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''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6255276/1/The_World_without_the_War The World without the War]'' is an [[Alternate Universe Fic]] by [http://www.fanfiction.net/~smichael S-Michael] set in a version of the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] universe [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|where the century-long war never happened]]. Avatar Aang died sixteen years ago, meaning that the next Avatar will be (1) a waterbender, and (2) female. The Water Tribes do not have the best track record where it comes to women's lib, so Azula is sent to remind them not to try anything. Meanwhile, Toph is plotting to overthrow the Earth Kingdom and Zhou is planning...[[Spoiler|something]]...
 
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* [[Action Girl]]: Well, duh. Aside from canon, there's four female [[Original Character|OCs]] to date (of various [[Character Alignment|alignments]]) who are all very [[Badass]].
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* [[Allohistorical Allusion]]: They sure do seem to readily scoff at the idea that the Fire Nation would or could (depending on where one lives) invade the Earth Kingdom.
* {{spoiler|[[A Match Made in Stockholm]]: Amy and Tsu hook up.}} Lampshaded:
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Tsubasa:''' "You've got some sort of late-onset Stockholm Syndrome or something?"}}}}
* [[Anti -Hero]]: Sure, Azula's a good guy, but that doesn't make her ''[[Good Is Not Nice|nice]]''.
* [[Anti -Villain]]: {{spoiler|Tsubasa becomes one when she is revealed to be [[The Mole]]}}
* [[Badass]]: Ironically, the only person in the main cast to have ''not'' have an opportunity to prove their badassitude (yet) is {{spoiler|Amadahy}}--you know, ''the Avatar?''
* [[Big Bad]]: Zhou. Hey, don't go...
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: OC Doro Kim has some [[Xanatos Roulette|master plan]] which others repeatedly [[Lampshade Hanging|state could never possibly work]], though his incompetence is what makes him dangerous:
{{quote| "The point is, it's only a matter of time until Dodo Head's plan crashes down around his ears. Which only makes it more dangerous from the perspective of Team Azula," Usani said. "You see, when the wheels fall off, the first casualty is going to be Sokka."}}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: No one likes the Northern Water Tribe. Not even the Southern Water Tribe. Also, Doro Kim gets zero respect--even Long Feng thinks he's an idiot. Oh, and he has an in-universe detractor nickname (see above). Yeah.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: A couple of the [[Info Dump|info dumps]] have turned out to have contained information useful to the story later. (Some planned, some [[Writing Byby the Seat of Your Pants|not]].)
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|On a date with Sokka, Azula mentions that her father got banished from the Fire Nation for attempting a coup.}} Guess who shows up in the very next chapter?
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Would Azula snipe airbenders with lightning before they've gotten close enough to counter-attack? Would Sokka hit {{spoiler|Ozai}} in the temple with his boomerang while he was distracted giving a villainous speech to Azula? The answer to both questions is ''yes''.
* [[DaddysDaddy's Little Villain]]: {{spoiler|Tsubasa}}, though it would be better to say ''Mommy's'' little villain. Also, to a lesser extent, Hahn.
* [[The Dark Arts]]: There's a certain airbending discipline called voidbending and/or domination-airbending which is specifically called "a dark side to our art", but doesn't seem so bad...until ''later''...
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: While [[Incredibly Lame Pun|the world of The World]] is no doubt a better place than canon, we see a darker side of it--bigotry, drug lords, {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]}}, etc. Also, people sure do die a lot. (Mostly [[Mooks]], but [[What Measure Is a Mook?|still]].)
* [[Did We Just Have Tea Withwith Cthulhu?|Did We Just Have Tea With Koh?]]
* [[Doorstopper]]: Eighty Two ''thousand'' words ''and counting!'' Is this a fanfic or a novel?
* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|Tsubasa}} was this to Kazane {{spoiler|before her [[Heel Face Turn]]}}.
* [[Early -Bird Cameo]]: Kasha is introduced in chapter 2, but doesn't become important until chapter 4.
* {{spoiler|[[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]}}: This is what will happen if {{spoiler|the Phoenix escapes.}}
* [[Expy]]: Kasha is [[Honor Harrington (Literature)|Victor Cachat]], right down to identically-pronounced names. Usani is a [[Gender Flip|gender flipped]] Kevin Usher.
* [[For Want of a Nail]]: Instead of wreaking Sozin's throneroom when he discovers the Earth Kingdom colony, Avatar Roku has a nice, civilized debate about it.
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Aside from Azula being one of the ''good guys'' in this universe, there's Mai, and Tsubasa {{spoiler|before she's revealed to be [[The Mole]]}} and {{spoiler|after her [[Heel Face Turn]]}}, not to mention Kasha and Usani.
