#cuz i know a lot of ppl hate katara i guess

[adriancatrin]

the difference between The Painted Lady and Sokka’s Master—what makes one so much more iconic than the other—is that The Painted Lady may as well be Imprisoned (season one), just done-up in Fire Nation attire. we learn nothing new about katara in that ep that we didn’t know from season one. and The Desert in season two CEMENTED katara as the heart of the group in a way that wasn’t even necessary to try to do again in season three.

Sokka’s Master, on the other hand, gives us a whole new look at sokka. Imprisoned and The Warriors of Kyoshi (in season one) are katara and sokka eps respectively, meant to give us a look into their characters and acquaint ourselves with them. season two is incredible because it assumes we already know the characters, and it lets us sit in them and enjoy the ride for amazing arcs through Story, above all else. but early season three brings back the Character episodes. the Headband, Painted Lady, Sokka’s Master, the Runaway (and as a bonus, unlike season one, we also get The Beach for the FN team). each main character gets their own re-establishing ep. great, cool, whatever—what about Sokka’s Master tho?

shhh patience lol i’m getting there. Painted Lady shows that katara is the same, she still cares about the lil guy(s), despite all else, just like she did in Imprisoned. she can’t leave desperate people behind.

but in The Warriors of Kyoshi, sokka thought he was the Shit, and had to have it proved to him that that wasn’t the case (god bless u suki). in Sokka’s Master, however, it’s the exact opposite. his arc at that point brought him to having nearly no faith in himself. Warriors of Kyoshi was about bringing sokka down to earth (being A MAN💪🏽 isn’t the end all be all), and Sokka’s Master is about bringing him back up (what does it mean to be a man? 🌈). it’s obviously a huge shame that the invasion ended up sitting him right back down again in his insecurities. but i imagine if Sokka’s Master had never happened, he wouldn’t have been able to bounce back post-Boiling-Rock, regardless of whether or not he’d successfully broken his dad (and suki) out. he needed the foundation of self-confidence to beat away the doubts later.

anyways, point is.. at least personally the Painted Lady ep has never stuck out to me as special, whereas Sokka’s Master is one of my fave eps of the show. and that’s not because i have it out for katara or anything and held sokka in especially high regard (Sokka’s Master is largely WHY i now hold sokka in high regard—but The Desert ep put katara in just as high a regard in my book, along w probs a dozen other eps that showcase her unique character). Sokka’s Master stands out because it shows us a new part of sokka, but the Painted Lady doesn’t show us anything new about katara. in a show that’s ultimately rather short, episodes that seem like clones the way Painted Lady & Imprisoned do end up feeling lackluster. idk. this isn’t to say i dislike the Painted Lady, i just wanted to get my thoughts out

#atla #katara #sokka #i really wanna stress that this isn’t katara hate #cuz i know a lot of ppl hate katara i guess #i absolutely adore her she’s amazing #but the painted lady feels like a Slog on rewatched #*rewatches #it’s just my— #thoughts #avatar the last airbender #atla meta #avatar meta #have i mentioned how much i LOVE the desert ep? i definitely have but holy shit #what a way to bring back heart and soul katara #literally everyone’s strengths are lost INCLUDING KATARAS WATERBENDING #but her waterbending has never been the most important part of her character #it’s her drive and her passion and her inherent ability to love and empathize #and that’s why she’s the one to pull everyone together and get them Out #ugh #such a good fuxking ep jesus christ #ugh i’m drunk #who woulda guessed #not like that’s all the time or anything pffff #any other zukka alcoholics out there ? ahhhahaha slap me and shut me up i swear

[krokonoko]

for the meme: Katara, Jesse "The Boy" Pinkman, Ati

Katara:

favorite thing about them: Do I really need to count all the ways in which Katara is amazing? Like, how she is headstrong, and kind, and doesn’t to well with following authority, how she’s caring, and hot-headed, and how her path to becoming a water bending master was one of the most rewarding and empowering things to watch in the history of ever?? Also she was the first girl I had a crush on back when I was a kid.

least favorite thing about them: Just like with Aang, I feel like the writers kinda fumbled her characterization a lot in season 3. What was that whole trying to turn her into a stuck up, stuffy mother hen and all the “TOPH NO SWIPING!” and “I CAN BE FUNNY” bs. Not a fan.

favorite line: “Let us fight for our freedom!“

brOTP: Toph / Katara probably.

