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@thezutarchive
My true love’s eyes, faint like the sunlight, under a hazy blood red sky...
Thank you, zutara reddit
Normal thoughts one has while out shopping for groceries ;)
a lot of what anti-zutaras call "a.ang bashing" is just writing him in-character
I don't understand the idea of considering Zutara toxic, especially from Zuko's part, but then other ships with him are totally fine?
I mean, wasn't that time the creators of ATLA said that girls who preferred Zutara would suffer in their relationships a little... crazy? Doesn't that imply that Mai, his semi-official partner, is with a bad guy? Did Zuko's redemption arc mean nothing?
Zuko is suddenly a stable and healthy human being in other ships, but the moment he's paired with Katara, he's scum of the earth? How does that work?
I’m convinced Bryke simply doesn’t want Zuko to experience lasting happiness at this point. Like they think the brooding and moral struggle and constant trauma is all there is to him
RELAX GIRL WE GET IT THAT’S YOUR MAN….nobody’s taking him away from you
Thank you, zutara reddit
I absolutely ADORE the theory/idea that Ursa was the blue spirit before Zuko so I locked in and drew this
(please tap for better quality bc Tumblr really enjoys crunching my art for some reason..)
With and w/o the mask bc why not! (Ignore how much the face sucks this is a super weird angle and i didn't know what I was doing)
Pose reference ⬇️⬇️
What Zutara fanfics have been traditionally published? Can you people even name any, let alone 15 of them? These freaks are always making shit up, sneaking in Zutara as if the ship is a "dark romance" like Dramione or Reylo with a comparable fanfic scene. There are popular books that are partly inspired by Zutara (not repurposed fanfic with the serial numbers filed off), and most have been well received. I've even seen K*taang shippers try to deny the Zutara influence on The Poppy War and Legendborn because they like them.
Antis: BOOKS INSPIRED BY ZUTARA ARE SLOP
Zutara shippers: it write Children of Blood and Bone, The Poppy War, Legendborn, the Cost of Peace, etc. I also suspect This Is How You Lose The Time War is inspired by them and Thoschei, which is my other OTP!
do you think Katara and Aang would have worked if they got together when they were older? (still Zutara fan for life!)
Not necessarily, no.
Even if Aang and Katara were the same age, or even if Aang was the older between the two, it wouldn't work for me, personally.
Canonically, we've seen Aang at the age of twelve, fifteen, in his early twenties and late fourties. And in every stage of his life, he has been selfish, neglectful or borderline obsessive towards Katara.
At twelve, during ATLA, predominantly during Season 3, Aang objectifies Katara as something to possess (a reward at the end of the war, per say) more so than her own person. He doesn't care enough to care about consent, having kissed her TWICE without it (Episodes: The Day of Black Sun, Part 1 - first image; The Ember Island Players - second image).
During 'The Southern Raiders' Episode Aang is extremely neglectful towards Katara's wishes, feelings and pain.
[ "Zuko: Sokka told me the story of what happened. I know who did it and I know how to find him.
Aang: Um ... and what exactly do you think this will accomplish?
Katara: Ugh, I knew you wouldn't understand.
(...)
Zuko: She needs this, Aang. This is about getting closure and justice.
Aang: don't think so. I think it's about getting revenge.
Katara: Fine, maybe it is! Maybe that's what I need! Maybe that's what he deserves!"]
Zuko who has known her for a matter of days/weeks was able to empathize and understand why Katara needed to avenge her mother. So why couldn't Aang, someone who shared that same pain of losing his family, not understand her hatred and anger?
Oh, because Aang is a pacifist.
People forget that Zuko was also depicted time and time again as merciful, benevolent and unable to kill. He attempted to save Zhao in S1, all through out S2, he gave up his own food, protection and his life, to save other people, in S3, when he could have killed his father, he didn't (even though, Ozai was the reaosn his mother was no longer in his life and was the cause for every misfortune and pain he endured).
And despite Zuko mirroring Aang's inability to kill, Aang could not mirror Zuko's ability to understand Katara.
Furthermore, Aang, throughout this episode is put off by Katara's anger. He's attracted to the soft, sweet, submissive side of Katara (the one he idiolizes in his mind) and is put off by her louder, hot-headed and brash side. Many times, Katara has to swallow her own tongue and subdue her own feelings just to appease Aang. A courtesy that Aang does not replicate.
