Avatar: TLAB, post-ep fanfic

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Now that the season finale has aired, I want to dip my toe into some Z/K shipper fanfic. Oh, the potential! So much potential to make of these new events. So much dark stuff in the finale; I'm dying to read some good reaction fic. From a ship POV, especially.

However, I'm kind of afraid. I'm afraid because most of my ship fandom doesn't seem to be reacting to the episode the same way that I am. I fear the reaction fic as much as I desire it.

I kind of want someone of like mind to go find all the good fic and point me to it. Unfortunately I am usually that person. ::sigh::

I'll just have to wait and see. Pay a lot of attention to summaries and author's notes before reading, that sort of thing.

Comments

Re: damn this is long.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I'd love to look over it! :) I don't like to beta-read for people all the time, but I don't mind subbing in every once in a while for a ficfriend, and I'm flattered that you want my opinion.


I guess they might go back to the Guru. I was suprised they took the Earth King with them... will he be the adult of the show, now? The Iroh of their gang? Interesting if it were so, because he's pretty inexperienced in the world. Not much of a guide. On the other hand, even if he's sheltered he's still more mature than all of them; it'd be nice to see that new perspective.

Is it bad of me that I secretly want to ship older!Mei and the Earth King? (does that guy have a name?) Because of her "just take the bear" comment, really. And I can see her as a friggin awesome queen. She'd look around the city and go "Hn. That, that, and that has to go."
The King would go: "Whatever you want dear."
Mei: "And we'll need to have the Dai Li do blah blah blah blah."
King: "Do the Dai Li do that?"
Mei: "They work for you, so they do whatever you want them to do. ...Darling."

Re: damn this is long.

[jakia.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) I appreciate it.

And...oh God. Older!Mai and the Earth King...

...NEW OTP!

Damnit. Why oh why does that pairing have to make so much sense in my brain? It's like...like...

Crack. Only slightly more plausible.

How old is the Earth King, anyway? He's pretty young, like twenty or something, isn't he?--it wouldn't be too horrible to ship him with Mai, who's fifteen, but super mature for her age.

And I think I read somewhere that the King's name is Nalan, maybe Nalri...something that started with a NA, I remember that much. I think it came from the PAX spoilers with the creators...not sure, might have to look it up on avatarspirit or something like that.

jak

Re: damn this is long.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Older than 20, I think. I pegged him as somewhere between 24 and 29. If I were to write fic with him right now, I'd probably make him 26 or 27 because I like those numbers. It's hard to tell beneath the heavy clothes and the fact that he acts kind of childishly. (I'm guessing from his obsession with his pet bear that he's not married. And I don't mean that in an obscene way-- it's just a bachelor sign, ya know?)


it wouldn't be too horrible to ship him with Mai, who's fifteen, but super mature for her age.

I would have to age her up to at least 17 or I'd be grossed out. For may/december pairings, 17 is my minimum cut-off age. But I can imagine her marrying him in an arranged political marriage a couple years after the war. It'd be one of those political marriages that turns into real love and a strong political foundation.


And btw, I swear that I am not just trying to think of someone for Mei besides Zuko (because I could like her with Zuko too)... it just popped into my head while I was typing the reply to your comment and it struck me as TOTALLY AWESOME. And politically viable in the future.

Re: damn this is long.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

((more))

And can't you just imagine her being all dry and reserved, and he's so sweet that he goes way over the top to impress her? Like, "Look at this maginicent bridge I built and named after you!" and she'd be all "It's nice."

And then in the bedroom she'd be all assertive and the end result is she has him wrapped around her finger.

Re: damn this is long.

[jakia.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

My sister was completely weirded out when I said MaixEarth King. Which is crazy, because she usually jumps on crack pairings like that.

He would so go over the top to impress her. Mai would have like, the fanciest doors in town. And probably her very own bear, too.

And I dunno why, but I still think the Earth King is a little younger than that-- 23 would be my ideal guess. Mostly because of how controlled he is. If he was older, I don't think...I dunno, I guess I think he wouldn't be quite as naive, I guess? Not sure. Hmm.

And yeah, she'd have to be at least seventeen. Maybe nineteen. It would depend on how it's written. I've liked pairings with big age gaps before (Remus/Tonks from Harry Potter, pre HBP, baby), but it usually depends on the characters before I ship them.

(I became an Avatar'd because of zutara, if you must know. I watched the show casually, not really caring much about it, and then I saw the preview for the "Waterbending Scroll" and my brain went: "Well, huh. This show has potentiel to be a lot darker and deeper than they've shown so far--they're even minorly hinting at a romance between this evil prince dude and that chick.

...

I bet they have great fanfiction. I'm gonna check it out."

Then I found my first capture fic and have been a fangirl since. True story, true story)

ALSO: Long FengxAzula. Because Zhao is dead. And Azula needs another evil love slave to boss around.

Re: damn this is long.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

You've got a good point about his convincability-- the older and more shrewd he got, he'd eventually have found out about the war conspiracy (and probably continued the charade.) So maybe 23-24. I just noticed that he was given a very "adult" character design in terms of his height, apparent build, and face.


Dude, we totally created this ship. You and me, right here! First EarthKing/Mei shippers on livejournal! ::high five!::

Re: damn this is long.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

*is converted*

damn you all.

Re: damn this is long.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE.

Re: damn this is long.

[jakia.livejournal.com]

NOW WE NEED FOUR.

THEN WE CAN RULE THE WORLD WITH THE AWESOMENESS OF EARTHKINGXMAI!

Re: damn this is long.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I AM SO EASILY AMUSED.

EVERY FANDOM NEEDS A CAPSLOCK COMMUNITY. THEY ARE JUST FUN.

Re: damn this is long.

[jakia.livejournal.com]

What I've noticed about Avatar is that the main characters are tall and adult-like...

Until they stand next to an actual adult. And the the creators feel the need to remind us (or maybe themselves) that, hey, they're just kids! (the only exception being Iroh)

Because 15 year old Sokka is probably just a few inches shorter than his dad, barely--if it were real life. However, because it's a cartoon--ZOMG we must make him a lot shorter!

(Another example--look at Katara and the pirates. She's like...less that their shoulders. Yet in other situations, she's really, really tall. Strange.)

And--YES! Feel the love of EarthKing/Mei! Now we need to get a posse going or something...

Re: damn this is long.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I blame the non-age-proportionate character sizes on anime influences.

EarthKing/Mai is totally going into all my futurefic from now on. It may be just an obscure reference, but it will be there.