thougts about zutara/kaatang and characters in general (stop this fucking shipwar please)

so im sitting there and scrolling through atla tag and there's like a shit ton of posts about how zutara/kaatang is bad, character regression, blah blah shit goes on and i just want to make some points considering things poeple've been writing about the development of these ships, about characters and stuff, no hatin', just a humble opinion from a humble blogger - srl kaatang had really big development that wasn't just "oh my poor baby brother" thing katara was always there for aang, we could see that she was concerned about him more than about the other charas from gaang, there were a lot of hugs, mutual understanding, sometimes chemistry, and during important moments in a plot she was intrested in him - bUT HOHOHOO that doesn't mean that zutara is completely out of mind because it's a pretty good piece of shmexy ship right there strong character of zuko and his big development goes along with katara's change and her maturing during a series also they are pretty much in a vey difficult time of their lives and they find comfort in each others presence - also, zuko has a really complex personality, he's a teenager with problems and it gives impression how incredible the relationship between him and katara would be, considering her intresting traits as well - i think that's the problem with kaatang mostly and why so many people disagree with writer's choice about hooking them up, because aang, even as a main chara haven't had a chance to completely change himself because i think he didn't need to he IS a child at the beginning of the series and he still IS a child after the ending of it, but with more experience yet it doesn't change the fact that he was the wiseset of all of gaang, he had his peaceful nature, his vegeterianism, his restraint from fight, his cheerful nature and many other things that made him a beautiful person on the other hand zuko had like a fucking character rollercoaster and we could see how profound his personality was and how he could change and show his true nature aang did not had this chance to reedem himself, because he didn't have to, that's why his pure and innocent feelings for katara are considered by the fanbase as immature or idk not strong enough - and maybe that's why katara is with aang and not with zuko because it wasn't about changing and maturing but endorsing these pure feelings aang had for her from the beginning and showing that his personality was worth something even without these major changes and because she was the only person who would encourage him to express his nature, his goodness and sincere need to help the others because she wasn't mocking him or trying to change him but she was just there always when he'd need her and he was also protecting her from any harm and even as a child he could impress her with his wiseness and with his right choices - yet zutara is a beautiful thing because we can see how their relation exposes a whole new level of personalities we can see that katara can struggle and have doubts and be not as nice as she seems we can see zuko that can sacrifice his good opinion among the other gaang members just to help her get revenge their relation is rocky but at the end of the day they seem to get along with each other - also zuko is older than aang and he can really prove himself, how dedicated he can be, how his will of not giving up is powerful and that is a really good start of a zutara love story, because we see a big development of two incredible characters - aang didn't had to prove anything because he was dedicated to katara since the beginning and that's also a good thing and she finally grew up to the idea she can be with him - it's like zutara would be a really great pair if they were really meant for each other but there wasn't enough development between them, their bonding and stuff were purely platonic but since their relationship is so ambivalent at times we can see it as a pretty realistic representation of a mature relationship that could've happen in a real life their feelings are like a mountain you need to climb on, sometimes you''ll slip, sometimes you'll climb faster, but still, in the end, you'll be so satisfied after you reach the end - with kaatang the problem is, that their relation is like a flow of a river, it's so soothing and at the same time kind of boring, because we do not see many obstacles on the way they had plenty time to develop their relation, there wasn't and major problems with that aside some of aang's overthinking and it had completely different base than the zutara zutara is more about finding love in understanding each other through problems and obstacles, about forgivness and giving second chances and kaatang is about finding love in living in each other's presence, in exsisting next to each other and working together to achieve something great, without sadness or despair (ok there were moments but mostly it was fluff ok) - and both of these ships show different values, one shows that perfection doesn't exist and the other one proves that yes, it exist but you need to work very hard and long to achieve it and probably it won't last for a long time -so pls stop hating each other (i was born as kaatang shipper but i fucking adore zutara and there could be so much said about them but im a bitch for this pureness of aang's) - we can find something incredible and astounding in both of these relations and we should express it by apprecieating it, not by calling people fags because they ship something you don't like we can apprecieate how aang could experience his first love and express it in a childlish but cute way how zuko could show that katara is only a human but has a big heart how katara could show that she really cares how aang could be himself in the presence of katara and how katara could be relaxed and happy in the presence of aang how katara have shown how zuko and aang were dedicated to their goals how zutara is a great ship with interesting possibilites, different levels of mutual understanding and rough connection (in a good sense) how kaatang is showing pureness, careness and deep, slowly built-up affection, but at the same time is mature, because it shows that every little thing can matter so yeah that's it idk i wanted to write some of my thoughs, it's messy and i can't speak english and it's late at night (and also about "love" jokes in atla, their fucking jokes, this show isn't about love jesus and this deep analysis of the prophecy of an old lady and freaking out when toph mocks other ppl by making fun of love is just ridiculous like, they're fucking jokes, it's a show for children) bye love u