANT THAT HIPPIE GUY OBLITERATED!!!!!!!

[pruechaosbracket]

ROUND 1-A: Toph VS Dead Pool

[atla-yun]

Toph vs Yun: why Yun would win.

the answer is simple but i am anything but. first, i’m gonna outline each bender’s strengths. (also real quick i believe both of these characters r super strong and super talented but this is my own personal take on the question of who would win if they fought. i’m not being bias there’s logic behind my insanity #trust).

toph:

toph my beloved little gremlin!!!! she’s so powerful dude. discovering and mastering a whole new subelement (metal), ability to sandbend, tunnelling, the fact that she uses the earth to retcon being blind - thus, through seismic sense, giving her more vision than anyone else on the show-, her raw strength when it comes to actual bending (and considering she was never formally taught anything above the basics)… queen shit.

yun:

yun!!!! what haven’t i said about yun… my fav. he’s equally as strong, but has a slightly larger arsenal at his disposal. by this, i mean he uses traces of earth found in pigments, his distance control is almost perfect, his ability to change the state of matter of the earth, tunnelling, and the fact he was able to fool multiple people who were close to kuruk into thinking he was kuruk’s reincarnation purely from bending skill alone. iconic.

SO, what does this mean?

it means that toph is very good at what she does. she is obviously a fantastic bender and she has a very strong earthbender mindset - steady, stable, unmovable. we’ve seen time and time again that she’s a force to be reckoned with. there’s no doubt there. HOWEVER, in a fight scenario, i believe yun would have the upper hand as he is better at using his surroundings to his advantage. by liquifying the earth, or by attacking from a distance, he would probably be able to strike first without toph noticing. we have to consider things such as the fact that yun was formally trained to be an AVATAR. he’s got a different mindset when it comes to using the earth. there’s an imbalance of knowledge and strength here. BUT, all this being said, toph would absolutely put up a good fight. she’s probably respect yun’s creative uses of earthbending.

[awanderingmuse-ficrec]

Consider Chaos Series

Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender

Author: AvocadoLove

Rating: Teen

Warnings: Violence

Word Count: 55,463

Characters: Zuko, Vaatu, Toph Beifong, Sokka, Jeong Jeong, Katara, Aang, Haru, Yue, Yugoda, Wan Shi Tong, Appa

Tags: Avatar Zuko, Chaos Avatar Zuko, Earthbending & Earthbenders, Earthbender Zuko, Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, SpiritualSpirits, Zuko learning the meaning of Earth, Toph as Zuko's Earthbending Master, Sort Of, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Zuko-centric, The Dark Spirit, Unreliable Narrator, Unreliable Narrator who is also an angry rug, Protective Sokka, Badass Sokka, Sokka is the spirit-sensitive equivalent to force-sensitive Han Solo, Chaos, Protective Zuko, Hurt/Comfort, Spirit Guides, Chaos is a ladder

Consider The Wildflowers

AU during the Siege of the North.

When the moon was briefly killed, the lines between the spirit world and the material world grew thin. It became possible for someone to cross the barrier.

Or,

Zuko meets the ally he never knew he needed, in the form of a dark angry rug.

Consider The Earth

Now that Zuko has fused with Vaatu to become the Avatar of Choas to rival Raava's Order, he must seek out an Earthbending Master.

But even the first Avatar had to first visit the Lion Turtles to access the elements, and the Lion Turtles have been gone for millennia.

Luckily, Vaatu has a plan.

Consider The Gaang

Sokka knows something has shifted in the world since the Siege of the North... but he can't quite put his finger on what it is.

Consider The Moon

Learning to bend his opposite element was always going to be difficult, but if Zuko can’t figure out how to do it by morning, he and Toph will die.

He’ll have to petition the spirits, but he may already be in too deep. Water is as changeable as the phases of the moon, and the gift he receives will be more than he bargained for.

Consider The Bison

The ripple effect of the Chaos Avatar returning to to the material world is starting to show. As a result, the Gaang find themselves deep trouble.

