#zutara gifs

[allthebestnamesweretaken]

I love reading oblivious Zutara. Something will happen and they’ll think “damn he/she really hates me” and the other person is actually thinking “omg I love them so much and I’m so bad at hiding it they must hate me” and then when they finally realize they both like each other they’re like:

And they kiss🤣🥹

#zutara #atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko x katara #anti anti zutara #zutara fanfic #zutara au #zutara fic #zutara tropes #zutara headcanon #what’s better than mutual pining #nothing

[jasmine-tea-latte]

Zutara Month 2024, let's gooooo!!!

Happy @zutaramonth, friends! 🎉 I can't promise that I'll be able to write something for each day, but I'll try.

Please enjoy my entry for Day 1 - Reluctant Allies.

#zutara month 2024 #zutara month #zutara #zuko x katara #zutara fanfiction

[starlight-bread-blog]

Zuko and Katara Won't Enable Each Other

Disclaimer: If you've read my stance on healthy couples in fiction, you know I'm not gonna care if they would, in fact, enable each other. Flaws & struggles are realistic and have a place in fiction. However, I do disagree with this sentiment and generally love to talk about Zuko and Katara's dynamic. So, here I am.

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One of the most common protests to Zuko and Katara as a pairing is the following:

Zuko and Katara are both prone to anger and making emotion-driven decisions. They must never be together, or they'll enable each other's worst tendencies.

One things needs to be clear. When making an argument it is with utmost importance to cite the text. Textual evidence is the proof one doesn't make things up to push their view. Without it, the argument becomes worthless words with no grounds in reality. So, what textual evidence do those who make the argument above cite?

In The Southern Raiders, Katara was going to murder her mother's killer. Such act would weight heavy on someone like her. It's an impulsive and dangerous decision. But Zuko didn't try to stop it, he was enabling that fury.

I've already discussed The Southern Raiders in-depth in its own post, so I won't repeat myself much here. On the post I explain that The Southern Raiders dealt with anger that Katara has been harboring since she was eight, it dealt with her deepest trauma. And by the end of the episode, Katara is changed by the experience, and Zuko admits to have been wrong and grows.

Therefore, The Southern Raiders is an outlier and would not repeat itself under normal circumstances. It is not textual evidence for Zuko and Katara enabling each other in a future romantic relationship. Thus, the argument has no textual evidence and can be disragarded.

If their dynamic is healthy, not enabling, shouldn't there be textual evidence to suggest this?

Not necessarily, since we didn't have much time with Zuko and Katara as friends. Additionally, the burden of proof is placed on those who make the claim. However, I did manage to gather some textual evidence that their dynamic already isn't what people describe it to be in canon.

Exhibit A: Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King

Here, Katara was already rightfully pissed off at A\ang for avoiding what, at the time, seemed to be his duty as the Avatar. She was going to angrily chase him, but Zuko rationally explained to her why he doesn't think it's a good idea. And she understood and calmed down.

Zuko doesn't enable Katara's rage and Katara doesn't keep pushing once she's offered a logical solution. They made a rational decision when it was the easiest to get even rightfully angry.

Exhibit B: Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters

A\ang left them in the worst possible time. Katara already has abandonment issues (see: The Awakening), and the force he was supposed to fight is Zuko's abusive father. But they know they have to keep calm and track him down.

If they were controlled by their emotions together, we would see them get worked up. But we don't. Katara and Zuko once again made a rational decision.

Exhibit C: Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno

Zuko accepting Azula's offer to an Agni Kai could easily be seen as irrational. He would want to prove he can beat her. But when Katara thinks Zuko is making an emotion-based decision, she calls him out.

And even insists on it.

And then Zuko reveals that he did think clearly all along, and had a logical reasoning:

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In conclusion, the argument that Zuko and Katara would enable each other has no textual evidence. Time and time again they are proven able to make rational decisions without enabling each other's emotions. Thank you for reading.

#zutara #zutara month #zutara month 2024 #anti anti zutara #pro zutara #zutara meta #zuko x katara #katara x zuko #zutara analysis #zutara evidence #zutara forever #zutara nation #zutara should have been canon #zutara supremacy #zutara was robbed #zutarian #zukoxkatara #kataraxzuko

[caramel-ribbons]

I just watched Avatar for the first time all the way through, and yeah, it’s great, but the one thing that surprised me was how different Katara was compared to the fandom interpretation I’d seen and internalized before watching.

