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{{quote|"Why live in a better world that's no better?" |[[Tagline]]}}
{{quote|'''Lee:''' "But what if he's innocent?!"
'''Slythrin (not, [[Harry Potter|not that one]]):''' "No one is innocent!"|Slythrin sets Lee straight about the state of humanity.}}
'''''Avatar: Better World''''' (usually abbreviated as merely "BW") is an ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' drama fan fic written by SuperFlash101 (or "The Flash"), described by said author as a "character study with lots and lots of blood." Basically, it's a [[Continuation]] fic that focuses on Aang's attempts to rebuild the world, but discovers that [[It Gets Worse|he has a lot more crap on his hands then he expected]]. Though the beginning of the story focuses on assassins known as the "Wind Killers" trying to kill Aang, as the series progresses it delves into a more longrunning conspiracy involving an apparently psycho-religious group of {{spoiler|terrorist radicals know as The Dogs}}. The fic uses a lot of [[Everybody Is Jesus in Purgatory|symbolism]] and is [[Dark Fic|far more grittier and violent then the actual show]].▼
▲''Avatar: Better World'' (usually abbreviated as merely "BW") is an ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' drama fan fic written by SuperFlash101 (or "The Flash"), described by said author as a "character study with lots and lots of blood." Basically, it's a [[Continuation]] fic that focuses on Aang's attempts to rebuild the world, but discovers that [[It Gets Worse|he has a lot more crap on his hands then he expected]]. Though the beginning of the story focuses on assassins known as the "Wind Killers" trying to kill Aang, as the series progresses it delves into a more longrunning conspiracy involving an apparently psycho-religious group of {{spoiler|terrorist radicals know as The Dogs}}. The fic uses a lot of [[Everybody Is Jesus in Purgatory|symbolism]] and is [[Dark Fic|far more grittier and violent then the actual show]].
Original characters in the fic include:
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* '''Slythrin:''' Named after the [[Harry Potter]] house of a similar name, Slythrin is an [[Anti-Hero]] if there ever was one. During the quest, he displays rash, violent interrogation tactics and is deeply philosophical, a trait he {{spoiler|starts to try and push on Lee}}. In "...For I Have Sinned" he is revealed to be {{spoiler|a member of The Dogs}}.
The fic has been incredibly well received by reviewers at [http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Avatar_Wiki Avatar Wiki], where the series won a "Fanon Award" for "Outstanding Drama Series" in 2010. The first 5 chapters can be read at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120413132037/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4545079/1/Avatar_Better_World FanFiction.Net], while the rest is available at [http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Fanon:Avatar:_Better_World Avatar Wiki].
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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: {{spoiler|Lee Koisho}}.
** {{spoiler|And Yino.}}
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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: "The Will of All Mankind," which is all about [[Comic Relief|Sokka]]. Interestingly, it was published to coincide with the new chapter of a Sokka-centric fic Flash was doing, an event he called "Sokka-to-Me."
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Slythrin's violent mood is to mask his true sensitivity over never being hugged as a child
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Slythrin and Lee, though more so Slythrin, who, ya know, goes [[Watchmen (comics)|Rorschach]] and breaks people's fingers to find out information.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Averted. When there's violence, it's bloody and oftentimes gorey.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Lee and his little brother Didi. The chapter the latter appears in, entitled "Be Thou a Cain," is actually an overt parable of the Cain and Abel story, {{spoiler|complete with Lee killing Didi in the end. [[Crosses the Line Twice|Brutally]].}}
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* [[Out of Focus]]: Despite acting as a continuation of the series several important characters have thus far not appeared or appeared only minimally. (i.e Toph, Katara & Iroh)
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Aang, who almost never swears, gets one in "...For I Have Sinned."
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* [[Psycho for Hire]]: About every assassin Aang faces in the first arc of the fic.
* [[Purple Prose]]: Happens a lot, particularly in dialogue form, which is eventually [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "...For I Have Sinned" by Lee (from Construction) after Slythrin's traditional Purple Dialogue.
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