Meanwhile, Zuko discovers an unexpected ally, and uncovers a secret kept hidden for one-hundred years.

Consider The Spirits

It's time for the Avatars to meet.

(Also, Sokka might be having an existential crisis.)

[deadghosy]

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BEING BEST FRIENDS WITH AANG:

prompt: being the same age as Aang, mostly the avatar has it perks considering you two are polar opposites

🐚 ྀ࿓it’s dead ass funny seeing two 12 years argue who sheds more, momo or appa. Katara would have to pull you off of Aang before you slap this little Mr clean head ass boy.

🐚 ྀ࿓for shits and giggles, you have definitely got launched in the air. You were begging Aang to just launch you in the air. Because you always dreamed of it since you met this airbender.

🐚 ྀ࿓Aang is pretty much protective of you if you can’t bend. So if you are a non bender, you better believe this boy makes sure you are by his side at all times of the traveling. Even after he finishes the Hundred year war. He’s the avatar, of course there’s still petty ass people after him.

🐚 ྀ࿓now if you weren’t a non bender and had a bending skill of some sort, he is still protective of you. You could be a master at bending, and this dude will still make sure you are behind him in danger. You two are such a powerful duo when bending, now a good trio is you, toph, and Aang at all once.

🐚 ྀ࿓you two are basically platonic soulmates who are always found by each other. Like that one time you went to go shopping at a market, and Aang followed you secretly since it’s his job to protect you at all time. Or that one time you lost Aang in the crowd and he immediately found you by your voice in an instant.

🐚 ྀ࿓”I’m gonna kill that asshole…” “please don’t.” Those words basically describes your friendship with Aang. Literally after Aang got his grow spurt and he was taller than you, you better believe this now wise boy would put you on his shoulder to drag you away from fights.

🐚 ྀ࿓you are the chaos in the peace and he is the peace within the chaos. You two are two peas in a pond, yin & yang. You have your moments where it’s the opposite sometimes. But where’s the fun when you create the problems whilst Aang has to drag you away from causing more problems.

🐚 ྀ࿓smack his head…he dares you. He knows you do it for jokes. But this boy is tired of having red hand marks on his head and feeling the painful burn.. if you did one more time, he is actually putting you in rock time out. You could try to get out. But this airbender is making sure he is having a kick out of this.

🐚 ྀ࿓when training with Aang, he tries to go easy on while you don’t. Of course you care about Aang deeply like he does for you, but you ain’t no pussy. You literally used chi blocking on him cause he hesitated blasting you away with his airbending. At the end you had to smack his head for trying to not blast you. And of course he still didn’t learn his listen as he just dodges.

🐚 ྀ࿓Aang is very affectionate person, everyone knows that. So of course he is holding your hand, waist if you allow it, wrap his arm around your shoulder. He might not be that much of a touchy person, but it feels nice to have the person that’s like his other half by him.

🐚 ྀ࿓cuddles is a must if you or him have a bad day. Yes you once snored while trying to move away from the airbender in your sleep. Aang wasn’t letting that happen at all cause he pulled you to his chest as he falls asleep.

🐚 ྀ࿓random arguments with Aang is also a must as you two argue over the most stupidest things ever. Say for example, your favorite book was gone. So you accused Aang of using it for something actually dumb. Aang got offended as he dramatically gasp and blamed you instead for being so dense for not keeping up with your stuff. And that’s where you would tackle him and start hitting his head. Mostly smacking his bald head cause it’s funny😭

🐚 ྀ࿓this sweetheart of an airbender will teach you about his culture. Now if you are part of one of the nations, you teach him your nation of course. It’s like trading Pokémon cards for more Pokémon cards. He will probably do something so you can wear an airbender outfit, just so people can see you two are best friends for life. Literally.

🐚 ྀ࿓I can see you trying to ignore Aang for something petty, and Aang is not having it as communication is key. He will literally pick you up over his shoulder and put you down so he can talk to you face to face. He’s serious about you, so of course he’s not letting you be this petty.

