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Official Character Relationship Discussion 4

Sokka ship?

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    doomed_soul89

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    Axrendale wrote:

    Is it just me, or are all the Zutara shippers people who like Zuko better than Aang? And are all the Kataangers people who like Aang better than Zuko? Not only does this match with what several Zutarians and Kataangers have said on the subject, but it also makes sense - it is only natural that people will think that the romance involving the character they prefer is the better, more likely one - as the old saying goes: "People see what they want to see".

    So let's do a quick round off with who you like better as a character - Zuko or Aang, and which ship you like better - Kataang or Zutara.

    I'll go first. I like Aang's character better. Zuko's story was great, and I love his character, but just not as much as I like Aang's.

    So far, the theory is holding out then.


    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
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    code_yumi

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    Axrendale wrote:

    Is it just me, or are all the Zutara shippers people who like Zuko better than Aang? And are all the Kataangers people who like Aang better than Zuko? Not only does this match with what several Zutarians and Kataangers have said on the subject, but it also makes sense - it is only natural that people will think that the romance involving the character they prefer is the better, more likely one - as the old saying goes: "People see what they want to see".

    So let's do a quick round off with who you like better as a character - Zuko or Aang, and which ship you like better - Kataang or Zutara.

    I'll go first. I like Aang's character better. Zuko's story was great, and I love his character, but just not as much as I like Aang's.

    So far, the theory is holding out then.

    I guess I like Zuko somewhat more than Aang, but I think Aang's awesome too. I like both of them much more than Katara, who really I only like when a) she's fighting, or b) in Zutara.
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    bl0ndi3girl18

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    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    Axrendale wrote:

    Is it just me, or are all the Zutara shippers people who like Zuko better than Aang? And are all the Kataangers people who like Aang better than Zuko? Not only does this match with what several Zutarians and Kataangers have said on the subject, but it also makes sense - it is only natural that people will think that the romance involving the character they prefer is the better, more likely one - as the old saying goes: "People see what they want to see".

    So let's do a quick round off with who you like better as a character - Zuko or Aang, and which ship you like better - Kataang or Zutara.

    I'll go first. I like Aang's character better. Zuko's story was great, and I love his character, but just not as much as I like Aang's.

    So far, the theory is holding out then.


    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied


    Do 14 year olds really need to be 'satisfied'? (Sokka is another story, besides he's older)
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    isabelwhatx

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    Not 14 year old girls. Hormones haven't kicked in yet. Hopefully...
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    Spacerac

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    doomed_soul89 wrote:

    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
    Relationships are not all about sex.

    Also you're ignoring that in the majority of States in the US, if Katara and Zuko were sexually active and were found out, Zuko would go to jail because Katara is underage.
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    LondonParisNYC

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    Spacerac wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
    Relationships are not all about sex. Also you're ignoring that in the majority of States in the US, if Katara and Zuko were sexually active and were found out, Zuko would go to jail because Katara is underage.

    so that doesn't stop every high school boy and girl in the USA from having sex anyway

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    DeeDuck33

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    isabelwhatx wrote:
    Not 14 year old girls. Hormones haven't kicked in yet. Hopefully...
    It would 'just' be starting. She doesn't need sex in her life this young.

    Everything is not all about sex. /discussion

    Axrendale: Your theory is pretty much correct. Aang's one of my favorite characters, and I ship kataang. *shrug*
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    rgc19

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    You're missing the point LondonParisNYC. It's not about being under 18. Two legally consenting minors can do it, as long as they are close enough in age. I think it's like two years or something.
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    EmoHaruno

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    Axrendale wrote:
    LondonParisNYC wrote:
    Axrendale wrote:

    Is it just me, or are all the Zutara shippers people who like Zuko better than Aang? And are all the Kataangers people who like Aang better than Zuko? Not only does this match with what several Zutarians and Kataangers have said on the subject, but it also makes sense - it is only natural that people will think that the romance involving the character they prefer is the better, more likely one - as the old saying goes: "People see what they want to see".

    So let's do a quick round off with who you like better as a character - Zuko or Aang, and which ship you like better - Kataang or Zutara.

    I'll go first. I like Aang's character better. Zuko's story was great, and I love his character, but just not as much as I like Aang's.

