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strawberryfake

Zuko enthusiast, amateur artists (im trying)I got an Instagram too, where I repost the art I draw so yippee (same username over there as on here)

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11 months ago

this tweet made me giggle because this is something i feel like jet would brag about

This Tweet Made Me Giggle Because This Is Something I Feel Like Jet Would Brag About

“Hey Lee did you know I look just like this totally badass hot anime protagonist?? 😏😏😏”

11 months ago

I'd love to see a fic that's structured as a behind-the-scenes documentary showing what Zhao's crew think of him.

With @chiptrillino:

INTERIEWER: So... what do you think of Zhao?

OFFICER: *buries face in hands*

MIDSHIPMAN: if I hear another fucking word about that fish—

CUT to break room with portrait of Zhao pinned to dart board.

Handheld camera zooms in shakily on the dart board.

BOILER MAN: He read me a list of names and asked me which of them sounded more more impressive. Zhao the Conqueror. Zhao the Destroyer. King Zhao.

THE BLUE SPIRIT, disguising his voice poorly: Not a fan.

LIEUTENANT: He wants to strike while the moon is full. City full of waterbenders, while the moon is full. I ask him why, and he says, “for dramatic effect.”

BOILER MAN: The Zhaore Lord. The Zhao-inator.

OFFICER: I pointed out that we're a fuckin' island nation and without the moon we'll be flooded beneath the sea, and he wrote it off as a technicality.

MIDSHIPMAN: So fuckin' done with that fish.

11 months ago

Statistical analysis of the most popular A:TLA fics on AO3

(All of this is accurate as of May 27 2024)

I like numbers and statistical analysis and for some unfathomable reason I find it calming. So last night I made this spreadsheet!

An examination of Atla fandom stats on ao3
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Sheet1 Title,Author,Rating,Complete?,Main pairing/relationship,Word count,Hits,Kudos,Comments,Bookmarks,Description,Kudos/Hit ratio,Methodo

DISCLAIMER: This is not a judgement of the quality, value, or merits of any of the fics on this list. It's just me being curious about what's popular with the A:TLA fandom on AO3. I was genuinely surprised at some of the results!

Observations and analysis under the cut:

TL:DR, the fandom fucking loves putting Zuko into Situations.

Methodology: I'm including all fics from the first page of results from the most kudos'd, commented, hits, and bookmarks tagged under the Avatar: The Last Airbender (cartoon, 2005) tag on ao3. I am deliberately not including any larger multifandom flash fiction or drabble collections because I don't think they're super relevant. This ended up including 38 fics in total.

I put all the fics into one single spreadsheet in order to compare the differences between fics that are really high on the kudos count but not the hit count, or what has a lot of comments but fewer hits. Basically, I'm throwing a lot of things together to observe what gets engagement and looking at patterns that emerge!

Top 5 most popular fics by hit count:

Salvage - MuffinLance

Fractures - EvieNyx

Embers- Vathara

Towards the Sun - MuffinLance

The Art Of Burning - hella1975

Max: 1,407,170 (Salvage -MuffinLance)

Min: 78,168 (Risking it all - Sreeder)

Average: 349,442

Top 5 most popular fics by kudos count:

Salvage - MuffinLance

The Family You Choose - TunaFishChris

where the stars do not take sides - WitchofEndor

Fractures - EvieNyx

The beginning of a new and brighter birth - aloneintherain

Max: 59,947 (Salvage - MuffinLance)

Min: 3293 (Risking it all - Sreeder)

Average: 19,868

Top 5 most popular fics by number of comments:

The Art Of Burning - hella1975

Salvage - MuffinLance

Fractures - EvieNyx

Towards the Sun - MuffinLance

War Games - Lovely_Elbow_Leech

Max: 13,469 (The Art Of Burning - hella1975)

Min: 358 (Hallowed - Haircrescendo)

Average: 3634

Top 5 most popular fics by number of bookmarks:

absence of heat, excess of destiny - theycallmesuperboy

Salvage - MuffinLance

where the stars do not take sides - WitchofEndor

The Family You Choose - TunaFishChris

The beginning of a new and brighter birth - aloneintherain

Max: 150,317 (absence of heat - theycallmesuperboy)

Min: 430 (Risking it all - Sreeder)

