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* AlternateUniverse

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* BadassNormal: Sokka
* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Sokka does this to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]
* ByronicHero: Sokka
* CliffHanger: The author LOVES them.
* CrapsackWorld
* ContrivedCoincidence: Sokka running into Bato at the beginning.
* DarkActionGirl: Azula, as per the original series.

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* %%* BadassNormal: Sokka
* %%* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Sokka does this to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]
* %%* ByronicHero: Sokka
* %%* CliffHanger: The author LOVES them.
* %%* CrapsackWorld
* %%* ContrivedCoincidence: Sokka running into Bato at the beginning.
* %%* DarkActionGirl: Azula, as per the original series.



* TheDragon: Ozai and Azula both think Sokka is this for them.
** DragonWithAnAgenda

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* %%* TheDragon: Ozai and Azula both think Sokka is this for them.
** %%** DragonWithAnAgenda



* FreudianExcuse: Sokka has his dad. Azula has her mom.

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* %%* FreudianExcuse: Sokka has his dad. Azula has her mom.



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Sokka

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* %%* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Sokka



* HumansAreBastards: Sokka certainly seems to think this and he especially seems to think it of benders.

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* %%* HumansAreBastards: Sokka certainly seems to think this and he especially seems to think it of benders.



* MamaBear: Kya. To her, anything is secondary to the safety of Katara and Sokka.

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* MamaBear: Kya. To her, Kya, anything is secondary to the safety of Katara and Sokka.



* TheMole: Sokka works for the Fire Nation as one within the Water Tribes.

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* %%* TheMole: Sokka works for the Fire Nation as one within the Water Tribes.



* TheQuisling: Sokka successfully pretends to be one.

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* %%* TheQuisling: Sokka successfully pretends to be one.



* RousingSpeech: Azula
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As per the original series.

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* %%* RousingSpeech: Azula
* %%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As per the original series.



* TheSocialDarwinist: The whole Fire Nation, but Sokka in particular is very vehement about it.

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* %%* TheSocialDarwinist: The whole Fire Nation, but Sokka in particular is very vehement about it.



* StockholmSyndrome: One of the possible explanations for Sokka's actions.
* TheStrategist: Sokka

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* %%* StockholmSyndrome: One of the possible explanations for Sokka's actions.
* %%* TheStrategist: Sokka



* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler:Sokka and Yue. Possibly also Ling and Flem.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Azula seems to be going through this in the latest chapters.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Sokka and Azula.
* WhatIf: What if Sokka was evil?\

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* %%* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler:Sokka and Yue. Possibly also Ling and Flem.]]
* %%* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Azula seems to be going through this in the latest chapters.]]
* %%* VillainProtagonist: Sokka and Azula.
* WhatIf: What if Sokka was evil?\evil?
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An AlternateUniverse ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fanfic of epic proportions. Significantly DarkerAndEdgier than the show, Blood, Silk, and Steel asks the question: WhatIf Hakoda had died instead of Kya, prompting Sokka to join the dark side?

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An AlternateUniverse ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fanfic of epic proportions. Significantly DarkerAndEdgier than the show, Blood, Silk, and Steel asks the question: WhatIf {{What if}} Hakoda had died instead of Kya, prompting Sokka to join the dark side?



* AntiHero: Well, there aren’t any straight-up heroes.

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* AntiHero: Well, there aren’t aren't any straight-up heroes.



* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler:Sokka to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]

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* BreakingSpeech: BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Sokka does this to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]



* TheDragon: Ozai and Azula both think Sokka is this for them.
** DragonWithAnAgenda



* HomoeroticSubtext: Things get pretty steamy during the duel. Also, Ling and Flem. Maybe. Possibly. [[spoiler:WordofGod has it that Ling and Flem would probably hook up, if it weren't for the fact that Ling is straight and Flem is either asexual or Azulasexual.]]

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* HomoeroticSubtext: Things get pretty steamy during the duel. Also, Ling and Flem. Maybe. Possibly. [[spoiler:WordofGod [[spoiler:WordOfGod has it that Ling and Flem would probably hook up, if it weren't for the fact that Ling is straight and Flem is either asexual or Azulasexual.]]



* InfoDump: Chapter 18 has a long history of the Fire Nation’s technological progress.

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* InfoDump: Chapter 18 has a long history of the Fire Nation’s Nation's technological progress.



* MisplacedRetribution: Sokka wants to murder the innocent daughter of the man who killed his father. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Azula objects]].

