antizutaraweek

[antizutaraweek]

Anti-Zutara Week 2022 Information

So I noticed the Zutarians have been a bit uppity lately with the Renaissance and all, so maybe it’s time we sane people in this nice little fandom knock em down a peg. Okay, maybe five. Ten pegs. However many pegs it takes to damn the Zutarians to hell. And because of that, I’ve asked a few of my lovely fandom friends to compile a master list of all the reasons why Zutara cannot, should not, and must not exist. This list is not exhaustive, and I want the real AtLA people here to comment on any reasons they thought were left out. Anyways, here goes nothing!

SIKE! Dante Basco ships Zutara, so it’s superior. Don’t believe it? Here:

Told you so. Juggernaut ship of the fandom, and the ship to start the concept of a ship week, and this is how y’all betray us? For shame. But because Dante Basco himself shipping it ain’t enough for SOME PEOPLE there’s more:

“Zutara is incompatible” well if compatibility was the goal then maybe some of you should stop shipping a whiny bitchy monk with our homegirl Katara then. Go find someone better to ship her with Jesus Christ. I dunno, maybe our favorite prince doesn’t seem so bad compared to some of the other choices.

“You rise with the moon, I rise with the sun.” We have all the damn symbolism in the world. Oma and Shu. Sun and Moon. Fire and Water. Push and pull. Seriously? And no one notices the pattern here?! It’s almost as if SOME PEOPLE intended Zutara to happen but then chickened out because they were a bunch of wimps.

Also, Zutara was even hinted at in the original trailers, and EVERYONE watched Book 3 for that. Everyone with a brain cell in this fandom, at least. Let’s not forget how everyone CHEERED at the slightest hint of this ship being endgame for AtLA.

Also, THE NECKLACE. The betrothal necklace. The betrothal necklace chosen especially for Katara. Katara’s betrothal necklace. That one. So… that part about our favorite exiled Fire Nation prince putting a necklace signifying betrothal onto Katara? And the fact that he didn’t just hold on to it but he WORE IT ON HIS ARM? It would take someone with zero brain cells to not see the damn connections and yet here we are!

Oh sure, Zuko would have taken the lightning for just anybody. Really? Well if you have just a tiny bit of eyesight (I know it can be difficult, bear with me), you can even see the CRESCENT MOON IN THE LIGHTNING. Who’s represented with moon symbolism in this damn series? That’s right. It’s ya girl Katara. Zuko may have taken lightning for anybody, sure, but he did it for KATARA. QED.

For those of us in the audience who do have said eyesight we also gain the ability to notice that Zutara share their bending forms by the time of the finale. Can’t say there’s no symbolism there now, can you?

Also, if you put yourself into the position of Katara, would you choose the whiny baby that you have to mother at every turn, or the hot 16yo Zuko ith them washboard abs? Case in point, Zuko tiddy:

There, Zuko tiddy done. Bask in our glory, heathens.

But that’s not all!

The Avatar's Love theme originates in the scene where Katara is healing Zuko post-Agni Kai. It turns up in the Catacombs, and in the Cave of the Two Lovers. So the theme, meant to signify the deepest love and affection in this show, comes from when KATARA is healing ZUKO. Come on, people, the connection ain’t hard to make!

Also, Uncle Iroh ships Zutara. Pass it on.

Seriously, people, open your damn eyes! Open your eternal souls to the truth!