Average: 9297

Highest kudos/hit ratio: Safety First - Haircrescendo (20.36%)

Lowest kudos/hit ratio: My Heart Burns For You - alwaysZutarian (0.89%)

Average kudos/hit ratio: 8.25%

Fic Ratings:

G: 9

T: 18

M: 6

E: 2

Unrated: 3

Popular authors (people who showed up more than once):

Aloneintherain (3)

Haircrescendo (5)

MuffinLance (4)

WitchofEndor (2)

Characters:

Literally all of these fics are Zuko-centric. Not all of them are Zuko-pov but every. single. one. focuses on Zuko as a main character. At least one of the following tags is on every single fic in this list: "The Gaang & Zuko", "Zuko & Zuko's Crew", "Zuko & Iroh" "Zuko & Azula" and "Zuko & [insert gaang member here]"

Relationships:

Ok this is what actually shocked me the most. I fully expected to see more Kataang, Zutara, etc in the top rated fics, but NO! Only 21 out of the 38 fics had any relationship slash tag, and of those, 20/21 were Sokka/Zuko (shoutout to My Heart Burns For You as the token Zutara fic to make it into this list). I did NOT realize Zukka was so popular! Now I'm super curious about what it would be like to run these numbers on FF.net because I know so much A:tla fanfic was written before ao3 existed and most hasn't been cross-posted, and Zukka wasn't a popular ship until more recently.

Other random observations:

There seems to be a pretty even split between post-canon firelord Zuko fics and canon-divergent "Zuko joins the Gaang early" fics.

Only one modern au as far as I could tell! (shoutout to "The Good Vanilla")

We all seem to love a Dadkoda fic

There is a very strong correlation between one-shots and a high kudos/hit ratio.

Seemingly no correlation between word count and number of kudos. The top kudos'd stories were mostly under 10k words, while all the other catergories were dominated by fics in the 100k+ word count.

I didn't really see much correlation between hits, kudos, and comments overall.

There were LOTS of fics that only showed up in one category, which was really interesting! I figured each list would look pretty much the same, and there were several fics that did show up on the front page of every category (Salvage definitely sweeps the board for overall most popular fic), but there was a lot of variation between each list! Some fics had TONS of hits but very few comments, some had truly wild kudos/hit ratios, some were just massively bookmarked.

Thank you for indulging in my nerdiness, and feel free to tell me what I missed or anything you're curious about!

Update: I did it again, this time with Legend of Zelda

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A Statistical Analysis of Popular Fanfiction in the Legend of Zelda Fandom on AO3 I like numbers and stats and for some unfathomable reason
11 months ago
Air 🍃

air 🍃

matching zuko, katara & toph:

Air 🍃
11 months ago
Three panels featuring sokka, zuko and kya from Avatar: The Last Air Bender. 

In the first panel, we see sokka from the side, bust up, lying in a bed with a red cushion. He is looking towards the viewer, holding a strand of black hair in his hand in front of him. 

The second panel shows zuko from the waist up. Lying in the same bed as sokka,  head placed on a  red pillow. Black hair pooling all around him. His back is turned to the viewer that sees sokkas POV from the previous panel. Sokkas hand is in the foreground, inspecting the hair strand more closely. 

The third panel shows kya in the same position, with her back turned to the viewer, just like zuko in the panel before. Head resting on a pale gray pillow with fur texture. Sokkas hand in the foreground is smaller, holding onto strands of dark brown hair.
Three panels featuring sokka and kya from Avatar: The Last Air Bender. 

The first panel shows, on the left, little sokka lying on his belly on top of fur bedding. He is looking at the hair strands in his hand. On the right is his mother, kya. You don't see her face yet. 

The second panel has kya on the right, turning towards her son.  Face still  slightly out of frame  but you see her mouth open. as if she noticed her son's movement and is checking on him. sokka is looking up at his mother. Pulling the hair strands closer to him. 

The third panel has kya turned on the side towards her son. One hand lovingly placed on his cheek. Speaking softly to him. We, as viewers, don't know what she says. Small tears are welling up in sokkas eyes.
Three panels featuring sokka, kya and zuko from Avatar: The Last Air Bender. 

In the first panel, we see a close-up frame of kya's face, lovingly looking at her son. her hand still on his cheek. Sokkas small silhouette in the foreground. 

