#zuko: you're so pretty ❤️

[nanabanonana]

really like the idea that Zuko wakes w the sun bc it gives him ample time to just stare at the love of his life while he sleeps all cute and drooling all over the pillow. it's cute (it's gross) and he wants to wake up to this sight for the rest of his days

meanwhile, Sokka keeps asking Zuko to pls not stare at him so early in the morning. he knows what he looks like and it's not flattering, no matter what Zuko says.

Sokka: stop looking at me

meanwhile Zuko: no ❤️

[bisexuallsokka]

Ooo! New prompts. What bout zukka with "Where's my good night kiss?"❤️❤️❤️

Sokka is trying so hard to be quiet, he barely even breathes until he’s made it back to his room in the Fire Nation palace, closing the door and finally inhaling.

"Where's my goodnight kiss?"

He lets out a very manly squeak, his arm automatically reaching for his boomerang before realizing 1) it's just Toph and 2) he must have left it back in Zuko's rooms.

"Fuck you," Sokka says once Toph is done laughing at him, his heart still racing. "What the fuck?"

"That's what I was about to ask you. Where have you been? I came here to for something like an hour ago and have been waiting ever since."

"What did you want?"

"You think I remember?" Toph asks, annoyed. "What were you even doing?"

"You're not my mom," Sokka responds, flicking her on the forehead as he walks over to his bedside table to reach for the lamp and get some light in the room.

Toph punches him in the arm in retaliation. "You're a weirdo. Sneaking around the palace in the middle of the night, someone is going to think you're an assassin. I should report you to the guards."

"Are you done? I'm ready to go to bed now, get out of my room. Ugh, did you even wash your feet before putting them on my bed?"

"Nope," Toph beams, rubbing her feet into the sheets even more, and Sokka swears under his breath. "Come on, I'm nosy, just tell me."

"I was working," Sokka says carefully. It's not a lie, he was working...before Zuko found him in his study and pulled him back to his rooms until they realized it would be pretty suspicious if they happened to be caught in the same room in the morning while their friends were visiting.

Toph is quiet for a moment, and for a second Sokka thinks she detected a lie, but she just smirks. "Oh, is that what the kids are calling it these days?"

"What are you talking about?" Sokka mutters, walking over to the bathroom and brushing his hair out. He's lucky she can't see how disheveled it is, nor can she notice the new mark on his collarbone.

"You've been here for a few months, don't tell me you haven't gotten laid this whole time?" she asks bluntly.

"Toph," he starts, more annoyed than scandalized. He steps out of the bathroom and stands near his bed, facing her with his arms crossed.

"Who is it? Ooh, one of the Kyoshi Warriors?"

"Absolutely not."

"Or maybe one of the cooks? I'm certain the way to your heart is through your stomach."

"Toph--"

"Or is it true what Aang and Katara say about you and the Fire Lord giving each other obnoxious heart eyes all the time?" she asks gleefully. "I bet that's it, you're sneaking around just so no one finds out about the scandal of the century."

He freezes, and after several seconds of silence he realizes it's too late to try and deflect, and he definitely can't cover with a lie. "You can't tell anyone."

She freezes too. "Tell anyone what?" she asks slowly, before her eyebrows raise in shock. "I was just fucking with you!" she says, scrambling off the bed and pointing an accusatory finger at Sokka.

He sighs.

"What do you-- gross! Are you kidding me? You and...oh, shit, I can't believe you just made me think about that. Bleh!"

"I didn't do anything! You wouldn't leave me alone!" Sokka says.

"Who else knows?" she snaps.

"Iroh figured it out, so just him," Sokka sighs.

Toph waits expectantly. "That's it? Not even Aang and Katara?"

"No!"

"This is the best gossip of my life! And I can't even brag to them about finding out first!" Toph groans.

"You're going to let them and the whole palace know if you don't shut up!" Sokka hisses.

Toph scoffs. "Whatever. I'm out of here anyway."

