welcome to dngerclose , a softlaunch blog curiated by solito ( she / her ). what is ? a softlaunch blog do you ask , it's exactly what it sounds like. consider this a blog with rotating muses , as i figure out which characters are ones i want to persue more in depth and actually develop roleplaying blogs for. not quite a multiuse as multiple muses aren't often used at the same time. this blog was previously run as a multimuse , do not be surprised if old muses that were underdeveloped show face from time to time.
current softlaunch concepts :
- prince/firelord zuko of the fire nation , mid to late teens (series) / mid to late twenties (movie) , male , from avatar: the last airbender ( series & 2026 film ). son of a war born nation.
- jason todd , late teens to early twenties , male , from detective comics & batman media , robin ( and later ) / the arkham knight / the red hood. adopted son of bruce wayne.
where else can you find solito ? @e1igius , @attwo , @spczom , @ontcri , @ikares , @dctrine , @cspray , @hrlaw ( * current active & inactive blogroll )
general rules :
this blog like all blog run by me is rated 21+ [ R ] and will not interact with blogs whos muns do not meet this criteria , this blog also will not interact with personal blogs
I write very plot heavy , if we do not have a pre-established plot or dynamic thought up it is highly difficult for me to decide how I am going to place my characters into a setting.
i am always open to write with new partners , but be aware I am slow to respond with newer partners as connections are often less developed , that being said , add me on discord lets get to know each other and establish a relationship !
this blog will be very trigger heavy all of my blogs are ( if you follow me anywhere else ) and they are not tagged often , follow this blog at your own discretion.
previous muses featured:
- wyatt callow , eighteen , male , from sunrise on the reaping ( the hunger games prequel ) , district twelve tribute & oddsmaker.
- cato minaret , sixteen , male , from the hunger games trilogy ( book focused , movie influence ) , district two tribute
- anne marie , appears early twenties , thought-form god of self-image and media. portrayed as an antagoinist.
- eduardo hernandez , late teens to early twenties , male , a vengeful spirit of rage inspired by stories of mexican heroism & mexican ghost/death folklore. written in spanglish.
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hi everyone ! sorry i disappeared for a couple of weeks. im back , if you didn't get the memo , zuko has moved over to @burnorder ! and i will be focusing the softlaunch blog back on jason ( dc ) !
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Sokka lets out a short, incredulous laugh under his breath, folding his arms as he gives the airship another once-over. âHey, I said low expectations, not no expectations,â he shoots back, glancing sideways at Zuko with a crooked grin tugging at his mouth. âThereâs still a gap there, Sparky. A noticeable one.â He shifts his weight, boots scraping lightly against the deck as he leans in just a little, dropping his voice like heâs about to share something importantâthen immediately ruins it.
âIf I had designed it, weâd have at least three hidden compartments for emergency snack storage, maybe an entrance hatch that opens with steam for no reason.â His eyes flicker back up to the ship, then to Zuko again, âBut yeah,â he adds with a small shrug. âItâs solid. Iâll give you that. Looks like it wonât explode, which is a huge selling point in my experience. Did you at least consider adding a boomerang rack? Because Iâm noticing a serious design flaw here.â
a crack of a smile at the correction , low expectations huh ? how --- funny. the gap was a good note , something he'd keep in the back of his mind for a little later while he watched the other continue to actually examine the hull of the aircraft. it's interesting , to watch as the man jumps between the skanrky , comedic , friend he's known for years , and the mastermind behind the raids against the fire nation that he rembers being so annoyed was younger than him as a kid. ( and he's only gotten smarter ). the immediate jump to his own observations was somehow comforting and the shrug of approval was solid.
emergency snack storage resulted in a giggle that he didn't even know he was hiding. « that doesn't even make sense » having snacks , especilaly the snacks he knows that sokka's talking about int his case would have little critters hiding all over the ship and would be insanely unsanitary. « a boomerrang rack ? do you plan on joining me on every adventure ? otherwise i feel like it'd be a little bit of a waste no ? »
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i just realized my grammar was horrid in the fire nation lore post from yesterday yikes. i wrote it on 1.2 hrs of sleep after staying up 23 hours pls i swear they're good ideas just poorly explained.
