#kanna&katara

[comradekatara]

katara’s role as the show’s narrator is so underrated because no one really seems to understand just how deeply katara is impacted by the nature of stories, with regards to their craft, their promulgation, and their cultural significance, so they don’t truly register the sheer metatextual brilliance of having her be the resident storyteller of the narrative itself.

the first thing atla establishes about katara is that she is someone who is fueled by dreams and fantasies, and believes in a return to a world where “all four nations lived together in harmony” (which is obviously an illusory ideal, as there was always geopolitical strife even if it wasn’t as overt as the devastating imperialist project they are now subject to), described to her by kanna’s stories about the old days.

katara is someone who indulges in fantasies of adventure and heroism, projecting these ideals onto both herself and others. she is an idealist in the truest, purest sense of the word, and what is an idealist if not someone who tells themselves stories about a more beautiful world to survive?

it’s no coincidence that the episode where katara successfully scares everyone with a very compellingly narrated campfire story is the same episode that she must contend with her heritage, the ominous lacunae in her stories, the pitfalls of her own naive idealization. it’s also not a coincidence that the story she tells was first told to her by her mother.

katara grew up hearing stories passed down to her from kanna and kya, and those stories gave her hope and brought her the possibility of happiness in a bleak, cruel world where she was ultimately alone. there used to be people like her, said the stories, and they were brave, and they fought til their final breaths to hold onto their culture, their love for their people, their humanity.

well that’s who i’m going to be, says katara. someone who fights, someone who cannot be knocked down (because there is no one else left to take her place), someone who will never cease to have faith in the capacity of others for good, for truth, and for justice.

stories are her heritage, they are her culture, they are how she defines herself and how she understands the world around her. stories are how she copes, how she survives; they are all she has left to cling to. and sometimes they are reductive, and sometimes they are outright false, but that’s okay too. she grows, she adjusts her narratives, she learns to leave room for more grey in her neat tapestries of black and white. stories can define a tragic past, but they can also pave the way for a better future. she keeps telling stories.

#i could sunlit garden this girl so easy (probably what hama was thinking) #katara #analysis #kanna&katara #katara&kya #hama&katara #this is also what makes the southern raiders so brilliant as the apotheosis of her arc #but that’s for another post #(one that I’ve probably made before lbr) #everyone in atla has a sunlit garden / mythmaking event / whatever you wanna call it #but katara is the QUEEN of narrativization #and you do not get katara at ALL until you get this #fyi. #anyway i love her so much that i nearly teared up writing this. it’s whatever tho

[azulasmommyissues]

#atla #avatar the last airbender #master pakku #gran gran #kanna atla #water tribe #southern water tribe #northern water tribe #katara #sokka

[demaparbat-hp]

Water Half-Child

#atla #zutara #avatar the last airbender #katara #zuko #katara of the southern water tribe #Halfblood AU #katara art #katara fanart #atla art #atla fanart #atla au #atla zuko #zutara fanart #zutara au #Halfblood AU art #earth kingdom #water tribe #I'm about to pull a Blue Eye Samurai with this one hear me out #Kanna settled down in some peaceful village in the Earth Kingdom after leaving the North #She married some local EK guy and had Kya #Years later Kya fell in love with a warrior from the Southern Water Tribe who stayed in her village to recover from battle wounds #A few months later Hakoda left her to go back to the wife and son he had left behind in the South. He didn't know Kya was with child. #Katara never knew her father. Her mother died at childbirth and her grandmother raised her in the village. #Kanna taught her how to be a healer and told her to always hide her waterbending. When Katara was fourteen her grandmother died from illness #Katara was safe. She had peace. But she wasn't happy. There was an itch underneath her skin that told her she could be more. #Then Zuko crashed into her life and turned her world upside down. He was a half-child just like her. Always never enough. #He has a mission he cannot tell her about. She understands. She doesn't even want to know. He's offering her a way out and she will take it. #If meeting his infamous uncle in Ba Sing Se for some obscure business is what it takes to be free then so be it #Helping Zuko figure out his identity might be important too.

