The Choice of Compassion: A Scene Analysis of Aang vs Zuko
should aang have killed ozai?
the age old question. the discourse secondary only to the infamous kat.aang vs zutara ship war. the argument that's been raging for sixteen long, long years and inspired dozens upon dozens of thinkpieces on either side.
so naturally, i'm here to add one more that no one asked for.
now, this debate keeps getting mischaracterized as The Side That Respects Pacifism vs The Side That Wants A Preteen To Commit Brutal Murder when, for the most part, i don't think anyone is really staking their life on the homicide hill. the real issue most people take with aang's arc in the finale isn't him sparing ozai, but rather the deus ex-machina mechanism through which he's able to do so. i agree with that, but i would also take it further to argue that the real problem is that aang's ending is not thematically and narratively consistent with the rest of his arc as set up in the show.
to illustrate this, let's take a look at another scene that plays with similar themes: zuko choosing to save zhao in the siege of the north.
the basics of both scenes are the same: both boys choose, against all logic and common sense, to spare someone who would never show them the same mercy. when it comes down to compassion versus violence, they choose compassion, even at risk to themselves.
but where the siege of the north differs from sozin's comet is that zuko choosing to save zhao is thematically consistent with his arc in season 1, and aligns with where it will go in seasons 2 and 3.
zuko's journey throughout the show is one of rediscovery. he has to find his way back to who he used to be, before his family and his nation warped his perception of right and wrong, and forced him into believing he had to become someone he didn't want to be. it's clear as early as the storm episode that zuko is fundamentally kind, and the person he is now is as a result of being indoctrinated in a culture that perverted violence and cruelty into honour and strength.
in trying to save zhao, the personification of the fire nation's worst qualities and most twisted teachings, zuko turns against the values he's been raised with most of his life and instead chooses to remain true to himself and what he believes is right. it's a triumphant moment because it's zuko returning to the heart of who he is, and who he's truly supposed to be.
and even though his decision may be logically unsound (why risk yourself trying to save someone who tried to kill you?) you don't see anyone complaining that zuko shouldn't have tried at all, because his choice here is a direct - even if brief - resolution to the internal conflict the show has previously established for his character. the narrative consistency of the set-up and payoff allows the audience to recognize the thematic cohesion of this moment in zuko's arc - which is what makes it so powerful and satisfying.
so, the question is: does the same apply to aang's choice not to kill ozai?
the argument supporting aang's decision is usually something as follows: "aang sparing ozai is his way of remaining true to his people and making sure they aren't forgotten. it's a powerful symbol of how he's keeping their culture and beliefs alive even though the fire nation tried to wipe them out."
now that's not a bad argument, in theory. the problem, though, is that if this is the resolution of aang's arc, it has to be a direct response to a conflict established in said arc... and remaining true to air nomad values is not a struggle the show ever set up for aang until the finale.
not once in any of the previous seasons does aang seem to be forgetting his people's ideals, or losing his identity through assimilation, or struggling to reconcile his air nomad beliefs with the ideas he's encountering in this new, changed world. there isn't a long-term, sustained arc about him being worried or concerned about air nomad culture dying out completely, or about taking on the burden of keeping it alive. in fact, the only episode that does reckon with this theme in any capacity - the northern air temple - seems to push the opposite message: that aang should move on and adapt to this changing world instead of remaining mired in the past, and protecting the culture of a people long gone.
(note: i don't like how the NAT episode handled this theme, but for the purposes of this post, we will take it as it was written.)
both zuko and aang are characters whose arcs revolve around change, but if zuko's arc is about moving back to who he truly is, then aang's arc is about moving forward. it's about going from the last airbender to the avatar - about drawing wisdom from different places, about immersing himself in the practices, beliefs and cultures of the other nations, and learning to value them as he values his own.
it's the classic want vs need: what aang wants is to be nothing more than a goofy, peaceful airbender but what he needs is to become a fully-realized avatar, the embodiment of four nations in one. and this conflict is established and re-established repeatedly over three seasons, most especially in his struggle to learn earthbending and firebending, both of which called for him to adopt new perspectives and beliefs contrary to his own.
