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i like zukka for the parallels and the dynamic they had in the boiling rock, and while i've always believed zutara is 100% a good, extremely tasteful ship with a spectacular theme of its own, it just isn't for me y'know?
that said, your explanation on katara's emotional struggle and who it was that allowed her the space to let her emotions get ugly made me tilt my head and go 'ahhhhh, you're right... she not only ranted to and connected with zuko before he fucked it up, he later supported her with seeking revenge all the way through,,,, this is scrumptious'.
i'm omnomnoming at this. this is the good stuff. remains to be seen if i become a multishipper or if this is just a slight glimpse of interest into the path of another, but it really shows what kind of spectacular chemistry zuko and katara have regardless of if you ship them or not. the post i'm talking about was last year but thank you for it anyway
Nah, you don’t understand how happy it makes me seeing people still respond to posts I’ve made forever ago (the other one being that one Owl House post I made last year as well). I see the appeal in most Avatar ships (including Zukka and Kataang), and it always makes me glad when people who ship other ships besides Zutara can still engage with the points I made. So, thank you.💕
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It kinda hit me that North America, my country, tried to recreate the narrative they perpetuated throughout the Iraq War: that Middle Eastern people are meant to suffer. We don’t want it to happen, but it’s kinda inevitable isn’t it? They don’t have the resources. They don’t have the education. We need to save them from the wars we start and the devastation we profit from. They need us.
It worked during the Iraq War because, even though many Americans were against it, Bush successfully managed to insinuate that they were exceptions. He ensured your discomfort with the war wasn’t as simple as you disagreeing with the killing of innocent people, but instead a disapproval of your country. You didn’t respect America. You didn’t care about it. Suddenly, you also disrespected America’s principles. You hated justice. You hated freedom. You didn’t want to help the people of Iraq because if you really wanted to, you’d oppose terrorism, and you’d support this war.
I wasn’t alive in 2003, but from the way it’s been described, and from the music I’ve listened to and the recollections I’ve heard, the Iraq war didn’t represent the people of America. It wasn’t supposed to. Instead, it represented the values of America. It represented the things American politicians, corporations, and their supporters are willing to sacrifice and excuse for the sake of money, reputation, and power.
But it falls apart when you have to witness the tolls war has on people. When you have to hear their stories. When you have to learn their names. When you have to see emaciated bodies. When you have to see families screaming and crying; mourning on camera. When you have to see corpses belonging to the same people you’d seen smiling and laughing and dancing not even days ago.
And the narrative completely shatters after you experience the dissonance between Gaza and Israel. When you see Zionists dancing near the homes they destroyed. When you see them partying a few miles away from the remains of churches, universities, and homes. When you see them in uniforms, hear about their white phosphorus and their bombs, and read about all of the human rights they get to violate whilst still getting a seat at the table where they can decide how many more homes they can destroy and people they can kill.
They then try to tell you that disagreement with this war makes you a bigot. Makes you prejudiced. If you’re against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and if you’ve been against the ongoing apartheid, then you’re anti-Semitic. Think about the Holocaust. Think about the influx of hate crimes happening to Jewish people in your country. And you do think about them. You’ve been thinking about them. That’s why it doesn’t work.
Because you know what anti-Semitism looks like. You also know what Islamophobia looks like. You also know what genocide looks like. It doesn’t have to be defined for you anymore. You’re seeing examples of it every day. You can never forget what it means. And so the narrative fails because you understand that no one should experience this. Even if they’re “supposed to” but were they? You thought you were crazy or naive, but no. It doesn’t have to be this way. It never should’ve been, and they were wrong for trying to convince you that it should. They were cruel. They were callous. They were evil.
So now, it doesn’t matter how many celebrities stay silent. It doesn’t matter how many politicians try to demonize you, and it doesn’t matter how many labels they try to assign you for opposing this war. Because you know it isn’t a war. It never has been. It’s a genocide, and contrary to their attempts to say otherwise, you should be against it. Because before you’re an American or a Palestinian or Jewish, you’re human, and if you still have any shred of humanity left, you can’t support this.
