Aang just isn't that interesting, to be perfectly honest. His whole character is essentially "immature pacifist", and he never moves so much as an inch out of that.

As a consequence, the fandom in general just isn't terribly fond of him. He's just too boring and bland to want to do anything with.

 

Combustion Countdown... found at this link - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4924175/1/Combustion_Countdown

It's a short and sweet Azula one-shot that adheres pretty closely to canon events, though it's split into drabbles from Azula's POV. There is a slight (and one-sided) incestuous vibe in a couple of the drabbles, but I can forgive it because it kind of fits what I think Azula's mindset is. There are a few other fics that are pretty decent, but they've been mentioned already. I am quite surprised that Avatar doesn't have a sprawling fanbase given how popular it was/is.

 

Morality Chain by Pureauthor

It's basically a "What if" story about Azula and Zuko being closer as kids than they were in canon. It's fairly well written and keeps the characters in true to who they are. Currently, it's my favorite A:tLA fanfiction.

Here's a link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5827377/1/

 

This one is actually pretty decent, as far as ATLA fanfiction is concerned. i think it was mentioned in an earlier post, but their fanbase isn't quite as discriminating as we are. Still, this ranks as quite readable, and the story is quite good despite sticking very close to Canon.

 

Totally, bumping this because I'm looking for a good A:tLA fic too and I didn't feel like make a new thread. I also come with a contribution:

1. Three Families »reviews
Three Families seek the Avatar. Three Families find the Avatar. Three Families use the Avatar. The story of how three sets of siblings are changed by the Avatar, amidst an endless war. AU, Want of A Nail.Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Supernatural - Chapters: 20 - Words: 403,641 - Reviews: 83 - Updated: 2-19-12 - Published: 7-19-11 - Aang & Azula

Wordy as hell. This story places a huge emphasis on the Spirit World and does include a couple of OCs as main characters. However, the OCs are all handled well and believbly with the exception of one who is a borderline sue, but stops short because the author makes it a point to show how completly WRONG she is about everything she thinks is going on. Actually, that could apply to just about everyone in this fiction with the exception of a single lobotmozied teenager.

 

Not a bad story at all...
Nice find.

 

This thread needs to be dug up.

Future Echoes (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8753469/1/Future-Echoes) is one I'm currently reading, and it's really good so far. Kataang.

Avatar Aang: an Annotated Bibliography (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4719758/1/Avatar-Aang-An-Annotated-Bibliography) is a brilliant pre-LoK fic. Very dry and verbose, but that's the whole point of the fic.

Mai's Ramblings (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4616817/1/Mai-s-Ramblings) is a classic. Every possible pairing is scrutinised and deconstructed in a ridiculously funny way.

By the same author as Mai's Ramblings is Retroactive (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8280375/1/Retroactive). It is incredibly good and very suspenseful.

 

Loopy777's https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10942328/1/Traitor-s-Face is probably the best (recent-ish) story. The first arc is complete, and the author seems to be only taking a break at the moment, making the story a candidate for completion.

 

Do you want to tell us anything about the story itself?

 

I read it and while not great, I would give it a 3.5/5 maybe 4/5. The world building is fairly good though much of it feels...artificial for lack of a better word.

It's an AU in which Aang wakes up a year later than he did in canon and was found by Mai. Sokka joins the two of them and then they spend the next 20 chapters or so looking for Katara (Yeah, pacing isn't that good).

There was a prologue involving Koh the face stealer and at first I thought it was what caused the AU but I'm not quite sure how it did that.

A good time passer for when you're bored.