Hiranneth

Star Wars | Marvel | Tolkien | ATLA | i write things.

[hirannethwrites]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

A tale of a Beorning and an Elf of Gondolin, and the cost of their devotion admist the fall of Arda.

[jen-iii]

The Estate's Secret The Earth's Champion

[biby-24k]

made this edit with katara's original nose

[hirannethwrites]

There is something tolkienesque about Zutara.

[justshipsandstuff]

Zuko’s lesson: “If you think chasing after the Avatar and friends is hard, try travelling with them”

[hirannethwrites]

This comic is quite concerning to me.

It's framed as romantic. Aangsty.

I think it's anything but that.

Aang tries to pry an answer out of Katara about their kiss before the invasion. She avoids the topic, as she has done so before. Aang’s frustration produces a dangerous lava blast. Katara has to hide behind a pillar to avoid getting singed. Its dangerous. Its reckless. But Katara immediately redirects sympathy toward his fear of him being the one harmed.

Once again, it's Katara - despite nearly getting walloped - that reassures him. That she's 'fine'; even praising him. Her fright and the recklessness of what he did are barely acknowledged.

Now it's worth noting Aang doesn't deliberately try and hurt Katara, but its absolutely a point-blank showcase of Aang losing control and endangering Katara because he cannot consider her romantic boundaries.

Does he apologise? Yes. But in the end his actions are still framed as 'valid.'

That to me, is a little bit toxic. And what's more is that we see glimpses of this in the Atla movie - this is something that Aang has never grown from. Concerning.

[sokkastyles]

This comic makes Aang saying he's so angry about the play in EIP that he might go into the avatar State right before he blames katara for her portrayal onstage and demands that she be his girlfriend even more terrifying.

Like, I can imagine the writers being like "Aang and Katara need to have a discussion about their relationship" and coming up with something that makes it even worse.

[hirannethwrites]

"Aang and Katara need to have a discussion about their relationship." *comes up with some massive breaches of consent and just all-round dismissive behaviour*

[redbelles]

ZUTARA + PARALLELS PART TWO:

You rise with the moon; I rise with the sun.

[hirannethwrites]

This comic is quite concerning to me.

It's framed as romantic. Aangsty.

I think it's anything but that.

Aang tries to pry an answer out of Katara about their kiss before the invasion. She avoids the topic, as she has done so before. Aang’s frustration produces a dangerous lava blast. Katara has to hide behind a pillar to avoid getting singed. Its dangerous. Its reckless. But Katara immediately redirects sympathy toward his fear of him being the one harmed.

Once again, it's Katara - despite nearly getting walloped - that reassures him. That she's 'fine'; even praising him. Her fright and the recklessness of what he did are barely acknowledged.

Now it's worth noting Aang doesn't deliberately try and hurt Katara, but its absolutely a point-blank showcase of Aang losing control and endangering Katara because he cannot consider her romantic boundaries.

Does he apologise? Yes. But in the end his actions are still framed as 'valid.'

That to me, is a little bit toxic. And what's more is that we see glimpses of this in the Atla movie - this is something that Aang has never grown from. Concerning.

[the-badger-mole]

have you seen the new Obsession movie? does it give you any thoughts about aang or k/t//ng?

It's the fact that in both couples, the male lead imposes on the girl's autonomy instead of actually having an honest conversation with her about his feelings (Bear with his wish and Aang with thinking that forcing a kiss on Katara solidified his claim on her). Obviously, Obsession isn't operating under the delusion that Bear is the hero in the story, so it's a lot more honest about what a nightmare that experience was for Nikki, but seeing how Katara was written post ATLA and what her dynamic with Aang was like, it would be incredibly easy to make that relationship into a similar horror story.

[canonspyglass]

Creators : Kataang forever!

Me : Cool. Convince Me

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Creators : 😄

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[hirannethwrites]

Here's a controversial take from watching Obsession: if Aang had that One Wish Willow, he would've totally gone the Bear route.

#oopIsaidwhatIsaid #teehee

[elizzieblack]

Bryke: let's create Katara, the romantic love interest for Aang.

Atla Writers: let's make Katana the heart of the group.

