#tophara

[2xcheeze]

Dangg I love these two sm!!! ( ‘́⌣’̀)

[gayforsphaghettios]

Adding to this^

While katara and toph went around having girl time together toph knew katara was telling the truth on her looking beautiful with the makeup on after the rude girls insulted her.

There's multiple scenes where they of course blew up or got so mad they'd avoid each other (as stated previously), but they equally learned and grew from those moments and experiences. Katara would TRY to mother toph but toph wasn't taking that shit and honestly katara was unknowingly trying to mother since she lost hers and didn't know how to cope but tried by telling others to do things or take care of themselves. Toph would throw it back at her, though maybe not the best ways. But I think it wouldn't be the same character developments without either character, especially supporting each other in growing.

I cannot for the life of me find the original post (tumblr is a hellsite) but this was sent in an atla gc:

@the-badger-mole

and tbh i always kinda felt like kataang was weird exactly because of that one-sidedness??? like there's one episode of katara maybe sort-of seeing aang as a love interest (when the fortune teller tells her she'll marry a powerful bender), but then the rest of the show is her being passive in the relationship or actively pushing aang away (like their second kiss). and then at the end she just randomly decided "okay i like you i guess."

whereas aang got a bunch of pining moments and you actually believed he was in love with katara.

and most of their relationship was about how she helped aang - he did contribute to her character development over the course of the series especially as a bender of course but it didn't feel as emotionally/spiritually deep as katara's literal one episode sidequest with zuko.

but then someone else wrote "I would argue the opposite? Kataang is where Katara choose the peaceful nomad which subverts the trope presented where zutara is where she chooses the strong protector/combatant. Aang as a character is a subversion of the typical hero while zutara is like,,, coloniser romance idk"

and honestly... i kinda get that. aang was problematic in a lot of ways, but he was definitely a subversive protagonist, and i can see the power of allowing the woman to choose the pacifist vegetarian over the extremely obviously hot jock badboy. this is an incredible oversimplification of their characters of course, but the point stands.

Basically, Kataang is the ship we all logically want - the sweet, friendship-based, seemingly subversive one. But Zutara is the one that actually makes sense in the story, with these characters, not their tropes. Aang is subversive, but he and Katara are also kind of terrible for each other - he isn't mature or selfless enough for Katara, who needs someone to force her to take care of herself because she's always the one taking care of everyone else (wonder what that's like). That's why she and Zuko are so perfect, because he not only takes care of her, he makes HER prioritize herself. Aang... does not. He's pretty selfish, which yes is partially due to his immaturity (I personally don't count Korra as canon because it treated ALL the og characters terribly so I'm speaking purely from his 12 yo self), but it's also just a basic incompatibility thing. And Katara is actually equally bad for Aang - she enables him waaay too much, and he needs someone who doesn't. Who forces him to stand up on his own two feet and take responsibility. She's too much of a mother, and her relationship with Aang is too mother/older sister-ish.

With Zuko, on the other hand? Katara started out HATING him, forcing him to prove himself to her instead of handing him everything she had like she tended to do with Aang and Sokka. He had to earn her care, and as a result he appreciates it way more and demands way less of it. He's a far less selfish character generally for the same reasons, and is much more mature/has a better understanding of life and gray areas. Southern Raiders is a great example of this - he's down for whatever Katara decides because he understands that there's no one right answer, unlike Aang who simply preaches forgiveness. I'm not necessarily attacking Aang about that either - I do believe that grudges eat away at a person, and taking a life does haunt you, so forgiveness isn't necessarily bad advice. But it's not what Katara needed. Aang is great as a friend, but I don't think he's what Katara needs from a romantic partner. Zuko just... is.

[mikubinders]

The fact that there isnt a single wlw ship with Toph in it is insulting, that girl is a lesbian, she gives big lesbian energy, why is no one shipping her with someone, shes precious.

imo Toph would date Suki AND Katara, yes, both, she has two hands.

if not, then katara only, bc im a sucker for strong bender gfs

[burst-of-iridescent]

You know which friendship is massively underrated? Toph and Katara. They might actually be my #1 BROTP from anything ever, and they’re for sure two of the best and most empowering female characters from children’s media.

you're right and you should say it!!!

it still kills me that the only fun toph and katara interactions we got were in the tales of ba sing se and the latter half of the runaway. we deserved so much more fun tophara shenanigans and we were ROBBED.

i like to think that toph sticks around in the fire nation quite a lot after zuko and katara get together and she becomes a really good sounding board for katara whenever she's worried about their relationship or her future in the fire nation. people mischaracterize toph a hell of a lot in this fandom but she's actually one of the most emotionally intuitive characters and i think she'd be able to provide katara with the perfect mix of tough love but good advice.

atla was groundbreaking in many ways but their female friendships were paid dust lmao. i will forever be mad that we were robbed of suki katara bestieism (though suki in general just got done dirty in her relationships with the gaang besides sokka) because they would've been like SISTERS and you cannot convince me otherwise. suki and toph and katara would've been the perfect friendship trio.

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So I saw this post by @tophara ( ♥ ) and I was like “daaaamn, I need to draw this immediately”. That’s it, that’s the story 

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we needed more bastard toph 

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Ba Sing Se Strumpet

Updates tomorrow. I'm excited about writing the first chapter: I think that this will be a great series, even though it's planned to be relatively short like 10 to 15 chapters.) 

[burst-of-iridescent]

katara for the character ask my beloved bestie 💕

but of course, bestie <3

Sexuality Headcanon: straight or bi! i can also see her going unlabeled and just loving whoever she loves. regardless of how she identifies though, katara would be the absolute best ally ever. the homophobic katara hc can die by my blade

Gender Headcanon: cis and ready to fight any transphobe with her bare hands

A ship I have with said character: obviously i'm ride or die for zutara, but i also love me some yuetara and azutara. what can i say, i'm a sucker for good symbolism.

A BROTP I have with said character: toph and katara 100%. we were so fucking robbed of their friendship. we deserved more episodes of tophara shenanigans.

A NOTP I have with said character: post Cave of Two Lovers kat/aang, especially in book 3. hardcore nope.

A random headcanon: i've said it before but i think katara would be an amazing dancer! especially in a modern au, she would definitely be great at ballet or any super graceful/flexible dance form.

General Opinion over said character: every single character in the gaang would be lost without her, she gives so much and gets so little back, and her life should never have turned out the way it did (fuck you, comics and lok). katara gets the most undeserved hate both in canon and in fandom, and she deserves SO MUCH FUCKING BETTER.

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AO3/Archive Of Our Own: Wreck The Pole! - Femdom!Asami x GQSub!Korra -NC-17

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Taking a short break from zutara before lunch to wire some small Katoph/Tophara (I prefer Tophara) pieces.