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• Everything Changed by chthonic_dream

  Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

  • Mature
  • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  05 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Katara/Zuko (Avatar)
  • Aang & Toph Beifong & Katara & Sokka & Suki & Zuko & Original Character(s)
  • Mai/Zuko (Avatar)
  • Sokka/Suki (Avatar)
  • Zuko (Avatar)
  • Katara (Avatar)
  • Aang (Avatar)
  • The Gaang (Avatar)
  • Toph Beifong
  • Suki (Avatar)
  • Sokka (Avatar)
  • Azula (Avatar)
  • Ozai (Avatar)
  • Iroh (Avatar)
  • Hakoda (Avatar)
  • Gran Gran (Avatar)
  • Combustion Man (Avatar)
  • Original Characters
  • Haru (Avatar)
  • Teo (Avatar)
  • Pipsqueak (Avatar)
  • The Duke (Avatar)
  • Ty Lee (Avatar)
  • Mai (Avatar)
  • Romance
  • Drama
  • Slow Build
  • Slow Burn
  • Aged-Up Character(s)
  • Blood and Violence
  • Drama & Romance
  • Adventure
  • Zutara Week
  • Retelling
  • Heavy World Building
  • Book 3 Canon Divergence
  • Bloodbending (Avatar)
  • PTSD
  • Plot Twists
  • Zuko is a badass with trauma
  • Azula’s fall into insanity is more nuanced
  • Katara is also a badass with trauma
  • Gritty
  • Graphic Violence
  • A darker & aged up twist on the classic
  • Uh oh Zuko is hot
  • Alternate Events
  • High Highs & Low Lows
  • Pain
  • Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck
  • Angst
  • Sexual Content

  Summary

  A brutal counteroffensive on the Day of Black Sun alters the trajectories of Zuko and Katara's fates, changing their lives forever.

  Retelling of Book 3 and beyond. Rated M (read tags).

   

  10/10/2024: Join the discord at https://discord.gg/5nwnV3Vdvn

  Series

  • Part 1 of When Water Burns

  Language:

  English

  Words:

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  Chapters:

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