40 Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender/Peter Pan
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Title: By the Seashore
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Peter Pan
Word Count: 601
Rating: PG-13, for cusses and talking about cross-dressing
Timeline: After Book 2, but that's only for character involved.
Summary: The Avatar cast is putting on a showing of Peter Pan. Very very much AU, since Zhao and Jet are still alive.
Author's Note: Inspiration comes from Rufftoon's demi-AU Avatar comics. Unfortunately this is all kind of a big Avatar in-joke, so unless you watch the show you probably won't get it XD;
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"UNCLE! I need a word with you!"
Iroh didn't look up from the ream of paper he held in one hand, the other running down his long, gray beard. Zuko marched at him from the dressing rooms, a scowl on his face, his yellow eyes burning.
"Not now, nephew," Iroh said, waving a dismissive hand. "There's much to be completed on the show! The work of a playwrite and director is never done."
"But Uncle, I--"
"Whaaat?" The question came out grating and low.
"I have a serious problem with the casting situation." Zuko took a deep breath, his teeth clenched. He held up a sheet of charred paper, his shoulders bunching up. "I want you to tell me your logic behind why I was cast in this role, in particular."
"Oh, is that all?" Iroh's brow furrowed. "Very well. I assume you wanted to be Captain Hook--the opposite of Aang's Peter Pan, correct?"
"Yes."
"Unfortunately, your sister, Azula, makes a much more ruthless Captain Hook than you do, nephew." Iroh kept an even face, but noticed the air around Zuko growing considerably hotter. "Admiral Zhao took a close second to her, but has to settle for being the Indian Chief."
"But--"
"With Aang as Peter Pan, the logical choices thereafter were to put his travel companions as Peter's closest friends. That darling Waterbender--Katara--makes the perfect Wendy, with Sokka as John and Toph as Michael. And yes, I know, Toph is a girl...but her tomboyish appearance makes it a nice fit, wouldn't you agree?"
"Uncle, I--"
"Peter's Lost Boys also had natural counterparts in Jet and his Freedom Fighters." Iroh shook his head. "The Cabbage Salesman is Mr. Smee, and those pirates we had a brush with earlier this year have volunteered as part of Captain Hook's crew. The Avatar's sky bison is our Crocodile."
"But Uncle--could I at least have been Rufio? You know--my voice actor kind of plays him in Hook?"
"Nephew." Iroh's voice took a scolding tone. "We are not going to use characters that are not in the original Peter Pan."
"Then isn't there room somewhere else? I don't care about Azula or Zhao or whoever--just change. My. Part!"
"Prince Zuko, I'm sorry that you feel this way...but think of it positively! You will be surrounded by pretty ladies on all sides...Princess Yue...Suki and the Kyoshi Warriors...that wonderful bounty hunter, June...not to mention Gin and Song, whom I recall you have had romantic encounters with."
Zuko was positively seething by this point. "That. Is. No. Excuse."
"I'm afraid it's either that, or I cast you as Peter Pan's former love interest..."
"But--there wasn't one of those in the original Peter Pan!"
"My play...my rules."
"Ffffffff--"
"Ah, before you drop that bomb, young Prince, the performance begins shortly. You must get into your costume."
Zuko glared at Iroh, shoulders riising and falling, and for a moment Iroh thought his son would lash out--but then he spun on a heel and stalked off back towards the dressing rooms without a sound.
"He ain't happy, is he?" A voice to Iroh's left said. The older man turned to see Toph, holding a teddy bear under the crook of an arm, a smug smirk on the blind girl's face.
"No, he very much isn't." Iroh allowed himself a humble grin. "But that is his punishment for betraying me to Azula in Ba Sing Se. I'm sure he'll learn to like being one of the mermaids with enough time."
"Yeah, but that seashell bra is gonna be a bitch."
teis_stories
Title: By the Seashore
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Peter Pan
Word Count: 601
Rating: PG-13, for cusses and talking about cross-dressing
Timeline: After Book 2, but that's only for character involved.
Summary: The Avatar cast is putting on a showing of Peter Pan. Very very much AU, since Zhao and Jet are still alive.
Author's Note: Inspiration comes from Rufftoon's demi-AU Avatar comics. Unfortunately this is all kind of a big Avatar in-joke, so unless you watch the show you probably won't get it XD;
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"UNCLE! I need a word with you!"
Iroh didn't look up from the ream of paper he held in one hand, the other running down his long, gray beard. Zuko marched at him from the dressing rooms, a scowl on his face, his yellow eyes burning.
"Not now, nephew," Iroh said, waving a dismissive hand. "There's much to be completed on the show! The work of a playwrite and director is never done."
"But Uncle, I--"
"Whaaat?" The question came out grating and low.
"I have a serious problem with the casting situation." Zuko took a deep breath, his teeth clenched. He held up a sheet of charred paper, his shoulders bunching up. "I want you to tell me your logic behind why I was cast in this role, in particular."
"Oh, is that all?" Iroh's brow furrowed. "Very well. I assume you wanted to be Captain Hook--the opposite of Aang's Peter Pan, correct?"
"Yes."
"Unfortunately, your sister, Azula, makes a much more ruthless Captain Hook than you do, nephew." Iroh kept an even face, but noticed the air around Zuko growing considerably hotter. "Admiral Zhao took a close second to her, but has to settle for being the Indian Chief."
"But--"
"With Aang as Peter Pan, the logical choices thereafter were to put his travel companions as Peter's closest friends. That darling Waterbender--Katara--makes the perfect Wendy, with Sokka as John and Toph as Michael. And yes, I know, Toph is a girl...but her tomboyish appearance makes it a nice fit, wouldn't you agree?"
"Uncle, I--"
"Peter's Lost Boys also had natural counterparts in Jet and his Freedom Fighters." Iroh shook his head. "The Cabbage Salesman is Mr. Smee, and those pirates we had a brush with earlier this year have volunteered as part of Captain Hook's crew. The Avatar's sky bison is our Crocodile."
"But Uncle--could I at least have been Rufio? You know--my voice actor kind of plays him in Hook?"
"Nephew." Iroh's voice took a scolding tone. "We are not going to use characters that are not in the original Peter Pan."
"Then isn't there room somewhere else? I don't care about Azula or Zhao or whoever--just change. My. Part!"
"Prince Zuko, I'm sorry that you feel this way...but think of it positively! You will be surrounded by pretty ladies on all sides...Princess Yue...Suki and the Kyoshi Warriors...that wonderful bounty hunter, June...not to mention Gin and Song, whom I recall you have had romantic encounters with."
Zuko was positively seething by this point. "That. Is. No. Excuse."
"I'm afraid it's either that, or I cast you as Peter Pan's former love interest..."
"But--there wasn't one of those in the original Peter Pan!"
"My play...my rules."
"Ffffffff--"
"Ah, before you drop that bomb, young Prince, the performance begins shortly. You must get into your costume."
Zuko glared at Iroh, shoulders riising and falling, and for a moment Iroh thought his son would lash out--but then he spun on a heel and stalked off back towards the dressing rooms without a sound.
"He ain't happy, is he?" A voice to Iroh's left said. The older man turned to see Toph, holding a teddy bear under the crook of an arm, a smug smirk on the blind girl's face.
"No, he very much isn't." Iroh allowed himself a humble grin. "But that is his punishment for betraying me to Azula in Ba Sing Se. I'm sure he'll learn to like being one of the mermaids with enough time."
"Yeah, but that seashell bra is gonna be a bitch."