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* [[Heel Realization]]: {{spoiler|Tsubasa, after realizing that her precious voidbending was forbidden ''for a reason''.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Immortality]]: Ilmarinen is more-or-less type one, but it's temporary, lasting for "only" a thousand years, and then he [[Killed Off for Real|dies for real]]...and it's been just about a thousand years. He's grooming Piandao to take his place.}}
* [[ImprobablyFundamentally Female Cast]]: Not in a general sense, but the main characters are Azula, Katara, [[The One Guy|Sokka]], Ty Lee, Mai, and two female OCs.
* [[Info Dump]]: S-Michael is fond of this.
* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: The point of divergence with canon is about a hundred and thirty-odd years ago, and yet all the canon characters exist (even Aang, though he's dead now). And Ozai is still evil.
* [[Jerkass]]: Tsubasa--impressive, considering that she's sharing a cast with Mai and Azula.
* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Subverted with Tsubasa. It turns out that under the facade is another jerk.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Tsubasa, again.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Wakaun}} and later {{spoiler|Kazane}} both escape being punished for their crimes, in spite of the fact that they were responsible for {{spoiler|the kidnapping and attempted murder of Sokka and ''the Avatar''}}, respectively.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Eight different named OCs at this point, and most of the major canon characters make an appearance.
* [[MacGuffin Girl]]: Actually, {{spoiler|Ilmarinen}} is male, and fully aware of his not-entirely-human status. Also borders on [[Living MacGuffin]].
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Kasha and Usani are named for [[Honor Harrington (Literature)|Victor Cachat and Kevin Usher]], respectively (and Doro Kim is a [[As Long Asas It Sounds Foreign|vaguely Asian-ish]] take on their first villain, a fellow named Durkheim), Tsubasa means "wings," Wakaun means "serpent," Amadahy means "forest water", and Kazane means "sound of wind." At least, according to [http://www.babynames.com babynames.com]. Also, Ilmarinen is an [[Ultimate Blacksmith]] out of Finnish legend.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: There are Toph Facts ''in universe'' here.
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]: Tsubasa}}.
* [[Omake]]: Every so often there will be a chibi parody of what has happened thus far.
* [[The One Guy]]: Sokka.
* [[Out -Gambitted]]: Doro Kim is one of Long Feng's lackeys, and Azula is in town. What did you ''think'' was going to happen?
* [[Plot Twist]]: There's more blanked-out areas on this page than a transcript from the Reagan administration.
* [[The PresidentsPresident's Daughter]]: {{spoiler|Sokka}} takes a turn as this {{spoiler|right after he and Azula hook up}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Ilmarinen is one thousand years old.}}
* [[La Résistance]]: Toph's army of rebels and bandits.
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** Any time someone says "X [[Tempting Fate|couldn't possibly happen]]" (and it didn't happen in canon), ''it's about to happen!''
* [[Schedule Slip]]: S-Michael managed to avoid it until the story went into have gone into hiatus. It appears to be back.
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: {{spoiler|The Phoenix. It's not really "evil", being a mindless beast, but if it is allowed to be reborn in the world, [[The End of the World Asas We Know It|kiss civilization goodbye]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Inside a Person -Shaped Can]]: The Phoenix is inside Ilmarinen.}}
* [[Ship Tease]]: Toph/Teo. In the [[Omake]], Katara/Ty Lee.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Several, including one to [[House of Leaves]], a few to the bible [[The Bible]] (specifically {{spoiler|Behemoth, Leviathan, and Ziz}}), and about half a dozen to the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], of all things - hopefully, this isn't [[Foreshadowing]].
* [[Sliding Scale of Villain Threat]]: Wakaun wanted to kill Sokka (Doro Kim wanted to start a war, but whatever), Kazane wanted to kill the Avatar, Zhou wanted to become immortal (and, presumably, take over the world).
** Interestingly, S-Michael's villains' positions on the [[Sliding Scale of Villain Effectiveness]] and the [[Sliding Scale of Antagonist Vileness]] appear to be roughly inversely related.
* [[Take That Me]]: Much of the omake. And a rather subtler example:
{{quote| '''Azula:''' "These [[Draco in Leather Pants|leather pants]] are chafing me."}}
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: Tsubasa, of course.
* [[Unholy Holy Sword]]: {{spoiler|Airbending}}, of all things! Well, to be more precise, {{spoiler|certain airbenders can (temporarily) increase their power by ''sucking out a person or animal's soul!''}} The truly scary thing is, they don't even know that they're doing it.
* [[Worf Had the Flu]]: The freaking Avatar was the next best thing to useless in the biggest fight scene to date because she'd just been held captive and immobile for several days and could barely stand. And the reason {{spoiler|Ozai}} was defeated by ''Sokka'', of all people? A lucky-shot sucker blow to the temple with his boomerang [[Combat Pragmatist|while he was distracted giving a villain-like speech]].
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