#free palestine#free gaza#and we need a ceasefire now#realized I still wanted to say something here#and it’s easier to speak here#because there’s more freedom in blogs#you can say more in a blog than in a tweet#don’t stop speaking about this#and if you can’t speak#reblog other people’s statements#reblog videos#it’s not small#it’s not insignificant#you’re doing something
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If you see a post that says that Israel is getting away with genocide because it's Jewish, or because Jews are given some sort of special privilege in society due to the holocaust, or because of the position of "privilege" the west gives to Jews, or because our society is "too sensitive" to antisemitism: RUN! Those takes are not coming from a good place.
Zionism is supported by the west despite it being Jewish, not because of it. It's supported due to propping up foreign interests in the region and justifies American imperialism in West Asia. For some it's supported due to the desire to bring about Christian apocalypse.
If someone treats Zionism as being propped up because of some sort of Jewish power in the west they are promoting antisemitism, weather knowingly or unknowingly.
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I do maintain that partly why Israel is losing the PR war is that they can’t stop the IDF acting like fucking idiot monsters on instagram and tiktok.
Makes you wonder what would have happened if social media had been a thing during the Iraq war.
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Now I need someone to make a video about the Internet Historian because if he thought he’d be safe taking an entire article from a journalist without crediting them, there’s no way he hasn’t stolen other works and passes them off as his.
#hbomberguy#internet historian#video essay#plagarism#i just don’t get it#I know#laziness#greed#also his fans are delusional#paying in exposure isn’t paying genius#especially when#you only credit#the person whose article YOU stole#after getting copyright claimed
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What is your opinion on aang?
I like Aang (even though it doesn’t seem super obvious). He’s not my favorite character (I like Katara, Zuko, Ty Lee, and Uncle Iroh), but I still think he’s really interesting in the first two seasons. I just have my issues with his character in the third season.
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I’ve been saying a lot on Twitter and Instagram, but I realized I haven’t said much here. All I’ll say about the genocide happening in Gaza is this:
Boycotting is the easiest form of protest there is. You’re not boycotting hygiene products (even though some are on extended boycott lists). You don’t have to boycott real necessities like food, water, transportation, or housing. You’re boycotting fast food. Coffee. Movies. If you can’t survive without McDonald’s, Disney, or Starbucks, then you’re assuming that activism is supposed to be comfortable, and you’re conflating these comforts with actual needs.
If you don’t have a large enough platform to spread true awareness or provide education, if you can’t attend protests either due to illness or lack of transportation options, and if you can’t donate because, as of late, it’s been revealed that Palestinian people aren’t receiving any of the donations, then you can do this. You can find ways to make your own coffee or you can find local coffee shops. You can cook or order other fast food. You can pirate movies (and you probably already have been doing that so this shouldn’t be any different).
The people saying they can’t live without caffeine, McGriddles, or Disney movies have shown why self-centeredness and a lack of perspective are harmful, and they’ve proven that entitlement doesn’t just exist amongst celebrities and billionaires. You can help Palestine by following the BDS list even if you can’t do anything else, and more importantly you should want to help in any way you can.
After all, you’d want people to do the same for you.
#freepalastine🇵🇸#gazaunderattack#save gaza#boycotting is easy#the phrase there is no ethical consumption#under capitalism has ruined some of y’all#trust me it’s easier than you think it is#to empathize with the people of Gaza#do what you can#because the politicians won’t do anything#and we need a ceasefire now
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Please stop seeing politics as an identity and start seeing it as a collective means for change
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Disgraceful letter from Hollywood signed by all these genocide, ethnic cleansing and apartheid supporting bastards. Didn't you know that all Palestinians' suffering, brutality done to them and killings are done by Hamas. Poor innocent precious Israel. If it wasn't for Hamas, Palestinians would be free and equal with their own state or one equal country with new name and flag that represent said new none jews one country. EVIL EVIL HAMAS. HAMAS. Only if it wasn't for them standing in the way of so much peace and love.
This on top of the letter released like a week ago. Some names repeat here. We get it Hollywood. We know where you stand. You don't need to keep releasing letters or did all the protests worldwide supporting Palestinians scare you.
People are literally trying to rewrite the Israel/Palestinian situation with complete erasure of actual facts and realities on the ground in the past decades and now in Gaza, West Bank and Jerusalem. Sorry to disappoint you folks but this is one history/present you can never erase or cover up. The world is bigger than DC, Hollywood and western media.
I just want to say that about 97% of the names I recognize here, I already didn't care or hated them (thank god for having good intuition about people). Only few names disappoint me like Tyler Perry, Jordan Peele and Paul Rudd.