The second panel brings us back to the present. A close-up of an older sokka looking in disbelief at the scene in front of him. The tears escaping his eyes. a pale hand has reached out and is carefully brushing a huge tear away from sokkas eye. 

The third panel reveals zuko in the same position as kya before in Panel 1, concerned looking towards sokka, mouth open as if he is asking "what's wrong"
Three panels show a sequence featuring sokka and zuko from Avatar: The Last Air Bender. 

In the panels, we see sokka and zuko from above lying in bed. sokka on the left, zuko on the right. The light is shining in from the right. 

In the first panel, sokka is looking at zuko, still crying and zuko still leaning towards him, concerned. 

In the second panel, sokka pushes himself towards zuko, burring his face into his partners' chest and putting an arm around the other. zuko looked shocked and confused at the top of sokkas head. 

The third and last panel is sokka curled up between zukos arms, openly crying into zukos chest. zuko holding him lovingly between his arms, offering comfort.

(ID in ALT Text) Happy very, very late Mother's Day!

I am not saying that zuko is sokkas substitute for kya. or they look in any way similar! The whole concept here is that something was happening at the moment, be it how they were laying in bed, how the hair pooled over the pillow, or how sokka was able to hold onto it. It just brought sokka back. It triggered a memory, and suddenly he relived a brief memory. Making him suddenly miss his mother again. hope you enjoy!

11 months ago

Drew two more drawings of Zuko

Firstly, The Beach episode zuko!

Drew Two More Drawings Of Zuko

Secondly Zuko being a cutie pootie in BaSingSe!

Drew Two More Drawings Of Zuko

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11 months ago

The Dragon Masters episodes is one of my favorites purely for the ceremony dance

The Dragon Masters Episodes Is One Of My Favorites Purely For The Ceremony Dance

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11 months ago
School Au Zukka … They Have My Whole Heart

School au zukka … they have my whole heart

11 months ago
Suki in her Kyoshi Warrior gear, facing the viewer and holding up one hand with closed eyes and a confident smile. There's an orange circle behind her head.
The second image shows Suki from the shoulders up, at an angle. She's looking at the viewer with an intense expression.
Zuko, in his Season 3 appearance. He's smiling, holding up two turtleducks.

atla doodles... i wish i could watch it for the first time again

11 months ago

I did some sketches of semi sleepy zuko:D

Firstly we have what at first thought looked like zuko laying his head in his arms (like how you do with a school desk, ykwim?) but also jsut looks like he’s laying down

I Did Some Sketches Of Semi Sleepy Zuko:D

Second is day dreaming/sleepy zuko, im quite satisfied with this one

I Did Some Sketches Of Semi Sleepy Zuko:D

I typically don’t draw like, “freehand” like, I almost always have a reference, if im drawing pencil and paper im basing it off a reference image, if im on digital im drawing overtop the original image, ssoooo im trying to draw more freehandedly and zuko has fallen victim to being my practice model, he’s fun to draw, especially with his various hair styles. I’m still trying to find my own style and stuff so, this is fun and I decently like these two sketches (there was a third but it is not it :/)


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11 months ago
Reposting Some Of My ATLA Fan Arts

reposting some of my ATLA fan arts

Flip your phone for best experience

Enjoy:)❤️❤️

11 months ago
Top Sketch Is Zuko In ✨Sokka Vision✨

top sketch is zuko in ✨Sokka Vision✨

11 months ago
After School At The Jasmine Dragon 🐉

after school at the jasmine dragon 🐉

(narrated) process vid here

11 months ago
The Greatest Earthbender😊

the greatest earthbender😊

Hello Zukki Nation, Please Let Me In
Hello Zukki Nation, Please Let Me In
Hello Zukki Nation, Please Let Me In
Hello Zukki Nation, Please Let Me In

Hello Zukki Nation, please let me in

So Embarrassing But I’m Having A Zukka Moment Rn
So Embarrassing But I’m Having A Zukka Moment Rn

So embarrassing but I’m having a zukka moment rn

Also Azula + Sokka bffs bcs if she got the therapy she deserves I’m telling u their brains together wud be unbeatable

(Ugh I keep flipping Sokka’s scars forgive me)

So Embarrassing But I’m Having A Zukka Moment Rn
So Embarrassing But I’m Having A Zukka Moment Rn
So Embarrassing But I’m Having A Zukka Moment Rn
Illustration with the headline "Find Your Inner Peace" showing Zuko asleep on a chair, resting his head against the broom he's holding. In the background Iroh is looking at him, carrying a teapot. On the table next to Zuko there is another teapot and a cup. The colour palette is warm with the green undertones of their Ba Sing Se outfits. The teashop is inspired by the design of the one where Zuko and Jet fight in.

