Title: Stay in the Shade Day/Theme: December 3rd: I appeal to your scratches and your tattered fur Series: Avatar, the Last Airbender Character/Pairing: Earth King, Bosco, Ursa. Rating: K
Hey, you wrote it! It's quite cute -- some of the gestures are a little large, maybe (e.g. Ursa dropping her teapot; she's comfortable enough to reference Iroh quite cheerfully a line or so up, so why does the mere mention of Ba Sing Se set her off?), but I particularly like the "I like your bear"/"He's a good judge of character" exchange. :-)
And, dagnabit, it's prodded my wandering Earth King 'fic up to the top of my brain, demanding attention needed by other things. (Except it would give me a chance to write Bumi. No, no -- must finish other things first!)
I did write it! In the end, it was the prompt from 31_days that forced me to reopen it and try to retool an ending. I just can't help feel that Ursa and the Earth King have some fundamental similarities that... capture my interest. The fact that we get no real closure on either one of them in the series helps too.
*prods in direction of Earth King fic* Does it help if I mention, EXTREMELY CASUALLY, that Bumi is my all time favorite of all the secondary characters in the ENTIRE series? (I mean like, other than the Kyoshi Warriors, or Kyoshi herself. And Bosco, Bosco is pretty cool. But Bumi... MAN.)
I just can't help feel that Ursa and the Earth King have some fundamental similarities that... capture my interest. The fact that we get no real closure on either one of them in the series helps too.
I'd be interested to hear more from you on this head. Plenty of scope for imagination where we've been denied closure. And she certainly understands what it means to be tossed from a relatively sheltered life into the cold, cruel world (though she had a different set of choices than he does -- he could have stayed with the resistance, instead of going on a journey, which always makes me wonder what his motives were and whether he'd thought through what he was undertaking ... [fic fic fic]).
Oh, and I forgot to mention that I also like the bit about the Earth King's having to stop himself from saying "What war?" all the time. That's very him.
*prods in direction of Earth King fic* Does it help if I mention, EXTREMELY CASUALLY, that Bumi is my all time favorite of all the secondary characters in the ENTIRE series? (I mean like, other
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which always makes me wonder what his motives were and whether he'd thought through what he was undertaking
I sort of lean towards the fact that everything happened so quickly, his whole world being shaken up by, you know, the AVATAR, and then they LOSE and get kicked out of Ba Sing Se, and this kid king is sorta like "Well... hey, hehe, I'm no use to you as king anymore right?" and then hightails it to see what the REAL world is like. I feel like more than anything, an unconscious Aang is a reality check and why haven't I written this yet?
As for Ursa, I'm pretty sure she's still in the Fire Nation, but I kinda like her bumming it with the EK refugees. I imagine her and Iroh could run a helluva tea shop in downtown Ba Sing Se, if they could track her down.
By the way I think you might enjoy this, after our recent discussion re: the Fire Nation and its progressive military.
And Iroh finally up and delivered his drabble yesterday evening, which leaves Zuko, Azula, two pieces of framing narration, and touch-ups to go. *Cheers on
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I sort of lean towards the fact that everything happened so quickly, his whole world being shaken up by, you know, the AVATAR, and then they LOSE and get kicked out of Ba Sing Se, and this kid king is sorta like "Well... hey, hehe, I'm no use to you as king anymore right?" and then hightails it to see what the REAL world is like. I feel like more than anything, an unconscious Aang is a reality check and why haven't I written this yet?
Sounds logical to me ... why haven't you? :-) Mind you, my version of this has him heading off a bit too blithely to seek his fortune, like someone out of a fairy tale (of which he knows many, being cultured), only to realize that he's not all that well-prepared to make his way in the real world once the food runs out. (Or to escape the village beauty's hulking swains, when she's too impressed by his ballad-singing skills for their comfort ... let's just say, there are some situations in which you don't necessarily come loaded with bear. :-)
As for Ursa, I'm pretty sure she's still in the Fire Nation,
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Probably the same reason I haven't written that Suki backstory fic (Ironically, becoming a Kyoshi Warrior teaches her how to be feminine!) or that Kana bemoaning Pakku leaving her to fight with the White Lotus Society Fic (He's leaving her this time! History repeats itself!). Which is: Evil Aang's eaten the brain, mostly. However, the recent glurge of drabbles is an attempt to clear the brain before refocusing on Evil Aang for a bit, so maybe one of those will end up short fic'ed out before the end...
