Bow Before Chieftess Yue And Her Consort Chief-King Zuko.

Once Ellie learns what a sleepover is, she regularly bullies Tommy into having them with her (he goes willingly but he makes her work for it nevertheless).

He's not only the cool Uncle tm but also the person she can talk to about stuff she doesn't always want to talk to Joel about, either because it would make him worry a lot or because it would be an incredibly awkward conversation she has no intention of having with him. Tommy knows how to keep a secret and he would never betray Ellie's trust.

They maneuver mattresses onto the living room floor and eat enough sugar to kill a small toddler. Most of the time, their nights consist of Ellie doing weird shit to his hair and painful face masks that she discovers in old magazines, watching movies Joel either deeply dislikes or doesn't want her to watch (trying to protect the last of her innocence, sweet attempt but futile, since nothing of that is left anyway), and gossiping; Tommy is GREAT at gossip.

Joel is a bit jealous that he isn't invited, but when he comes to pick her up in the mornings and sees her curled up with Tommy the exact same way he and Sarah would when he made his brother babysit, the bittersweet surge of affection is worth the comparably lonely night in his bed.

Ellie deserves every bit of family she can get.

No, but what if Zuko is adopted by the Avatar Spirit? Not Aang, but the World-Spirit-that-resides-in-him specifically. Just imagine: the Avatar state is said to strip away all semblance of self but Aang can't help the disbelief as his mouth form the words "GO TO YOUR ROOM"

I feel like this is a hilarious addition to the "someone adopts Zuko" trope. @muffinlance, this is funnier if it's Zuko-pre-redemption, right? Everyone would be SO confused.

Alternative turn on all the Arranged Marriage AUs: Katara is the firelord. Since she defeated Azula, by all the laws, she's legitly the firelord.

Fire sages: *come to help unconscious Zuko*

Katara: Good, he won, he's now the firelord

Fire sages: no you won you're the firelord

Katara: what

And since she doesn't want to be firelord (yet, it's Katara, give her some time and she'll feel super confortable with power) she arranges a marriage with Zuko so he keeps the power as it should have happened.

Zuko: *regains consciousness * Uh

Katara: *wearing a royal topknot and red robes* So, some things might have happened...

Extra points if it happens so fast he's still unconscious

Zuko: you're the firelord

Katara: yup

Zuko: and you married us

Katara: it was necessary, yes.

Zuko: without asking me first?!

Katara: do you want a divorce?

Zuko: No! No, i just-

Katara: Good. Now be a good firelady and help me with the external policies

Iroh: Have you guys seen Prince Zuko?

Jee: No, haven’t seen him since the storm started.

Iroh: Since the sto- ZUKO NO!

Zuko standing in the middle of a thunderstorm with an iron shovel raised high: STRIKE ME DOWN ZEUS, YOU DON’T HAVE THE GUTS!!!

embers zuko and maybe azula too if that’s okay, in modern (for the ask thing if you’re still doing it)

i’d like to formally apologize for forgetting that this was supposed to be modern😬😬 literally didn’t remember that until right now as i went to post oops

anyways here’s zuko helping lil azula with her schoolwork

Deep deep deeeeeeep down, buried under layers of "DONE" and existential crisis, I'm sure our lieutenant cares about the teen toddler. I mean tyrant. I mean---

[ID: digital sketch of zuko and jee form avatar the last Airbender. jee is lying on his bed, frowning up at a small child version of zuko that sits on his chest and holds a wet sock in jee's face.End ID.]

I know it's not… something anyone of us expected…

but I want you two anons to know that you set in my head, thoughts and ideas in motion, and now Zuko's a bit too big sock is wet and lt. jee has to fix it because uncle is sleeping!

and… jee never expected to have kids… but here we are…

sorry jee… (at least you have the bunk bed with the porthole!)

i saw a comment on this post saying zuko should have a youtube and i don’t have self restraint lmao

I'm still thinking of yue x zuko, that whole arranged marriage fic that I will never write lives in my head rent free, imagine her going with him on the three year trip to finding the avatar and just being super curious about everything they see, them getting closer when being away from his family and the fire nation, iroh and yue playing pai sho and just chilling while zuko rages in the background, yue being super excited when arriving at the south pole and just being happy that it's cold again

ahhhhhhh i weep at the potential! simply weep.

I read a HC that there were gaang + mai + ty lee dolls and action figures after the war. Cause they were famous, and heroes.

Now I CA t stop thinking about Mai despising doll-Mai, and Zuko absolutely loving it. Cause, you know, it’s Mai! He can’t not love mai!

HC accepted

joel's hands are like a fidget toy for ellie! they'll be at tommy and maria's sitting around the kitchen table and long after dinner's over, joel will have his elbows resting on the table and ellie wordlessly grabs his hand and pulls it on her lap and traces his palm and knuckles, joel doesn't even react he just continues his conversation with tommy