OTP: Katara / Aang all the way

nOTP: Guess.

random headcanon: She totally gets her own statues all over the world after the events of ATLA :)))))) Just like every single other Gaang member :))))))))))))))

unpopular opinion: Katara bloodbending is not cool, she hates it, she hates herself when she does it, it’s not a neat little trick she can do, stop trivializing blood bending 2k20

song i associate with them: The Avatar’s Love!

favorite picture of them: Just insert every screenshot of Katara smiling or being happy RIGHT HERE!!!

Jesse:

favorite thing about them: Whump central. Skinny legend. Fragile wrists, dainty hands. All that pain and misery and loneliness and it only made him kind. Talented. Brilliant. Incredible. Show-stopping. Spectacular. Never-the-same. Totally unique. How dare Aaron Paul be such an amazing actor. How dare they sit down and think “why don’t we just make the most emotionally and physically vulnerable character and make him go through ALL the possible shit and keep the camera in a close up the entire time through!”

least favorite thing about them: THE ENDING HE ALMOST GOT WITH BREAKING BAD!! I swear to god if I had finished BrBa and El Camino hadn’t been out yet, I would have flipped my shit at how unfair the finale was for him, how it only focused on Walter fucking White and HHHH the possibility of living in a timeline where I had to wait YEARS for that movie to come out and give me a satisfying conclusion to one of the most heart-rending character arcs in the history of TV KILLS ME

favorite line: “The thing is… if you just do stuff and nothing happens, what’s it all mean? What’s the point?”

brOTP: BADGER/JESSE/PETE!!!!

OTP: Hmm, that’s tough cuz I ship him with so many ppl! I think I’d go for Mike/Jesse.

nOTP: none

random headcanon: He and Mike (who totally survived) met again in Alaska. Mike has a repair shop, Jesse a carpentry shop, they got a couple of dogs together and there’s doggo cuddles on the couch every night.

unpopular opinion: aaah goddangit I still don’t know what unpopular BrBa opinions are...! Uhm... I... don’t want him to be my boyfriend?

song i associate with them: Somewhere Else To Be by Vast cuz DAMN that shit is his life.

favorite picture of them: This one singlehandedly made me watch BrBa

Atemu

favorite thing about them: He taught me that fierce tiny skinny men in black patent leather poots and kajal are goals

least favorite thing about them: sometimes it seems to me like no one in the fandom can really agree what exactly his character is, me included.

favorite line: Iiiii don’t know, they’re all 4Kids dub lines sooo… Look, it’s been forever since I watched that show, and it was in German, which is translated from the 4Kids version. And I’m not really happy about that. I wish I knew quotes from the original dub, but I don’t because as unhappy as I am about the situation, I’m not gonna sit through the entirety of YGO again just to watch it in Japanese. So. Idk. I have a lot of mixed feelings about this subject.

brOTP: Yami/Yugi

OTP: Yami/Seto

nOTP: …gotta have to say Yami/Yugi here. I totally see it, it’s totally there, I used to be a big fan, but due to personal reasons I just can’t stand it anymore, sorry.

random headcanon: At this point in time I feel like whatever I think about any YGO character is canon.

unpopular opinion: It’s a good thing he died. He deserved some rest after being forced to haunt a goddamn labyrinth for thousands of years.

song i associate with them: Oh god I used to have about a thousand songs that I associated with him and now I can’t think of a single one anymore…! Let’s go for the best YGO Opening of all time: Warriors!! That shit didn’t have to slap so hard but DAMN it does!

favorite picture of them: That one last shot of DSOD hjahjahjs the 15yo in me dies every time

#Katara #Jesse Pinkman #Yami Yugi #BrBa BCs #Breaking Bad #ask #answer #YGO #DM #ATLA #ssjumi