Love Avatar the Last Airbender? Join The Gaang: An ATLA Discord Server!

Here are some features!

• Channels for ATLA and LOK discussion including specific channels just for shipping! (We have channels for Zutara, Kataang, Zukaang, Zukka, Sukka, etc.)
• SFW and NSFW options available so all ages are welcome! An inviting and inclusive space for all, and the ability to select your pronouns upon entry!
• Places to share your ATLA art and writing with others. Including channels to stream your drawings plus specific roles for writers and artists.
• A specific channel just for members to promote your servers, commissions, or products to other members.
• Places to vent about real issues, and voice chat options available. Meet lots of friends!
• A few discussion channels for other fandoms plus a gaming themed channel.
• Specific roles to play Among Us with other members.
• Tons of memes and a huge selection of ATLA emojis!
• Best of all: super nice and friendly people who love ATLA and the fandom!

ClickJOIN to join the server! If you are having issues with the link, it is also in my bio or feel welcome to shoot me an ask or DM!

Love Avatar the Last Airbender? Join The Gaang: An ATLA Discord Server!

Here are some features!

• Channels for ATLA and LOK discussion including specific channels just for shipping! (We have channels for Zutara, Kataang, Zukaang, Zukka, Sukka, etc.)
• SFW and NSFW options available so all ages are welcome! An inviting and inclusive space for all, and the ability to select your pronouns upon entry!
• Places to share your ATLA art and writing with others. Including channels to stream your drawings plus specific roles for writers and artists.
• Places to vent about real issues, and voice chat options available. Meet lots of friends!
• A few discussion channels for other fandoms plus a gaming themed channel.
• Tons of memes and a huge selection of ATLA emojis!
• Best of all: super nice and friendly people who love ATLA!

ClickJOIN to join the server! If you are having issues with the link, it is also in my bio or feel welcome to shoot me an ask or DM!

caroline-draws-stuff:

day 1: height difference :3

@kataang-week

yelenaskitten:

i don’t ship kataang because it goes against aang’s entire arc. and katara’s. and zuko’s. (i’m not an aang anti btw so don’t get it mixed up smh. i just rlly hate bryke lmao)

first of all, no one told aang that he could never be in love with someone or have a partner, and we can see that as from what we know most of the previous avatars have S/Os. aang wasn’t being advised against loving katara, he was advised against forming a (mostly one-sided) unhealthy attachment to her. aang had this idolized version of katara in his head that he fell in love with. he could have been friends with her too, but i guess that wouldn’t be enough for him.

and we see that in southern raiders when aang was disappointed with katara in her decision to seek revenge because it went against his idea of her. he always saw her as his supportive figure, his friend that would share in his beliefs. he was probably more surprised with her choice because he confused her empathy with pacifism, because he never saw who she really is. katara is a force to be reckoned with. she walks a line between simply sticking up for other people and showing no mercy to anything that threatens what she loves and cares about ((this is why i love her omg)). he is contracted with zuko in this episode because zuko is focused on supporting katara and understanding her needs. for once katara wants to do something for herself to find peace, and yet aang doesn’t even try to understand why or where she’s coming from.

aang’s whole arc was about him taking responsibility and being the avatar, while also carrying on the airbender legacy. so it would have make so much more sense for aang learning to give up his unhealthy attachment to katara being what let’s him go back into the avatar state. at least it would make more sense than a well-place rock. not only would that show him finally taking full responsibility for being the avatar, but it would also show him upholding the air nomad culture.

also, i can’t possibly go into all of why i ship zutara only because i know it’s all been said before, but they really deserve each other. zuko had real feelings for her and respected her no matter what because he worked hard to understand her. he put in the effort of having a relationship with another person even if it was only for friendship. and she did the same for him!! zuko didn’t love an ideal version of katara but the real version of her. and he was supportive when she had to always support others.

when bryke did sozin’s comet, they threw everything away just so they could make kataang happen. and that is rlly shitty of them.

