𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎

"In another life, in another world, I would have chosen you. Would choose you still. Would choose you always."

[frayserwilsun]

Why can’t Zutara and Kataang shippers just live in peace side by side?? Obviously if you’re a kataang shipper you don’t have to love zutara and vice versa but you should not be attacking the shippers!!

They’re always making up lies about their ships in order to justify them as well, this is seen mostly with zutara. They always claim the writers originally intended for zutara to happen, yet never provide any sort of proof. And they also claim Katara only saw Aang as a brother, which is not true. Katara is a naturally motherly character.

And they’re always bringing up how much superior their ship is on videos that have nothing to do with their ship!! (Just to clarify I’m talking about both zutara and kataang shippers) I literally can’t even enjoy an edit without someone screaming in my ear about how much better their ship is.

[soareleandluna]

Some examples of Zutara getting ship baited

Avatar magazine, Nickelodeon edition

Avatar extras

Chibi shorts where Zuko and Katara are shown having romantic feelings for each other (especially Zuko)

Zutara getting acknowledged in the script

The creators wrote the last two episodes and they decided for some reason that the last sentence in the script will be "Kataang wins!" like there was some competition or something

Some writers talking about Zutara in this video where they said that there were fights about it in the writing room and that Kataang wasn't a foregone conclusion

https://youtu.be/dJsxfOnT9Y8?si=NpzXiojWthyRf5J7

About Katara seeing Aang as a little brother...that's on the creators, not the Zutara fans because, out of all the tropes out there, this clowns decided to associate their favorite ship with the babysitter trope

The motherly/babysitter vibes are there. It's in the text/show because that's how they wanted their dynamic to be written. The younger, more immature boy is infatuated from the beginning with the older, more mature girl while she sees him more as a little kid/brother and he needs to prove that he can be taken seriously as a love interest. We didn't come up with this. The men that worked on the show did.

And yes. Katara and Aang kiss and all of that throughout the story, but for some of us it's just looks forced or it's uncomfortable to watch.

Is this enough proof now? Are we allowed to say that Zutara should have been canon and that Katara and Aang are like a babysitter and her little brother who smooch from time to time?

[xabura]

The creators have said that Katara behaves motherly towards Aang.

They also said Katara was “confused” because she struggled to see Aang as a love interest due to their difference in maturity.

In the Legacy book, Katara confirms that she fell in love with Aang because she got to watch him grow from a boy into a man.

This lines up with that weird speech Katara gave Aang about being proud of him for growing up. While her words sound more maternal or sisterly, the creators intended it to signal that she could now potentially see Aang as a romantic prospect because he had matured.

Katara can only make up her mind after Aang saves the world, effectively turning her into a prize for his heroism and persistence. The creators wanted to mislead the audience into thinking the balcony scene would be a platonic one, only for them to be presented with the two sharing a “deep kiss”. Despite the animation director’s protests that the kiss was inappropriate, Bryke insisted that the series had to conclude with a scene of a 12-year-old boy making out passionately. They are so creepy and disgusting.

[cloakedlizard]

God, they even intentionally characterize their relationship as detrimental to Katara and one-sided. (Character Relationships page)

She does all his chores for him and takes care of him like a mother, and he tries to distract her from those chores to gain her attention and affection, actively making her job and her life harder and they literally say it frustrates her but of course she's the male fantasy doting mother figure female love interest so her patience and selfless giving nature of course win out because that's just Who She Is (which makes it totally fine that she does everything for him- how else would he function and do his job??? obviously, she has to be responsible for that, too, and if she isn't then it's her shortcoming and not his because that's her job as the woman), what a perfect couple x.x

[sokkastyles]

I think the gif OP picked is really ironic, because in this scenario they are Azula pretending to surrender and then shooting Iroh. That's what I'll think of whenever I see people make disingenuous posts like this pretending to be against the ship war but blaming zutara shippers for it.

[azuremart]

Part 2: “My favorite headcanon is Kya spent way too much time with Uncle Zuko and it shows.”

The new Kya II solo comic just keeps feeding my agenda. 🙌🏻 I’ve gathered another dozen pieces of evidence in screenshot form.

Another point for:

🔥 Zuko’s trademark facial expressions.

🌊 Zuko’s fighting stance. Just like in the previous part, there are several panels showing the same resemblance. I don’t think Kya learned all her moves from her mother alone.