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"Or you hear the infamous line, “then you didn’t love [our mother] the way I did” and you prepare yourself for one of the worst character assassinations ever only to see the scene after nearly three seasons worth of context and realize she was kinda right."
Ok, but... still uncalled for.
Oh yeah it was definitely a very cruel thing to say. I do think people tend to focus on that line way more than other ones because it’s not the only time a character in this show has said something similarly cruel though. I probably should’ve mentioned that.
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The link that anon sent you works so idk if you can't see it bc maybe that person blocked you? It's just a post arguing against how you talked about katara in that one post of yours that got like 10k. In case the link was messed up, here's it again.
https://www.tumblr.com/comradekatara/721040844698877952/theres-a-post-going-around-about-how-katara-is?source=share
The link never worked but I found the original post. I think they added more nuance than I did (I’ll admit I could’ve explained certain things better), but I wouldn’t say I reduced Katara to the mom friend as certain commenters were saying. OP’s original blog was great though.
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So I won’t do an in-depth response to this since OP obviously read my post, I’ll just say that this is great and I can see how I might’ve reduced certain things in my initial post (I was not expecting it to get nearly as big as it did). I stand by everything I said, but I’m rebloging for anyone else who might’ve seen the original post and had similar feelings.
(Thanks for being so nice btw I’ve gotten used to Twitter💀).
there's a post going around about how katara is misunderstood by fans who claim that she "whines too much about her mother" and "unfairly friendzoned aang" and how people who say that are doing a disservice to such a great character. and obviously i agree. even though i've never actually seen anyone say those things firsthand, i'm positive that they do, and it is a gross misinterpretation of her character. i'm glad people are defending her from slander. but i also can't help but feel disappointed by that post, because in an attempt to defend her from bogus allegations, they end up actually reducing her themselves. and that makes me so sad, because katara would not actually be as special and wonderful as she is without her flaws. of course, her response to aang's affection and the way she brings up her mother are not flaws, but she does have them. they're what make her such a good character! putting her on a pedestal is just as reductive as calling her whiny or whatever.
Or you hear the infamous line, “then you didn’t love [our mother] the way I did” and you prepare yourself for one of the worst character assassinations ever only to see the scene after nearly three seasons worth of context and realize she was kinda right. She’s been the mother, the nurturer, the comforter. She’s been patient, gentle, and accommodating where everyone else has gotten to be insensible and reckless and childish, and the one moment where she allows herself to feel her grief, suddenly she’s this evil bitch and not, y’know, a 14 year old girl whose (sic) been thrusted into adulthood in a way no other character has. A 14 year old girl who should be allowed immaturity and raw emotion and anger instead of the patience and grace she’s been forced to extend to every character without even the smallest amount of gratitude or even consideration in return.
okay so the thing is... i do think katara is kinda right when she says this line. it's cruel, but it's not exactly wrong. katara has placed so much of her identity into kya's sacrifice. perhaps sokka and katara loved their mother equally, but they did not grieve her equally, they did not feel the same loss. kya's death was personal to katara in a way it was not to sokka, and in that moment, when she says that, it's upsetting, but understandable.
that said, katara gets to be insensible, reckless, and childish constantly. it's a cornerstone of her character. that doesn't mean that she isn't often reasonable, practical, sensitive, and comforting, but that's not all she is. she's a kid and she acts like it! her immaturity, raw emotion, and anger are some of her defining characteristics. we see those wonderful traits of hers as early as the pilot, and they never go away. so i'm confused by the claim that she is denied that. she just simply isn't.
she's also not the only one who is thrust into adulthood. even if you ignore azula, since she's a villain, we literally see hakoda say to sokka multiple times that he left sokka behind to care for and protect katara and their village. and sokka takes that very seriously. he and kanna face down katara and aang in episode one chastising katara for being irresponsible enough to accidentally send a flare that locates the fire nation to their village. sokka tells katara that she put them in danger and kanna says "sokka is right." katara tells sokka that he's making a mistake, but he says, "no, i'm keeping my promise to dad. to protect you." sokka's mentality is one of protecting katara, of being responsible for her, for his village, and then aang, and later toph. he was thrust into adulthood at 13 when he was "the only man" left in the tribe. i don't understand how anyone could see that and say that katara was the only one forced to grow up too fast. she was forced to grow up too fast, and it's tragic, but she also clings to her innocence and childhood, and that's an integral aspect of her character. why would you erase that?
