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Shuzen is simply not financially secure enough to stress over feeling like a fraud.

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#atlaoc #atla #atlafanfic #writing #ao3
She wasn’t some top-tier manipulator; she was something far worse: she was an eighteen-year-old girl with big, pretty green eyes, backed by tons of money and connections offering him something he needed because he’d proven himself capable once!
September 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
I am very pleased with my purchase
Cover of book. Avatar: The Last Airbender Beasts of the Four Nations Image from book featuring polar bear-dog
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
She's a husband killer, she kills husbands!
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As it turns out, it doesn’t take a very large rock to clog up someone’s throat; or much earthbending skill to lodge it into place; and discarding the evidence is as easy as bending it right back into the floor it was pulled from. Sure, it had taken a long time for him to die; it hadn’t been efficient—but it had been intimate, and felt natural, as if it was something she’d been born to do. Plus, it was the first time anything he’d done had satisfied her in a long while.
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
There is no check engine light in Ba Sing Se
September 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Dai-Li agent, Jr Officer Flint is down bad.

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Flint focused every bit of his attention on the woman who, upon seeing the Dai-Li agents, spared no second glance at her surroundings and gave little indication of emotion or interest. As if she were taking a walk in the palace garden but found it unsatisfactory and in need of landscaping. According to her file, she probably had; she’d had a long list of motivations to kill the Earth King, and it was possible the garden was somewhere on that list. Lotus of the esteemed Te Family. A spiteful, poisonous, serpent-like being with a sharp tongue, a laundry list of infractions and enemies in the palace. Responsible for the firing of the last head of the Dai-Li; and a close confidant of Long-Feng, if the rumors were to be believed. Her file also said she was attractive. That proved to be accurate. The glowing green crystals of the station seemed to dance across her flawless features, the smooth porcelain of her skin and the fall of her loose brown hair draping on her shoulders.
July 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Really had a good time figuring out what Toph’s dad might’ve been like as a teenager

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It was odd to see Lao in charge of it all, but with his parents on a business trip to Omashu he seemed eager to prove his skills as the head of the house. His command of the staff was impressive. There were plenty of people twice his age with less skill; Lao knew who was best suited for which task and how many to assign to any chore to ensure efficiency. It was hard to rationalize how the little scamp who once put mud in her sister’s shoes now ran a fully staffed estate. The fledgling Beifong heir seemed to have everything figured out from the very second she — the current dilemma — arrived at his doorstep shaking and sobbing. Topping it all off, thanks to a growth spurt last year; he stood an entire head taller than Vanda
June 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Didn’t post the normal preview. Better late than never. #writing #stronglanguage

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Shuzen gave Vanda a slight nudge forward; they could excuse themselves now and he didn’t mind looking rude. Not to this liar. But Vanda didn’t move with him. Instead, she held out her hands in what seemed to be a comforting gesture. “I’m so sorry, but maybe I can arrange for someone to help you. I’m actually on my way to the Beifong estate—” “The Beifongs never do anything! Never have, never will.” Spittle flew from his passionate oration. “Oh well, I-I can talk to them. I am a daughter of Governor Te and our family has—” “Te?” he stopped, his voice flat and full of gravel. Vanda, sensing the sudden shift in the demeanor, hesitated before meekly offering her response. “Yes?” He spat on the ground in Shuzen’s direction. “That family that’s endorsing those ash fuckers out west!” The crowd that had been moving along seemed to freeze in place at his exclamation.
June 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Rough concepts for Vanda and Shuzen— I’ve got several notes most of which being Shuzen just isn’t as scraggly as I’d like. I need to look at guys more often so I can try to draw them better. #atla #ocs #avatar:thelastairbender #attemptsweremade
June 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
#atlafanfic #atla #fanfiction #writing
An inexperienced bodyguard and their hapless charge make their way across the Earth Kingdom together. However, not every threat of the mainland wears its danger openly and sometimes it takes more than strength of arms to save a life.

Chapter 6 is up.
Lee was mid-bite again, so Vanda wasn’t expecting an immediate answer. Still, he appeared to mull it over a little longer before responding. “Suppose it’s more like sisters in arms—the village is sort of a familial unit.” He went back to shoveling another bite of rice into his mouth, eating like someone was going to take it from him, chewing it before continuing. “They kinda lumped me in by extension.” Lumped in by extension? Maybe she had more in common with Lee than just their current run of luck. She thought to ask him to elaborate on that, but decided she was prying enough as it was. “Are they bad cooks?” Vanda asked. “Most of them. Kimyo seems to think choking someone with rice is the same merit as getting them into a chokehold on the mat.”
May 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
New chapter is up!