To kataang fans: Yes this idiotic screed is crosstagged, but please do not engage with OP. Just block. First of all, OP is a minor. Secondly, it’s not worth the headache.

Again, do not engage. Just block. Thanks.

I always wondered why Aang and Katara’s kiss at the end of the series felt like such a moment.And then rewatching the series, I figured it out. It was the song. Don’t get me wrong it’s a lot of build-up that we had been waiting for, but there’s more to it. The song is literally a timeline of their relationship.

In the finale, when we first see Katara walking up to Aang all the way until she hugs him, we hear a tune that sounds very familiar. It’s a clear staple of the series, but when does it normally play…

The tune’s typical appearance occurs whenever Katara kisses Aang on the cheek at the end of the episode, and he begins to blush. It’s a sweet little melody. Their cheek kisses almost always were done with friendly intentions, but there was always a hint that it could lead to something more. (Katara isn’t giving Toph, and everyone else cheek kisses, so it isn’t 100% platonic). This parallels their hug in the finale scene because while it’s a hug rooted in so much friendly love, their eyes give you a look at the end that tells you there is much more to it than that.

Then the song changes briefly into a very soft melody. An iconic melody. Right as Aang and Katara are about to kiss.

Say hello to the song from “The Cave of Two Lovers” episode. This parallel is gorgeous. The scenes line up exactly. The images are almost identical as they are about to kiss each other. It’s the song of their firstandlast kiss in the series.

Which brings us to the last part of the finale song: the part where they actually kiss. This tune is much louder and, for some reason, makes us feel passionate? If you weren’t a Katara/Aang stan before, I’m not sure how you’re not one after watching this. The kiss paired with this song makes you feel like their adventure is not over. Like you’re about to go off to battle, and you’re prepared to die with this ship. But why?

Becauseyou are about to go off to battle. This is a louder version of the song that was playing when Aang kisses Katara right before he went to fight the Firelord, and you didn’t even know it. The finale kiss makes you feel passionate and promotes a sense of urgency in you because that’s how the kiss before the invasion was supposed to make you feel. What is so beautiful about how they used this song in both scenes is that:

1. Aang kissed Katara the first time it was used and now Katara is kissing Aang the last time it is used—tying it together in a really pretty way.
2. They are letting you know that the kiss at the invasion was a massive milestone in their relationship, and, yes, it was mutual. Otherwise, that song wouldn’t have been in the finale. So congrats, Aang, your baddie move worked.

My point is, is that throughout this entire goddamn series, we were being conditioned and trained to fall in love with the pairing. Their intention with putting all these tunes into one big song at the end was to remind you of how you felt during their past romantic moments. It was a mental nostalgia montage. We were being told, it’s going to happen no matter what, and here are the signs. And as they left, the creators/writers/music director wanted to leave you with this one note: it’s Aang and Katara. It has always been Aang and Katara.

Flameo, sir. Fla-me-o.

There’s so many articles or “think pieces” popping up about making Zuko/Katara a thing now that there’s going to be an Avatar live action remake. (Buzzfeed has even mentioned Zutara in two of their recent posts) And, while I doubt the creators would change who she ends up with, I hope Netflix doesn’t push them to throw in a love triangle for the sensationalism of it all. Not only because love triangles are annoying and unnecessary, but also because I can’t stress enough how unhealthy that relationship would be. I don’t care about people shipping them—to each your own—and some people have even said they shipped them because they like Zuko and related to Katara. All the power to you! But I’ve said it once and I’ll die saying it: he tried to kill/harm her several times. He fought with her in the Siege of the North episode with a vengeance that was meant to kill. He hired an assassin, stalked her and her friends, verbally abused her, stole from her, and there was literally physical confrontations. If someone does that to you, donot get into a relationship with them. I can’t believe I even have to say that. Yes, he changed, but you can’t discredit that he did all those things to her at a point in time. If you choose to ship them though, then that’s fine. Tomato, toe-ma-toe. But please for the love of everything, do not write think pieces or posts asking for the remake of a children’s show to have a young girl be in a relationship that would ultimately be toxic rather than the healthy, supportive-from-the-start relationship she originally ended up in. Let’s give kids healthy relationship examples.

