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"Katara deserved better"
The better:
-becoming an irrelevant fire lady (zero power/role)
-living in the nation that genocided her people and killed her mother
-being alone and miserable as fuck
-sleeping in sozin's room
......
She dodged a fucking bullet. Thank God
#avatar the last airbender#atla#katara#i'm not in atla fandom because this fandom is horrifying#but these katara posts that sometimes i see in my dashboard#oh god#kataang forever#way better than this zutara bs#my girl was a leader and a waterbending teacher#she was proud of her heritage#and she was so happy with aang#❤
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A friend of mine reminded me they are a Zutara shipper and...I made this meme in response. So yeah...
Also, I will be tagging this in the Zutara tag fully knowing I will incur the wrath of the Zutara shippers. I don't care 😬
Peace and love! Except for Zutara shippers. Yeah...
#avatar#avatar the last airbender#atla#atla cartoon#atla original#atla zuko#atla zutara#atla anti-zutara#atla katara#atla kataang#atla aang#avatar the last airbender zutara#avatar the last airbender kataang#avatar the last airbender anti-zutara#zutara#anti-zutara#shoot toby twice#kataang#kataang forever#meme#avatar memes#atla memes
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THEM!!!!
#ooc#the old gaang is back!#don't see suki but maybe we'll find out what happened to her#katara#aang#zuko#sokka#toph bei fong#avatar: the last airbender#kataang#kataang forever#zutara tears in my mug
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i will actually delete this account if the live action ever makes zutara canon
#atla#live action atla#atla la#actually but not really#no hate to you zutara shippers#but I am not one of you#kataang forever#anything else in this show is waaay too big of a deviation from source material
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One of the most common protests to Zutara is that Katara hates Zuko and I agree. Really it's such a shame the show was cancelled after The Boiling Rock and Katara didn't get to forgive Zuko...
Or give him a hug...
Or show her concern for him...
Or cheer him up when he needs it...
Or recklessly run to heal him...
Or thank him in tears...
They are vicious rivals up until the very last second of the show. As you can see.
#zutara#pro zutara#anti anti zutara#anti kataang#anti maiko#anti bryke#zutara meta#zutara analysis#zutara evidence#zutara forever#zutara nation#zutarian#zutara was robbed#zutara supremacy#zuko x katara#katara x zuko#zukoxkatara#kataraxzuko
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ana's meta masterlist
Pro-Zutara:
the official zutara dissertation: part 1 | part 2
zuko, aang and taking lightning for katara
zutara and romantic coding
"you rise with the moon, i rise with the sun" is a zutara line
zutara and thematic significance
zutara vs jetara
zutara parallels in the awakening
zutara's narrative culmination
zutara in the crossroads of destiny:
azula vs katara
love as resistance in the catacombs
zutara in the southern raiders:
the true source of katara's anger at zuko
katara bloodbending before zuko
the narrative relevance of zutara
zutara and bloodbending
zutara's narrative symmetry
why zuko had to betray katara in ba sing se
Anti Anti-Zutara:
the official zutara dissertation (p.3)
"zutara would face too much opposition from their countries"
"zuko and katara are a colonizer/colonized ship"
"zuko and katara would fight all the time”
"platonic zutara is better than romantic zutara"
"fire lady katara is racist"
“zuko would’ve taken lightning for anyone”
“katara is too traumatized by the fire nation”
“shipping zutara is amatonormative”
“zuko didn’t actually care about katara”
ATLA Ship Criticism:
the official zutara dissertation: part 4 | part 5 | part 6
why mai.ko was never intended to be canon
mailee is a better ship than mai.ko
how kat.aang could've been fixed
kat.aang's lack of trust in the southern raiders
emotional labour in kat.aang
kat.aang’s narrative imbalance
comparing katara and aang's parenting
the fortuneteller does not foreshadow kat.aang
gendered expectations in kat.aang
ATLA/LOK:
azula/katara parallels
katara's choice in the crossroads of destiny
was zuko's betrayal in-character?
zuko's comments in the southern raiders
zuko's comments in the southern raiders (pt. 2)
zuko is not a “bad boy”
zuko’s treatment of aang in sozin’s comet
sokka didn't feel inferior to katara
did mai fear azula?
comparing mai and toph
azula vs zuko: the tragedy of narrative foils
should aang have killed ozai?
sexism in the water tribes
thoughts on the atla comics
thoughts on the atla comics (pt. 2)
writing a final battle: kung fu panda vs atla
gratuitous violence in the legend of korra
The Hunger Games:
zutara and everlark parallels
zutara and everlark parallels (pt. 2)
gale's arc in the hunger games trilogy
the myth of humanity's inherent evil
the ending of lucy gray
Squid Game:
individualism under capitalism
the ethics of billionaires
#zutara#anti kataang#anti maiko#zutara meta#been intending to do this forever but i'm on this hellsite so much that going through my archives took an eternity lmao#anyway here's a collection of patented ana rambles
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meta list + blog nav
turns out most of my metas are just me being salty about the way Bryan and Mike wrote Katara...more news at 11...
