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People will call Katara the mom friend and ignore the REAL mom of the gaang

Helia is too beautiful for his own good

because what do you mean this gorgeous man with silky smooth black hair as dark as the night sky, with piercing blue eyes that can be the warmest natural pool or the coldest ice shard, with a personality that brings so much peace and tranquility… is not real?? and what do you mean he doesn’t realize how truly gorgeous he is???

this man had people in art school falling for him left and right. he had the dancers at the performing arts department thinking of him as they danced to love songs, he had the painters making him their muse, he had the songwriters making music inspired by his sole presence in this universe, he had the actors finding the right emotions for their roles and giving their all thanks to him. and Helia was probably none the wiser, he just didn’t realize he had just made half the school fall in love with him

and years later when he comes back to art school to visit or to re-enroll he will see his former classmates who are just about to graduate and they will say ‘oh, X/Y/Z had a crush on you all year’ and Helia will be like ‘excuse me??’

because apparently this man just doesn’t know how truly beautiful he is, not even talking about appearance, but his soul. his soul is beautiful and he doesn’t even know 😩

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- a huge chunk of atla fandom disregards aang's trauma and everything he went through during the series just because he doesnt act like a stereotypical traumatized child or a moody/edgy bad boy protagonist

- the same huge chunk of atla fandom hate on him for actually SHOWING signs of trauma, like when he unintentionally uses the avatar state (a RESPONSE to his trauma) and call him unreasonable, dangerous or selfish

Mmmh

Using the Avatar state scenes as an example and saying this is katara relationship with aang is so vile 🤦‍♂️

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Ugh this take again. It honestly always exhausts me to see this because the thing about Aang going into the Avatar state is that it is, at it's core, a defence mechanism. Aang goes into it in life threatening situations, or otherwise, incredibly distressing situations. I've even pointed out its similarities to panic attacks:

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The Avatar State as a panic attack The Avatar state has always been a very interesting part of Avatar lore to me. Throughout B1, we don't e

Katara is an incredibly empathetic person, and she is able to emphasise with Aang's pain. Because a) she's just that type of person and b) her and Aang share the trauma of genocide and loss.

Katara's interactions with Aang when he is in the Avatar's state aren't based around tempering his anger, but providing comfort and reassurance. It almost seems that Katara just reminding Aang that she is there and that she cares is usually enough to calm him which makes sense. Because, at the core of it, Aang's greatest pain, likely the root of most of his nrgative emotions is that he is the last airbender. His people are dead, have been dead for ages. He is alone, the last of his kind, and it destroys him.

Aang: [To the winged-lemur.] You, me and Appa; we're all that's left of this place. [Looks at the lemur.] We have to stick together.

Enter Katara, who reassures Aang that she is with him, that she cares, that she won't leave him. Because she sees that he is hurting. She hugs him as normal people hug their friend when they are upset, and later, when their relationship is more established, it's just enough for her to make eye contact with him and remind him that she's there.

Katara : Aang! I know you're upset and I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. I went through the same thing when I lost my mom. Monk Gyatso and the other airbenders may be gone, but you still have a family. Sokka and I! We're your family now!

And I truly don't think Katara does this out of a sense of obligation or fear. She does this because she sees her friend, and later, romantic partner, is hurting. And she knows that pain intimately. So she offers her comfort. Of her own free will, because she cares.

Katara : Do you remember when we were at the air temple and you found Monk Gyatso's skeleton? It must have been so horrible and traumatic for you. I saw you get so upset that you weren't even you anymore. I'm not saying the Avatar State doesn't have incredible and helpful power ... but you have to understand ... for the people who love you, watching you be in that much rage and pain is really scary.

I think the emphasis on "the people who love you" is important here. Katara isn't afraid of the Avatar state itself. She is saddened and scared for Aang, because she knows he is in pain. And he is someone she loves, be that platonically, or romantically.

Side note; I always found it so cool that when Aang went into the Avatar State in the Avatar State episode and wreaked havoc on general Fong's base, Katara, who was literally in the middle of it, remained completely unharmed.

See, the theme with Avatar is that holding onto anger and pain can be incredibly self destructive. We see this, of course, with Zuko, but also with Aang and Katara.

Of course, we're shown how one's anger affects others, but we also see how painful it can be on oneself. Which is a very poignant theme that isn't often explored.

This is what Aang was trying to communicate to Katara in The Southern Raiders. And this is what people like this, who commented under OP's post don't get.

Oh, something crazy? Like for example going against her entire morality and do something she might regret for the rest of her life? That type of crazy? Hell, look at how strongly "The Southern Raiders" ties back to "The Puppetmaster", an episode about a victimised Southern Waterbender driven to near madness by her grief pain, and rage.

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Anyway if the bloodbending in the Southern Raiders isn't enough of a callback to the Puppetmaster and drawing an even stronger parallel betw

Aang isn't stopping Katara from feeling anger, he's trying to make sure she doesn't do something that will weigh on her and compromise her morals and ideals, because he knows how important they are to her.

Aang: The monks used to say that revenge is like a two-headed rat viper. While you watch your enemy go down, you're being poisoned yourself.