Aang sat at the head of the council table, the polished wood reflecting the low gold light that spilled through the tall windows of Republic City Hall. Outside, the city still carried the scars of the battle that almost destroyed it. Aang could still picture it with painful clarity; violet light tearing through the streets, the sky twisted with violent currents of energy, buildings splintered, and people running, screaming for their lives. The room was quiet, but in his mind, that battle was happening over and over again, his mistakes playing on a loop while a heated debate unraveled around him.
âThe city needs more than just watchmenâwhat happened proved that. If Tagah could nearly crush Republic City, someone else will try again. We need something organized and ready to go at a momentâs notice,â Sokka said, and he leaned forward, one hand braced against the table.
Across from him, Kataraâs brows knit with immediate concern, âI understand Sokka, I do⊠but after everything the world has been through, I worry about what people will see when they look out their windows and find soldiers in the streets. Theyâve only just begun to feel safe again.â
Sokka exhaled through his nose, not backing down. âOr theyâll see it as preparedness. We canât afford to look defenseless after that.â
Kataraâs gaze flickered toward Aang for a moment before returning to the others, âPeople are still frightened. Some of them are grieving, some of them are trying to rebuild what they lost. I donât think marching soldiers past their homes is going to bring them peace.â
Tophâs voice cut in, blunt as ever. âNo, but the absence of protection wonât either.â
âWe canât allow Republic City to be left vulnerable again,â Aang finally spoke up, âPeople need to know theyâre safe.â His gaze drifted briefly toward the window, toward the skyline that he and Fire Lord Zuko had dreamed into existence togetherâa place meant to unite all nations, all peoples. âFor a long time, I believed balance could be protected through diplomacy and the willingness of people to choose peace. I still believe in that. I always will. But peace also requires protection.â
Aang drew in a measured breath, shoulders rising and falling beneath the orange and yellow robes draped around him. âA dedicated police force would give this city guardians who answer first to its people, not to any one nation. And if we are to establish a military presence, it must never become a symbol of fear. It must exist solely to defend Republic City from threats like the one we just faced.â It was then that Aangâs eyes moved across the table and came to rest on @dngerclose. Heâd  been quieter than usual. Aangâs expression softened, thoughtful blue-grey eyes lingering on his friend. Of everyone in the room, Zuko understood better than most what could happen with the presence of soldiers in the streets.
Aang shifted slightly in his seat, one hand flattening against the polished wood as he turned toward him. âZuko,â he said gently, âyouâve been awfully quiet.â His eyes held Zukoâs steadily. âI want to hear how you feel about this.â
they kept talking. circles reeling over and over and over again over the same three points. one , they had been completely unprepared for the enemy at hand. ( which in their defense , who was suppsoed to know they were supposed to prepare for a second airbending master frozen in ice that had immense power ). two , republic city was a dream built on houses of hay , any small gust could shake it's foundation at the moment and wanting to build a presence to protect it and strengthen the foundation with actual cement wasn't exactly a bad idea. and third , none of them knew what it was like to have soilder's policing over your shoulder every minute of every day. he was 80% certain that he'd read somewhere that it was the whole reason behind one of the previous avatar's largest battles. the autonomy of self was an unparalleled gift. one that he did not take lightly after earning it.
golden eyes snap over to aang at the mention of a police force , now that is a terrible idea. while he agreed with sokka's initial statement ( a military presance was likely needed in republic city ). « we have police. don't put the soldiers in the streets. » his voice is short , almost stern. as if he's scolding the younger members of their round table for the suggestion of a militant activity. ( though he isn't exactly one to talk - the fire nation retained it's naval and armed forces even after aang brought peace to the world , even at a reduced scale ). still he doesn't like the immediate jump , a militant state is how situations like the boiling rock happened.
