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Katara, Consumed by Destiny: The Search!

Viewing the A:TLA universe back to front is an amazing experience. We went through all four books of LOK and the first two parts of Smoke and Shadow before we even saw Katara in a fight scene! In The Rift, we saw her fighting (almost exclusively whenever Aang or Sokka was in danger), but she never got a character development path of her own.

Things are going to change with The Search, I’m sure. After all, Zuko is looking for his mother and is taking the GAang along to help him. Since Katara is basically the mother of the group, I am sure she’ll have plenty of agency and dialogue centered around her as we delve into the second comics series.

Right?

Oh, wow. She’s not even on the cover of this one.

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#zutara #anti bryke #kataang

I also like how Bryke purposely inserted a line in the comic from Ursa saying that “love heads where love heads, regardless of age”. Which is so hilarious, its like Bryke’s last ditch effort to counter the anti-Kataang arguments. Also, isn’t it just sooo ironic that they insinuate that love goes wherever it goes, (it flows naturally) when all the Kataang moments in the show were literally all forced.

KATAANGERS: “ZUTARIANS SHIP ZUKO AND KATARA CUZ THEY PROJECT THEMSELVES ONTO THE CHARACTERS”

Also Kataangers: LoK proves Zutara is wrong and never meant to be

Also LoK:

A:tLA Co-Writer/Kataang shipper Michael Dante Dimartino:

Adult Aang:

According to the Legacy of the Fire Nation book, Iroh apparently named a tea after Aang & Katara’s relationship.

It’s called Maternitea because of Katara’s place as his mother figure. >:)

Wait but for real tho, did he actually name one of his brews? And did they name it after Kataang? Btw, I think Bryke or Ehasz (prolly the latter since he’s the one who made Iroh who he is) should start a Jasmine Dragon in real life, where us Zutarians just go there and ship our favorite two bunnies

I've noticed that women tend to ship Zutara more and men Kataang. I've watched a few live reactions to episodes and the women almost always go for Zutara and the one time I watched an all men reaction they all exclaimed: 'that's Aang's girl!' which was gross and made me question a lot about how men and women view Katara as a person and value what she actually wants. Just an observation.

Does anyone have data on this? That’s been my personal experience as well, but it’d be helpful to have a survey to see if this is statistically true.

Coming from a guy, my take on it is just that girls tend to see relationships for what they are: trust, overcoming challenges, compatibility... all that good stuff. Then you have some guys (not all of us) just kinda being... a little possessive... *sighs*

Getting into the the ATLA fandom has been a WILD ride, let me tell you - I just found Mr. Police’s blog yesterday 🤣 Anyway, he called you “he” when referring to you (while expressing scorn that you call yourself a “fan” while *gasp* criticizing things in canon), and don’t answer this question if you don’t want to, but ... are you a man?? It’s just so rare that I find Tumblrs with meta run by men, that I just kinda assume all of you are women ... silly me, I know.

Nope, I’m female. Probably the only one you know who can push 500 lbs on a seated leg press, but still. :)

Damn girl, 500 lbs!!!

I LOVE ZUTARA

I just want to say that as a Zutara shipper, I am not that disappointed that Zutara wasn’t canon. Our OTP didn’t get canonized, BIG RIP, but so what? Look at what happened to Kataang, frickin Bryke inadvertently produced anti-Kataang material with their “great” writing. Our ship is faring much better within our hearts, our fics, our art... it has, effectively, been immortalized. I LOVE THIS SHIP, AND I LOVE Y’ALL MY FELLOW ZUTARA SHIPPERS, SHIP ON!!!!

#zuko #katara #zutara

When Aaron Exposes you

#zutara #katara #aang #zuko #anti-kataang

I’m a little confused, who was exposed by our boi Aaron?

#zutara

BRYKE: FANDOM’S BIGGEST ZUTARA SHIPPERS

Yes, it is indeed kinda ironic how these extremely anti-zutara bois actually gave Zutarians the best evidence for just exactly why Zutara would have worked or at the very least: why Kataang would’ve failed.

Zuko’s Sacrifice

No one talks about the gravity of the situation Zuko was in and what he was willing to give up. Zuko was willing to sacrifice being Fire Lord. And him being Fire Lord was essential to end the war. In other words, he literally sacrificed peace for Katara. Zuko didn’t have to sacrifice his life for her, but he wanted to. Because that just how precious he thinks her life is. He risked more thank just his life. He sacrificed world peace for her. In other words, Zuko jumping in front of Katara was a complete knee jerk reaction on his part because of a subconscious need to protect her.

Others argue that he would have done this for anyone in the Gaang and maybe, yeah. But in this very moment we have to consider everything that happened

From then…

To now…

Katara was the first person Zuko let touch his scar

Zuko was the one Katara trusted to talk about her mother’s death in greater detail. And the one who brought her to the man who killed her.

