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"To dry the laundry, you draw all the heat from your body and concentrate it in your hands. Then you use your breathing to slowly dial up the temperature. But be careful. If you do it too fast, you'll just make fire. And we're trying not to burn anything here.” Chiyo said, demonstrating the technique.
Azula, whose whole life had been spent learning how to burn things effectively, struggled a bit with this concept.
Azula joins the palace housekeeping staff as a form of community service. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
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It's strange how quickly things can change between two people, isn't it? How one day you're sitting on your usual bench, eating and talking and just being around each other, and the next it's over, and they're gone.
Iwaizumi and Oikawa say goodbye after graduation. And Oikawa wants to say "I'm in love with you, Iwa-chan".
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Ever since their first meeting as children, Prince Oikawa Tooru knew there was something different about Iwaizumi Hajime. Different, but special. Because for some reason, he couldn't help but want to be around the boy who he found one day in his garden.
A prince and a guard grow up together, fall in love, and face the consequences.
(a companion fic to Like the Stars)
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- Part 2 of darling, hold my hand
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Yamaguchi Tadashi, the crown prince of the kingdom of Karasuno, never expected a chance encounter with a certain tall, blond servant to completely change his life. And Tsukishima Kei, who was only trying to hold down a steady job at the palace, never expected to fall in love with a royal brat. But fate had a few tricks up its sleeve.
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- Part 1 of darling, hold my hand
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cherry pits and hushed words (it doesn’t matter) by phoeeling (mimdecisive)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
05 Sep 2022
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Azula, through the lenses of the Palace Staff.
Or: you’ve seen the “palace staff love Zuko” fics, now get ready for “palace staff love Azula”
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- Part 2 of Azula Thoughts
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03 Oct 2022
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Azula is dangerous. Ty Lee knows– she watches her burn the tail feathers off a turtle-duck for snapping too close to her shoe. But she can’t bring herself to pull away. She thinks maybe she doesn’t mind the danger. It’s worth it to stand out. To be special. To be chosen.
Or, the life and times of Ty Lee as she tries to stand out from her sisters, and navigates her friendship with Azula and Mai.
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- Part 1 of Like Walking on Air
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10 Aug 2022
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It is no secret how quickly Princess Azula goes through handmaids. And so when Suyin takes up the position after the previous handmaid left the palace in tears, she doesn't expect her employment to be a particularly long one. But warmth and friendship soon take root in the cracks of the princess' facade, piercing through a loneliness she hadn't even realised existed.
Mostly canon compliant, but with fluctuations to and from canon, side plots, and divergent character motivations. Significant canon divergence post Book 3 of ATLA (not yet published). This fic serves as a character study for Azula, and explores daily life in the Fire Nation beginning before her introduction in the show.
Loosely inspired by Fingersmith / The Handmaiden
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05 Aug 2022
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the three sparks and their ember island summer by volkswagonblues
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
01 Jan 2023
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The iguana-parrot was dying to leave. If it could express itself in human language, it would scream, let me out! Let me out! But it was only taught to say one thing.
“Burn it down! Burn it down!” squawked the iguana-parrot.
A story of three bright sparks who visited Ember Island and went in search of a dragon.
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A story of The Carp and his fishy secret society.
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A story about people who are all burning up on the inside (some of them are royalty).
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01 Oct 2021
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The Reporter Who Came in from the Cold by kangaroo2010
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
07 Oct 2015
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Katara would never forget the day they brought the spy with half-a-face in. A loyal Communist, she goes about her duty with pride and determination, but the more she learns about the man before her, the more she begins to question everything she's ever known.
Quick Note: The tags are preemptive, for those with lower thresholds than me. The results of torture and abuse are shown, but the torture and abuse itself is never explicitly described. There is, however, smoking, drinking, and a great deal of adult language.
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26 Aug 2021