#the white lotus gambit

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The White Lotus Gambit (1794 words) by DeadlyJellybaby Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Hama/Kanna (Avatar), Aang & Iroh (Avatar) Characters: Aang (Avatar), Hama (Avatar), Kanna (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Aunt Wu (Avatar), Piandao (Avatar), Kuzon (Avatar), Pakku (Avatar), Bumi (Avatar), Original Characters Additional Tags: basically: Aang is found 50 years earlier than canon and befriends the White Lotus crew, this is just an outline (at least for now), trying out the muffinlance emergency outline system, mostly gen but Kanna & Hama's lesbian energy was just too strong to resist, Iroh is obsessed with his destiny, Aang is obsessed with speedrunning Iroh's redemption arc, airbenders are still around but in hiding, Azulon is a shitty father, Iroh isn't the best brother but at least he's trying ig, (Not Yet Aunt) Wu joins the Gaang because why not, heavily influenced by MuffinLance's fics, so assume any of her OCs and creatures are canon in this world Series: Part 1 of 50 Years Early AU Summary: 50 years into the war, two young Water Tribe women find a boy frozen in an iceberg. A runaway northern noble and the south’s last waterbending master embark on a long and dangerous journey with their new friend who might be the world’s only hope. Hot on their heels is a prince looking for his destiny and running from the reality of his broken family. The Avatar will meet friends old and new and in the shadows grows the White Lotus.

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I always feel like I'm weird for laughing at something I have written myself, but I am currently editing the next blue moon chapter and the Jet & Suki meeting is so dramatic that it just made me laugh. And it's actually not even dramatic because of Jet OR Suki, but I shouldn't say anything else, in fact I'm going to slap myself across the face before I say m-

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Azula Nakamura from The White Lotus Gambit as Hikaru Nakamura from The Chess©

30+ chapters later, hiding from the paparazzi:

and the og:

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It seems to me that the people have spoken, therefore I will now be releasing a little get to know the reader :) I hope you've enjoyed this... And please know that this is also optional!

-J.

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for the want of the sun| chapter 17: onwards

The Misty Palms oasis is less like an oasis, and more like a water hole. More like a puddle in the sand. It’s evening, the sun low but still impossibly hot. My skin is damp, and I’m dragging my feet as I follow Iroh and Zuko through the small town.

Zuko scours our surroundings, the men cooped up in corners, the people leering from the scarce shade. “No one here is going to help us. These people just look like filthy wanderers.”

I roll my eyes. “We’re filthy wanderers, Zuko.”

Iroh stops suddenly, and with my mind foggy from exhaustion, I run into him. He barely falters. He raises his arm, pointing. “I think I found our friend.”

It’s an old man, sitting at a table and fiddling with what looks like a cheap Pai Sho set.

“You brought us here to gamble on Pai Sho?” Zuko hisses. 

“I do not think it’s a gamble,” Iroh muses, and walks forward. Zuko meets my eyes with a tired expression, one I’m sure I’m matching. 

“I don’t know if I can make it through this,” I mutter, watching as Iroh takes a seat across from the man. 

“Me either,” Zuko groans, but nudges me along. We go to stand beside them.

“The guest has the first move,” the stranger says, and Iroh places a tile, the lotus, in the center of the board. I see the man’s lips quirk up, a curious and pensive expression overtaking his face. “I see you favor the white lotus gambit. Not many still cling to the ancient ways.” 

Iroh nods. “Those who do can always find a friend.”

Zuko and I share a look. Huh?

The two place their tiles on the board, one after the other, until a shape emerges. I look at the pattern: like a flower. A lotus. 

“Welcome, brother,” the man says. “The White Lotus opens wise to those who know her secrets.”

“What are you old gasbags talking about?” Zuko exclaims. 

Iroh glances at him. “I always tried to tell you that Pai Sho is more than just a game.”

“Hey!” A yell sounds from behind us. Two men, dressed in Earth Kingdom clothing, are walking towards us quickly. “It’s over! You fugitives are coming with me!”

The Pai Sho man whips around in front of us and grabs my shoulders. I’m too startled to pull back. “I knew it! You three are wanted criminals with a giant bounty on your heads!”

