Attack of the Plot Bunny

[lavanya_six]

So I just cracked 7,000 words on a mini-AtLA fanfic project that seized me last night. The prompt was one I rattled off for a mini-fic meme without really thinking about it, but then the plot bunny came to me and demanded to be written. The basic idea is: What if Toph was 22, not 12, when the Gaang met her in "The Blind Bandit"? The expanded idea would be: What if Toph grew up without any friends? And what if she fought at the Siege of Ba Sing Se?

Essentially, she'd be Gordon Gekko with PTSD.

I have no name for this project. The *doc file is titled only as "AU Age-Up".

Any suggestions for a title?

EDIT: This fic will be called "The Full Metal Bitch", after a character from a book I like.

Comments

[clockwerkchaos.livejournal.com]

Question, is she going to meet Iroh? Because I think that would be interesting. I suspect she has a very different opinion of him in this TL.

[lavanyasix.livejournal.com]

This Toph, unlike in canon, is very unforgiving towards the Fire Nation. Spending your formative years fighting in the Siege of Ba Sing Se will do that to a person. Her response to learning the Gaang has been chased around the world by members of the Fire Nation's royal family basically amounts to: "And you haven't killed them yet because...?"

Oh yes, she'll meet Iroh.

[clockwerkchaos.livejournal.com]

Cool. I sort of like her yelling at Iroh about how dare act like a goofy old man only interested in tea. He doesn't get to act like that, act like everything is fluffy and okay. Not after what he did. Not after (insert specific friends lost/parts of Ba Sing Se siege here).

(Also, horrifying visions of my "Thicker than Water" Katara teaming up with her)