Mind you, my version of this has him heading off a bit too blithely to seek his fortune, like someone out of a fairy tale (of which he knows many, being cultured)Heh, I like that - him sort of picturing himself as this gallant fairy tale hero, and yeah they go through some trials but nothing bad could REALLY happen to him! I feel for him. I sort of curse the writers for not giving us closure there, especially with a power vacuum existing in Ba Sing Se and their king wearing a loin cloth off last seen somewhere near
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*poke* I just wandered in here and you probably don't know me from Adam, but I would DEFINITELY welcome more Earth King fic...he's like hands down my favorite minor character in Avatar. So much potential...I would read the hell out of a wandering Earth King fic.
And, dagnabit, it's prodded my wandering Earth King 'fic up to the top of my brain, demanding attention needed by other things. (Except it would give me a chance to write Bumi. No, no -- must finish other things first!)
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*prods in direction of Earth King fic* Does it help if I mention, EXTREMELY CASUALLY, that Bumi is my all time favorite of all the secondary characters in the ENTIRE series? (I mean like, other than the Kyoshi Warriors, or Kyoshi herself. And Bosco, Bosco is pretty cool. But Bumi... MAN.)
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I'd be interested to hear more from you on this head. Plenty of scope for imagination where we've been denied closure. And she certainly understands what it means to be tossed from a relatively sheltered life into the cold, cruel world (though she had a different set of choices than he does -- he could have stayed with the resistance, instead of going on a journey, which always makes me wonder what his motives were and whether he'd thought through what he was undertaking ... [fic fic fic]).
Oh, and I forgot to mention that I also like the bit about the Earth King's having to stop himself from saying "What war?" all the time. That's very him.
*prods in direction of Earth King fic* Does it help if I mention, EXTREMELY CASUALLY, that Bumi is my all time favorite of all the secondary characters in the ENTIRE series? (I mean like, other ( ... )
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I sort of lean towards the fact that everything happened so quickly, his whole world being shaken up by, you know, the AVATAR, and then they LOSE and get kicked out of Ba Sing Se, and this kid king is sorta like "Well... hey, hehe, I'm no use to you as king anymore right?" and then hightails it to see what the REAL world is like. I feel like more than anything, an unconscious Aang is a reality check and why haven't I written this yet?
As for Ursa, I'm pretty sure she's still in the Fire Nation, but I kinda like her bumming it with the EK refugees. I imagine her and Iroh could run a helluva tea shop in downtown Ba Sing Se, if they could track her down.
By the way I think you might enjoy this, after our recent discussion re: the Fire Nation and its progressive military.
And Iroh finally up and delivered his drabble yesterday evening, which leaves Zuko, Azula, two pieces of framing narration, and touch-ups to go. *Cheers on ( ... )
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Sounds logical to me ... why haven't you? :-) Mind you, my version of this has him heading off a bit too blithely to seek his fortune, like someone out of a fairy tale (of which he knows many, being cultured), only to realize that he's not all that well-prepared to make his way in the real world once the food runs out. (Or to escape the village beauty's hulking swains, when she's too impressed by his ballad-singing skills for their comfort ... let's just say, there are some situations in which you don't necessarily come loaded with bear. :-)
As for Ursa, I'm pretty sure she's still in the Fire Nation, ( ... )
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Probably the same reason I haven't written that Suki backstory fic (Ironically, becoming a Kyoshi Warrior teaches her how to be feminine!) or that Kana bemoaning Pakku leaving her to fight with the White Lotus Society Fic (He's leaving her this time! History repeats itself!). Which is: Evil Aang's eaten the brain, mostly. However, the recent glurge of drabbles is an attempt to clear the brain before refocusing on Evil Aang for a bit, so maybe one of those will end up short fic'ed out before the end...
Mind you, my version of this has him heading off a bit too blithely to seek his fortune, like someone out of a fairy tale (of which he knows many, being cultured)Heh, I like that - him sort of picturing himself as this gallant fairy tale hero, and yeah they go through some trials but nothing bad could REALLY happen to him! I feel for him. I sort of curse the writers for not giving us closure there, especially with a power vacuum existing in Ba Sing Se and their king wearing a loin cloth off last seen somewhere near ( ... )
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