Katara’s parentification
the tragedy of Katara’s parentification & (context: parentified children as maladjusted children)
Katara’s crush on Jet
Toph brings out Katara’s inner child & Toph and Suki as people Katara didn't have to take care of
Katara’s post-ATLA arc
Katara didn’t want a quiet life after the war
Katara was a role model and her post-ATLA arc is a failure in representation
Katara being the Chief of the SWT wouldn't conflict with LOK's plot or her relationship
Katara would’ve been an amazing diplomat
Why Katara’s specific healer career didn’t fit her character
bloodbending & why Katara banning it could be in character in a sad way
Zutara & Zutara discourse
Zutara, romance novels, & the female gaze
“Zutara is a self-insert ship” is not a burn, it’s just misogyny
Is Zutara colonizer x colonized: my serious take, my less serious take
the crystal catacombs & how Katara sees Zuko’s pain
Zutara's two distinct ship dynamics
Why I think the way Ka/taang is written is male gaze-y
(KA is just one of those "bitch eating crackers" ships for me...block the #anti kataang tag if you don't want to see it)
Ka/taang: friends-to-lovers or the friend zone?
How Ka/taang is written to be one-sided
Aang’s not a “feminist icon” because the only stereotypically masculine part of his arc is his romance
Misc. character stuff (not just ATLA)
Aang's nuances beyond "sunshine boy"
Rethinking Hama's storyline + some thoughts on the symbolism of bloodbending
Some thoughts on Hermione being autistic coded & her flaws
Blog housekeeping/tags navigation under the cut
Tag Navigation
asks are tagged #can i ask you a question (yeah that's a TSwift ref even though there's minimal Tayposting on this blog); all my metas are tagged #my meta; Zutara fic recs are tagged #zutara fic recs. #zutara and other ship tags (e.g. #azutara) usually contain art, misc ship things, and metas
frequently used salty tags include #anti kataang, #anti bryke, and #katara deserved better
Original posts that involve analysis of Harry Potter are tagged #ref: hp for blocking purposes. I don’t financially support JKR or her harmful rhetoric & actions against trans people, but I choose to engage with parts of the HP fandom that reject her views. In the HP context, I am most likely to talk about #hermione granger. I like Dramione, but I also like Ron quite a lot. I'm very into Wolfstar.
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#housekeeping#I've been planning on doing one of these compilation posts to satisfy the part of my brain that screams “ORGANIZE YOUR SHIT” for forever#and I finally did it!!!#katara deserved better#anti bryke#zutara#anti kataang
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Kataang Week 2024 Day 10: Forbidden Lovers 💑
I fully cheated on this one… had fun with the watercolors though!
I'll be posting the last 4 prompts + maybe a free day prompt after the 18th in solidarity with the strike for Palestine, thanks so much to the mods for accepting submissions so late 💖💖💖💖💖💖
#kataang week 2024#kataang week#kataang#katara and aang#katara#aang#avatar aang#atla#my art#fanart#kataang fanart#omashu#oma and shu#avatar#avatar fanart#atla fanart#I totally planned on posting later to just keep Kataang week going forever its not because my 9-5 is kicking my ass this summer not at all
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more low effort avatar doodles (spoilers its mostly katara)
#the thing with katara carrying aang is that we never saw kya standing so in my head she was taller than hakoda#and idc what happened in lok. Aang is forever to be kataras short king.#i think adult sokka would still be the taller sibling but both of them are giants instead of katara just being average height#azula and katara are worsties 4ever though everytime they see each other they immediately engage in a battle to the death#avatar the last airbender#atla#katara#aang#kataang#sokka#suki#zuko#zukka#alicias art
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ngl it’s so weird to me when zvtara shippers say Katara “raised” Aang or something like… I literally don’t get it lmao. how could you possibly even state that with any seriousness, let alone think it is represented canonically??