"Where are you going?" Sokka asks.

"Where do you think? I'm going to go yell at Zuko for keeping this from me," Toph says.

[burst-of-iridescent]

why does it feel like so much of this fandom really vibes with the k*taang dynamic, as long as its zuko with katara instead of aang. like i try finding good zutara fics and its :/// nobody respects katara in this house

what zutara fics have you been reading?

i'm asking this genuinely, because i've been in zutara fandom for over two years now and read probably hundreds, if not thousands, of zutara fics - and not once have i ever seen the kat.aang dynamic replicated in any of them.

but we don't need to take my word for it. let's hop on over to ao3, jump into the zutara tag, sort by kudos, and:

huh so the very first zutara fic ao3 gives you, the fic with the highest number of kudos, is one entirely centred around katara reclaiming her agency and power? a fic that isn't even really zutara so much as it is katara-with-background-zutara?

but ofc that's to be expected when actual fandom surveys have found the ratio of zutara stans to katara stans to be 1:1, meaning almost every zutara shipper is a katara stan first and foremost, and the majority of zutara fics reflect that in putting katara's feelings, choices, autonomy first, in having her be supported and loved by zuko just as much as she supports and loves him, and in giving her the power and legacy that canon denied her. i'm sure there are some (likely old) bad zk fics out there, but i - and any other zk shipper - can tell you that they are very much in the minority.

but then you'd probably know that yourself if you had spent even a couple minutes on ao3, which makes me think that you are either very very new to this fandom (and almost unbelievably unlucky) - in which case, you have absolutely no grounds to make statements like "nobody respects katara in this house" - or you're not in the zk fandom at all and are just trying to be an asshole.

zutara fanfiction is pretty good though, if you actually give it a chance. might i recommend starting with such selfish prayers? if, of course, you have free time in between making unsubstantiated claims in strangers’ inboxes on tumblr dot com.

have a good day, anon! ❤️

[sunmoonjune]

opening up notes bc i already know this is gonna be another chapter that serves and i need to keyboard smash all my feels

can i just start off by saying yun tapping bug's language or yun holding bug's hand or anything related to his hands has me reeling bc ive recently developed such a huge thing for them it's embarrassing aslfkdgsajg like they're so pretty it's illegal also apparently his hands are 21cm ??? like ??? my hands are probably the size of his palm someone hold me pls

im melting bug used to be so alert during her sleep she would subconsciously be waiting in fear of danger and she would rarely ever leave her good eye covered bUT NOw she's subconsciously reaching for physical contact and comfort from the boys AND THEN YOU'RE TELLING ME SHE'S ALSO COMPLETELY TRUSTING JONGHO TO PROTECT HER WHILE SHES ASLEEP OGM MY HERART

intermission to tell you just how much i love each and every single interaction that you put into each chapter bc they are such simple moments and actions that could easily be skipped over when thinking about the grand scheme of the plot but you always manage to highlight their significance in bug's journey of healing. ltm is the epitome of it's the little things in life ❤️

seeing bug curled on the floor next to san's bed was so cute but also so bittersweet. i think ateez need a new cavern where the whole floor is just bed so they can all be close and have cute puppy piles. also PLEASE HAHA not bug going 🥵🥵 seeing hongjoong's forearm muscles 💪💪 honestly though,,, same

my lack of vocab cannot express the amount of feels i got from bug finally giving captain his name symbol bc it's not even just 'hongjoong' but 'MY hongjoong' and it encompasses so many meanings like home and their heartbeats brb im ugly crying

Briefly, there’s a startling realization that they don’t change for you either. -> 👏WE👏LOVE👏CHARACTER👏DEVELOPMENT👏AND👏SELF👏LOVE 👏 i love the parallels revealed between hongjoong's and bug's past because hopefully bug can start to realise that she is also capable of displaying the scar on her face without worrying and finding love in this little family just like hongjoong has

woosan peering over the edge of the bed to look at bug and hongjoong only serves to reiterate my point that they need a nine-person mattress stat. and the way they giggled together like kids i swear they're the cutest

also my tag doesn't work idk why but it's okay bc i check your posts more religiously than i wake up for work so jks on tumblr 😎

