I drabbled my way through my first view-through of the series, a couple of months ago; I fell for it just as fast, and for many of the same reasons. =) Iroh and Toph are by far my favorites, and Zuko grew the most during the series, which punches a lot of my buttons.
I've been kind of leery of poking through fandom, though, because while I do agree Zuko/Katara has possibilities, I can't stand reading fic where that comes at the expense of Aang and or Mai's characterizations.
Here's a random selection of the interesting ones I've found so far, though, and I'll definitely be mining your comments for more. =)
Over My Dignity - post-series, 20K or so, focusing on Zuko & Sokka's friendship but dealing with all the characters and political realities
Intimate Enemies - pre-series, 7K: Mai, Azula, and Ty Lee getting to know each other
Iroh and Toph are by far my favorites, and Zuko grew the most during the series, which punches a lot of my buttons.
Yay! I approve of your favorites! :D I think the main reason I've fallen so hard for Zuko is that I am a total, absolute sucker for a good redemption story.
I agree with you about being leery of the shipping in fandom. I'm not a total Zutara fan (I can see many ships), but the fics I want to read there definitely don't involve character-bashing Aang or Mai.
A:tLAAAAAAA! I discovered it last summer and fell SO HARD. :D I've written a few fics for it that might be what you're looking for; mostly I like writing (gen) Zuko and Katara, or Team Avatar in general.
I also rec'd a handful of fics and vids when I first got into the fandom. I'm pretty much a canon 'shipper and mostly focused on gen stuff (as in all my fandoms) and I read a lot of Zuko so there's quite a bit of incidental Zuko/Mai -- that's all under my Avatar recs tag. (If you like vids, this Zuko vid -- I'm linking to my rec post since it's on Youtube -- is brilliant, one of the best vids I've seen in any fandom!)
Speaking of vids! I also made a vid which is basically the whole series in 4 minutes.
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I've been kind of leery of poking through fandom, though, because while I do agree Zuko/Katara has possibilities, I can't stand reading fic where that comes at the expense of Aang and or Mai's characterizations.
Here's a random selection of the interesting ones I've found so far, though, and I'll definitely be mining your comments for more. =)
Over My Dignity - post-series, 20K or so, focusing on Zuko & Sokka's friendship but dealing with all the characters and political realities
Intimate Enemies - pre-series, 7K: Mai, Azula, and Ty Lee getting to know each other
Meanings tied up in dots and lines - post-series, 3K, Toph-centric, inventing Braille
Cold-Blooded Fire - pre-series, flashfic, Ozai and Iroh
The Art of Tea and Conversation - post-series, 3K, Katara at ( ... )
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Yay! I approve of your favorites! :D I think the main reason I've fallen so hard for Zuko is that I am a total, absolute sucker for a good redemption story.
I agree with you about being leery of the shipping in fandom. I'm not a total Zutara fan (I can see many ships), but the fics I want to read there definitely don't involve character-bashing Aang or Mai.
Thanks for the recs!
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My A:tLa fic tag on LJ or all my A:tLA fic on AO3.
I also rec'd a handful of fics and vids when I first got into the fandom. I'm pretty much a canon 'shipper and mostly focused on gen stuff (as in all my fandoms) and I read a lot of Zuko so there's quite a bit of incidental Zuko/Mai -- that's all under my Avatar recs tag. (If you like vids, this Zuko vid -- I'm linking to my rec post since it's on Youtube -- is brilliant, one of the best vids I've seen in any fandom!)
Speaking of vids! I also made a vid which is basically the whole series in 4 minutes.
And all my flaily commentary is under my general A:tLA tag. *flails a bit*
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