🐚 ྀ࿓yk how Aang had his hair grown out, yeah you actually liked it grown out like that. It was cute and you told him that in confidence. At first he thought you were lying so you can make fun of it. But when he saw how you kept playing with his hair. He actually was thinking about keep his hair grown out like this. His darkish brown hair was suiting on him. He’d actually fall asleep with his head on you as you play with it.

🐚 ྀ࿓Aang will never forget the moment he almost went avatar state for you. All because you wanted to be reckless and almost died. A fire nation soldier tried to burn you alive, but you were quick to dodge it. While for Aang, he didn’t get a clear view to see if you dodged it or not. So this man’s tattoos glowed scared and worried. Mostly angry if you died as he was about to burn the solider. Kyoshi was telling him to. But that all stopped when you grabbed his shoulder. Aang stops to look at you and hug you tightly, his heart went back to normal sped.

🐚 ྀ࿓to end this off, you guys are practically platonic soulmates who are made to be by each other’s side. Aang agrees and you, you just nod while you stuff your face in food. And Aang eats calmly compared to you. So if you choke on your food, he is smacking the shit out of your back worried if you actually choke on your food.

[brothermouse-skeleton]

Avatar head cannon: after his balloon ride with Sokka, Zuko thinks for the longest time that "turned into the moon" is a water tribe euphemism for dying. He tries to slip it into conversation to impress some water tribe dignitaries, but is immediately met with confusion, so he goes to ask Katara about it.

Katara explains that Sokka ment it quite literally and explains that Zhao murdered the moon, and Sokka's girlfriend actually became the actual moon.

Pieces start coming together and Zuko says "I guess that's why that giant fish spirit ate him, I was wondering why it seemed so mad at him."

Chaos ensues as everyone realizes that Aang totally murdered a guy while possessed by a giant fish.

Toph, having never met Zhao, has to get caught up on the he gaang's history with him. The more she learns about Zhao, the more she believes that this is the funniest shit ever.

Suki is now a little uncomfortable with her and Sokka's moonlit strolls.

[zizz-asdf-re-r-o-u]

Kuya- Is character developmentTM necessary?

(NOTE: I have not played every event nor watched all intimacy rooms. If anyone has additional info, please let me know!)

Soooo idk if anyone in NU Carnival tumblr also follows fanartists on twitter, but there was a lil bit of drama over some character criticism amongst some midsized fanartists (I say midsized cause they're moderately known in the English-speaking fandom, but MUCH smaller than more popular anime or kpop fanartists). And 2 things- I really like all the fanartists that were involved so I hope it doesn't become a long lasting fight. I know big fandoms can get in a lot of fanwars (coff kpop), and would hate to see how relatively mature NU Carnival has handled things, turn into fanwars over small stuff. Get fights over the gacha system pricing, sure, but not over opinionsTM on fictional characters. Anyways, that's a twitter problem. Tumblr fandoms, although they can get into fights too, the NU Carnival tumblr analysis people seem more chill and I haven't seen any public fanwars yet. But also there's also fewer people active on tumblr.

AAAANYWAYS. The point of this is my response to their arguments. Basically the discussion was over whether or not Kuya had any character development. And I say- with a cast of 12 lead-ish characters and not everyone getting the spotlight all the time, there will be some screentime sacrifices made. But I would also like to propose- is it absolutely necessary for EEEVERY character to get "character development"? And is it necessary for every character to get the SAME kind of "character development"?

Let's take a side tangent at Avatar the Last Airbender. Zuko is infamous as the poster child for character development. And while that works for Zuko's character, it would not be right for EVERY character to follow his pattern. Specifically for some characters such as Uncle Iroh. Or they deserve to have smaller scale or slower character development, such as Aang or Toph. I'm not saying Aang or Toph don't have character development, but they don't have the massive 360 changes that Zuko does. And that's because they don't need it!

