#the main pitfall with the shipping is that Katara as caregiver storyline in the lower quality ones

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TBH everything that goes to potentially making their personalities clash would also provide a good relationship in the right hands. You also have plentiful storytelling fodder from someone who in many ways is selfish (though where she is it tends to be for the right reasons more often than not), more vindictive than Azula at a personal level, and who had to earn her way to her power and prowess versus someone who took her power for granted and was indulged in it in many ways the wrong way to do so. Someone who'd go from a life of luxury in the Fire Nation to the more austere life of the Southern Water Tribe and to the kind of endemic intrigue and hostility between the North and South that would lead to the Korra-era war.

There are plenty of excellent tales that use this, Measure Each Step to Infinity remains my all time favorite Azutara narrative. It also sets one of the highest bars for an Azula lesbian romance.

why do ppl ship azutara ? they both have really strong personalities that would just rub each other the wrong way. i couldn't see them working out as a couple at all.,as frenemies would be better

I am probably the wrong person for this question, shipping and shipping dynamics are not my thing. @theowritesfiction and @juniperhillpatient would probably be better people to ask. But it is in my top three ships so I will try.

They are pretty similar in some regards. Both are highly skilled benders, intense, and strong willed. But Katara is someone who is much more comforting and socially skilled while Azula is awkward and irritating. The comforting nice girl breaking through the mean girls outer shell to get to know her is pretty satisfying. But also Katara can hand Azula back in meanness and spite what she gives, so that is fun to see.

Katara is also someone who is good at understanding other people and will absolutely stand her ground on her beliefs. Azula ending up in a position post war where she needs a defender is common, so Katara finds a way in. Not as a loving relationship, but merely because it is the right thing to do. So watching Katara and Azula going from people who would want nothing to do with each other to lovers is another fun thing to see.

They are also both cool characters, and having two cool characters get together is awesome.

Well there is your answer from somebody who 90% of the time ignores the ships in a story. Really asking anyone other than me about shipping is probably a better idea.