The Gaang

One by one im gonna go through the characters, their dynamics with each other, and if I think they're compatible or even have the chemistry with the other characters. Im gonna start each section wither their canon ship [ if they have one] then move onto the fanon ships and after I get through the Gaang I'm gonna include some bonus ships at the end.

Suki

I'm putting Suki front and center because typically she gets pushed aside the most despite being part of being part of Team Avatar. Sure, she joins the team later but she's still part of the team.

Suki and Sokka

These two. I love them. Ya gotta love a woman who can physically beat the sexism out of a man. They are both warriors, but also lovers. I think the two of them were very much crushing on each other but it's clear that their relationship wasn't officially established until after Book one because of his "my first girlfriend turned into the moon" comment to Zuko. [Speaking of which, appearently Sokka's type is "moon"]

It's clear that he has some feelings still left in there towards Yue and that he misses her. As shown by his refusal to kiss Suki under the moon and him crying during the play. But he doesn't let that get in the way of loving his new girlfriend to the fullest. And Suki doesn't even seem all that upset that he dated THE moon goddess. She even teases him a little about it.

They are so so cute together and I think it's a shame that their relationship gets pushed aside for more popular ones.

Which happens a lot with just fandom in general where a straight ship would get pushed aside for the more popular ship that involves two men. And I don't have ANY problem with queer ships at all but usually when this happens I have to ask "Do the characters actually have more chemistry than the straight ship or do you just like it solely because it's gay" and sometimes "Do you like this ship more because it excludes woman?"

Suki and Ty Lee

Anyways here's a gay ship. Enemies, to friends, to co-workers. to lovers. These were my only Suki ones that I had.

Sokka

Ya know. The boomerang guy.

Sokka and Zuko

I don't ship it personally but this is what I was referring to earlier when I was talking about a straight ship getting pushed said for a gay one. I like Sokka x Suki [A polycule between the 3 could be cool] BUT, I do like it better than Zuko x Mai [we'll get to that later]

But I can absolutely see why people ship them and that's because of his Super Special Life Changing Zuko Adventure with the addition of a Enemies To Lovers Dynamic.

Zuko went out of his way to help Sokka save his father from what is the Alcatraz of The Fire Nation. He is the prince of the nation who owns and built the prison. This prison is infamous for the fact that NOBODY has ever escaped it. And with Mai's uncle being the warden, surely she tells him the things that go on in there. The interrogation rooms. THE COOLERS! He knew exactly EXACTLY what he was getting into and still went through with it.

I think the biggest "flaw" with this ship [and a lot of Zuko's ships, really] is that it doesn't really have the time to build up the chemistry between the characters. Zuko joins the team a little more than halfway through the final season. The character's priorities and plotlines don't really leave a lot time to build these things up. But I can see the potential

Sokka and Toph?

This one I don't see nearly as much. They both got an amazing sense of humor, there's the "Sokka my hero" line after her being saved by Suki, and there's Toph clinging to him [but also others] when she's in environments when she has a hard time seeing with her feet. And I've heard that one of her daughters in Korra has a similar personality to Sokka but I have yet to watch the show. Maybe I'll do a part 2 to this when I get around to watching it. But when I was watching the show I didn't really pick up on anything that could be her having a crush on him other than what she says on the Serpent's Pass. Maybe a tiny one sided crush at most. Sorry.

Katara!

Let's move onto Sokka's badass sister and the BEST water bender out there who can bloodbend with ease AND was the one to take down Azula, not Zuko

Katara and Aang

Is it a little basic? Yeah. But boy, they are cute together. And they are meant for each other, literally.