Katara helped Zuko face his uncle after he betrayed him

All these things led up to this moment. And there are people who don’t think he sacrificed anything by jumping in front of that lightening bolt. But I just think they don’t see what exactly he was willing to lose. But you know who did?

She did

The moment he was struck she knew exactly what he was risking. Which is why she looks so pissed while healing him. In her mind she’s thinking. “What the fuck? How could you be so stupid? Risking your life like that. If you die there will be no peace, you stup- You’re alive!!! Oh thank the spirits!!!”

Zuko cared for world peace and balance above all else because that was his destiny. And that’s why this scene is so significant! Because how important does someone have to be to risk all that?… Pretty damn important! Because Zuko knew in his heart that he would rather die and she live than than live in a world where Katara does not exist.

In other words, Zuko’s sacrifice is the purest form of love I have ever seen.

lesbian-suki

Kinda sad how so many people think that this automatically means he’s in love with her, and not that they had a deep, platonic bond. Nothing here proves a romantic link.

soopersara

Kinda sad how so many people think that “a deep, platonic bond” isn’t also love. You don’t have to ship it. I won’t try to change anyone’s mind if they don’t interpret their bond as romantic. But that deep bond? That’s still love.

PLATONIC LOVE EXISTS AND IS IMPORTANT

lesbian-suki

I very clearly used “love” in the romantic sense when I said he wasn’t in love with her. Platonic love is very clearly implied in “deep, platonic bond.” You are just repeating my point.

soopersara

Ah, but you missed the whole fucking point.

We agree that Zuko and Katara were important to one another.

We just interpret the love between them differently.

You don’t have to ship it. You don’t have to interpret that bond as romantic. But we have as much right to our interpretation of the show as you. And for fuck’s sake, if you’re that viscerally opposed to seeing people take the romantic interpretation, what are you doing looking at Zutara blogs?

lesbian-suki

That wasn’t your point in your reply. Your point was that platonic love is important. You are trying to switch points.

This post showed up under the anti-zutara tag. That’s why I’m here.

… I never tagged this as anti-Zutara so I don’t know what you’re taking about. Also my blog name is the literally opposite of an anti Zutara blog. Why comment on something you don’t agree with? Why make unnecessary comments at all if not to stoke anger? You don’t see me going on your posts or Kataang posts saying “Umm actually…” I don’t know what you’re trying to accomplish by causing negativity and starting discourse, but I wish you the best 😊

merrrcurius

@lesbian-suki the same could be said for kataang. the romance was completely one-sided. and strictly speaking in terms of platonic love, the odds are not in kataang’s favor, either. i, personally, do not see how the show proves there was any romantic link between katara and aang.

for context, my deepest friendship’s have been forged through mutual understanding of one another’s pain; the ability to empathize, to know what someone is going through and offer a haven of comfort/support or solutions. and imo, aang was not able to provide these things.

there were many times that aang lied straight to the gaang’s face, dipped out sporadically without telling them where he was going and knowingly putting himself and others in danger because of this, had a complete disregard to save the world in which his friends basically had to drag him through it via their disappointment in him or his own personal image - not out of a moral sense of duty, and even withheld important information containing the whereabouts of their father whom they had not seen in YEARS… and his excuse was that he had been afraid they would leave him - as if him staying with them was not an option? and to make matters worse, they had made huge detour’s off course… FOR LESS.

i don’t think people realize how big of a deal that is, trustworthiness considered. as someone who has lost a father, this was a huge fuck-up on aang’s part, of which he had never fully had to makeup for. they left, came back to fight zuko and june, then it was over. and it. was never. discussed. again. he never even apologized properly!

i think, because of aang’s past actions, this is why he was not the one katara and sokka turned to when it came time to make difficult decisions of helping/avenging their parents. he didn’t understand where they were coming from and he couldn’t give them the support they needed. instead, he used shallow avatar advice that he himself could hardly follow.

zuko, however, was right beside them, for better or worse. and even though it probably wasn’t the best of ideas or the best way to go about it, he knew it was something they needed to do, otherwise they couldn’t move on.

although zuko was an enemy for most of the show, he was honest about his intentions. he never pretended to be their friends, never lied to them, and he won all of his fights fair and square. he stayed with the group even though they hated him at first and he refused to walk away from their ridicule. and when he apologized, he actually looked like he felt deep remorse for his actions.

there were many ways for zuko to connect with not only katara, but everyone else in the group because of the suffering he had gone through, and was still willing to go through for them and the cause. he knew he had an empire on his shoulders from the very beginning and he chose to be the best he could be in order to serve his nation.

when i see these scenes that OP has given us, i see all of the times aang could have been a better friend, but wasn’t. he tried to pull the avatar card many times, yet when it came time to make actual hard avatar decisions, he flaked. if i had to choose a best friend, it certainly would not be aang. and i honestly don’t know how bryke thought they could base a relationship off of a friendship as weak as that. they were petty af and instead of ending a kids show with a group hug as would befit and sum up the entirety of the show, they ended it with a stupid kiss.