Another amazing chapter! I really like how you wrote Toph, Emotionally exposed sure, but still in character and being her sarcastic self. Love it! Can’t wait for the field trip!

Yay! Field trip time!

This has been a super fun read! I like how you weaved in Zuko and Katara moments into the cannon. Super excited to so where you take their story. It’s really nice to have a slow burn love story ;D
Hope you don’t push yourself to hard to get this out to ya. Stay safe and healthy!

Really good!

I rewatched the series recently, and that feeling of gripping awe, not being able to look away or even breathe, feeling your skin prickling... I felt that again reading this chapter. Absolutely brilliant.

Loooove this chapter so much 3 _

This fic is so amazing. I love what you're doing with Katara, in a way is a little frustrating, but she is the Queen of denial, Zuko's a step ahead of her in this front. But she needs to figure it things for herself, find her purpose, I hope that it isn't too late for when that moment comes. Zuko is so lovely, I feel sad for him. I loved this story. I'm so looking forward to see how they resolve all their conflicts. Thank you so much for writing it!

Loved reading this. Discovered it yesterday. I've been plowing through some (frankly) horrible fics here recently and you are a breath of fresh air! (Seriously, reading some fics makes me worried for what kids consider romantic or a healthy relationship *shudders*) will be following and look forward to updates!

Don't be to bothered about the long update gap. I have NO update schedule whatsoever, and most of my stories haven't updated in over a year (mostly because I just can't get my ass in gear and start/finish the next chapter), so I fully understand any time it takes a while for someone to update their story.

Haha you don’t have to keep telling me to review, at some point you’re probably going to ask me to stop hahaha

So I’ll admit at first when I saw the time jump and was like A YEAR AND A HALF?! I was at first unsure how to feel, but...no, it’s right. You’re right. (Why would I ever doubt you?!) Hahaha;) but anyway, first of all I love the conversation Sokka has with Zuko (and you said earlier you weren’t sure if you could write bromance well? Well, um, you DO) because their banter made me laugh several times and you do such a great job of it! I love that they have each other.

I also like that you have Zuko feeling a bit adrift himself, and not JUST because Katara isn’t with him. I always had this lingering feeling that Zuko wouldn’t want to be Fire Lord, forced to stay in one place and sit in a throne and be professional and responsible all the time. When you wrote that Sokka’s visits are the first time he’s had fun in that many months, I both really felt that and really appreciated that you’re exploring that part of his character. I’m not saying that he shouldn’t be Fire Lord, but... there’s a restless part of Zuko as well. Even when he has Katara at his side again, I really hope he finds a way to open up and invite some fun and freedom into his life in some way.

And lastly, I really love what you’ve done with Katara. I love her search for herself and her purpose. Honestly, it really struck a chord in me because I’m going through something incredible similar—a loss of a precious purpose, a calling from somewhere away from home, a lost and unsure feeling. It really... inspired me, Katara’s last letter, and really got me thinking about my own next chapter, that’s been sitting on the shelf for a long time, untouched. I’m not sure if you personally have gone through something similar to what Katara is going through, and if you haven’t, you have an amazing grasp on what it feels like. Suddenly this story isn’t just filling a void where zutara should have been in the show, it’s helping *me* through your portrayal of Katara.

Yup. My reviews are too long.

NOOO DONT LEAVE HIM KATARA NOOOO but at the same time I UNDERSTAND gosh, do you know what exactly you’re doing to me today?! She definitely needs to find herself and what she’d like to do with her life. Or at least the next chapter. If she stayed with Zuko right here at this moment, it wouldn’t feel right. She’s a restless soul, and I don’t believe she’d be able to do that right now. I’m so curious to see what she ends up choosing to with her next chapter :) you’re writing this story so well. I also beyond love how Katara’s and Aang’s conversation went. I was so expecting it to be Aang getting his heart broken, because the way he was written in the show, he would have. But that’s what I hated the most about the whole Aang/Katara weird romance thing. Because you’re right—he treated her the way he wanted to see her. He never once cared about how SHE felt, it was just about what he wanted. He didn’t like to see the scary and dark sides of Katara even when she was by his side when his avatar state scared her. I hated all the moments when Aang was so in love with her and jealous and angry because I felt like it was so out of his character. The moment I read your conversation between them, my first thought was “THAT is the Aang we know and love.” Aang and Katara’s love thing was so truly written with a forced hand. I love this Aang—honestly, in my opinion, the real Aang. So many zutara stories show Aang in a bad, jealous light but I love that you went the other way, and in my opinion, the way Aang naturally would handle it. And the whole thing about how Aang needed to “let go” to open his final chakra—you’re so right. He made his love for Katara something material that he had to cling to. And, at least I believe, if love is real, you CAN let go. You don’t need to hold on. You just..love. But if you need to cling and hold so tightly, then maybe it isn’t right. At least that’s how I see it.

I realize my reviews are getting long lol but surprisingly I’m not even giving you all the praise your writing deserves!

Awww I loved the moment between Katara and Sokka! And I completely understand Katara’s fears with losing her purpose. I didn’t even think about that when the show ended—they missed out on giving us so much. Yes poor Zuko omg!

OH THIS WAS SO PERFECT! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! That kiss... AHH. You are AMAZING. I could FEEL the moment when it all clicked together—your timing was exactly perfect. It felt like this moment—the war over, their fear gone—like this moment was the exhale of held breath and that was the exact moment that felt so utterly perfect for them to find each other. And it felt so right—not out of character at all. You did a beautiful job with this. Gosh I wish we saw this in the actual show! Gaaahhh! Nope this is canon, zutara is canon, the writers made a horrible mistake. Yup that’s what I’m clinging to. And you know what? The moment they felt they both made a mistake at first I was like NOO but then I was like “oh my gosh this is such a great direction for this story to go!” I can’t wait to see what they do with the new tension! YOU’RE SO GOOD!

I’ve been waiting for this chapter—the Zuko and Azula Agni Kai—since this story started, and it did NOT disappoint. I absolutely loved how you had a conversation between Zuko and Katara on their way to fight Azula, and Zuko feeling the effects of the comet. Aahhh. So good. And the moment Zuko was struck by Azula’s lightning—all the memories the moment he was hit—beautiful. And yes! Zuko collapses! Thank you! I always felt like he couldn’t have been completely fine after that! Ahhh! Yes :)

Too much?! No! That wasn’t too much at all! Your pacing with their developing feelings is PERFECT. You give it its time. I love that about this. I read this whole chapter—whole story—with a smile on my face. I love how naturally they are developing their relationship. So many zutara writers have the tendency to go a little too close to uptight for Katara, but I love how light and sweet and playful you have her here, and you ramp up her emotions when she needs them to, but you’re giving her this wonderful personality that we missed out on in the show. The show was so much a necessity kind of a thing where we didn’t much see them day to day, and if we had, this is exactly how it would look. I also love how you weave seamlessly in and out of light and heavy moods, with Zuko and Katara both beginning to feel something that almost scares them, then having Zuko make sure Katara remembers it was the PIRATES who tied her to the tree, not him hahaha. You’re so fantastic. I’m running out of praise, here.