#this is not z*ko h*te btw

[azulas-defense-lawyer]

i think this has been said before, but zuko did not betray katara in "the crossroads of destiny". they were imprisoned together. they had a moment of understanding between them. but they were never on the same side. zuko never said he would fight against the fire nation in this exchange.

katara, in book 3, is mostly mad not about this "betrayal", but that the guy who chased her and her friends around for almost a year, tried to kill them, threatened her grandmother, who she admitted she saw as the face of the fire nation oppressing her, not only wasn't pure evil, but that he too lost his mother, had lost things to the fire nation’s never ending toxicity, and yet still decided to serve the nation and oppress her and the world's hope. this was not a betrayal of her, but merely a scene where she got more insight to his character. and the insight was that yes, zuko had a hard life, yet he still decided to be an asshole (understatement of the century btw) and support the fire nation’s imperialism. she is not mad about this "betrayal" so much as she is angry about all the shit he's done to her and his friends, hard life be damned.

of course, later zuko proves that he has changed to her.

#zuko #katara #atla #avatar #there is no betrayal in ba sing se... #but like actually fr #this is not z*ko h*te btw #just what i regard as the facts #and zuko did get better later #even though he still suffers from asshole syndrome sometimes