not only did the whole show take place in a single year, but Aang was already self sufficient when he crossed paths with Katara and Sokka…
there’s also the fact that Aang very much has a father and his name is monk Gyatso, and he raised Aang
#it’ll forever irritate me how ppl in this fandom try to erase Aang’s love for his *actual* dad#avatar the last airbender#atla#monk gyatso#Aang#kataang#pro kataang#anti zutara
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im sorry i will never watch legend of korra
bcs as long as i ignore its existence, then the gaang will forever exist in their happy ending state
toph became a cop??? yeah right good one. wdym she met the next avatar and called her twinkletoes bcs she recognised her dead friend and everyone cried?
there is no next avatar, aang is alive and well, he and katara are kissing on a balcony in ba sing se right now???
katara outlived both aang and sokka? and shes old and met the next avatar? i already told you aangs not dead what are you talking about
and while we re at it how could she outlive sokka if hes alive and well hm? sokka died young? ok but no he didnt ❤️
uncle iroh is dead and zuko is an old man? have you been hitting the cactus juice again???? zuko has just become the fire lord and iroh has a his own teashop i saw him last week
#deny deny and you dont have to cry#its not canon until ive watched the show#they are immortal and happy forever#im sorry even korrasami wont convince me#im glad for the gays but they havent been born yet the gaang is in their prime forever bye#i can do this all day#aang#avatar aang#toph beifong#katara#sokka#uncle iroh#prince zuko#fire lord zuko#kataang#legend of korra
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anyway kataang and their stans always gets the last laugh
#avatar the last airbender#atla#aang#katara#kataang#the haters can stay pressed forever#unlike them we are eating good
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Change the Narrative
If people knew the truth, they would call her a selfish monster.
But Katara had sacrificed anything for the world, for an ungrateful husband!
This time she would always choose herself first!
Here is a little one-shot of my anger about what happened to Katara in canon.
I want to give her the end she deserves, so I hope you enjoy it!
Katara knew it was time for her to die.
She felt it in her old bones.
Alone she lay in her bed at the South Pole and watched how the snow was falling.
At least she would die seeing the beauty of her homeland.
It was a good death.
The old woman blinked tears away and tried to be positive about her nearing death.
She would see Sokka, her father, her mother and Gran-Gran again.
It was good.
She had lived a long happy life.
Something burning and unsettling spread through her chest as she thought this.
Was it a happy life?
How often did she and Aang argue over simple things?
How often did she beg him not to play favourites with Tenzin? Yes, their youngest was an airbender, but what about Bumi and Kya? They were his children too.
But no!
The Air Nomad legacy was more important than their two oldest children and their pain.
Once upon a time when she was a young girl and fantasized about the man and family one day she would have, she never would have guessed how she became the kind of mother, who didn't fight for her children.
Who didn't call out her husband for his wrongdoings?
However, she had so with Aang. Since she had met him, she always had mothered him, shielded him from things which didn't fit his narrative.
He was the Avatar, the only hope to end the war, with a track record of running away.
They couldn't lose him, so she had protected him the best she could.
And she did so to her children.
No wonder Bumi and Kya didn't even visit her and Tenzin didn't have much of a relationship with her.
Where did she go wrong in her life?
When did she become a shadow of herself in the name of love?
Why did she even choose Aang?
Was it because of Aunt Wu's prediction, she would marry a powerful bender or because she had a feeling Aang...deserved her?
He loved her and had ended the war.
Was it so bad to give him a chance?
Sadly after sacrificing her best years for him and being rewarded to die alone without her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren around her, it may have been the most stupid decision she ever made.
Spirits, was she a bad person to think that?
She loved her family, really she did, but deep down she had to admit...she wouldn't do it a second time.
Katara wouldn't sacrifice herself, her ideals, and her dreams for Aang's dream.
She had her whole life given and given and was now at the end of it rewarded with nothing.
Tears streamed down her cheeks, as she slowly closed her eyes.
Soon she would join her loved ones...
Just...
If she could...
If the spirits were so kind...
If dear Yue heard her...
She wanted a second chance.
She wanted to live a life for herself and herself alone.
Katara had given in this life all and more...was it so bad that she wished for a second chance to get it this time right?
Was she selfish?
Maybe.
Surely.
But anyone had a point in their life where they had to put themselves first.
Her only regret was that she did not realise it sooner.
Katara closed her eyes and felt the last beats of her heart.
