And taking on responsibilities that no child in their tween/early teen years should have to do. Now onto why this relates to why I dislike Kataang: To me, Katara always felt like a motherly/elder sister type when it came to how she treated Aang 4/?
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their relationship was weird and you have every right to feel uncomfortable with it. the creators admitted that the babysitter dynamic was intentional. not a surprise since it's such a typical straight guy fantasy. anybody who says it wasn't and claims you're just imagining things is full of shit.
Yes they both went through circumstances where they had to grow up super fast, they're children living in a war after all. However, I personally never saw anything romantic on Katara's side when it came to Aang. She was focused on getting him the training he needed to stop the war 5/?
Now that doesn't mean they couldn't have gotten together later down the line when they were older. But it bothered me a lot that I kept seeing this 1 sided thing (Aang clearly had feelings for her but I never expected her to reciprocate based on what I interpreted from their relationship) 6/?
I just feel like it was a little rushed and came out of nowhere. They knew each other for maybe a year? Maybe less? I don't remember how long in universe it was between him getting out of the iceberg & Sozin's Comet. They have this great sibling dynamic and then all of a sudden they're dating? 7/?
I guess all I'm trying to say is that I don't think I could ever fully understand Kataang because all I can see when I look at them is a sibling dynamic because like Katara, I was the parentified sibling with the mother hen complex. I'm putting this out on like 3hrs sleep and pure vibes. 8/8
Bonus 1/2: I want to add this is absolutely NO hate to those who ship Kataang. I'm of the opinion that as long as ur happy & it's not something that would be illegal or morally wrong irl, ship & let ship. If you ship it, great! You got something out of it that I couldn't & that's totally ok!
Bonus 2/2: We all interpret media differently based on our own knowledge & life experiences. So I think there's really no wrong way to interpret a piece of media, especially 1 like ATLA that is so rich in lore we can all look at one little piece and see something entirely different.
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