Love this one. Also, a superficial reason why Zutara works. The phrase below stuck with me.

Katara’s thoughts on Zuko’s voice “ His voice is a deep baritone— made for bedroom debauchery not the battlefield he was birthed on”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62630287

I’m looking for something like A Tale of Smoke and Ice https://archiveofourown.org/works/17190698/chapters/40420064 doesn’t have to be where Katara is a avatar, but something similar. Where Zuko’s redemption arc is earlier, and we see Katara and Zuko get closer earlier as well. With lots of chapters if possible. If you know any like this please let me know. Thank you in advance.

Hey! Last year I read a super cool Zutara fanfic on AO3 that I wanted to revisit but I can't for the life of me remember what its called?? I tried scrolling through the works and try different filters but I can't find it! Anyone who might know what I'm looking for?

It it a super slow burn taking place after the end of the war, the gang stays in the fire nation capital for a couple of months and Katara works as a healer to pass the time. Zuko does the fire lord stuff. After a while one by one the gang leaves but Katara and Zuko spend a lot of time by the Duck pond talking and, if I'm not completely lost, in the end he proposes by attaching an engagement ring on one of the ducks?

I throw myself at the mercy of this community, thanx for reading this post.

All the best!

https://www.tumblr.com/andrewmena/746262595218079744

I haven’t read any new completed work lately can anyone recommend some hidden gems that are new?

So it is a zutara fanfic I probably read on ao3. It has to do with Katara and Zuko trying to find an escaped Azula. In the process, Katara discovers that the Southern Water Tribe used fire nation bending techniques and stays with Zuko to help her learn. That is all I can remember, so sorry for making this harder.

Been wanting to read some good Zurata fanfics - bonus points if it’s an AU please don’t leave me hanging 🫶🏽

I have two requests today. Does any have any recs for a 2nd chance type fic?? I’m thinking ZK were together at some point, but it didn’t work out for whatever reason and they separated for years and then something brings them back together. The messy part of me wouldn’t mind if Mai and Aang were involved, but I will take anything 😂 Also I saw a post on here about older ZK fic recs but I can’t find it, so if you have any of those I would appreciate it!

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Beautiful Bluetara Fan Fic with Labyrinth by Taylor Swift song inspiration

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54428260

Song

https://youtu.be/xTXsKMXUi7w?si=ztzVB6UYzViea4yf

Anyone have recs for fic where Zuko gives Aang advice about being a good husband or SO to Katara? Or gets Aang out of hot water with her? I've been wanting to read something where it's clear that Zuko understands her better lol. Lmk and TIA!

In this theory, it suspects that ummi is a previous reincarnation of toph, avatar kuruk's wife

It says that the reason she is blind is bcs her last reincarnation's face was stolen.

This is also due to the episode, the swamp.

It says that it's a foreshadowing of him meeting toph, but it might also be because he once knew her.

Past forward to chapter 3, in the episode nightmares and daydream, aang has a nightmare where all his friends die, and in one of them, toph's face was completely blank, just like ummi's

Although I ship toph andaang, I don't fully support this theory, but do y'all think?

Love the engagement

https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Katara*s*Zuko%20(Avatar)/works

Loving this fic, halfway through. The fic has about 230k words and 30 chapters.

Set in an AU, Katara is a spy in the Fire Nation palace posing as a servant. The story gets told by Gran Gran Kanna to Sokka’s children with Suki ten years or so after the war ends. Gives Princess Bride vibes as Katara’s life is used as a bedtime story for unruly toddlers.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23642008/chapters/56743807

SPOILERS AHEAD

Embers is a fan favourite, 750k+ words long fanfic with incredible world building. It’s Zuko centric and starts from Book 2, but the lore is like nothing I’ve ever seen before in fanfiction. He heals with fire, he is blessed (or cursed) by Yue to bend both fire AND water. And you’re telling me this is not Zutara??? What the hell, I feel so betrayed. I could have sworn that’s the direction it was going in.

Has anyone else read this and been disappointed there’s no Zutara or am I the only fool who thought that’s where it was heading??

Don’t get me wrong, this is definitely not a shippy fic, it’s all lore and adventure and found family. But Maiko gets taken out big time, from the get go more or less, so I was convinced Zuko and Katara would have something going on. I am very sad about this development (or lack thereof).

But, if you know this going in, I’d give it a shot because the author is such a genius. They have a knowledge of canon like they studied it for a thesis lol and whatever they change about it (and they change it big time) just makes sense?? Here’s the link if anyone wants to read it: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/1/Embers Also on AO3, although it’s been transferred by someone else and I’m not sure it contains all the author notes, which are pretty awesome: https://archiveofourown.org/works/3591783/chapters/7921653

Hello! I’m looking for zutara fic recommendations set when zutara are older and everything has been canon compliant; kataang get married, aang dies and zutara don’t get together until they’re much older. I prefer very angsty recs so don’t hold back!

New salt and scale chapter out guys

I’m buzzing-YEOW!

https://www.tumblr.com/lady-iskra/773774515964624896

Love this. Also, Toph would not have let Aang play favorites with his kids. She would have taken a stand.

I really like Dragons by LadyAniko, Moonlight and Sunshadow by GrapeFruitTwoStep, and Salt and Scale by mzladybird. Does anyone have recommendations of fics that are similar? I prefer longer fics over one shots but I'll take those too. Any recommendations would be appreciated! Thanks!

So, I know that ATLA has Asian and indigenous overtones - especially for the Fire Nation and Water Tribes.

