Am I The Only One Who Is Happy Zutara Did Not Happen?

Am I the only one who is happy Zutara did not happen?

Like I get where it's coming from. Katara is a complex female lead, and Zuko is also a complex character with the greatest redemption ark.

But these are exactly what makes me not understand it.

Zuko was a prince born to the fire nation, who had waged war on the rest of the world and literally wiped out an entire people. He was fully ready to continue that war, but he was banished. Even in exile, he continued to follow the fire nation's beliefs and chasing the avatar, the only person who could stop them.

Now I don't expect him to wake up one day and turn his world view around for no reason, and I understand that he is a teen. But he was not alone in that journey. He had uncle Iroh, who tried guiding him through that time to help him grow.

And eventually, he did. He managed to see behind the propaganda that he was fed as a child. He managed to see the pain his country had inflicted on people. He managed to understand he was wrong. So, he got his amazing redemption.

But none of these things can undo the damage he had caused. And that becomes crystal clear in the scene in which he meets Suki in prison. She reminds he that she knows him cause he burned down her village. And he is just awkward because he knows he can't deny it, he can't fix it, he can't do anything to make it better. Even breaking her out of prison would not be an equivalent exchange.

Another person that the actions of the fire nation greatly impacted is Katara. She lost her mother to the war. She saw her mother give herself up, and she knew she did it to protect her. She grew up without a parent and without a bending master because of the fire nation. Yes, he did help her "avenge" her mother. But that was the least he could do after his people took her and countless others away.

Also, keep in mind that Katara offered to try to heal Zuko's scar with the water from the oasis, which later literally revived Aang, in Ba Sing Se. And right after, he betrayed them to follow Azula.

So apart from hunting them the entire show, he also betrayed them and was the only reason they lost that fight, because Katara was cooking Azula, and as long as she had won, Aang would have been alright.

Also, yes, I understand that people can change, but the fact that he is the decendant of three generations of war criminals and was clearly planning to do the same is not helping his case.

All the said, I do not expect the complex female lead to fall head over heels and trauma bond with the first hot enemy that appears on screen.

The Satosugu and Itafushi parallels are getting a little too good.

First, Satosugu's bodies are being used as weapon after their death, not allowing them to just rest.

And now Itafushi's bodies are being used by Sukuna to do terrible things.

Second, Geto suddenly fought back against Kenjaku when Gojo asked him if he was okay getting used.

And now Yuji says to Megumi that he would be alone without him, and Megumi ,even after the soul bath, deploys his shadow technique to fight Sukuna.

What makes me hope they will have a happy ending is an "anti parallel"

Gojo always said that he can only save the people who want to be saved.

On the other hand, Yuji is constantly saying he will save Megumi (no matter what).

Satosugu did not communicate, so Itafushi will.

Please don't let the anits win Gege.

Just finished Full-metal alchemist:Brotherhood and apart from the great writing and character development, I particularly liked the way the homonculus in the bottle died.

I truly enjoy the trope in which the villain is afraid of death more than anything and does anything to prevent it, and ultimate ends up dying a humiliating death.

The first book series I read as a kid was Harry Potter, and it has influenced the way I consume media.

*Ahem fuck J.K.Rowling ahem*

He devoted centuries to artificially creating humans , making a whole new nation, and creating a transmutasion circle that covered the entirety of it. Did not give a fuck about all the innocent lives that would be lost if his plan worked. He knew all the consequences since he did the same thing on a smaller scale in the past (no benefit of the doubt). Not to mention everything he put Hohenheim through since they were made invincible together.

Also, the whole operation relied on people performing a forbidden type of transmutasion that was simply undoable and already involed dead people to begin with.

Let's not forget that the goal of the plan was to absorb the literal God. So much for removing Greed and Envy from himself.

So, the image of him being beaten to death by a literal 15 year old was just perfect.

Imagine your purpose in life just being to live more, disregarding everyone and everything around you, just for Ed, who had been alive for roughly 15 years to beat you to death with his bare hands, while the military, that you are supposed to control, cheers him on.

Reading the last jujutsu kaisen chapter, I came to a mildly horrifying realization.

If Yuta wins in Gojos body, then Gojo is Gojo Satoru because he is the strongest.

But if he loses, then he is the strongest because he's Gojo Satoru.

Are you the strongest because you're Gojo Satoru, or are you Gojo Satoru because you are the strongest?

~In the wise words of Geto Suguru~

Truthfully, Yuta winning is the best option here. It will probably prevent more unnecessary deaths that don't do anything to deepen the plot anymore, for one.

But beyond that, this outcome will also make Gojo's characters come full circle. It will furthen the narrative that he is a monster and a weapon carefully carved out by the jujutsu society. It will also solidify the fact that the only one who saw beyond that was Suguru.

Plus, it will make a bomb ass story for Yuta to tell to literally anyone.

Honestly, though, him losing would have to end up in everyone, but Sukuna dying (sorry Yuji*) and the modern dark ages of sorcery beginning.

Truly, there would be no point in ending the manga like that, in my opinion.

*Now about Yuji, that boy has been though he'll and back, and of course, I don't want him to die, and yes, I have seen how much he has developed in the manga. But him beating Sukuna while Yuta, the generation's protégé in the body of the strongest sorcerer of the modern era, loses to me kinda looks like an ass-pull that will be excused because the boy has not had an ounce of plot armor throughout the entire series.

And that holds true only and only if Yuta loses to Sukuna. If literally anything else happens, I will probably not believe this either.

Personal vent?

I really liked Spider-Man:Across the spiderverse, but a particular scene stuck with me.

The scene in which Miles is being chased around Nueva York and Peter B., talking about his daughter Mayday, tells him;

You are the reason I had her, okay? I thought that if I did a decent job raising her, there was a chance she was gonna turn out like you. And that got me excited because you are a wonderful person, and I like being around you.

A person I admire in my personal life has already told me that he would like his daughter to turn out like me.

So basically,I have been told that I am a good example for younger children. And that parents would like to have their children be like me.

But no one ever told me they actually like me.

Now, I don't expect the exact words of Peter B. but it would be nice to know if I am liked or even likable as a person.

Spiderman kinda got me questioning my character integrity haha

Can't wait for the next one, though.

There is media that you consume.

And then there is media that consumes you.