Why was it so hated? I can see the appeal
>>145965201Conflicts with the characters and the story. And Zuko is better with Mai.
>>145965201because they both already have love interests.this is like saying Chandler and Rachel should've gotten together. it just leaves a bad taste
Hated ? No, it was the fanbase's response to the annoying Zutara shippers. This is the most popular ship in the series
>>145965255>Zuko was better with MaiPeople would rather ship zuko with azula than Mai. she was the worst option of the bunch
>>145965201I hate cuck shit
>>145965255>And Zuko is better with Mai.Jin*
Because the 14 year old girls who ship it have no idea what a healthy relationship is and will most likely end up with 4 kids with 4 different fathers by the time they're 20
>>145965255Mai didn't have chemistry with literally anyone. She was a personality black hole.
>>145965201It had cancerous shippers.
>>145965201the ship wasn't hatedthe retarded "It's totally canon!" shippers were hated.
>>145968430ironic considering aang was a neglectful parent who played favorites with his airbender kid
>>145965201we had this thread yesterday.see this:>https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/145960543/#q145961020> it's 2024, the best turd competition between zutards and kataniggers is out of vogue, and for some reason it only keeps going because the latter cant cope with their cannon ship not being le-popular
>>145967199She's okay if you don't count shitty fanfiction tier comics as canon
>>145968430>healthy relationshipToo many letters to say "boring"
>>145968708And?
>>145967199>People would rather ship zuko with azulaThe most interesting ship by far, with complicated dynamics and strong potential influence on the plot
>>145968714When Zuko tried opening up to her at the beach she shut him down. So no, she isn't better.
>>145965372>it just leaves a bad tasteMunching rug always does, but that is not a reason to not do it.
Back in middle-school I had a friend who was REALLY into this ship, to the point that she made up a whole story line about it being canon according to "the comics." She would spam me with pics, copypasted fanfic excerpts and schizo theories on MSN every day and then talk about it the next day at school. She would also ask me to draw stuff for her almost every goddamn day.Being a nerdy kid back then fucking sucked. Not because of bullying or being unpopular, but because you could only be friends with autistic retards.
>>145965201There was definite tension there, but Zutara fans acted like the creators owed them their precious ship, and like there was no hints of Kataang and it made no sense, even though it was there since episode one.
>>145965201They’re just standing there.
>>145968430Anon it’s been 16 years, they grew up and work normie jobs now
The age gap between Katara and Aang seemed huge at the time. Also Katara already displayed an affinity for troubled bad boys
>>145971898It would be one thing if it were just zutards, but when their own writers were divided on the issue up until the 11th inning, it's less about entitlement and just seeing the elephant in the room: the writing just isn't good when it comes to romance. There was a divide between Byrke and the writers. And watching byrkes attempt at cashing in on zutara in korra tells me that the atla ships would have sucked regardless of which way the creators decided to go.In a vaccum, either option could work with the right writer crafting the ship, but the premise of kataangs dynamic sucks and the alternative of zutara just didn't have enough time in the oven within the context of the show to work>>145973376This. Make them the same age and make Aang the type of guy Katara was into/ the only one she had eyes for.
>>145968430>the 14 year old girls who ship itKatara is a 14 year old girl. To say the exact demographic Katara is ship this and think zuko is hot actually makes a case for zutara rather than against it.
>>145973376I honestly think that even if Suko was Aang's apparent age he would still be very popular with women, Kataang's real problems were:1-Aang's design is not attractive.2-His romantic development is not so well distributed between the seasons.3- The audience greatly overestimated Katara's mental maturity.
I prefer ToKo
>>145965201I'm going to restate what I did yesterday: the romance in avatar sucked ass. Zutara and Kataang are identical because no matter which one made it into the show, it would have been bad.
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>>145974761Congrats, you get how a public forum works anon!>>145974692As the guy that agreed with you yesterday, there really was no point in making one of these threads again only for people to mostly come to the same conclusion. really makes me think it is a stealth shilling
>>145965201because he loves maibecause he was always in love with maibecause zuko and mai never STOPPED being in love all the time they were apart.it doesnt make senseit has never made senseits a stupid stupid ship
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>>145974942Yea, he loved mai so much, he didn't give a single fuck about mai until literally the third season. Maiko is garbage regardless of whatever ship makes or doesn't make sense. At least with kataang you can see points where aang was at least on katara's radar.
>>145974882Idk who made this thread this time but I also agree. Trying to drum up shipfaggotry from the live action bomb about to drop, no doubt.
>>145975045lol nice bait
>>145971898it's insane how people watch a show where a relationship is set up from the first episode and then insist it should go another way
Here me out. Ty Lee and Zuko
>>145975247it's probably the same schizo from yesterday. Best to just let the thread die off
>>145969666>Satan ships ZutaraI am not shocked
>>145975371Personally I find it insane how people think a story cannot deviate from initial intentions. Katara and Aang felt very forced, but Bryke just couldn't let their baby die.
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>>145965372Katara already had a love interest. Zuko had a near one-sided relationship with a character whose entire purpose was to justify Azula's rushed insanity.
