@athalarhys
thank you!!!! i hate it when they write shit like this 😭 it’s this or the standard “i know it’s not feminist or whatever but i want to be taken care of/i want a man” like that’s not-
there you have it, folks. this is how zks view katara. all those thinkpieces about how ka is problematic because it’s the “hero gets the girl trope” are rooted in nothing but mere projection.
you zutaras need to stop pretending that you don’t care about the romance in atla. your problem isn’t even with the romance—you just don’t vibe with the canon ship. like it’s okay to admit that! no need to write long thinkpieces to hide behind of.
@ohangiemyangie
there’s nothing to cope over… because the voice actors’ opinion don’t actually matter? it’s just headcanons, something they’re entitled to but doesn’t reflect what’s already written lol
i really hate the “you like canon ships only because they’re canon” ass folks because it’s almost like, most canon ships have something substantial to them because they’re actually developed by the writers 🧍🏽♀️
@eddieydewr
@Ameerareads
just in case you didn’t get it the first time: she’s literally an idf member that has been *******loud****** about it.
on social media, and even in interviews. she’s not the wonder woman you think she is lol
i have blocked so many zutaras and i feel bad because i’m sure some of them are nice but i just can’t deal with the algorithm bringing shit opinions on the tl anymore
from what i’m seeing, most of the negative reviews are from the people who have actually *read* the book, so, it’s not review bombing at all. starting to think that this thread is just a marketing effort, lol.
“atla shouldn’t have ended with romance” “we don’t care about romance—it’s not our main focus” stop lying 😭 as if you don’t eat up all the small zk crumbs in the show. you care a whole lot. that’s why you’re still pissed off about it after years. it’s OKAY.
this take genuinely made me want to throw up lol. the idea that a male deserves a reward for rightfully asking for forgiveness over his own wrongdoings…. i need to gatekeep katara from all the freaks who share op’s sentiment. not even zuko agrees with you btw!
one time in high school I hugged a boy and I heard him describing to his friends how my breasts felt against his chest. let them die with their loneliness
see this is why i rebuke all the ‘lord debling has a nefarious reason to approach penelope’ allegations because i want my girl to know she is desirable.
i wouldn’t trust any people my age (and older) calling an 18-year-old a “grown adult”, tbh. especially when they’re saying it as an excuse to sexualize said 18-year-old. how hard is it to be normal… ? i’m appalled.
Let's not pretend like Penelope was Collin's first choice please😭all we'll be seeing is a guy settling because he didn't get the girl he actually wanted and don't tell me about the book please we are talking about the series!🥴
@LilDevilKitten
@KisssMyyA_
it’s not weird, i think you’re just not used to the idea? personally i just wrap it using pad wrapper and go but there were times in the past where i wrapped it extra firmly with tissue paper and shit because i lived in an area where animals would dig into our trash 🤦🏽♀️
this colonizer romance discourse because of molly chang’s book has gotten so messy. look, you authors can write about whatever the hell you want and no one should stop you, but that does that mean that your READERS aren’t allowed to say anything about it.
it’s actually quite baffling to me that it never crossed their mind that there could be someone decent among them who would rightfully be disturbed by all the sexualization and weird shit that was being discussed in that gc
@dimkalore
there’s no such thing as according to me when it’s straight up facts —it’s not a matter of opinion. 😭
“I can't recall katara ever hinting he sees aang in a romantic way until the last episode,it was always just aang”
this sentence is straight up wrong. that’s why ppl r mad
now that i think about it, rapunzel being brown makes the MOST sense. a strict mother, forbidden from going out; and then her disobeying and sneaking off anyway 😭
@dimkalore
exactly. that’s just your opinion because you ship zk … so why are you calling people dense for not sharing the same opinion when op is objectively wrong?
@reyskymyth
same experience here 😭 in fact i felt SO scammed by zts online because i *genuinely* thought zutara was going to be this huge thing? imagine my surprise when i watched the show for the first time seeing zuko mooning for mai and katara’s friendship with aang 🚶♀️
tbh, considering both zuko and katara have their own siblings, i don’t think they would see each other as that. so imo they’re not sibling coded—they would need to be closer for that. even in the comics, i don’t remember them having any kind of close relationship 🤔
@howtobeacrab
this is literally it tbh. most of them (from those i’ve met) watched the show as children, had a crush on zuko and simply liked the idea of their fave male with the female lead. that’s all there is to it.
@sunfloralogy
@licorish_
@Active46383873
the adultification of katara will never not weird me out. she’s not mature lol. 😭 her being petty with toph, stealing the water scroll, being jealous that aang was a natural/better than her at waterbending etc. there’s a whole episode explaining why she acts “motherly”
all they’re asking is for you folks to think critically: yes, it turns them on. but why? why would the idea/the act of fake sa’ing you turn them on? thoughts and actions don’t exist in a vacuum.
@saikidiaries
them trying to deflect by saying “it’s enemies to lovers” and it’s literally a scene where katara threatens to end him if zk hurt her boyfriend. zks are so funny 😭
my sibling (who doesn’t watch/read bridgerton) was puzzled when i told them that she was supposed to play a plain character in appearance—this woman is objectively attractive
but nah… it has got to be a kataang !! you folks are so unserious. basically admitting that you’re a one hive mind. that’s nuts bc wdym by that? not even one person with critical thinking skills? not all zks are weirdos, you know.
@whomisbear
exactly!!!! it’s not just limited to kink and/or porn either. another thing i try to critically engage with is my “need” to wear makeup. nothing exist in a vacuum.
@quinnsreads
the replies… i don’t think they were implying you were jobless 😭 for some people it’s really difficult to read consistently with a hectic job schedule—especially if the length is long. sometimes u lose interest, or if you put a book off too long you start forgetting things
i know some people get anxious when it comes pqrts and i can understand it but honestly….. i kinda prefer it? i think you’d do me the biggest favor, actually. like if you’re gonna disagree with me, you might as well do it somewhere i cannot see.
nicola coughlan doesn’t count because she’s literally lady whistledown, you idiots. you can’t just name any person you don’t like. that’s not how it works!
anyway, in light of the gc leak, i’m just glad i’m completely *normal* about every single one of my ships. i love kataang, i love polin, i love maiko, i love emilywendell but i’m not a freak like some of you are ✌🏽
also i don’t know about you, but this has absolutely nothing to do with ships; i would be just as disturbed if it were any other gc. and you wouldn’t catch me defending that shit even if it came from kataangs lol.
not liking a character because they have poor writing is valid, of course, but that’s obviously not what op is getting at. i only know sakura and katara, but to pretend that they don’t get hate due to misogyny is really … something.
call me lazy, uncreative or whatever i don’t care honestly because perhaps i am. the older i get, the less time i have to be in my head. if a canon ship is shitty in my eyes, i’ll just move on to the next ✌🏽
@buteraofmarie
@Rosetheswift
@MissTostapane
@BiancaxSouvenir
and there you have it. the real reason why the blockout bothers them sm. lol. they don’t want to let go of their parasocial relationship with ts. like ofc they’d find the blockout stupid when they can’t even even do the bare minimum of not streaming her songs l o l
perhaps katara is the universally loved of the bunch but i can’t pretend not to have seen all the misogynistic terms being used in reference to her these past few weeks by her own stans and certain shippers lol
this reminds me of that one time a male classmate told me that a woman is *obligated* to forgive a male if he apologizes to her, simply because it takes “guts” for males to admit to their wrongdoings.