Fanfic Recs by coprime

The Moon's Memories (Sokka/Yue | G | 688 words): Yue's perspective as the moon. This is a really touching look at what Sokka meant to Yue and what he still means to her now that she's the moon spirit.

Excerpt:
A thousand lovers have looked to me on starless nights, saying words of devotion and true love. They have sung songs underneath my gaze, said things that would make many hearts melt.

Never have they been said to me.

Actually, that has not been completely true.

Grief Arrives Delayed (Azula, Toph, Mai, Suki, Ty Lee, Katara | G | 753 words): Six different women from the series, all of them with their own personal griefs. This is a really interesting snapshot at these particular characters, their inner hurts, and how they brought them about.

Excerpt:
Azula didn't remember the first person she killed. Sometimes, she wished she did--it seemed like she should keep track of these things, if only so the palace historians could record her glorious past in accuracy.

Most of the time, however, she didn't care.

The Wrong Kind of Compass (Sokka, Toph | G | 1,002 words): Sokka and Toph look for Sokka's space sword. Hah, Adventures! Adventures with Sokka and Toph are great.

Excerpt:
Toph's foot slammed into the ground, sending ripples out as far as she could reach. The landscape around them jumped slightly as she did, and then settled down as if nothing had ever happened, ignoring the flocks of startled birds that now took flight.

"Not here, either," she said, turning towards Sokka.

"You're sure you didn't just miss it?" Sokka asked. "It's pretty tiny! Well, not actually tiny, more like smallish in comparison to the surrounding area-"

The Long Game (Bumi, Iroh | PG | 1,613 words): King Bumi knows how to think outside the box. Bumi and his plans are complex and odd, but they make sense. Winning the war can't be all that's needed to stop the fighting, and Bumi planning for things thirty years before they occur is something I can believe.

Excerpt:
The mental counters moved, the board was rearranged, and the Fire Nation was defeated. The balance of the board shifted and for a while, all the colors were in balance. Bumi could even see room for the Air Nomads in there, assuming any had survived.

He looked at the board and frowned. Yes, the next moves would be very tricky, but he had laid his groundwork well, and laid it long ago. He turned to another place in his mental map, a place thirty years past, when the Fire Nation armies were poised on the edge of retreat outside the walls of Omashu.

Fortune Favors the Bold (Iroh/Aunt Wu, Zuko | PG13 | 5,618 words): In their exile, Zuko and Iroh stop at Aunt Wu's village, and Iroh renews an old acquaintance. Hilarious and brilliant. Iroh is both wily and lucky while Zuko, in all the egocentrism of a teenager, sees something he wishes he'd never seen. And I don't know if that scene will ever not be funny because I can just picture the horror on Zuko's face.

Excerpt:
"Surely you must have noticed," Wu chuckled. "You can read it in every move he makes. All that stuff, brittle dignity, and no time for nonsense at all! You've raised yourself Azulon's grandson."

Wu's chuckle transformed into a laugh. "You! Of all people! I could hardly believe my eyes."

"It's not entirely like that," Iroh remarked, trying to defuse Wu's laugher. It didn't work. "He'd got ideas about honor."

"Of course," Wu allowed, with more than a little condescension.

"Don't we have formalities to take care of?" Iroh suggested. The last thing he wanted to do was spend the one night he had with his old flame talking about Zuko. Iroh's nephew would be around to deal with tomorrow, and for many days after that. Adult company was a rare treat for him these days.

Make Toys of Fate (Aang, Monk Gyatso | G | 607 words): Aang undergoes the test to see if he is the Avatar reborn. It's subtly poignant. Monk Gyatso is nothing but serene and loving, however we know what the future holds and that this is the beginning.

Excerpt:
Gendun made a disapproving noise. "You are setting restrictions on him. You will bias the test."

Gyatso couldn't help a smile. "If you set a child loose in a room filled with toys and tell him he can take any he likes, he won't leave with just four."

Diary of a Teenaged Neurotic (Sokka | G | 290 words): What Sokka would write in his diary through the first five episodes. This has a strong (and hilarious) Sokka voice. I especially love the entries relating to "The Warriors of Kyoshi," but that's hardly surprising since that's one of my favorite episodes.

Excerpt:
Dear Dia Journal:

The bison does fly.

The kid won’t shut up.

I hate Firebenders.

- Sokka

Equilibrium (Tui and La | PG | 149 words): A look at La from the season one finale. Y'know, I tend to stay away from heavily episode-dependent stories (to the point where a story is incomprehensible unless you know the episode in question, I mean) but this is so perfect at capturing the fish spirit from those episodes. It's beautiful and symbolic and mythic in an amazingly compact story that just feels right.

Excerpt:
His love who would not love, his counterbalance, was restored. All was well.