#if you dont like zutara thats fucking fine

[lilac-melody]

Whenever I go on the zutara tag, I just wanna see fanart, relatable asks, theories, and so forth. So why do I keep seeing people with such bad takes commenting things like, 

“Aang is a genocide survivor, just because he and Katara get together doesn’t mean that he’s a r/pist”

First of all, who the fuck is saying that? I certainly haven’t. I’ve only seen people simply saying that it was fucked up that Aang kissed Katara without her consent.

And guess what! It was fucked up! Hey, hey! Shocker! You can have a flawed protagonist! Aang isn’t perfect! We’re not supposed to think he is perfect! Just because he’s a genocide survivor, that does not make it okay for him to kiss her without her consent! She explicitly said “now isn’t the right time. I’m confused.”

If you had a best friend who had a massive crush on you, or hell, even if you were dating someone already, if you say no, if you make it clear you want space, you are entitled to that space! You don’t owe your best friend or boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever jack shit! Aang crossed a boundary in the show. Point. Blank. FUCKIN PERIOD.

Genuinely so sick of this abuse apologist mentality.

If your best friend kissed you without your consent then everyone told you “but they had a rough life, stop overreacting” I’m quite positive you wouldn’t be happy.

Yes, I know it’s a show, but at this point, I don’t give a rat’s ass. A LOT of kataangers are sending genuine hate to zutarians for pointing out that what Aang did in The Ember Island Players is uncool.

Please go outside. Get off the internet. Stop letting a fucking show dictate your life so much that you have to send death threats to other people over a simple little fact.

[hello-yue-here]

The Great Comet is my favorite musical ever D:::: so great to see anyone talk about it ever haha. But I wanna hear you talk about the sokkla and wicked song! also the zutara one is spot on

great comet is LITERALLY tied for my fav musical (les mis is the other it was the first show i ever saw and it was amazing and enjfoaiend so many feelings for that musical)

i am SO GLAD you asked ab sokkla and wicked because that along with the yuekka great comet no one else song is what inspired me to make that list

so without further ado: sokkla: as long as your mine

one of the big things with sokkla as a ship is that most of the fics i read and most of the art i see if that many sokkla fans and artists rlly play into the whole forbidden romance theme; moreso than any other fm swt pairing in the series (ie zutara zukka azutara u get the gist)

and this song is ALL ABOUT THE FORBIDDEN ROMANCE

you see: fiyero in wicked is a carefree guy who plays up his charm and plays dumb a lot when in actuality i think hes a very smart character. i know sokka doesnt pretend to act dumb and thats a difference between him n fiyero: but the fact that theyre both pretty smart strategic characters is why i associate them with eachother

azula as elphaba?? HANDS DOWN AMAZING. elphaba is an outsider. she isnt liked by many people. she is very thoughtful and precise with her actions and has shown she can be cunning and manipulative when she needs to be. sound familiar? consider a post-redemption arc azula for this role. just just think of it.

now onto the lyrics:

"i need help believing your with me tonight / my wildest dreamings could not foresee / lying here beside you / with you wanting me"

elphaba in this moment cant rlly believe that the fact that she is with fiyero is reality. azula has been seen in the finale of atla to struggle in terms of reality and people wanting her (ie her mother saying she loves her and azula not believing it because it isnt real) i know this is a bit of a stretch because elphaba isnt hallucinating and has never been known to do so, but azula and elphaba definitely both have issues with people genuinely loving them and wanting them.

"maybe im brainless / maybe im wise"

LJGFJHGF my favorite hc that i have for sokkla is that while they are the two smartest characters in all of atla: they become dumb when it comes to each other. thats personally a hc i have for this ship and this line just supports that wholeheartedly. Sokka becomes a lovesick idiot when it comes to azula and he knows this. so is he dumb for acting like an idiot around her? or is he smart for loving her anyways. (both. its both.) also just the symbolism and implications of sokka saying this line when we all know hes a genius but in the show hes seen as insecure in his abilities and strengths just.... wow. this line is so sokka it makes me lakshfgwky

"say there's no future for us as a pair" "just for this moment / as long as your mine"

this is less to do with the ship itself but moreso with the fandom ab the ship. lots of people dont like this ship (and thats fine! not every ship is for everyone) and they think that it wouldnt work out and while i personally disagree i think this line is good for pointing that out. because ppl think it would never work and that its doomed and maybe since sokka and azula are both geniuses they recognize that their relationship may look that way to other people too. they arent dumb. theyd know how people would look at them as a couple and theyd realize that hey maybe this wont work, but i dont care because right now im with you anyways: sokkla core

and finally, the most iconic line in this entire show, literally where the title comes from

"for the first time, im feeling, wicked"

im sorry but azula would def say something like this. ugh i have so many emotions about this show and this ship and i love this musical and i rlly love this ship. wicked sokkla au anyone? goddammit im adding it to my list of fic ideas rn. sokkla wicked au is something i desperately need right now. zuko nessarose? suki glinda? morally grey aang wizard?? somehow katara fits into this?? idk i became inspired by writing this post to actually think about a sokkla wicked au. ill get back to this one day. maybe. idk. yeah.

