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Even Healing Can Hurt by always_exhausted
Fandoms: All the Wrong Questions - Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
09 Nov 2023
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Lemony Snicket has always been surrounded by mystery, whether that mystery is something that needs solving or is instead one of his own secrets, kept close and tight to his chest. It's always been easier for him to surround himself with the problems of others and run when his own are revealed. But when Lemony makes a split-second decision on a train headed out of a dying town, his life and the lives of everyone left in Stain'd-by-the-Sea are suddenly derailed. With threats still lurking, secrets spilling out into the open, and too many loose ends to count, Lemony is in over his head- and with VFD's eyes watching his every move, running isn't an option.
Structures built on lies are always bound to shatter. But, though the healing can hurt, it is never impossible to fix what's been broken.
Or: The ending of "Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?" ruined me. Lemony Snicket and his Association of Associates have already been hit with enough mystery and hurt for a lifetime, so I pile on some more (but let them heal in the process).
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Sokka’s fascination with fire creeps up on him slowly and sneakily.
Zuko is leaping into the air with his leg rotating in a high arc. Flames trail off of his foot like he is drawing them right in the air with his toes.
Two months previous, it’d be the kind of move that would have had Katara pull the entire ocean up right then to smother Zuko, which would be a shame. It is a very pretty outcome, especially as the flames spark out into embers that dance in the air for just long enough to be appreciated.
He can’t really bring himself to stop watching from that point forward.
Or:
Sokka and his obsession with fire. Then his obsession with one firebender in specific.
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09 Jul 2026
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in a slightly different light by Dioranelle
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
25 Nov 2025
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Hakoda watches his children pensively. His gaze turns to the Fire Prince, who stubbornly refuses to look at any of them.
Hakoda remembers everything he has heard. His eyes wander toward the scar on the boy's face, making him wonder...
“How many times did Ozai try to kill you, Zuko?”
He realizes too late that he has spoken these words aloud. Suddenly, it becomes quiet around him.
And Zuko begins to count silently.
Or: Hakoda asks Zuko about his relationship with his father. Zuko answers far too honestly.
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04 Jul 2026
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Like Exhaling, It Never Ends by ManyGayUmbrellas
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
21 Apr 2026
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The burns are deep. Aang frets over them as he keeps watch, the smallest flame cupped in his palms, too small to do any damage. Zuko assures him that this–this is not all that comes from fire.
(Tries not to remember how exactly skin smells when it begins to burn, flake away.)
Or: Zuko doesn't choose Azula during the Crystal Catacombs.
Or or: His sacrifice and everything that comes after.
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03 Jul 2026
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In Which (Former) Lieutenant Jee Does A Prison Break by lyracreek
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
30 Aug 2023
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“It was an otherwise ordinary day when he saw a flash of red scarring on someone’s face. Jee’s breath left him and he hoped.”
OR
What if Jee was at the Boiling Rock instead of Chit Sang?
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02 Jul 2026
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I don't belong here by sunnywriteswest
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
17 Mar 2026
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Zuko has a room just like everyone else in the group. He is free to come and go as he pleases, just like everyone else.
He has never felt more left out.
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Zuko has way too much time alone to think everyone hates him. The Gaang makes things worse without realizing.
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02 Jul 2026