#i also heavily dislike the implication of zuko being john smith and katara being pocahontas

[sourstiless]

like okay, there are a lot of valid reasons why you may not personally ship zutara, and there are criticisms that you can make of the ship, i won’t try to argue with you, but it’s so frustrating that in the god given year of 2024, we are still having to explain why saying “the only reason girls ship zutara is because they’re projecting onto katara bc they want to be with zuko” is misogynistic.

if your criticisms of something is rooted in making women feel bad for liking something or implying women only like someone/thing bc they’re attracted to that character/person and are incapable of liking the story or development, you are just being misogynistic. that is misogynistic rhetoric, and it’s been used to shame girls and women for liking things, in fandom spaces and in general, for decades. it’s a criticism you never see leveled at men.

if you don’t like the ship, that’s fine, but stop echoing this idea that girls only like it bc they wanna be with zuko and are trying to live out some weird fantasy vicariously through katara. let it fucking die already.

#i also heavily dislike the implication of zuko being john smith and katara being pocahontas #whenever i see that comparison it really kills apart of me #but that’s a conversation for another day i suppose #zutara