this is why aang refusing to kill ozai feels so narratively unfulfilling, because it's the complete antithesis of what the show established for aang's narrative over three seasons. the plot point of his absolute pacifism not only comes out of left field (where was this problem when he was going to battle ozai during the eclipse?), it's also incongruous with the depiction of other air nomads in the series (both yangchen and gyatso don't seem to practice absolute pacifism) and with where aang's own arc appeared to be leading.
additionally, it also conflicts with the thematic clash that the aang vs ozai fight is supposed to represent: what was meant to be balance and harmony vs dominance and supremacy now turns into... air nomad beliefs vs fire nation beliefs, which runs contrary to the fundamental message of the entire show. not exactly what you want for the final battle between your protagonist and antagonist!
all of this is not to say that aang should have gone turbo avatar state on ozai and singlehandedly yeeted him into the spirit world. but there were a dozen other ways to handle ozai's end: give him a disney death, let aang learn energybending of his own accord and incapacitate him the way katara took down azula, or - my personal favourite - bring in the spirits in a neat parallel to the book 1 finale, and have ozai's death be a consequence of the imbalance he propagated in the world (i've always felt the avatar being the spirit bridge was a plotline that kinda got shafted in book three, and bringing back someone like koh, for instance, would've slapped).
the point is that for the resolution of aang's arc to be thematically consistent with the established narrative (the validity of this narrative, and whether it should have been different, is another point entirely, but it cannot be denied that this is what the show chose to go with), he needed to place the values and beliefs of the other nations on equal footing with his own, and win because of this willingness to draw from all nations instead of relying solely on his own.
ultimately, remaining true to his compassionate, peaceful nature is not a struggle in aang's narrative the way that it is in zuko's, which is why him choosing to spare ozai doesn't have anywhere near the emotional resonance or satisfaction of zuko reaching out to zhao. meanwhile, the conflict that does characterize aang's arc - being forced to become the avatar - never comes to a meaningful resolution the way that zuko's does. rather, it's thrown out the window in favour of a last minute plot point that robs aang of both agency and development, and destroys the thematic cohesion of his narrative for nothing.
I think almost all of the anti Mai discourse from namely Zutara shippers boils down to this.
You can try and deliberately misconstrue the writing to say Zuko forgot Mai, was never happy around her, never loved her, etc etc
But not once can you say Zuko ever looked at Katara, Jin, or any other female character you ship him with the same way he looks at Mai in these four panels.
What I love about the art of animation is it conveys so much when words can’t.
The eyes, Chico. They never lie.
This single scene conveys so much love, adoration, and the happiness of finally reuniting with your soulmate. And no amount of dissertations on how a fanon ship would’ve made a children’s tv show more enjoyable to you will never change that.
The curse of canon weighs on Maiko and Kataang shippers, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
This! Zuko never looked at Katara like that, he never was interested in her. He never looked at Jin like that, or at any other girl. only at Mai.
I like to think that haters ( zutara shippers mostly) can write huge metas with bad analysis and thousands of fics, but the truth is the truth: Zuko never loved Katara, never wanted her. the only woman in his life is always Mai.
Hey, zutara people! I have a story idea but i'm a terrible, and unmotivated writer, so I want to put it here for some other talented writer to run with. Or if it's already been done, please, please tag me in it!
Premise: Modern/urban fairytale. Zuko is the human who is suddenly swept up on an adventure with Katara, who is the spirit/fairy/magical creature. There's lots of portals between the realms and there are places where they are so merged it's impossible to tell where the magical and the real worlds separate.
I don't want to give too many details so whoever wants to write the story can do what they want. I've been thinking about this plot for almost a year, and I hate that I can't write the scenes I have in my head down. Then I remembered I have this account and there are tons of brilliant writers here. If you do write it, please tag me!!!!
I was talking to my boss about why zutara isn’t my favorite bc she really likes it and then I asked her to think about zuko and sokka and she was so immediately on board lmao
Your fun and joy comes from posting this in the Zutara tag, but you can't handle a little razzing in return? You did this to yourself. You know that right?
PS. Anti-Zutara is a tag you can use instead. Unless you really are just posting for attention.