« if we rush to create an armed force there will be panic. it will be seen as a reactive rather than a proactive measure from the event. and it will cause mass hysteria and distrust in the government. » he remembers that much from his history lessons. lying to the public is required months in advance for situations like these for them to believe youi. it is then and only then that bright eyes finally leave aang and move over to the one that's closer to his own age. « i'm not saying no. i'm saying we need to build slowly , a volunteer-only force , marketed as stewards of the free worlds , not guardians of it. it needs to feel like peace time. » it will feel like war if we rush. in more was than one if he can remember correctly. his uncle had some sort of wise saying that would go perfectly here if he could fully remember how it went... something about jumping into the future ---
he can hear katara starting to speak up. and a hand raises to silence her before she can get more than a couple of words out , not that she actually stops. as she continues to go on a rant about how of course the men agree that an armed solution is the best one. how it shouldn't be hard to feel like peace time, aang brough it already or something along those lines. he's only really half listening at his point. eyes are trained on the avatar. he wants to know what his friend is thinking. « rushing will not bring the volunteers you will want for this project. power is difficult to control , too much power too quickly in the wrong hands is a recipe for disaster. »
it looks like zuko is here to stay , thanks to all of yall and actually taking an interst in him. looking into urls now so ! he'll likely be moved off the softblog launch and into his own account sometime next week.
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âThis is exactly how I pictured itâif I had very low expectations.â from @thatboomerangguy !
eyes dance between the diplomat and the air ship , arms crossed , and attempting ( as best he can ) not to roll his eyes as far back into his skull as possible. their situation is a little more serious than what his comrade here is dictating but - that is pretty much on par with what he is accustomed to if he is going to be perfectly honest. it takes a moment of mental adjustment , but golden eyes lazily trace their way back to the young warfighter. the savior of the southern water tribe. the youngest person to earn a commendation from the order of the white lotus and zuko's personal recommendation to lead the newly formed republic forces as the united republic of nation's defense minister ( they might still be too young for the council members to take them seriously --- despite being team avatar ).
a small smile finally slips onto his lips , a shift in his stance and all of a sudden he is more friendly towards his old companion. « the ship might not be up to your standards , but i can asure you , she is one of the finest in our navy. » our navy , the fire nations , because unlike the other nations --- the fire nation had never given up her own army when the united forces were formed. even though they paid the body tax just like everyone else.
« you're just jealous i didn't let you design it. » the snark comes out when it's just the two of them , something that remains hidden usually even around their close friends. ( sometimes , though rarely , the other one -- the water bender -- can bring it out too ). they were the eldest , the weight of their families on their shoulders. but today none of that mattered. today , it was just two friends , being friends... well as much as two friends could be friends when one of them was an expert of weapons of war manufacturing and the other one was the lord of fire.
this variant of a:tla is 'darker' in that it is influenced heavily by how dark our history can be , a:tla already covers topics such as war , class , death , and so much more think of this 'verse' as revealing the ugly sides of the war no one decided to mention in the animated 'textbook' version of events.
below the cut you will find a list of some of the atrocities committed by the fire nation over the past 100 years. current or modern ( within the past 25 years ) events are marked with *
cw. do not read under the cut if the following will be considered triggering: historical events to include the shino-japanese war , imperial japan , war crimes , prison labor , eugenics , the vietnam war , torture , the trail of tears , human experimentation , political extremism , also contains mentions but not descriptions of: rape , murder , starvation
* prison labor ( visualized in the animated series , expanded ), a vast network of labor camps of political & other "large scale" prisoners, where prisoners were often worked to death under extreme conditions, prison systems were separated by benders & non-benders, and specialized against benders whenever feasiable
* eugenics ( lightning bending specialization, vaugely hinted at in the series , expanded ) the fire nation royal family , over it's past uninterrupted ( indefinite ) rule has systematically curated their bloodline to contain the most powerful firebenders in the fire nation along with the other noble houses of the fire nation. this was done through carefully choosing strategic and powerful marriage matches between families, with occasional male and female concubines being introduced for "heirs" if those individuals possessed extraordinary firebending abilities.