🔥Even their side profiles are suspiciously similar.

🌊 That unmistakably Zuko-coded gentle side.

🔥 Their surprisingly similar facial expressions — whether they’re surprised or frowning.

🔥 The way they react exactly the same when someone touches their shoulder.

🔥The awkward self-introduction: “Hi! Uh, hi everyone… My name is Kya…”

You may think I’m insane for hunting down details this specific, and honestly? You’d be right. That’s hyperfixation for you. 😌

Collage ideas inspired by posts on X (formerly Twitter). Screenshots are from the original Avatar: The Last Airbender series and The Legend of Korra: Kya and the Secret of the Sand comic.

Part 1 “My favorite headcanon is Kya spent way too much time with Uncle Zuko and it shows.”

[midnight-blue24]

My husbands been practicing new shading and coloring techniques! Loving this for “The Mask Between Us”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/72313146/chapters/188280556

[nohardheroes]

ZUKO & KATARA

Avatar: Aang, the Last Airbender

→ please don't use, download, or screenshot my gifs without permission or credit! these are specially made and took time to create, so please ask first!

[rifari2037]

That's crazy how Kya resembles Zutara more and more...

Even her face shape looks more like Zuko’s than Katara herself.

[wingchunwaterbender]

[Aang and Zuko in disguise shopping at a local market in the Fire Nation]

Aang: [trying to play it cool] So, Sifu Hotman, what's Katara's favorite color?

Zuko: [eyeing the produce] Red.

Aang: [points] Ha! Wrong! It's orange!

Zuko: [examing two cabbages] No, it's red. She told me like two days ago.

Aang: Oh? Do you know her favorite fruit?

Zuko: [paying the vendor] Mango but she enjoys artic berries when they're in season in the Southern Water Tribe.

Aang: [scratches his head] Huh? I could have swore it was papaya?

Zuko: [stares at Aang] Her birthday is in the summer, she has a scar on her left knee that she got as a kid when Sokka pushed her too hard, and she's quite fond of the aroma of fire noodles despite having a low spice tolerance. I know that you’re looking out for your friend, Aang, but I want you to know that you've got nothing to worry about. Katara and I are good friends now.

Aang: [rubbing the back of his neck] Yeah...that's it.

[augustxcardigan]

Zutara x fortnight

Special thanks to @nohardheroes for letting me use their gifs ☆

[burst-of-iridescent]

yall need to stop this “but katara choose aang!” nonsense because a) idk how she personally told you that when she doesn’t exist and b) even if katara were a real woman, this is some choice feminism bs that willfully ignores a lot of the social pressures and dynamics within heterosexual relationships that kat.aang as a relationship taps into both within the world of atla & as a narrative.

the creators themselves have alluded to the fact that katara & aang’s relationship draws from the trope of a younger boy pining after an older, more mature woman who doesn’t give him the time of day at first but is eventually brought around with his persistence and determination to win her heart.

and this dynamic bleeds through into the show itself, especially when aang is talking to people about katara. he is told multiple times that she’ll come around because he’s the avatar and that all he needs to do is not give up. the social dynamics of the kat.aang relationship even within atla reflects the prevalent narrative around straight relationships in our world: if you keep trying, the girl you like will obviously give you a chance eventually, because how could she not?

that’s troubling enough but then comes the second half of book 3, and now this narrative isn’t reflected just in those around aang, but in aang himself. what began as a sweet, harmless adolescent crush warps into something more dangerous, more familiar: entitlement. the aang of ember island players is one who demands katara’s love, not one who wishes for it. just look at the language used here:

i thought we were going to be together, but we’re not.

why don’t you know?

when is the right time?

the line delivery here is frustrated, almost accusing — this is not the way you talk to a girl you claim to love. this is the irritation of a long-promised reward that continues to be denied, something you wanted but cannot yet possess. this is eerily, intensely reminiscent of real-world gender dynamics, and it continues to be reinforced when katara responds according to the same gendered script:

aang, i don’t know.

we’re in the middle of a war. this isn’t the right time.

i’m sorry but right now, i’m just a little confused.

katara gives neither a yes nor a no but a neutral, noncommittal in-between. her tone and body language are apologetic yet clearly tense, uncomfortable — dancing that fine line most women are familiar with, of having to let down a man yet protect his feelings at the same time.