She's the one who narrates the story in the title. She's the one who freed him from the iceberg and they clicked instantly. Aang goes out of his way to try and impress her. Aunt Wu tells Katara that she'll marry a powerful bender and have 3 kids and later in the episode she realizes "Oh shit that bender is Aang"

And then there's Aang having to choose between going between the avatar state at any time and Katara and he wanted to choose Katara so bad. Absoulte power vs girl you goyt a crush on? Who will win? Then of course there's this interaction in the Secret Tunnel <3

Here's a list I found of all the kind things they did for eachother: https://www.tumblr.com/awesome-normal-heroes/772689708217204736/every-kind-thing-aang-did-for-katara?source=share

People say they don't like this one because Katara "Needs someone more mature" due to her motherly nature. But they also neglect the aspect that the only reason why she's in this position is because that her mother died, she had to step up and fill in the roles and jobs that her mother would be doing. Just as Sokka did when he left to fight in the war. But at the end of the day, she's still a kid, a traumatized one. Aang even has to remind her that she's just a kid in one of the very first episodes.

They're both just kids who had a chunk of their childhood taken away from them and was given the heavy burden of adult responsibilities. Katara doesn't need someone mature, she needs someone to remind her how to be a kid.

Katara and Zuko

The supposed maturity that Katara needs in her life even though he is also just a traumatized kid.

I can see why people ship this for the same reason why people ship Zuko and Sokka with Super Special Life Changing Zuko Adventure paired with the Enemies To Lovers Dynamic.

Heavy on the enemies part. She fucking HATED him

The show does poke fun at the idea of them being boyfriend-girlfriend but they very much deny the idea everytime it's brought up. Even after Zuko join's the group and had gained Katara's trust they immediately deny it when June calls called Katara Zuko's girlfriend.

But despite this I would ship this more than Sokka x Zuko because Katara's special adventure held WAY more weight than Sokka's. Zuko helps Katara track down the man who killed her mother. Her mother being killed is something that is brought up pretty much every episode, that's how deeply it affects her. And now she has this chance to get some sort of closure with this thing that has been haunting her for years. And there's this one point in the episode where it looks like she's about to kill the guy and Zuko is just standing there. Like he's just gonna let her do it even though he's a "good guy" now.

Then there's the big final fight against Azula where he takes a lighting bolt for her and healing her afterwards. There's the trauma bonding of them losing their mothers and I can see Zuko being drawn to Katara for her motherly nature.

Again, I see the potential, there just wasn't enough time to build up proper chemistry between them.

Zuko

He's complex and I think it's hard to find a character that would fit his specific needs in a relationship.

Zuko and Mai

Not a fan. Sorry. It's not Zuko's fault and it's not Mai's fault. They just don't have chemistry.

I feel like when Mai isn't in the Azula's henchmen role, she's reduced to Zuko's girlfriend. And we've seen her show interest towards him before they got together but I hadn't seen Zuko shown anything like that. So them being in a relationship just came out of no where.

They're on again. They're off again. They both have poor communication skills. He breaks up with her. She breaks up with him. And sure they kiss but do they actually genuinely even like each other? ^

I get like they're the emo couple but c'mon guys.

Zuko and Jin

I'm sure it could've gone somewhere but Jin needs to slow down. Kissing a traumatized boy on the first date? Calm down girl.

Zuko and Aang?

I once saw a singular post of this ship and if the two were a year or two closer in age, I could totally see it. [Maybe as the adult versions that we see in the new movie would be a good fit for this ship.] From a writing stand point, I think it would be amazing because they're narrative foils.

Aang is "good'. Zuko is "bad". A pacifist and someone who would "pass-a-fist" Aang's story starts with the selfish act of running away. Zuko's story starts with the selfless act of speaking out. Both Water and Earth bender are confined to the materials in their environment while fire and air benders are free to bend wherever they please. When Aang is having the worst time of his life with terrifying nightmares, Zuko is living his supposed best life in the palace. They learn a duo fire bending move when training with dragons. Zuko and Aang have the same lightning scar on opposite sides of their body.

[If we wanna get astrological about it; Air signs and fire signs are really compatable]

Enemies to frenemies to friends to lovers?

Toph

Honestly I can't imagine Toph being in a romantic relationship with everyone. Sure, she's friendly and funny and gets along with people. But from what little I've heard and seen about her in LOK, she's not just good at having close relationships like that.

BONUS:

Toph's new adoptive gay dad's Boulder and Hippo. This is my cool [probably] new ship.