AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

1.18 — The Waterbending Master // 3.14 — The Boiling Rock, Part 1

Mal's Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch: City of Walls and Secrets 2.14

𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑷𝒀 𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑯 𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑻𝑯 — EARTHBENDING + SUB-SKILLS APPRECIATION POST.

The Southern Raiders

Been meaning to make my own post about this episode for a while now, so hear it is. The main thing I hear about this episode is that Aang didn't understand Katara's pain at all but Zuko did. The notion that a genocide survivor doesn't understand another genocide survivor is certainly one hell of a take, and it's very stupid. Are we really going to forget the air nomad genocide?

Aang lost EVERYTHING because of the war. And to make it worse? He feels guilty because he wasn't there to stop it from happening (even though he wouldn't be able to do much since he hadn't mastered the four elements yet) because he ran away from his duties as the avatar. When Aang finds Monk Gyatso's body in the Southern Air Temple episode, he's overcome with so much grief and anger that he triggers the avatar state:

Katara herself even compares what she's been through to what Aang was feeling in this moment by saying "I know how hard it is to lose the people you love! I went through the same thing when I lost my mom." Certainly sounds like two people who understand each other perfectly if you ask me. Also, in the Lost Adventures comics, we're shown that the Fire Nation used a dirty tactic to smoke out any other airbenders that might have escaped from the genocide.

We see how happy Aang was to learn that some airbenders may have survived, only to find out that it was all a lie to capture any remaining survivors. At the end of the comic he looks disappointed and crushed knowing that the possibility that air nomads fell for this trick and were killed as a result.

A lot of people take Katara saying "I knew you wouldn't understand" to Aang as her saying that he doesn't understand her pain, but if you actually look at the context? That's not what she's saying at all. What she means is that she knew that Aang wouldn't understand her need for VENGEANCE. For her desire to kill her mother's killer. Because Aang was taught that revenge isn't the answer. Even though Aang absolutely understands how she felt, something that he says himself:

In both of those moments he felt extreme anger and hatred, both strong negative feelings that would have caused him to lash out and do something that he would regret later on. Who stops him in both cases? Katara. She calms him down (and can I just say that I think it's really poetic that in this specific episode, Aang's words are what calms Katara down in the end, and is why she decided to spare Yohn Rha?) in his moments of rage, something that he's grateful for.

Another argument that I've seen is that Zuko understands her pain more than Aang because he also lost his mother. While I can see why people make this comparison, those are two entirely different situations. Ursa was banished because she protected Zuko from being killed when he was a child. Which means that she's still alive (as we later find out from those horrible comics). Kya, on the other hand, was KILLED because she protected Katara by saying that she was the waterbender that they were looking for. This happened in a genocidal raid by the Fire Nation. Safe to say that Zuko can never understand what that feels like.

Also, it's pretty crazy to me how people can say that Aang was wrong in this episode, when Zuko HIMSELF says that Aang was actually right, and that what Katara needed in the end was revenge. Aang knows Katara a lot better than Zuko does, and he knows that killing the man who killed her mom would have absolutely destroyed Katara because of the kind of person she is. Just like Aang remembering how he killed all of those Fire Nation soldiers in the North Pole while he was in the avatar state and being controlled by his past lives and the ocean spirit caused him to have nightmares and be terrified of what the avatar state can do. Both of them are alike in that regard. The closest thing I can say that Zuko understands about Katara is her anger. Boy spent 3 seasons being angry so he definitely understands that. But other than that? He doesn't understand her, which is to be expected since he just joined them a few episodes ago, and spent a whole year chasing them and trying to capture Aang. So he's just started getting to really know everyone on a personal level. In conclusion, Aang did indeed understand Katara, and his words were exactly what she needed to hear.

I really could never transition to atla tumblr because aang is my favorite character and i could not deal with the way some of you freaks talk about him. It’s like yall forget he’s a 12 year old genocide survivor who has the literal weight of the world on him.

and it really pisses me off cuz it’s always those shippers at the scene of the crime and that’s why generally ppl dont like you bitches. You cant simply like your wack ass ship instead you have to paint aang out to be this violent evil predator....just weird

aang being my favorite since 2008 and then in 2024 i searched his name on tumblr the first thing i found out was a giant ass zutara opinion on how he is the patriarch emulated and this is my villain story

What show you all are watching?? How can grown ass people (GROWN ASS PEOPLE) watch a cartoon for kids and saying crazy things like this?

Insane behavior

"Katara is Aang's trophy wife"

"Katara is Aang's incubator"

"Katara and Aang are never equals!"

"Only Zuko cared for Katara"

"Katara is forced to deal with everyone's, ESPECIALLY aangs, emotional turmoils"

"Katara is the gaang mother"

"Aang is abusive/misogynist"

"Kataang is forced"

"Katara had to deal with Aang’s problems but Zuko came along who could deal with his own and saved her"

Zutaras are basically the same dumb bitches telling each other "EXACTLYYYY"

WOW, we've been totally FLOORED by the overwhelming positive reception to our first date poll! Blowing kisses to all our fellow horndogs. It looks like we're settling in for an October event 😘

Soooo... please vote for the October weekend you'd like the event to be held on! Since this event includes separate but concurrent events for both commenters and creators, both are now invited to vote! 🗳️

—ZT mod team

“Kataang is unhealthy” “kataang is sexual assault” “kataang is toxic” “kataang is one sided” “kataang shippers are disgusting”

BLAH BLAH BLAH

Kataang is canon. Cope you fucking loser

a ship so good it makes haters bleed out of their eyes and seethe. kataang you will always be famous

choose something

alright, i've done three jason todd fics.

let's pick someone someone else. I have a few other ideas I'm working on but I'll let you guys pick.

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER 1.04 — The Warriors of Kyoshi

Wally Wakford as Cabbage gay

Same energys

edit: I accidentally did a typo with gay instead of guy…. I love it

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, 3.14 — The Boiling Rock, Part 1, Zuko & Sokka

Mal's Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch: The Drill 2.13

So I've been considered a fake fan by some but i guess thats the price when you prefer canon over fanon and wont stand for bnf fandom nonsense my loyatly will never be to appease aang haters. its to canon . not fanon.

Zuko/Katara would never hate Aang/ Aang is Zuko/Katara BEST Friend and they all love eachother . so the ones calling me a fake fan can enjoy fantara and being a miserable aang hater seems like a waste of time to me

. Canon agrees with me that aang is zuko/katara best buds and zukaang/kataang have so much symbolism with aang being their first real friend , aang giving them hope.

and look at this they both share HUG scenes.

my idea of zutara/aang is comfort/friendship/ the whole aang abuses katara and she needs saving from zuko is so blah to me .. zuko is finding true friendship love and thats what important . its not saving katara from aang its zuko finding love with his new friends.

I needed to let time pass for the next chapter but with things happening in the middle of that so I ended up with this but since it's kinda short: double update this week.

so new chapter ❗️

Zuko and Azula have different opinions about their close relatives.

Have this gif in mind before reading it 😗

"please just order, I don't need to hear the backstory of your cactus allergy"