Hell, he even supports and believes in her, letting her take Appa and believing she would make the choice right for her. Which she did, in the end.

Aang: I wasn't planning to. This is a journey you need to take. You need to face this man. But when you do, please don't choose revenge. Let your anger out, and then let it go. Forgive him.

And no, I don't think he was trying to save face, since he has never had a problem disagreeing with Katara before, for example in the Avatar State episode, where he followed his sense of duty as the Avatar, despite acknowledging and valuing her criticisms of the matter.

Aang and Katara's relationship is one of mutual support, particularly in helping alleviate each others pain, since they are both genocide survivours, both lost a parental figure to the fire nation, both value their cultures and desperately try to perserve them etc.

I think some excellent aymbolism of this can be in how Aang tries to help Katara with her dismay and discomfort around losing her mother's necklace, something she's expressed was very valuable to her due to her loss. First by making a symbollic replacement, and then risking himself by retrieving the necklace from Zuko.

I also genuinely enjoy that in both of these instances, Katara put the necklace on herself? Like it would be so easy to just make a cliche meaningful scene where Aang puts it on her and "proposes" but theres almost something more appealing to me of Katara taking the necklace from Aang and putting it on completely on her own.

Katara does not need Aang to calm her down when she's angry, because, with the exception of the Southern Raiders, her anger is usually benign squabbling which is completely normal 14 year old behaviour. Wheras for Aang, his anger usually rears its head on rare occasions when he's in deep distress.

But Aang is there to comfort Katara, to bolster her confidence, to support her, make sure she's having fun almost whenever she needs it.

These are just a few examples of Aang providing comfort to Katara.

These actions may not be as bombastic and awe worthy as Katara ripping Aang out of a state of deity like power, but they are nonetheless important to Katara and make a big difference.

Aang and Katara's live language with each other is providing comfort, in any way they can. Be it by alleviating anger and pain, making the other feel good about themself, or connecting over the horrific genocides that brutally deprived them of their loved ones. You know, just normal couple things 💗

And this is where I could slander Zutara, but I'll simply tactfully say that Zuko... prioritised things other than Katara's comfort and happiness.

Also, incredibly rich that one of OP's examples of Aang going into the Avatar state out of anger was in the comics. OP neglected, however, to include the scene leading up to this where Aang is extremely calm and nonconfrontational until Zuko grabs Katara and refuses to let go of her despite both Aang and Katara telling him he's hurting her and then attacking Aang after Aang knocks him away from Katara.

Like hun this is not a good look.

And another point I'd like to raise is this persob in the comments who apparently watched the show blindfolded.

why are we still here just to suffer etc etc. Like have you folks even watched the show why do you have beef with a twelve year old who commited the crime of loving a girl his age. If you're that fucking upset about it you can just not have him do that in your mind palace you don't have to pick violence.

Aang is a genuinely amazing character who deserves so much more than what his haters say. It's fine if he's not your fave character I just don't understand why people have to be dicks about it.

Genuinely the only good thing I get from examining this type of bullshit rethoric is that it lets me inspect Kataang more closely and find new things I genuinely love about it.

I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you (I can never look away) I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you

I felt like I need something cute and warm and I think you might need it too 💛

she’s such a beautiful woman, oh my g-

the way she smiles and the way she carries herself so elegantly, so delicate just like how her plants and flowers look. so precious and majestic just the way nature is

even her name is stunning, just magical. like, Flora is such a beautiful name. being named after such an important and gorgeous and unique part of nature is such a blessing

there’s no way to doubt why Helia fell in love with her, this woman has it all. from the soft petals to the sharp thorns to the strong roots. she’s everything, she’s beauty

There are only two episodes in book 3 completely dedicated to help fire nation civilians in need. Two episodes who bring perspectives of the fire nation citizens (and not only the royals), the affects of war on everyone, and what is important in order to save the world

Two Aang and Katara CENTRIC episodes

Two victims of the fire nation, two survivors and the two most empathetic characters of the series :)

“katara wouldn’t date as guy shorter than her!” well jokes on you because she literally did.

have you considered to stop projecting yourself onto a 14 year old girl maybe?

Katara 🌊

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Late Kataang Week 2024 post again, we are FINISHING!!!

Day 13: Role Swap where Katara is the Avatar (and last Waterbender???) and Aang is her Airbending master ⛰️🔥🌪️🌊 Maybe they're ~18/16 or 20/18 y/o respectively here?

