oh, ATLA... *sigh*

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I'm tired of seeing these post-war fics where Katara is Zuko's consort or secret lover or something, his mistress while he's married to Mai.

Why the frell haven't I seen any fics where Zuko is the mistress?

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

oops, broken link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfTYu8hL14M

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Okay, got it.

Oh, that was a good vid.

I've forgotten how much I love that episode.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I've forgotten how much I love that episode.

Oh me TOO. Katara's bending poses have never been more amazing (the finale finish was great but otherwise she just ran around) or more eloquently drawn with the arms and hands. And it was such a fantastic development point for her character, too.

The show and a lot of the fandom focuses often on how much good comes out of the war's end and their heroic journey--friends and loves they found, the peace they won, the skills and confidence they learned. But there were also profound costs to these guys. Sokka lost Yue. Katara lost the knowledge of innocence and purity in her self and her capabilities. Zuko lost his father and sister.

I don't know if Toph or Aang lost anything permanent, though.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I don't know if Toph or Aang lost anything permanent, though.

They didn't, which is why I end the series having so little respect for them.

As for the bloodbending - I cannot express how glad I am that it returned, and that it was not treated as Katara's problem. By which I mean, going out to kill the guy who killed her mother is treated as problematic, but her techniques themselves are not villified, which I think is awesome.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I've never really written about it, but I'm secretly obsessed with Hama's character. What she became, what she used to be. That look on her face when she bloodbends the rat the first time. Such a wonderful illustration of the damage that war does to people, what it drives them to. And to think that, before the invasion, Hama was exactly like Katara. A little less sad, maybe, but the same.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, agreed. She's Katara's mirror, and in the same situation, Katara would have done exactly as Hama did (expect for the killing of innocents - I think Katara would have picked more reasonable targets for her revenge.)