17 Works in Bumi II & Zuko (Avatar)
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Your Hurt Could Have Been Mine by Burnt_Ashes
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Oct 2024
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Zuko hadn’t wanted to hit Aang this badly even when he was sixteen and chasing the Avatar in a desperate and ill-fated bid for his lost honour.
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Zuko’s recognizes Bumi’s suffering under Aang and Katara’s neglectful parenting as similar to his childhood and seeks to do something about it.
This work involves events from parts one and two, and references part six of this series, but I think you could read it as standalone if you want.
I don’t own these characters, they belong to whoever owns A:tLA.
Anyways, enjoy!
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- Part 9 of Be a Better Parent, Aang (A:tLA)
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Breaking the Predictability by Burnt_Ashes
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
14 Oct 2024
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Izumi had had good parents growing up her whole life and wanted to be a good parent herself.
That was totally cool with Bumi. That was her experience and he had his. He was totally chill with being an honorary uncle.
But damnit, if watching Uncle Zuko meeting his grandson for the first time didn’t tug at Bumi’s heartstrings.
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Princess Izumi has a baby and Bumi ponders whether or not he actually wants to be a father, given his own experience growing up.
This is a sort of prequel/set up for parts three and five of this series, but can be read as a standalone.
I don’t own these characters, they belong to whoever owns A:tLA.
Anyways, enjoy!
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- Part 8 of Be a Better Parent, Aang (A:tLA)
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A Safe Place by LongingForRain
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: Legend of Korra
09 Oct 2024
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After years away, Katara finally comes back to visit the Fire Nation, now married to Aang with two children and a third on the way. Zuko grapples with feelings for her that he was never quite able to bury. Little does he know, Katara feels much the same and her marriage isn’t as perfect as it seems at first glance.
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- Part 2 of Dysfunctional Kataang
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To the Letter and the Spirit of the Word by Burnt_Ashes
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
08 Oct 2024
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Bumi,
You’re such an ass. I love you too.
Kya
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A series of letters sent between Kya II and Bumi II over the course of eight-ish years.
This work, unlike most of the works in this series, is pretty dependent on knowledge of the other works. It references events that take place in a few of the other works in this series, but if you want to read it without having read those, I literally can’t stop you.
I don’t own these characters, they belong to whoever owns A:tLA.
Anyways, enjoy!
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- Part 7 of Be a Better Parent, Aang (A:tLA)
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No Common Blood Means Nothing by Burnt_Ashes for yipyipallyall
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Oct 2024
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“You will not be resigning your post because of this. Izumi’s not going to let you out her sight once she gets back and frankly, neither am I.”
“…Uncle?”
“You could have been killed. Do you have any idea how dangerous that was?”
“But that’s my job!”
“Your job is to keep Izumi and yourself safe, not run into the fire at the first sight of danger. Bumi, we would never ask you to lay down your life for hers. You understand that… don’t you?”
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Living in the Fire Nation full time gives Bumi a new perspective on who his real family is.
This work takes place between parts two and three of this series, but should be able to be read as a standalone if you want.
I don’t own these characters, they belong to whoever owns A:tLA.
Anyways, enjoy!
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- Part 6 of Be a Better Parent, Aang (A:tLA)
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Time, Effort, Acceptance by Burnt_Ashes
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
02 Oct 2024
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“Son,” Aang greeted him warmly. That warmth that Katara loved to see in her husband’s eyes was not reflected in their son’s eyes that he inherited from Aang.
“Avatar Aang. Master Katara.”
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Aang, Katara, and their son Bumi reunite after ten years. There’s a conversation to be had, but everyone comes to it with a very different outcome in mind.
This is a follow up to part three of this series, The One Word You Need Now, so reading that first might provide some context, but I think this can also be read as a standalone if you want.
I don’t own these characters, they belong to whoever owns A:tLA.
Anyways, enjoy!
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- Part 5 of Be a Better Parent, Aang (A:tLA)
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The One Word You Need Now by Burnt_Ashes
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
11 Sep 2024
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“We messed up,” Aang blurted.
“You did,” Zuko agreed easily.
“Why didn’t you say anything?”
“Anything I could have said would have been hurtful.”
“What if I needed to hear it?”
“Would you have listened?”
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Ten years have passed since Aang last saw his son Bumi and now, he wants to make amends. But first, he needs to know if making amends is even possible.
This is a follow up to my other work, To Find My Own. That work isn’t necessary reading, but it does give some context and takes place in the same semi-canonical universe.
