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* BadMoonRising: Kannir's Moon, the Water Tribe equivalent to Sozin's Comet.
* [[spoiler: BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: Blue flame, like Azula's, is generated using killing intent, and white flame is generated from the desire to protect.]]



* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Unlike Zuko, Sokka always thinks things out before he does them.



* GenreSavvy: Azula correctly guesses half of the premise of this fic. She notices how Aang seems to know whats going to happen before it does and guesses that Aang is a time traveler.

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** [[spoiler: Sokka: SixthRanger]]
* GenreSavvy: Azula correctly guesses half of the premise of this the fic. She notices how Aang seems to know whats going to happen before it does and guesses that Aang is a time traveler. Aang even admits she was pretty close.



* IHatePastMe: Aang gets frustrated with how weak his twelve year old body is.

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* IHatePastMe: Aang gets frustrated with how physically weak his twelve year old body is.


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* ScienceIsBad: The Water Tribes utilize science instead of metalworking, like the Fire Nation did.


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* SelfImposedExile: Sokka was not banished: instead, he left of his own will to restore his honor, which gives him authority over the Water Tribes, unlike Zuko with the Fire Nation in canon.
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* [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted: Suki was taken in by Kya after Kyoshi Island was taken over by the Water Tribes, and is effectively Katara and Sokka's sister. [[NotBloodSiblings Doesn't stop her from liking Sokka, though.]]]]
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* LoveTriangle: Sokka, Yue, and Suki have one, as both Suki and Yue like Sokka. Surprisingly, Suki and Yue get along just fine.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Distorted!Katara seems to be far more kind/caring to her friends and family than Canon!Azula, despite the two being "counterparts" of a sort.
* AdaptationalBadass: Kanna is basically Iroh's replacement, and a master waterbender.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Distorted!Katara seems to be far more kind/caring to her friends and family than Canon!Azula, despite the two being "counterparts" of a sort.
sort. [[spoiler: However, she is willing to murder troops from her own country to achieve her goals, so...]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Kanna is basically Iroh's replacement, (Sokka and Katara's grandmother, and a master waterbender. normal in the main series) taught Katara here, and is likely on par with Iroh.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3952155/35/ How it would have ended]]

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* StayInTheKitchen: The Water Nation still has this attitude towards woman, for the most part, and only a few waterbending women know how to fight.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3952155/35/ How it would have ended]]ended.]]



* YouCantFightFate: Aang fears this trope is in effect when he fails to stop The Painted Lady from taking Azula.

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* YouCantFightFate: Aang fears this trope is in effect when he fails to stop The Painted Lady from taking Azula. [[ScrewDestiny He manages to prove otherwise later.]]

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Distorted!Katara seems to be far more kind/caring than Canon!Azula, despite the two being "counterparts" of a sort.
* AdaptationalBadass/AdaptationalWimp: The Water Nation and Fire Nation have more or less switched 'benders' and who is capable of bending.
* AmazonBrigade: Roku's Warriors

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Distorted!Katara seems to be far more kind/caring to her friends and family than Canon!Azula, despite the two being "counterparts" of a sort.
* AdaptationalBadass/AdaptationalWimp: The Water Nation AdaptationalBadass: Kanna is basically Iroh's replacement, and Fire Nation have more or less switched 'benders' and who is capable of bending.a master waterbender.
* AmazonBrigade: Roku's WarriorsWarriors, and [[spoiler: formerly the Kyoshi Warriors.]]



* CrapsackWorld: [[TheBadGuyWins Aang's world after Sozin's Comet]] and the new world thanks to the enviromentally-damaging warfare of the Water Nation, who often pull water out of the ground to fight.

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* CrapsackWorld: [[TheBadGuyWins Aang's world after Sozin's Comet]] and the new world thanks to the enviromentally-damaging environmentally-damaging warfare of the Water Nation, who often pull water out of the ground to fight.fight, turning much of the Earth Kingdom and parts of the Fire Nation into wastelands.



* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Kokkan Samurai, the Water Nation equilavent to the Yu Yan Archers, use Katanas instead of bows and arrows. [[spoiler: Yue also uses one.]]