Now let's move over to NU: Carnival. I'll bring up Garu/Karu first. I'm not sure if everyone realizes this yet, but Karu is probably the best character who is starting at the beginning/bottom of his character development arc. He's got lots of issues and none of it is solved yet. Their role is also being a victim of the plot- stuff has happened to Garu/Karu and they've got no agency yet. We can also predict that Karu is going to eventually lower down his walls, accept or overcome his trauma, mature from his delusions of grandeur, become actually powerful, and experience ~character development~. Garu doesn't have as many problems with Eiden or the rest of the clan, but he also lacks empowerment and maturity that he's been slowly building up since Eerie Escapade. For them, because they are starting their story completely unsolved and at the bottom of the barrel, "character development" is necessary- especially now that we have hints on how much of a victim they are of the plot (essence/gemstone experiments) and how crucial they might be to solving things. And that can't happen if they've still got amnesia and blacking out from trauma.

But what about Kuya, whose the point of this whole discussion? The 2 sides of the twitter argument were- Kuya has stopped progressing and is boring and a bitch vs Kuya actually has a lot of character development. How about another perspective? Well, let's take a look at where Kuya is starting and what role he plays. Realistically, he starts out being a villain archetype, he's Huey's former right hand man and super close to the lore. Half the time Kuya is saving the day or creating the chaos, and the other half of the time, he already knows the answer and is providing the exposition or mystery/backstory reveals, or has personal experience/connections with whatever mystery they're encountering.

"Development"-wise, he's the oldest character whose gone through the most changes over time, except in the past. Yeah he's a total bitch and still emotionally constipated. But he's been like this for 200, maybe 300 or 400+ years. In fact, he was worse 100-200 years ago. So what does this mean for present-day Kuya with Eiden's clan?

a) Kuya is not at the start of his character development and he does not need major character development, like Garu/Karu or Dante or Yakumo or Edmond. He has already done the bulk of his character development in the past, and is now changing very very veeeeeeeeeeeeery slowly simply due to time and he will keep changing at his own much slower pace than everyone else.

c) Kuya's main role is also the extremely powerful being who has answers to almost all the lore. Yeah, there's still a LOOOOT of things he doesn't know or learns along the way, but 90% of the time, he's so experienced and smart, he figures it out (except for the playing cards, which kickstarts his interest in Eiden). For example, figuring out the night crane in Silver Miracle or the Tanuki in mystic banquet or the time shenanigans in Astral Duo and he already knows whats going on in Frozen Echoes. (Rusted Nations is a bit hard to compare since it's mostly flashbacks to past Kuya). He's just so bored of knowing the answers, or being able to easily figure out the answers that he fucks around with people. Heck, there's a small possibility that, if Journey to a NU World is canon, that means Kuya is so OP he's basically Jobu Tupaki from EEAAO or Monika from DDLC, and he knows the actual game developers.

If we think about it in terms of gaming, Kuya has maxed out and finished the game. He is super powerful and has nowhere upwards to go. The only thing he can do now is doing Lost Relics, filling out the pokedex, sidequests, and exploring after game content. Or playing the sequel, which would be equivalent of universe hopping to Eiden's world. Another example- you've solved over 200 puzzles and the difficulty level never changes. Your character development was in puzzles 0-150, and when you encounter puzzle 201 but it's STILL that easy, eventually most people will get bored. That's what Kuya is like.

I don't have a fancy conclusion or anything, but yeah that's my thoughts. If anyone has corrections or their own interpretation, I'd love to hear it!

[moodlemcdoodle]

tell us more about that toph+vaatu art 👀

Ohoho alright! Warning for a big infodump ramble on my silly ATLA AU down below

I’m a big fan of AUs with other members of Team Avatar being the Avatar instead of Aang just in general, in the past I’ve toyed around with ideas for Avatar!Zuko and Avatar!Sokka AUs as well (though never posted anything about them)

So while scrolling the Avatar Zuko tag on AO3 a while back i found a bunch of AU fics centering around Zuko becoming Vaatu’s avatar, like Korra’s Uncle who’s name i forget but like, less of an over the top evil spirit+human fusion and more just being Another Avatar, playing on the duality between Aang and Zuko, and Zuko not necessarily being evil but more... anarchist? At least in the fics I read! While Aang’s goal is Peace, Zuko’s would be Change, etc etc. The Consider Chaos series was my favourite, but i read a bunch that were all great! It was such a fresh idea!!

