History Fanfic / DistortedReality

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Azula has a crush on Aang. [[spoiler: Sadly, he still loves his world's Katara.]]
** Also, Ghashiun towards [[spoiler: Sokka]].
** [[spoiler: In light of the latest chapter, Azula's romantic interest in Aang might not be unrequited after all. With narration noting that he is just confused about Alt!Azula as Katara was towards Aang in the old world and that he might well be repressing an interest in Alt!Azula to keep himself from becoming too rooted in the DR!World.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Unlike in canon, where Aang only had to worry about BigBad Ozai and TheDragon Azula, here he needs to deal with Emperor Hakoda of the South and High Chief Arnook of the North (while the latter is subservient to the former they are both treated as independent threats). Furthermore, [[spoiler: Xai Bau]] is shaping up to be another prominent threat, and that's not even getting into the antagonists in the Spirit World (namely, Wan Shi Tong and Koh the Face Stealer). Dealing with all of these is the primary reason for the CastHerds in Book 3.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Played with: 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. However, she is willing to murder troops from her own country to achieve her goals, so.... Played straight by Zhao, Azula, and Ozai.

* AnachronicOrder: Aang's dream scenes at the beginning of each chapter which show snippets of how his life in the canon universe continued after Sozin's Comet. The scenes jump around to any period of time in the three years between Sozin's Comet and Aang departing for the Spirit World to come to this world, though one dream scene jumps back even earlier and depicts Admiral Zhao slaying the moon spirit.

*** [[spoiler: Azula and Katara]] split off from this group to go form their own herd shortly into Book 3. [[spoiler: Sangmu the airbender]] joins this herd in their place shortly after.

** Si Wong Sandbenders, many of whom displaced by the Water Tribes, have encroached on areas as far as Ba Sing Se.

* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: Distorted!Katara is a type A, unlike the original series, where she was a type B.]]

*** [[spoiler: Azula and Katara]] split off from this group to go form their own herd shortly into Book 3.
** Mai, Ty Lee, Haru, Jet, and the Freedom Fighters are en route to defeat Chief Arnook at the North Pole [[spoiler: and try to reach the Northern Spirit Portal in case Aang can't, to rescue Toph]].
** Toph, Yue, and Nagi [[spoiler: in the Spirit World, trying to escape]].

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

** [[spoiler: Kanna and Piandao against Aang.]]
** [[spoiler: Aang, Azula, Zuko, Katara, and Sokka against Wan Shi Tong and Koh the Face-Stealer.]]

* ScienceIsBad: The Water Tribes utilize science instead of metalworking like the Fire Nation's. The runoff from their experiments in one lab was polluting the river from 'The Painted Lady,' and causing said spirit to act similarly to Hei Bai.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3952155/1/Distorted_Reality Distorted Reality]]'' is a FanFic of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' by Ogro. It begins three years after Aang fails to defeat Ozai, and he travels to the spirit world to reactivate the avatar state.

** [[spoiler: In light of the latest chapter, Azula's romantic interest in Aang might not be unrequited after all. With narration noting that he is just confused about Alt!Azula as Katara was towards Zuko in the old world and that he might well be repressing an interest in Alt!Azula to keep himself from becoming too rooted in the DR!World.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: Played with: 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. However, she is willing to murder troops from her own country to achieve her goals, so.... Played straight by Zhao, Azula, and Ozai, though we never see the last before the end.

* OCStandIn: Ghashiun is shaping up to be this, since he was only the sandbender who kidnapped and then sold Appa in the show. Here, he's TheStoic AntiVillain [[spoiler: siding with Katara and Sokka in their plan to conquer Ba Sing Se]] who just wants to find his sister, Nagi.

* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: [[spoiler: Blue flame, like Azula's, is generated using killing intent, and white flame is generated from the desire to protect.]]

* {{Equal Oppurtunity Evil}}: The Water Nation, in contrast with the Fire Nation, actually is willing to incorporate denizens of conquered lands as members of its military forces. Suki herself was taken in by Kya at the fall of Kyoshi Island and raised as family.

** Late Book 1: FourPhilosophyEnsemble (Ty Lee as the Idealist, Aang as the Cynic, Azula as the Realist, and Zuko as the Apathetic)

* DemotedToExtra: [[AscendedExtra Kanna]] may have taken Iroh's role in this story as a mentor-figure to Prince Sokka, but at the same time Iroh took over ''her'' role... relegating him to being Zuko and Azula's kooky uncle that hasn't been seen since the first few chapters.

** Whereas the Fire Nation are Colonialists and, according to Sozin, started with a WhiteMansBurden type motivation, the Water Nation's motives are not stated, and their methods are consistent RapePillageAndBurn, [[spoiler: razing cities like Omashu and Gaoling, massacring random families]], and causing the Si Wong to spread greatly.

** Whereas the Fire Nation are Colonialists and started with altruistic purposes, the Water Nation's motives are not stated, and their methods are consistent RapePillageAndBurn, [[spoiler: razing cities like Omashu and Gaoling, massacring random families]], and causing the Si Wong to spread greatly.

* {{Adorkable}}: Sokka when Suki teases him. He also tries to use "The Boulder" as an alias in Ba Sing Se, but Suki shuts him down.

** 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.

* FiveManBand: Classified by the author for Book 1: 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, [[spoiler: joined by Momo in chapter 40]].
** [[spoiler: Sokka: SixthRanger and TheDragAlong]]
** Book 2: Earth switches it up a bit. Toph gets recruited as TheBigGuy again, Zuko becomes TheHeart and TeamDad, and they lose [[spoiler: Ty Lee and Sokka]]. Mai joins the gang late in Book 2, pushing Azula out of TheSmartGuy role.

* LoveTriangle: Sokka, Yue, and Suki have one, as both Suki and Yue like Sokka. Surprisingly, Suki and Yue get along just fine.

** However, the Water Nation are at least willing to assimilate survivors of their desolations, such as [[spoiler: Suki, the last surviving Kyoshi Warrior]], something the Fire Nation didn't do in canon.