#azulaang

GIVE ME THE SOFTNESS

Her eyes meet his. He reaches out his arm and takes an enormous breath. With terror clear in her eyes, her hand reaches for his, and he locks his grip on her wrist, and her fingers dig into his arm.

“I got you! Hold on!”

Vermillion Seas, Cardinal Skies Chapter 22: A Second Chance

The Fall took my breath away when I first read it. The intensity, the terror, the beauty... I loved each and every second of it, and I know you will too.

I want to ship Aang with several people because he's my favorite and I want him to receive a lot of love.

I know a lot of people play the idea for angst (aangst?) or a darker version of the story. A sort of “ooooo the Sexy but Evil and Insane Manipulator is getting her claws into the heart of the sweet naive avatar she already almost murdered! Isn’t she so Scary and Intimidating?”, and like, it’s your fanfic, but I think that misses a lot of the potential.

Remember: Azula has no goddamn rizz. At all. And she thinks she’s the funniest person alive. A belief that Aang does not share in the slightest.

You don’t have to write her as a cruel calculating seductress, when you can write her as a Really Incredibly Cringe fourteen year old girl with no clue how to get the boy she likes to like her back, so she does the traumatised child-weapon equivalent of pulling his pigtails (hunting him down across the continent and attempting to kidnap him while daydreaming about him joining the fire nation).

Azula who joins Team Avatar because she has a crush, and tries being extra egomaniacal and evil, in an attempt to impress Aang.

Azula who gets her life saved by Aang, and now she feels the need to help him out to repay her debt, and his unwillingness to use evil means to depose her father is So Frustrating and Why Won’t This Boy Just Let Her Massacre Fire Villages For Him Aaaaaargh?!

Azula who tries her Political Mastermind schtick in order to take control of Team Avatar to save them from their own incompetence, but it just Does Not Work.

Azula who tries meditation to understand Aang better, but is so incapable of having any chill that it somehow results in civilian casualties.

Azula who tries to be the Dark Intimidating Manipulator Fire-Sifu, but Aang doesn’t find her scary at all, and just wants her to try having fun with him, and she doesn’t know how to handle this.

IT IS TIME! Azulaang fans rejoice! It is time to decide on that all-hallowed week where we will create art, stories, poems, and everything in between for our favorite (rare)pair!

This is my first year hosting the event, and we're starting off with an absolute BANG! The amazing @demaparbat-hp has offered her incredible talents and created a backing image for the week! Before showing off the FANTASTIC artwork, let's get down to business. We simply must gauge interest in a specific week. So without further delay...

VOTE ON YOUR PREFERRED WEEK NOW! Voting will be open for the next two weeks and will close on Saturday, September 20th. To give participants enough time to prepare, the poll has no weeks earlier than the week beginning on Sunday, November 30.

And now, as promised, here's @demaparbat-hp's amazing work! Give her MAJOR kudos for EVERYTHING!