“I thought you said he would help!” Zuko yells, pushing the man away from me with force. He stumbles on his heels.

Iroh places a hand on his shoulder. “He is. Just watch.”

The stranger rights himself up and points at the two intruders. “You think you’re going to capture them and collect all that gold?”

The effect is instant. Suddenly, from every direction, men and women are coming out of their places of hiding, knives, chains, and swords gleaming. 

I step near Zuko. “This is helping?”

Someone yells, and the people run towards each other into a mob. I’m shielding my face, ducking, when Zuko grabs my arm and lifts me away. He pulls us behind Iroh and the stranger, and we duck inside a small door.The man closes it behind us, latching the lock. 

Zuko is still gripping my arm, so I nudge him. He looks down and releases it quickly.

“It is an honor to welcome such a high-ranking member of the Order of the White Lotus. You must know may secrets.”

“What’s going on?” I ask desperately.

“Now that you played Pai Sho, are you going to do some flower arranging, or is someone in this club going to offer some real help?”

“You must forgive my nephew,” Iroh says. “He is not an initiate and has little appreciation for the cryptic arts.” He sends Zuko a look, but I can’t say I’m not on his side. 

“Okay, but actually, is someone going to help us?”

They ignore me. The man leads Iroh to a small, hidden door, where someone is looking through from the other side. “Who knocks at the garden gate?” the voice asks. 

“One who has eaten the fruit and tasted its mysteries.” 

I shake my head. I think the desert is making me insane. 

The door opens, and a short man steps aside to welcome Iroh in. I go to follow, but he turns back to us. 

“It’s members only, sorry.” The door shuts.

I turn to Zuko helplessly. “Are we going crazy?”

He’s staring, annoyed, at the door, but then a tired smile twitches at his lips. “I think we did a long time ago.”

—

A thud shakes me awake. I lift my head from the wall where I’m slumped, next to Zuko. We share a look, both of us still weighed down by sleep.

“Is the meeting over?” Zuko asks. His voice is hoarse and raspy, which for some reason sends a jolt through me.

“Everything is taken care of,” Iroh says. “We’re heading to Ba Sing Se.”

“Ba Sing Se?” I question, rubbing my eyes. “What-”

Zuko interjects. “Why would we go to the Earth Kingdom capital?”

The Pai Sho man answers calmly. “The city's filled with refugees. Nobody will notice three more.”

“We can hide in plain sight there. And, it’s the safest place in the world from the Fire Nation.” Iroh chuckles. “Even I couldn’t break through to the city.”

A bell rings, and a boy enters the shop, carrying pamphlets of paper. Everyone turns to him. “I have the passports for our guests. But there are two men outside looking for them.”

“Okay,” the Pai Sho man says. “Then it’s time to sneak out.”

He ushers us near the door, where three large flower pots line the wall. He points, smiling. “In you go.”

—

We arrive at the ferry dock early in the morning. Our driver leads us inside, instructs us to hand our passports to an elderly looking man at a wooden desk, and leaves, sharing some cryptic words with Iroh that leaves my head spinning from lack of sleep.

We board the ferry and leave the port, and the sea air is welcome on my skin. After days of traveling through dust and grime, and a night spent in ceramic flower pots, I tilt my face to the sun, smiling. The boat workers bring us plates of food that look suspiciously translucent. 

Iroh approaches us, dressed in an ostentatious floral hat. It’s too early for this.

“Who would’ve thought that after all these years I’d be returning to Ba Sing Se as a tourist!” His smile is wide and he adjusts the hat on his head. 

“Well, you’ve got the look down,” I say, gesturing to his outfit. He nods proudly.

Zuko scoffs, sitting beside me, feet hanging off the edge of the ferry. “Look around. We’re not tourists, we’re refugees.” He takes a bite of his food, and I watch as his eyes widen before he spits it out. “Ugh!” he exclaims. 

I chuckle. I wouldn’t have dared to eat it.

Zuko storms. “I’m sick of eating rotten food, of sleeping in the dirt. I’m sick of living like this!” 

“Aren’t we all?” a voice drones.

