Oh dear boy, not only her blessings, she herself is hanging above you like the worst parody of a protective charm you could ever ask for.

Among other things, the punishment includes having hot air blown into one's ear, being on the other end of the Avatar's pain upon learning of your betrayal, and witnessing her exhausted, grieving and in desperate need of help.

And having your whole worldview and a sense of morality reset and redefined, urging you to make up for every misstep because it's right and because you want to do it for her.

I'm going to start fucking yelling again

Shattered

(inspired by this absolutely heartbreaking piece by thyinum)

trigger warning: dissociation, self-harm, grief, implied character death, hint at violent imagery, hint at suicidal ideation

Hey again, Yangvik fandom, here comes the latest offering of mainly the smut variety! But it did grow some semblance of a plot in the meantime, so... please enjoy!

contains: food as a love language, attempts to forge a plot around "Yangchen and Kavik can't keep their hands off of each other", some well deserved happiness

Kavik is an example of a well-written, sensitive, caring yet trying not to be, conflicted yet ultimately good character who undergoes incredible growth and some of you seriously don't appreciate him enough.

Where are my Avatar Gun x Mesose truthers?

Hello there, fellow Yangvik enjoyers, even though the blessed Yangvik Week 2024 is over, ideas about these two idiots keep assaulting me in broad daylight until I write them.

So this one is basically: what if they met as kids and didn't properly remember?

features: a convenient cover, the need to reach for a toothbrush immediately because it's so sweet, Kavik being a bit of an oblivious lovesick fool, Yangchen being a fun mix between a menace and mentally going "so are we about to make out or what"

Hi anon, thank you for the ask! I'm going to first answer with another question:

Is she, really?

F. C. Yee said that the books in the beginning, he deliberately did not feature romance because he didn't feel like it would entirely fit a story he was telling, and it was generally important to have more aroace representation in books. Upon reviewing what was written, he decided that Yangchen being asexual was a valid and fitting reader interpretation, but he didn't want to lie and say that it was his intention from the beginning. So... whatever works for you, anon.

My personal take on all of this? Maybe romance wasn't written intentionally, but it absolutely does not mean that Yangchen and Kavik aren't drawn to each other. You just have to read between the lines for it.

Kavik is struck with her looks pretty much right away, another character comments he's as smitten as before his girlfriend broke up with him, he blushes and gets flustered around her all the time, comments internally that no artist who loved her would capture her in a certain manner, he wins back her glider, he betrays his brother to regain her trust.

Yangchen likes to note Kavik's looks as well, falls asleep thinking of his hands and listening to him work, really leans into that whole fake dating thing, enjoys flustering him, and likens him to being warm/being in the sun an awful lot.

She's also... not really that in touch with herself and her needs/body feelings. She runs on the equivalent of 8 espresso shots at the ripe age of 17, she doesn't even let herself grieve properly, her head is already pretty much oversaturated with regrets and heaviness not her own, and one of her most emotional moments is apologizing over and over to her sister and admitting that she is no good at this, loses parts of herself, etc.

She won't let herself acknowledge the softer feelings related to Kavik past his betrayal when she's running on "must do everything alone and trust no one". It hurts. It hurts because she opened up to him and really was fond of him before the betrayal. They have such an easy chemistry and understanding between each other, because in many ways, they're the same.

What to make all of this? I'm not telling anyone one interpretation is correct, I'm just describing mine. There's an awful lot between them barely on the edge of being conscious, but still present. They have tension, whatever sort it is.

There's nothing wrong with being aroace, it's not a sentence to loneliness or lack of meaningful connections. I'm glad that at the end of LoY, Yangchen has someone she can be herself with and who cares for her a lot, no matter what you call their relationship. But... it doesn't vibe that well with me that it's a female Air Nomad Avatar, who was almost deified during her lifetime and after her death, who is in certain circles insisted to be aroace and nothing else.

I don't think she is. I think she needs a nap, a proper meal three times a day, and several crying sessions to even get to the point of being able to make sense of her feelings, Kavik related or not.

@yangvikweek2024 Day 7, July 20th: Sleep On It

subliminal /ˌsʌbˈlɪm.ɪ.nəl/ (adjective) not recognized or understood by the conscious mind, but still having an influence on it

Over time, Yangchen and Kavik accidentally start sharing their moments asleep. With the increased closeness and all barriers maintained throughout the day dissolved, unaddressed feelings slowly but surely become impossible to ignore.

Yangvik Week, Day 3, July 16th: Literal Sleeping Together

@yangvikweek2024

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features: nighttime for about 70% of the fic, Yangchen permanently running on 3 hours of sleep, wholesome healing people together, UST so thick that even getting a room isn't enough

My eventual contribution to Yangvik Week - sneak peek

Yangchen is no stranger to trouble with sleeping. Recurring dips into one past life or another, often consisting of reliving the worst moments of their life, made her dread the nighttime ever since she was a little girl.

(“Jetsun, stay with me! I don’t want to have a nightmare again!” she begged, tugging on the yellow fabric.

Her sister let out a long suffering sigh, wincing at the loud volume of Yangchen’s pleas.

“This is the last time. I can’t stand you kicking me all night.”)

If it was possible in any way, she’d forgo sleeping altogether to get more things done - not even to add more to her name and legacy, but to eliminate the potential of failure or regrets for not doing a certain step while she still had the time.

Her ancient spirit may be eternal regardless of what horrors it witnesses, but Yangchen’s body, however well accustomed to discipline and her demands, is still just as fallible as that of all her predecessors. She can’t break its limits, not if she still wants to have a functioning vessel of her will.

Thinking of herself in terms of sheer practicality is a habit she should leave behind, Yangchen knows that. However many people seem to regard her as some untouchable, omnipotent entity, even more so after her involvement in all of shang cities became more extensive, she’s still a human being, needing food, sleep and company.

An interesting detail about it is that gaining the last part greatly improved how well she is able to take care of the rest.

“I brought some of your favorite,” Akuudan passes her a bowl of warm soup.

“You look absolutely awful. Are you running for the ‘Avatar who died the youngest’ prize?” Yingsu remarks dryly.

“How about switching to a tea that lets you actually sleep more than a blink?” Kavik scoffs when he notices Yangchen carefully taking small, measured sips from her special brew.

She ignores his recommendation, of course. There’s too much to do and she needs all the focus she can muster.

Perhaps it’s to be expected that her body does occasionally give out and, as she’s already used to, Yangchen will wake up with no recollection of what happened earlier. Thanks to abbess Dagmola, she knows all about the abnormalities of her sleep patterns; sleepwalking has never been one of them.

However, if the last thing she remembers is working above the paperwork past midnight, it’s quite unlikely that she should find herself in her bed, carefully - affectionately, even - wrapped in blankets.