''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8214675/1/Tinted_Green Tinted Green]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' ForWantOfANail AU, where after her attempted confrontation of Amon, Korra is captured by Equalists and is guarded by a young man named Mako.
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!!This fanfic provides examples of:

* AdaptationalBadass: In this fic, Korra and Mako take on the equalists and mecha tanks at City Hall alone, as oppose to having help from Asami and Bolin.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Played with Mako; he's an Equalist [[spoiler: but he's still worried about Bolin and is willing to listen to Korra... sometimes. Ultimately subverted.]]
** Double subverted with [[spoiler:Asami]]
* AndThisIsFor: Bolin gives one to [[spoiler: Mako during the fight in chapter 5.]]
* AscendedExtra: Tahno only got a small role for two episodes in the show but here he's part of the main cast.
* BadassInDistress:
** Lin got captured by the equalist before the story began.
** Korra is very prone to getting kidnapped. Lampshaded ''a lot'' in chapter 7 [[spoiler: when Tarrlok captures her.]]
* BattleCouple: Korra and Mako, eventually.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Mako and Korra
* BigBrotherInstinct: Mako still cares about Bolin, despite being an Equalist. [[spoiler: He even lets Korra escape the equalist for Bolin's sake.]]
* BlowYouAway: Korra learns to airbend sooner than in canon.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Bolin, when he got his bending taken away.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: Tahno
* ConflictingLoyalties: Mako is caught between his love for his brother, his budding relationship with Korra, and his belief in the Equalist rhetoric.
* CorruptTheCutie: Inverted. Korra tries to get Mako on the side of good.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Asami [[spoiler: joins her father. Then she pretends to be on Korra's side as a [[TheMole mole]], but she's still working for her dad.]]
* DePower: [[spoiler: Mako's firebending was taken away when he was 14. Bolin also gets de-bended at the Pro-Bending Championship, after winning.]]
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Asami]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Asami]]
** BitchInSheepsClothing
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Asami joined her father when she found out that he was an Equalist. Double subverted in that she pretended to be a [[TheMole mole]].]]
* HandsomeLech: Tahno
* HealingHands: Tahno heals Korra in Chapter 4
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Mako and Hajime]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Hajime]]
* ImportantHaircut: Korra gets one in chapter 6
* ItMeantSomethingToMe: Asami
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Mako at first. Later Asami, Bolin, and Tahno do the same. Well, [[EvilAllAlong not Asami.]]]]
* NotBrainwashed: Mako joined the Equalist of his own free-will [[spoiler: ...sort of; Amon would have killed him if he hadn't joined, but]] he ''does'' genuinely believe the Equalists' cause.
* OhMyGods
* PrecisionFStrike: There is [[ObligatorySwearing much more cursing than in canon]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Mako has Hajime for Bolin and Bolin has Tahno for Mako
* ScarsAreForever:
** Mako was scarred by the firebender that killed his and Bolin's parents.
** [[spoiler: Hajime was scarred by Amon's punishment for his "betrayal"-getting electrocuted in the face.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: Asami for Mako/Korra
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:Asami]]
* SmugSnake: Two drag racers named Hiro and Goro
* TheStoic: Mako, as usual.
* [[SuddenlyFluentInGibberish Suddenly Fluent In Fire Ferret]]: Tahno, during the Pro-Bending Championship.
* TragicKeepsake: Bolin now holds Mako's red scarf.
* TrueCompanions: Korra, Bolin, Tahno [[spoiler: and Mako.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Hiroshi Sato has a reputation of taking poor, but talented people into his company. [[spoiler: The people are actually Equalists]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Amon correctly guessed that [[spoiler: there was a traitor in his midst,]] but [[spoiler: he thought it was Hajime, not [[TheMole Mako and Asami]].]] [[SubvertedTrope He did get it right eventually]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Mako joined the Equalist because he thought benders really were evil, given how incredibly horrible his life on the streets-[[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal being abused by bending triads]]-was and the fact that he was on the street in the first place because of a firebender.