I turn around to see a boy standing against the deck post, and…oh. He’s tall, his tan skin dewy in the soft morning light, his dark hair framing his face. He has a rugged look to him, like he has experience in the struggles Zuko was ranting about. He sweeps his eyes over us, and when they meet mine, I have to fight not to look away. He locks our gaze, his lips twitch up at the ends.

“My name’s Jet,” the boy says, standing. “These are my Freedom Fighters, Smellerbee and Longshot.” He gestures to two others: a very tall boy with serious looking features, and a short girl covered with face paint.

The girl nods. “Hey.”

“Hi,” I nod back. When I look back at Jet, he’s still smirking.

“Here’s the deal,” he says. “I hear the captain’s eating like a king while the rest of us have to live off his scraps. Doesn’t seem fair, does it?” Zuko straightens up beside me.

“What kind of king is he eating like?” Iroh asks.

“The fat, happy kind,” Jet answers flatly. He looks at Zuko. “You want to help us liberate some food?”

Zuko tosses his bowl of food to the side. “I’m in.”

I stand up. “I can help, too.”

Again, that smirk. Jet walks closer. “Don’t worry about it, sweetheart. Just let us do the work.”

I eye him steadily. “I can help. I think you’d rather have me with you.” I look at Zuko, urging him with my eyes to jump in.

“Right, yeah,” he says, a moment later. “She’s good. She can chi-block.”

Jet raises his eyebrows. “Chi-block, huh? That’s pretty advanced. Where’d you learn to do that?” I catch the flash of suspicion in his eyes.

“Self-taught,” I shrug. 

His eyes linger on me a moment longer before he finally nods. “Okay. Regroup at nightfall. We're gonna have a real meal tonight.”

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a/n: AYYYY. FINALLY OFF TO BA SING SE. ENOUGH FILLER, LET'S GET SOME PLOT IN THE CHAT. IT'S SLOW BURN TIME BABIES.

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Now I'm curious to ask your top 10 (or 20 or 30) iconic outfits from TV shows 🤓✍️

ngl i lost count so here are the my favorite most iconic tv show outfits/fashion moments 🥰 this was so much fun!!!

lets start with a classic 90s icon: rachel green, these two are my favorite outfits she's worn on the show

olivia pope has the best coat game in the world, i love a good beige/white coat

i could put so many of blair's outfits on this list but i limited myself to my top two

and continuing her legacy we have monet de haan, the gg spin off might have been painfully mid but monet is my daughter and i am in love with this dress

speaking of teen show fashion, pretty little liars had some truly awful fashion moments but troian bellasario in this dress has literally changed the trajectory of my life

and for my niche audience, noora and her itertions in all skam version did the clean girl aethetic before tiktok was a thing, here are the two 'noora' outfits that are living rent free in my head

for most memorable wedding dress i nominate leslie knope's newspaper dress which i assume was inspired by carrie bradshaw's dress, both are inspiring fashion moments

game of thrones costume design is stunning, like i could have put so many more on this list

buffy in her brown leather pants and a simple white tanktop, this is too hot

another show with absolutely stunning costume design: the queen's gambit

i have not stopped thinking about audrey plaza wearing this white dress in the white lotus in over a year

i love pose, the show itself is so good and it has some amazing fashion moments, this is the most memorable to me, elektra as marie antoinette

reign was a hot mess, so addicting but a mess, but the fashion - as inaccurate as it may have been - was so stunning, this is my all time favorite dress on the show

dickinson on the other hand is such a fun and good interpretation of antebellum US/emily dickinson's life, emily's yellow dress and her cute little hat has all my heart

skin's effy truly inspired so many edgy teen girlies in the 00/10s, no one can deny her influence on teen media and fashion

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current shows in each bracket so far (no particular order yet):

ask box and submissions open! all categories are up for debate. If you can make the case for moving a sitcom to cult classic or a misc. show to prestige, I'm open to hearing everyone out!

