Line #51 Fanfic/TheWorldWithoutTheWar


1	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6255276/1/The_World_without_the_War The World Without the War]]'' is an AlternateUniverseFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/923867/ S-Michael]] set in a version of the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' universe [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin where the century-long war never happened]]. Avatar Aang died sixteen years ago, meaning that the next Avatar will be (1) a waterbender, and (2) female. The Water Tribes do not have the best track record where it comes to women's lib, so Azula is sent to remind them not to try anything. Meanwhile, Toph is plotting to overthrow the Earth Kingdom and Zhou is planning...[[{{spoiler}} something]]...
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3	Has not been updated since Jan 31, 2011.
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6	!!The World Without the War'' provides examples of:
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8	* ActionGirl: Aside from canon, there's four female [[OriginalCharacter OCs]] to date who are all very badass.
9	%%* AffablyEvil: Koh.
10	* AllohistoricalAllusion: They sure do seem to readily scoff at the idea that the Fire Nation would or could (depending on where one lives) invade the Earth Kingdom.
11	* AntiHero: Sure, Azula's a good guy, but that doesn't make her ''[[GoodIsNotNice nice]]''.
12	* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Tsubasa becomes one when she is revealed to be TheMole]]
13	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ilmarinen is somehow tied to the [[AncientTradition White Lotuses]], [[spoiler:possibly even responsible for their existence]]. Also, Wakaun is Hahn's father.
14	%%* BigBad: Zhou.
15	* BigBadWannabe: OC Doro Kim has some [[ThePlan master plan]] which others repeatedly [[LampshadeHanging state could never possibly work]], though his incompetence is what makes him dangerous:
16	-->"The point is, it's only a matter of time until Dodo Head's plan crashes down around his ears. Which only makes it more dangerous from the perspective of Team Azula," Usani said. "You see, when the wheels fall off, the first casualty is going to be Sokka."
17	* ButtMonkey: No one likes the Northern Water Tribe. Not even the Southern Water Tribe. Also, Doro Kim gets zero respect--even Long Feng thinks he's an idiot. Oh, and he has an in-universe detractor nickname (see above). Yeah.
18	* ChekhovsGun: A couple of the {{info dump}}s have turned out to have contained information useful to the story later. (Some planned, some [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants not]].)
19	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:On a date with Sokka, Azula mentions that her father got banished from the Fire Nation for attempting a coup.]] Guess who shows up in the very next chapter?
20	* CombatPragmatist: Would Azula snipe airbenders with lightning before they've gotten close enough to counter-attack? Would Sokka hit [[spoiler:Ozai]] in the temple with his boomerang while he was distracted giving a villainous speech to Azula? The answer to both questions is ''yes''.
21	* DaddysLittleVillain: [[spoiler:Tsubasa]], though it would be better to say ''Mommy's'' little villain. Also, to a lesser extent, Hahn.
22	* TheDarkArts: There's a certain airbending discipline called voidbending and/or domination-airbending which is specifically called "a dark side to our art", but doesn't seem so bad...until ''later''...
23	* DarkerAndEdgier: While [[IncrediblyLamePun the world of The World]] is no doubt a better place than canon, we see a darker side of it--bigotry, drug lords, [[spoiler:{{Eldritch Abomination}}s]], etc. Also, people sure do die a lot. (Mostly {{mooks}}, but [[WhatMeasureIsAMook still]].)
24	%%%* [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Did We Just Have Tea With Koh?]]
25	* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Tsubasa]] was this to Kazane [[spoiler:before her HeelFaceTurn]].
26	* EarlyBirdCameo: Kasha is introduced in chapter 2, but doesn't become important until chapter 4.
27	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: This is what will happen if [[spoiler:the Phoenix escapes.]]
28	* {{Expy}}: Kasha is [[Literature/HonorHarrington Victor Cachat]], right down to identically-pronounced names. Usani is a {{gender flip}}ped Kevin Usher.
29	* ForWantOfANail: Instead of wreaking Sozin's throneroom when he discovers the Earth Kingdom colony, Avatar Roku has a nice, civilized debate about it.
30	* GoodIsNotNice: Aside from Azula being one of the ''good guys'' in this universe, there's Mai, and Tsubasa [[spoiler:before she's revealed to be TheMole]] and [[spoiler:after her HeelFaceTurn]], not to mention Kasha and Usani.
31	* GambitRoulette: A running gag is someone pointing out how OC Doro Kim's plans could never possibly work
32	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Tsubasa, after her HeelRealization.]]
33	* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Tsubasa, after realizing that her precious voidbending was forbidden ''for a reason''.]]