Never noting how the moon was shining brightly down at her...
***
She felt pain in her head.
Katara hissed and touched her forehead.
Why did she get a headache?
Where was she?
She blinked to banish the shadows before her eyes.
Slowly she could see.
Ah yes.
She was outside General Iroh's tea shop in Ba Sing Se.
The waterbender had seen Aang walk out and wanted to join him.
It was high time that she gave Aang her answer about them being a couple.
She had been unsure a few days ago, but now with the war over...why shouldn't she give him a chance?
He was standing at the balustrade watching the setting sun, it was the perfect moment.
As the waterbender made her first step towards him, an avalanche of emotions and vision filled her whole being.
Katara gasped quietly, trying to make sense of this.
It was too fast and also too slow...however, she felt it in her bones...whatever she had planned kissing Aang and getting together with him...it would be the worst decision of her life!
No, she didn't want what she had seen.
How could she sell herself, her principals, and her honour for a guy?!
How could she be together with someone who would play favourites with their children?!
No, absolutely not!
Whether this was a vision from the future to save her from this faith Katara didn't know, but what she knew she wouldn't make the same mistakes twice!
So angry she walked up to Aang and tapped his shoulder.
The Avatar turned smiling towards her. He seemed so happy and hopeful and looked at her like she had hung the stars and the moon.
For a second she flatter, which only made the vision come forth again and made her anger tenfold.
Oh no!
Not with her!
"Aang.", she began. "I don't love you and I never will! Stop pestering me about us being a couple! If you don't accept my feelings I will waterwhip you do your next incarnation, do you understand me?!"
To say he was shocked was the understatement of the century. She could formally see the heartbreak in his eyes and how he tried to speak up, maybe to guilt trip her, however, she wasn't having anything of it.
"Nothing you will say and do will ever change my mind! So don't even try. I will go back with Sokka to the South Pole and rebuild my home. That's where I belong!"
Dramatically she turned around and entered the tea shop again.
The others tried their hardest to seem like they hadn't listened in, yet Katara saw through them.
She sends them all an annoyed look.
"What?!"
No one said anything for a few seconds before Toph snickered: "Oh sugar queen, I hoped you had it in you."
This makes Katara smile.
***
The next months of her life Katara rebuilt with her father and Sokka their home.
The Nothern Watertribe had tried to turn the South into a second North, except Katara was having none of it.
As a war hero, master waterbender and daughter of the chief she used all her power to stop this chances.
She was a force of nature!
No one had a chance against her.
Her family was so proud of her and she was satisfied with herself.
Yes, this was where she belonged.
Helping people and not being the soulless, passionless arm candy of Aang!
Katara was happy.
A voice inside her told her how she deserved it.
***
A year later found Katara as ambassador for her people at the first peace summit.
She was happy seeing Zuko again, they had written to each other, yet seeing each other in person was much better.
He had become her best friend.
And her wall against Aang.
As Avatar he was at the peace summit too. Of course, he tried to talk with her. Tried to sway her, saying he missed her and wanted to be friends again.
She saw right through him. Aang still wanted her.
Thank the spirits for Zuko having her back and distracting Aang.
When they enjoyed together a cup of tea in General Iroh's tea shop she thanked him for his help.
Awkwardly he waved it away.
It was nothing.
He and Mai had broken up and the black-haired girl wasn't happy about it.
Even if she and Aang weren't exes, Zuko knew how frustrating it was to have a person follow you like a shadow and demand to be together again.
In comfort, she petted Zuko's hand and told him he did the right thing to end things with Mai.
If she couldn't accept a no was she a good girlfriend?
A little crooked smile formed on Zuko's lips, and her heart stopped for a second, as he thanked her for her words and friendships.
Then he asked her to join him in the search for his mother.
***
Being with Zuko on a life-changing field trip again was... exciting.
They still worked flawlessly together, like when they had hunted down the murder of her mother, but now they were friends.
It changed a lot of interactions.
They were playful with each other.
Zuko was the only one who ever laughed at her jokes.
They were there for each other.
In the long days when they hunted down one clue after another and Zuko seemed to lose hope, Katara reminded him to never give up.
They shared the workload.
It was amazing not mothering someone and having someone help her around camp.
They were getting closer to each other.
They shared things they never told anyone.
Zuko told her how he got his scar and Katara hugged him, wishing Aang had killed Ozai.
Wishing Ozai was before her and making him pay for hurting her best friend!
