#taob art

[atlaas0]

moments before disaster

inspired by chapter 44 of The Art of Burning by @hella1975 on ao3!! (go read it rn🤺)

[thealienarchivist]

finally finished my cover design for book 1 of @hella1975’s beautiful fic The Art Of Burning!

[hella1975]

Hi Hella! I don’t know if you saw my message, but my sibling and I have started making that TAOB podfic. We saw the current one was unfinished. But even if it was finished, we still would’ve made this one haha. It’s more an expression of love and gratitude for the story.

Anyway, it’s here https://archiveofourown.org/works/61807165/chapters/158036536

You’ll probably see it in your gifts! :D much much love from South Africa

- Spring

OH MY GOD HI!!!!!!!!! i am so useless w my notifs and asks im so sorry but this is so excitingggggggg im always open to any contributions to my fics whether it be art or podfics or translations etc like it's so so lovely to know people actually like something i made to the point of wanting to do something themselves for it like !!!! that's crazyyy im so flattered thank you so much <3 i'll make sure to link this properly when i get the chance but in the meantime EVERYONE GO HERE!

[blindbisexualgoose]

That moment when you’ve stayed up until 3 am and just read the most earth shattering, heartbreaking, sob worthy chapter of a fanfic and have to wake up in a few hours and do things and carry on like your entire fucking worldview hasn’t been reshaped by a stranger’s writing about two fictional gay people

[seepingfrommyskin]

“Blood is your way of putting that guilt, that shame, that fury into a physical form. There is blood everywhere, Zuko.” 

The Art of Burning by @hella1975 || Chapter 33

I posted my first ever piece of art for this story almost a year ago, and I decided I wanted to make another piece of art for it, so naturally, here we are at three in the morning 🔥🔥🔥

An amazing story that I (still) can never stop re-reading. Thank you to Hella for writing such a good story with great plot, chapters, and characters. Hope you like it! (and click for better quality)

[butterfish03]

imma be real with y’all initially I was like zukka is interesting but i dont get it. i read ONE (1) fanfic and i UNDERSTANF YALL IM WITH YOU I STAND WITH YOU‼️✊🏽‼️

[simonwanders]

Fic Rec

If you’ve read the amazing Salvage by MuffinLance or the equally fabulous The Art of Burning by hella1975, PLEASE go read Ozymandias, King of Kings by Think_of_a_Wonderful_Thought.

Basically, it’s an incredible AU carefully built on a twist: instead of being sent to hunt down the Avatar after his Agni Kai, Zuko went in a prison camp to die digging for coal. Three years later, Zuko is still alive but traumatized and resigned to his fate; one day, however, the prison gets attacked.

There’s a million reasons I couldn’t recommend it more, but here’s a few of them:

This AU features an alternate version of canon!Zuko, with even more trauma and angst, but he’s exceptionally well portrayed. Honestly, I got as attached to this version of Zuko as I am with the show’s version. This Zuko is more wary, ready to do anything in order to survive, and I cannot describe how enjoyable it is to follow his character development.

The main pairing is Zukka, and once again, it is amazingly written. We get to see them act as teenagers and try to build an awkward, but incredibly sweet relationship, despite the context of the war and the misunderstandings between the two.

Unlike in the show, the matter of the war is treated with more crudeness and a realistic perspective. There is violence, there is moral conflict, there are well-loved characters who struggle to do the right thing (looking at you Hakoda) and it is an absolute delight to read.

The relationship between Hakoda and Zuko is a tortuous one, especially because of Hakoda’s behavior and Zuko being an unreliable narrator. I am a lover of the trope featuring Hakoda adopting Zuko (I found this fic while specifically searching for this trope) and, reading Ozymandias, I can say the experience is as fascinating as it is painful. I cannot wait to see how their relationship will evolve. It is my favorite part of the fic and the primary reason I would recommend it to all lovers of Dadkoda. The author chose a particular take on Hakoda’s character, but if you want to know more, you’ll have to go check this wonderful piece of writing!

Here is the link:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15482547/chapters/35941371

Than you for reading this and I hope I managed to convince y’all. Ozymandias, King of Kings is still being published, and believe me, the updates are worth the wait.

[septembersoffspring]

The Art of Burning [PODFIC]

Zuko had never excelled at anything. Azula was a prodigy. Uncle always knew what to say. And Father... Father was strong, iron-like. But Zuko had only ever been good at surviving. Putting one foot in front of the other in a grim show of stubborn determination, gritting his teeth and bearing it. Survival was all he had ever been taught. He knew how to do it. So when he was kidnapped by the Southern Water Tribe, he expected to fight as he always had. He didn’t expect to be taught instead how to live.

In a warring land, the Water Tribe forgave the enemy in an act of defiance. For this, he was torn from them, and this time, his wounds won't heal so easily.

Forced back into nothing but survival, the last person Zuko expected to see was Hakoda's son. Hakoda was a promise of safety. The relentless blue of Sokka’s eyes was a promise of happiness. Zuko could have both if he just reached out his hands, but he found them clutching into fists. After all, he’d been burned one too many times.

But hey, at least between Hakoda and Sokka, Zuko could appreciate the family resemblance of pure, asinine stubbornness.

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I am making another podfic for this beloved story, since the existing one remains unfinished. You can access it here

The original fanfic is by @hella1975 and is very very good!!!! If you want to read it instead, be my guest because it’s stunning.

[rjalker]

Werewolf descending from its dimension to shame 3D+ shapekind

[ID: A digital drawing of a blue Flatland style hexagonn with repeating question and exclamation marks in front of him, being cast in multiple shadows from things above him off screen, with giant yellow subtitled text overshadowing most of the image from someone shouting above him, reading, "What part of 'do not poke internal organs' did you not undersand???". End ID.]

[2d-dreams]

HELL YEAH

idk if im ever gonna finish it but for now i will procrastinate upon my actual youtube channel by doing this thing

[g3n3s1s-l0v3]

sighing loudly this art is stupid old now byt fuck it i still like it !!!!!!!! um um un go read taob it still fucks i promise

did some art of @hella1975 ‘s taob because i was rereading it for the nth time and… ough…. my heart

while i was painting this the solar storm actually made it so i could see the northern lights from my (very not northern!) house which was just amazing cuz i was literally in the middle of painting the northern lights and… there they were

(sorry about my poor camera quality; getting art on paper to look good on camera is a whole struggle)

[atlaas0]

WIP!! I love these two sm 🫶

inspired by chapter 44 of The Art of Burning

finished piece here!!

[thealienarchivist]

my cover design for book two of @hella1975 ‘s incredible fic The Art Of Burning. Just now realizing it makes it look like Zuko is in his villain arc but what can you do. The boy deserves it after the shit he’s been through

[hella1975]

hiii I was thinking of translating taob in italian, ik there are already some translations available in other languages, but I wanted to check with you if that was ok before doing it :D

omg i would be honoured!! im always open to any contributions like this to my fics! xx

[blindbisexualgoose]

Should I be taking it as a sign to cut down on the amount of fanfics I’m reading when I re-engage with the original piece of media and am shocked when it doesn’t follow the plot of said fanfics?

[2d-dreams]

morally I don't support Bill Cipher but he kinda went off with being a cringe weirdo