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Crown Prince Zuko discovers his bending when he is five and his sister is three, and she’s the first person he tells, juggling a flame while she admires its beauty. When he shows the rest of his family, his mother’s chopsticks clatter to the table, and when Zuko looks to his father, his eyes are wide with shock.
His grandfather speaks first, the head of the table, and approval runs thick through his tone: “Well, look at that. A true prodigy, wouldn’t you agree, Ozai?”
“Indeed,” he hums.
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(Princess Azula won’t summon her first flame—a guttering, timid thing—until she’s seven.)
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Or, in a world where Zuko is the prodigy and Azula is the one banished, destiny shifts accordingly.
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The Problem with Peace by MercuryBlade
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Sumerian Religion, Norse Religion & Lore, Ancient Roman Religion & Lore
06 Oct 2021
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The Alliance attempts to bring together the remaining Marleyan survivors and Paradisian political exiles from the Yeagerist purges by arranging a marriage between the last Paradis Royal and the Marleyan War Chief. Everything goes wrong.
There are no happy endings because nothing ends.
This story is canon up to the Rumbling, but the Alliance stops the Rumbling differently: Armin gets Reiner to ingest Eren's spinal fluid, Eren breaks free of Ymir(Níðhöggr)'s control with Reiner and crystallizes to stop Mikasa from killing him to fulfill Ymir's snuff fantasy. He remains near death in paths, working to change the Titan Curse.
I wrote this to take the sting out of the ending, not replace it, and give Eren and Reiner's character arcs conclusions that make sense to me. These two men were responsible for tremendous suffering and death, I wanted to see them contend with that, do penance and atone by building something from it like actual men. Not end with 'ha ha, they're pathetic' perv jokes thus trivializing both the characters and the harm they've done.
As always, YMMV.
Warning: There's a lot of mythological shenanigans in the last few chapters. Some people may find this off-putting.
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11 Jul 2023
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Iron and Ice by SkilledWarriorKiwi
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
24 Dec 2025
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The girl wasn't afraid but she had not been given permission to speak so she said nothing. The man tilted his head to the side, smile fading to a confused pout.
"Aren't you going to scream?" he asked.
The girl said and did nothing.
His hand tightened around her throat, strong enough it cut off her breath. She did nothing, even when her vision began to blacken as her lungs struggled and twisted from the lack of air. After a moment his hand relaxed and she took a breath, but made no attempt to push away from him or fight his grip.
"That's strange," the man said, "Are you really not afraid?"
She blinked but did not respond. His hand loosened around her throat until he was pressing his bloody index finger against her neck, sensing her pulse. It was as steady and calm as it had ever been since that day she became empty and hollow.
"Well, aren't you interesting. I think I'll keep you," the man decided.
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