The entire Zutara v. Kataang discourse explained

jello-in-my-bello:

I’m always very confused by people who thought Katara and Zuko were going to end up together and thought that Aang and Katara were forced. In each season they had essentially a whole episode screaming it in your face that they had feelings/would end up together:

• The Fortune Teller(S1): This entire episode is basically one big lead up to telling you that Katara would look at Aang as a serious love interest once he grows up. Also, it’s unclear whether the fortune teller is a fake at the end of the episode because while she may have been wrong about the volcano, she’s right about everything else (the umbrella, Aang’s battle, etc). And when she told Katara that she would end up with a powerful bender, it’s literally pointed out to us—in WORDS—at the end of the episode that that bender was Aang.
• The Cave of Two Lovers (S2)- Katara is the one who brings up kissing and in an embarrassed-maybe-I-have-feelings-for-you type of way. It has also been confirmed by creators and voice of Katara that they kissed in that episode.
• The Headband (S3)- Katara gets visibly jealous when the Aang is dancing with a girl who obviously has a crush on him. Then when Katara and Aang dance, there is a clear connection between the two of them and it looks like they are going to kiss.

Every single season made sure to let you know where the endgame was. Yet people who ship Zuko and Katara argue that there were all these moments: he gave her this look (while he was attacking her), he kept her mother’s necklace (after he stole it to hunt her down), etc. It’s all very abusive. The main argument comes from halfway through S3 when she forgives Zuko, and they begin to have a friendship. Except the problem is, is that the entirety of S3 shows Aang and Katara’s growth from friendship into a relationship. (See: Katara’s extra protectiveness over him after he died, Katara leaning into Aang’s kiss on Day of the Black Sun, The Headband, Katara threatening Zuko specifically if he hurt Aang, etc.) Not to mention the fact that the writers literally made fun of Zuko/Katara shipping in Ember Island Players.

No one watched the show and thought that Aang and Katara were going to be together in the first or second season, but it was pretty obvious from the beginning that they were going to do a “last episode and now the main characters are a couple” thing. So, if Aang and Katara came as a surprise/seemed forced to you, then you either were paying too much attention to Sokka or you got too caught up in wishful thinking.

Saw these hashtags by @floppy-ding-dong and I feel like it’s an important addition to the post that many people don’t talk about.

I’m always very confused by people who thought Katara and Zuko were going to end up together and thought that Aang and Katara were forced. In each season they had essentially a whole episode screaming it in your face that they had feelings/would end up together:

• The Fortune Teller(S1): This entire episode is basically one big lead up to telling you that Katara would look at Aang as a serious love interest once he grows up. Also, it’s unclear whether the fortune teller is a fake at the end of the episode because while she may have been wrong about the volcano, she’s right about everything else (the umbrella, Aang’s battle, etc). And when she told Katara that she would end up with a powerful bender, it’s literally pointed out to us—in WORDS—at the end of the episode that that bender was Aang.
• The Cave of Two Lovers (S2)- Katara is the one who brings up kissing and in an embarrassed-maybe-I-have-feelings-for-you type of way. It has also been confirmed by creators and voice of Katara that they kissed in that episode.
• The Headband (S3)- Katara gets visibly jealous when the Aang is dancing with a girl who obviously has a crush on him. Then when Katara and Aang dance, there is a clear connection between the two of them and it looks like they are going to kiss.

Every single season made sure to let you know where the endgame was. Yet people who ship Zuko and Katara argue that there were all these moments: he gave her this look (while he was attacking her), he kept her mother’s necklace (after he stole it to hunt her down), etc. It’s all very abusive. The main argument comes from halfway through S3 when she forgives Zuko, and they begin to have a friendship. Except the problem is, is that the entirety of S3 shows Aang and Katara’s growth from friendship into a relationship. (See: Katara’s extra protectiveness over him after he died, Katara leaning into Aang’s kiss on Day of the Black Sun, The Headband, Katara threatening Zuko specifically if he hurt Aang, etc.) Not to mention the fact that the writers literally made fun of Zuko/Katara shipping in Ember Island Players.