it’s one thing for the narrative of kat.aang to be misogynistic from a doylist perspective, but when the same applies within a watsonian analysis as well, that’s a far bigger problem. when you set up this dynamic for kat.aang in the show and double down on it as their last romantic interaction, you cannot then remove the implications that follow when katara inexplicably, wordlessly, obediently kisses aang in the finale:

that she loved him because she felt she had to.

because that is the underlying societal expectation of this particular dynamic, the same expectation the show itself has set up within the advice aang receives: that a woman’s affections are owed to the man who fights for them, and if he fulfils his obligations in pursuing her, she will fulfill hers in turn by dutifully rewarding him.

as with women in the real world, no choice katara makes in her world is free of the delicate, insidious entanglement of social pressures and gendered expectations that underlie and drive those choices, even subconsciously.

so yes — katara chose aang. but as the show ends with no insight on her part as to the nature of this choice, the question still remains: did she choose him freely, joyfully, unfettered and unburdened by the weight of expectation? or did she choose him as the girl who always did what had to be done, who took on duties that she was too young to shoulder for the sake of the people she loved, who could never let down the child she fiercely, lovingly protected from the moment she met him?

[susiesundrop]

Ana your last point is particularly interesting because you ask about the context of Katara's choice. You continue the thought experiment that, okay, even as a fictional character, she needs to have motivation for her actions. So what might that motivation be?

I can all but guarantee that if you asked Bryke that question, in 2008 and likely even today in 2024, it'd stop them in their tracks. For as pro-Kat.aang as they are, I don't think they'd say, "Katara chose Aang freely and joyfully, irrespective of any societal expectations put upon her." That's because they haven't thought about the societal expectations. They stopped at "Aang gets Katara, game over."

To convey Katara's reasoning for choosing Aang, you'd unavoidably need to transmit her thoughts and feelings to the audience. We know Aang's thoughts and feelings by the finale. Katara's are inscrutable. She has no voice, Little Mermaid-style. Speaking of which—

You'll have your looks! Your pretty face! And don't underestimate the importance of body language! Ha! The men up there don't like a lot of blabber They think a girl who gossips is a bore Yes, on land it's much preferred For ladies not to say a word And, after all, dear, what is idle prattle for? Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation True gentlemen avoid it when they can But they dote and swoon and fawn On a lady who's withdrawn It's she who holds her tongue who gets her man

Cool!

[blossomsbandit]

zutara but it's "the parent trap" where zuko, the crown prince of the fire nation and katara, master waterbender, have an affair in the earth kingdom. katara gets pregnant with twins, but their differences force them go separate ways. they take one child with them to their respective homes, keeping the existence of the other sister in secret.

izumi is raised in the fire nation by her father, fire lord zuko.

kya is raised in wolf cove by her mother, ambassador katara

ten years later, izumi and kya meet during a summer camp at republic city and realize that, despite the difference of their clothes and eyes, they resemble each other and even share the same birthday.

this is where they act a plan to get their parents to cross paths again. each girl tries their best to impersonate the other: switching clothes, hairstyles, learning each other's gestures and learning about their lifestyles. everything has to be as perfect as possible.

kya travels to the fire nation and meets grandpa uncle iroh, their dragon druk, and zuko's apathetic fiancée.

izumi travels to wolf cove and meets her grandfather hakoda and uncle sokka.

distressed about zuko's future engagement, kya sends a letter to izumi in order to propose a location where their parents can find each other again. iroh, who has discovered the twin's swap and plans to aid them, proposes zuko to take his daughter with him to meet his future parents-in-law in omashu. what zuko doesn't know is that he's not going to omashu, but to ba sing se for the upcoming nation's summit.

zuko and katara eventually meet at king kuei's palace during the summit and realize that their daughters secretly changed identities. during dinner, they reminisce about their past and the decision to follow different careers. zuko learns about katara's dedication to politics, healing and bringing back the waterbending culture to the south pole; while katara discovers the reforms done in the fire nation under his reign, and his plans to marry for the nation's stability. although katara is disappointed by zuko's engagement, they ultimately decide not to resume their relationship despite their daughters' efforts at rekindling, but agree about shared custody.

after attending the summit, while everybody prepares to go home, the twins propose a family trip to republic city to spend time together one last time. it's during the trip that zuko and katara realize that they're still in love with each other.

days later, the four of them meet in the fire nation. zuko and katara promise to never let go of each other and pursue a life together dedicated to rebuilding the world.

