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katara for my friend 💧🩵

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[ID: A digital illustration of Fire Lord Zuko holding a golden egg, his cheek against it. The atmosphere is dark, the egg lit up gold, along with Zuko's eyes and scar. End ID]

found a wip from a year ago ill definitely never be touching again

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"I can fix him" this "I can make him worse" that Pathetic. I can love him so much that it changes the course of the entire narrative.

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not to sound like a clown but i really thought they were building up to the lesson that aang’s love for katara was a selfish love which is why he needed to let her go………….only for them to literally let katara be his prize for saving the world at the end of it like thanks i hate it??? 

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Art by polluxery on twitter

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Arsonist's Lullaby

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Art by cirarula on TikTok Reposted with permission

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Some Appa sketches

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Katara with her first born

Katara with her first baby

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The groups at the finale

I'm to this day very confused why the groupings of the Gaang where what they were at the end of the series.

It's time for the ending Avatar, and the Gaang has almost always split up for the season finales. It would not have been surprising if in this case they did not, and this was even teased with the idea that the entire Gaang would roll up and defeat Ozai together. Then they split apart even more so than before. Aang departs (in his sleep lol), they remainder go together only to split apart to have each of their own big moments in their separate groups.

But, I'm left wondering, why are Katara and Zuko practically attached to the hip during this? From the southern raiders onwards, those two are practically always next to each other, and interacting. Ember Island they sit together, from the moment Aang walks away and Zuko holds Katara back they're together including sleeping next to each other (while Sokka and Suki sleep next to each other a bit away) and share their story climax together. This kind of closeness and consistency in being together must be taken as a sign of them having a close relationship as otherwise its unclear why they would be together so consistently. Zuko interacts with the others, but the majority of his emotional conversations and support, from his end and hers are with Katara.

So, why do the writers go so far to establish a close relationship like this between Katara and Zuko? They did not really need to, and in fact with regards to the pairings at the end of the series it even comes across weirdly. It all comes down to the age-old question. Why was it Katara that Zuko dramatically chanced sacrificing everything for? I think even if it's not shipped, Zutara very much has presence in the original work in the sense that once these two characters get along, they very much connect deeply and would spend a lot of time together when they can.

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i will never shut up about them

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My favorite Zutara head canon that can work both romantically and platonically (and I actually think is better platonically) is that Zuko never stops clinging to Katara in social situations like a terrified puppy. Like the Ember Island Players seating situation dialed up to 10. Just imagine Fire Lord Zuko at 40, a well respected and competent leader of his nation, known for his inspiring speeches and his masterful command of policy, following Ambassador Katara around at social political engagements because he never figured out how to socialize alone, and she’s so good at it.

She doesn’t mind because he’s her best friend obviously, but the others do laugh at him behind his back (and sometimes to his face).

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By kanonche

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Zutara is the enemies to lovers trope but HEALTHY AF

zutara is the enemies to lovers trope without the toxicity, with a genuine redemption arc, with two characters who actually help each other grow, where they’re well and truly equals in both power and personality, where neither has to sacrifice what makes them special to prop the other up, where both have a loving and supportive network that would encourage instead of hinder their relationship -

zutara is like peak ‘enemies to lovers’ that is miraculously both wholesome af yet filled with delicious angst and honestly, nothing’s ever come close to just how incredible it is and we’re just spitting facts here, friend.

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ALRIGHT I'M FINISHED.

EVERYBODY BEHOLD!!!!:

"Yin and Yang"