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* MisplacedRetribution: Sokka wants to murder the innocent daughter of the man who killed his father. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Azula objects]].objects.]]
* TheMole: Sokka works for the Fire Nation as one within the Water Tribes.



* TheQuisling: Sokka successfully pretends to be one.



* ShipperOnDeck: Azula wants to hook Zuko up with Mai.
* StayInTheKitchen: Without Katara to teach the Northern Water Tribe about women’s lib, they’re still pretty bad.
* StockholmSyndrome: One of the possible explanations for Sokka’s actions.
* TheDragon: Ozai and Azula both think Sokka is this for them.
** DragonWithAnAgenda
* TheMole: Sokka works for the Fire Nation as one within the Water Tribes.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Azula wants to hook Zuko up with Mai. \n* StayInTheKitchen: Without Katara to teach the Northern Water Tribe about women’s lib, they’re still pretty bad. \n* StockholmSyndrome: One of the possible explanations for Sokka’s actions. \n* TheDragon: Ozai and Azula both think Sokka is this for them.\n** DragonWithAnAgenda\n* TheMole: Sokka works for the Fire Nation as one within the Water Tribes.



* StayInTheKitchen: Without Katara to teach the Northern Water Tribe about women's lib, they're still pretty bad.
* StockholmSyndrome: One of the possible explanations for Sokka's actions.



* TheQuisling: Sokka successfully pretends to be one.
* TimeSkip: We’re told that at some point in the recent past, Sokka arrived in the Fire Nation. Since then, he’s done an excellent job of establishing himself at court.

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* TheQuisling: Sokka successfully pretends to be one.
* TimeSkip: We’re We're told that at some point in the recent past, Sokka arrived in the Fire Nation. Since then, he’s he's done an excellent job of establishing himself at court.

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* WhatIf: What if Sokka was evil?
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Yue

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* WhatIf: What if Sokka was evil?
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Yue
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* BatmanGambit: Sokka and Azula [[spoiler:and Zuko, once he asks himself "What would Azula do?"]]



* HumansAreBastards: Sokka certainly seems to think this. He especially seems to think it of benders.

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* HumansAreBastards: Sokka certainly seems to think this. He this and he especially seems to think it of benders.


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* ManipulativeBastard: Sokka and Azula [[spoiler:and Zuko, once he asks himself "What would Azula do?"]]

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Can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3545748/1/Blood_Silk_and_Steel here]].

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Can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3545748/1/Blood_Silk_and_Steel here]].
here]]. It's not to be confused with the trope SilkHidingSteel.



* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler:Sokka to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]



* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler:Sokka to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]
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An AlternateUniverse AvatarTheLastAirbender fanfic of epic proportions. Significantly DarkerAndEdgier than the show, Blood, Silk, and Steel asks the question: WhatIf Hakoda had died instead of Kya, prompting Sokka to join the dark side?

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An AlternateUniverse AvatarTheLastAirbender ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fanfic of epic proportions. Significantly DarkerAndEdgier than the show, Blood, Silk, and Steel asks the question: WhatIf Hakoda had died instead of Kya, prompting Sokka to join the dark side?

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No, they didn\'t. Sokka failed to win Yue over and Azula paid for her near-death with sterility.


* DueltotheDeath: Sokka v. Hahn. [[spoiler:Sokka spares Hahn's life during the duel, but has him killed later.]]

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* DueltotheDeath: DuelToTheDeath: Sokka v. Hahn. [[spoiler:Sokka spares Hahn's life during the duel, but has him killed later.]]



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Sokka and Azula seem to always come out ahead.]]



* MisplacedRetribution: Sokka wants to murder the innocent daughter of the man who killed his father. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Azula objects]].



* TheDragon: Ozai and Azula both think Sokka is this for them.

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* TheDragon: Ozai and Azula both think Sokka is this for them. them.
** DragonWithAnAgenda
* TheMole: Sokka works for the Fire Nation as one within the Water Tribes.
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Can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3545748/1/Blood_Silk_and_Steel here]].
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* DueltotheDeath: Sokka v. Hahn. [[spoiler:Sokka spares Hahn's life during the duel, but has him killed later.]]


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* HomoeroticSubtext: Things get pretty steamy during the duel. Also, Ling and Flem. Maybe. Possibly. [[spoiler:WordofGod has it that Ling and Flem would probably hook up, if it weren't for the fact that Ling is straight and Flem is either asexual or Azulasexual.]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Sokka is ready to turn his back on his plans in order to be with Yue. Alas, Yue tells him to be loyal to his fiancee, who, unbeknownst to her is Azula.]]