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#atla #fanfiction
“That wouldn’t be the strangest rumor I’ve heard about Kyoshi.” she said. Entertaining her questions and small talk was the least he could do. “What’s the strangest rumor?” “Well,” she sucked in a deep breath before continuing, “The funny thing is… you might actually confirm it by being new to the mainland…” “Oh?” She was hesitating too much. Now he had to know. She glanced over her shoulder at him and stopped, turning to face him. “It’s really stupid–” ‘Please Tree-Girl, please just sate my curiosity’, he begged internally.
April 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Touching grass today
April 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Wanted to make a nice little one shot about baby ostrich-horses and this girl's rocky family dynamics so I did.

AO3
archiveofourown.org/works/64263793
FFN
www.fanfiction.net/s/14455127/1...

#atlafanfiction #fanfiction #oneshot #writing #shortstories #atla #ao3 #ffn
In the center, two of the bigger chicks squared off. Their small bodies were fluffed into tawny balls of ferocity. They snapped their tiny beaks at one another, trading soft but determined blows back and forth. Their stubby wings flapped in stiff exaggerated motions as they stretched their necks to look bigger. Gangly legs took calculated steps forwards and backwards; kicking one another in a dance of serious combat. Then, before Vanda could think to stop them; the battle for dominance ended in a decisive drawn. The two settled around one another in a downy heap, cuddling as if nothing happened. Fast to fight, fast to forgive — certainly not the type to waste time upset over something as petty as one imperfect cake when the eleven before had been.
March 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
I just like writing this dork who is just —this— while important shit happens around him
March 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Best gift for an insomniac writer is more means to write.

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#atla #atlafanfiction #atlaoc #oc #fanfiction
Screenshot of text: Last year's birthday gift from Lotus, however, was irreplaceable: a bag crafted from tough, reinforced kamalaphant hide layered repeatedly with wax to keep it waterproof. Its deep green panels, accented by warm brown trim and fastened with bronze clasps and buckles, concealed within a cedar stationery box with compartments perfectly sized for ink sticks, brushes, paper, wax stamps, and a refillable bamboo-bound diary held together with hemp rope. Beyond its beauty, the gift's timing had been impeccable; a companion on lonely nights, a judgment-free space for thoughts and frustrations. Over the past year, it had become her personal refuge, a steady presence she could rely on, even if Lotus had offered it with nothing more than a casual shrug: "It looked nice in the shop window," she said, as though she hadn't chosen exactly what Vanda needed most.
February 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Chapter three is now live.

Ao3
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FFN
m.fanfiction.net/s/14433251/4/

#atla #fanfiction #ocs
Screen shot of snippet from story reading: hidden. “You’re not just saying that so I’ll come down and you can rob me, are you?” She called down an ebb of suspicion in her tone and clung tighter to the branch. Really? She was laying it on thick now, overplaying the innocent act. Shuzen resisted the urge to roll his eyes again, already mentally preparing his critique of this half-baked scam once it fell apart. His gaze traced the length of the magnolia tree. Each branch was perfectly spaced, creating a natural staircase of wood and leaves. “If I was planning to rob you, I’d probably just climb up and do it.” He replied flatly. “What if you can’t climb?” “What? I’ve got all four limbs and basic strength. I can climb.” The nerve of this girl! “Prove it then.”
February 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Hoping to have another chunk ready to post next week.

#atla #fanfiction #oc

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Screenshot of text excerpt reading: Such a mess. What would the public think? Would a professional scribe weave a jarring narrative of the incident, or would they tell the families the truth? Governor Te's ungrateful brat couldn't bother to remember how their brothers, fathers, and sons died that night. "Expendable muscle and human shields," they would say. The first citizens of Nu-Taku she'd met and within two weeks, they were dead in front of her eyes. Yawen had informed Vanda that public sentiment wasn't always kind towards the upstart village, but no one seemed to think an outright attack was possible.
February 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Writing these next chapters like...
Image from popular Simpsons meme where Bart states that it is the worst day of his life and Homer replies that it is the worst day so far.
February 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
This is Vanda's whole introduction chapter.
The cartoon dog from the "this is fine" meme sits in a magnolia tree
January 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
Tomani might be a girl, but Tomani is also a boy, and not just any boy- she's one of /the/ boys.
I only wish we could see more of Bahu and His Boys. Maybe we will. #equalopportunitybanditry #atlafanfic #atlaOC #oc #fanfiction #avatarthelastairbender
Story Excerpt text: Every little thing, every success or misfortune was due to the spirits and not his exceptional planning. Successful pillaging? Spirits did it. Tripped over a root in the woods? Spirits did that too. Eat bad fried dough and spend the entire night having uncomfortable shits? You had better believe the spirits cursed your guts while they were at it. All this interference from the spirits, all because the Avatar had run off and vanished some eighty years ago. Still, Tomani was an honorary boy and he at least pretended to listen to her ramblings.
January 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
onemillionlees.bsky.social
When the main character has the typical American Job hunting struggle.
Need to find work on the mainland? Not so fast! First, you’d better have someone to vouch for you. Then, you’d need to audition for the job by doing half of the work for free. Good luck being paid on time and don’t dare voice a concern lest you disparage a small business owner who is just trying to make ends meet in these trying times.
January 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM