i respectfully object to your analogy, sir

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Dear fandom at large and fandom wank and ATLA fandom in particular,

Stop comparing Zutarians to Harmonians. Please stop, for me. I never liked that pairing. And if we're going to be compared to rabid delusional fans, I'd much rather be compared to Spuffy fans. Or Doctor/Rose fans. Because I like those ships better, and I've been called nasty things as a member of those as well.

It's kind of a shallow request, I know, but humor me here. Hell, "SPUFFY" is shorter to type and easier to spell than "HARMONIAN" anyway.

-Rashaka





P.S. And really, we Zutarians haven't earned it. Compared to the three fandoms above, we are tiny, and so is our wank. Which I'm okay with. Although we are apparently big enough to get a voice actor to make a little tribute video to us, which is still pretty freaking funny. See previous post.

Comments

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I see the whole Harmonian/Zutara comparison because of the creator's disdain for the ship. But the main difference is that the Harry/Hermione became a dirty word because zealots took over the ship, forcing most of the more gentle, analytical fans to hide their preference. (Personally, I always tend to ship best friends. Zuko/Katara are something of anomaly for me... of course, they became more of a best friend ship towards the end, which totally delighted me.)

It's not to say that Zutara doesn't have its crazies. That we do. But for the most part, the analytical (dare I say "normal"?) fans keep control of the ship's helm, making it something most people don't mind being affiliated with. Actually, I think the Zutara fandom handled itself in an exemplary fashion and should be taught in school as the textbook way an OTP fandom should act. Harmonians, on the other hand, are like that saying "if you can't be a good role model, you can be a terrible example." It's almost like Zutarians looked at the Harmonians and collectively said "Yeah, we're not going THERE."

All of this is just a long winded way of saying, I don't blame you for not liking the comparison.