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* HumiliationConga: Sokka humiliates Hahn fairly often. [[spoiler:And then he kills him.]]
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* TheSocialDarwinist: The whole Fire Nation, but Sokka in particular is very vehement about it.
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* BatmanGambit: Sokka and Azula [[spoiler:and Zuko, once he asks himself "What would Azula do?"]]


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* CliffHanger: The author LOVES them.
* CrapsackWorld


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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Fire Nation's ideology is explicitly modeled on fascism.

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* ActionGirl: Azula.
* Alternate Universe
* Anti-Hero: Well, there aren’t any straight-up heroes.
* BadassNormal: Sokka.

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* ActionGirl: Azula.
AlternateUniverse
* Alternate Universe
* Anti-Hero:
AntiHero: Well, there aren’t any straight-up heroes.
* BadassNormal: Sokka.Sokka
* ByronicHero: Sokka



* DarkActionGirl: Azula, as per the original series.



* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Aang is being kept prisoner by the Fire Nation, and has been mutilated to prevent him from being able to bend. Also, what the people of Ba Sing Se did in order to survive during the Second Siege.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Aang [[spoiler:Aang is being kept prisoner by the Fire Nation, and has been mutilated to prevent him from being able to bend. Also, what the people of Ba Sing Se did in order to survive during the Second Siege.]]



* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: Sokka to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]

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* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: Sokka [[spoiler:Sokka to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Sokka



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Sokka and Azula seem to always come out ahead.]]
* RousingSpeech: Azula.

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Sokka [[spoiler:Sokka and Azula seem to always come out ahead.]]
* MamaBear: Kya. To her, anything is secondary to the safety of Katara and Sokka.
* {{Revenge}}: Sokka's main motivation is to punish the people responsible for the death of his father.
* RousingSpeech: Azula.Azula



* TheStrategist: Sokka.

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* TheStrategist: Sokka. Sokka
* TheQuisling: Sokka successfully pretends to be one.



* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: Sokka and Yue. Possibly also Ling and Flem.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Azula seems to be going through this in the latest chapters.]]

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* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: Sokka [[spoiler:Sokka and Yue. Possibly also Ling and Flem.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Azula [[spoiler:Azula seems to be going through this in the latest chapters.]]



* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Yue.

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* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Yue.
Yue
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An AlternateUniverse AvatarTheLastAirbender fanfic of epic proportions. Significantly DarkerAndEdgier than the show, Blood, Silk, and Steel asks the question: WhatIf Hakoda had died instead of Kya, prompting Sokka to join the dark side?

The story starts five years after Sokka helped Prince Zuko capture the Avatar and finds Prince Zuko restored to his birthright and Sokka well-established in the Fire Lord's court.

!!Provides examples of:

* ActionGirl: Azula.
* Alternate Universe
* Anti-Hero: Well, there aren’t any straight-up heroes.
* BadassNormal: Sokka.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Sokka running into Bato at the beginning.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Very, very dark. Tries to realistically portray the realpolitik of war.
* FantasticRacism: Sokka is continuously being called a savage by the Fire Nation people.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Aang is being kept prisoner by the Fire Nation, and has been mutilated to prevent him from being able to bend. Also, what the people of Ba Sing Se did in order to survive during the Second Siege.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Sokka has his dad. Azula has her mom.
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: Sokka to Azula, once they’re back in the Fire Nation.]]
* HeelRealization: Zuko, when he finds out what happened at Ba Sing Se. Though, subsequent chapters may imply that it’s more of an IgnoredEpiphany.
* HumansAreBastards: Sokka certainly seems to think this. He especially seems to think it of benders.
* InfoDump: Chapter 18 has a long history of the Fire Nation’s technological progress.
* InSpiteOfANail: Even with the world as dark as it is, some things never change. Sokka loves meat and bad puns.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Sokka and Azula seem to always come out ahead.]]
* RousingSpeech: Azula.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As per the original series.
* ShipperOnDeck: Azula wants to hook Zuko up with Mai.
* StayInTheKitchen: Without Katara to teach the Northern Water Tribe about women’s lib, they’re still pretty bad.
* StockholmSyndrome: One of the possible explanations for Sokka’s actions.
* TheDragon: Ozai and Azula both think Sokka is this for them.
* TheStrategist: Sokka.
* TimeSkip: We’re told that at some point in the recent past, Sokka arrived in the Fire Nation. Since then, he’s done an excellent job of establishing himself at court.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: Sokka and Yue. Possibly also Ling and Flem.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Azula seems to be going through this in the latest chapters.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Sokka and Azula.
* WhatIf: What if Sokka was evil?
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Yue.

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