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missturdle: I Fell in Love With Katara (And I’ll Probably...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:23:12 -0500

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I Fell in Love With Katara (And I’ll Probably Always Love Her): A meta on the Zuko/Katara relationship, Katara’s hero’s journey, and how that fits into canon.

First off, let’s get this out of the way: I’m not trying to argue Katara and Aang’s marriage and children were not endgame, nor am I stating the contrary re: Mai and Zuko’s relationship. They happened. It’s over and done with.

…And yet, when Dante Basco posted this (and he’s made it no secret he likes Z/K) it got me thinking on the nature of Zuko’s relationships, Zuko’s feelings towards Katara, and in the end, why Zuko and Katara had a completely different dynamic than what we ended up with.

I think if you ask a Zutarian shipper for an honest, critical assessment of where they think Kataang didn’t meet their expectations, it would be in one place: Katara’s half of the narrative had to be secondary to Aang’s. In the end, Katara is part of Aang’s story. This in and of itself isn’t necessarily bad or wrong, but it’s standard fare, and the pacing of season three dropped the ball on elaborating on Katara’s feelings with the due attention it needed. Is Katara a “prize” to be won by anyone? No. She isn’t. But in retrospect, with Katara ending up with Aang, the narrative feeds “Aang is a hero. Aang has the girl. Aang’s story goes on, and Katara keeps up Aang’s story after his death.” Not her own, but Aang’s. Yes, TLOK shows that Katara has moved to the South Pole and has taught students there but the focus of her presence is as Aang’s wife, the mother of Aang’s children, etc. We don’t see a single flashback of her, and moreover, we don’t get references of what she did with herself outside of Aang’s story. Toph’s significant other is never even shown and to be honest, whomever he was is irrelevant because Toph was the Chief of Police, and a famous Sifu in her own right.

Aang being with Katara forces Katara’s narrative to include him, which is not unusual or wrong, but is a bit imbalanced. Zutara basically is an idea that that concept can be subverted; it’s a “romance” [and I use the term in a loose, non-physical sense] of two hero’s journeys, rather than just one.

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rufiozuko: bhujerban: siquia: I’m just gonna leave this here while I feels in a...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:16:56 -0500

rufiozuko:

bhujerban:

siquia:

I’m just gonna leave this here ~~while I feels in a corner~~.

beautiful…

pugletto: Casually emerging from the depths of sleeplessness...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:53:05 -0500

pugletto:

Casually emerging from the depths of sleeplessness just to cripple you with feels.

Click on the given source. It goes to my DA page and you can download it to see it as I intended for it to be seen.

korrashorts: “So they don’t have palaces in the Southern...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:02:10 -0400

korrashorts:

“So they don’t have palaces in the Southern Tribe?”
requested by Raye ♥

And so a lot of Katara hate a la Southern Raiders arises.

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:41:13 -0400

phemyscira:

jacksmuses:

Or rather, because of this post. As for the notes… just, some of these notes…

Guys, I don’t think you quite get that it’s not loss as a concept that Aang doesn’t understand about Katara, it’s how she dealt with said loss, the circumstances surrounding it, and how it personally affects her. Because there’s a big difference. A big fucking difference. (Also it really pisses me off when people say ‘oh but he’s suffered worse than you Katara, stop being selfish’. Oh and Katara should ‘check her privilege’? Uh, WHAT? No. Just, NO.)

Allow me to explain. Some discussion of Zuko here too, and Aang.

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THANK YOU! This post actually deserves the 1,440 notes the other hateful post got because it calls the Avatar: The Last Airbender Fandom on its sexist bullshit. Fandom, shit like this is why I only hang out in certain circles of this fandom. It’s totally fine when Aang loses his shit and nearly kills all the sand-benders because he lost Appa, but it’s not fine for Katara to lose her shit when she confronts her mother’s murderer, even though it caused her a lot more emotional pain and has had a huge part in shaping her identity in both negative and positive ways?

At least when Aang lost his temper, Katara was there to support him and him deal with his emotional turmoil in his own way. Aang wouldn’t even do that for Katara. He didn’t even try to understand why she personally wanted to go after her mother’s killer. Just because you’ve been in a similar situation to someone does not give the right to tell someone else how to deal with their pain because everyone is different. Everyone deals with their pain in different ways and that doesn’t make them a ‘bitch’ or ‘insensitive’ because it doesn’t cohere with what you believe in.

To sum up, BE QUIET Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom. Katara isn’t the one who needs to check her privilege, you do. Katara isn’t the one telling people how they should deal with the traumatic events that happened in their childhood. Katara isn’t the one passing judgement on people for not dealing with their pain in a way that she believes is ‘correct’. Katara isn’t the one who made sexist comments or is reinforcing double standards. She is an awesome person who has had a pretty shitty life and has been phenomenal in dealing with her own issues, so the fact that you still hate on her even after she spared Yon Ra’s worthless life says more about you than it does her.

This has been a ‘appreciating fictional women you hate’ post.

cloudwon: Meelo Gangnam Style ★

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:55:53 -0400

cloudwon:

Meelo Gangnam Style ★

avatarskorraang: Avatar Aang

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:06:50 -0400

avatarskorraang:

Avatar Aang

screams-flails-dies-etc: Benders full of women.

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:16:57 -0400

screams-flails-dies-etc:

Benders full of women.

princesskorilakkuma: Cain as Meelo, he loved posing for...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:41:46 -0400

princesskorilakkuma:

Cain as Meelo, he loved posing for pictures :3

sifu-kisu: Re-blogging for the memories,

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:21:12 -0400

sifu-kisu:

Re-blogging for the memories,

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:01:07 -0400

Science Teacher: Aristotle believed that everything was made of four elements. What were they?

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:21:37 -0400

Science Teacher: Aristotle believed that everything was made of four elements. What were they?
Me: Water, earth, fire, air.
Science Teacher: Good, now w-
Me: Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
Science Teacher: what
Me: Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished.
Student: why are you doing this
Me: A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang, and although his airbending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone.
Student: how do you even remember all this
Me: BUT I BELIEVE
Student: no
Student: don't say it
Student: don't you dare say it
Me: THAT AANG CAN SAVE THE WORLD