History Fanfic / SongsOfSurrender

* CrusadingWidower: Don Wei, ''to a T.'' Unlike the original canon, where Maya's seemingly accidental death breaks him to the point where he even suppresses the memories of his past, witnessing Korra's ''very'' clear murder during a terrorist attack sets him on what later becomes a RoaringRampageofRevenge. His fixation on avenging Korra's death, no matter what horrific acts he has to commit, is the reason why he doesn't seek his own daughter out, for her own safety. [[spoiler: And then he finds out that, on top of Korra's murder, his wife certainly didn't die in an accident either...]]

* {{Vigilante}}: Don Wei. His entire reason for joining the Red Lotus is to foil their planned terror-attacks by making use of insider information. Then hunting down and murdering key members with his Bloodbending. His ultimate goal is the destruction of Canaletto himself.

* DeathSeeker: A subtle example in Don Wei's case. He's not ''actively'' trying to get himself killed, nor is he prone to suicidal ideation, after he pulls himself out of that spiral of alcoholism and vagabondage. But he ''still'' engages in very self-destructive behavior (obsessive and exhausting amounts of work, refusal to let anyone underneath his ice-armor, acting as the ReverseMole in the middle of an apocalyptic death-cult) and even at the start of the story, is wholly resigned to the notion that he will either die by the time everything is over or spend the remainder of his natural life behind bars.

* ReverseMole: Essentially Don's true position within the Red Lotus secret society. He joins up in order to gather intelligence, actively sabotage the organization from the inside and ultimately try to destroy Canaletto himself.

* BiTheWay:
** Prince Aikka and Avatar Jordan are attracted to "Molly" (Eva) and to each other as well. It becomes a bit of a complicated issue, given that Aikka grew up in the relatively conservative environment of the Northern Water Tribe and Jordan himself ends up initially torn between jealousy and confusion over his feelings for the Prince and "Molly", at the same time.
** Don Wei was deeply in love with his wife, Maya. After her death, he's unable to so much as contemplate any sort of sexual or romantic relationship, until his former protege, Rick Thunderbolt, comes back in his life, many years later.
** Rick himself is a relaxed, free-wheeling pansexual, who doesn't care about the gender of his partners, but rather about the connection between him and them.

* {{Vigilante}}: Don Wei. His entire reason for joining the Red Lotus is to foil their planned terror-attacks by making use of insider information, then hunting down and murdering key members, with the use of his Bloodbending. His ultimate goal is the destruction of Canaletto himself.

* FusionFic: Between ''WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''/''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19771414/chapters/46803865 Songs of Surrender]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/rhodanum/profile rhodanum]] is a crossover fanfic between ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' and ''WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers'', a blend of the two universes, that has the characters of ''Oban Star-Racers'' being born in and existing within the world of ATLA, approximately a century after the events of ''The Legend of Korra'' Season 1.

** Don himself learned this unforgiving teaching style from Adanook, his first Waterbending teacher, who also taught him how to properly control his Bloodbending, for both his safety and that of those around him. [[spoiler: one particular lesson involved Adanook beating Don black-and-blue when he angrily lashed out with his Waterbending, then conversationally pointing out that if Don had struck with his ''Bloodbending'' instead, his teacher would have ''killed him for it.'']]

** Don himself is on the receiving end of one as a teenager, when he angrily lashes out at his mentor, Adanook. The old man uses water-whips and chunks of ice to beat Don almost into unconsciousness.

** Employed once more by Don against Jordan, when the young Avatar makes the mistake of complaining about his training regimen. Keen to impress upon his disciple that he cannot hesitate or complain when an opponent is genuinely trying to ''kill him'', Don goes all-out. [[spoiler: To the point of even almost-drowning Jordan in a pool of water, to force the young man into the Avatar State for the first time.]]

** Earth Coalition President '''[= McMullen =]''' becomes United Republic President '''Zheng''', to better fit the ATLA setting.
** Vaatu becomes Canaletto, a fusion/amalgam of the character from LOK and the one from OSR.