"zk is an awful ship they'd be so horrible and toxic together" zutara is literally baby's first EtL ship who go from enemies to close friends in canon they're one of the most wholesome interations of the trope imaginable but also i want everyone to know i'd still ship it even if it was horrible and toxic <3 because they're 2d moving pixels and not fucking real <3
People complaining about zutara being "toxic" are the equivalent of that tumblr post about how the only healthy conflict is two people fighting over the last banana in a grocery store.
Just saw a comment praising Toph for being "mature" for blaming herself for Appa getting taken in the desert and internalizing Aang's anger at her, by someone who is notorious for trying to stir up shit in "defense" of Aang.
And like, first of all, yes, Toph is incredibly emotionally mature, but it's actually really sad how she blames herself here. And it's not that Toph should not be sad, it's not that no one understands how close Aang is to Appa, it's that Aang's reaction is really unfair, not because he doesn't have a right to be upset, but because he directly blames Toph for what happened and literally accuses her of wanting Appa to get taken.
And it's never actually something Aang ever apologizes for, while Toph constantly beats herself up about the fact that she couldn't save Appa and the gaang at the same time.
And part of the reason this bothers me isn't just related to how Aang is never really forced to grow by the narrative, but I also see this trend of people assuming that Toph's feelings don't actually matter here. Yeah, I know she's presented as the rough and tumble tomboy, but as a disabled person, it bothers me that Aang takes Toph's discomfort with Appa, that she has because of being uncomfortable when she can't have her feet on the ground, and uses it to blame her and accuse her of secretly wanting him gone. And honestly, this is an overlooked plot point that pretty realistically shows the prejudice and suspicion towards the disabled, the idea that they might actually be faking their disability and could have actually done more if they tried, and because they didn't overcome their disability, they must not really care. Plus as I said, there's a very real assumption that Toph's feelings can't be hurt because she's blunt and unfeminine. Toph is emotionally mature and empathetic, more than people give her credit for, but she's also a child, and she should not have to deal with that burden alone, while Aang takes advantage of her caring and her friendship here.
"The Desert" is not one of Aang's shining moments, and it could have been a good opportunity to show how people can act their worst when they are under stress, and have Aang realize that his grief over Appa should not allow him to take it out on his friends, who are just trying to help him.
Anyone who sincerely thinks that Azula would be better on the the throne than Zuko has taken complete leave of their senses. I mean people who genuinely think that, not people who want Azula on the throne for the vibes or the drama. The people who think she wouldn't take the throne and continue the genocidal war for a fourth generation weren't paying attention. She would do it just to prove she could succeed where her father failed. Lives mean nothing to her, and that was clear even without us having to see her official body count (and she absolutely had a body count).
LOL! When did @the-badger-mole say that was a huge chunk of Azula's fanbase? They didn't imply anything except that fans exist who think that way. Your leap was way wilder than theirs. Do you always put words in other people's mouths or was this a case of a kicked dog hollering?
Nothing about Ka/taang precludes Katara being Chief of the SWT…
which is why it pisses me off even more that Katara didn’t get to have a role of any political importance whatsoever. It wouldn’t change anything about LOK’s storyline, and it would be fully in line with her character.
There’s a common anti-Zutara argument that Katara wouldn’t want to be Fire Lady, because she would want to rebuild and lead her own culture. I am sympathetic to that. Based on her canon characteristics, she might want to be a United Republic Councilwoman, Chief of the SWT, or just generally the Waterbending Master / Matriarch of the her tribe, which would be easier (though not impossible) if she weren’t married to the sovereign of another nation — I get that.
but the thing is…she didn’t get to do any of that, even though “wife of the Avatar” doesn’t contradict those roles. All the things that would be difficult for her to do if she were married to Zuko, she still didn’t get to do as Aang’s wife. She didn’t get to have a career the way her husband, or her brother, or her friends did.
so it’s extra hypocritical when Ka/taang shippers are like “but being Fire Lady would disempower Katara!” when Ka/taang canonically disempowered her! And KA fans are fine with that: they bend over backwards to justify why Katara doesn’t have a statue, or why she wasn’t there to protect Korra from the Red Lotus, or why she wasn’t at Yakone’s bloodbending trial. Yeah she got to live in the SWT — eventually, I assume, because in the comics she just follows Aang around — but what else did she get to do? Fucking nothing, apparently. Because to some people, the greatest honour for a woman is to be the hero’s wife.