[longing-for-rain]

Have I posted Gran Gran? Gran Gran deserves more love 💙❄️

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #gran gran #kanna #katara #southern water tribe #art #fan art #mine #inuit

[punkeropercyjackson]

"Well it's not like you can just TELL the non-Water Tribe characters are poc too,you'd have to pay extra attention!"Aang is a buddhist monk,Ty Lee is named Ty Lee and Zuko literally has monolids

#I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS WERE EVER COMPLETELY SERIOUS WITH THAT TAKE OH MY GOD YOU ARE *NOT* SEEING THE PEARLY GATES IF YOU'RE STILL AT IT #atla geekery #aang #ty lee #zuko #aanglove #katara #sokka #kya atla #hakoda #hama atla #kanna atla #jet atla #smellerbee atla #longshot atla #toph beifong #mai atla #azula #ursa atla #june atla #uncle iroh #suki atla #kyoshi #kataang #ty luko #zukka #tyzula tag #korra #poc #summerposting

[azehearts]

Zutara Week 2022 Day 1: Tradition

Zuko takes SWT tradition too seriously...

...until someone had been pranking him. Telling him that "people from the other nation who wishes to court a water tribe girl must kiss a fish before offering it to a penguin seal, to symbolize his/her love".

It was Gran Gran 🤫

#zutara #fanart #zuko x katara #atla fanart #digital art #katara #zuko #avatar the last airbender #sokka #kanna #zutara week 2022 #hakoda

[natlacentral]

AvatarNetflix: Only 3 MORE DAYS until the Avatar returns.

#atla #natla #aang #sokka #katara #kanna #appa #netflix social #netflix #netflix avatar #netflix atla #avatar the last airbender #avatar netflix #gordon cormier #ian ousley #kiawentiio #casey camp horinek #twitter #clips & trailers

[the-air-nomad]

A wolf's love

You've known Sokka since you were little. Your father was the chief of another southern tribe and also a close friend of Chief Hakoda. Also, your grandmothers were friends in their youth. 

You were a waterbender but you discovered this shortly after Kya's death so you decided to hide this ability. After the men left for war, your father left you in Kanna's care.

 You became very close to Sokka, and Katara often laughed at your childish love for her brother. Sokka, on the other hand, adores you and has dreamed of you two getting married since childhood. 

When Sokka and Katara brought Aang to the village you were skeptical but then you agreed with Katara hoping that you would be able to find a waterbending master. 

You convinced Sokka to come with you telling him that you need someone strong to protect you. 

When you arrived on Kyoshi Island, you and Sokka argued for the first time since you met. It was the first time you noticed how misogynistic Sokka really was. Sokka begged Suki to teach him to fight and even agreed to wear traditional Kyoshi clothes. You, Katara and Aang laughed but at least you weren't mad at him anymore. 

Then came the meeting with Jet. Sokka will never admit to you how good he felt when he noticed that you also thought there was something wrong with that boy.You helped Sokka save the village.

The visit to the North Pole was a nightmare for you. The brothers found out you were a waterbender and were upset that you didn't tell them sooner. Katara soon gave up her upset being happy that she is not the last waterbender from the South. Sokka was extremely upset, first you lied to him and then you gave up on him to spend time with his sister. He won't admit it, but the fact that he wasn't a bender hurt him a lot. He decided to try to make you jealous by approaching Yue. But things did not go in his favor. After his kiss with Yue from Spirit Oasis, you decided to give up on the idea of ​​a relationship with him.

 Katara could no longer bear the horrible condition her brother was in, so she told you about his plan from the North Pole. To give Sokka a taste of his own medicine, you started flirting with Zuko. Katara thought you were a perfect match for her brother due to your extremely great talent for making plans (notice the sarcasm, please). You and Toph found Sokka's silly jealousy hilarious. 

Sokka was absolutely crazy, what did that fiery head have that he didn't?!

 During the Siege of Ba Sing Se you and Sokka finally confessed your feelings for each other. Sokka was happier than ever but that didn't last because you were seriously injured and lost a lot of blood. You've been unconscious almost as long as Aang. In that time Sokka was completely destroyed. He felt like his life was over and he swore that when you woke up, he couldn't imagine you wouldn't, he would do anything to protect you.

 When you woke up Sokka exploded like fireworks. Even though you felt horrible, you struggled to give him a big smile. After that, things started to go downhill. Sokka had become inhumanly possessive and protective. You tried to talk to Katara and Hakoda but they told you that Sokka acts like this because he doesn't want to lose you like he lost his mother which made you feel like a terrible person.

 When you arrived in the Fire Nation, Sokka followed you like a shadow. At Hama's inn he slept in the same room as you. When you found out that Hama was from the Southern Water Tribe something clicked in your mind. You asked if she had known your paternal grandmother. Her eyes widened when she heard your father's name. It seems that Hama was your grandmother, Sokka's grandmother's friend. That didn't make Sokka calm down and he almost attacked Hama with his sword when she tried to hug you. After Hama was arrested Sokka consoled you saying that you don't need anyone else when you have him.