Also a lot can be said that Aang views Katara as a prize, something to own. His jealousy towards Zuko during the play is derivative of the fact he can't handle someone else "owning" Katara. His jealousy and immaturity ultimately lead him to kissing her non-consensually and getting so aggravated that he yells in Katara's face. It's weird, it's possessive and borderline abusive.
Also, no one can convince me that the kiss at the end of the series wasn't Bryke's way of sying that Katara reciprocating Aang's feelings (even if they did come quite literally out of no where) was his reward for winning.
Aang at fifteen is no better. We Aang depicted at fifteen (a year older than Katara was during ATLA) in the comics.
And luckily enough his behaviour towards Katara in the comics can be describe in quite a few damning panels.
It's even worse.
Aang at fifteen manages to neglect his GIRLFRIEND even worse than he did at twelve...
He doesn't care enough to notice when Katara is unhappy. He doesn't care enough to allow her to finish speaking about something that is clearly bothering her. He doesn't care enough to control his anger around her.
He likes her submissive, he likes her quiet, he likes her when she cares about his feelings, his culture, his worries and concerns. He likes her as his, his girlfriend.
Aang is his early twenties is, yet again, depicted as someone still insecure about his relationship with Katara.
Aang in his early twenties still chooses to dismiss Katara's very valid and mostly always correct concerns about people.
And even in his early twenties, a man grown, Aang still needs Katara to be the one to console and comfort him. He's never the one conforting her.
Aang and Katara are residing in Republic City. Far a way from Katara's home. And despite popular fandom belief, it's not wearing a string of blue/orange fabric that symbolizes respecting your significant other's culture and heritage. To respect and honor Katara's culture, heritage and her own wishes and desires, they would be closer to the Souther Water Tribe, to Katara's people and family, to her element.
But I guess Katara's love for her people, home and tribe was put second to Aang's desires to unite the four nations. So Aang's dream are now Katara's dreams.
We don't see much of Katara/Aang during this stage of their lives, but, the little we get is still odd.
And finally, we see Aang in his late fourties and early fifties. A neglectful father to two of his three kids. A husband who leaves his wife to take care of the kids whilst he's off doing whatever the world needs him to do.
We are told Aang favors his sole airbending child through the mouths of his other two children. Aang who prioritized sharing his culture and heritage to ONE of his three kids, instead of involving all three of them. Aang who didn't care enough to be present in Kya and Bumi's childhood nor try to share the Southern Water Tribe culture with Tenzin.
Aang who allows Katara to forget about her goals and aspirations and is content with seeing his wife, the once youthful and fiery woman who had big dreams and a larger fight, become a hollow shell of her former self, a stay at home wife who was merely a good healer, no longer remember as the strongest water bender to live. Hell, she didn't even get one statue in her honor whilst Aang had how many?
So no, Aang doesn't get better at any age, unfortunately. His selfishness towards Katara wouldn't dissapear if he was older or the same age as her.
And the same can be said for Zuko. People don't ship Zutara simply because Zuko is older than her... Zuko is mature, empathetic, sees Katara as a person and doesn't idealize what she symbolizes. If Zuko were aged down to Katara's age, I believe the appeal would still be there.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk!! And thank you for the question!! I'm sorry for the late reply! I hoenstly could not find where anonymous asks go and struggled for a while trying to find it! 😭😭😭
Her Ladyship, Katara of the Southern Water Tribe
The First of Her Name, Queen of the Fire Nation, Daughter and Restorer of the Icebound South, Lady of the Dragon Isles, Keeper of the Tide and Protector of the Four Realms.
The emotion I'm feeling is called regret.
In what universe would Katara pick Baldie over a Byronic ninja king with impeccable hair and a literal fuckin dragon
Why ship Zutara when Z.ukka is right there? Idk, why eat a delicious cupcake when a stale corn muffin is right there?
like why did they have an entire scene dedicated to a play where the blue spirit was fighting to save a painted lady flower and then lovingly caresses it to bring it back to life. right before zuko dressed up as the blue spirit and jumped in to save katara dressed up as the painted lady. and then theyre imprisoned together and she caresses his face and he leans into it and closes his eyes. and ur telling me theyre still not gonna let them end up together. so like what was all that about then
How it's felt becoming a lowkey NATLA defender over the past weeks.
Aang is still not an adult at 25 but Zuko has been running the fire nation since he was 17. get it together bryke!
All the more reason for Katara to go looking for a real man.
No, but remember what I said about the show bending backwards to preserve Aang's innocence while zutara antis paint Zuko, who was never allowed to be a child and kicked out of his home at thirteen, as a violent killer and a "bad boy."
