Oh! how does this sound? The waterbending spirit is actually the Painted Lady, though Katara doesn't recognize her at first. And all of this is a test for Katara! ...basically Zuko's going to be the guy in the refrigerator if Katara doesn't figure this all out and pass the test. sexist role reversal ftw! Also, Zuko is always the punching bag of fate, but this time it's not even about him, not really.
...except, at the very end of things, it has to be partly Zuko's will that saves him from his transformation curse, as well. Because...because the spirits have fortold that Katara will be Fire Lady, and she has to be proven worthy by the judgement of their patroness spirit, to rule the FN people. (which Katara hasn't even agreed to do or been asked to do yet...the gods think ahead.) But Zuko, and this is part of the painted lady's curse, has already won his throne, so he needs to prove worthy of Katara's hand, again by the judgement of the painted lady. So the curse-test starts the situation and provokes the feelings that makes the curse-test necessary.
For some reason I'm thinking of Cupid and Psyche now, or East of the Sun, West of the Moon, and tasks. Just one, in this story, instead of three. I want Katara to bitch out the spirits for interfering in the world and forcing them all through this stupid exercise.
As the story goes along, Aang begins to understand before anyone else that the spirits are turning his friends lives into a fairy tale that oddly resembles old FN legend and tradition. He clues in first.
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Date: 2008-10-18 03:57 pm (UTC)...except, at the very end of things, it has to be partly Zuko's will that saves him from his transformation curse, as well. Because...because the spirits have fortold that Katara will be Fire Lady, and she has to be proven worthy by the judgement of their patroness spirit, to rule the FN people. (which Katara hasn't even agreed to do or been asked to do yet...the gods think ahead.) But Zuko, and this is part of the painted lady's curse, has already won his throne, so he needs to prove worthy of Katara's hand, again by the judgement of the painted lady. So the curse-test starts the situation and provokes the feelings that makes the curse-test necessary.
For some reason I'm thinking of Cupid and Psyche now, or East of the Sun, West of the Moon, and tasks. Just one, in this story, instead of three. I want Katara to bitch out the spirits for interfering in the world and forcing them all through this stupid exercise.
As the story goes along, Aang begins to understand before anyone else that the spirits are turning his friends lives into a fairy tale that oddly resembles old FN legend and tradition. He clues in first.
but why would the spirits