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* [[invoked]]DudeNotFunny: Some of the Gaang made jokes about Azula having lost her bending thanks to Aang. When Toph visits Azula, she realizes how horribly damaging losing her bending was and quietly thinks that the princess needs help, not mockery.
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* [[invoked]]DudeNotFunny: Some [[spoiler:Some of the Gaang made jokes about Azula having lost her bending thanks to Aang. When Toph visits Azula, she realizes how horribly damaging losing her bending was and quietly thinks that the princess needs help, not mockery.]]
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Upon hearing that Zuko is scarred, wheelchair-bound, and frighteningly thin, the Gaang and White Lotus assume it's an ObfuscatingDisability.
* [[invoked]]DudeNotFunny: Some of the Gaang made jokes about Azula having lost her bending thanks to Aang. When Toph visits Azula, she realizes how horribly damaging losing her bending was and quietly thinks that the princess needs help, not mockery.
* [[invoked]]DudeNotFunny: Some of the Gaang made jokes about Azula having lost her bending thanks to Aang. When Toph visits Azula, she realizes how horribly damaging losing her bending was and quietly thinks that the princess needs help, not mockery.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:In the Toph Interlude, Toph and Piandao break Azula out of prison to get her the psychiatric help she so obviously and desperately needs]].
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* DramaticIrony: When the Gaang first learns about Zuko from Ozai and Iroh, they assume that he’s evil like his father.
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** [[spoiler: Chapter 19 reveals that somehow Admiral Zhou Zhao survived the seige Siege of the north]].North]].
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* ChildSoldiers: The Gaang, as well as Azula, Mai and Ty Lee.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Mai and Zuko's childhood romance is detailed and spotlighted to the readers when Zuko frees Mai from the Boiling Rock and reunites with her for the first time in years.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Mai and Zuko's childhood romance is detailed and spotlighted to the readers when Zuko frees Mai from the Boiling Rock and reunites with her for the first time in years.
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* ChildSoldiers: BroughtDownToNormal: Zuko lost his firebending at some point during his imprisonment, seemingly from being cut off from the sun for so long.
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** The Gaang, as well as Azula, Mai and Ty Lee.
** Zuko learns that a number of teenagers have been drafted into the army and quickly puts a stop to it.
*ChildhoodFriendRomance: ChildhoodFriendRomance:
** Mai and Zuko's childhood romance is detailed and spotlighted to the readers when Zuko frees Mai from the Boiling Rock and reunites with her for the first time in years.
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** The Gaang, as well as Azula, Mai and Ty Lee.
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** Mai and Zuko's childhood romance is detailed and spotlighted to the readers when Zuko frees Mai from the Boiling Rock and reunites with her for the first time in years.
* ClosestThingWeGot: Ozai took the palace doctors with him during the end of his campaign, meaning that [[spoiler:Kya]] closest they have on hand to a professional healer.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Boasting to his father that he's going to help the Avatar overthrow him? Zuko's immediately thrown in a dungeon.
* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:While tending to Zuko's stab injury in Chapter 15, Kya, Hakoda, Suki, Mai and Ty Lee finally find out just how badly Zuko has been damaged.]]
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* ShipTease: The author is refreshingly straightforward in shipping the three main canon couples: Katara/Aang, Sokka/Suki, and Zuko/Mai.
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* ShipTease: The author is refreshingly straightforward in shipping the MundaneLuxury: PlayedForDrama. After spending three main canon couples: Katara/Aang, Sokka/Suki, and Zuko/Mai.years in a dungeon, Zuko can't comfortably sleep on a bed nor eat most foods as his body has long since adjusted to making do without.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Zuko is unfailingly polite to his servants, always making requests rather than issuing orders. Also, when riding a carriage through the capital, Zuko throws money to various commoners they pass.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Zuko is unfailingly polite to his servants, always making requests rather than issuing orders. Also, when riding a carriage through the capital, Zuko throws money to various commoners they pass.
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** [[spoiler: Chapter 19 reveals that somehow Admiral Zhou survived the seige of the north]]north]].
* RealityEnsues
** When Zuko was first banished by his father, Zuko declared that not only would he not stop the Avatar, but that he'd instead help him overthrow Ozai and end the war. In response, Ozai immediately has him imprisoned for treason.
