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Do you ever think about how in that same episode that Katara learns that, Sokka tries to steer a boat, and laments how he doesn’t know how, because that boat wasn’t made by The Southern Water Tribe, and then, later, steers an entire Fire Nation war balloon with precision and intent, and knows how to destroy them effectively and efficiently, while also being a co-inventor of the inspiration invention of those Fire Nation war balloons??

Do you ever think about how, when face-to-face with The Avatar in the Avatar State, after repeatedly threatening to imminently kill that Avatar like the other Air Nomads, Ozai’s 1st move is to firebend directly towards Aang’s left side of his face, the exact same spot that Zuko has his scar on??

Do you ever think about how Zuko was challenged to his 1st Angi Kai due to his desire to protect people being unnecessarily put in harms way, and his final Angi Kai was ended due to the same reason??

During the key interactions parts of the progression of their relationship, zuko is usually on the left while katara is usually on the right.

Examples of this:

Even in official art of the show, they are positioned this way:

If you ask me, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that katara (the moon, night, feminine) & zuko (the sun, day, masculine) are paired in this particular manner.

It is extremely representative of the yin & yang emblem, where yang is typically on the left nd yin is typically on the right.

As we all know, the moon and ocean spirits la & tui are fundamentally based on yin & yang. Guess how la & tui are positioned?

La means “pull” in Mandarin. Guess what katara does?

Tui means “push” in Mandarin. Guess what zuko does?

Zuko, before joining: this is a group of extremely skilled benders, i must be prepared for any possible situation when i run into them

Zuko, right after joining: wait a minute these aren't trained warriors they're bunch of goofy kids that have somehow survived without adult supervision all this time, i shouldn't have been so worried

Zuko: hey so how long had aang even been hiding out at your village?

Sokka: pardon?

Zuko: before i came in and kinda destroyed the whole place, sorryaboutthatbytheway, how long was he there, like when did he come to you guys?

Sokka: oh he didn't come to us, and katara and i had only found him like a day earlier so

Zuko: you-? you found him?

Sokka: yea

Zuko: what do you mean you just found him?

Sokka: well we got lost on a hunting trip and katara got mad at me and yelled and y'know how when katara yells weird stuff happens like ice starts forming and breaking and stuff? Yea she kinda broke an iceberg and aang happened to be in there

Zuko: you're telling me that you found the avatar

Zuko: after 100 years of him disappearing and the most expert navigators and detectives trying to find him and failing

Zuko: after generations of firelords before hired every hitman they could get and all of them returning empty handed

Zuko: after 3 years of me searching every desolate corner of the world desperately trying to prove myself and losing sleep over it

Zuko: and you did it by accident???

Sokka: pretty much

Zuko:

Sokka:

Zuko:

Zuko: Uh... Here

Toph, pocketing it: Thanks

and i ended up spending part of english class making this