When each category has 32 shows locked in, I will seed them based on an average between viewership and ratings and open up the polls <3

CULT CATEGORY

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

X- Files

Columbo

MASH

Twin Peaks

Supernatural

Riverdale

Pushing Daisies

Firefly

Freaks and Geeks

Doctor Who (both)

Star Trek (original series)

Avatar the Last Airbender

Over the Garden Wall

Futurama

House MD

Sherlock

Dark Shadows

Hannibal

Fringe

Lost

Gilmore Girls

Roswell (og)

Skins UK

Midnight Gospel

Adventure Time

Angel

Eastbound and Down

Merlin

Twilight Zone

Dark

Charmed

Battlestar Galactica

"PRESTIGE" CATEGORY

Dirk Gently's

The Getdown

Succession

The Bear

Breaking Bad

Better Call Saul

Chernobyl

Game of Thrones

Boardwalk Empire

Atlanta

The Wire

Black Mirror

The Great

Big Little Lies

Justified

Mad Men

Yellowjackets

Interview with the Vampire

Black Sails

Fleabag

Yellowstone

Westworld

The Handmaid's Tale

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Foundation

The Borgias

West Wing

True Detective

Deadwood

Mr. Robot

Band of Brothers

Fargo

Sopranos

Bojack

Boondocks

Downtown Abbey

Mind Hunter

I Hate Suzie

The Last of Us

Barry

White Lotus

Watchmen

Orange is the New Black

The Crown

Ozark

Narcos

Maniac

Undone

The Missing

Leverage

Six Feet Under

SITCOM CATEGORY

Seinfeld

Girlfriends

Bob's Burgers

Archer

The Good Place

Arrested Development

The Simpsons

The Office

Parks and Rec

30 Rock

Sex in the City

New Girl

Psych

Elementary

Abott Elementary

Community

Letterkenny

Modern Family

Scrubs

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Derry Girls

Blackish

Our Flag Means Death

Miracle Workers

What We Do in the Shadows

King of the Hill

Man Seeking Woman

Full House

Trailer Park Boys

Friends

Ted Lasso

Wilfred

That 70s Show

Girls

Broad City

Veep

Curb your Enthusiasm

Flight of the Concords

IT Crowd

Monk

Shameless

Documentary Now

Better Off Ted

Weeds

OTHER CATEGORY

The Vampire Diaries

Pretty Little Liars

Grey's Anatomy

Stranger Things

Smallville

One Tree Hill

You

Criminal Minds

Gotham

The Flash

Legends of Tomorrow

The Mandalorian

Daredevil

The Umbrella Academy

Legion

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Blacklist

The 100

Midnight Mass

Haunting of Bly Manor

How to Get Away with Murder

Gossip Girl (og)

The OC

Young Pope

Haunting of Hill House

Euphoria

Walking Dead

Peaky Blinders

Vikings

Supergirl

Dawson's Creek

Bunheads

The Society

Prison Break

True Blood

Normal People

American Horror Story

Squid Games

Dexter

The Boys

Queen's Gambit

The OA

ER

Spinning Out

[juliiwrites]