No one watched the show and thought that Aang and Katara were going to be together in the first or second season, but it was pretty obvious from the beginning that they were going to do a “last episode and now the main characters are a couple” thing. So, if Aang and Katara came as a surprise/seemed forced to you, then you either were paying too much attention to Sokka or you got too caught up in wishful thinking.

I see a lot of people posting that now that they’re adults and rewatching avatar, they wish Katara and Zuko had gotten together. But rewatching it as an adult has made me even happier that they didn’t end up together. Yes, Zuko changed and had one of the best redemption arcs I’ve ever seen in a show, but you also need to remember what he did to Katara. He constantly tried to kill her and her friends, stole her mother’s necklace to get leverage in a situation, hired an assassin to kill them, chased them all over the world trying to hurt them, and the second she trusted him, he betrayed her. However, people took those moments and made them something they weren’t. This was a show aimed at children and having her end up with a person—even though he changed into a great guy—that tried to murder her on several occasions, just sends a terrible message to young girls, and just overall demonstrates a very unhealthy relationship. As women, we have enough tv shows and movies telling us that it doesn’t matter if a guy treats you bad at first, as long as he changes, it’s all good!

So yes, Aang was two years younger than Katara and looked a little bit like Caillou. Still, he treated her with respect, he complimented her, and if he ever hurt her/made her uncomfortable, he apologized immediately. That is the type of relationship little girls should be shown to choose.

And honestly, what’s great about the show is that both Katara and Zuko both got into relationships that were healthy for them. What else could you ask for?

waterbenderkat:

On this day in 2008, Sozin’s Comet premiered and Avatar: The Last Airbender came to an end

Happy 12th anniversary, Sozin’s Comet.

The candle’s gonna go out soon :)

Aang and Korra’s struggles

i feel like earthbending never came fast to aang because earth is such a tough element LITERALLY.

to be an earth bender you have to be rough and head on, not really thinking but just doing, you know?

and aang is an air monk. he was raised to be focused and more connected spiritually, which is what air is all about. since he was so light on his feet, he didn’t know how to be headstrong and rough, which is why i believe he struggled with it so much.

and we all know that’s why airbending didn’t come right away to korra as well.

korra is a headstrong and rough avatar who’s totally hot tempered. she wasn’t connected to her spiritual side not one bit for half the series, and her air bending finally came to her at literally the last minute. in the words of meelo :

Okay but can we talk about how the world got SO bad to the point where six teenagers, a bunch of elders of some flower cult that fight against evil, a flying sky bison, and a lemur just said, “fuck it lets go dethrone the firelord”

Okay, we always talk about Sokka having every girl that he encounters fall at his feet, but did y’all ever noticed kataras game?

sis had aang simping over her all 61 episodes

let’s not forget she was living in a wattpad bad boy fan fic when she was with jet

then there’s haru, typical high school sweetheart romance

and i’m not a zutara shipper, but he definitely was attracted to her, i don’t make the rules

moral of the story, sokka passed down the spit game gene to his little sister ✨

Pets of the Avatar Universe

appa - flying sky bison

oogi - flying sky bison

momo - winged lemur

fang - dragon

hawky - messenger hawk

bosco - a bear, just a bear

naga - polar bear dog

pabu - fire ferret

katara - flying sister

appashumor:

one thing that i genuinely never understood is that people complain about their shock/disgust about kataang being canon

the first time i ever watched atla, within the first few episodes i knew katara and aang would end up with each other. Like.. are people ACTUALLY surprised or are they just mad? like u can’t tell me u were genuinely surprised that two characters, who had stories intertwined from the very first episode and flirted throughout the final season, would finish the series together

chiptrillino:

Oogies! get a room!
not infront of sokkas salad!

jellolegos:

Where’d all the time go?

comradekatara:

ALT

a couple of very fancy & dignified gentlemen hmmm yes