#and aang for that matter

[sapphic-agent]

Meanwhile:

We big chillin

[queen-morgana91]

Before

After

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT

This relationship is so important to me, there are so many things to say about Aang and Sokka

[zukoshotleafjuice]

and if i say that aang and katara's romance overshadowed aang and katara's relationship, would that make any sense to anyone other than me?

people are so used to viewing this show solely through a shipping lens (a flaw that is almost entirely the fault of the creators) that it hardly leaves space for examining the frankly incredible katara-aang interpersonal dynamic. like, for katara, aang is almost akin to a god. especially in the beginning, for her he symbolizes hope and love and admiration and he is almost larger-than-life. a child and a god. she will protect him and rely on him because through him suddenly, suddenly there's a chance that maybe her mother's sacrifice wasn't for nothing. maybe if she can help aang, love aang, then kya dying was worth it. and for aang, too, katara is his whole world. sokka too, of course, but katara's are the first eyes he saw when he woke up a hundred years after everyone he loved had vanished. it's her that keeps him grounded when he's overwhelmed with grief that he doesn't even know how to begin to process, because it's almost impossible for a child's mind to comprehend the scale of loss he's experienced. he loses his family, and she becomes his whole world. yes, he is saving the world for the sake of the world, but really he's saving the world for katara.

idk. upon rewatch, it's almost like love isn't really enough to capture what these two have going on. it's sheer devotion. it's a strange amalgamation of worship and adoration and mutual deification. it's fucking fascinating and regardless of whether you ship them romantically personally i don't, really , the relationship is so so profound. the depth of their love for each other is really on another level.

romance is secondary to what katara and aang have. they're each other's person first.

[myimaginationplain]

I've come to the conclusion that being assigned the fandom-mandated "sunshine character" is the worst possible fate a character could face

[the-genius-az]

You're wrong, Avatar Roku doesn't love Azula for being his great-granddaughter.

It is Avatar Kyoshi who LOVES her because Azula is Rangi's equal.

[avatar-firelordzuko]

So much has changed, Mother. I can't wait to show you around.

❤️

[akiizayoi4869]

Momo licking Aang to wake him up is so cute

Also Momo being a source of comfort for Aang when he really needed it the most

Just being there for his best friend🥺

[gotticalavera]

In another alternate universe, Zuko not only helped end the 100-year war, but is also very happy to have a tall Air Nomad girl as his girlfriend.

This is basically how I see my Zuko/Fem!Aang version

[i-d-e-g-a-f]

i already have so many gripes with the original show and how they handle aang’s character arc and his relationship with katara/how they disserviced her by putting her in that relationship and i don’t trust netflix to fix ANY of that in the slightest, in fact i think they’ll probably make things i actually like about the original even worse and the actors are so young too oh my god Kiawentiio get behind me and it’s gonna be another horde of new fans rehashing the same tired old discourse i cannot do this again helpppp

[veveisveryuncool]

Gooey putting a flower crown on Dark Matter swordsman

if we knew each other back then, do you think we could have been friends?

[maydaybytheway]

something that has been going on my mind for a while is: where was aang running away to during the storm? well ladies and gentlemen and non binary folk, i think ive found an answer

the two places i could track down him going to are either the fire nation, or omashu in the earth kingdom, i pinned the relevant places here, and also the water tribe for later usage now, ill just state that he has no reason to head directly to the southern water tribe even though aang says he has friends all over the world, hes lying! there isnt a single mention of any friends from either water tribes, so.. yeah, hes either going to fire nation because of his boyfriend (kuzon) or to omashu (bumi)

you could make an argument hes going to either of the other air temples for some reason, but ill debunk that at the end SO. where would he be going? firstly i would like to track the location of the iceberg aang gets trapped in

in theory, the iceberg should be found somewhere along here in these trenches, where later, the wolf cove is founded now, we need to track how the heck it got to there, since we know aang wasnt flying near the south pole during the storm, nor that he was going to the water tribe BUT. before that

i would like to mention the fact that, with pixel measurements, the fire nations nearest city/village (fun fact! thats where yon rha lived, the killer of kataras mom) is closer than the shores that are near omashu objectively speaking, if aang was running away and wanted to get somewhere safe fast, the closest and best course of action would be to go directly to the fire nation anyways, presuming that aang takes the fastest and most direct approach with going to the fire nation, we can presume he could fall off around midway through, maybe a little bit before

these are the ways i see that this could somehow go, anyplace between those spots could eventually leave to the iceberg's location in the southern tribe keep in mind, this was 100 years of travelling with the oceans current, this didnt take like a day or something honestly, those trenches might look tricky, but they probably are all in a current that leads towards the ocean near the south pole, aka, the iceberg location now, for omashu:

this is what they COULD look like, but...