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* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Kokkan Samurai, the Water Nation equilavent equivalent to the Yu Yan Archers, use Katanas instead of bows and arrows. [[spoiler: Yue also uses one.]]


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* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: Distorted!Azula starts to become more and more like Canon!Azula as time goes by. [[spoiler: However, she shows in the end she's still a good guy.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Distorted!Katara seems to be far more kind/caring than Canon!Azula, despite the two being "counterparts" of a sort.

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* AdaptationalBadass/AdaptationalWimp: The Water Nation and Fire Nation have more or less switched 'benders' and who is capable of bending.



* ConflictBall: Despite knowing that Zhao is in Bato's role and thus a good guy now, Aang is openly hostile to him.

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* ConflictBall: Despite knowing that Zhao is in Bato's role and thus a good guy now, Aang is still openly hostile to him.



* CrapsackWorld: [[TheBadGuyWins Aang's world after Sozin's Comet]] and the new world thanks to the enviromental-damaging warfare of the Water Nation.

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* CrapsackWorld: [[TheBadGuyWins Aang's world after Sozin's Comet]] and the new world thanks to the enviromental-damaging enviromentally-damaging warfare of the Water Nation.Nation, who often pull water out of the ground to fight.



* InstantExpert: When Aang is shown how to do a new bending move it removes a mental block, letting him use that move as if he had never forgotten how to do it in the first place.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Kokkan Samurai who are the Water Nation equilavent to the Yu Yan Archers use Katanas instead of bows and arrows.

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* InstantExpert: When Justified: when Aang is shown how to do a new bending move he had learned in his world, it removes a mental block, letting him use that move as if he had never forgotten how to do it in the first place.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Kokkan Samurai who are Samurai, the Water Nation equilavent to the Yu Yan Archers Archers, use Katanas instead of bows and arrows.arrows. [[spoiler: Yue also uses one.]]
* MirrorUniverse: The order of Avatars is reversed (Water, Air, Fire, Earth), and the Water Tribes are trying to take over the world. There are still differences between the worlds beyond the differences between nations, though.
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** OTOH, just as Bato was marginally more courageous (but still a dick) in the DR universe, Zhao wasn't as nice as canon-Bato. Even so, Aang should have known better.
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* CharacterRerailment: [[spoiler: [[{{In-Universe}} Thanks to the two worlds fusing]], the characters from Aang's world are influencing their mirror counterparts, bringing them closer to their cannon personalities whether they like it or not.]]

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* CharacterRerailment: [[spoiler: [[{{In-Universe}} Thanks to the two worlds fusing]], the characters from Aang's world are influencing their mirror counterparts, bringing them closer to their cannon canon personalities whether they like it or not.]]
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[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3952155/1/Distorted_Reality Distorted Reality]] is a FanFic of AvatarTheLastAirbender by Orgo. It begins two years after Aang failed to defeat Ozai, and he travels to the spirit world to reactivate the avatar state.

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[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3952155/1/Distorted_Reality Distorted Reality]] is a FanFic of AvatarTheLastAirbender ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' by Orgo. It begins two years after Aang failed to defeat Ozai, and he travels to the spirit world to reactivate the avatar state.
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* CharacterRerailment: [[spoiler: [[{{In-Universe}} Thanks to the two worlds fusing]], the characters from Aang's world are influencing their mirror counterparts, bringing them closer to their cannon personalities whether they like it or not.]]
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* YouCantFightFate: Aang fears this trope is in effect when he fails to stop The Painted Lady from taking Azula like Hei Bai took Sokka in canon.

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* YouCantFightFate: Aang fears this trope is in effect when he fails to stop The Painted Lady from taking Azula like Hei Bai took Sokka in canon.Azula.
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* ScrewDestiny: Aang refuses to let [[spoiler:Ty Lee]] die like Yue did in cannon. [[TakeAThirdOption He takes a third option.]]

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* ScrewDestiny: Aang refuses to let [[spoiler:Ty Lee]] die like Yue did in cannon.die. [[TakeAThirdOption He takes a third option.]]

