Fanmix: Shiptease!
Medium: TV
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Subject: Ships
Title: Shiptease!
Notes: We all know that Mike and Bryan like to taunt the shippers. Here’s a song for every couple ever given some sort of onscreen encouragement.
That’s right. Every. Couple. And a few extras.
We’re in for a long haul, folks.

Warnings: SPOILERS up to Boiling Rock. Silliness. No explication because it’s just too damn long, though there are explanatory notes when I feel that they’re needed. Picture, tracklist and zip behind the cut.




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Katara/Aang—I Want You To Want Me, Cheap Trick

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I’d love you to love me.
I’m begging you to beg me.

Katara/Zuko—Are You Happy Now, Michelle Branch
(Katara’s POV, post-book 2 finale, pre-Firebending Masters)

Could you look me in the eye,
and tell me that you're happy now oooooh.
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?

Katara/Haru—If I Told You, The Wedding Singer

If I told you
All the words I've yet to say
Would they matter
Or would you simply turn and walk away
If I hold you
Would you tell me I should go
Do I chance it
Or would it just be better not to know

Katara/Jet—Trash the Rental, Soho Dolls
(Jet’s POV)

What's driving me is driving you.
Born from the same race, from the same blue.
You try to resist, you try to resist,
But I tell you, tell you, tell you, tell you,
You're gonna stay.

Aang/Toph—Still There For Me, Corbin Bleu
(It’s arguable whose POV this is from. I leave it up to you.)

Even when I'm not giving enough
And I'm taking too much
You're still there for me
Even when I got nothing at all
And I'm ready to fall
You're still there for me

Sokka/Toph—Can’t Help Falling In Love, Elvis

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you

Sokka/Yue—If I Never Knew You, Jon Secada and Shanice

I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

Sokka/Suki—Kiss the Girl, Little Mermaid (m4a)
(Circa The Serpent’s Pass, clearly)

Sha-la-la-la-la-la
My, oh, my, look at the boy too shy
He ain’t gonna kiss the girl
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Ain’t that sad, ain’t it shame, too bad
You gonna miss the girl

Zuko/Mai—And So It Goes, Billy Joel

But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break

Hakoda/Bato—You and Me, Plain White Ts (m4a)

You and me, we like the same kind of music
That's why we, make a good you and me
We got style, baby we know how to use it
That's why we, make a good you and me

Roku/Sozin—Bring on the Wonder, Susan Enan

I can't see the stars anymore, living here
Let’s go to the hills where the outlines are clear
Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Azula/Mai—Caring is Creepy, the Shins

Hold your glass up, hold it in
Never betray the way you've always known it is.
One day I'll be wondering how
I got so old just wondering how
I never got cold wearing nothing in the snow.

Azula/Ty Lee—You Belong to Me, Jason Wade (m4a)

See the pyramids around the Nile
Watch the sun rise from the tropic isle
Just remember darling all the while
You belong to me

Mai/Ty Lee—Eric’s Song, Vienna Teng (m4a)

Strange how I fit into you
There's a distance erased with the greatest of ease
Strange how you fit into me
A gentle warmth filling the deepest of needs

Pakku/Kanna—Both Hands, Ani DiFranco

and both hands, now use both hands
oh, no don't close your eyes
I am writing graffitti on your body
I am drawing the story of how hard we tried

Aang/Zuko—Don’t Ask Me, Ok Go

Quit acting so friendly.
Don't nod don't laugh all nicely.
Don't think you'll up-end me.
Don't sigh, don't sip your iced-tea.
And don't say, 'It's been a while...'
And don't flash that stupid smile.

Sokka/Aang—If I Were Gay, Stephen Lynch

‘Cause if I were gay, I would give you my soul
and if I were gay I would give you my whole... being
and if I were gay, we would tear down the walls
But I'm not gay, so won’t you stop cupping my hand

Sokka/Zuko—You’re Nothing Without Me, John Barrowman

A show off, a blowhard
You're equal parts hot air and gall
And no one would doubt me
Without me you're nothing at all

Zuko/Song—Chocolate, Snow Patrol

What have I done? It's too late for that
What have I become? Truth is nothing yet
A simple mistake starts the hardest time
I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time

Zuko/Jin—Ripe, Ben Lee (m4a)

So for once in my life, I saw what I wanted and took a bite.
I picked the fruit from the tree and it was ripe.