Like, before you watch Avatar, you’ve seen all these memes about Katara and her mom, and based on those memes, you assume it’s one of those lines you have to get used to hearing at least once every episode. But then you watch the show and realize that she only talks about her mom maybe five or six times per season and you also realize she only brings her up when she’s trying to comfort someone or empathize with them because that’s how she processes her grief and that’s one way she connects with people.

Or you hear the infamous line, “then you didn’t love [our mother] the way I did” and you prepare yourself for one of the worst character assassinations ever only to see the scene after nearly three seasons worth of context and realize she was kinda right. She’s been the mother, the nurturer, the comforter. She’s been patient, gentle, and accommodating where everyone else has gotten to be insensible and reckless and childish, and the one moment where she allows herself to feel her grief, suddenly she’s this evil bitch and not, y’know, a 14 year old girl whose been thrusted into adulthood in a way no other character has. A 14 year old girl who should be allowed immaturity and raw emotion and anger instead of the patience and grace she’s been forced to extend to every character without even the smallest amount of gratitude or even consideration in return.

Or you see all of the clips where Katara puts Aang in the “friendzone” and you expect to have this wishy washy back and forth where Aang is putting his feelings out there only to have Katara neither commit nor express any clear reciprocation or rejection. Then you watch and realize that, as cute as the ship is initially, that there’s never a point where Aang returns any comfort or grace to Katara despite her always doing this for him to the point of coddling. That for as much as Aang says he loves her, he never seems to outgrow his perception of her so he can recognize her as someone who feels grief, anger, and pain as much as she expresses love, kindness, and maturity. And instead of having moments where he learns to see her beyond her strength or compassion, you’re instead given moments where Aang forces his feelings onto her, both romantic and non-romantic, and Katara is expected to just…shoulder those feelings the way she shoulders everyone else’s.

Katara is the most misunderstood character in the show. As much as people recognize the complexities of Zuko, Sokka, and Azula, they struggle to do the same for Katara because they see her struggles as somehow lesser, and therefore, less deserving of sympathy. They can handle her so long as she’s being endlessly patient and loving and kind, but the moment her endless love, patience, and kindness runs out, she’s suddenly this annoying bitch who can’t shut up about her mother or reciprocate Aang’s feelings. But Katara’s trauma does matter as much as anyone else’s. No, she wasn’t banished from her kingdom. No, she didn’t lose her entire community, and no, she isn’t the only one who lost her mother. But the difference between her and everyone else whose experienced loss because of the Fire Nation is that she’s never given time to process her trauma. Aang gets to lean on Katara constantly. Toph gets to express her feelings to Katara, and yeah, Sokka also lost their mother, but unlike Katara, he isn’t put in the position of being a substitute for everyone’s parent. He even admits that he sees his sister as a mother. The only characters who ever comfort Katara or allow her to vent is Zuko and her father and that’s, like, three scenes in a show where the other characters are consistently given opportunities to seek out Katara for unconditional support.

The fandom interpretation of Katara has been so bastardized that even those who haven’t watched the show know her for this fanon version and not for who she is. She’s such an interesting character beyond her fandom limitations, though. She’s brave, hot-headed, and hopeful as well as gentle and caring. She wishes to learn waterbending, not only because she wants to fight in the war, but because she wants to continue her culture’s practices because, and people often forget this, she also lost an entire subculture within her already fractured tribe. And she wants to defeat the Fire Nation both because of her deep love and empathy for other people, but also because she wants to avenge her mother. But because some of the fans have reduced Katara to a bitch who constantly whines about her mother and friendzones Aang, you wouldn’t know any of this, and it sucks because she’s the only character whose been dumbed down to such an extent.

#avatar the last airbender #avatar #katara #you can tell she’s my favorite character #female character #zutara #I’m not anti or pro either #just something I noticed #I’m ​not against Aang either #just this writing

[the-bluespirit]

#katara #zuko #zutara #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atlaedit #natla #natlaedit #netflixedit #tvedit #gifs #* #natla 1.03 #natla zuko #natla katara #natla zutara

[zutarawasrobbed]

Oma & Shu parallel: Scarf

There’s been a long-standing theory in the Zutara fandom that Zuko and Katara are the reincarnation of Oma and Shu. I wanted to add evidence from the live action that confirms it.