AHHHH I LVOE YOU SO MUCH <333

the way my heart goes !!#!$!$! whenever I get a long ask after a new chapter is posted xD I love them SO MUCH <33

ok but yunho's hands are SO pretty,, I definitely have liked more than one TikTok of his hands so you're not alone xD

bug trusting jongho to guard her in her sleep <333 she really was sleeping for quite a bit of this chapter xD but that's okay, she needed it :'))

intermission to tell you that I love you SO MUCH <33 I'm so glad you guys don't mind the slow pacing with these little interactions! they might be considered filler in some stories but the slow progression is really important to me in this story :"D

also ateez should definitely just make a cave with just mattresses on the floor for one big bed xD they def need the cuddling space :}}

(and SAME bug, I too am weak for joong's forearm muscles xD)

MY hongjoong <333 crying screaming throwing up they love each other SO MUCH,, and joong's name symbol does indeed have the word for 'home' in it :") I was wondering if anyone would pick that up hehe >:D

also bug 🤝 hongjoong 🤝 zuko 🤝 having shitty father figures HAHA,, but yes bug's growing so much :")) finally beginning to realize that she is not her past and she can grow into her own person with ateez <3

woosan giggling like teenagers with crushes made me so happy I swear xD yeosang was done with their shit and just wanted to sleep HAHA

also I'm not quite sure why your tag doesn't show up :(( I've been poking around on tumblr but sometimes blog's just don't pop up when I try to tag them D: I hope I can get it sorted out tho! I'm glad that you were able to find the new chapter without it tho <3

[headcanonsandcupcakes]

Hey there! Hope you're well. This is not a headcanon ask but I'm curious...

If Avatar Studios comes around and retcons some of the things we've learned over the past few years, and if the comics eventually get decanonized, is there any moment/scene/new discovery you'd be sad to lose?

No worries if you don't care to answer this one lol. Avatar Studios will come and rock our worlds regardless 🤣

Hey my friend! I’m doing okay, how are you?!

Thanks for this awesome ask, it’s a great question!

I think Bryke did say that the comics are part of canon, but they might retcon or clarify things that didn’t make sense or what not. For me, I think this is a good thing from both a fan service and financial perspective.

I think one thing that I will be sad to lose is if they take away Kiyi and Noren. As much as it seems that this fandom doesn’t like that Kiyi is like a “replacement sister”, I think it is a positive thing. For one, it shows the type of life that Azula and Zuko should have had, had Ozai not been the way he was. Additionally, it gives Zuko a second chance to be the brother he never got to be and a breath of fresh air from family drama. Third, it also displays to Zuko (and eventually Mai), what a healthy family can be like, especially since they end up having a daughter :)

When it comes to Noren, it’s pretty much the same thing: Ursa deserves a happy ending and a loving relationship. It’s pretty much implied that her marriage to Ozai was not out of love and she was not happy. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was abused by Ozai behind closed doors. So, by having Noren in the lore, it gives Ursa that healing gauge.

Now, that doesn’t mean that I want her to go to the Mother of Faces and wipe her memory of her children (although I think that was more of a trauma response related to Ozai but that’s not the point), but perhaps she went back to Hira’a and found Noren but didn’t change her face.