Katara's leg bounced up and down in agitation. She blew air out through her clenched teeth and glanced at the clock. As popular as Aang was, she couldn't figure out why she was still his emergency contact, seven months after they broke up, but when she got the call, she didn't have the heart to ignore it. A compassionate choice she was beginning to regret as the clock marked the end of her fourth hour sitting in the emergency room. A nurse walked out from the triage room and looked down at her clipboard. Katara leaned forward, anxious to hear Aang's name called.
"Sosoro," the nurse called. "Sosoro, Jun." Katara slumped back in her seat with a groan as a woman with her arm clumsily wrapped in a bloody bath towel sauntered forward.
"Sorry," Aang said, looking at her shamefacedly. Well, as much as he could look at her with his neck in a brace.
"Aren't they supposed to take head and neck injuries more seriously?" Katara grumbled.
"Well...I guess since I wasn't unconscious this time they don't consider it an emergency, emergency," Aang suggested with a shrug. "And the brace is more of a precaution, since I can move my neck."
"Then why am I here?" Katara asked. "Why did you have them call me?"
"I didn't want to ride in the ambulance," Aang explained sheepishly. "My insurance wouldn't cover it."
"Okay, fine," Katara huffed. "But you're here now. You don't need me anymore, right?" Aang looked stricken, and fixed her with the kicked puppy look that used to make it impossible for her to tell him no, even when she really wanted to.
"You'd leave me here all by myself?" he asked, sounding on the verge of tears. "You know I hate hospitals. And how will I get home? It's too late to call someone else!"
"I will pay for a cab," Katara promised. "It's late, and I'm tired and I have a test to study for."
"But I don't want to sit here alone," Aang insisted. "Please, Katara? I know we're not dating anymore, but you're still one of my closest friends. Please don't leave me." Katara was torn between aggravation and pity. For a moment, she thought the aggravation would win out, but then Aang always did have a gift for tugging just the right string.
"If they don't call you back in an hour, you're on your own," she muttered, crossing her arms. Aang beamed at her. This was her own fault, Katara reflected, as she rubbed her tired eyes. She was old enough to know better than to stay friends with her exes.
A commotion at the entrance of the hospital pulled Katara out of her doze. Two men, one younger, one older, stumbled in, clinging to each other. At first, Katara thought they were there for the younger guy. There was a large, angry looking burn on his face, but a moment later, Katara saw the older man's puffy face. His eyes were nearly swollen shut, and his lips were several times larger than they should've ben. The burn on the younger man's face was scarred over, and several years old, Katara guessed. At any rate, it didn't seem to be giving him any discomfort at the moment. He and the older man stumbled up towards the reception area, where already, the nurses were scrambling to help them.
"I'm fine, Nephew," the older man said through his swollen lips. "My throat hasn't closed."
"You're not fine," the young man, Nephew, snapped. "You look like you tried to beat someone with your face. I told you to stop trying to brew tea from random plants you found in the park."
"The white jade and the white dragon flowers look so similar!" the old man lamented. Nephew threw his arms out to his sides and let his head roll backwards, as if he was silently pleading with some higher being for patience. Then he helped his uncle into the wheelchair an orderly had brought for him. After hearing how gruff he'd been with the old man, Katara was surprised to see how gentle Nephew was with him.
Of course the old man was rushed back immediately. Katara wasn't annoyed at that. It was clearly an emergency, even if he insisted that his throat wasn't closing. Nephew started to follow the team back, but was barred by a nurse.
"You'll have to wait here," she said sternly.
"What? That's my uncle! Why can't I go back with him?" Nephew sounded angry. Looked it too, but the nurse was unmoved. He would have to sit in the waiting area until the doctor's exam was over. Nephew seemed to be ready to fight some more, but the nurse just turned and walked back into the triage area. Nephew accepted his defeat gracelessly and flopped down on a chair across from Katara and Aang. The door opened again, and Nephew looked up anxiously, as if expecting someone to let him back with his uncle after all. Instead the nurse looked down at her clipboard.