A tale of Ba Sing Se.

Brought To You By Me Realizing That Jet Meeting The Blue Spirit In Book 2 Before He Meets Li Is Feasibly
Brought To You By Me Realizing That Jet Meeting The Blue Spirit In Book 2 Before He Meets Li Is Feasibly
Brought To You By Me Realizing That Jet Meeting The Blue Spirit In Book 2 Before He Meets Li Is Feasibly
Brought To You By Me Realizing That Jet Meeting The Blue Spirit In Book 2 Before He Meets Li Is Feasibly

brought to you by me realizing that Jet meeting the Blue Spirit in book 2 before he meets Li is feasibly canon compliant....

AU Where Sokka’s High-on-cactus-juice Encounter With The Giant Mushroom Takes A Dark Turn. (Also He
AU Where Sokka’s High-on-cactus-juice Encounter With The Giant Mushroom Takes A Dark Turn. (Also He
AU Where Sokka’s High-on-cactus-juice Encounter With The Giant Mushroom Takes A Dark Turn. (Also He
AU Where Sokka’s High-on-cactus-juice Encounter With The Giant Mushroom Takes A Dark Turn. (Also He

AU where Sokka’s high-on-cactus-juice encounter with the giant mushroom takes a dark turn. (Also he has a gun)

based on this beautiful tumblr post

bonus:

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Imo, atla has a bittersweet ending

Imo, Atla Has A Bittersweet Ending
Imo, Atla Has A Bittersweet Ending

Aang is sitting alone and wearing the air nomads clothes, his culture clothes, a necklace similar to GYATSO's necklace. I can't even imagine the emptiness and sadness he was feeling here

There are no airbenders in the crowd

Imo, Atla Has A Bittersweet Ending

All nation gathered..... except the air nomads.

No one else in the crowd wearing orange or yellow.

Aang won the war, but his people are still gone.

Yes, he has the Gaang, he has Katara, he has Momo and Appa. But he's still the last airbender.

This is so heartbreaking.

Aang And Zuko's Relationship Is Underrated And That’s Sad

Aang and Zuko's relationship is underrated and that’s sad

They are literally the BETTER Roku and Sozin

Not only there are great parallels/connections between the two since the first series, but is Aang (and Iroh) that ultimately makes him change sides

Let alone that Aang's kindness is the only reason Zuko is even alive. Katara and Sokka would have left him to die in the snowstorm at the north pole 😭

They are precious

Aang And Zuko's Relationship Is Underrated And That’s Sad

Ah, Zuko asked to built an Aang statue (an huge ass statue Imao), this dude was so dedicated!

Rewatching Atla After Like 10 Years And Zuko Is So Insanely Pitiful

rewatching atla after like 10 years and zuko is so insanely pitiful

I doodled Zuko and Sokka, I did Aang too but oh god, can’t post that

I’m proud of that Zuko drawing -based it off the comics and Sokka off season 3 in his fire nation clothing

I Doodled Zuko And Sokka, I Did Aang Too But Oh God, Can’t Post That
I Doodled Zuko And Sokka, I Did Aang Too But Oh God, Can’t Post That

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“You Said You Didn’t Know How To Dance, Sokka!”

“You said you didn’t know how to dance, Sokka!”

Why Is This Picture So Fucking Cute And Perfect?! 😍🥰 All 3 Of My Avatar Boos! ❤️

Why is this picture so fucking cute and perfect?! 😍🥰 All 3 of my avatar Boos! ❤️

The Gaang Grown Up
The Gaang Grown Up

The Gaang Grown Up

Another Take Of This Meme But With Tht One Foaming Guy & Aang

another take of this meme but with tht one foaming guy & aang

Just Things They Can Connect About… Zuko You Should Bring Up The Fact That You Burned Down Suki’s

Just things they can connect about… Zuko you should bring up the fact that you burned down Suki’s village again, I’m sure she’d appreciate it.

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