But you are right, Avatar Studios will rock our worlds but I have a lot of faith in them ❤️

I know you didn’t ask this part, but one thing I hope the studio doesn’t make canon is making Azula a villain. She deserves healing and her own redemption arc, even if she’s more of an antihero that becomes close with Zuko and the family ❤️

Thanks for the ask! Please send more if you think of them :)

[milf-harrington]

THEO MY BELOVED !!!

i am in Love with for you, i cut my sleeve it's just so sweet and so pretty and like i know it's short, but it's so tender

like: "Later, with the red silk tied carefully around the hilt of his sword, Sokka would call him dramatic for not waking him up; and Zuko would only kiss him and cut his other sleeve to match" it's so 🥺🥺🥺and i love them so much

but i also Really love the matchablossom sk8 thing you wrote ! you're SO GOOD at describing things and making everything feel so real and like i'm there too ! the way you write is just... it's really pretty and soft, like when you're listening to your favorite song or hearing someone you love laugh, you know?

COREY!! HII!!! <3

*sobbing*

i honestly forget about that fic all the time bc i wrote it so long ago (nearly a year actually wtf) but it's definitely one of my favourite things i've ever written,, just,,, so soft

and that last line about zuko cutting his other sleeve to match was my favourite line to write so im so glad you liked it 😭❤️‍

also i think that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about my writing i honestly dont know if i'm ready to actually post my response to this ask yet because i just keep re-reading what you said hjrjsfjs you're so so sweet and i am so pleased and delighted that you enjoy my writing

[firelord-boomerang]

Hey, if you're still wanting Zukka with Izumi prompts: How about the first time Izumi gets hurt? Nothing bad, just a skinned knee or something, and how Zuko and Sokka react. Love your blog and your writing btw! ❤️

AN: Thanks so much! Here’s a 1.5K family fluff piece. Toph and Iroh are there too for some reason.

read on ao3

The royal family is spending their lunch out in the gardens. It’s a lovely day out and what better way to enjoy it than a nice picnic under the shade. Zuko runs his hands through Sokka’s hair as the man lies in his lap. Izumi is running back and forth between them and the turtle duck pond.

Zuko watches as Izumi runs to the flower patch, rip out some flowers, run back to them and place them in Sokka’s hair. 

Sokka opens his eyes only for Izumi to dump some grass on his forehead.

“What’s happening?” Sokka asks, a bit startled.

“You need flowers!” Izumi giggles. “And lots of greens.”

“Any particular reason?”

“To make you look pretty.”

“You don’t think I look pretty already?” Sokka puts on his most pouty sad eyes. It has no effect whatsoever on his dear daughter.

“No.” Izumi stands and runs back to the flower patch.

Zuko tried to hide his laugh with a cough. It doesn’t work and Sokka pinches his side. He reminds himself to apologize to the gardener later when Izumi starts picking at the freshly planted bush.

“Please leave the new bushes alone,” Zuko calls out.

“Okay,” Izumi replies and proceeds to terrorize the flower bed filled with fire lilies instead.

“Izumi, make sure you get some flowers for your papa so he can be pretty too!” Sokka says.

“M’kay, Da!” Izumi has a handful of fire lilies already.

“I think you look nice with flowers in your hair.” Zuko picks the grass off his husband’s face. “You should have some in it all the time.”

“Want me to go back to the South Pole all decked out with fire geraniums?” Sokka smiles.

“Yes.” Zuko bends down to press their lips together quickly. “It’ll match my pendant.”

Sokka brushes his fingers on Zuko’s neck touching the betrothal necklace lightly. “One more.”

Zuko obliges, kissing him lightly.

“Papa, Dad, look they’re following me!” Izumi yells.

They look up to see a trail of turtle ducklings curiously waddling after their little girl.

“She takes after you,” Sokka says.

“Yeah,” Zuko chuckles.

Then, disaster strikes. It all happens very quickly; one moment Izumi was having the time of her life running in the garden, the next thing they knew she’s on the ground and crying her little eyes out. Sokka and Zuko rush over as fast as humanly (possibly even faster) to her to find out what’s wrong and see some minor scrapes and a bloody knee.

At this point both fathers have alarm bells ringing in their heads. Like the calm, collected, and rational parents they are, their first thought was to keep the panic on the inside and not let Izumi see. They don’t do a very good job at concealing their worry which makes Izumi worried and cry harder making everything a bit more anxiety inducing.