Atla Writers: let's make Katara an extrovert.

Atla Writers: let's make Katara a waterbending prodigy.

Atla Writers: let's make Katara hyperindependent.

Atla Writers: let's make Katara the ultimate moral compass.

Atla Writers: let's make Katara the ultimate boss and teach her blood bending.

Fandom: *falls in love with Katara*

Bryke: s**t she's too independent for Aang.

Bryke: let's convert Katara into Aang's yes woman.

Bryke: why does everybody hate Kataang so much?

[hirannethwrites]

Ive posted this on KN, but why do you think they made Taaga a male airbender rather a female? I sure have my theories, Bryke. Gotta push that Kataang narrative forward somehow.

In the original script, its been confirmed that katara [at the end of the movie] was gonna tell Aang she was pregnant after all. (Which makes sense why they cut it out, bc then it would remove the importance of the entire plot anyway.) Yikes.

[sokkastyles]

Taga is male for the same reason why people are upset about Aang yelling at Katara. Because only another man can understand Aang's super special man pain. It's the same reason Aang's airbending heir has to male. The same reason Aang can't share his culture with Katara and why the narrative tells us that Katara could never understand Aang the way a strange man he just met can.

The script originally having Katara be pregnant is something I totally believe, because the message at the end of the movie seems to be that Aang needs to learn that the "proper" way to bring back airbenders is the good old fashioned way. I'm also willing to speculate that the original script did more with that flashback with Gyatso (considering how it seems out of place with the finished movie) and emphasizing Aang's need for a male presence who truly understands him, unlike his wife who is such a drag. Someone probably said that they should tone down the misogyny a bit so some of that stuff was removed.

[x-v-1-x-3-n-x]

they also had to change it, otherwise Aang would have gotten his pregnant wife killed dead and that just isnt a good look for their nuclear family traditional values

[sokkastyles]

Oh, shit, you're right! If Katara had discovered that she was pregnant at the end of all that, would she be so forgiving of Aang?

[hirannethwrites]

I think it wouldn't matter atp. Her character is a husk of itself in the movie. Pretty sad, considering how f**n cool she was in the og series. :/

[thezutarchive]

In what universe would Katara pick Baldie over a Byronic ninja king with impeccable hair and a literal fuckin dragon

[hirannethwrites]

Ive posted this on KN, but why do you guys think they made Taaga a male airbender rather than a female? I sure have my theories, Bryke.

Gotta push that Kataang narrative forward somehow.

In the original script, its been confirmed that katara [at the end of the movie] was gonna tell Aang she was pregnant after all. (Which makes sense why they cut it out, bc then it would remove the importance of the entire plot anyway?) Yikes.

Edit: I'm not attacking Kataangeroos fyi, everyone is welcome to ship what they ship. I'm just pointing out some stuff I *personally* found questionable. (Mainly with the girlfriendification of Katara's personality/arc :( )

[hirannethwrites]

Was rewatching ATLA, and just realised this lil detail. Is that a dragon crown? Hmm....very interesting choice on the animators' part 😉 *strokes beard*

Did anyone else notice this detail? What are your thoughts?

[tanoraqui]

underrated funny element of Lord of the Rings is that the prophecy about how “no man” shall kill the Witch-King, foreseen and spoken by a mighty elf-lord of old…is from Glorfindel. You know, our buddy Glorfindel, from Rivendell? Who picked the hobbits & Aragorn up for the last few miles to the valley, pursued by the Ringwraiths? Which he did because he is, yes, a mighty-elf-lord of old—but his primary and in fact only role in the story is as basically a high-stakes emergency uber guy. Also, when I say “mighty elf-lord of old”, I DO mean he’s a hero of the First Age, a lord of Gondolin ere its fall, famed for slaying a Balrog to safeguard the retreat from that grand city, now reborn & returned to Middle Earth to help fight evil…and he gave that prophecy about the Witch-King in like the mid-Third Age just ~2,000 years ago, like 5,000 years AFTER his epic Balrog duel. For the Men, this is a Huge Thing of Yore; for Glorfindel, it was, like, not just another Tuesday, but maybe a serious Saturday; and also he’s still here, just ubering lost hobbits.