[darklinaforever]

Literally... Aang really don't change. Still behaving ridiculously. He hasn't changed at all since he was 12, even though he's a young adult.

[linnoya-writes]

Okay so, now after seeing the film (twice) and studying the emotional beats prior to this scene… you know what I see?

I see Bryke trying to force-feed the idea that Aang is now the “dad” of the Gaang [insert world’s largest eye-roll] and naturally Katara continues to be the “mom” as she’s always been.

But what Bryke probably didn’t bank on was how the tone and framing of this kind of ethical/moral kerfuffle between Aang and Katara would come across as something that’s occurred many times in the past decade of their relationship.

It truly does look like Katara has had to de-escalate Aang’s moods time and again, and you even have Toph/Sokka/Zuko there as the “kids” at the window, witnessing their “parents” fighting and not even pretending to not have noticed it before anymore, based on their faces. 😞

We can even imagine and replace sad-looking Toph/Sokka/Zuko with [gasp!]… Bumi/Kya/Tenzin as children …looking at the window at “mom” and “dad” and the dynamic and tone wouldn’t really change at all. 😞

…because Aang would still want to prioritize his own needs about getting more Airbenders on earth as soon as possible, by all means necessary, not having the patience to wait for Tenzin to come of age when there’s a magical staff out there to bypass the waiting time.

[sokkastyles]

Again, like, it's so weird to me that this is framed as bringing back Aang's people when the obvious reply is that it won't. It won't bring back the air nomads. It won't diminish the deaths of all the people Aang knew. What it might do is give people airbending through magic, which you would think Aang would be against. Part of why this behavior feels so hurtful to Katara is that it doesn't really make sense for Aang to want this so badly.

[ilyzsue]

Drew this one a while ago!

[meralynx]

Zutara got me out of my art block.

Kinda messy. I haven't drawn digitally in a while.

[ijustneedsomefunformyday]

[xxmilkandsugarxx]

Back at it again with a fun modern AU!

White lotus cafe au:

As a favor to an old friend, Pakku, Iroh takes in his (step)granddaughter, Katara, while she figures out what's next for her in life. After leaving college after only two years, Katara feels adrift. In her hometown, she is seen as Kya's echo, and after trying so hard to be what everyone wanted her to be, she is drained.

Now in Ba Sing Se, working at the White Lotus Cafe and living above it with her new (annoying, rude, grumpy, and maybe a little hot...) roommate/manager, Katara just hopes she can reclaim herself before she murders or sleeps with Zuko...

[one-hundred-percent-zutara]

Oops~ one last teaser before I post the actual thing :O

[whentheynameyoujoy]

Yup, Sure Was a Finale

I had an epiphany. The reason why I never re-watched the final two parts of Sozin’s Comet even though I’ve popped in episodes at random many times over the years isn’t that I can’t bear the sadness of seeing one of the best, most engaging narratives out there come to an end.

It’s simply that the finale isn’t all that good.

Some honorable mentions of what was enjoyable.

(+) This

Just this.

(+) The Church of Zutara has another convert

“Are you sure they don’t get together?” Hubster, 2020

(+) The tragedy of Azula

And the fact that it’s acknowledged as such. I hope Zuko will do his best to get her help and have a relationship with her…

(+) Sokka being a big bro

And the whole airship sequence in general. It’s wonderfully paced and plotted, with moments of humor, real stakes, Toph being both badass and a scared crying kid, Sokka strategizing and protecting, Suki saving the day, and non-benders being instrumental in thwarting the bad guy firebender’s plans. Would be shame if Bryke never portrayed them this capable ever again…

And now for the main course.

(-) Blink and its over

The wrap-up feels too quick (hashtag Needs More ROtK-style False Endings). A part of this is due to how fast the story goes from the thick of the action to hastily tying up a bunch of loose ends, but the larger issue is how Book 3’s uneven pacing comes home to roost. After spending half a season on filler episodes that at best subtly flesh out established characters while dancing around a huge lionturtle-shaped hole, and at worst contradict the theme of “no one is born bad” with “you’re a hot mess because your great-grandfathers didn’t get along too well”, the frantic “go go go” rush of the second half screeches to a halt with “they won and everyone was happy because now the right people have power and it will be all good from now on yup nothing more to deal with baiiiii”.