Sokka and Zuko rush the crying Izumi to the healers as quickly as they can. They burst through the doors in the panicked state to find Healer Chen talking to Toph. Sokka and Zuko didn’t even know she was here.

“Izumi’s hurt,” Zuko says filled with worry.

Izumi has stopped crying during the long run from the gardens and is just clutching her father tightly around his neck. The healer looks up from her desk and leads the worried fathers to the exam table.

“Firelord Zuko, Ambassador Sokka please remain calm,” Healer Chen says. She’s known the now firelord since he was a boy and feels immeasurable joy that he grew up into such an upstanding man with a family of his own.

“We are very calm,” Sokka defends.

Healer Chen just smiles at him and turns her attention to the princess sitting on the table.

“Princess Izumi, what’s happened here?” Healer Chen rolls up Izumi’s torn pant leg to see the injury more clearly. She holds up a hand to stop the agitated fathers from explaining in their worried state and let the child speak for herself.

“I was running,” Izumi sniffs. “Then I tripped. Stupid rock.”

By this point most of the princess’s tears have dried and now she’s just very miffed at discovering the limits of her mortal body.

“Does it still hurt?” the healer asks.

Izumi thinks about it for a moment and shakes her head. “It only hurt a little but not anymore.”

Healer Chen nods and grabs a couple of bandages as the fathers stand around trying to not overwhelm the little girl.

“Are you sure it doesn’t hurt?” Zuko asks her. 

“Nope,” Izumi says proudly. “I’m tough stuff!”

Zuko can’t help but kiss the top of her head. “Yes, you are.”

Healer Chen clears her throat silently asking the Firelord and Ambassador to move aside so she can work. They let her to her job but are standing on the sidelines watching every little thing she does.

She cleans the wound gently dabbing some ointment on it. The healer cuts up a bandage and puts it over the now clean scrape.

“All done,” Healer Chen announces.

“Thank you,” Izumi says. She turns to her dads. “Can we get turtle buns?”

Sokka breathes a sigh of relief. “Of course, can.”

“Thank you again, Healer Chen,” Zuko says as they leave.

“It is my honor to serve,” she replies. 

How nice it is to see a happy family living in the palace once again, she thinks as she watches them leave the healers wing.

---

After eating two buns and asking a ton of questions about the moral implications of eating food that looks like her favorite animal, Izumi tires herself enough just in time for her afternoon nap.

Sokka and Zuko find themselves on either side of their sleeping daughter. 

“Today, hasn’t been that great,” Sokka whispers. They discovered when Izumi was three that she could sleep through anything so they were comfortable talking while she naps.

“No, it has not,” Zuko agrees.

A knock on the door takes their attention away.

“Come in.”

A palace guard peeks in and announces that they have visitors. 

“Are you expecting anyone?” asks Zuko.

“No, are you?”

“Nope.”

---

Iroh and Toph arrive at the palace by flying air bison. Appa is napping in the courtyard contentedly when Zuko and Sokka get to the entrance where Iroh and Toph were apparently waiting for them.

“Uncle!” Zuko runs up to his uncle for a hug. “What are you doing here?”

“Can’t I just drop by to visit my favorite nephews and grandchild?” Iroh replies.

Iroh hugs Sokka next. “It’s a nice surprise, Uncle.”

“How’s it going, Snoozles.” Toph punches Sokka’s arm instead of a hug. “Where’s mini-you?”

“Izumi is sleeping,” Sokka says. “Nap time.”

“Come on, you two must be starving.” Zuko leads them all inside. “Lets go to the kitchens.”

“I’ve brought tea!”

---

Iroh pours them tea as Sokk and Zuko recount what happened earlier that day.

“I thought I’d be over being scared,” Zuko says. “The first time she was sick as a baby was the most scared we’ve been but then she hurts herself and I’m terrified all over again.”

