r/ZutaraNation • u/mamafl Zutara 💜 • Jun 10 '25

FanFiction Crossing Paths and Blowing Sand Spoiler

This has become one of my favorite Zutara fics. Features:

Aged up Zuko at 20, Katara 18, Aang 14

Jet lives and redeems himself

Truce during the trip to the library in the desert

Ba sing se shenanigans

Headcanon of Southern Water Tribe courtship featuring acts of service for the couple. The whole family partakes in courtship with helping the courted member feel welcome.

Sokka and Suki being together

Uncle Iroh being a meddler

June teasing

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65279419/chapters/167943541 Crossing Paths And Blowing Sand - Chapter 1 - ErsatzErmine - Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) [Archive of Our Own]

Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. I saved it.

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u/mamafl Zutara 💜 Jun 10 '25

This one features Yon Rha dying. I liked the take on this as well.

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u/Doom_Corp Jun 11 '25

Might want to put that under spoilers because it's a relatively new fic but I commented the same that I appreciate that change. A kid who has never killed might have trouble, a rebel that's been on the run for years and is no longer a child by any margin won't.

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u/mamafl Zutara 💜 Jun 11 '25

Just marked it as spoiler.

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u/Doom_Corp Jun 11 '25

Oh! I meant just the plot point above. The rest are generic enough that can be in fic tags that don't explicitly explain how a redemption race etc happens

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u/mamafl Zutara 💜 Jun 11 '25

Got it, cannot mark a comment as spoiler so I tagged the whole thread.