#emletish-fish

It's legit my fave fanfic period and some of my most fave literature in general.

Relationship status: It’s complicated

Fav colour: Green

3 fav foods: Ice cream, chocolate, burgers

Song stuck in head: All I Do Is Win, specifically the Emma Stone lip sync battle version

Last song I listened to: I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight

Last thing I googled: outsold

Dream trip: Oh man, after these past two years, I’ll take literally anywhere. A beach would be nice though. Sun, sand and my TBR pile.

Anything I really want: My upcoming trip to not get cancelled due to another Covid wave

Okay but here me out. IT FITS SO WELL.

Joey Donner - Jet

Patrick (gorgeous Heath Ledger) - Zuko

Katarina - Katara (DUH)

Kat’s Friend - Suki

Bianca - Sheltered!Toph

Cameron - Aang

Michael - Sokka

The Dad - Arnook

Goal: Tag 9 people to get to know them better.

I was tagged by the amazing @darkelf19

Relationship Status: I’m in one, and it’s awesome.

Favorite Color: Purple, the color of my hair

Lipstick or Chapstick: Chapstick

Last Song: “Fire Meet Gasoline” ~ SIA

Because I just wrote a drabble with this title.

Last Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy II

Top 3 Shows: I only write Avatar fanfiction, but I watched the show years ago. My current shows are: Game of Thrones, Dare Devil (or most shows in the Netflix Marvel lineup) and Stranger Things (can’t wait for S2!)

Top 3 Ships:

Zutara - Some serious plot momentum and beautiful symbolism was lost when this didn’t become endgame. Not to mention the suffering of character development and missed opportunities to teach lessons about love, sacrifice, and healing. That’s OK, though, because where canon failed, the fandom has picked up slack!

Kallura - Voltron (the new one) is entertaining for me, but I only see hints of any shipping so far, and it’s between Keith and Allura, IMO.

Jonsa - I don’t know? I read really good metas on this one.

Yeeeeeeeeeah all the time.

Most of the dialogue I say out loud to myself before I write it, to make sure that everything sounds natural. If I'm trying to write something funny and I'm not making myself laugh while saying the dialogue, then I don't consider it funny and therefore don't write it.

The Stalking Zuko series began for me on my everlasting search of one of my favorite genres—a Zutara story in the Western Air Temple. I spotted the amusing title and noticed a few chapters. Cautiously, I looked at the reviews. I raised my eyebrows. Wow, that many? I clicked. And my adventure began! The first installment of this trilogy begins in “Stalking Zuko,” where, of course, a post-betrayal Katara decides to keep tabs on the new resident to figure out his weaknesses in case he turns tail again. We follow through her tyrannical era of stealing fireflakes and forcing Zuko to perform many menial tasks for her, all while gradually defrosting as Zuko proves his worth by dutifully obeying her, rescuing her dad, drunkenly singing, getting sick, helping her with a hang-over, bringing her moon peaches, and giving her that life-changing field trip. This is charmingly written in a slightly-ranty style. It is childish, but endearingly so. Katara is fourteen, after all. Did you experience that lovely articulate sense in your journals? No. We all have experienced that passionate thought with the opposite sex, and Katara has it double—having to deal with a troublesome Firebender (or so she thinks). We also learn interesting bits of trivia from our author along the way with wonderful slang (bullocks) and new, fun-to-say vocabulary words (aplomb). The next two volumes are more grown-up, the third considerably so, discussing much about the aftershocks of the war and the consequences of Aang’s merciful decision. Feelings also are more serious and less silly, as Katara slowly begins to ponder her evolving relationship with Zuko and its consequences when confronted with culture clashes and well-meaning advice. Emletish also has a lot of the trope What Happened to the Mouse? sprinkled throughout, which are clever endings and beginnings to the unfinished characters and plots. She has also put a lot of thought and research into each and every chapter, as seen by the commentary at the end, and no chapter is sloppily-written in the hasty franticness of an update. All in all, the trilogy (the third is almost done, I believe!) is a successful coming-of-age story filled to the brim with wit, severity, romance, hilarity, and adventure that you will enjoy.