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I can't believe how mixed-up the fandom (and the LOK writers) get Katara and Zuko's characters.
I want to make this clear, just because she grew up during the war, doesn't mean Katara was forced to fight. I honestly don't know where people get this from. Her cultural norms very blatantly dictate for her not to. It was something she vehemently struggled against to be able to do. It was always her initiative and choice to fight because that's who Katara is; a warrior.
Hell, she's even reveled in dominating her opponents and showing off her skills in battle
But you know who was forced to fight? You know whose skewed concepts of honor dictated him to fight? You know whose society urged him towards participating in war? You know who was the most at-ease and relaxed working peacefully in his uncle's tea shop?
The entire concept of Zuko's character is that he doesn't easily thrive as a warrior and doesn't enjoy fighting if he can avoid it. One of the key things he learns post-redemption is that fire isn't just a force of destruction, it's also life and passion. And that's what allows him to be a better firebender later.
So it makes no sense that Katara gave up on fighting before Zuko. And don't misunderstand, both of them should have been still relatively active (because Zuko is a warrior too and the point of this post is not to claim he isn't). But between the two of them, Zuko would have been the one to embrace peace and retire
Bro wh⁉️
Avatar AU‼️‼️ ok so to make a long story short, instead of a gift ceremony, they’re placed in front of four elements and told to do a basic move to move it or do something to it and boom, that’s the element they bend. Yeah Mirabel didn’t bend anything, at first. Every night before bed since then, she would try and move each of the elements, though nothing would happen. Till a few days before her 11th birthday she moved the two marbles within the air.
She then proceeded to freak out, cry, then spend all night practicing some basic moves she saw in a book so she could show her family the next day. Didn’t get a wink of sleep.They were ecstatic to say the least 🫡
Family’s a little bit different, they don’t really care that she didn’t get any bending, not even Alma. Bending isn’t exactly the most simple thing. But they was still happy that she got bending nonetheless, though it did surprise them because air bending is the rarest to achieve, second being earth (in this AU anyway). And yes, she’s the avatar, it she doesn’t get to use any other elements till she’s 15.
Someone has probably done this y’all know that I. Don’t care tho <333 I’m also delusional and I spent too much time on this to not post it. Like originally I didn’t e en color it and it was only the redraw but it’s very well know that I spiral into these things, even with au’s that aren’t mine 😨
I’m rambling to try and justify this knowing I can’t 😍 more art later tho <3