I don’t own these characters, they belong to whoever owns A:tLA.
Anyways, enjoy!
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- Part 3 of Be a Better Parent, Aang (A:tLA)
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Throughout Bumi’s entire life, Aang was the one who was obsessed with his legacy. He was the one who wanted to leave behind a piece of himself. He was the one with the ridiculous standards for what that piece of him should be like.
And Bumi was simply the one that, through no fault of his own, didn’t fit that criteria.
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Eighteen-year-old Bumi is beyond ready to leave home and find the place where he truly belongs, since it clearly isn’t with his birth family.
This is a follow up to another work of mine, Slave to the Elements. It is not necessary reading, but it’s the same semi-canonical universe.
I don’t own these characters, they belong to whoever owns A:tLA.
Anyways, enjoy!
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- Part 2 of Be a Better Parent, Aang (A:tLA)
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When Bumi was younger, he thought something was wrong with him, and even now at eleven, he still felt like maybe there was. Surely, the first born child of Avatar Aang and Master Katara would be just as powerful a bender as they were, be that in air or water. Bumi knew his dad really wanted an airbender on the first try.
Instead, they got stuck with him. Ordinary, powerless, element-less Bumi.
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Bumi overhears Zuko reassuring his daughter that she doesn’t need to be a bender in order to be someone worth loving and wonders why his own father never told him that.
I don’t own these characters, they belong to whoever owns A:tLA and LoK.
Anyways, enjoy!
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- Part 1 of Be a Better Parent, Aang (A:tLA)
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Saying Goodbye with a Smile by SunnyItty
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: Legend of Korra
15 Aug 2024
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Zuko is finally ready to say goodbye..
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The Time We Turned Young Again by EKWolf2020
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: Legend of Korra
04 Jun 2024
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After retiring to Ember Island to Zuko's private home, older Katara and Zuko spend their days tending to the house and keeping themselves busy. One day, Zuko asks Katara: "If we could be young again, would things have been different between us?" And while it was a philosophical thought and Katara and he pass it off as Wishful Thinking, the spirits seem to have other plans.
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"More of a Parent then my actually Parents" - Avatar: The last Airbender Fanfiction by Khaotic_Kazimir
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Legend of Korra
01 Feb 2023
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Bumi has never been close with either of his parents, whenever he tries their too busy with either their jobs or his other sibling's. He grows up with a disconnected relationship with both his mother and father. Firelord Zuko becomes distant to his friends but close with their son after witnessing how they favour their bender children over him, it all starts when Zuko sees himself in Bumi, a young boy with absent parents really hits home.
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I wanna help by Be_gae_do_crime
Fandoms: Avatar: Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender
19 Jun 2022
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TW: Self harm, Eating disorders
Kya told herself she was just going to eat a bit less when it started, then she learned about people forcing themselves to throw up, so she started doing that every once and awhile. It started because some girls at school had teased her about her weight, they claimed they were joking, even if they were Kya took it seriusly.
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Izumi wanted to do- what exactly?? Tell them, tell Unclelord Zuko?? But… he understood. He also didn’t want to be dictated by worries anymore.
Who knew when they would get another chance like that.
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Bumizumi Week 2021 Day 4: Picnics, Telling their parents about their relationship
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- Part 4 of Bumizumi Week 2021
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Bumi gets to be the interim Firelord for a month and he panics.
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- Part 1 of Bumizumi Week
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never been in love (and it's all good) by GallifreyanFairytale
Fandoms: Avatar: Legend of Korra
01 Jul 2021
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They sit in silence for several moments, with Bumi chewing his lip and squeezing the stress ball in his hands while Kya twists the Rubik’s Cube just enough to put Bumi on edge about her messing it up.
Finally, Bumi blurts out, “I don’t think I’m ever going to want to have a crush on anyone.”
Kya doesn’t look up. She just shrugs and says, “That’s fine. Dating is overrated anyways.”
or: five times bumi came out without using the word one time he called himself aromantic
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- Part 3 of we'll grow together (atla gen week 2021)
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After Avatar Aang and Master Katara's "wild child," Bumi, gets into trouble again at school, he's sent to live with Fire Lord Zuko, Fire Lady Mai, and Crown Princess Izumi at their beach house on Ember Island for a while. While there, he discovers that, somehow, one of the most powerful firebenders in the world can relate to his struggles. Note: There is some Bumizumi fluff.