“The world is too dangerous,” Sokka decides. “How about we just never let her leave the palace?”

“You make a solid argument.” Zuko nods.

Toph has a feeling she’d need a drink soon, preferably something strong.

“Sokka--” she starts to interject.

He puts his hands up. “Hear me out. We still let her travel between the Fire Nation and Southern Water Tribe, you know so she can visit family. But only those two places and guards everywhere. Just teeming with royal guards watching her like a hawk.”

“Okay, let me get this straight.” Toph crossing her arms. “You want to lock her up in the palace.”

“It’s for---”

“Her own good,” Toph finishes for him. “Save your excuses. I’ve heard that line before, Snoozles. It isn’t exactly a fool proof plan.”

“I agree,” Iroh says.

“Exhibit A.” Toph points to herself.

“She’s just so small,” Zuko says more to himself.

“And one day she won’t be so small,” Iroh points out. “I think it’s helpful to keep in mind that she will rule this nation someday.”

Zuko and Sokka don’t look very comforted by the idea which makes Iroh laugh out loud.

“I know you want to protect her. I understand completely.” Iroh smiles at them kindly. “However, you need to make sure you’re not just protecting yourselves.”

“We just want what’s best for her,” Sokka insists.

“Every parent does,” Iroh agrees. “The world is big and scary. The both of you know that very well. And I believe that the world gets even more terrifying when you have something so precious to protect.”

“How did you get over it?” Zuko asks.

“Oh, you don’t.” He remembers all the times he’s felt so scared for Lu Ten and then Zuko all these years. “You just need to take comfort in the fact that when she gets hurt or scared or lost, she’ll always have the two of you to turn to.”

“I don’t think that’s as reassuring as you might think.”

“You can’t always protect her from the hurt,” he explains. “But you can be there for her after the fact. So, be there.”

“You two are already doing great,” Toph says. “From my little experience with parental figures anyway. You guys are top-notch.”

“Thanks for the vote of confidence, Toph,” Sokka deadpans.

“That’s what I’m here for.” Toph gives a thumbs up.

Sokka reaches for Zuko’s hand under the table only to find that it was halfway to him already.

Toph stands up abruptly and heads to the door. “I know you’re out there!”

Izumi emerges from the hall and attacks Toph’s legs. “Sneak attack!”

“I see your dad has been teaching you strategy.” Toph lifts Izumi up.

“Aunty Toph.” Izumi hugs her head smushing their faces together.

“Hello, Princess Izumi,” Iroh greets her with open arms.

“Grandpa!” Izumi squeals and squirms her way out of Toph’s hold to run to her grandfather.

Sokka and Zuko watch as Iroh dotes all over Izumi and Toph trying to impress her with her bending. Izumi has more family than she knows and Sokka and Zuko know they are immeasurably lucky to have this family.

[youtifulhobi]

♧ let me drop this one too: ❤️

You’re my: JULIAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!, blog's theme maker, someone I've grown to deeply appreciate over the past year or so xx

How I met you: I think I reblogged some of your themes and tbh I don't remember much after that; I have a crappy memory wbk 🤡

Why I follow you: I love your themes, the way you reblog aesthetics and resources that I can use <3

Your blog is: bootiful <3 it's minimalistic, the colours are pretty, and it has a sidebar, which I've learned I'm a sucker for

Your URL is: something I'm still trying to decipher squinty eyes does it mean something in another language?

Your icon is: just the right amount of flowery mixed with minimalism😌

A random fact I know about you: we've both reblogged fonts from each other and I think we share similar tastes in fonts :3

General opinion: you're such a sweetheart Julia🥺 you've come to my defence several times and each time, you make my world that much brighter x

A random thought I have: I wonder what possessed Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender to describe tea as hot leaf juice. As a tea lover, I am offended but as a self-described clown, I wish I thought of that myself smh

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