sozin09 got blocked for this nonsense but i wanted y’all to see how mfers really try to assign blame to Katara and absolve Aang of any wrongdoing.
This is a reply to my post outlining the times Aang hurt Katara even after she warned him not to do something out of concern for him.
1) Katara was practicing waterbending at the riverside like she always does when Aang began to recklessly firebend against instruction and burned her. He was warned by multiple people not to and he still did it with no care for his surroundings and who he could hurt with his actions. That is not simply “a mistake”. Perhaps a mishap, but not a mistake. Aang does try to reduce the burden of responsibility by claiming it was a mistake while he was apologizing (nullifying his apology). Sokka tackles him before Katara runs off and even after he lets him go, Aang does not go after Katara. He does not reflect on his own actions and simply believes “he was not ready to firebend” and vows to never firebend again. That is not a punishment, especially since he wasn’t supposed to learn firebending until later anyway.
When Katara finds him, Aang does not try to apologize again, doesn’t even ask her if she’s alright, and is instead sulking and so Katara has to comfort him and there is no time for anything else because Zhao is attacking camp.
This is not the episode where Aang “learns how to control his bending in a calm state”. He uses airbending to evade like he always does and utilizes Zhao’s lack of awareness to burn his own boats. Aang does not try to apologize again.
2) Regardless if Aang’s rage is understandable, the point was that Katara was burdened with a a responsibility she did not want and that went unaddressed by everyone in the group. However, this analysis of Aang’s actions is so off the mark, I must address them.
Aang does not care about the rest of the group in The Desert and leaves them multiple times. He is not trying to find Appa so he can get everyone out of the desert. He snaps at them, specifically Katara, despite her having not being at any fault and actually being the one to keep everyone alive.
The uncontrolled Avatar State is a dangerous weapon that can kill everyone and destroy everything without discrimination. Aang has a right to be angry, however his anger leads him to losing control of himself and potentially killing innocent people, including his friends, and that he does not have a right to do. Never mind that if he kills the sandbenders, he will not have any leads about where to find Appa.
3) That is not the same as Katara in The Southern Raiders. Katara is in complete control of her own actions and has a directed target for her anger. She is seeking justice for a horrific crime that she believed she’d never be able to get justice for. She is not killing anyone in her path or threatening the lives of her loved ones, she is trying to confront one specific man. Aang and Sokka do not warn her about “reckless behavior”, instead they try to control her behavior and tell her to forgive the man who killed her mother and would’ve killed her if not for her mother’s sacrifice. Trying to imply that Aang’s rage is more justified than Katara’s because Appa is alive and Kya is “already dead” is disgusting.
Sokka was going to take Appa without telling anyone in The Boiling Rock, but when Katara decides to take Appa (neither Aang or Appa would even be there without her freeing them from that iceberg btw) after asking Aang and Aang being horribly insensitive, it’s a problem.
Zuko chose to go with Katara and they protected each other in order to minimize risk. Trying to pin recklessness and irresponsibility on Katara for seeking closure and justice is once again disgusting.
4) Katara stealing the waterbending scroll was about wanting to learn and connect with a part of her culture that she was not able to because of genocide. Aang himself supported that decision because he needed to learn waterbending too. Even so, Katara still apologized multiple times and was flagellated by Iroh. Her stealing that scroll is no where near comparable to the egregious behavior that Aang displayed throughout the show but that’s somehow the one that you don’t find justifications for while absolving Aang of everything.
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