** After spending three years locked in a cell and tortured daily, Zuko is [[BreakTheCutie severely]] [[ShellShockedVeteran traumatized]]. He can barely eat or sleep, suffers frequent nightmares, and needs a wheelchair to get around.
** A number of Zuko's generals don't respect or trust him as he's an obvious invalid with none of the strength of personality his father possessed. At least one is outright planning on finding a way to restore Ozai to the throne. Even Zuko's former friends Mai and Ty Lee are wary of him as they don't know where he's been for the last three years.
** While well meaning, Zuko also isn't trusted by anyone outside of Fire Nation as they only know him as Ozai's son and the newest Fire Lord. Most of his attempts to deal with them are met by hostility.
** When [[spoiler: Lu Ten]] reveals themselves to have been alive for the past several years and living in the Fire Nation capital as a commoner, Zuko outright refuses to believe [[spoiler:his cousin]] is who they say they are. If he did, Zuko would be forced to acknowledge that they knew what he was suffering for the last three years and did nothing to help.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Zuko has all the hallmarks, such as possessing multiple trauma buttons, difficulty adjusting to everyday life, nightmares, and at one point just not being able to bring himself to speak for an entire day.
* RealityEnsues
** When Zuko was first banished by his father, Zuko declared that not only would he not stop the Avatar, but that he'd instead help him overthrow Ozai and end the war. In response, Ozai immediately has him imprisoned for treason.
** After spending three years locked in a cell and tortured daily, Zuko is [[BreakTheCutie severely]] [[ShellShockedVeteran traumatized]]. He can barely eat or sleep, suffers frequent nightmares, and needs a wheelchair to get around.
** A number of Zuko's generals don't respect or trust him as he's an obvious invalid with none of the strength of personality his father possessed. At least one is outright planning on finding a way to restore Ozai to the throne. Even Zuko's former friends Mai and Ty Lee are wary of him as they don't know where he's been for the last three years.
** While well meaning, Zuko also isn't trusted by anyone outside of Fire Nation as they only know him as Ozai's son and the newest Fire Lord. Most of his attempts to deal with them are met by hostility.
** When [[spoiler: Lu Ten]] reveals themselves to have been alive for the past several years and living in the Fire Nation capital as a commoner, Zuko outright refuses to believe [[spoiler:his cousin]] is who they say they are. If he did, Zuko would be forced to acknowledge that they knew what he was suffering for the last three years and did nothing to help.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Zuko has all the hallmarks, such as possessing multiple trauma buttons, difficulty adjusting to everyday life, nightmares, and at one point just not being able to bring himself to speak for an entire day.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:While tending to Zuko's stab injury in Chapter 15, Kya, Hakoda, Suki, Mai and Ty Lee finally find out just how badly Zuko has been damaged.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:While tending to TaughtByExperience: Zuko's stab injury in Chapter 15, Kya, Hakoda, Suki, Mai and Ty Lee finally find out just how badly servants are often able to help him due to experience with somewhat similar cases, such as helping him sleep by singing to him like their children or recognizing that Zuko has been damaged.]]likely won't speak all day due to a former soldier friend who used to do the same.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: To many a reader's surprise and elation, [[spoiler:Lu Ten and Kya are revealed to be alive. Lu Ten survived the assassination attempt ordered by Ozai, and Kya was imprisoned in the Fire Nation prison for waterbenders.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: To SparedByTheAdaptation:
**To many a reader's surprise and elation, [[spoiler:Lu Ten and Kya are revealed to be alive. Lu Ten survived the assassination attempt ordered by Ozai, and Kya was imprisoned in the Fire Nation prison for waterbenders.]]
**To many a reader's surprise and elation, [[spoiler:Lu Ten and Kya are revealed to be alive. Lu Ten survived the assassination attempt ordered by Ozai, and Kya was imprisoned in the Fire Nation prison for waterbenders.]]
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**Azula and her psychopathic tendencies, full stop. Which is somehow topped by [[spoiler:Aang and his friends agreeing that she should be stripped of her bending and actually following through with it]].
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** As of Chapter 17, [[spoiler:Jet is revealed to have survived the events of the show as well]].
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** Which is all somehow topped by [[spoiler:Ozai's backstory, where he murdered one of the teenage palace servants at the tender age of 11]].
