I've never stalked the Zutara tag ever, though I've stalked the anti-Kataang tag and went into the Kataang tag to cleanse my soul of those horrible misinterpretations afterwards. It's so frustrating seeing people trying so hard to invalidate and criticize Kataang's romantic development for sometimes shallow reasons of Aang being 12 and bald (with her being 14 which isn't even bad as their maturity levels is met in different instances often times ((yet maturity is subjective as well, which is the same situation for a lot of especially divisive topics)), plus they're both kids anyways and katara herself is obviously not a shallow person) and also with them having minor disagreements that contrary to popular belief, as a testament in showing how xxx is superior to it, is resolved between them civily (might I add since they've always loved and respected one another) or resolving the issue by themselves, alone and internally leading to a resolution lining up with each other's core values anyways - further showcasing their compatibility as even when separated they're compatible AND thinking of one another.
Why a lot of us ship Kataang is because we consider both Aang's and Katara's perspectives in the relationship in terms of how it fits into canon and how it relates to it overall, not in how we believe it could add to it, but by giving reason in justifying the canonization.
They had most of the series primarily focusing on their relationship...
No wonder so many Kataang shippers are so angry sometimes despite our ship having so called "won", it's because it's like people refuse to see things due to painfully obvious biases that won't be thoroughly admitted in a way similar to this, "I ship xxx because I just like it better but I guess I could see where the author was coming from when they made xxx happen."
Plenty people feel the need to tear down one ship in order to continuing shipping their own. Not because they genuinely believe it's because it's a bad ship which is fine, but not really when you aggressively vouch that xxx was robbed.
All I need to do is watch ATLA to see why they would get together and stay together instead of keeping on with twisted and bitter interpretations of why other characters should've gotten together instead. That, I'll repeat, further enables the need to dismantle canon aspects of the show for it to work, mind you...
If I can watch ATLA, see where fans of other ships are coming from on why they ship what they ship, yet still like my own ship just as much, so can you. The reason why this fandom sucks so bad is because a lot of us are narrowminded and don't remind ourselves that it all just comes down to personal taste.
What you see that isn't validated by the narrative isn't objective fact in terms of story, and that's okay. Please take off your shipping goggles.
P.S. even if I do acknowledge you Kataang shippers' anger, it doesn't mean you're allowed to "bully" or whatever other opposing shippers, namely Zutara fans, for what you deem bad takes. Even if they've been bullying you guys firstly and you believe it's only just to start standing up for yourself finally. (No one can bully you without your consent by the way.) Different opinions and interpretations are fine otherwise, so long as they don't result in horrible acts of harrassment toward anyone because of it.
Criticism shouldn't result in any hatred in a (objectively) harmless aspect of the story and full on rejection of it in favor of an entirely different idea but instead discussion on how to make that certain aspect better for you personally. I'm not even trying to be a hypocrite, invalidating this entire post, with this closing statement. I just believe it'll lead to healthier discussions.
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