Yes, I know, it’s a kids’ show. But goddamn, this particular kids’ show has proven so many times it can do better than the expected tropiness. Showing the characters in their roles as builders of a new world was the least that could have been done.

Oh well!

(-) Ursa

We’ll never know. There will never be a story that delves into this. Yup. Shall forever remain but an intriguing mystery. Is good, though. Mystery is better than a story where Ursa shares her son’s penchant for forgetfulness. Imagine how embarrassing that would be. Speaking of which…

(-) What does Mai see in this jerkbender?

Look, I like to harp a lot on the mess of inconsistent writing that’s Mai but let’s unpack this scene from her perspective, shall we?

Zuko forgot about her! It totally slipped his mind that the one person who prioritized the safety of his dumb ass was rotting in the worst prison in the Fire Nation—because of him! And she was rotting there long enough after the final Agni Kai for the news of Zuko’s upcoming coronation to spread and her uncle to feel sufficiently secure to release her. But then the coronation scene is attended by every single member of Gaang & Friends that was imprisoned?

So what this tells me is that either a) the invasion force had the ability to break themselves out the whole time and for some reason decided not to exercise it until after the war was over, b) Zuko forgot about them as well and no one thought to remind him there were prisons full of POWs until Mai arrived, or, and that’s even better, c) Zuko took care to free every single resistance fighter while making sure Mai would be the one to stay behind bars.

Never thought I’d say this but Mai? Honey? You deserve so much better.

(-) “What does Katara want?”

Asked no one in the writers’ room ever, apparently.

This is not so much anti Cataang as anti romance stories that pay attention to the needs, opinions, and wants of only one partner in general. Over the previous 60 episodes, Katara actively expressed romantic interest in Aang exactly, wait for it,

Once.

And it got retconned out of relevance by the following two interactions where the possibility of a romantic relationship came up, making the Headband dance pretty easy to reclassify as just one of those examples where Aang “teaches” Katara to have fun (as if one of the main obstacles to her having fun wasn’t him constantly fooling around and offloading his duties). And because the writers not only didn’t succeed in portraying Katara’s internal state of mind, but also failed to root her reluctance to pursue a relationship in outside circumstances that could change, her sudden state of unconfused once Aang steps into the spotlight has a single canonical explanation that as much as approaches coherency.

The fact is, though, that trying to interpret canon Cataang from a Watsonian perspective is an exercise in foolishness. Because there is no Watsonian justification for the ship and never has been. Bryke simply conceived of Katara as nothing but a tropey prize for Aang, never saw her as anything beyond that, and were perfectly happy to go on and immortalize her as a passive broodmare for the rest of her life.

And I fully intend to die mad about it.

(-) Iroh dips

OK, it’s been long apparent that the show doesn’t intend to do anything about Iroh’s complicity in AzulOzai’s regime in any meaningful way, and that his sole motivation for doing anything whatsoever is Zuko whom he views as a replacement son which is supposed to be good for some reason. But the finale has him abandon even that, and instead turns him full-on YOLO, idgaf anymore. It really throws Iroh’s supposed love for Zuko into doubt when his last act in the entire show is to take a half-educated 16-year old with no political savvy or an heir to secure a dynastic continuity and plomp him on the throne of a war-mongering imperialist regime where the entirety of the militarist and ruling class is guaranteed to fight him tooth and nail for power.

(I sure hope Mai’s ready to start popping out babies by tea-time otherwise the whole country is fukd in about a week)

Christ, how hard would it be to have Iroh keep the throne warm for a few years while Zuko is getting ready to succeed him? Not only would it make the whole FN reformation bit quite likelier to occur, it would require Iroh’s hedonistic ass to actually sacrifice something for once. And not having Zuko ascend to power, instead spending some time bettering and educating himself first, would be a wonderful message that no matter what you endured and overcame, you never stop growing. A kids’ show, remember?

(-) The conquering of Ba Sing Se

Gee, I feel so blessed to have my attention diverted from battlefields which actually matter to an old dude vanity project I would have been perfectly happy to assume resolved itself off-screen.

The White Lotus in general just bugs me. I was fine with the individual characters and their overall passivity when they were portrayed as lone dissenters living under circumstances where it wasn’t really possible for any single person to mount a meaningful resistance. But as members of a far-reaching shadowy organization that’s left the real fight to a bunch of kids for 59 episodes straight and didn’t turn up until a perfect opportunity presented itself to take control of the largest city in the world and bask in the spotlight?

