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Seashell [Avatar: The Last Airbender, Zuko/Katara, PG]

Jun 05, 2008 19:38

Title: Seashell
Author/Artist: rosehiptea
Rating: PG
Warnings: None really.
Word count: 641
Summary: A seashell has a different meaning in the Fire Nation
A/N: For the prompt: Avatar, Katara/Zuko, culture clash - cultural differences in flirting/romance/sex lead to a misunderstanding.

( Katara, you did come! I almost gave up. )

avatar: the last airbender, rosehiptea

Comments 16

wanderingscroll June 6 2008, 07:08:10 UTC

Can't dedide if I want to fall over giggling at this or give Zuko chocolate.

That last line was perfect!

*goes off to fav*

rosehiptea June 6 2008, 07:15:29 UTC

I think the poor guy needs chocolate. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

Oops, I think I'd better edit one sentence for clarity.

anenko June 6 2008, 08:33:21 UTC

My prompt! This was exactly the sort of misunderstanding I was hoping for. I didn't excpect to end up feeling sorry for Zuko, though. All around lovely fic. Thank you so much for sharing.

rosehiptea June 6 2008, 15:00:41 UTC

It was a great prompt and I had a lot of fun writing it. I'm so glad you liked my fic.

incandescens June 6 2008, 09:20:36 UTC

Aww. That was sweet and nicely done.

rosehiptea June 6 2008, 15:01:13 UTC

Thank you very much!

girlchild June 6 2008, 16:01:52 UTC

This is such a cool cultural difference to write about (not least of all because it makes that Maiko scene in The Beach have somewhat different implications, heh). Your Katara is so well-characterized-- I particularly liked the line, "In the Water Tribes, if you give someone a seashell, it means 'Here, have a seashell.'" Cute!

rosehiptea June 6 2008, 16:38:26 UTC

Oh, I didn't even think about The Beach. Hee!

I'm really glad you liked it, and that you think I characterized Katara well. She's one of my favorite characters.

mad_rex June 6 2008, 23:18:10 UTC

Very nice.

I remember one of the first ficlets I read from you was for Cowboy Bebop. I don't normally read fic for that series, but because it was you, I took a chance. Same thing happened here, and I was rewarded for it both times. Looks like you haven't lost a step since those days; if anything, you've gotten better.

"In the Water Tribes, if you give someone a seashell, it means 'Here, have a seashell.'"

Made my day.

rosehiptea June 7 2008, 00:36:42 UTC

Hi there! I hadn't seen you ages. I hope you're doing well. I'm really glad you enjoyed my fic. I usually write gen in this fandom so I'm so happy this one worked for people.