BUT as much as i love the duality and parralels between Zuko and Aang, it’s basically the core of the series after all, I’m also a HUGE fan of the duality that Aang and Toph have, Toph being a more opposite and equal to Aang in a way that Zuko never is. And I thought... Well isn’t Toph someone who hates rules and order and people telling her what to do? Doesn’t she value freedom above everything else? She’s Aang’s elemental opposite as well as his equal, being the same age as him and just as powerful as him!! And I’m also a taang truther who will forever be disappointed at the lack of episodes they have bonding with each other beyond Toph’s introductory episodes and how underutilised Toph is in general!!!

So the idea for a Vaatu/Dark/Chaos/Whatever-you-want-to-call-it Avatar Toph AU just made sense to me but no one else to my knowledge has made content for an AU like that so I started writing down all the ideas I had! Nothing super finalised or coherent, just my ramblings to myself in bullet point notes. Although i wouldn’t be opposed to sharing them if anyone is interested?

Basically my summary is that, near the start of the show, Toph starts getting sent visions from Vaatu and runs away from home to follow those visions, going to the foggy swamp and as she connects with the world through the spirit tree there (the same way Old Lady Toph does in Korra!) she makes contact with Vaatu and he convinces her to become his own Avatar. I think in my notes I had it where he was freed right in that moment and Toph ends up creating a brand new spirit portal in the swamp? But now I’m thinking he probably just gives her a bit of his energy at a time as she masters each element until she has all the elements and he’s eventually freed and fully fuses with her, like Raava and Avatar Wan kinda where she just passed through him each time he needed to hold another element.

Anyway Aang gets an ominous vision about her Avatar awakening, Toph runs off to find a firebender to teach her firebending, and she ends up joining Zuko and Iroh for the latter half of season 1, learning firebending with them while Aang works on learning waterbending, and at first she and Aang act as rivals and enemies, but reach a truce when they need to learn each other’s element from each other, and they stay friends(?) from there, but often have opposing viewpoints and clashing goals... Ba Sing Se especially is where I imagine things start to seriously diverge from canon, Toph hates all of Ba Sing Se’s rules, after all, and now she could really do something about it...

That’s pretty much all i’ve got though! I’m not powerful enough to write a full fic, but I hope my ideas inspire other fans to do their own cool things with the concept!

[kitsune024]

Zuko Fic Recs Part 2 - add later

Zutara Fics

An Unlikely Alliance by @badlucksav I Chapters: 53/? I season 2 divergence, Fake Dating, Fluff and Humor, Slow Burn..kind of These Tides Do Turn by @ink-and-dagger-alt I Chapters 32/32 I Completed Canon Divergence, One-Sided Aang/Katara, Slow Burn, Blood and Violence, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Ember Island

Another Brother by @awesomeavocadolove I Chapters: 37/? I Canon Rewrite, Water Tribe Zuko, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Found Family Tale of the Blue Spirit by QuillWrighter I Chapters: 8/? I Blue Spirit Zuko, Spirit Zuko The Spirit Tale of Fire Lord Ozai by @commehter I Chapters 21/? I Fire Lord Zuko, Canon Divergence, Pre-Canon, Time Travel, Fix-It, Spirits, Bodyswap, Zuko is Ozai, Parenthood Dragon at Heart by Identical Gemini I Chapters 40/? I FFN Dragon Zuko, Ursa is not liked here, Adventure/Friendship heart of a dragon by @discordiansamba I Chapters 8/? I Zuko gets raised by dragons au, Canon Divergence Sisyphus by @blluespirit I Chapters 6/? I Early Zuko Redemption, Badass Zuko, Blue Spirit Zuko

Oneshots

Mercy by Etherborn I Chapters: 1/1 I Overpowered Zuko, Dark Oneshot, Zuko Getting Revenge Teatime in the Dungeon by Skylinneas I Chapters: 1/1 I Azula Redemption Destiny and Duty by @sirenalpha | Chapters: 1/1 | The Gaang Learns How Zuko Got The Scar, Fix-It of Sorts, Aang doesn't get to run away from his responsibilities in this fic

