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there’s a reason why the entire story of avatar the last airbender begins and ends with katara. there’s a reason why we are introduced to katara first before we are introduced to any other character. there’s a reason why katara is the narrator. there’s a reason why the creators have emphasized over and over again that katara is just as titular to the story as aang - she’s the other main character.

when you water down katara - remove her compassion, her ability to connect with others, her nurturing role, her ANGER and RAGE and DRIVE - you water down the very fundamentals of the story. you drastically and severely alter the core dynamics of the gaang, because katara was so important to the development of every single one of them. she was the rock and glue that held team avatar together.

katara was unlike any other character to ever appear on television; she was a young brown girl who took no shit from anyone, yet at the same time remained kind and compassionate and nurturing. katara was a force of nature; proud of her heritage and culture, burdened by the responsibility of being the last southern water bender of the water tribe, angered over the death of her mother and everything that the fire nation took from her, determined to help every single person in need, determined to change the world, angry and resentful because old men and rules and laws kept telling her what she could or could not do, thus, she was determined to restructure thousands of years of patriarchy that stood against her from accomplishing her goals and dreams.

watering down katara into at most 2-3 tangible characteristics, stripping her away of all her motivation and agency and nuance, telling the audience that she wants to help and change the world only to have her stand in the background with an air of grief, demonstrates that the writers of the live action fundamentally misunderstand the spirit of avatar. and that’s something so unforgivable. no matter how many changes they decide to make, or how much they decide to stay true to the original story in other areas, no matter how many flashy VFX fight scenes we get - if you fail to properly understand katara, you fail to understand the heart and soul of avatar the last airbender, everything that makes avatar such a timeless classic.

#yes yes yes #!!!! #katara #atla

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The thing about Katara is that she was angry.

She was angry that the Fire Nation killed her mother.

She was angry that her father left them.

She was angry that she was the only Waterbender left in the south pole.

She was angry that the only person her age was her brother, who constantly disregarded her interests and her role in the tribe.

She was angry that what little waterbending she knew, had to be self-taught and how she struggled with that.

she was angry that a twelve year old instantly picked up what had taken her a long time to learn.

she was also angry that her tribe wanted to kick that twelve year old into the wilderness over a mistake.

she was angry over the earth-benders the fire nation had captured and put into a metal box.

she was angry.

And she knew she was angry.

Because she knew her own anger, she was the first to empathize with Aang when he got angry.

And it was because of it she could tell Aang forcing himself to lock his emotions up was not the answer.

Because she knew her own anger, she kept herself under control in the dessert, when everyone else was a mess.

Her anger empowered her. where anger was a tool of self-destruction for firebenders, for her it was what helped her push forward.

It was her anger that freed Aang.

It was her anger that helped her stand to Pakku.

Her anger was her strenght.

She was angry. And this was neither a mistake, nor a writing flaw.

#!!!!!!!!!1 #katara #atla #avatar the last airbender #!!!!!!!!!@$%^tsiydnal tjgr

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reblog to send three ghosts after elon musk

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arionbankacore

instagram @the_night_moves

#corecore

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#fasteignir.is

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hugleiðing

hvert sem ég fer, hvar sem ég er – hvort það sé í líkama mínum eða á netinu – þá er ég utangátta, utangarðskona. ég hef eytt óendanlegum tíma á þessari vefsíðu og enn er það partur af sjálfsmyndinni minni að ég Var Á Tumblr þegar það þótti merkilegt. en ég tók aldrei þátt, ég eignaðist enga vini, ég bætti engu við. ég stóð fyrir utan með eldspýturnar mínar, óskandi að ég fyndi upp á einhverju nógu sniðugu, nógu fyndnu, sætu, fallegu o.s.frv.

en fokking ömurlegt og sorglegt á svona niðurlægjandi og vandræðalegan hátt..

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að ljóðast

Í niði aldanna

fann ég orðróm um ljósið

#ametuer poetry

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Worst thing ever in the whole world is when a thunderstorm is forecasted and then it doesn’t storm. literally so rude I was excited for this all day.

#in what other weather is it acceptable for me to live the lifestyle that i live

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#that’s a good way to ruin my fall thank you

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Left to her own devices, a girl will literally get snuggled up oh so cozy in bed

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Please add which year and age you were when you joined in the tags!

#i joined exactly a decade ago when i was 13 :/ #i always thought i joined because of my friend who also had a tumblr but turns out she thought that i introduced it to her #so neither of us know how we got on this website…

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woman hand hook car door

#feminism

#womens rights

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thinking about the american flag on the moon makes me want to throw up

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Idk who this guy is but I’m just gonna leave this here without comment and hope the audience I’m indirecting it at finally understands something for once

#thisthisthisthis #i feel those who speculate other peoples sexuality based on surface level things are kind of reinforcing gay stereotypes #in the same way they are also kind of playing into the whole ‘there’s only two gender expressions’ #and it’s always the progressive young gen-z who do this #people’s sexuality is none of your business #it’s not some secret for you to unravel

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guys, it seems tumblr went woke 

#ruhroh tumblr went woke #umm this just happened

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[phone rings at any time of day]

me: what maniac would call me right now

#phone calls cause me so much anxiety #goood i relate to this tag #also just conversations online too #i have so many missed calls and unopened texts and it will stay that way

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calling every instance of showing certain emotions "emotional labor" needs to stop. I just saw a post that was like "reminder that you do not ever need to be a good or kind person" like. Yes you DO???

#shoutitfromtherooftops