chapter 27. confusing as fuck start good lord. the writing is hard to follow at the best of times. ESPECIALLY dialogue. but by God this is confusing

I've basically only been reading this story for the last few days and I have to say, this is straight up some of the best writing I've ever had the pleasure of coming across. The way you handle plot, characters, world building, foreshadowing, culture, all of these things, in such a complex story has my respect, because you do such a wonderful job of it.

When I started reading this, I was unsure if I liked the story - I felt like Aang and Katara were being treated rather harshly. However, I stuck around because your writing is so well done and I loved how you were writing Zuko and I ended up not regretting it at all. I realized, like you mentioned repeatedly, it wasn't that you dislike these two characters, it's just that you were exploring what it would be like to add context and consequences and see that they were doing their best in their own minds but that doesn't translate exactly across cultures and work out.

Major props to you especially for how you handled the climax of the story - you would change the focus between the different fronts (and the way you linked the scene breaks was always a delight) so it was clear everything was happening at once and that was super fun. I especially loved scenes like Zuko finding blue fire in the spirit world again to lead him to Asagitatsu (hope I spelled that right) and Aang sending the Face Stealer to his room (time for him to be a parent! XD) I can't think of everything I loved about this story right now but I just want to say that all the hard work you put into every detail of this story was not unnoticed and thank you for writing this story and sharing it with all of us 3

Probably the best possible ending for this story we could have gotten, still wish we had a longer epilogue but they tend to be a mixed bag so leaving it open ended is likely good too.

As much as I've loved this story so far and with how old this is the criticism doesn't matter but I'm venting, It gets really hard to enjoy it when the characters keep consistently being stupid and they keep getting screwed over when they try to do better. Like I get it's writing 101 but Murphy's Law is not something you should keep in effect every single waking moment of the story in addition to Hurt your Darlings with a big helping of the Author is a Sadist. I just want them to get over themselves and start working on the big picture already because we know shit's fucked but it ain't going to fix itself so grow the fuck up already.

And nobody else seemed to think that it wasn't fair that it wasn't fair. Which didn't make any sense

If what aang meant was what i would normally think that a person means when saying those words, i would feel like i understand this opinion and even somewhat agree, but he probably means something else entirely in this so i don't care

„in this AU, Zuko, the Gaang, and the entire Avatar world are smack in the middle of a Thirty Xanatos Pileup. And historically, every nation has been caught in its gears. Twice.”

Shorter but just as much accurate description of this au would be that it is "the counterfeit world of hell"

I’m loving this fic so far. Definitely one of the most well thought out and well written fics on this site

Dude. Holy crap. This is amazing. Just... wow. And it only took 10 days to read! I just can't get over the world building. It's just so smooth and seamless and natural like, well obviously this had to have happened at some point and something had to have caused this. Like that thing with the Air Temples and tithes? Wow. Also those character arcs are worth dying for. Aaaaand now my atla fanfic expectations are through the roof.

I've read and reread this story over 10 times. I started way back when you only had 10 chapters out and I only just now caught the "only imperial storm troopers are that precise" quote. -_- 12 plus years later...

उच्चतम लिपि (Ucchatam Lipi) 'Highest Script' will be more accurate I believe. But of course that's quite a lot to ask when its a commendable effort you are undergoing to include language you dont even know!

Man...deciphering the Sanskrit in the story is so fun! It may not be very accurate but the fact that it's been incorporated...
It's such a beautiful language, such a shame so many people aren't aware of it. It makes me heart dance to see it in atla fic.

'Uccanyayalaya' might be pronounced more like 'Uchh Nyayalay' (उच्च न्यायालय) Yes, quite a literal translation of High Court... if you mean to refer to a court of law.

A language spoken by nobles...maybe
उच्चतम भाषा (Ucchatam Bhaasha) 'Highest language'?

A brilliant read. Thank you for the tale. Merci beaucoup

This story captured my imagination and left me breathless. Your use of figurative language is beautiful. Thank you for sharing such a gift - I am still in a daze.

Read #4! I love this story!

I love embers, I think I have reread it atleast 5 times.