"You really want Katara to become Fire Lady and spend her life improving the nation that committed cultural genocide against hers?"
YOU KNOW WHAT YES I DO BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HER ARC. SHE LEARNS THAT NOT ALL BENDING IS BAD AND NOT ALL BENDING IS GOOD, AND THAT BY EXTENSION NOT ONE NATION OF PEOPLE IS ENTIRELY BAD OR GOOD. SHE CANONICALLY HELPS FIRE NATION PEOPLE AS THE PAINTED LADY AND WHEN SHE DEFIES HAMA TO SAVE THE CIVILIANS SHE IMPRISONED. THIS IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF HER STORY THAT IN HER LAST FIGHT SCENE OF THE ENTIRE SHOW, SHE LITERALLY SUBDUES ONE FIREBENDER WHO REPRESENTS THE EVILS OF THE FIRE NATION AND WAS NAMED AFTER THE FIRE LORD WHO ORDERED THE FIRST RAIDS ON HER VILLAGE IN ORDER TO HELP ANOTHER FIREBENDER WHO EARNED HER FORGIVENESS AND SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO SAVE HER, THEREBY RESTORING BALANCE TO THE ELEMENTS BY SUPPORTING NATIONAL UNITY AND JUDGING PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR CHARACTERS RATHER THAN THEIR BACKGROUNDS.