the southern decent ( historial influence: the bataan death march & the trail of tears ) during the southern water tribe raids , the raids had begun as naval battles at sea and escalated over time. as the fire nation destroyed 3 of the 4 prominent cities in the south , many relocated to the nuteral jasmine island but those that didn't had to fight in technologically outmatched naval warfare. as the fire nation's grip spread across the southern water tribe there were strongholds they took for themselves which resulted in the forcible transfer of many southern water tribe residents from their homelands to wolf cove. due to this being done in the middle of the antartic winter , the movement resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocents.
the desecration of taku ( historical influence: the rape of nanking & my lai massacre ) early in the 100 year war , taku was one of the first cities to fall to the fire nation. it did not only fall, the city was pillaged, and destroyed , murdered & raped. the event took place immedieatly after the retreat of the earth kingdom army from the city , and the evidence was covered up by the fire nation's decision to burn the remainder of the city to ashes where possible. what remained was horrifying , but due to the hold the fire nation had on the world little would come out about the incident for years. the event is the largest confirmed massacre of innocents by firenation forces in the last century.
air nomad traps ( adapted fan theory ) during the initial days of the 100 year war, sozin's forces set up fake camps to pose as refugee outposts and aid stations. these areas were decorated with air nomad relics and insignia to lure out unsuspecting surviving airbenders. as they slowly gained the trust of the hired actors the fire nation would then come in & execute the survivors seeking refuge.
* advanced torture methods ( visualized in animated series , expanded ) massive fires in enclosed spaces ( think - an air temple ) consume all available oxygen to feed the fire , the fire nation did not just burn the air nomads alive but suffocated them with their own element. this was a method that was used primarily with the air nomads, lost for a few decades but was brought back once ozai took power, and implemented as a method of torture. in similar context, the dry cells that were developed for the water tribe are not just meant to keep them dry but dehydrated, the material actively absorbs the water out of the skin and increases evaporation into the air leaving the waterbenders in a state of near death dehydration.
* the scorched earth policy ( vizualized in animated series , expanded ) the pacification of the kingdoms around them was partially a means for gaining resources for the volcanic island kingdom. locals are required to pay tribute to the fire nation , those that do not comply find their farm or shops up in flames.
the dark cloud ( historical influence : chemical warfare ) the war felt endless , and while they had begun with an advantage the overtaking of the world was not a clean endeavor - any advantage was required - at any cost , according to the fire lord , the creation of the dark cloud was an example of that a weaponized version of volcancic ash , used to poison the air and water in enemy strongholds making the earth and air toxic and uninhabitable. this practice was later outlawed.
* the dragonsbreath files ( historical influence : napalm & unit 731 ) excellence through experimentation , experimentation as dictated by divinity. experiments performed by the fire nation army on it's own soldiers and prisoners of war to develop "better" or more deadly variants of firebending ( think combustion man ). one of the most notable advances here included the introduction of siphon bending , which consisted of soldiers carrying canisters of pressurized flammable material ( oils , petrolum , etc. ) concept was: as the canister explodes they are able to ignite it , giving them control over the shape and projection. the goal was to create a fire that could not be easily extinguished by water bending due to the assistant chemical agent. water bending prisoners were forced to attempt to "bend away" a napalm-fire, only to find the gel is hydrophobic (water-repellent), leading to a slow and agonizing failure
* there is no god but the firelord ( visualised in animated series , expanded + historical influence : hitler youth ) disloyalty is not tollerated within the firenation , the royal family has not withstood an eternity without a broken bloodline by being understanding of the differences in opinions with others. no. rather they are the only true and moral path avaiable to their people , and the people of the fire nation would do well to remember it. any questioning of the royal house resulted in the individual's disappearance , never to be seen again. though this trend became less and less common over the years as sozin's school ciriclum became implemented throughout the country , what outsiders see as cult training and indoctrination, the fire nation sees as progress and order. the ciriclum involves the dehumanization of their enemies , weapons and fire bending training , and first aid skills.