Bookmark Series

Consider Chaos by @awesomeavocadolove I Part 1 - 6 I Chaos Avatar Zuko kintsugi by @discordiansamba I Part 1 - 9 I toph didn't get her field trip so she gets to hog zuko for three whole years, Canon Divergence no grave (hold my body) by @zenzaaaaaaaaaaaa  I Part 1- 4 I Badass Zuko, Spirit Zuko, Canon Divergence, Azula Redemption Learning to Fly by @fanboyzuko | Part 1 - 17 | Zuko Takes Himself on a Life-Changing Field Trip, Zuko is 13 A Dragon's Instinct by @aelincreativ I Part 1 - 3 I Dragon Zuko, iroh is a bad uncle in this, Azula Redemption, azula loves zuko, Zuko's crew, Jee is a good dad Dragon of the Yuyan by @awkwardpenguinproductions I Part 1- 40 I Yuyan Raise Zuko, Zuko & The Yuyan Archers, Canon Divergence, Badass Zuko The Gaang finds out..... by @imalwaysconfuzzled I Part 1- 6 I Oneshots, Badass Zuko, the gaang found out how insane their friend is. Loyalty Is Acquired Through Time by @codeearth | Part 1-13 | Role Reversal Au, Zuko and Azula, Badass Zuko, Badass Azula, Zuko is the prodigy and Azula was banished

[headcanonthings]

Sokka, calling Zuko: How’s everything back at the house

Zuko: Aang and I are helping Suki make dinner.

Sokka: and Katara and Toph?

Zuko: ....I don’t know where they are

Sokka:

Sokka: Have you called the poli-

Zuko: Three times

[ecoterrorist-katara]

You know, I was thinking. I don't mind Toph being a cop but I can see why others do. What would have been better for her? Maybe becoming a pro bender? She was the Blind Bandit. They could have even made it so that she was the one who started pro bending in Republic City since she already had a history of it

You’re so correct!! Tbh nobody will ever convince me that Toph didn’t start pro-bending. Especially with the Bei Fong fortune? What’s she gonna do with all that money? Funnel it into pro-bending, obviously, only to win it all back lmao

My headcanon is that Toph goes back to Earth Rumble right after the war, only to be hopelessly bored. She was already the greatest earthbender in the world before she left, and now she’s so unparalleled it’s not even funny. She starts pro-bending because she misses sparring with her friends. Zuko and Aang are busy, but Katara’s got a couple of years before starting the political career she deserves, so Toph talks Katara into joining her pro-bending team. They look for a firebender to add to their roster, and a redeemed Azula doesn’t want to help her brother do paperwork so she decides to join Toph and Katara’s team. To drum up interest, they talk Pakku, Bumi, and Iroh into a match. They have to rebuild the entire arena afterwards, but it was legendary.

Soon, Azula, Toph, and Katara are making bank and wiping the floor with all the other pro-bending teams. People start complaining that two of the Avatar’s masters shouldn’t be on the same team, especially not with the direct relative of the Avatar’s other master, so they split up. Katara picks up Haru, who’s been languishing in obscurity in the Earth Kingdom. Toph and Azula both pick up Northern waterbenders and beat the sexism out of them. Sometimes Aang fills in, since he knows all three elements, though he’s only allowed to use one. Toph gets Zuko to join her team for a special fight against his sister (Katara is banned from participating in this one).

Even after Toph establishes her metalbending academy, she offers classes on pro-bending and funnels her students into the arena. Azula, not to be outdone, starts a firebending academy and does the same. Katara leaves after a few years to pursue a career in politics, but she drops by once a year, and if she invites all the foreign dignitaries to her matches, well, it’s because it’s the polite thing to do and definitely not because she’s trying to intimidate them before negotiations.

In conclusion: Toph would absolutely start pro-bending, Azula would join, and it would be chaos all the way down. Republic City would have to find somebody else to be the head cop.

