#swamp lady

Elliot with the straw hat, fishing! 🎣

Okay so I know this is a joke but I have FEELINGS, and the feelings are thusly:

In no AU of mine will Pakku marry Gran-Gran

Because that is a happy ending for Pakku, NOT for Gran-Gran. Woman literally travelled the world during a genocidal war to get away from him. The Avatar writers are not super great about considering the perspective of their older female characters, and what they want; they default to "What does the man who wants her want?" and that is not a good look.

This is their actual flow chart, recovered from a storyboarding session:

"Is she old?"

YES

"Is she Water Tribe?"

YES

"The man who wanted her married her, after which she did nothing of note beyond Being His Wife and living happily in an ice hut and smiling, despite canonically traveling the world and Fighting The Patriarchy in her youth"

swamp lady

Nissa "They'd call me the Swamp Lady. I'd be convinced that I'm an alligator. I'd walk around town naked. They'd kick me out of Walmart because I keep coming in with an alligator and I'd tell people he's my husband.

"Eventually they'd get so sick of kicking me out that they'd just meet me out in the parking lot with old rotisserie chickens they're about to throw out just so I'd leave."

Me "You walk around with an alligator under your arm?"

Nissa "No he'd follow me. Because I give him rotisserie chickens! People would go out look for gators, shine lights out into the swamp, and see me standing there waist deep in water. My eyes reflecting the light like the dozens of the gators around me. In my arms? A half eaten rotisserie chicken. Why? Who would your Florida Man persona be?"