ALSO YES FIRST DATE/LAST NIGHT IS SO ZUTARA

like the vibes???

bad first impressions, he made her cry because he was an ass, she gave him a second chance, extremelt awkward first date??? TELL ME that isnt how a zutara relationship would start. tell me. i dare you. also this fucking song is just so cute and well written and beautiful and yeah. first date/last night is fucking zutara to a T

thank you for indulging my theatre kid atla rambles :)))

ask me about why i think these songs go with these ships :)

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

first of all, i never said all zukka shippers do.

if you think zutara shippers are worse, so be it. that is your opinion, although i disagree, you are entitled to it.

i never brought ethnicity, sexuality, or any of that into this. i know someone who replied did but direct that criticism at them in a reply, don't reblog and insinuate that i did that.

also zutara having "just two episodes with much less chemistry" isnt going to stop me from shipping them, just like zukka having "just two episodes with much less chemistry" won't stop you. also just because one ship is canon doesn't mean another ship has less chemistry. the amount of chemistry characters have is up to each individual's interpretation. i have my reasons for disliking kataang and preferring zutara's dynamic.

i was annoyed with that specific commenter for actin like zukka is super underground and as if they were opening my eyes, not all zukka shippers, next.

i will complain about zukka shippers that i feel are annoying and or toxic all i want thank you very much. that does not mean im complaining about every zukka shipper, im complainig about the ones who act in a certain way.

i never said there aren't zutara shippers who act similarly, but seeing as i am a zutara shipper, i dont typically get them acting like that towards me. i tend to have worse experience with zukka and kataang shippers so of course im going to fucking complain. you are just as entitled to vent about zutara shippers that do things that bother you.

not to mention, even if anti-kataangers commenting their arguments on a kataang post is out of pocket, that doesn't mean the arguments are automatically horrible. there are plenty of valid reasons to dislike kataang. this obviously doesnt excuse people commenting those arguments on posts that dont concern them.

im well aware that all fandoms have annoying parts, so im well within my right to complain abt the parts that affect and annoy me?

youd say yours is fairly miniscule because the toxic areas dont target you. its entirely perspective.

the next part is a lot to unpack, firstly, who the FUCK brough up sexualizing children?? second of all, give me an actual statistic not one you just made up off the top of your head jesus christ. look i can say that to. and at least 80% of us don't sexualize CHILDREN. that doesnt mean it's true since there is no evidence to support or debunk the statement.

can you not use oversimplified reasons as to why we ship zutara as an "argument." you are employing the use of a logical fallacy (the straw man argument) so lets cut that shit out. furthermore i never insulted your or anyone else's reasons for shipping zukka so if you could give me the same respect thanks. if the person who replied did insult your reasons you have every right to argue with them, but i did no such thing so its honestly just rude. this post is specifically about SOME (not all, because you need to clarification) zukka shippers act towards zutara shippers, not about which one is the "better" ship.

idek how you got "sokka is annoying" from my post, i never said that he is literally my favorite character.

trying to convert people is fine, but i clearly stated my opinions and it was annoying and condescending for the commenter to insinuate that i mustve never heard of zukka which is why i ship zutara. its assuming i dont have my own valid critical reasons. furthermore its rude to try and convert smo to a ship under a post that literally opposes the ship. thats just fucking rude. its like walking into a synagogue and being like "hey judaism is cool, but you should try catholicism." there is a god damn time and place.

i never came for all of you. the post is clearly about a certain type of zukka shipper sorry if you took it to be about all of you even though, once again, i never said it was all of you, but i apologize if i wasnt clear enough. rereading my tags i can see why you took it that why but i was referring to a specific type of shipper, not all. if it was all of you, i wouldve said all of you.

another day another zukka shipper talking about their ship under a post that had nothing to do with it.

wow! that is great for u! but who asked.

the og comment for reference

i feel like i’m upset over nothing but honestly it’s just so annoying

[kamyyu]

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Ship that is canon but you don't ship: 💤

UM.... THIS IS??? SO???? DIFFICULT??? i dont knOW?? in utapri i dont think there’s one i dont give a fuck about bc im an otoge hoe i like haruka with all of dem bois.... i also like her with tomo (yea you bet i like them they should be super gay ok) but that aint canon so ok....so we gotta be fandom hopping okok oh my god snow & char//ming in o//uat again (puts // here bc this fandom is crazy about their ships lol), its SO AWFULLY DULL i CANNOT BELIEVE HOW DULL IT IS. LIKE. OK THE FIRST SEASON?? DECENT. ACCEPTABLE. NOT GREAT BUT OK FINE. AND AFTER THAT ITS so boring omfg ITS JUST HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON OVER AND OVER AND U NEVER MAKE IT OUT OF BED THATS WHAT IT IS. LIKE EITHER U STOP PRESSING THE SNOOZE BUTTON SO U FUKIN SLEEP OR U GET OUTTA BED DONT -- JUST MAKE IT INTERESTING DAMMIT ooriguvuajfjfj anyway the show isnt that good in the first place so it shouldnt be surprsing lomzoifgjv g o dits not even that i dont ship it, they can snOOZE TOGETHER but like stOP PRETENDING ITS INTERESTING bc it just AINT

Ship that is unpopular but you still like: 💘

ohh man i dont know if its really UNPOPULAR per se but i just know another ship is MORE popular; yall remember ATLA right??? zutara??? man i shipped that. everyone shipped that. i know. we all did. i can still ship it. BUT. MAI. MAI AND ZUKO. GOD. I LOVE THEM. SO MUCH. I LOVE MAI ESPECIALLY. WITH OR WITHOUT ZUKO. BUT I LOVE THEM TOGETHER AS WELL.

‘NO YOU MISCALCULATED. I LOVE HIM MORE THAN I FEAR YOU.’ LIKE HOW CAN YOU NOT. GOD. GOOODODODODODGJ I LOVE MAI GURGLES. CHOKES ON MY OWN SALIVA. I LOVE HER. THEYRE AMAZING I CANT EVEN SAY ANYTHING COHERENT LIKE I DID WITH OTHER REPLIES I CAN ONLY SAY I LOVE HER AND THEM OVER AND OVER GADDHDGHFHDalso fuq anyone who excludes one ship bc they like the other more THEY CAN HAVE BOTH. I LIKE BOTH. ITS NOT THAT HARD FAM.