Salvage (ATLA story)

Salvage is an Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfic by MuffinLance. As of September 2021, it is the most popular ATLA fic on AO3, with over 800k hits and 36k Kudos. AO3 ATLA tag works sorted by kudos. The Inter Archive. Snapshot taken 24 August 2021. Accessed 13 September 2021.
==Summary==
==Development, Narrative Choices and Inspiration==
A reader of Towards the Sun asked Muffinlance about the possibility of Hakoda comforting Zuko during the Boiling Rock arc of that fic ("Hakuddles"). TtS theory/prediction/request? Zuko, who is in possession of neither firebending not body fat,.... Muffinlance's tumblr. 16 October 2019. Accessed 16 September 2021. archived link Muffinlance loved the idea but, unable to find a way to work it into her outline for TtS, spun off an entirely new AU about Zuko being held captive on Hakoda's ship during Book 1. Oh... Just realized, tts!Hakoda is going to be so pissed.... Muffinlance's tumblr. 7 May 2021. Accessed 16 September 2021. Archive URL
===World Building===
The story developed a lot of original culture and lore for the Water Tribe and the Earth Kingdom, beyond what was shown in the show. 
===Original Characters===
Muffinlance developed a number of OCs for the fic, some of which gained widespread popularity in the fandom and became the subject of recursive fanworks. Most were crewmen in Hakoda's fleet, but there were also civilians in the ports they visited, and representatives of the Earth Kingdom armies who interfaced with Hakoda. Notable characters include:
* Panuk and Toklo -- the youngest members of Hakoda's crew, who befriend Zuko
* Kustaa -- the healer aboard Hakoda's ship, takes on Zuko as an apprentice
* Aake -- a member of Hakoda's crew who is initially one of the most hostile to Zuko (earning the nickname "Leg Breaker" from Zuko due to his threats)
* Scuttles/Sokka/Seal Jerky -- the ship's dog (giant isopod puppy)
* for more, see Literally a List of Characters, Muffinlance's OC appendix
* "Aklhut" for the name of Hakoda's ship, "which is a wolf-orca from Inuit folklore". Muffinlance credits exactlyexactlygrandcrown for coming up with the name,Chapter 8 of Salvage, front-note. and the usage in this fic has spread it to the fandom more generally.a search on AO3 turns up at least 11 works using the name. Several credit muffinlance directly.
==Fan Responses and Reviews==
==Fandom==
* Podfic: by ariaelwen, by Tuktuk
===Recursive Fanfiction===
* by queenbaskerville, a recursive fanfic that is a crossover between Towards the Sun and Salvage
* by DaedricDovah, about messenger birds and cultural divides on Hakoda's ship.
* 
===Fanart===
SOOO much fanart -- most posted to fanlore has been but there may be more on AO3 and other fanart sites.
* by citrenesnek. alt link
* by saturated-silences. Zuko and Hakoda alternate link.
* by scrawling-stardumb, zuko and hakoda alternate link
* by dnmc-designs. Zuko and either Toklo or Panuk, doing laundry aboard the Akhlut. alternate link
* by ducktollers
* by ky-landfill. fanart of Zuko in Water Tribe clothing.
* by foobeeps. alt link 
* by zukos-firebending. alternate link
* by scrawling-stardumb (link on artist's tumblr) -- more albatross-pigeons
* by guiltyportfolio, Zuko on the deck of the Akhlut, with Seal Jerky -- alternate link
* fanart by carolofthebell
* -- including the original thread that gave spawned the idea (both the type of creature and the specific character in the fic, which eventually became Seal Jerky)
* crafting project
* is making a crochet isopod puppy
* by omnipotentdogss. alternate link
* -- fanart of another type of creature invented in the fic (only briefly mentioned) -- alternate tumblr link to OP
* by hereforanepilogue
* by polska-tankietka
* by firelilysky, 2024
===Other===
* by the-dragon-invasion-is-near, 2024
===See also===
* TvTropes page for Salvage
==References==
Category:2019 Fanfiction
Category:2020 Fanfiction
Category:2021 Fanfiction
Category:Recursive Fandom