[zuko-always-lies]

Rating my list of Azula AUs by how much they appeal/are interesting to me now

It's a long list, and some of these ideas are actually quite old, so I thought it would be worth giving each AU idea a rating out of 10. Note that some of these aren't my ideas and I intend no disrespect to anyone. I just want to rate how interested I would be in a story if someone used the AU idea as a basis.

Better parenting Ursa (8/10)-Would be a banger.

Azula raises Katara AU (and continued) and more (9/10)-I've never seen anything quite like this and would be very interesting.

Azula and Katara get friendly postwar and talk about their brothers. (7/10)-Good idea for a short story?

Mai is significantly older than Azula and Ty Lee AU (Older “sister” Mai) (4/10)-Could be interesting but honestly I find canon Azula-Mai's dynamic plenty interesting on its own.

Jin works at Iroh’s teashop but finds out about his past (5/10)-Perhaps worth a shot.

Zuko tells Azula about the Spirit Water (5/10)-Too close to canon?

Ursa and Ozai get along better, and it’s not a good thing AU (4/10)-A little dark for my tastes.

Imperialist Lu Ten survives the war and tries to regain his throne afterwards (9/10)-Now that would be incredible. Lots and lots drama and lots of lighting fandom takes on fire.

Zuko finds out more about his nation AU. (5/10) Somewhat interesting.

Revolutionary Azula takes over Ba Sing Se AU. (2/10) In retrospect it feels a bit too imperialist in tone.

Three different AU ideas in one (4/10) None of them are really that great.

Favoritism in the royal family is a little different (5/10) moderately interesting.

What if Zuko had a nonbending twin sister (who he doesn’t get along with). (10/10) The Zola AU. One of the most interesting and subversive ideas I've had.

Zuko’s daughter changes how he sees Azula (7/10). Could be worth a short story.

Zuko and Ursa try to isolate Azula (“for her own good”) (9/10). Brilliant dark AU, very subversive of fandom expectations.

Ozai gets exiled and the Gaang stupidly ally with him (6/10). Could be entertaining.

Earth Kingdom ends up with custody of Azula postwar and support her bid for the Fire Nation throne when Zuko starts another war with them. (10/10). Pure, wonderful chaos and Team Avatar are really in a bind.

The Gaang tries to figure out why Zuko joined them. (3/10). Might make a good short story.

Dangerous Ladies find Ursa in Book 2. (10/10). Ursa setting canon of fire is always worth it.

Azula and Toph fake dating (1/10). Not that interested in Tophzula.

Zuko/“world leaders” try to force Aang to take away Azula’s bending and he’s very much not OK with it. (4/10). Not too interesting.

Azula is thrown away to the NWT postwar as a trinket and Chief Arnook adopts her. (9/10). Wonderful idea for how to get a fire sibling adopted by the water tribes and have it make sense.

Comics! Ursa’s letter about Zuko being a bastard gets out. (2/10). Too associated with the comics.

Zuko and Katara lie about what happened during the Agni Kai (4/10). Shrug.

An exiled Azula finds Fire Imperialist! Ursa postwar. (10/10) Absolute banger of an idea, although quite dark. Azula and Ursa unite to overthrow Zuko.

Aang has to save Azula from being executed by Zuko (5/10) OKish

Zuko’s defection during DoBS goes very badly for Mai (4/10)

Zuko joins the Gaang at Ba Sing Se, but it ends poorly (10/10) let's make the writers of all those bad Zvtara fics suffer!

Zuko killed Azula during the Agni Kai, and now he has to deal with the consequences. (6/10). Dark/

AU idea where Zuko keeps Azula permanently imprisoned in bad and torturous conditions postwar, and Izumi finds out about when she’s relatively young, and draws exactly the sort of conclusions about her parents that you would expect. Not to mention being terrified that she might be treated the same way if she missteps… (7/10). Could be interesting.

Ozai never declares Zuko and Iroh traitors (7/10). Clever idea, would destroy canon as we know it.

