Disclaimer: If I owned Avatar: the Last Airbender, there would be a lot more Zutara.
Summary: Tired of the same old overdone plotlines? Fed up with Mary-Sues who have people falling for them right, left and center? Ready to strangle the next person who starts drooling over Sweet!and!Loving!Zuko? Here's the fic for you! WARNING: Do not eat or drink while reading
THE OLD, THE OVERUSED AND THE MOCKED
Water and Earth, Fire and Air
Four Elements for Four People
The Avatar alone bends all four
And only Toph bends Metal
AU and Captured!Zutara are all very well
But it doesn't make 'Instant Ever After'
Angst, Love and Drama are all fun to tell
But the best add friendship and laughter
Soki, Tokka, and Iroh and Ming,
Zutara, Kataang, TyZula and Maiko.
Multi-pairing and/or -shipping
But self-insert OC's are still a no-go.
Some rival Iroh for the telling of tales
Of Wisdom and Honour and Betrayers
Others, politely are deemed Epic Fails
And worthy of the Ember Island Players
Remember to keep faith with the characters,
With all of their Virtue and Flaw.
Know that effort and consistency matters
And interested readers you'll draw
Bad spelling abounds, bad plots and cliché
And other acts of Literary Treason
Ignore all Con. Crit. and find with dismay
The 'back' arrow exists for a reason
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A/N: Some of you will know this from the poems that I've done in other fandoms, and I hope everyone enjoys it. If you really like them, go read my original story, The Dream Dasher, on FictionPress, under the pen-name Nathalia Potter.
As always, constructive criticism is welcomed, and flames are handed to assorted Avatar: the Last Airbender characters to roast M. Night Shyamoron for his mutilation otherwise known as 'The Last Airbender' movie.
Thanks, Nat