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Unfortunately, the author has discontinued the fic, but was kind enough to post the remaining plot in the last chapter.



* CharacterRerailment: [[spoiler: Thanks to the two worlds fusing, the characters from Aang's world are influencing their mirror counterparts, bringing them closer to their cannon personalities whether they like it or not.]]
* CompleteMonster: Azula from Aang's world
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3952155/35/ How it would have ended]]



* YouCantFightFate: Aang fears this trope is in effect when he fails to stop The Painted Lady from taking Azula like Hei Bai took Sokka in cannon.

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* YouCantFightFate: Aang fears this trope is in effect when he fails to stop The Painted Lady from taking Azula like Hei Bai took Sokka in cannon.canon.
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* FiveManBand: Classified by the author for Book Fire
** Aang: TheHero
** Azula: TheLancer (and [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]).
** Zuko: TheBigGuy
** Ty Lee: TheChick
** The {{Team Pet}}s: Appa, the flying bison who doubles as the chief mode of transportation; and Sabishi, the (female) flying lemur.


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* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Hero?]]: Aang for [[spoiler:stealing Master Piandao's sword and not releasing Sokka after meeting Kanna in the Earth Kingdom.]]
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* RazorWind: Aang accomplishes this by combining airbending with a sword. It's powerful enough to make him wonder why air nomads never used swords before.
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Kanna quickly defeats Ty Lee at one encounter.
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* BreathWeapon: Aang improvises one by holding a flame in front of his mouth and blowing with airbending, similar to how a flamethrower works.
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* ConflictBall: Despite knowing that Zhao is in Bato's role and thus a good guy now, Aang is openly hostile to him.
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* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: [[CrackPairing Azula regarding Aang.]]
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* CharacterRerailment: [[spoiler: Thanks to the two worlds fusing, the characters from Aang's world are influencing their mirror counterparts, bringing them closer to their cannon personalities whether they like it or not.]]

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* CrapsackWorld: What happened to Aang's world after Sozin's Comet.

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* AmazonBrigade: Roku's Warriors
* CompleteMonster: Azula from Aang's world
* CrapsackWorld: What happened to [[TheBadGuyWins Aang's world after Sozin's Comet.Comet]] and the new world thanks to the enviromental-damaging warfare of the Water Nation.



* GoneHorriblyWrong: All the previous avatars wanted to do was teach Aang a lesson. [[spoiler: They accidentally unbalance the spirit world, which causes Aang's world to begin fusing with this one, which could destroy them both.]]

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: All the previous avatars wanted to do was teach Aang a lesson. [[spoiler: They [[spoiler:They accidentally unbalance the spirit world, which causes Aang's world to begin fusing with this one, which could destroy them both.]]



* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Yu Yan are replaced with the Kokkan Samurai, which use use Katanas instead of bows and arrows.

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* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Kokkan Samurai who are the Water Nation equilavent to the Yu Yan are replaced with the Kokkan Samurai, which use Archers use Katanas instead of bows and arrows.



* ScrewDestiny: Aang refuses to let [[spoiler: Ty Lee]] die like Yue did in cannon. [[TakeAThirdOption He takes a third option.]]

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* ScrewDestiny: Aang refuses to let [[spoiler: Ty [[spoiler:Ty Lee]] die like Yue did in cannon. [[TakeAThirdOption He takes a third option.]]
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* CrapsackWorld: What happened to Aang's world after Sozin's Comet.
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Yu Yan are replaced with the Kokkan Samurai, which use use Katanas instead of bows and arrows.
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: All the previous avatars wanted to do was teach Aang a lesson. [[spoiler: They accidentally unbalance the spirit world, which causes Aang's world to begin fusing with this one, which could destroy them both.]]
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* InstantExpert: When Aang is shown how to do a new bending move it removes a mental block, letting him use that move as if he had never forgotten how to do it in the first place.
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*FacePalm: Aang does this around Dock/Xu/Bushi.
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* IHatePastMe: Aang gets frustrated with how weak his twelve year old body is.

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