But something about a clip from The Vampire Diaries made me think of Zuko and Katara. If the actress playing Elena had blue eyes, she would really be the Katara I've imagined in my head. The actor playing Damon is missing the scar and the amber eyes but he's got Zuko's shaggy hair and pale skin

https://youtube.com/shorts/uPiVK4Mq9ac?si=MXVzRirByZ4RmXVm

Curious about what other actors/actresses you think have Zutara vibes.

Zuko is the Fire Lord, but Katara is the only Southern Waterbender. Eventually either she or Sokka would take over for Hakoda, but even if it’s Sokka then she is necessary to rebuild and to revitalize the southern style.

So… long distance marriage? Letters, visits, etc?

Fun, spicy fan fiction outlining Zuko’s discovery of preferences since “I’ll save you from the pirates”

Post canon setup looking back in time. Love this.

Summary:

Years have passed since the end of the war, and each nation has been engaged in the hard work of rebuilding. When Fire Lord Zuko invites the leaders of the Four Nations to his palace, he hopes to strengthen the ties that bind them together in peace and trade.

And if he finds himself thinking about the ties that bind a particular Waterbender in a different way entirely, well, there's no reason he can't multitask.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24623455/chapters/59487613

https://www.tumblr.com/broadwaybalogna/773251321868533760/i-love-college-au-zutara-so-much

Sentiment of so many fics where they start as rivals

a moment of rest upon the wind (and another soul shall bare me): Across four different lifetimes, Zuko and Katara find each other and fall in love. http://archiveofourown.org/works/25960978

Consume me with fire; flood me with desire: “You have to be sure, Katara. The way I feel… if you let me put my hands on you… I want you so much. I’ll consume you.” LArousal shot through Katara like a lightning-bolt at his words. He felt it too, whatever that charged energy between them was. Even now, it thrashed within her like a wild thing. Breathlessly, she said, “Touch me, please Zuko.” http://archiveofourown.org/works/25896901

I choose us: http://archiveofourown.org/works/27492745. Zuko wakes up ten years in an alternate future next to the waterbending girl who's name he can't remember and two children she claims is his own. With no clue on how he's landed in the south pole, Zuko concludes that he must gather the pieces in order to return home, back to the past and back to his life in the fire nation. But unexpected feelings claim an unexpected piece of his heart. “How can you look at me like that?” She asks, pulling him from his stupor. Her blue eyes shift over his face, bound by the way he looks at her so intently, so infatuated. This man, who has loved and shared a life with her the past six years. And yet, she feels like she’s sixteen all over again. A sudden bud rose in her chest and blossoms into everlasting longing. Katara remembers this, remembers this exact scenario where Zuko had met her with the same gaze in the Crystal Catacombs so many years ago. Where he had met her with the same gaze in the quiet of his princely chambers and the kiss that silenced her sobs when she did not know if he would make it alive from the injury Azula had given him. Zuko swallows. “Like what?” “Like you’re seeing me for the very first time.”

i've been so many places (but you're the one i run home to): “You have the greatest love story ever told,” Yue says. “You have been able to love the same person across two different lifetimes. It’s a love that exceeds time, lasting longer than tomorrow and farther than eternity. The love Oma and Shu held for each other carried on to this lifetime, but it is the love between you, Katara, and Zuko, that keeps it going.” This is the tale of Oma and Shu. This is the tale of Katara and Zuko. http://archiveofourown.org/works/25500322

Moonlight and Sunshadow http://archiveofourown.org/works/13705554. The dragon offered Katara a deal: protection for her family and tribe if she lived with it for a year and a day. And she said yes. Because what other way was there to save her people? But there was more to the dragon than Katara bargined for. An "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" retelling.

Tenacity http://archiveofourown.org/works/25611820 Though Katara's family no longer has the standing they once did, she prides herself on her charm and ability to get along with everyone in the small society of their county. Except, that is, the taciturn, ill-tempered Mr. Zuko who has just taken up residence at Caldera Court. Despite trying their best to see as little of each other as possible, Katara's friends and associates have no interest in maintaining distance from the man she finds so distasteful. For Mr. Zuko's part, he would love to honor Miss Katara's wishes, except there is something quite alluring about the young woman that he does not wish to examine further. But in a town as small as theirs, avoiding someone is nearly impossible, especially when family is involved.

These Tides Do Turn http://archiveofourown.org/works/33698428 Katara and Zuko's mission on board The Southern Raiders goes badly wrong, and they are captured and imprisoned in the unforgiving hull of the ship. Katara now finds herself locked in a small room with a boy that she refuses to trust, and nine years worth of trauma and guilt swimming in her mind. She is resolute in her hostility towards Zuko, but as the horrors of their captivity unfold, an undeniable bond is formed in the quiet moments between their captor's torments. When they find themselves safely back with their friends on Ember Island, they are both sporting deep scars – old and new, seen and unseen. Katara struggles to reconcile all the pieces of herself and figure out who she truly is. And Zuko continues to battle with his past guilt, and the new guilt that arises from his growing feelings towards Katara. As their bond deepens – it may be the lifeline they both so desperately need to pull them from the dark waters of their past.

Any fics featuring subtle/minor jealousy in Katara perhaps of Zuko’s past relationships or women trying to pursue him when he is fire lord? I’ve seen jealous Zuko ones so I thought I’d ask. I’m probably more interested in oneshots or short fics non nsfw and nsfw but open to longer ones as well Thanks!