I would like to point out the slow motion of when Katara passes him, and he reaches out for the scarf. He looks mesmerized, as if he’s getting lost in a memory. He then proceeds to follow her.

In episode 4, we hear the story of Oma and Shu, and I noticed something very familiar in one of the designs. Oma wears a prominent scarf that flows behind her, just like Katara’s did when she walked by.

This scene is filmed and directed to draw our attention to Zuko’s fixation on the scarf and Katara herself. The slow-motion sequence of Katara walking by, her scarf flowing behind her, and Zuko reaching out to touch the scarf, is highly charged.

My theory for his reaction is that he sees a scarf similar to one he wore in his past life on his reincarnated lover, flowing the same way it used to on him, only this time it’s in her color instead of his. Something in his subconscious tells him to reach out and follow her, and I highly doubt it was simply because of his motivations to capture the Avatar.

*Edit:

I will make a longer more detailed post in the coming days, but I would like to point this out before then. Think of this as a synopsis.

#we ride for scarf #scarfgate #also #let’s go lesbians!! #zutara #already starting my metas #back on my bs #avatar the last airbender #spoilers #atla live action

[glassandhoney]

nah, bc they didn’t have any reason to do this

like don’t get me wrong i love the “you rise with the moon, i rise with the sun” scene (hope we get it in later seasons!!) but i’ll take this over that any day 😭

#zutara #zuko x katara #prince zuko #katara #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla la

[nightwing1536]

Katara using Zuko’s move. It probably doesn’t matter but rewatching clips of Katara and Zuko and this stood out to me.

Katara froze herself and Azula in ice. Then she breathed through her nose and got all, swishy swishy.

It reminded me of when Katara fought Zuko at the North Pole. She froze him. And when the sun rose he melted the ice with his nose too. So like.

Just thought it was cool.

#zutara #katara #zuko #atla

[fqvoritism]

you little peasant! you've found a master, haven't you?

#avatar the last airbender #atla #zutara #atlaedit #zuko #katara #tv #* #this quality ahaha UGH

[beatricelaus]

You rise with the moon, I rise with the sun.

#zutara #zutaraedit #zuko x katara #zuko #katara #atla #atlaedit #paleedit #tv #*

[saw-x]

#gone but not forgotten

#avatar #atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #zutara #atlaedit #zutaraedit #chewieblog #throwbackblr #animationsource #airbendersource #userbbelcher #tvandfilm #tvedit #animationedit #kahtaras #userneve #userlaro #userv #*mine #pleeeease use this line in the next season please

[mythicalgeek]

Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same - Wuthering heigths, Emily Bronte

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#Zutara #zuko x katara #avatar netflix #netflix #prince zuko #katara #katara x zuko #avatar the last airbender

[holygayrightsbatman]

ZUKO & KATARA | SOZIN'S COMET

#zutara #atla #zuko #katara #avatar the last airbender #prince zuko #atlaedit #zutara edit #zutarian #zutaraedit #edit #tvedit #animationedit #gif set #gifs #filmandtv #my gifs #my edit #jay.gif #1k

[fabdante]

i thought it would be fun to put all the little scenes i've animated from the circumnavigators of celestial bodies into one post, even if the fic for the last one isn't up yet

art only blog - insta - inprnt - redbubble (image description in alt)

#zutara #atla #avatar the last airbender #avatar #zuko #katara #prince zuko #avatar fan art #I FORGOT ABOUT THIS #zutara fan fic #zuko/katara #katara/zuko #my art

[jryno]

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)

Katara vs. Master Pakku (1x07) - Zuko vs. Fire Lord Ozai (1x06)

#avatar: the last airbender #netflix avatar: the last airbender #atla 2024 #ATLA #natla #avatar netflix #katara #atla katara #avatar katara #kiawentiio #Zuko #prince zuko #ATLA Zuko #dallas liu #Zutara #zuko x katara #katara x zuko #fire lord ozai #daniel dae kim #avatar #avatar: the last airbender 2024 #netflix avatar the last airbender #netflix #cinematography #gifs #gifset #cinema #film #film and television #reblog

[the-bluespirit]

#zuko #katara #zutara #zutaraedit #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atlaedit #natla #natlaedit #netflixedit #tvedit #gifs #* #natla 1.08 #natla zuko #natla katara #natla zutara