"Namkha," she called. "Namkha, Aang."
"That's me!" Aang announced, jumping to his feet. Katara noticed the spring in his step with annoyance. If she'd sat in this emergency room for nearly five hours for nothing to be wrong with him...
Katara sighed and settled back into her seat. There was no use dwelling on it now. She just had to get through this bizarre night, and then she can tell Aang she needed a break from their friendship. Someone else could take over saving him from his own shenanigans. And this time, she would stick to her guns, puppy eyes or no.
Across from her, Nephew gazed aimlessly around the waiting room. He was chewing gum, and popping it occasionally, which is what drew Katara's eye to him. He was handsome, she thought, detachedly. The scar didn't detract at all from his chiseled jawline, or his full lips, now busy blowing another bubble. He was wearing a dark colored jacket that hid his arms and chest, but the squareness of his shoulders suggested someone who knew his way around the gym. He didn't seem to be much older than Katara, either. Maybe a year or two, if that. The bubble he had been working on popped and he saw Katara staring. He raised a brow, but Katara was too tired to be embarrassed. She gestured vaguely towards his mouth.
"Did you bring enough to share?" she asked. Nephew sat for a moment, seeming to size Katara up. Finally, he reached into his jacket pocket and passed her a crumpled packet of gum. There was only one stick left inside of it. Katara was about to protest taking his last piece, but he just held his hand up.
"It's fine," he said. "Help yourself." Katara accepted it with a thanks.
"Was he alright?" Katara asked, hooking her thumb towards the triage doors. Nephew sighed and rolled his eyes, but he looked at the doors with more than a hint of worry.
"My uncle is obsessed with tea," he told Katara. "He likes to forage in the park because, according to him there are a lot of edible plants that make great tea."
"He picked the wrong one, this time?" Katara concluded. She shook her head sympathetically.
"I'll say," Nephew snorted. "He's just lucky I was working tonight."
"Working?" Katara asked.
"He owns a tea shop," Nephew said, with a half shrug. "I help out sometimes, and tonight I had the closing shift."
"That's nice." Katara wasn't sure what else to say, but that seemed to be the right thing. Nephew shrugged again.
"It's easy work, anyway," he said. "He let's me work around my school schedule." Katara nodded. That was interesting information. There were only two schools in the area, so they might go to the same one. Katara wondered if their paths had ever crossed before. But she thought she might have remembered meeting him.
"What's your boyfriend in for?" Nephew asked.
"He's not my boyfriend," Katara said firmly. "And he's in because he can't stop himself sometimes. There was nest of abandoned owlets in a tree on campus, and he climbed up to try to rescue them. Only, mama owl came back and knocked him out of the tree."
"Ouch!" Nephew winced. "Is he okay?"
"Fine enough that the doctor kept us waiting here for four and a half hours," Katara huffed.
"Yikes." Nephew shook his head. "You must be exhausted."
"Like you wouldn't believe," Katara groaned. "And I have a test tomorrow. All I want is some coffee." Nephew gestured towards the other end of the waiting room.
"There's a kiosk in the main lobby," he said. "They're probably still open." Katara groaned miserably.
"I was in a rush to get my friend here," she explained. "I left my wallet at home." Nephew shifted in his seat and cleared his throat. He seemed nervous.
"Well...I could go for some coffee myself," he said. "I've got my wallet on me. I could treat you." Katara hesitated. Nephew's shoulders had bunched up to at his ears and his dark hair fell into his eyes. It was cute, Katara thought, how self-conscious he was. He must have women throwing themselves at him, but buying one coffee at a kiosk had him blushing. Finally, Katara smiled and nodded.
"That sounds great," she said. "Thank you so much!"
"No problem," Nephew mumbled. He was smiling slightly, though.
"I'm Katara by the way." She grinned at him. "I figure you ought to know my name if you're buying me coffee." Nephew shot her a half-smile. Already, she found it endearing.
While I'm at it, for the "Katara and Mai are fwiendz" crowd, Katara would also hate Mai being miss "maybe stupid girls" in response to Zuko trying to give her a seashell just because he thought it was pretty.
