#kuruhitha

@kuruk-weekend, day 1 - Avatar companions/Love and loss (maybe)

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you mean my favorite water tribe character ever?? ofc.

a song that reminds me of them

ok this one is angsty but no suprises by radiohead is his

what they smell like

Kuruk smells like sweat and saltwater and that is a fact

if he was in a modern au he would smell like men's deoderant

an otp

nyahitha <3 this should be obvious given my blog name

a notp

hei ran. they just wouldn't get along

favorite platonic/familial relationships

so many. hei ran! (I may not ship her with him but them as besties has my heart) kyoshi! (best avatar mentor/current avatar relationship don't fight me on that) kelsang!(they are lit rally bros. radiant sunbeams of the team) jianzhu (ok trust me its not a good relationship but its very interesting from a meta/analysis standpoint)

a headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with

not so much a headcanon but I hate old (or even contemporary) posts that paint him out as a lazy, do-nothing avatar who tarnished yangchen's legacy when he was a martyr

the position they sleep in

when alone- starfish all over the bed, face down

when with a partner- big spoon, cuddler (random hc but he gives the best hugs)

a crossover au i’d love to see them in

I'd love to see him in more modern aus! and of course he fits into the avatar jedi-lineage star wars au (which i just realized I need to talk about here lol)

my favorite outfit they’ve ever worn

basic stuff kuruk is bi, nyahitha is gay

homophobia isnt isn't much of a big deal in the fire nation (at least during the time nyahtiha's alive) so he's not too bothered about showing it

homophobia is a big deal in the northern water tribe (a legacy that lasted up until unalaq) but kuruk's entire solution to that problem was 'the nwt chiefs cant be mad about things the nwt chiefs don't know' with a bit of 'i'm the avatar i can do what i want' thrown in

they first started dating only months after they met, when kuruk was 23 and nyahitha was 25. by then the others (jianzhu kelsang and hei-ran) had met nyahtiha once and were quite surprised to find out they were dating

hei-ran and nyahitha had a rivalry that was almost always one sided but switched between them on who was angrier with the other depending on what was happening in the fire nation at the time, what kuruk was doing, and the time of day

jianzhu didn't like nyahitha (something something 'he's a bad influence kuruk please don't hang out with him [jealous ex boyfriend]), he and kelsang actually got along fairly well

they did not have a meetcute. they had a meet-ugly. it was a mess. (canon already did a wonderful job of portraying this so i will not have to go in depth)

their first relationship was friends to lovers in the best way-: friends with benefits hookup to actual romance

their first time together was short and brief and beautiful, but tainted in the shadow of reality. they would share kisses in the bhanti tribe library before remembering why they were there. in his later journals (the ones he wrote when reflecting on his life), kuruk wrote that 'remembering it is like staring at a painting of a fire- taking in all of the beauty and none of the destruction."

nyahitha, on a few long nights where he was sure he might loose his lover, considered proposing. he even handmade a betrothal necklace of blue and gold only to keep it in a box as soon as it was finished. he couldn't do that to kuruk

neither of them expected their relationship to last. after a few years of imagined paradise, they drifted apart into their own miseries. they remained friends (it wasn't like they really had anyone else, especially in kuruk's case) and just focused on their own lives, trying to maintain a semblance reality. nyahitha was preparing to take on the role as high sage, and kuruk had his avatar thing going on. there wasn't much time for them to pursue a relationship on top of anything

coincidentally, that was around the time hei-ran got married. kuruk couldn't handle it all going on at once. it was healthier that they just stayed apart, at least for now

after the whole ummi debacle, kuruk vanished for a few years, and everyone simply presumed him dead. by this time nyahitha had moved away from bhanti island and gotten himself a small apartment in the capital, a simple space enough for a couple. it was always too big for him