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thetrashthatsmilesback · 9 days ago

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"Katara compared her mother's death to the genocide of the air nomads"

Katara is a genocide survivor who's mother died in her place in the genocide of the southern water benders. You only consider Aang's pain towards the genocide of his people valid because he's a boy. You see Katara's pain and anger as whiny/unnecessary because she's a girl. You see her survival of genocide as less worthy of pain because she's a girl. Aang is the last air bender. Katara is the last southern water bender. Their titles are the same, and yet only Katara's status as a genocide survivor is ever called into question.

#katara #yes this is a continuation of my post about how people hate katara for no reason #tw genocide mention #tw: genocide mention #atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #katara atla #atla katara #i feel like theres also colorism involved in this but im white and aang's character is not so i #didnt want to comment on the colorism aspect as i feel its not my place #but i do genuinely believe that katara having visibly darker skin also contributes to this #tw: sexism #tw sexism #tw: colorism #tw colorism #edited to add tags

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