Prodigy Zuko
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Azula and Zuko had always been close. He was there for her, picking her up when she fell, comforting her when Father yelled at her for not being good enough. But not all things were meant to last.
Aka a fire siblings role reversal
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- Part 1 of The world is on fire
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The infamous war council goes differently; Zuko is not the one to speak up first, and although he is the one burned, fate has changed irrevocably.
(Tags, summary, pretty much everything will be updated accordingly)
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Azula was never the prodigy, Zuko was. Instead of Ozai pressuring Azula, he pressures Zuko who finally cracks after being crowned Fire Lord and meeting his sister for an Agni Kai.
(Or, prodigy Zuko after the fight with Azula season 3, last episode.)
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Zuko very well be the best child prodigy of the fire nation- and stands with the best of the entire world.
After proving he can lightning bend at 13, his father begins to train him personally.Trapped in his own mind, zuko struggles to believe himself when he has doubts about what he wants, maybe that's where it all went wrong, or maybe this was all just a long time coming.
*10/12/23 note: yes this fi is still being updated, no there isn't a schedule, yes I only write when i feel like it, sue me*
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AU-gust 2024 Day 23 Alt: Role Reversal
Freshly banished, Azula needs time away from her crew. She meets someone unexpected in the Earth Kingdom town they decided to dock at.
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- Part 23 of The dog days of August (AU-gust 2024)
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Crown Prince Zuko discovers his bending when he is five and his sister is three, and she’s the first person he tells, juggling a flame while she admires its beauty. When he shows the rest of his family, his mother’s chopsticks clatter to the table, and when Zuko looks to his father, his eyes are wide with shock.
His grandfather speaks first, the head of the table, and approval runs thick through his tone: “Well, look at that. A true prodigy, wouldn’t you agree, Ozai?”
“Indeed,” he hums.
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(Princess Azula won’t summon her first flame—a guttering, timid thing—until she’s seven.)
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Or, in a world where Zuko is the prodigy and Azula is the one banished, destiny shifts accordingly.
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Across the battlefield, Zuko stood, his eyes blank and any spirit he had ever had burned away with the skin around the left side of his face. He stood like he used to when they were children, his stance relaxed and just confident enough to make people hesitate. Despite Azula’s prodigal skills, Zuko had always been better.
Easier, as well, to mold. Azula remembered now, as she saw the scar, why she had left that night. The night Father held down her brother and taught him resilience, and Zuko had sat there and taken it. He hadn’t even screamed.
Azula used to think she was a monster, until she saw Zuko that night.
“Azula?” Katara asked, “What now?”
She glanced at the other girl and then suddenly remembered the firmness of her friends' voices reminding her you’re not a monster.
She wouldn’t kill Zuko today.
(Basically my take on "what if Zuko was a prodigy as well, and was much easier to influence." )
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- Part 1 of Atla AUs
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08 Jan 2025
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👀 high key here for any what-if-Zuko-was-the-prodigy fics
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Standing tall, looking down at him (just like the sun), was a teenager.
A teenager with a burn scar covering almost half of his face, red and uneven, gut-wrenching.
And a milky white eye was right in the middle of it, unseeing and unsettling in its own way.
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- Part 1 of seeing claws (that once were hands)
Bookmarked by Nock_and_Bolt
08 Jan 2025
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Mmm yis role swap AUs my beloved
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Crown Prince Zuko discovers his bending when he is five and his sister is three, and she’s the first person he tells, juggling a flame while she admires its beauty. When he shows the rest of his family, his mother’s chopsticks clatter to the table, and when Zuko looks to his father, his eyes are wide with shock.
His grandfather speaks first, the head of the table, and approval runs thick through his tone: “Well, look at that. A true prodigy, wouldn’t you agree, Ozai?”
“Indeed,” he hums.
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(Princess Azula won’t summon her first flame—a guttering, timid thing—until she’s seven.)
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Or, in a world where Zuko is the prodigy and Azula is the one banished, destiny shifts accordingly.