I was rewatching the Ember Island Players and I feel like it isn't an accident that Actress-Katara was portrayed as kind of "slutty". Like yes the play itself is a mockery of the character's fanon portrayals at the time to some degree, but the way it coincides with the non-con kataang kiss sits so weird with me. In the play we see that the fake Katara and Zuko have a thing in the Crystal Catacombs, which is played for laughs to make fun of shippers. But beyond that, Katara and Aang's relationship in the play is sibling like, as a way to rub salt in the wound to Katara's rejection of Aang. It's almost like the play is serving as a way to guilt trip Katara into wanting to be with Aang by implying that if she were to end up with Zuko, she would be exactly like Actress-Katara, and would therefore be a "slut", or a "tease" for not returning Aang's affections. Obviously there are other major differences to Actress-Katara and real Katara, but I just feel like it's interesting that the writers are basically saying "this character isn't a slut! ...But she would be if she ended up with that one character you all ship her with tho"
It's almost like the play is serving as a way to guilt trip Katara into wanting to be with Aang by implying that if she were to end up with Zuko, she would be exactly like Actress-Katara, and would therefore be a "slut", or a "tease" for not returning Aang's affections.
Yeah, this is why I can never buy the anti zutara argument that the play is criticizing zutara as a "colonizer fantasy." It's not, it's criticizing female desire. Those scenes play right into Aang's fear that Katara will put out for everyone but him, and we are supposed to sympathize with him over it.
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I know what this is supposed to be implying, but those words paired with a picture of two people who look exactly alike is hilarious.
"The air nomads were accepting of differences. That's why they lived in gender segregated temples and were monks who shaved their heads and dressed alike and practiced asceticism."
Alternatively, they practiced situational homosexuality, which is often the case in gender segregated institutions. Which is not the same thing as being accepting.
I do have a really hard time believing that an order of spirituay detached monks would be accepting of any romantic relationships at all, but it would be kind of funny if they were generally accepting of homosexual relationships, but strictly forbid heterosexual ones outside of necessary procreation.
I'm telling you, situational homosexuality. My new zukaang headcanon is that Aang ends up falling into this dynamic with Zuko because he's his sifu and that's just traditional.
I know what this is supposed to be implying, but those words paired with a picture of two people who look exactly alike is hilarious.
"The air nomads were accepting of differences. That's why they lived in gender segregated temples and were monks who shaved their heads and dressed alike and practiced asceticism."
Alternatively, they practiced situational homosexuality, which is often the case in gender segregated institutions. Which is not the same thing as being accepting.
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I do not want to hear about Bryan talking about how hot he thinks Aang is.
Also, if Aang is not yet the Avatar he needs to be, and he's dead in LoK, when does he actually become the Avatar? This movie was supposed to be his moment?
Seems to me that Bryke is trying to address Aangâs problematic behavior in ATLA show/comics/LOK by continuing to demonstrate how immature and selfish and inconsiderate he still is at the age of 25⌠but promising to the fans âdonât worry! Aang will grow up at some point. Heâs just going through a lot right now. Go easy on him.â
⌠Kind of like how some women believe that, once they marry that goofy carefree childlike guy, theyâll finally step up and be the mature, calm and emotionally-collected partner who can also raise some kids?
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Also, I never really saw Aang as being vain enough to deprive half the world of its tofu supply all for a 12-pack of abs and swimmersâ shoulders⌠but it seems like Bryke really wanted to emphasize that Katara wouldâve never left Aang for a hot guy with definitely-no-chest-scar because nobody is hotter than Aang now. đ¤ˇđ˝ââď¸
It also seems like a statement designed to market more content to us. "The story isn't over yet, guys! Promise! We definitely aren't trying to milk the rotten, dried corpse of this franchise!"
precipice between adolescence and adulthood, at 25. You know, we let 18 year olds join the military so they can shoot guns and people and operate million dollar pieces of machinery, and we're not even a society in the middle of an industrial revolution where the concept of a modern teenage wouldn't even exist.
