If it* gets you writing, it's good!

If it had been Aang who took that lightning strike for Katara in the exact same way Zuko did (same framing, same music, same slow motion desperation, etc.), people would be calling it the most romantic moment in the series. Nobody would be arguing it was just something the Avatar would naturally do for anybody. But because it's Zuko and Katara, suddenly there's this push to strip the scene of all subtext and act like taking a potentially killing blow for someone in one of the climactic emotional scenes of the show doesn't mean anything

Oh, nothing to see here. Just Katara and her two wives fighting.

Katoph is so underrated, it's actually criminal

Let's go atla doodles

Since Toph didn't get to have a sidequest with Zuko like the rest of the group ( minus Suki, sorry girl) I thought I'd share what I think their side quest would've been!! I'm a big fan of the head canon that Zuko has impaired vision, and probably hearing too, I think it makes so much sense, and I also love the idea of her teaching him to "see with his feet" especially since Iroh had that scene where he told Zuko how much you can learn from studying the techniques of the other benders!!

Sokka is, objectively, not the father figure of Team Avatar. The majority of the time when Sokka tries to be any kind of 'father' or leader figure, Katara endlessly mocks him for it because it comes off as clumsy and misguided more often than not. Can't exactly blame him, though, the one person who should have been an example to him had to leave him behind to fight in the war. Sure, Sokka does have a few moments where he comes up with ideas and shows he can be the leader he's meant to be, but that doesn't make him the father figure. It sure isn't consistent enough for him to be counted as such, not as often as Katara is made to be the mom of the group by the narrative. It doesn't help that no one on Team Avatar looks up to him in that way.