Currently Watching

911 | season 4 episode 12

Abbott Elementary | season 1 episode 6

Beef | episode 3

Daisy Jones and the Six | episode 5

Girls5Eva | season 1 episode 4

Grace and Frankie | season 6 episode 11

Platonic | season 1 episode 7

Strange Planet | season 1 episode 5

The Magicians | season 3 episode 8

The White Lotus | season 2 episode 4

Wedding Season | episode 4

Currently Re-watching

Friends | season 10 episode 6

Hacks | season 1 episode 7

Modern Family | season 5 episode 12

Sherlock | season 1 episode 2

The Office | season 9 episode 9

Watchlist and Finished Series are underneath the cut 🤗

Watchlist

911 | seasons 2-5

Abbott Elementary

After Life

Agent Carter

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

Always a Witch

American Gods

Anxious People

Arcane

Atlanta Medical

Babylon Berlin

Bones | seasons 11-12

Breaking Bad | seasons 2-5

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | seasons 3-4

Crashing

Damaged Goods

Der Tatortreinger | seasons 2-7

Desperate Housewives | seasons 5-8

Dexter | seasons 6-8

Downtown Abbey | season 3-6

Dr Who

Dynasty | seasons 3-5

Elite

ER | seasons 2-15

Extraordinary

Fakes

Fleabag

Flora and Son

Girls

Girls 5 Eva

Glow

Grey’s Anatomy | seasons 12-19

Heartstopper | season 2

House of Cards | seasons 3-6

House of the Dragon

How I Met Your Father | season 2

How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast) | seasons 2-3

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Jack Ryan | season 3

Jerks. | seasons 3-5

Kaulitz & Kaulitz

Little Fires Everywhere

Loki | season 2

Love

Love & Anarchy

Marvellous Mrs Masel

Money Heist | parts 3-5

Mythic Quest

Narcos

Never Have I Ever

Not Dead Yet

Once Upon A Time

Outlander | seasons 3-5

Ozark

Parks and Recreation

Parlament

Partner Track

Peaky Blinders

Platonic

Queen Charlotte

Ragnarok | seasons 2-3

Roar

Rick und Morty

Riverdale | seasons 6-7

Scandal

Scream Queen

Selling Sunset | seasons 6-7

Selling the OC

Seven vs Wild | seasons 2-3

Sex Education

Shadow & Bone | season 2

Space Force

Special | season 2

Stranger Things | I’ll only watch once the series is wrapped

Succession | seasons 3-4

Superstore

Sweet Magnolias

Ted Lasso | season 3

The Bear | season 3

The Bold Type

The Brothers Sun

The Diplomat

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The Flight Attendant

The Gentlemen

The Gilded Age | season 2

The Good Fight

The Great

The Handmaid‘s Tale

The Last of Us

The Morning Show

The Mandalorian

The Resident

The Rings of Power

The Witcher | season 4

This Is Us

Tiny Beautiful Things

Valeria

Wedding Season

Workin’ Moms

Finished

Arrested Development

Baymax!

Below Deck

Below Deck Mediterranean

Bluey

Bridgerton

Brooklyn 99

Champion

Community

Criminal

Cunk on Earth

Daredevil

Dash & Lily

Dead to Me

Derry Girls

Die Schwarzwaldklinik

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

Doctor’s Diary

Don’t Fuck With Cats

Emily in Paris

Fate: The Winx Sags

First Kill

Friends

Game of Thrones

Get Even

Gilmore Girls

Golden Girls

Good Omens

Good Witch

Gossip Girl

Grey’s Anatomy | season 1-12

Hacks

Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself

Heart of Dixie

Heartstoppers

How I Met Your Mother

IKEA Heights

Iron Fist

Jane the Virgin

Jessica Jones

Jury Duty

Killing Eve

Luke Cage

Lupin

Loki | season 1

Modern Family

New Girl

Obliterated

Only Murders In The Building

Please Like Me

Pretty Little Liars

Rebel Cheer Squad

Santa Clarita Diet

Schitt’s Creek

Sherlock

Shrinking

Soundtrack

Supernatural

Superstore

Teen Wolf | season 1-4

The 7 Lives of Lea

The Actress

The Afterparty

The Bear

The Big Bang Theory

The Buccaneers

The Circle

The Defenders

The Mole

The Night Agent

The Office

The Queen’s Gambit

The Recruit

The Sandman

The Umbrella Academy

The Vampire Diaries

The Witcher

Tiger King

Too Hot To Handle

Treason

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unnatural Selection

Wednesday

Westside

You

I will not watch

American Horror Story | … horror isn’t my genre, but I have heard only great things about this series!

The Boys | I know, I know, the hook is great and the series is supposed to be amazing, but I’ve seen the very first scene and did not expect it 🙈 it really shocked me so I might need a while to get over it.

Law and Order SVU | I have tried watching it but I cannot stomach it

[i-would-like-some-tea]

The White Lotus Gambit/ 50 years early AU

Atla AU: 50 years into the war, two young Water Tribe women find a boy frozen in an iceberg. A runaway northern noble and the south’s last waterbending master embark on a long and dangerous journey with their new friend who might be the world’s only hope. Hot on their heels is a prince looking for his destiny and running from the reality of his broken family. The Avatar will meet friends old and new and in the shadows grows the White Lotus.