The thing is, as an adult who is older than 25 I do think 25 year olds are grown children, not in the "everything is pedophilia" tumblr way, but in the sense that I was stupid at that age. But the reason Bryke are saying it is so they can market more story to us. Which is funny because they always said that the story was concluded and there were never any plans to continue it when book four was brought up.
Katara hating Zuko, especially in the context of zukka, is one of the most bizarre things to come out of the fandom, honestly. If Zuko and Sokka had romantic feelings for each other, Katara would know it before they did. Unfortunately, they don't.
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When Aang asked Sokka for advice in the Fortuneteller and Sokka told him that the best way to get a girl's attention was to act aloof, I think that conversation would have been very different if Sokka knew the girl was Katara.
Apparently, they don't like that Katara is forcefully shipped; only when she is forcefully kissed! As long as it's their fav.
Make up your minds, did she reject him or not?
(I don't even want to talk about this. Godamnit)
It's only okay to ship one character with another (even when they already have a partner) if it's my favorite ship; otherwise, they're fake and annoying fans!!
I think these are just a few examples of the hypocrisy in this fandom. Remember to ship themes that YOU yourself decided were problematic as long as they're gay or canon!
I always thought the Kataang fandom used to interpret that scene as a mistake Aang made and got annoyed with the Zutarians whenever someone complained in the same way I usually get annoyed when someone complains about Zuko, like "omgg, he already made up for his shit, leave him alone." Not that they genuinely believed that shit was okay. That she was simply "surprised and didn't know how to react đĽşđĽş"
She literally yelled at him, "I TOLD YOU I WAS CONFUSED," and you think that wasn't a "no"? That it was simply unexpected and that's why she didn't reciprocate? As if she is going to accept kisses every time he wanted them?
Why is the picture of Katara being "forcefully shipped" (whatever that means) a picture of her tenderly touching his cheek? Looks like they're about to kiss, to me.
Yes you read it right and no I'm not kidding. Azula is by far the most dangerous kind of female friend ANY girl can have.
This is exemplified in The Beach episode where both Azula and Mai show their ass but I'll start off with Azula first.
The girls and Zuko are at the Beach at Ember Island. Ty Lee is getting a lot of attention from the boys at the beach because of her appearance and Azula is not happy about it.
This girl is a princess who's been catered to her entire life but the moment the attention isn't on her but on Ty Lee instead, Azula gets upsetty. I feel the need to explain that this jealous behavior isn't a general thing but a Ty Lee exclusive thing.
When Azula couldn't do cartwheels as a child but Ty Lee could, Azula's response was to push her down. She doesn't act this way towards Mai who also gets a decent amount of male attention during this episode. It's strictly about Ty Lee.
The girls and Zuko go to a party and are socializing. Mai is alone and Zuko is getting Mai food. What about Ty Lee?
Oh nothing, she's just getting sexually harassed by multiple dudes while hemmed up in a corner.
This scene didn't bother me as a child because I was unaware of the implications. But looking back as an older person, this episode now disgusts me. Not because of this scene exclusively but because of how under-protected Ty Lee was. Where the hell was her friends when this went down? Where the hell was ANYONE?!
Ty Lee had nowhere to go and did the only thing she did to feel safe. Fawning
The fawn response is a type of people-pleasing behavior present in stressful circumstances or triggered by situations involving coercive con
This is the link to what I'll be using as proof of Ty Lee exhibiting these behaviors.
âDifficulty saying no or setting boundaries.â
In the picture I showed above, Ty Lee caters to the ego of the boys surrounding her, trying to let them down easy.
âHyper awareness: Constantly scanning the room to gauge and manage the emotions and moods of those around you.â
Ty Lee is in distress and looking around. Waving her hands when she realizes they're getting more upset.
And she's forced to defend herself when words don't work. Zuko was walking around in the food section and Mai was alone doing whatever. So that leaves Azula. What was Azula doing?
