AU Mini-Meme

[beckyh2112]

I am nothing if not open to peer pressure. At least as long as it's telling me to do something I already wanted to do anyway.

Stealing a mini-meme idea from the lovely suzukiblu: AU mini-meme! Pick a character or characters, an accompanying mood or lyric, and an alternate setting/genre, and I'll scribble you something. Pharoahs, Green Lanterns, high school

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[avocado_love]

I just (as of a half hour ago) finished the first Codex Alera book. So may I ask for a Avatar/Codex crossover. What would the cast call their furies?

Aleratar: Cast (1/2)

[beckyh2112]

*chuckles and points Avocado at some of the other Aleratar things I've written*

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Sokka had grown up with furies all around him. Gran-Gran had Passer, a little sparrowmouse of an air fury, and Parum, an even littler water fury like a tiny koi. Dad had his wood fury Tego and the other fury he didn't like to mention. Bato had Caris, his earth fury.

Mom had had her water fury.

It scares Sokka when Katara first manifests her fury. Scares him even more than the way he doesn't know what his fury is, except he has one, he definitely has one. But no one in the Water Tribe has ever had a fury that helps them suppress pain

Aleratar: Cast (2/2)

[beckyh2112]

The Northern Water Tribe is amazing. All kinds of amazing, from Yue to Master Pakku and his water fury to-

Well, to the other boy who feels like a metal war-club to Sokka. It doesn't hurt that Hahn is easy on the eyes, though the angry sneering does.

It's standing with Hahn against Zhao that Sokka learns the ability to shut down pain can also be used to shut down pesky emotions like fear. That helps a lot.

That doesn't help enough.

Hahn dies. Yue dies to become the moon.

Sokka shuts down everything that doesn't make him a weapon.

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Toph is tiny and her fury isn't. Her earth fury doesn't have a name because she's never heard of that idea. But once she does, she decides she loves it, and she spends days trying out names on the massive stone badgermole.

She decides she likes Ballista best. The earth fury doesn't indicate any preference one way or another.

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Azula has a fire fury. Of course Azula has a fire fury. She also has an air fury, and she's shockingly fast compared to her brother. So fast she almost burns Aang

Re: Aleratar: Cast (2/2)

[avocado_love]

*dies*

Thank you SO MUCH for writing this. For several reasons. The first one is that this is so well written and perfect for the characters. I loved how you explored all of their furys and the names were wonderful to boot. Seeing Sokka manifest his own was a real treat. The second reason I love this story is because it shows how different Avatar is from Codex. Even though they are elemental based, this really does well in drawing the line from me how things can be the same, but dissimilar.

Now I'm off to read your other fic! Woot!

Re: Aleratar: Cast (2/2)

[beckyh2112]

You're welcome!

I'm a bit sad I couldn't bring Zuko back in during the season two scenes, but I forgot Sokka never actually saw Zuko in Ba Sing Se. So no noticing Prince Jerkbender feels like a sword. *woes*

Re: Aleratar: Cast (2/2)

[weirdlet]

I love Knight Ferrus-Sokka ^^

Re: Aleratar: Cast (2/2)

[beckyh2112]

Metal fury really was the only option for the boy. ^__^

Re: Aleratar: Cast (2/2)

[bookblather]

I love this. I b'lieve I've made it clear why elsewhere, but just in general, it is awesome. Esp. Toph naming her fury and Ty Lee's effect on people and Master Piandao, because Master Piandao makes everything better.

Re: Aleratar: Cast (2/2)

[beckyh2112]

*contemplates what would have happened if Jet had run into Piandao and Zuko in Ba Sing Se instead of Iroh and Zuko*

Master Piandao does make everything better.