Book 1: Duty

Book 2: Family

Aboard the crown prince’s ship, bound for the Fire Nation, Kuzon plans treason and is approached by his son Piandao, who has figured out his dad is planning something and wants in. He tells him about the White Lotus and that he hoped to one day sway the prince to their side. He believes the boy is a good person at heart but right now he’s still much too unquestioningly loyal and caught up in the Fire Nation’s ideology.

While making port in a colony in the northern Earth Kingdom, Kuzon breaks Aang out of the ship’s hold with his son’s help and they go undercover, making their way towards the abandoned city of Taku, where a friend will be awaiting them.

Meanwhile, in the Northern Water Tribe’s capital, a letter arrives, carrying a message encoded in Pai Sho terms. Yuruk tells his daughter, her friend and his protégé (and sadly no longer future son in law) to take Appa and fly to Taku to meet up with allies.

Before they leave, he gives Pakku a White Lotus tile and tells him the basics about the secret organization without the girls present. Kanna can tell something is being kept from her and it’s driving her crazy.

The Water Tribe crew gets a bit lost in the vast woodlands of Pohuai territory and run into Wu again, this time alone. 

She tells them, she had a fight with her dad - being disgraced nobles from Ba Sing Se, they had started out half a year ago with a substantial amount of money between them that was supposed to get them through for a while but he had managed to burn through it within a few months which is why she had started earning money with parlor tricks and roadside fortune telling. 

After she met them, she wanted to do something to help the Earth Kingdom with the war effort while he tried to convince her to find a well off husband far away from the front lines. A week ago, she just left him at the inn they had been staying at and set off on her own. She joins them.

The groups converge in Taku, or rather at the herbalist institute within the former governor’s palace facing the abandoned city on the opposite side of the valley.

The White Lotus contact they were meeting is Lady Su Ji, cousin to King Bumi of Omashu, who officially holds the title of governor of Taku (which has been under the stewardship of Omashu for centuries but since the city had been abandoned for nearly as long after a series of earthquakes and plagues, it’s really more of a symbolic title…) and has been living there as a hermit only with her plants and cats as company.

When Kanna finally learns about the White Lotus she is furious. Hama has to physically hold her back from strangling Pakku and she challenges him to a game of Pai Sho where she proceeds to kick his ass on the game board

Su Ji/ Crazy Herbalist Lady arranges to smuggle Aang and his friends, now including Piandao and Wu, safely to Omashu where he can start his earthbending training under King Bumi. 

Kuzon will not be going with him, he is going to be busy mobilizing the White Lotus - there is going to be a solar eclipse a year from now, that would be the perfect opportunity to strike a counter offensive against the Fire Nation. 

Pakku decides to go with Kuzon, keen to escape the awkward company of his (still-super-mad-at-him) ex and her maybe?probably-girlfriend…

In Omashu, Aang finally gets to reunite with his old friend Bumi. The next four months are spent in a training montage...

Meanwhile, the Fire Nation is frantically searching for the Avatar and the traitors who helped him escape.

Just a few days after losing Aang, however, Iroh receives devastating news - his mother, Fire Lady Ilah died shortly after giving birth to his baby brother and he is being summoned back to the palace for her funeral.

The official missive is accompanied by unofficial whispers about how the Fire Lord has apparently not been seen in public since her death and the new prince hasn’t been announced to court yet despite almost a month having passed since his birth.

Iroh hurries back home, the Avatar suddenly not his number one priority anymore. The search is delegated to newly promoted General Jeong Jeong.

At home, Iroh finds Fire Lord Azulon grieving and bitter and unable to look at his newborn son whom he blames for Ilah’s death. Iroh, meanwhile, also has to grapple with the betrayal of his mentor and his best friend. He tries to be a good son and older brother but it’s hard.

After a few months back at the palace, his mind starts drifting back to the Avatar and he starts getting an overwhelming feeling of connected destiny. He starts burying himself in research and, thinking about when Aang appeared to him in his astral body, he starts trying to meditate into the spirit world, determined to get the hang of this trick himself.

Meanwhile, rumors of the Avatar’s whereabouts do eventually get out and reach Fire Nation ears. Jeong Jeong mobilizes the troops under his command to lay siege to Omashu.