this is what they PROBABLY look like

there are just too many rocks and open spaces in the way, making it so that the iceberg would probably end up either in another place in the south pole, or stop near the air temples, or heck, maybe even the earth kingdoms shores "b-but. what if he was headed to the air temples!" well its your lucky day random anonymous guy i just made up, because i thought of that too

even without taking into account the distance and the fact that it would be pretty much impossible for aang to float to the iceberg location, aang would have no reason to go to the other air temples, especially the eastern one, since the whole point was to escape from the air nomads but anyways, now that weve got it all figured out, that aang, was indeed, going to the fire nation, you might be wondering, what was the point of this? why would you waste so much time on something that doesnt matter only to reach an irrelevant conclusion? well, dear hypothetical person the real reason is that KUZAANG IS CANON!! AANG WAS GOIGN TO RUN AWAY WITH HIS BOYFRIEND IN THE FIRE NATION AND THEN AND THEN THEY WERE GONNA KISS AND THEYD LIVE TOGETHER AND AND AND ALSO THE WAR WOULDNT HAPPEN. BECAUSE SOZIN WOULD SEE THEM AND WOULD THINK "damn... maybe air nomads arent so bad" AND AND AND THEN HAPPY ENDING.

[queen-morgana91]

"Aang compared Katara to Jet!"

Sigh

when Aang said Katara is being like Jet he meant that she was letting hatred consume her like it consumed Jet and he didn’t want her to do something she would regret and to kill someone out of anger because HE KNOWS HER AND HE DO CARE ABOUT HER. Aang KNOWS she's not a murderer and it would only hurt her more

He never compared Katara to Jet as a person and he never implied she's a mass murderer

It's been 20 years and this shit still has to be explained 🤦‍♂️ It's 2024 and we are still running in circles 🤦‍♂️

[clarisse-doodles]

once again insane over atla

[blluespirit]

I sort of like the thought that Zuko and Aang take the Sun Warriors' warning not to tell anyone about the dragons a little more seriously… and they keep it between them. Of course, they trust Sokka, Toph and Katara. Of course they know they wouldn’t tell anyone, but now three people (including Iroh) know the truth about Ran and Shaw. And that’s three too many when you’re trying to keep a secret.

(and there are other people at the temple as well - like Haru, Teo and The Duke - who, while trustworthy, aren’t as close to them as the others, and when it comes to secrets with as much consequence as this one, you can’t afford to take any chances.)

Furthermore, the culture within the Fire Nation since Sozin’s rein has been warped. The culture is not to respect the dragons as the original firebenders, it’s to conquer and kill them. It’s the ultimate proof of your strength as a firebender. All it takes is one mistake before rumour spreads, and people go looking for the ultimate hunt. It’s not something Zuko or Aang can risk.

Whether Katara, Toph and Sokka (and Suki) ever find out the truth is up to you. But post-war, after Zuko returns from a strange, poorly explained trip with a dragon, and eventually develops the ability to use rainbow fire, either the others have some questions about Aang’s knowing look, or they are finally let in on a monumental secret.

[aero-sense]

ever think how aang was an older brother? that he took care of all the younger monks at the temple? like we dont see it, but the only time we see Aang play with the other kids was teaching them a new game. Like it was natural for him to lead when they were playing.

ever think about how often he did that? that he would babysit the younger ones and teach them a technique and make up games for them?

someone asks if aang was an only child. He says no I had brothers. And they'll ask how many, two or three? and he'll say as many as he lived with at the temple grounds, as many he saw in his life. As many as there are bison in the sky. Bison?

Aang pauses. Clouds then.

[dragonfoxandfound]

*Zutara for the girls appreciation post exists*

Kataang stan/Aang boy mom: AHAHAHAHA!! this grown ass woman can't get over her childhood crush on Zuko. She's obviously self inserting.

As a brown WOC there weren't a lot of characters that looked like me so when Katara and Korra came along, I loved them. They were MC's that were heroes and had superpowers too? You bet I wanted to be like them, the same way boys wanted to be superman or batman and put on capes as kids and even sneak nods to them into their adult life or cosplay as them.

I never dressed up as either and my love of both characters stays strictly online yet I'd be accused of self inserting faster than I can say 'I ship Zutara', faster than Brian who owns a replica Batman mask and wears it while making fancomics or Michael who spent $1k on his Superman cosplay that he wears on weekends for fun. Faster than anyone who obsessively idolizes Aang and openly wishes they could be him.

We're all fans yet I'm accused of self inserting in worst way possible. Why is that? And why only by those who ship Kataang? Probably misogyny, more likey projection. This grown assed Aang boy mom obviously longs for Aang to call her his forever girl.