You Rise With The Moon; I Rise With The Sun.

“You rise with the moon; I rise with the sun.” 

Katara and Zuko at their strongest (The Puppetmaster x Sozin’s comet)

Zutara Moment (by GreenifyME)

Fangirl Epiphany! Important Realization for all those who claim to be fans of Zuko or Dean Winchester! Leave me your thoughts.

So I was on Skype with my sister, talking about Dean Winchester. She said that one of Dean’s core problems is not that he’s not as smart as Sammy (there are several episodes worth of proof to the opposite in fact.) His problem is that he often acts without thinking, which gets him into all kinds of trouble. (like when he went to say goodbye to Lisa knowing that he was a vampire and dangerous now)

After she said that, I made the comment “Dean is Zuko.” I had said it totally as a joke, but then I thought about it.

At first they both portray fairly flat character archetypes. Dean: the macho badboy. Zuko: the standard villain. They both desperately seek approval from absentee fathers, who (intentionally or not ) showed far more approval to their younger siblings.

They both suffered through horrible traumas as children which then left them motherless. They’re both adopted by surrogate fathers in Iroh and Bobby. They both have extremely vitriolic tempers, though it takes more to set them both off in later seasons.

They each have severe self-worth issues, and both appear to suffer from extreme depression and/or other psychological illnesses. (This becomes more obvious for Zuko in the later comics.)

Both have “always had to struggle always fight” which has given both characters strength. They each have a very grit-your-teeth-and-do-it type attitudes to difficult or painful situations.

Zuko and Dean both put their fathers up on pedestals, and then had to confront their father’s flaws. The confrontations led each character to a “I didn’t deserve the crap you put on me” epiphany.

They both desperately seek out love, approval, respect, and family. They’re insecure and, in a way, fragile. They compensate for these feelings by masking them in anger and by focusing on the familiar. Zuko hunts the Avatar and Dean kills monsters, these are as much causes to hide behind as they are purposes that drive them. Even when they have the chance to make a new life (Dean with Lisa and Ben, and Zuko in Ba Sing Se with Iroh) they can’t quite make themselves give up their old lives.

At the end of the day, both Dean and Zuko are damaged, hurt, and frightened as children, just doing their best with the hands they’ve been delt. They’re flawed and violent, they’re emotionally distant and purposefully hard to get close to or even get along with. They are also two of the most well-loved characters of their respective stories.

Why?

Because by showing us the flaws, the struggles, and the lowest points of these characters, the writers have shown us what makes them human. We can all relate to hardships in life. (Though hopefully none of us were given burn scars by our father or had to see our mother burn to death on the ceiling.)

I never realized how very much a like these two are, but now that I’ve thought about it’s impossible not to see the parallels. Which I, personally, find really cool.

I am so glad I'm not alone.

There are ships that don’t end up being canon and you’re like ‘ah well that’s too bad, could’ve been something special’ then there’s ships THAT YOU KNOW WERE PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER AND HAD A RELATIONSHIP LIKE NO ONE ELSE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NEVER EVEN TOGETHER BUT THE STUPID WRITERS Or PRODUCERS DID A DUMB BORING PREDICTABLE AND ONE-SIDED SHIP INSTEAD BECAUSE THEY’RE STUPID MALES WHO WANTED “THE HERO TO GET THE GIRL” SO THEY COULD SELF INSERT THEMSELVES INTO THAT CHARACTER AND FEEL LIKE THEY GOT THE GIRL EVEN THOUGH THE HERO WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD AND DID NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL MATURITY AS THE GIRL AND DIDN’T RESPECT HER FEELINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, BECAUSE THE HERO ALWAYS HAS TO GET THE GIRL AND IT’S BEEN EIGHT YEARS BUT IT STILL RIPS MY INSIDES APART AND MAKES ME WANT TO CLAW MY EYES OUT AND I’LL STILL BE IN THIS PLACE IN ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS AND I’M GOING TO BE BITTER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE AND I’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO TRULY DIE HAPPY BECAUSE THIS IS ALWAYS GOING TO TORMENT ME. 

Megstiel

Am I missing something? Why is the Sleepy Hollow fandom so dead set against Crane having a romantic relationship?! I know since the show started the fans have wanted Abbie and Ichabod to get together but THERE IS NO ROMANTIC CHEMISTRY THERE!! I might be a pariah for saying this but, it’s true!

I love their bro and sis relationship. For them to get involved would mean jeopardizing everything they’ve worked at becoming. If you notice, non of Abbie’s past romantic involvements has stayed in her life. I take it it’s not just because of circumstances, but I truly believe it’s a choice that she’s made; consciously or otherwise. 

As for Crane, he’s searching for where he belongs and that involves exploring romantic relationships with women. And for the fandom to cry fucking bloody murder every time the writers try to explore that, it is quite frankly stupid. You are stifling possible great story lines (being they don’t go down the “Katrina” road again). You all wanted a renewal for the show, well here it is! Let the writers do their fucking jobs!