After Zuko's coronation you and Sokka returned to the South while Katara and Aang had to stay in the Fire Nation. Although Sokka's protectiveness still bothers you, you were extremely happy when Sokka asked you to marry him.

But as heroes never have a simple life, your story has only just begun.

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#Avatar The Last Airbender #atla #yandere avatar the last airbender #sokka #soft yandere #yandere sokka #sokka x reader #katara #aang #toph #Zuko #toph beifong #reader #yandere x reader #avatar #yandere avatar #yandere atla #hakoda #kya #kanna #hama #yue #ba sing se #waterbender reader

[mugentakeda]

OK LAST DOODLES OF THE DAY IM SERIOUS THIS TIME ill do more tomorrow anyway

#the hama x kanna one is peak self indulgence. OLD WOMAN YURI PREVAILS OVER ALL ELSE... #pretend pakku is dead or something idk hama easily cucked him with her nefarious mystique rizz.... #ik i said more jetko but ill do that tomorrow i dont feel like doing more my fingers r sooo cramped #atla #avatar the last airbender #aang #katara #sokka #zuko #azula #hama #kanna #do they have a ship name????? Idk #alicias art

[late-draft]

Now I made the South Water Tribe family tree too! Not much headcanons for this, except that I guess it's implied that Kanna did love Pakku in some form even though she ran away in order to fight for her rights and voice, because she took the betrothal necklace with her and later passed it on. I suppose she would have thrown it away if she hated or didn't care for Pakku. Only 60 years later when he changed and improved as a person did they reunite.

#atla #Katara #Sokka #Hakoda #Kya #Kanna #Pakku #avatar the last airbender #tbh it's the only way the show can justify Pakku and Kanna getting married as soon as he went to SWT #without making it that she was forced... that would be bs

[the-badger-mole]

If you were to expand on southern water tribe culture, what sort of traditions would the people have?

I've written a few traditions into my fics. Off the top of my head, here are a few:

All the Things That Are and Will Be

The death rites of the SWT don't involved burial in the ground. Instead a the body is washed and prepped by the family, and the body is laid to rest under stones piled around and over top the body. The ceremony involves a song commemorating the deceased for becoming one of the ancestors.

Traditional

To mark engagements in the SWT, the potential husband presents his intended with tools and supplies that will be useful to her in married life. This is usually sewing needles, knives, beads and furs, but the intended bride is allowed to make special requests. For Katara, this included fancy pens, new waterskins for formal and everyday use, and a crown. In With the Changing of the Tide, she also made special requests for a talking mirror and the skin of a camel seal. The potential husband also presents his intended's family with furs, skins and tools, and also, he joins the men in the family on a hunt for what will become the engagement party meal.

Uncharted Waters

In the SWT, villagers will gather frequently to share stories about a lot of things. Sometimes they're historical accounts. Sometime they're folk tales. Sometimes they're about how they got their various scars, like Katara tells Zuko in chapter 8.

Summer Bloom

When a SWT girl has her first period, there's a celebration among the women. They go into the mountains to the thermal springs and have what essentially amounts to a spa weekend. There she has a formal introduction to the "polar bees and otter penguins", the older women share their advice on dealing with period symptom, and there's a feast. The girl is welcomed into womanhood with gifts of needles, knives, combs and beads.

Some traditions I've been thinking about, but haven't actually written down yet: Siblings share a sleep cot until they're old enough to complain about it. When that happens, the family homes get bigger to accommodate more sleeping space.

There's a strong musical tradition within the tribe. Their instruments are limited. They have a drum, a hand drum, and a pipe for their major instruments, but they mostly sing. The SWT goes on to popularize acapella in the ATLA world.

The Southern Water Tribe is made up of several small villages lead by locally selected chiefs who then come together to choose one overall representative for all the villages. Hakoda is the third nonconsecutive member of his family chosen as the head chief, and Sokka is chosen after him. After Sokka, the next chief comes from an unrelated family and a different village entirely.