I just think it's interesting that Toph gets accused of misogyny for being gender nonconforming but Mai gets praised even though she expresses a lot of misogynistic opinions about other girls (see also her slut shaming Ty Lee) because she looks feminine while doing it.
Unpopular opinion if Zuko wasn’t attractive Zutara woudlnt be as popular as it is. There I said it. Zuko and Katara would be horrible together, aesthically sure whatever but actually know.
Zuko who is known for his temper and impulsive tendencies with Katara who is just as impulsive and hot headed.
Lol they would crash and burn so fast. Water and fire don’t mix, opposites attract but that’s about it.
They would argue all the time after the honeymoon phase wore off, they both yell and get angry with their partners and wouldn’t stand to be yelled out without yelling back.
Aang and Mai both are for the most part calm when their partners get angry they help calm them down (more so Aang). Help them think rationally etc etc
I said what I said and this is coming from someone who used to love Zutara (still likes it? meh depend on the day)
What a sexist take. And also incorrect. Mai wasn't so much calm as she just didn't care about Zuko's emotional well-being. As for Aang, whenever he can be bothered to even attempt to relate to Katara, the best he can muster is some half-hearted comparison between her mother's murder and him losing Appa for a few days. Katara and Zuko, meanwhile, have arcs so intertwined that you can't separate them and have the same show. They also have a closer, more mutually supportive friendship in the last few episodes than either of them has with their canon love interests in the entire series. Just because YOU were shipping them for shallow reasons doesn't mean that those are the only reasons to ship them. Be so for real🙄
Zuko literally yells at Aang and Sokka every time they try to tease him; but when Katara does it, he just glares at her (at most).
I know it's not a lot, but watch The Southern Raiders, Ember Island Players and Sozin's Comet again. That's how they treat each other. That is their relationship. Even Crossroads of Destiny gave people a taste of what they'd actually be like together. They talk to each other.
60+ episodes and Aang never gave a flying fuck about what happen to Katara's mom. Zuko risked it and went back to the Fire Nation for her. Aang had no say in it. The most Zuko did to "influence" Katara was suggest that it should be a stealth mission. The rest was all Katara.
Mai didn’t care about his emotional well being ok sure. People really wanted an enemies to lovers so bad.
Lmao the whole southern raiders episode was done so Katara could stop being mad at him and forgive him. That was the whole point of it. He literally told Sokka maybe if I help her get closure she’ll stop being mad at me was not from the goodness of his heart.
Idk why people are so mad it’s called an opinion but go off y’all. It’s interesting how I write an opinion on my personal blog and get people trying to tell me my opinion is wrong.
Like if you don’t agree just scroll past. It’s not that hard. If you care that much to comment have fun arguing with yourself.
I see soo much discourse in all fandoms that I don’t agree with and never respond cause who got time to be doing all that. Obv if you reblog imma reblog cause it’s my post duh.
But yeah. I said what I said.
And if someone goes well you tagged it zutara, no shit I’m talking about zutara, and zutura fans tag anti-Kataang shit as kataang all the time, and yes I’m that petty.
You sure are entitled to your stupid, wrong, lazy, sexist opinions, but if you intentionally post it in the tag FOR the pairing, you don't get to play victim when people who like the pair disagree with you. The anti-zutara tag exists for a reason. Go tell them all about how Mai saying "I was just asking if you were cold" is the height of romance. Buh-bye!
Look who thinks they're soooo edgy posting dusty lukewarm takes where they aren't wanted. Is it really that quiet in the Maiko and Kataang spaces? I thought yall were the most popular ships in the fandom. Why don't you go talk the the tens of active Kataang and Maiko fans?
What are you even talking about? I legit don’t be on tumblr enough to know shit about fandoms 🤣 I just woke up had an opinion about a show from like ten years ago and now I got bitches crying in my reblogs.
Not everyone is chronically online the way y’all seem to be.
So you just came on here and just started insulting people for funsies? I'm probably on this site maybe once a month, but even I know you tag your crap appropriately. Beyond that, your first post started with a take well known to be sexist, like one of the other posters pointed out. Even if you haven't been in the fandom for a while, anyone with half a gnat's brain would know that was going to step on toes. Well, you wanted attention and now you got it. Hope it made you feel better about whatever sucks in your life. And I hope everyone blocks you into oblivion.