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* [[spoiler:MamaBear]]: [[spoiler:Kya gave herself up for her daughter, as in canon, but was actually literally taken away by the Southern Raiders and imprisoned, rather than killed. But upon being freed, she deduces Zuko's predicament through a few simple questions and is well on her way to becoming a surrogate mother for him.]]
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* [[spoiler:MamaBear]]: MamaBear: [[spoiler:Kya gave herself up for her daughter, as in canon, but was actually literally taken away by the Southern Raiders and imprisoned, rather than killed. But upon being freed, she deduces Zuko's predicament through a few simple questions and is well on her way to becoming a surrogate mother for him.]]
** Chapter 14 has [[spoiler:Kya scolding Hakoda for being too harsh and judgmental with Zuko]].
** Suki finds out the hard way in Chapter 10 that Zuko's caretakers can be this. [[spoiler:Pim jabs her hand with a needle after one too many sharp remarks against the Fire Lord.]]
** Chapter 14 has [[spoiler:Kya scolding Hakoda for being too harsh and judgmental with Zuko]].
** Suki finds out the hard way in Chapter 10 that Zuko's caretakers can be this. [[spoiler:Pim jabs her hand with a needle after one too many sharp remarks against the Fire Lord.]]
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* BerserkButton: Hurting Zuko in front of his caretakers is not a good idea. [[spoiler:Suki found that out the hard way when Pim jabs her hand with a needle.]]
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* TheWoobie: Lots of the heroes have it out for Zuko, thinking that he's just like his father and little sister. Each time he meets someone from the enemy side, he has to go through the same process of stating his intentions to help bring about a new era of peace in the world. And even some of the Fire Nation government and military staff are reluctant to entrust leadership to a 16-year-old boy who was just recently freed from prison after three years of incarceration.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Zuko is scarred by his father. When he awakens, he tells his father that he is now going to find the Avatar and fight alongside him. Ozai imprisons Zuko for this, and routinely visits the prison to torture him. After three years of imprisonment, Zuko is finally freed when the war ends... and is then told that he's now in charge of the Fire Nation as the new Fire Lord. And multiple people on both sides either hate his guts, or are suspicious of him.
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* BreakTheCutie: Zuko, primarily. The canon broken cuties also count to a lesser extent (Aang, Katara and Sokka).
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* AbusiveParents: Ozai, and taken UpToEleven with his numerous torture sessions carried out against his own son. [[spoiler:He is even an abusive uncle, trying (and thankfully failing) to have Lu Ten assassinated.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Ozai, as in canon, and taken UpToEleven with his numerous torture sessions carried out against his own son. [[spoiler:He is even an abusive uncle, trying (and thankfully failing) to have Lu Ten assassinated.]]
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* TheChewToy: Lots of the heroes have it out for Zuko, thinking that he's just like his father and little sister. Each time he meets someone from the enemy side, he has to go through the same process of stating his intentions to help bring about a new era of peace in the world. And even some of the Fire Nation government and military staff are reluctant to entrust leadership to a 16-year-old boy who was just recently freed from prison after three years of incarceration.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Mai and Ty Lee commit this after hearing Azula bragging about burning down the Earth Kingdom.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Azula boasting about burning down the Earth Kingdom when Sozin's Comet arrives is what prompts Ty Lee and Mai to pull a HeelFaceTurn and attack her.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Katara and Aang's blossoming romance.
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* DarkAndTroublePast: The canon tragic backstories apply, with the exception of Zuko though (who goes through so much more hell here).
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* TheChewToy: Lots of the heroes have it out for Zuko, thinking that he's just like his father and little sister. Each time he meets someone from the enemy side, he has to go through the same process of stating his intentions to help bring about a new era of peace in the world. And even some of the Fire Nation government and military staff are reluctant to entrust leadership to a 16-year-old boy who was just recently freed from prison after three years of incarceration.
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* TheAlcatraz: The Boiling Rock. With Zuko not having been able to join the Gaang in this AU, [[spoiler: Suki, Hakoda, Mai and Ty Lee remain imprisoned there until after the end of the war]].
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* BarefootCaptives: [[spoiler:Kya, during her imprisonment in The Water's Wail. Though Pim, Zuko's seamstress, is not able to find any shoes for Kya to wear, she is able to give her a clean shirt and a fresh pair of pants to wear upon being freed.]]