Bumi gets the Gaang out of the city in time but stays behind, saying that he taught Aang enough that he can keep training by himself for now and his people need him. He recommends that he seek out the sandbenders of the Si Wong desert, learn some of their techniques as well, and start looking into mastering the Avatar State. They should also eventually head to Ba Sing Se to try and recruit the Earth King’s armies to their cause.

In the desert, they are taken in by the Hami tribe, where they meet a young girl named Jia, who turns out to secretly be an airbender. 

They stay with the tribe for a few weeks and Aang learns some sandbending. 

They also get to know Jia a little better: her mother had been part of a small group of surviving eastern Air Nomads hiding in a small town at the edge of the Si Wong desert, her father had been a sandbender of the Hami tribe with airbender ancestry. She had spent her early childhood with her family in the airbender hideout until, one day, they were discovered and the entire village was burned down. Jia had been the only one to survive because she had been on a trade run to a neighboring Oasis with her dad. When he noticed the smoke on their way back, he told her to take their glider and flee into the desert to his tribe while he returned to the village alone to see if there was any hope of saving his wife and the others - that was the last time she saw him and she had to hide her bending from everyone except her uncle ever since. 

She is overjoyed when Aang offers to teach her proper airbending.

There are tales of a massive spirit library hidden away in the desert nearby and Piandao suggests to go looking for it in hope of finding answers on how to control the Avatar state.

They do indeed find the library and are permitted entry after some haggling with the great Wan Shi Tong. They find a scroll written by someone called Guru Sham a couple centuries ago. He talks about reaching spiritual enlightenment through guided meditation and unlocking one’s chakras and mentions having assisted the Avatar of his era in attaining the same. 

The name is somewhat familiar to Jia - she believes one of her Air Nomad aunties mentioned it in one of her stories, he seemed to have been an important figure in the history of the Eastern Air Temple.

They fly east to follow up on that lead. During the trip, Aang starts trying the meditation exercises described by Guru Sham. In the spirit world, he has a run in with Iroh - let operation “forcibly befriend the villain by abducting him on spirit play dates” begin!

The Eastern Air Temple seems abandoned at first, but they can’t shake the feeling of being watched…

Eventually, their little shadow steps out and introduces himself: he’s Arun, a non-bender from what remains of the people who used to live below the Air Temple. When the Fire Nation attacked, they burned much of the forest below but some of the ground dwelling people still managed to escape and settlements further away from the Temple were spared. They took in some airbenders that had managed to flee but when it became apparent that the Fire Nation was still combing the area looking for survivors, most of them left. 

Jia realises that was probably her mother’s group. The only airbenders still hiding out among Arun’s people are two old women, one of which has almost completely lost her bending due to spiritual stagnation. Arun takes them to their temporary village (they move around regularly) and Aang meets Guru Pathik, who welcomes him like he has been expecting his arrival and they begin Aang’s spiritual training.

Meanwhile, after occupying Omashu, Jeong Jeong follows the Gaang’s trail with his Avatar-hunting task force.

Kuzon and Pakku spent the past half year traveling the southern Earth Kingdom on what can only be described as the most awkward buddy comedy road trip of all time (long story short: Pakku gets practically force fed all the respect women juice on Kyoshi Island, gets laughed at by swamp benders for calling himself a master without knowing even the most basic healing and Kuzon repeatedly kicks his ass at Pai Sho, insists on exchanging bending techniques and basically adopts him). 

While at the Misty Palms Oasis to check in with the White Lotus contacts there, they are recognized and ratted out to the Fire Nation.

Kuzon faces them so Pakku can flee and is arrested and sent to the Fire Nation Capital to be tried as a traitor.

Pakku hurries towards the Eastern Air Temple where he was told the Avatar and his friends were last headed to warn them.

He finds them in time and they leave, deciding this would be a good time to head to Ba Sing Se, even though Piandao is distraught at the news of his father being captured. This also leaves Aang without a firebending teacher for now…

[theowritesfiction]

oh damn, I just realized that someone dies in the next chapter of blue moon

[billfarrah]

Every time you post, I’m like how do we have the same taste in shows? I want to ok know what’s your fav show? And most underrated show? 🥰

Current faves are Succession and Yellowjackets. Some of my all time faves are Breaking Bad, Veronica Mars, The White Lotus, Schitt’s Creek, The Sopranos, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Fargo, Narcos, Skam, The Boys, Arrested Development, Fleabag, Severance, Mindhunter, The Haunting of Hill House/Bly Manor, The Queen’s Gambit, Mr. Robot, Derry Girls, nd Son’s of Anarchy.