Yeah, no.

Similarly to the lionturtle-ex-machina, the White Lotus represents a huge missed opportunity for a season-long storytelling. Here’s just a brief list of what they could have been doing throughout Book 3:

orchestrating a Fire Nation uprising;

gathering those directly persecuted by AzulOzai’s regime to help Zuko keep his hold on power once he’s crowned;

establishing themselves as a viable alternative to Ozai;

sabotaging Fire Nation’s war efforts from the inside;

countering Fire Nation propaganda (Asha Greyjoy’s pinecones, anyone?);

running a supply network to alleviate the suffering of Earth Kingdom citizens.

Instead, they sit on their asses until the time comes to claim personal glory.

You know what, good on Bryke for making me conclude that in comparison, the Freedom Fighters were perfectly unproblematic, actually.

(-) Fire Lord Dead-by-Dawn

Yes, a kids’ show, I know! But ffs, this is the same kids’ show that came up with Long Feng and portrayed courtly intrigue, kingly puppets, secret police, spy networks, and information wars. Was it really too much of me to expect something other than “enlightened despot solves everything”? Especially if said enlightened despot has persisting anger issues, no personal support system, no base of followers, and no political experience whatsoever?

If Zuko’s actually serious about regaining the Fire Nation’s honor (i.e. by dismantling the country’s military machine, decolonizing the Earth Kingdom, paying reparations to everyone and their lemur, and funding any and all cultural restoration projects Aang and the SWT come up with), then there is no way, no way in the universe that he doesn’t face a civil war, deposing, and execution within a month.

One reason why his future as a Fire Lord seems rather bleak is that little’s been shown about the actual subjects of AzulOzai’s regime. While we get a vague reassurance that “no Toph, they’re not born bad” (le shockings), they largely remain a voiceless uniform mass of brainwashed clapping seals. What is their view on the Fire Nation’s crimes? Do they associate their condition with their country’s war-mongering? How will they react when Zuko starts dismantling the country piece by piece to rebuild it, bringing it to economic ruin? What will they do when noble Ozai loyalists come out of the woodwork and begin rounding them up under the banner of “Make the Fire Nation Great Again?”

I have no idea, and Zuko doesn’t either because he’s unironically more qualified to rule the Earth Kingdom than his own people.

You know what would have been better? Fire Lord Iroh, White Lotus pulling the strings to maintain the regime, and Crown Prince/People’s Champion Zuko travelling the Fire Nation with Aang and an army of tutors to promote the new boss, only to realize that absolute monarchy is kinda crap for the people he’s one day supposed to rule and gaining their support by ceding some power to them.

I’d laser holes into my TV due to how much I’d enjoy watching that.

(-) All hail Avatar Rock

Literally and metaphorically. Aang doesn’t sacrifice anything, gets everything, and the clever solution of going about getting said everything is handed to him on a silver platter, requiring no active participation on his part whatsoever.

He doesn’t work to unblock his chakras, spiritually or physically.

He only speaks to his past lives to get a pat on the back and a bow-tied solution he could mindlessly follow.

Energy-bending doesn’t require any sacrifice from him, leaves no lasting marks, and only serves for the narrative to praise him as the rare individual that’s unbendable and thus so very very special.

The most infuriating thing is, however, that Aang is clearly shown as being able to beat Ozai without either the Avatar state, or energy-bending.

And he chooses not to. From this moment on, Aang no longer fights to save the world. He fights to preserve his beliefs, going directly against the instructions of his past lives and effectively reneging on his duties as the Avatar.

Again.

It’s not like you can’t portray Aang’s faithfulness to his spiritual beliefs as the key to beating Ozai and saving the world. But that’s not what the show did. There is no link between Aang sparing Ozai and securing a better future, quite to the contrary—Ozai’s survival ends up being a massive problem for the continuation of Zuko’s rule, and consequently a threat to the world at large. His survival benefits Aang and no one else.

Aang’s spiritual purity and his status as a savior of the world are allowed to coexist only due to a deliberate stroke of a writer’s pen.

And I hate it.

Welp, nothing to do about it now except to bury myself up to my tits in fix-it fics I guess.

[crabby-samantha]

Back on my bullshit (paintedspirit fanart)