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* BarefootCaptives: [[spoiler:Kya, [[spoiler:Kya is just barefoot and clad in dirty prison rags during her imprisonment in The Water's Wail. imprisonment, just as the rest of the Southern Waterbenders were. Though Pim, Zuko's seamstress, is not able to find any shoes for Kya to wear, she is able to give her a clean shirt and a fresh pair of pants to wear upon being freed.freed from The Water's Wail.]]
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Mai and Zuko's childhood romance is detailed and spotlighted to the readers when Zuko frees Mai from the Boiling Rock and reunites with her for the first time in years.
** When we finally get to the Gaang, Aang and Katara's blossoming romance is presented to us through Sokka's point of view. [[ShipperOnDeck He approves of them getting together, and is a little frustrated that his little sister is a tad slow to completely admit to her feelings for the Avatar.]]
** When we finally get to the Gaang, Aang and Katara's blossoming romance is presented to us through Sokka's point of view. [[ShipperOnDeck He approves of them getting together, and is a little frustrated that his little sister is a tad slow to completely admit to her feelings for the Avatar.]]
* [[spoiler:MamaBear]]: [[spoiler:Kya gave herself up for her daughter, as in canon, but was actually literally taken away by the Southern Raiders and imprisoned, rather than killed. But upon being freed, she deduces Zuko's predicament through a few simple questions and is well on her way to becoming a surrogate mother for him.]]
* ShipTease: The author is refreshingly straightforward in shipping the three main canon couples: Katara/Aang, Sokka/Suki, and Zuko/Mai.
* ShipperOnDeck: Sokka for Katara and Aang.
* ShipTease: The author is refreshingly straightforward in shipping the three main canon couples: Katara/Aang, Sokka/Suki, and Zuko/Mai.
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* TailorMadePrison: The Fire Nation prison for waterbenders, named "The Water's Wail". Zuko is disturbed by the name, and even more disturbed to find [[spoiler:Kya as the sole prisoner inside]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: Taken UpToEleven by [[AbusiveParents Ozai]]. Maiming and scarring Zuko on the face wasn't enough. After imprisoning his son, he routinely visits the capital city prison just to torture him into submission.
* WouldHurtAChild: Taken UpToEleven by [[AbusiveParents Ozai]]. Maiming and scarring Zuko on the face wasn't enough. After imprisoning his son, he routinely visits the capital city prison just to torture him into submission.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Aside from the canon cast, lots of worldbuilding effort by the author is put into the story, giving names and personalities to characters such as Zuko's caretakers, Fire Nation palace staff, Fire Nation royal servants, as well as Fire Nation military commanders.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Lu Ten and Kya]].
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20063656/chapters/47516917 Fractures]]'' is an AlternateUniverse FanFic on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn by fledgling author good_eviening.good_eviening.
The premise is that Zuko realizes his destiny much earlier. As in, as soon as he wakes up in the palace after his Agni Kai and is told he is banished. Unfortunately, he's never been a patient one. So he storms right up to Ozai and tells him what he's going to do. And gets locked up for over three years. Then, one day, he's being pulled out and told he's the new Fire Lord.
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* AdultFear: On the same day that a 16-year-old Zuko is released from prison after three years incarcerated, he is crowned Fire Lord following the defeats of Ozai and Azula. Now he's responsible for trying to rebuild and reconcile his nation with the rest of the world.
* TailorMadePrison: The Fire Nation prison for waterbenders, named "The Water's Wail". Zuko is disturbed by the name, and even more disturbed to find [[spoiler:Kya as the sole prisoner inside]].
The premise is that Zuko realizes his destiny much earlier. As in, as soon as he wakes up in the palace after his Agni Kai and is told he is banished. Unfortunately, he's never been a patient one. So he storms right up to Ozai and tells him what he's going to do. And gets locked up for over three years. Then, one day, he's being pulled out and told he's the new Fire Lord.
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* AdultFear: On the same day that a 16-year-old Zuko is released from prison after three years incarcerated, he is crowned Fire Lord following the defeats of Ozai and Azula. Now he's responsible for trying to rebuild and reconcile his nation with the rest of the world.
* TailorMadePrison: The Fire Nation prison for waterbenders, named "The Water's Wail". Zuko is disturbed by the name, and even more disturbed to find [[spoiler:Kya as the sole prisoner inside]].
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20063656/chapters/47516917 Fractures]]'' is an AlternateUniverse FanFic on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn by fledgling author good_eviening.