I didn’t name ones that I enjoyed earlier seasons of but grew to hate (Shameless and Dexter - loved the earlier seasons but they went to complete shit).

[juniperhillpatient]

I like to be all “oh this character or that character is just like me” but in reality I’m this bitch

[l-ours]

Top Séries

Gomorra ¤¤¤¤ Breaking Bad ¤¤¤¤ Treme ¤¤¤¤ Utopia ¤¤¤ Black Mirror ¤¤¤ Game of thrones ¤¤¤ Mr Robot ¤¤¤ Mare of Easttown ¤¤¤ Fargo ¤¤¤ Orphan Black ¤¤¤ True Detective s1 s3 ¤¤¤ Patria ¤¤¤ Atlanta ¤¤¤ The Handmaid's Tale ¤¤¤ Borgia ¤¤¤ Big Little Lies ¤¤¤ The Young Pope ¤¤¤ Chernobyl ¤¤ Homeland ¤¤ s1-3 Viking ¤¤ s1-4 Broadchurch ¤¤ The Serpent ¤¤ Ozark ¤¤ Narcos ¤¤ Sherlock ¤¤ House of Cards ¤¤ Mindhunter ¤¤ Snowfall ¤¤ Dark ¤¤ 1 Russian Doll ¤¤ Westworld ¤¤ Better Call Saul ¤¤ High maintenance ¤¤ The End of the Fucking World ¤¤ Merli ¤¤¤ Dérapages ¤¤ Click Bait ¤¤ Sharp Objects ¤¤ The Walking Dead ¤¤ The man in the high castle ¤¤ s1 Andor ¤¤ The Terror ¤¤ Wayne ¤¤ The Big Bang Theory ¤¤ Vinyl ¤¤ Rectify ¤¤ The Deuce ¤¤ Stranger Things ¤¤ Baron noir ¤¤ Téhéran ¤¤ Le Bureau des légendes ¤¤ The billion dollar code ¤¤ Validé ¤¤ The Tourist ¤¤ Jack Ryan ¤¤ The Queen’s Gambit ¤¤ Upload ¤¤ Kin ¤¤ The White Lotus ¤¤ Hinterland ¤¤ The Billion Dollar Code ¤¤ Snowfall ¤¤ Peky Blinders ¤¤ The Hot Zone ¤¤ L'effondrement ¤ Braqueurs ¤ Fariña ¤ Unreal ¤ Fleabag ¤ White lines ¤ Foundation ¤ Marvel's Daredevil ¤ Family Business ¤ The Mandalorian ¤ El Cid ¤ 30 Monedas ¤ Ratched ¤ Lupin ¤ Dr Brain ¤ Rised by Wolves ¤ The Punisher ¤ The Alienist ¤ La casa de papel ¤ s1-2 Le Visiteur ¤ s1 La Flamme ¤ Mocro Mafia ¤ Staged ¤ The Spy ¤ 50 m²

[prodogg]

Yuezula for the ask game

I ship it

1. What made you ship it?

Hmm I’ve read some really well written stories about these two, there would be White Lotus Gambit/The Steamy Lotus Gambit by @theowritesfiction (It’s YuKaZula but hey it made me like them nonetheless also it’s the best atla ot3.)

And another storycalled you make a really good girl (as girls go) by suzukiblu. I recommend to check these stories out and I garant you'll love Yuezula + even Azutara at the end.

Also there is this Sun/Moon dynamic about them and omg have you seen the fanart of these two together, they are all bangers.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

Well it’s definitely the sun moon dynamic because hello it’s gorgeous. Besides that I’d say Azula and Yue learning from each other, for example Yue gaining more confidence from Azula and speaking more up on her own behalf.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Eh I don’t think so, I don’t mind AU‘s where Yue lives soooo guess I don’t.