Damn Kya stole all her parents' pretty genes 😭 😂
Also i love how Kya got Aang's personality while Tenzin got Katara's personality!
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i honestly feel like this scene & aangs actions in this episode as a whole is a really good representation of the idea that in healthy relationships, you shouldn't just blindly support everything that your partner does.
for starters, aang is shown to be supportive of katara facing her mothers killer. he tells her as much!
however, we see that when it comes down to it, katara doesn't actually want to kill this man. katara, in her heart and soul, despite all the anger and fury she harbours toward the fire nation, is emotionally mature enough, when she's in a healthy state, to realize that more killing and bloodshed will not undo what has been done. aang sees this & recognizes that her grief will not be removed by doing this, the same way that he knows for himself that even if the fire lord killed all of his people, killing him isn't worth the damage it would do to his values.
i genuinely do believe that he isn't trying to be controlling, or restrict her healing. rather, he's trying to make sure she understands the gravity of the situation, the toll that literal murder will take on someone. he, as a loving and supportive friend, sees his friend on the path to doing something that will ultimately be self-destructive, and is trying to prevent her from making an awful mistake.
i mean, lets think about katara's character as we know her. yes, she is known for her temper and can tend to do and say rash things. but whats important to note is that she herself often feels regretful of these actions. she apologizes when she lashes out, she herself feels that she goes too far.
do we really, truly believe that killing this man would have made her happy? would have avenged her mother?
becoming a killer at only the age of 14 is undoubtedly incredibly traumatizing. i feel like a lot of times i see discourse about this episode, we seem to forget that. she is a child. this is literal murder. this isn't the same as a partner saying that they don't want you to wear revealing clothing outside, or expressing weird amounts of jealousy about you maintaining friendships with the opposite sex.
so yes, if you want to boil it down, aang is expressing that he is against katara doing something. but that something is killing, and i don't see how he could be a manipulative or controlling partner for simply vocalizing that murder is not the solution to katara's grief.
he recognizes that killing this man will only tear her up inside, bring her down to the level of someone who kills others, who gives in to self-destructive impulses.
him doing this shows that he does understand her needs- he supports her going to face her mother's killer, but makes it clear that extreme violence is not what will help her heal.
his support of katara is not blind, and she is better for it. their relationship is better for it.
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"Aang letting go of katara would’ve been a great arc for him!”
No and it doesn't make sense
Stop pretending to care about Aang and his storyline. You just want him out of the way for your fanon ship
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I love that we (the Zutara fandom) agree if Zuko joined the Gaang at the end of Book 2, he and Katara would be Aang's fake parents in The Headband.
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The Blue Spirit episode (ATLA) is just so funny to me, cuz we have:
Aang: running around to look for a cure for his sick friends -> running away from insanely talented archers -> getting the closest to being actually captured he has ever been up to this point -> somehow managing to escape from that with the help of a mysterious stranger
Zuko: is the mysterious stranger & probably having his first mini identity crisis after their "do you think we could have been friends?" talk
Katara: holding on to her conscious mind as best she can, cuz
Sokka: is Hallucinating™ the entire episode (for the first time) and only comes back to himself after sucking on a frozen frog
Momo: having the time of his life on little missions Katara keeps sending him to, for reasons he can't comprehend but hey, fun is fun
Miyuki, the cat: "allegedly" fugitive from the fire nation.
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iroh: this twelve year old is older than me
iroh: that's...upsetting
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ppl who fail to comprehend anything about Aang’s character literally sound like this whenever they speak on him
they’re always sayin shit that is borderline this dialogue lmao, like “oh he’s selfish” “oh he’s so weak” “I wish he would die” etc etc. like calm down Ozai Jr, I don’t think this show was meant for you!
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