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[sokkastyles]

The thing about zutara is that from a writing perspective, something happens that is, I think, coincidental but only enhances them as parallels, and that's "pair the spares" syndrome.

Zuko is never the main villain. Katara is never the main character. People have pointed out that they always end up together in the finale of each season. The main villain of season one is Zhao, so what is Katara going to do? She fights Zuko. The main villain of season two is Azula, so what will Katara do? Bond with and experience heart-breaking betrayal from Zuko. Aang fights Ozai in the finale, so what should Katara do? You guessed it, she's helping Zuko fight Azula!

The fact that you can actually trace a developing narrative following both characters' growth revolving around each other is also crazy.

[darklinaforever]

Well, I'm shocked. So shocked. Here's why, (for this disgusting person) Katara shouldn't have a statue:

I'm shocked.

@sokkastyles

[arctik-fox]

[wolfythewitch]

Dog years

[five-flavor-soup]

firelord zuko who loves going to the southern water tribe not just bc it makes katara happy but also bc he’s treated like a normal guy and is put to work and only needs to do breathing exercises to remain optimally warm. not only is he meditating as he goes, he can make himself SO useful outside of the politics of it all. kanna doesn’t feel like using the spark rocks for a fire? chop chop blowtorch boy, the fire won’t start itself. they need hot water? yeah katara’s boy can heat that up in a few seconds and he can also do the laundry. he’ll get to you in a minute he’s making me tea. hakoda is like mom you can’t just demand the firelord does chores and kanna goes well he’s not the firelord here is he. hashtag not my firelord. and don’t pretend you didn’t come in here to take him hunting. zuko is like oh i can tag along if you need me to and kanna goes no you need to do dishes after that tea is done. hakoda slinks back out and is like sorry boys the space heater can’t go, and sokka is like ah fuck. is gran-gran hogging him again. i was hoping he could warm my hands when they get cold. and katara goes well i wish you would all stop stealing my boyfriend but we can’t all get what we want can we sokka.

[jocu1atrix]

The powerful bender is Katara btw. *ahem* Moses *ahem*

[burst-of-iridescent]

idk man just having a lot of thoughts about how loving katara was aang’s downfall, but zuko’s triumph. how they’re both struck and permanently scarred by azula’s lightning because of their love for her but in aang’s case it’s a tragedy, something that could have been averted if he’d let go of her, whereas in zuko’s case it’s his absolution, the final step in his redemption. how their scars mirror each other, with aang’s scar on his back because he turned his back on his duty to save katara, but zuko’s scar on his chest because saving her was his duty, bringing him back full circle to the heart of who he is - someone who protects the innocent, no matter what the cost. 

in the end, aang’s love for katara dooms him while zuko’s love for katara saves him, and i just think there’s something so beautifully poetic about that. 

[lotustiled]

zuko and katara attempt to soft parent the gaang (and fail)

[antermarisart]

I might not like the movie but I love their design.

I read somewhere that Katara had secret healing sessions with Zuko so... ;D

[burst-of-iridescent]

it’s lowkey incredibly funny how much the adult gaang movie desperately tries to retroactively erase every single zutara moment from the original show. chest scar magically gone while aang’s is as intact as ever. zuko saving toph from falling rocks because the tsr rocks scene they created as shipping fodder did its job too well. apprently covid’s become a thing in atla universe because zuko and katara are social distancing at all times. a “haha!gotchu!” throwback to a joke about how they could Never Be A Couple Where Did You Even Get That Idea You Must Be Crazy (and the joke is made specifically with the old versions of the characters because No One is allowed to imagine that even in their last years of their lives these two could be together). zuko is big and buff but aang is big and just-as-buff — even tho you’d think airbenders would genetically be lean and lanky due to the whole flying and reducing wind resistance and difference in diet thing, but whatever — because god forbid katara or any other stupid females watching thirst for the wrong guy. not a single word exchanged between two people whose last official interaction was one taking lightning for the other & the other weeping tears of joy as she brought him back to life. makes sense that those two people wouldn’t be friends. or touch. or make eye contact once in almost 2 hours.

it’s almost commendable that my expectations were low and this movie still managed to go even lower. going out of your way to tear down your fandom’s biggest ship, and its largely female fanbase, at the cost of flanderizing and lobotomizing your characters and their canonical intimacy and friendship, almost 20 years later, is honestly pathetic behaviour.

[lukasadss]

Don't forget to cozy up to your walking space heater on cold days

[RB]

[pokidokieships]

A kiss that feels like home….

[softkombuchaa]

Off duty

[yawnzshit]

i am not okay actually. gnawing on the bars of my enclosure rn.

[yaraef]

I was conflicted on what the size of the pendant should be... In the end, I just thought: Why not? Go big or...

[didules]

Napping in a safe and happy place.

[demaparbat-hp]

a honest question, you zutara fans really like the idea of katara as fire lady (ruling the nation responsible for her tribe's violence) which is funny because somehow zuko giving up his throne to join the water tribe is never part of the conversation since that wouldn't be romantically appealing right? it's almost like the royalty angle only meant to serve him and katara is just his accessory

Nothing more shall be said on the matter.