Why Kataang fits so well.
âKatara and Aangâs relationship wasnât necessary for the showâ
This is correct. This show was aired on a childrenâs channel as a Saturday morning show. Romance is usually regarded as a more âmatureâ topic for older kids, teens and adults. So a romantic subplot wasnât necessary for the show.
But hereâs why it fits;
This show is heavily focused around destiny, yin and yang/ balance, and team work. All things that the Kataang relationship encapsulated.
The show starts off with Katara monologuing about their world. She talks about the war and how the avatar vanished 100 years ago. But she still believes that he would one day return and save the world. Katara believes in Aang before she ever even knew who he was. She knew it was destined for him to return but there is no possible way she couldâve known sheâd be the one to find him.
In the early scenes of the show, Katara is fuming at Sokka for his sexist remarks. This causes her to break the ice behind them freeing Aang from where he had been trapped for the past 100 years. She takes Sokkaâs club and breaks Aang out of the ice. Aang stumbles out and lands in her arms. The avatar she has been believing in just falls out of an ice ball into her arms. The first face he sees in 100 years. She is instantly fascinated by him his tattoos and ability to airbend. She tells her grandmother that she senses heâs filled with much wisdom. She knew there was something special about him. After Aang is captured, her grandmother permits Katara and Sokka to go on a journey to find Aang and for Katara to learn waterbending. She says that âYour [Katara and Sokkaâs] destinies are now intertwined with his.â Katara was destined to find Aang.
Katara and Aang set off to learn waterbending together. Though Katara is frustrated early on because of how quickly Aang progresses, she surpasses him and becomes his master. They practice and learn from each other as the series progresses. And work together using the best of their bending ablilities to defend and protect each other.
When Aunt Wu tells Katara her future she says she is going to marry a powerful bender. This bender, obviously being Aang due to the fact that he is the most powerful bender. But for Aang she didnât actually see anything. She then tells him âJust as you have reshaped those clouds, you have the power to shape your own destinyâ He and Katara shaped the clouds together. Just as they would end up. Continuing the destiny theme.
Tui and La. The ocean and moon spirits. Both waterbenders like Aang and Katara but one is in the sky as in air and the other is the water. Like Aang and Kataraâs native elements. Yin and Yang imagery. Push and pull. Katara is shown in one of her first scenes acting out of anger. Breaking ice and shaking the water around them. Yelling and voicing her opinions loud and clear. Sheâs confrontational and uptight but smart and mature. Aang is shown to be calm and levelheaded. Giving himself up to avoid further conflict between the village and Zuko. Avoidant and childish. Tranquil and decisive. Opposites. Tui and La, Yin and Yang. Another motif throughout the show. They balance each other out. Aang is able to show Katara how to be more passive and how to loosen up. Katara shows Aang how to be more mature and to face things head on. A balancing act if you will.
Katara and Aang are the last of their kind. Aang is the last Airbender, as the show is titled and Katara is the last water bender of the southern water tribe. They both have the huge responsibility of passing on their bending/culture to future generations to come. And they do it together. They have three kids and raise wonderful family together. After all of the hate in the world, the deaths of those they love, and the violence that they watched, they are able to find love in each other. Being each otherâs hope and guidance through such tough times. And thatâs why I believe they are soulmates that fit perfectly within the world they saved. Together.




