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Aang/Katara relationship headcanons continued

Katara is the first one to confess that she loves him in words they can both understand, Aang just blanks like he did in the Cave of Two Lovers, and it isn't until he admits what the whistle means that the situation is salvaged They start traveling together more once Katara takes an interest in helping restore other parts of the world, but the Southern Water Tribe is their home base They're the kind of couple that if you gave them one bed, you'd fully believe them if they told you they were just cuddling That is actually true (for the most part) Katara is a little sad when Aang finally becomes taller than her, but she usually doesn't complain because his growth spurts are very, very kind to him When Katara gets better at drawing she makes more pictures of Aang in various mediums, and when asked she always answers that he has a very good color palette or looks aesthetically pleasing and he just swoons every time Once they get out of the awkward phase they kind of start having more flirty banter, but it's very comfortable to the point that it doesn't always seem like it More casual, easy PDA that doesn't leave them both completely red in the face but still makes Sokka want to tear his eyes out (forehead kisses! hugs! cheek kisses! tickle fights! bad-on-purpose pickup lines!) People are either surprised they're dating or surprised they aren't married yet Older Aang is definitely a girls' girl They are very, very, very good at sneaking around, mostly because nobody expects it from the bald, cherubic monk and the supposedly goody-two-shoes Water Tribe girl When her nightmares are really bad, Katara will just nuzzle into Aang's neck and count his heartbeats until she can convince herself that he's alive In the same vein, Aang just likes holding her face close to his and feeling her breathe When Katara complains about people seeing her as Aang's trophy girlfriend, he gets a shirt that says "Master Katara's Trophy Boyfriend" that he wears with great, great pride He'll kiss her tears away when she cries and it is so, so cute They still have petty teenage problems, because they are petty teenagers, mostly related to jealousy, but it's no that common (that's what Aang's shirt is for) Aang loves to braid Katara's hair, especially the loops, and when she joined the White Lotus he kept braiding lotuses into her hair just to gush over how pretty she is Katara likes shaving Aang's head mostly because it's a way they share their cultures with each other, but this one time she nicked him with the blade and now the scar hasn't faded Basically from ages 15/16-19/20 they are a (mostly) mature and cute couple who travel the world to help it

Day 2 of Kataang Week: Comfort

Hnnghghghhhh Aang you cutie I can't 

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Katara 🌊

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Daily reminder that they're canon and y’all can die mad about it 🫂

Honestly, tonight is the sort of night where I need a bunch of flora/helia head cannons.😂

same i always need more florelia headcanons

idk if you're asking me for more but,,,

i've mentioned this already but florelia picnic dates :') flora making little sandwiches and cakes :') helia picking fresh fruit and surprising her with flowers and sweet wine :') bringing two little picnic baskets because coco likes sleeping in one :') OUGH :')))

cannot stop thinking about what they would do if the other had a bad nightmare... flora trying to gently wake him up, running her fingers through his hair and giving him time to calm down :') helia wakes her up, tightly hugging her while affirming that she's safe :') crying :')))

flora definitely steals his sweatshirts we all agree on this yeah?

florelia building a pillow fort for their movie night in,,, watching romcoms and planet documentaries because they're both sappy nerds,,, i'm like 90% sure they both enjoy kettle popcorn and riven call them freaks for it <3

helia taking care of flora while she's sick OUGHHHH he tries to sneakily ask her family for a homecooked recipe she loves without her knowing to cheer her up and she definitely connects the dots but doesn't say anything because it's so sweet :')

they're both sentimental little dorks who save every little thing that reminds them of the relationship! so they both just have boxes and boxes under their beds and in their closets filled with little trinkets, dried flowers, old tickets, etcetc. they're so :'))

someone has definitely gone up to them at the club asking if they were looking for a third aldgh

flora says she feels safest in helia's arms and all of the winx collectively gag (they think it's cute and they're so happy she found her true love)

helia says he thinks it's hot she could kill him and the specialists collectively hoot and holler (they completely understand and feel the same way)

you'd think that on vacations flora would be the chill one and helia would be the planner but it's actually the opposite! helia thinks walking around with no plan is Peak vacation while flora gets nervous and wants to maximize her Fun Time while they have it. they don't argue about it though since helia is perfectly fine following flora along wherever she wants to go (but she does add in things he'll enjoy too obviously)

flora likes to watch the rain from the comfort of her room while helia likes to go lie down on the gravel <3 flora gets scared that he's going to get sick <3 helia always tells her he won't but he always gets a little sneeze after <3

yknow that fell first, fell harder dynamic,,, florelia <3

^this is canonically them AKJDVG

helia: aww look what pretty flowers i wonder if flora will like these :3

flora: YOU'RE GONNA FUCKING DIE

Ladies and gentlemen, him.

a kataang doodle before class

THEM <3

Best written scene in the series. Gives me the chills everytime..

There's something just…innately haunting about seeing Aang cry while in the Avatar State and seeing Katara crying with him.....

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The fact that they never reused the music that plays during this scene in any other scene despite how amazing it is shows that the animators knew they struck a gold mine with that moment, you hear that music and your mind goes straight back to the first time you watched the scene

Such an amazing episode

I'll never stop praising Aang's design. His design is so beautiful and UNIQUE

The tattoos and monk clothes (best outfits in the series btw)

The SCARY avatar state with the GLOWING tattoos and eyes

Damn look at cosmic Aang!

And he's cool asf even with hair

Great design, nothing can change my mind.

Aang’s character design was made by 2 korean men btw, ki hyun ryu and il kwang-kim ❤ also his original design is based on a black-chinese boy named arjuna kisu!

Character designs for The Princess and the Frog by Lorelay Bove