#atla #swt traditions #katara #sokka #hakoda #kanna #zutara #because the fics i linked are zutara fics or at least mention them

[comradekatara]

“the desert” is katara’s most quietly admirable episode; she manages to guide and protect the rest of the gaang while they are in precarious states under unimaginable pressure and with very few resources. katara’s tireless endurance this episode culminates in her bravery as she risks her own safety to comfort aang in the avatar state.

for an audience upon first viewing, her ability to thrive under pressure here may seem like a surprising departure from the impulsive, reactive, sensitive girl we’ve been accustomed to over the past 1.5 seasons. but sokka’s admission in “the runaway” reframes katara’s behavior in this episode.

we know that while the rest of her family was a mess, katara stepped up and gave them hope. she refused to sink into her grief—to abandon the site of her trauma like hakoda did, to give up like kanna did, or to repress and depersonalize like sokka did. she may have a temper and she may not always think things through, but she is able to communicate her emotions and refuses to cut herself off from feeling and processing her grief and rage, which is more than can be said for her brother.

and upon learning this piece of her history, you realize that her indefatigable, relentless hope and care that she displays in “the desert” is actually a pattern of behavior for her that is being repeated. when all hope seems lost and everyone in her life has abandoned faith, katara finds purpose and meaning in being the glue that holds everyone together, even when she is as grief-stricken and exhausted as the rest of them.

in moments of abject despair, katara guides her loved ones and herself out of there desert, both literally and metaphorically. and that is why she is the narrator and the catalyst and the hero of this story of a revolution that successfully destabilizes an oppressive paradigm in the eleventh hour, because she represents the power and importance of organized resistance when all hope is lost, of refusing to give into despair, of continuing to believe in love even in the bleakest, most desperate circumstances, and envisioning a brighter future even (especially) when no one else can.

#id in alt text #katara #katara&sokka #aang&katara #kanna&katara #sokka #aang #kanna #analysis #this post was inspired by @oneatlatime's response to the desert #but she can't actually read this post yet bc it contains spoilers! #regardless. katara is so important....... to me.... #the scene where aang goes into the avatar state and katara hugs him is borderline unwatchable to me #because it is so heartbreaking & overwhelming #which is also true of most of the southern raiders lol #just. katara's extraordinary depth of feeling!!!! #she is more than a cartoon character she is my best friend. ok #also. 'but now you're not letting yourself feel anything' and the aang & sokka foilism here!!!!! #how in this episode aang nearly falls into a trap that sokka may never truly escape from!!!! #will have to expand on that later too.... #every time i think to myself 'maybe i should stop writing these stupid little posts about a cartoon that ended in 2008' i find yet another #thread to tug on. and another and another #i may never escape. alas #there are worse fates

[narrativelysignificantturtleduck]

thinking about hakoda and bato's childhood in the southern water tribe. like they were able to be kids goofing off and pulling pranks, which stands in sharp contrast to the generation before (kanna is a teenager when she watches hama get captured) and the generation after (katara and sokka are kids when their mother is killed). and both the raid where hama was captured and the raid where kya was killed were because the fire nation was after waterbenders. so perhaps for a while, there were no waterbenders born in the south. no raids. perhaps hakoda and bato grew up in an era of relative peace, and that's why they could be kids when their parents and children didn't get that privilege.

do you think kanna and the other adults of the tribe ever looked at their kids running around happily and thought about what that relative peace had cost? how the only reason their kids weren't under threat was because their friends had been captured and a huge part of their culture destroyed? that now, parents hoped their kids wouldn't be born benders, because they wanted them to be safe?

and how do you think she felt when katara started bending? when she still felt the loss of the waterbenders but also knew that that was what kept her son safe all those years? how did hakoda feel, as someone who grew up in a world without bending? how it must hurt, to see the hope for your people and the threat to your people in the face of a little girl

#nina's personal log #hakoda #kanna #katara

[transuncletaylor]

If Katara is the spitting image of Kanna as said by Yugoda, do you think Hama felt a little sense of home when she saw Katara's face?

#katara #hama #kanna #atla

[azulaang-chakras]

#atla #polls #Aang #Katara #Sokka #Zuko #Iroh #Zhao #Jet #Bumi #Roku #Haru #Kanna #Gyatso #Suki #Momo #Appa

[waterfire1848]

Avatar AU (Dragon AU meets Fire Siblings raised in the South Pole AU)- While looking around after a storm, Kya and Hakoda come across two frozen children. They bring the kids back to the Tribe to warm up. Only a few days later do they realize that they accidentally rescued the prince and princess of the Fire Nation who just so happen to also be baby dragons.

#avatar #au #avatar the last airbender #azula #zuko #katara #sokka #Kya #Hakoda #dragon Azula #dragon!azula #dragon Zuko #dragon!zuko #basically dragon AU meets the fire siblings growing up in the South Pole #Kanna #Ozai