Katara is the most misunderstood character in the show. As much as people recognize the complexities of Zuko, Sokka, and Azula, they struggle to do the same for Katara because they see her struggles as somehow lesser, and therefore, less deserving of sympathy. They can handle her so long as she’s being endlessly patient and loving and kind, but the moment her endless love, patience, and kindness runs out, she’s suddenly this annoying bitch who can’t shut up about her mother or reciprocate Aang’s feelings. But Katara’s trauma does matter as much as anyone else’s. No, she wasn’t banished from her kingdom. No, she didn’t lose her entire community, and no, she isn’t the only one who lost her mother. But the difference between her and everyone else whose experienced loss because of the Fire Nation is that she’s never given time to process her trauma. Aang gets to lean on Katara constantly. Toph gets to express her feelings to Katara, and yeah, Sokka also lost their mother, but unlike Katara, he isn’t put in the position of being a substitute for everyone’s parent. He even admits that he sees his sister as a mother. The only characters who ever comfort Katara or allow her to vent is Zuko and her father and that’s, like, three scenes in a show where the other characters are consistently given opportunities to seek out Katara for unconditional support.
lmao i don't really think people understand the complexities of azula and sokka. zuko, yes, definitely, much ink has been spilled on zuko's strife. but if you know where to look, people write about katara as much as they write about azula and sokka, which is to say, not as much as they do zuko, but nonetheless a fair amount.
she is given time to process her trauma, though. she talks about her trauma constantly. not in a whiny way, but in the sense that her grief defines her in many ways, and since she is the main character, arguably on equal standing with aang, her trauma is explored a lot throughout the show. she certainly discusses it with more than simply zuko (who immediately goes on to betray her). she does have that beautiful scene with hakoda, but she also talks about her trauma to aang, jet, haru, hama, and of course sokka. she never talks about it directly with toph, but sokka talks about her to toph.
the idea that aang and sokka cannot empathize with her grief is actually pretty absurd. aang knows what it's like to be the chosen one, to be the last of your people and expected to carry the weight of your entire culture on your back. sokka knows what it's like to lose their parents (they lost. the same parents) and be expected to replace that parent and bear their legacy (even if with sokka he is attempting to replace hakoda while katara is attempting to replace kya). and just because zuko is the only one who bears the guilt of knowing that his mother sacrificed herself for him in the same way that kya sacrificed herself for katara, doesn't mean that aang and sokka are completely blind to her grief. they do want to help and support her. helping and supporting katara is sokka's number one priority at all times. and although katara's support is invaluable to aang, that doesn't mean that their relationship is all giving and no receiving. he also supports her. he inspires her and helps her and would do anything for her. yes he's kind of awkward when it comes to navigating his feelings for her, but he's also twelve years old. and he's not a selfish monster. katara would not love him (platonically or romantically) if he were.
the idea that sokka isn't put in the position of being a substitute for everyone's parent but katara is doesn't make sense to me either. if anything, they take on equal responsibilities. and okay. sokka does not actually say that he sees his sister as a mother, but i do understand why that is a common interpretation of his speech in "the runaway." i just don't think it really makes sense to say that considering he never actually treats her like a mother. if he does see her as a mother, then why does he always treat her like a little sister? i'm not going to repeat my take on this scene since i've already discussed it enough, so just read this post.
^guy who sees his little sister, who is the most responsible girl in the world and never does anything reckless or irresponsible in the name of justice (no sir!), as his mom
i know i've talked about this before, but it makes me really sad when people diminish katara's character in a misguided attempt to defend her from racists/misogynists who unfairly malign her character. she should be defended, by all means, but erasing the traits that make her interesting and good, at sokka and aang's expense no less, is not the way to defend her. she is worthy of praise, but there is no need to remove entire chunks of her character and slander other characters to do so. i want more posts lauding katara for how amazing her character is, but i want those posts to be accurate. she deserves to be appreciated for her flaws as well as her virtues. she deserves to be honored properly.
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https://www.tumblr.com/comradekatara/721040844698877952/theres-a-post-going-around-about-how-katara-is?source=share
There’s no link. Could you possibly resend?
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