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    She hadn’t learned to relax around the man, around Palpatine’s durasteel fist of a dragon, the one-man army who’d plucked her out of the Senate and put her on the throne, but she had stopped being so terribly aware of his every move. He had become a menacing piece of furniture, at some point in the many hours he inexplicably chose to spend standing and watching a wall in her office while she worked.

    The hissing presence of him had retreated into the background, like the sounds of a working ship in flight.

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    07 May 2025

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    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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    23 Mar 2021

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    “Blessed Spirit, we thank you for the gift of this child’s life. We are forever in your debt.” The whole village is kneeling now, even the tiniest toddlers flopped down on their stomachs doing their best approximation of a bow. “Please, won’t you give us a name to call you? We would like to properly express our gratitude.”

    Oh.

    Well shit.

    (Where Zuko saves a little Earth Kingdom girl from drowning, the villagers think he's a Spirit, build him a shrine, and long story short, a fake story about the Blue Spirit who dances with dragons suddenly becomes very real.)

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    17 Aug 2020

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    All Zuko wanted to do was capture the Avatar and finally return home. But actions have consequences, and the spirits will have their pound of flesh.

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    15 Aug 2020

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    In the cold months of winter, Starscream finds a new home and a new place for himself, in the most unlikely of places, surrounded by tiny humans and hideous Christmas decorations.

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    07 Jan 2020