Azula was watching this happen. She saw her female friend, pinned in a corner, harassed by boys and did nothing.
You can make the argument that Azula didn't know and she was probably looking at Ty Lee because she was approaching her. Okay cool.
Here we go, Ty Lee just admitted to being sexually harassed by a group of guys. We can't make the argument that Azula wasn't aware because she has now been made aware.
How does Azula handle this situation?
Well would you look at that. Azula decides to criticize Ty Lee by calling her "easy." How is being easy a bad thing? Shouldn't women be willing participants in their relationships? Why is that a failure on Ty Lee's part?
We must also address the slut shaming that Azula is doing.
Azula is doing the victim blaming half. She tells Ty Lee that it's her own fault for being "too friendly" with the opposite sex and she should've been more difficult.
Ty Lee was excited to see Azula but is how reduced to tears by the lack of emotional support.
Azula tells Ty Lee to calm down and that she didn't mean what she said. Azula stans and Tyzula shippers praise this scene because they believe that this is Azula's version of apologizing, something she never does. Except this isn't Azula bestowing an apology onto Ty Lee, no, this is Azula making herself the center of attention yet again.
Azula admits to slut shaming Ty Lee out of, you guessed it.
⨠JEALOUSY â¨
The writers ignore what happened to Ty Lee and instead centers Azula's desperate need for male attention. Ty Lee has to push aside her own issues and make Azula "desirable" by teaching her how to flirt. Azula runs off and kisses the boy she wants and Ty Lee is left alone yet again.
A jealous, male centered friend is a dangerous friend to have. Avoid the Azula type at all costs.
(Tumblr won't allow me to put more pictures so there's gonna be a part two. Stay tuned.)
That scene where Ty Lee is cornered by the guys is so uncomfortable because I'm absolutely sure the intention was to portray her as a tease.
And I think the reason Azula is not jealous of Mai is because Mai's more downcast demeanor has no chance of showing up Azula. Although I do think young Azula was jealous of Zuko having Mai's attention in that one scene. Azula can't stand not being the center of attention, and this scene is one of the reasons I hate it when people act like Azula is a feminist.
I do think that we are supposed to understand that Azula is treating Ty Lee horribly by turning things back on herself, and that Azula is being really self-centered in this scene, but I also think the writers agree with Azula's slut shaming of Ty Lee.
7. for the âdoomed siblingsââpoor azula deservedââ variety of fake zuko fan: *kiyi hate for no reason other than the fact that she feels like the child character is stealing a role from azula that azula herself never wanted or the fact that kiyi character isnât fully centered around propping up azula like they think every character should*
8. no you guys just donât get it, zuko was a fascist and therefore needs to be âhumbledâ by this other fascist who did fuck all the entire show to make up for it and had to be made into a completely different person in the comics to fix it
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I think people who say âZutara is fine but I donât like (specific hc or AU) so I hate the shipâ donât actually want to be respectful.
Itâs usually less about âI canât like Zutaraâ and âI donât want to like Zutaraâ because itâs a huge fandom. If you donât like Fire Lady Katara, great, thereâs a section for you here. You donât think thereâs enough time in canon? We have thousands of post-canon AUs.
Yeah, a lot of people like this ship zutara, but don't want to be associated with the fandom, usually for misogynistic reasons. You hit the nail on the head on how it's often about "I don't want to like zutara / don't want to be associated with this specific stereotype I have about it."
And then they'll wonder why the fandom doesn't give them a cookie for their super special unique opinions.
The anti-zutara sentiment of "they hated each other/they were never even friends/they barely interacted except for when they were trying to kill each other" will always be funny to me.
Because aside from the fact that it is just. Blatantly untrue. There will be people who will unironically say things like "literally all he did was jump in front of lightning for her. đ Why are you people so delusional." And it's like, my guy. Do you hear how you sound right now.
All they did was go on a journey together to track down her mother's killer after he sought forgiveness for betraying her, thus completing the arc of redemption and forgiveness that began when she offered to heal his scar. You know, they barely interact.
