azuremoon
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 3, 2012 11:25:17 GMT -6
*Blush* Thank you so much for your kind words. ^___^ I actually have some interesting news - I am currently working on a companion one-shot called "In the Hands of Fate" that will be released alongside "I Hold With Those Who Favor Fire: 2." Below is a DRAFT (subject to revision and improvement) of the conclusion to this one-shot. AHH!! I love it! I can't wait to see it girly!!! @_@_@ I am SOOO READY!! I still need to read 1 though....grr. Zutara month owns my soul .XD
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Post by ladyavatar on Dec 3, 2012 23:09:12 GMT -6
Hahaha, it's all good. XD The new update will be waiting for you when you're ready. Meanwhile, this is a copy of snippet I posted on the Ozai Fanclub thread for that one-shot I'm working on: On the day of his fifth birthday, Ozai’s father gives him a gift he will remember always. The young son is summoned to his parents' private quarters in the early morning hours when darkness is still a curtain across the palace. The tiny prince comes barefoot, having been dragged out of bed by a servant. His toes and heels press small warm spots into the cold stone floor. The servant lets him into his parents' room and locks the door. Ozai smiles and crawls up on the bed so wide and large he could play hide-and-seek under the covers for hours. He wants to wake up his parents and hear his mother say good morning, firelight of my life.
The five-year-old boy doesn’t understand why his mother is gone this morning and his father is already out of bed, standing in a black corner of the room. He doesn’t understand why his father suddenly turns around, his hands now fists. His father asks how is your firebending training, a question the boy is very familiar with. Even though Ozai can’t do it yet, his father likes to ask this question at least once a week to stay updated on his son’s progress.
I’ve been practicing, the young son says proudly. He sits cross-legged on the bed and tucks his cold feet beneath the covers to warm his toes. I’ve been learning my techniques! But here is a brand new snippet from that same one-shot: Ozai decides his father needs a hug to feel better. This is what his mother does when the other children of the court don’t share cookies or push him down because they’re big bullies. Ozai crawls down off the bed and walks over to his father. He tugs on his father’s robes and reaches out with his arms, opening them up wide. Pick me up, he says. Pick me up, daddy!
His father’s eyes narrow, and his fists are shaking. Ozai jumps back as fire leaps into his father’s hands. He recognizes this mode as angry. This one means he has to hide now. His father brings down a curtain of fire in the place his young son stood moments before, but Ozai has already run to the door. This is his greatest talent: his speed. One day, his mother tells him, you will be the fastest firebender in the world.
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azuremoon
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 3, 2012 23:22:29 GMT -6
Holy crap child...@@ That's just intense. I'm part of the Ozai group so I saw but yes, most won't. @_@ SNAPPSSSSS! I'm just feeling for Ozai here! Lots of feels. *huggles*
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Post by ladyavatar on Dec 3, 2012 23:28:05 GMT -6
I'm just feeling for Ozai here! Lots of feels. *huggles* Oh, please. XD You haven't had any Ozai feels just yet. Later on in the one-shot, we get Urzai. MAJOR. URZAI. FEELS. And here, have this too: Ozai’s father nudges his son away. The boy lands on his back with a yelp. Until you firebend, you are not my son. Then his father unlocks the bedroom door and goes out, leaving the boy alone but with the most precious of gifts: the truth at the heart of all things. Ozai runs back to his room and pulls the great door open with both hands. He climbs under the covers and digs out his favorite stuffed animal.
Fang, guess what? The boy grins as he kneels in front of his audience, a red dragon plush sewn by the servants. I think I got it! Daddy wants me to be a firebender, right? If I become a really great bender, then he’ll love me.
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 3, 2012 23:31:36 GMT -6
Like Father like Son in some ways...this reminds me so much of how Zuko yearned for his father's approval and how things...just wow. I guess Ozai treated Zuko like he was treated. Makes SO much sense. URZAI!! =33
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Post by hyacintho on Dec 4, 2012 0:01:24 GMT -6
Oh goodness. You're going to make me cry over Ozai, aren't you?
Damnit. (Looking forward to Urzai feels though. Hooray!)
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 4, 2012 0:05:08 GMT -6
Oh goodness. You're going to make me cry over Ozai, aren't you? Damnit. (Looking forward to Urzai feels though. Hooray!) Have you checked out the Ozai FC? LadyAvatar started it and ZOMG she is awesome about sharing Urzai and Ozai feels and stuff there! =D
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ladyavatar
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Post by ladyavatar on Dec 4, 2012 6:49:07 GMT -6
Oh goodness. You're going to make me cry over Ozai, aren't you? Damnit. (Looking forward to Urzai feels though. Hooray!) ^Yay, thank you for commenting! And you have no idea yet. You have ZERO idea yet what you are going to feel for Ozai. Prepare for ALL the feels! XD I'll post a little Urzai snippet later on today. My headcanon for how they meet is vastly different from any other existing fanfictions (as far as I know, anyway). All to be detailed in this one-shot. Have you checked out the Ozai FC? LadyAvatar started it and ZOMG she is awesome about sharing Urzai and Ozai feels and stuff there! =D ^I'm actually surprised this caught on at all. It's a sign of how welcoming this forum is (and how many unique and different interests we all have). Usually people just laugh when I try to be the resident Ozai fangirl (but, as you will soon see, my personal feels don't arise randomly but have headcanon roots). Interestingly enough, the Ozai FC now has more posts and views that the Katara FC. That's called we are BOSS in our unique tastes. XD Edit: Ughhhhhh . . . I can't get this passage to sound beautiful. Here's the ugly first draft. Enjoy? It is only on the night of their wedding when her fingers move through his hair as she kisses his jawline, only after her hands find his headpiece and undo it so his hair falls around his face, only when she is curled against his side with her feet tucked up and her cheek pressed against his shoulder as she sleeps, that Ozai believes the spirits have truly brought them together. He lies back against the pillows and looks wide-eyed at the ceiling. To be so close to his betrothed—to his wife, he needs to get used to that most precious of words—is to be cradled in a light so soft he wants only to hold her luminous beauty in his arms until it hurts. He would agree to simply sit beside her all day forever and watch his princess shine, a glow that comes not from her skin or hair or body but the untouchable light he fell in love with when an unruly girl first tossed fire flakes at his face when they snuck off to see a play and found each other in the darkness.
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 4, 2012 10:30:37 GMT -6
OMG!! =333 . The only thing is, as an editor, the long ass sentence makes me cringe> XD Though a lot of the fanfiction I've seen, my own included at times, isn't always grammatically correct. Or it's longer than I like. I'm just in editor mode atm. XDD I don't know why. I don't have anything to edit.
And that's awesome...but sad for Katara. XDD Considering she's half of Zutara. I think most everyone here prefers Zuko to Katara. XD But I asked to join both of those too!! :)We should make a member list. Lol.
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Post by ladyavatar on Dec 4, 2012 12:25:20 GMT -6
Hahaha - long sentences kill my writing. They're my weakness. XD But that's why I called it an ugly first draft - the final version will be much cleaner while still showing the same love.
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