Correct me if I'm wrong in this, but people constantly bring up Colonization as a reasont o shit on zutara. Yet no one brings up how some of the earth kingdom was definitely a part of it with the fire nation(part of it to save themselves part of it to feed their own pockets) it's not out right said but the subtext is there. Yet no one makes any comments about shipping a high societh earth kingdom person with someone else. Especially Toph and she is low key around the same status of Zuko she's just one rung down from him because she's not royalty. Also the north pole literally let there sister tribe be hurt by the fire nation to save themselves and treate them as lower status wise but no one makes complaints about Sokka and Yue. What Im saying is they like to be the morality police when it suits them. I'm just saying all four nations have done some pretty messed up shit in the war to each other, and the fire nation is only worse because they started it and had more money and power.
One thing the show does a lot (in every iteration) is show how the war has harmed people across the nations. Whether it be the Earth Kingdom or the Northern Tribes acting in their own interests, or people like the earthbenders in Zuko Alone who take advantage of the war to abuse others, or people in the Fire Nation just trying to live their lives who are harmed by the ambition of those in power. None of that means that the fire nation are suddenly not that bad, but this idea that Zuko is oppressing Katara and can never be in a relationship with her because he was born the prince of the fire nation, despite using that power to END the war, is silliness. Especially since it only ever applies to zutara and is only ever used to harass people for shipping it.
