Towards the Sun

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Fanfiction
Title: Towards the Sun
Author(s): MuffinLance
Date(s): Published: 15 May 2019
Updated: 5 September 2021
Length: 71 387+ words (29+ chapters)
Genre: Canon Divergence, Family, Angst
Fandom: ATLA
External Links: AO3, Archive
fanart by moonbafoon(2021)

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Towards the Sun is a Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfiction by MuffinLance. Though it diverged from canon on the Day of Black Sun, it follows post-canon events, examining Fire Nation politics, post-war settlements, the fate of the Fire Nation colonies, and the continuing adventures of Zuko and Azula.

Summary

Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.

Development, Narrative Choices and Inspiration

Fan Responses and Reviews

OH MY GOD ANGST. God. I love Zuko he tries to be good so hard and he’s doing so well, people just don’t understand him, and they don’t try to. Except Appa. Appa loves Zuko bc he’s a good boy.[1]

Zuko doesn’t manage to escape on the Day of the Black Sun, a very angst novella-length intro ensues. I love this a lot because of the angst and how it sparkled inspiration for other stories with a similar premise.[2]

wow i love politics and this is such an interesting idea for a fire nation post war fix as zuko only understands like half of whats gone on and has no interpersonal connections with the gaang. really enjoyed this one[3]

Fandom

Recursive Fanfiction

See also

TvTropes page for Towards the Sun

Example Art Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Cam's ATLA Rec 2". Archived from the original on 2022-09-13.
  2. ^ "Avatar fic rec post". Archived from the original on 2022-09-13.
  3. ^ "lunalou: the mega ATLA fic rec". Archived from the original on 2022-09-13.