#like she was the last waterbender from the south! she should’ve gotten a ceremony for being a master waterbender!

[themoonandhersun]

hot take time:

i LOVE that katara is a pro at waterbending

i love her for it and i just think it’s so badass that she mastered it so fast—but i think, considering how we saw her struggle with it at the start, it would’ve been realistic to still struggle with it even after getting a master.

i’m not saying she should’ve been on par with how zuko struggles with his firebending, but i just think it would’ve been very interesting to see her waterbending skills develop over the course of the three books instead of her just mastering it in the first one, you know?

none of this is to say that katara doesn’t continue improving since she mastered waterbending...because she did keep improving and ingrained moves from the other nations into her bending as well.

like...for example: the breath of life move she used during sozins comet (i feel like it originates from both the air nomads and the fire nation? maybe it’s just fanon that it came from the air nomads first, but it explains how aang is able to just vibe at the poles with no parkas. i’m just not entirely sure where it comes from).

i just think seeing katara struggle with her waterbending, even after getting a master, would have made the pay off of her being a master more interesting (rewarding?) to watch.

i know people love that she’s a waterbending prodigy and i love it, too, don’t get me wrong. it’s just—not everyone is a prodigy, you know? not everyone just ‘gets it’ from the start. i feel as if zuko is really the only person we see struggle with his bending ability for the entirety of the show (in terms of not being a master! zuko is a good firebender in his own right! he is!).

toph, aang, and katara are all bending prodigies; i would even argue that suki and sokka are prodigies, too. like sokka had no problem fighting against his master after...what? a week of training...a few days, at the very least? and suki, as we already know, is good at hand to hand combat and with her katana, too. she’s no master, she said that herself, but she’s still clearly good at it and doesn’t struggle with it. in fact, when we see her at the boiling rock, she can keep up with ty lee, a whole ass chi blocker—which says enough to me, honestly, about suki’s abilities. i mean, suki is such a badass, and i think she deserves more appreciation! but that’s another post for another day!!!

also, yeah—aang did struggle with earth at first. but as soon as he learned to face things head on? he was good at it. and, he struggled with fire, too, right...but as soon as he learned that fire is life and not destruction? yeah...he was good at that, too. was he a master of earth or fire at the end? no, but that doesn’t mean he was still struggling with it at the end. but i’m like, 100% sure that if aang had more time to master all of the elements, he would have done it. (he was a natural with water, so i don’t even feel the need to mention it. especially since, you know, if he was more diligent like katara when he had lessons with pakku, he would’ve been a master already.)

what was my point?

oh yeah.

katara is a strong, compassionate, kind, and stubborn character. i see myself in her (no i’m not saying that to be arrogant or conceited or anything) but the part where i don’t see myself in her is how she just...‘gets it’ as soon as she has someone to teach her. a lot of people just...aren’t like that, you know? and if she struggled with bending, you know she wouldn’t give up on it, and i just think it would’ve been very inspiring to see that, you know? it would’ve sent the message that—even if something is hard to achieve, it doesn’t mean you should give up on it. it would’ve sent the message that...if it’s important to you, if it means something to you, you shouldn’t give up on it, no matter what. well, that’s the message i think it would send......i also just would’ve loved to have seen that while watching atla. i...think it would’ve helped me a lot....that’s all....

tldr: i think seeing katara become a waterbending master gradually over the course of the three books would have been a good thing to see! i think seeing her struggle with waterbending, even after getting a master, would have been such an important part of her character arc. like her bending is obviously important to her, and seeing her deal with struggling with it—how it might affect her self esteem, her self image, etc etc—would have been a huge deal to the people who aren’t prodigies, aren’t gifted, etc. it would also make her character even more interesting, imo!

#zutara #a rant.....by me #this one has been in the drafts for awhile #listen i just think seeing katara #someone who we’ve already seen struggling w bending #struggling w mastering bending during the whole show #would have been good to see! #she’s stubborn and she would’ve kept trying and trying to master water bending! #i personally would’ve liked to have seen her learn some waterbending from the swampbenders #it would be like drawing wisdom from other places like iroh talked about #also we could’ve seen her have a ceremony or something! like one at the south pole or something #like she was the last waterbender from the south! she should’ve gotten a ceremony for being a master waterbender! #katara deserves to be celebrated! she DOES #i also feel like this rant....didn’t make as much sense as i wanted it to??? #also i need to publish some of my drafts! #that’s also why i posted this ✨ #also im kinda nervous to post this but it’s like 5am and i haven’t slept and i just feel like posting this #hmmm perhaps i should get some impulse control ? maybe #ALSO if katara struggled more w her bending i feel like she would make her own moves #like she would stray from the things pakku taught her and make her OWN waterbending moves... #cause she’s a badass like that #also she’s creative too #she is the moment #come on now #i also feel the need to clarify: I LOVE KATARA #I LOVE HER VV MUCH I JUST THINK THIS WOULDVE BEEN FUN TO SEE #I HOPE I DONT GET FLAMED FOR THIS