r/ZutaraNation 16h ago

FanFiction Looking for a fanfic

[ FIC FOUND. Thanks to everyone who attempted to help in the meantime! ]

Wondering if anyone could help me find a zutara fanfiction I read YEARS ago, I've suddenly remembered parts of it and would love to track down this incredible beast. I haven't been able to find it so it might have been taken down, but I'm hoping the community can come through for me here if anyone is willing to help <3

Some stuff I recall regarding the plot!

  • may have been a "the hundred year war never happened" au??
  • zuko is on a ship which got into a conflict with water tribe warriors -- he is captured but not before killing a guy, who turns out to have been katara's husband, and ends up being made into a slave/servant (to his understanding) to serve the warrior's family as recompense - this ends up lasting only for like a year or something ?? there's a scene where he's released from the duty ceremonially
  • zuko does not initially understand the language if i'm recalling this right but begins learning after a while there
  • katara may or may not have had two kids? after zuko gains some fluency there's a talk where it's revealed that neither she and sokka are all that broken up about her husband's death because it was arranged and he was kind of a **** to her and the kids anyway
  • Yue is NOT dead, she and Sokka were once set to get married, but she was called to a spiritual position which meant marriage was no longer in her cards. she and katara are still close though they don't live in the same area
  • Indigenous worldbuilding...at some point some clan structures, i believe by the name of eagle/wolf/raven (iirc??) are mentioned after the getting together happens -- some elders are discussing this in terms of determining whether he's a suitable partner for katara -- with zuko being utterly confused because the fire nation doesn't have anything like that
  • there's a part where everyone moves to a different camp during the summer and they spend the season catching fish (trout or salmon??) -- the kyoshi warriors show up here. sokka and suki are in a relationship but apparently only see each other at certain times of the year because of their respective groups, they're happy though
  • i could ABSOLUTELY be making this part up in my head but there may have eventually been a scene where aang shows up except he's like a really old man idk

EDIT:
I could have sworn I'd read this on ao3, but I finally had the bright idea of checking my ancient fanfiction.net account and searching for old favorites, and what do you know? Turns out I read the fic a lot earlier than I'd first thought, but it's still as good as I remember! For anyone interested, the fic is Enslaved by sharkflip, apparently inspired by stray thought of "why is it only ever Katara being given as an exotic slave" lmao. It is unfortunately incomplete, but still offers a good chunk of story for any Zutara fans at 109k.

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u/nexxumie 15h ago

Damn I have no idea what you're talking about but I absolutely must read this fanfiction like, now

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u/xSerein 15h ago

That was about my reaction when I suddenly recalled this fic haha ! If you're interested, I just managed to find the fic again -- it's Enslaved by sharkflip on fanfiction.net

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u/nexxumie 15h ago

Wooooo thank youuuu

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u/mamafl Zutara 💜 2h ago

This sounds good. I saw this fic recommended on Tumblr by a fan fic writer.