Sometimes they just stared at the stars, inventing constellations, their hands inching closer.
Something new was born between them.
Katara didn't know what it was, but she would enjoy it.
It made her feel good.
After weeks on the road, they finally found Ursa.
And also a society of hiding airbenders.
Katara couldn't help but laugh in utter glee.
***
Was it really that surprising that Katara and Zuko fell in love with each other after their journey?
When she kissed Zuko for the first time, it was like coming home.
Warm, welcome, familair, intim.
It was the best sensation in the world.
Something inside her told her this was how it was supposed to be.
After two years of dating and being the ambassador of the Southern Water Tribe in the Fire Nation, they married.
All their friends and half of the world were invited.
Yes, even Aang.
Aang was so grateful to Katara and Zuko for having found his people and was busy with the air nomads to rebuild their society, and seemed to finally let go of Katara.
Now they really could be friends.
***
Katara of the Southern Water Tribe, master bender, war hero and Fire Lady became a living legend.
Not only the people in the Fire Nation adored her, but she used the power she wielded to make the whole world a better place.
She was the one who came up with the idea of Republic City, a place where all nations could live in harmony.
She revolutionized the art of healing with her bloodbending.
She installed fountains and aqueducts everywhere she could, so people had clean water.
Statues were built and universities, streets even neighbourhoods were named in her honour.
Katara taught new generations of waterbenders like her daughter Kya and people formally fought over to learn from the Fire Lady.
When their oldest daughter Izumi became Fire Lady, Katara and Zuko retired to Ember Island to live out their twilight years in peace.
They often had visits from their friends and families.
Their son Lu Ten, a nonbender, had married a waterbender named Mizuki and had with her five children.
So the proud grandparents helped their son and daughter-in-law raise the rascals.
It was fulfilling.
As Aang then died and was reborn as Korra from the Southern Water Tribe Katara and Zuko moved to the South to teach the new Avatar.
Korra loved Katara and Zuko like grandparents and loved hearing about their adventures.
After Korra goes to Republic City to learn airbending from one of Aang's sons he had with one of the hiding airbenders, the pair returns to Ember Island.
Zuko died a few months before her.
Katara followed him after the birth of their third great-grandchild.
Both died surrounded by their big and bustling family.
As Katara died, her oldest great-granddaughter, who was named after her held her hand, she couldn't help but feel happy.
She had lived a long and wonderful life.
Soon she would be together again with her beloved husband and her family.
And so the greatest and most beloved Fire Lady died in peace with no regrets in her heart, her story being told for thousands of years to come.
***
The Legend of Katara became a tale which young girls loved.
From a simple waterbender to a master, war hero and ruler over a nation, who changed the world only a few ever could.
It showed all girls, that they could do anything they wanted.
They could reach their goals and go even beyond.
This was Katara's legacy.
As it should have been.
If you liked this one-shot and want more Zutara, a badass OC, personal growth for Aang and the Gaang being amazing check out Yin and Yang!
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I hope you liked this little One-Shot!
Let’s now scream together in the comment section how Katara deserved better and if it’s not canon we will give it to her in fanon! :D
#katara#atla katara#avatar the last airbender#atla#zuko#atla zuko#prince zuko#atla zutara#zutara#zutarian#katara deserved better#zuko x katara#katara x zuko#zutara fanfiction#zutara fic#zutara forever#anti bryke#anti kataang#anti maiko#bryke critical
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I did falling in love with Zutara and I probably always love them!
#katara x zuko#zuko x katara#zutara#zukoxkatara#zuko and katara#blue spirit x painted lady#zutara was robbed#pro zutara#anti anti zutara#anti kataang#atla zutara#zutara edit#zutara fan#zutara fandom#zutara forever#anti aang#antikataang#anti bryke#zk#anti zukka#anti maiko#atla zuko#atla katara
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ZUTARA MONTH 2024: Reincarnations
Love is brightest in the dark
#zutara#atla#zuko x katara#katara#zuko#katara x zuko#anti maiko#anti kataang#zutara edit#zutara gifset#anti anti zutara#pro zutara#zutara analysis#zutara evidence#zutara forever#zutara meta#zutara month#zutara month 2024
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“Baby, you're my forever girl” is the best line to ever come out of Avatar and this is why I like Kataang
#atlaposting#kataang#thats rough buddy is iconic but baby you're my forever girl was the scene i kept replaying over and over again#ITS SO FUNNY#definitely using it on my future partner
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