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@kataraslove

she/her. mid 20s. free palestine.
on this blog, you can expect to find nuanced takes of katara that do not align with the most popular fanon. my sideblog is kataangfanartarchive. ask box is temporarily off to catch up to messages!
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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.

#katara#atla#avatar the last airbender#anti atla live action#anti natla
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when katara took aang’s hand while he was in the avatar state and about to kill them sandbenders….. i hate how ppl still look at her like she was his babysitter. that’s aang’s humanity, dawg. she kept him human. he was a reluctant god, and she kept him human 😭

#THIS
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Problematic writing choices of the Duffers:

This post will be focusing on problematic tropes (more so than the many plot holes).Prior to this, I thought some of these writing choices were intentional subtext and symbolism for a greater plot point (and that these tropes would later be subverted) . This wasn't the case. I'm mentioning these tropes now: for people to grasp why we shouldn't reward the Duffers in their future projects. And how normalizing these tropes (in main stream shows) will negatively impact future story telling for the worse.
  • Fridging trope: El embodies this as her death is used as a catalyst for various male character's development in the finale. The Duffers saying El was never going to be with the gang in the end , because she "represents the magic of childhood" for the boys is just sad. Because yes-characters can represent something, but writers need to understand they're MORE than just a symbol of something (they're also a person/character in the narrative). The fact she also represents the magic of childhood of all things is awfully portrayed since Jane herself never even had a real childhood - and because of the writers , she's also deprived of an adulthood .
  • In s5, bringing back Kali (one of the only brown girls in the show) to essentially just make her suffer and die. They brought her back: k*lled her found family , had her tortured by the gov again, and then she's shot by the gov. God forbid, a brown girl shoots her white oppressors (the writers have to k*ll her the same way she offed her abusers). Kali targeting her ab*sers was portrayed as morally questionable/nuanced in the show. But white Jim & Nancy mowing down random soldiers with bullets, or El killing a bunch of American/soviet soldiers was just to make them look 'bad ass'. The audience never has to question their morality for doing so- only Kali's. If you believe's mike's theory: that would mean they just used Kali to save and give the white heroine a happy ending (which is gross optics in and of itself).
  • If you believe that El died along with Kali (this is also problematic). They couldn't let El/Kali : the victims of government oppression and abuse get a "happy ending" . In fact both die due to the government .What an uplifting message during these fraught political times. Remember Hopper’s speech where the whole point was Kali/El shouldn’t have to off themselves since they deserve a happy ending (despite life being unfair to them constantly)? What was the point? Idk , if you don't die , off yourself if life has been cruel.Killing El / kali to stop the "cycle " isn’t empowering at all. It’s a harmful message to ab*se survivors!!!
#this is a really good read#stranger things critical#anti duffer brothers
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Vampire Kataang au from a spooky ask!🩸At first I thought, well, obviously Aang is the vampire, since he’s over 100 years old and supernatural, but then, I thought, wait - hear me out - Painted Lady= Vampiric River Siren? Idk! The face paint and design kind of works to me!

Anyways! Thanks for the ask!!! It was fun!

#THIS IS SO GOOD#IM OBSESSED#kataang fanart
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I've done the Korra -> AtLA designs, now time for some Aang -> AtLoK designs!

We've got Aang, the Avatar from the Southern Water Tribe. Katara, a modern airbending master and Sokka, her not-so-monkish brother. Zuko is the son of the Earth Kingdom's councillor who's been hidden away in Republic City after his father fractured his face. Toph is a blind Republic City heiress who prefers to moonlight as an underground fighter. Then Suki is a leader of a non-bending protection group of chi-blockers

And they're all part of Aang's sports anime

He discovered probending exists and made it his mission to put together the best team he can find: The Flying Lemurs. Sokka is the manager and only goes slightly mad with power

#this au looks so good
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in 2026, remember how GOOD writing feels. remember how satsfying it is to get your characters to the point you have been dying to get to, where they will experience the love, fear, relief or whatever the feeling you want to bring to life may be. let this year be the year of writing, prgress and of satisfactory endings.

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Idk this piece is kinda inspired by a train of thought I’ve been pondering over

Ever since I was a child, I’ve always been told I look like my mother. I absolutely loved it. Hearing the phrase “you look like your mom” really did stroke my ego. In my eyes, my mother is the beautiful and intelligent woman. Since I am here carbon copy, I too must be just as pretty and smart as her. However, now that I am older, I don’t know whether it’s a blessing or a curse. In time to come, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the idea of looking in a mirror and seeing her ghost staring back at me

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#this breaks my heart#my baby

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