@everyone else, you're all too smart and sexy to feed the trolls. Starve this idiot of the attention they're begging for.
TG arguing that B&C is what gets Rhaenyra killed. I like how they conveniently forget who killed who in the season 1 finale and who struck the first blow.
I swear, greenies are making it more and more difficult to feel any sort of sympathy for the B&C incident. They whine about what a crime it is, but conveniently forget that Luke was killed while Rhaenyra was looking over those pathetic peace terms.
Who struck the first blow here??? Who usurped who? Who killed whose son for no reason other than pettiness?
TG stans really need to understand that actions have consequences and the greens haven’t paid for any of the crimes they committed up until now.
And they wonder why the writers are making Rhaenyra look better than the usurpers. Because she is!
Unpopular opinion if Zuko wasn’t attractive Zutara woudlnt be as popular as it is. There I said it. Zuko and Katara would be horrible together, aesthically sure whatever but actually know.
Zuko who is known for his temper and impulsive tendencies with Katara who is just as impulsive and hot headed.
Lol they would crash and burn so fast. Water and fire don’t mix, opposites attract but that’s about it.
They would argue all the time after the honeymoon phase wore off, they both yell and get angry with their partners and wouldn’t stand to be yelled out without yelling back.
Aang and Mai both are for the most part calm when their partners get angry they help calm them down (more so Aang). Help them think rationally etc etc
I said what I said and this is coming from someone who used to love Zutara (still likes it? meh depend on the day)
What a sexist take. And also incorrect. Mai wasn't so much calm as she just didn't care about Zuko's emotional well-being. As for Aang, whenever he can be bothered to even attempt to relate to Katara, the best he can muster is some half-hearted comparison between her mother's murder and him losing Appa for a few days. Katara and Zuko, meanwhile, have arcs so intertwined that you can't separate them and have the same show. They also have a closer, more mutually supportive friendship in the last few episodes than either of them has with their canon love interests in the entire series. Just because YOU were shipping them for shallow reasons doesn't mean that those are the only reasons to ship them. Be so for real🙄
Zuko literally yells at Aang and Sokka every time they try to tease him; but when Katara does it, he just glares at her (at most).
I know it's not a lot, but watch The Southern Raiders, Ember Island Players and Sozin's Comet again. That's how they treat each other. That is their relationship. Even Crossroads of Destiny gave people a taste of what they'd actually be like together. They talk to each other.
60+ episodes and Aang never gave a flying fuck about what happen to Katara's mom. Zuko risked it and went back to the Fire Nation for her. Aang had no say in it. The most Zuko did to "influence" Katara was suggest that it should be a stealth mission. The rest was all Katara.
Mai didn’t care about his emotional well being ok sure. People really wanted an enemies to lovers so bad.
Lmao the whole southern raiders episode was done so Katara could stop being mad at him and forgive him. That was the whole point of it. He literally told Sokka maybe if I help her get closure she’ll stop being mad at me was not from the goodness of his heart.
Idk why people are so mad it’s called an opinion but go off y’all. It’s interesting how I write an opinion on my personal blog and get people trying to tell me my opinion is wrong.
Like if you don’t agree just scroll past. It’s not that hard. If you care that much to comment have fun arguing with yourself.
I see soo much discourse in all fandoms that I don’t agree with and never respond cause who got time to be doing all that. Obv if you reblog imma reblog cause it’s my post duh.
But yeah. I said what I said.
And if someone goes well you tagged it zutara, no shit I’m talking about zutara, and zutura fans tag anti-Kataang shit as kataang all the time, and yes I’m that petty.
You sure are entitled to your stupid, wrong, lazy, sexist opinions, but if you intentionally post it in the tag FOR the pairing, you don't get to play victim when people who like the pair disagree with you. The anti-zutara tag exists for a reason. Go tell them all about how Mai saying "I was just asking if you were cold" is the height of romance. Buh-bye!
Look who thinks they're soooo edgy posting dusty lukewarm takes where they aren't wanted. Is it really that quiet in the Maiko and Kataang spaces? I thought yall were the most popular ships in the fandom. Why don't you go talk the the tens of active Kataang and Maiko fans?
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