34	* {{Immortality}}: [[spoiler:Ilmarinen is more-or-less type one, but it's temporary, lasting for "only" a thousand years, and then he [[KilledOffForReal dies for real]]... and it's been just about a thousand years. He's grooming Piandao to take his place.]]
35	* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Not in a general sense, but the main characters are Azula, Katara, [[TheOneGuy Sokka]], Ty Lee, Mai, and two female [=OCs=].
36	* InfoDump: S-Michael is fond of this.
37	* InSpiteOfANail: The point of divergence with canon is about a hundred and thirty-odd years ago, and yet all the canon characters exist (even Aang, though he's dead now). Ozai is still evil.
38	* {{Jerkass}}: Tsubasa -- impressive, considering that she's sharing a cast with Mai and Azula.
39	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Tsubasa.
40	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Wakaun]] and later [[spoiler:Kazane]] both escape being punished for their crimes, in spite of the fact that they were responsible for [[spoiler:the kidnapping and attempted murder of Sokka and ''the Avatar'']], respectively.
41	%%* LampshadeHanging
42	* LivingMacGuffin: The Avatar for the first few archs, [[spoiler:Ilmarinen]] for the latest.
43	* [[spoiler:AMatchMadeInStockholm: Amy and Tsu hook up.]] Lampshaded:
44	-->[[spoiler:'''Tsubasa:''' "You've got some sort of late-onset Stockholm Syndrome or something?"]]
45	* MeaningfulName: Kasha and Usani are named for [[Literature/HonorHarrington Victor Cachat and Kevin Usher]], respectively (and Doro Kim is a [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign vaguely Asian-ish]] take on their first villain, a fellow named Durkheim), Tsubasa means "wings," Wakaun means "serpent," Amadahy means "forest water", and Kazane means "sound of wind." At least, according to [[http://www.babynames.com babynames.com]]. Also, Ilmarinen is an UltimateBlacksmith out of Finnish legend.
46	* MemeticBadass: There are Toph Facts ''in universe'' here.
47	%%* TheMole: [[spoiler:Tsubasa]].
48	* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Airbenders are peaceful vegetarians? Nobody told Tsubasa!
49	* {{Omake}}: Every so often there will be a chibi parody of what has happened thus far.
50	%%* TheOneGuy: Sokka.
51	* OutGambitted: Doro Kim is one of Long Feng's lackeys, and Azula is in town. What did you ''think'' was going to happen?
52	%%* PlotTwist: Yes. Just look at this page.
53	* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Ilmarinen is one thousand years old.]]
54	* LaResistance: Toph's army of rebels and bandits.
55	* RunningGag: In the {{omake}}, Ty Lee being accused of being a lesbian, and an [[TransparentCloset obvious]] one, at that.
56	** Any time someone says "X [[TemptingFate couldn't possibly happen]]" (and it didn't happen in canon), ''it's about to happen!''
57	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:The Phoenix. It's not really "evil", being a mindless beast, but if it is allowed to be reborn in the world, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt kiss civilization goodbye]].]]
58	* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler:The Phoenix is inside Ilmarinen.]]
59	* ShipTease: Toph/Teo. In the {{omake}}, Katara/Ty Lee.
60	* ShoutOut: Several, including one to ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'', a few to the bible Literature/TheBible (specifically [[spoiler:Behemoth, Leviathan, and Ziz]]), and about half a dozen to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, of all things - hopefully, this isn't {{foreshadowing}}.
61	* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: Wakaun wanted to kill Sokka (Doro Kim wanted to start a war, but whatever), Kazane wanted to kill the Avatar, Zhou wanted to become immortal (and, presumably, take over the world).
62	** Interestingly, S-Michael's villains' positions on the SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness and the SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness appear to be roughly inversely related.
63	%%* TallDarkAndSnarky: Tsubasa, of course.
64	* UnholyHolySword: [[spoiler:Airbending]], of all things! Well, to be more precise, [[spoiler:certain airbenders can (temporarily) increase their power by ''sucking out a person or animal's soul!'']] The truly scary thing is, they don't even know that they're doing it.
65	* WorfHadTheFlu: The freaking Avatar was the next best thing to useless in the biggest fight scene to date because she'd just been held captive and immobile for several days and could barely stand. And the reason [[spoiler:Ozai]] was defeated by ''Sokka'', of all people? A lucky-shot sucker blow to the temple with his boomerang [[CombatPragmatist while he was distracted giving a villain-like speech]].
66	* WorldBuilding: The whole point of the exercise is to explore the ''Avatar'' universe in greater detail... giving us things like airbender supremacists, slavers, criminal undergrounds, even {{Eldritch Abomination}}s!
67	* YuriFan: There's ''some evidence'' that author S-Michael is one of these.
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