1 – 5 of 5 Works in Zuko Angst
Summary
Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.
Podfic and German translation now available, see chapter one notes!
Shelves: Avatar: Last Airbender
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Summary
Zuko realizes his destiny much earlier. As in, as soon as he wakes up in the palace after his Agni Kai and is told he is banished. Unfortunately, he's never been a patient one. So he storms right up to Ozai and tells him what he's going to do. And gets locked up for over three years. Then, one day, he's being pulled out and told he's the new Fire Lord.
A "Zuko never meets the Gaang and suddenly becomes Fire Lord after three years of literal torture" AU. In which the Gaang doesn't know what to think of this new Fire Lord who happens to be the missing nephew of Aang's firebending teacher, Iroh is misunderstanding a few things, and, sure, maybe the world hates the Fire Nation, but the Fire Nation LOVES Zuko, and he can work with that.
- Part 1 of Fractures
Shelves: Avatar: Last Airbender
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- 189,816
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Summary
For as long as Zuko could remember, he remembered being a dragon. He knew what it meant to fly through the skies and taste the water of the clouds. He knew the feeling of starlight on scales, of the humming heart of fire within him.
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After his Agni Kai, Prince Zuko is officially declared dead to the world.
[BOOK ONE COMPLETE]
Shelves: Avatar: Last Airbender
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- 150,004
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Summary
This is an AU for MuffinLance's "zuko botches his escape attempt and spends the rest of the war in prison then has to be Fire Lord having never gotten his redemption arc" Towards the Sun. This is more of a "zuko botches his escape attempt and spends the rest of the war in prison, and then when he becomes Fire Lord they leave him in prison" kind of thing.
After committing treason, Zuko spends months in prison, and even after both his father and Azula go missing, the guards can't coax him out of his cell. And then the Avatar shows up. How's the Gaang supposed to talk to a Fire Lord who doesn't even believe he's the Fire Lord?
Shelves: Avatar: Last Airbender
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- 109,096
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- Completed
Summary
"Li" can't remember his name or anything before waking up alone and injured in the ghost town. He can only hope to find the answers he craves in Ba Sing Se. Too bad the spirits enjoy toying with his life and sanity.
Chapter 79 summary: In which Qiao makes a decision and Katara decides the enemy of her enemy is the more imminent threat, and Tengfei finally sleeps. Sort of.
Shelves: Avatar: Last Airbender
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 261,579
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- In-Progress