Title: The Avatar Tinies
Author: overlithe
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender; Edward Gorey's Amphigoreys
Summary: An Avatar-verse version of Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing. Various characters meet their dreadful demise in rhyming couplets for your edification and involuntary mirth.
Characters/Pairings: Various major and minor characters; gen.
Prompt: avatar_500 prompt 021. Crack; fanfic100 prompt 018. Black
Word Count: 209
Rating: T
Warnings: Lots and lots of characters dying in (hopefully!) hilariously awful ways (some refs to canon deaths).
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and concepts created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and owned by Nickelodeon and various other corporations/people; The Gashlycrumb Tinies was written and illustrated by Edward Gorey. I'm not making any money and do not intend any copyright or trademark infringement.
Author's Note: If you're not familiar with Gorey's work, do Google The Gashlycrumb Tinies (the full illustrated text is available online and is very easy to find), because Gorey's illustrations are delightful and he was much better at this than I am. :)
The Avatar Tinies
A is for Aang, trapped again in ice.
B is for Bato, chased by lion-mice.
C is for Chan, thumped with Nan's vase.
D is for Dock, ate a fish with no face.
E is for the Earth King, lost in a lake.
F is for Fat, who stepped on a rake.
G is for Gyatso—sorry, too soon?
H is for Hahn, warm-up for the moon.
I is for Iroh, who drank too much tea.
J is for Jet—well, it was hard to see.
K is for Koh, devoured by a bear.
L is for Lu Ten, who just lay there.
M is for Meng, stung by a bee.
O is for Ozai, dead of ennui.
P is for Pakku, who died of a chill.
Q is for Qin, run through with a drill.
R is for Ruon-Jian, done in by a gang.
S is for Sokka—one word: boomerang.
T is for Toph, who choked on Melon Lord.
U is for Ursa, struck with a Pai Sho board.
W is for Wan Shi Tong, mauled by a fox.
X is for Xin Fu, locked up in a box.
Y is for Yue, sucked up by rays.
Z is for Zei, literacy slays.
++The End++
Notes: Due to lack of (human) characters with the right names, I had to skip N and V—luckily 24 is still an even number…