Weirdly, I didn't think Katara had particular chem with Zuko but I also thought the relationship portrayed between Aang and Katara was, like, anti-sexual. Aang had huge clingy weirdo energy around her and she had better things to do!! - ThreadSky

everbright.bsky.social • 202 days ago

Weirdly, I didn't think Katara had particular chem with Zuko but I also thought the relationship portrayed between Aang and Katara was, like, anti-sexual. Aang had huge clingy weirdo energy around her and she had better things to do!!

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I never understood why people felt so strongly about their ‘ships’ until Katara did not get with Zuko on ATLA.

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kariizumi.bsky.social•134 days ago

When you learn that the creators (especially Mike) saw Aang as their self insert, thelacl of agency given to Katara in that romance story makes complete and total sense

Ppl dismiss Kataang haters as thirsty Zuko fangirls but I don't think that's all of it, or even most of it TBH

halo02.bsky.social•113 days ago

They didn’t see him as a self insert . Not sure how this rumor got started. They weren’t even originally gonna be together but thanks to the creative team. Kataang happened. And what would be giving her agency to you?

kariizumi.bsky.social•113 days ago

Among other things, giving Katara more than two scenes to show what she may see in him.

We get that fortune telling saying she'd marry a great man and her thinking it could be Ang and the next time we get any perspective about her feelings was Ember Island two seasons later.

halo02.bsky.social•113 days ago

Oh, you mean her talking about it.
Well I mean, we get plenty of her perspective On aang as a person and why they are friends and how much she wants to be around him. And we have examples of those feelings being more than platonic, throughout the series.

kariizumi.bsky.social•113 days ago

I have no dog in this race, but having watched the show again, the way this show focuses far more on Ang's feeling than hers is one of the few terribly written aspects of this show.

Ship whatever you want IMO but that's just what doesn't work for me personally

halo02.bsky.social•113 days ago

That’s cool, he does get way more focus on his worries on rejection. And one dropped ball is that we aren’t in her head as as much. Like we don’t even know explicitly what she’s confused about. Show don’t tell, but it would be nice to see the process

everbright.bsky.social•133 days ago

Lol. I guess I'll have to go load my "Death of the Author" interpretation framework shotgun. They're not dead enough!

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