[A:tLA, fic] who by fire
Title: who by fire
Size: 949 words
Characters/pairings: Mai/Zuko, Aang/Katara, Roku, Iroh
Rating: U
Elsewhere: AO3
Notes: set in the middle of the show finale. I'm not quite sure how a Leonard Cohen song inspired this, but it did, so there we go.
Summary: There was precedent, of course, for succession in the event of the untimely demise of the incumbent ruler. Between political intrigue, ambition and necessity - and these qualities have never been in short supply within the ruling classes of the Fire Nation - history contains no shortage of examples. Deposal in the absence of bloodshed, however, is another matter entirely: and more so when the Heir Apparent is the banished prince, who has, contrary to every expectation, found the Avatar and brought him home.
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Size: 949 words
Characters/pairings: Mai/Zuko, Aang/Katara, Roku, Iroh
Rating: U
Elsewhere: AO3
Notes: set in the middle of the show finale. I'm not quite sure how a Leonard Cohen song inspired this, but it did, so there we go.
Summary: There was precedent, of course, for succession in the event of the untimely demise of the incumbent ruler. Between political intrigue, ambition and necessity - and these qualities have never been in short supply within the ruling classes of the Fire Nation - history contains no shortage of examples. Deposal in the absence of bloodshed, however, is another matter entirely: and more so when the Heir Apparent is the banished prince, who has, contrary to every expectation, found the Avatar and brought him home.
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