Sokka/Ty Lee—Things I’ll Never Say, Avril Lavigne

If I could say what I want to see
I want to see you go down on one knee
Marry me today
Guess I'm wishing my life away
With these things I'll never say

Sokka/Mai—She’s Always a Woman, Billy Joel

She can lead you to live
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free
She steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me

Katara/Ty Lee—If I Fell, Evan Rachel Wood

If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than her

Katara/Mai—I Feel Everything, Idina Menzel

When you're furious
When you start to freeze
When you can't be touched
I feel everything

Katara/Azula—Fuck Was I, Jenny Owen Youngs

Skillet on the stove
It's such a temptation
Maybe I'll be the lucky one that doesn't get burnt
What the fuck was I thinking?

Azula/Suki—Favorite Girl, Joseph Arthur

In your version of this world
you're everybody's favorite girl
but that don't mean I'll be the victim
of any pain you are inflicting today

Aang/Meng—Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John

Don't go breaking my heart
I couldn't if I tried
Honey if I get restless
Baby you're not that kind

Azula/Zuko—Stand Up, Trapt

Why don't you let me be
Leave me alone
You start a fire inside that I could never control
You wanna see a reaction

Sokka/Azula—Filthy/Gorgeous, Scissor Sisters (m4a)
(Again, I leave it up to you whose POV this is from.)

Cuz you're filthy (filthy)
Oooh, and I'm gorgeous (gorgeous)
Cuz you're filthy (filthy)
Oooh, and I'm gorgeous (gorgeous)

Zuko/Jun—Portions for Foxes, Rilo Kelly

And it's bad news
Baby I'm bad news
I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news

Iroh/Jun—You’re So Damn Hot, ok go

You don't love me at all, but don't think that it bothers me at all.
You're a bad-hearted boy-trap, babydoll, but you're...
You're so damn hot.

Iroh/Ming—Dante’s Prayer, Loreena McKennitt

When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars
Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me

Longshot/Smellerbee—Stolen, Dashboard Confessional

Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced
Another sun soaked season fades away
You have stolen my heart
You have stolen my heart

Suki/Ty Lee—This Town is Wrong, the Nields (m4a)
(I maintain that this is a love song.)

They want you to have long hair, short skirts, clear skin, nothing hurts
Following their every rule
Why don't you make the rules?
Why don't you make the rules?

Suki/Mai—If I Told You, Idina Menzel

Cause I'm shedding my skin
So you can see my face,
I need you to know who I am.
I'm ready to go where I've never been,
Will you stay around and follow me?

Cabbage Man/Cabbages—I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts, Monty Python
(Replace coconuts with cabbages, and this is kind of insanely right. It even scans!)

Hoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch o' coconuts.
There they are a-standin' in a row.
Big ones, small ones, some as big as yer 'ead!

Bonus Songs
(These are noncanon ships that I personally favor. I just threw them on for the heck of it.)

Song/Kuei—Better Man, James Morrison
(Largely based off a fanfiction by my very dear friend Dark Puck)

There was a time
I had nothing to give
I needed shelter from the storm i was in
And when it all got too heavy
You carried my weight
And I want to hold you

Haru/Ty Lee—Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Jet

So 1, 2, 3, take my hand and come with me
because you look so fine
and I really wanna make you mine.
I say you look so fine
that I really wanna make you mine.

Hakoda/Ursa—All I Have To Give, Backstreet Boys (m4a)
(I admit it; the grammatical errors in this song make me twitch. But the sentiment is right.)

But my love is all I have to give
Without you I don't think I can live
I wish I could give the world to you...but
Love is all I have to give

Piandao/Ursa—Ain’t No Other Man, Christina Aguilera
(I swear this makes sense in my head.)

Ain't no other man, can stand up next to you
Ain't no other man on the planet does what you do
(what you do).
You're the kinda guy, a girl finds in a blue moon.
You got soul, you got class.
You got style with your bad ass - oh yeah!