Iroh-Azula roleswap au (9/10). Would be absolutely incredible.

Zuko asks Azula for help with his firebending. (5/10). I really don't like the fire siblings having a good relationship very much at this point.

Zuko wants Azula to like him but doesn’t get why she doesn’t like him (postwar) (8/10). Good idea for a shorter fic.

Katara has an arranged marriage with Zuko and Azula tries to get into the good graces of her sister in law (7/10). Might be interesting.

“Katara is supposed to have an arranged marriage with Zuko, but she falls in love with Azula instead.” (10/10). No explanation needed.

Another take on Zvtara (arranged marriage) and Maizula. (6/10). Good idea but maybe a little boring.

Azula-Katara AU idea (or: Katara runs into an Azula who has changed a lot in some ways and not very much in others) (7/10). Never could quite gets this to work.

Zuko is actually Ikem’s son (2/10). Enough about the comics!

Firelord Azula ends her brother’s exile 3/10. Nothing particularly interesting.

Azula raises Izumi (it’s complicated) (8/10) Really would be worth engaging with.

“AU idea: Azula commits suicide out of despair, and just about everyone is convinced that Zuko had her murdered or at the very least “encouraged” her to do it.” (3/10). More Zuko angst.

Dangerous Ladies get banished/declared traitors and Azula basically gives up. Mai has to step up her place. (9/10), would be a very interesting look at Mai.

I have to say, “Zuko has to deal with finding out that Ursa very much isn’t who he believed she was” remains excellent fanfic fodder. (8/10). Ursa for the win!

“AU idea: Ursa is more aware of Ozai’s abuse and potential for abuse than in canon, so, right after her exile, she seeks out Iroh and charges him with protecting both of her children.” 6/10. I don't find like Iroh enough to really like an idea which had him be so central.

Firelord Iroh treats Azula in a really screwed up way. 9/10, very dark but could have great payoff.

“AU where Azula dies during the latter stages of the war or right after it, and Mai is the only person who ever morns her as a person, not as a politically convenient symbol (Ty Lee runs away from her complex feelings on Azula as much as she can).” 7/10, could be a good oneshot

Dark idea (5/10).

“Since so much of the fandom is convinced that Azula is Zuko’s older sister, I need an AU where this is true and Zuko is just as throne-obsessed as canon and spends all his time trying to usurp his older sister.” (1/10). Not really an idea which stands on its own.

“AU where Ozai has a heart attack and dies right after the fire siblings return to the Fire Nation, and Zuko and Azula have to pick up the pieces. Meanwhile, the Gaang are plotting to overthrow them and bring the war to a close once and for all…” 8/10. Could be a banger.

King Kuai adopts Azula as his heir 7/10. Interesting idea

Things get complicated, darkly (Azula exiled postwar AU) 6/10. A little convoluted.

What if Zuko tried to be a good brother 5/10. Zuko is boring.

“I really need an AU where Lu Ten returns and is pissed over Ozai’s usurpation, so he kills Ozai, seizes the throne, and continues the war. Of course, Iroh ends up supporting his actual son in all of this, and the conflict in the Fire Nation ends up boiling down to Zuko and Azula vs. Lu Ten and Iroh as the situation spirals toward civil war, at the same time the 100 years war continues.” 8/10. Nice chaotic edge.

“Maizula AU where Mai married Zuko, but he died not long after Izumi was born, and Azula and Mai are secretly carrying out a relationship while raising Izumi and ruling the Fire Nation as her regents.” 8/10. Maizula for the win. Could work as a short story.

Azula joins the Gaang with a twist… 7/10.

“The chaos which would result if Lu Ten showed up alive again in Book 1 and launched a rebellion against Ozai in pursuit of “his” throne.” (5/10). Less interesting than the other Lu Ten ideas.

Ursa opposes Firelord Zuko 7/10. More good Ursa content!

Iroh tries to kill Azula during “The Chase” (5/10). OKish.

Mai and Ty Lee on trial for “war crimes”“ and Azula has to save them 9/10, would be wonder with a great Maizulee dynamic.