    So far, the theory is holding out then.

    Zuko, Zutara.

    unrelated though. thre reason i ship them isn't because i like Zuko more, it's because i like them as a pair because i think it's a good match.

    You may think that it is unrelated, but in reality things like this rarely are.

    When all is said and done, shipping is mainly about preferences. For all our long posts about things like compatibility and opposites attracting, at heart we ship simply becuase we made a sub-conscious decision about which ship we like better, plain and simple. You can look as hard as you want, but you will never find a Kataanger who shipsonly because they think it would make more sense story-wise, or a Zutarian.

    So let's wait for now, and see what sort of results this draws. If all the Kataangers say Aang, and all the Zutarians say Zuko, I think we can assume that I'm onto something.


    I'm a Zutarian but I like Aang more than Zuko
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    rockon45

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    Axrendale wrote:

    Zutarians who complain about the Lion-Turtle are being somewhat hypocitical, seeing as there was far more forshadowing for the Lion-Turtle than there was for Zutara. Most of the so called "Zutara forshadowing" is fairly weak in any case, and can usually be countered with a Kataang example from the same episode. A prime example of this is Katara's betrothal necklace. Believe it or not, some Zuatarians actually tried to pass off Zuko's posession of the necklace as forshadowing for Zutara. Never mind that Aang had lovingly attempted to fashion Katara a replacement (one of the many acts of endearment that made me ship Kataang). Also never mind that after Aang had retrieved the necklace from Zuko, the writers made a point of inserting a scene where Aang gives a betrothal necklace to Katara. Seriously, if that wasn't forshadowing, I don't know what was.

    BTW, I have never held stock in the whole "opposite attract" thing.

    OMG!! I so didn't notice the whole betrothal thing! Major foreshadowing!!!
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    DeeDuck33

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    rockon45 wrote:
    Axrendale wrote:

    Zutarians who complain about the Lion-Turtle are being somewhat hypocitical, seeing as there was far more forshadowing for the Lion-Turtle than there was for Zutara. Most of the so called "Zutara forshadowing" is fairly weak in any case, and can usually be countered with a Kataang example from the same episode. A prime example of this is Katara's betrothal necklace. Believe it or not, some Zuatarians actually tried to pass off Zuko's posession of the necklace as forshadowing for Zutara. Never mind that Aang had lovingly attempted to fashion Katara a replacement (one of the many acts of endearment that made me ship Kataang). Also never mind that after Aang had retrieved the necklace from Zuko, the writers made a point of inserting a scene where Aang gives a betrothal necklace to Katara. Seriously, if that wasn't forshadowing, I don't know what was.

    BTW, I have never held stock in the whole "opposite attract" thing.

    OMG!! I so didn't notice the whole betrothal thing! Major foreshadowing!!!

    As many times as I've seen that episode, that never registered to me as foreshadowing. Omg, you're a genius.
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    Axrendale

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    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    rockon45 wrote:
    Axrendale wrote:

    Zutarians who complain about the Lion-Turtle are being somewhat hypocitical, seeing as there was far more forshadowing for the Lion-Turtle than there was for Zutara. Most of the so called "Zutara forshadowing" is fairly weak in any case, and can usually be countered with a Kataang example from the same episode. A prime example of this is Katara's betrothal necklace. Believe it or not, some Zuatarians actually tried to pass off Zuko's posession of the necklace as forshadowing for Zutara. Never mind that Aang had lovingly attempted to fashion Katara a replacement (one of the many acts of endearment that made me ship Kataang). Also never mind that after Aang had retrieved the necklace from Zuko, the writers made a point of inserting a scene where Aang gives a betrothal necklace to Katara. Seriously, if that wasn't forshadowing, I don't know what was.

    BTW, I have never held stock in the whole "opposite attract" thing.

    OMG!! I so didn't notice the whole betrothal thing! Major foreshadowing!!!
    As many times as I've seen that episode, that never registered to me as foreshadowing. Omg, you're a genius.

    Why thank you

    One of these days when I've got nothing to do, I think I'll sit down and write an insanely long post demonstrating the Kataang/Kataang forshadowing in every single episode where there is such. It will be utterly pointless, but I'll do it anyway

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    doomed_soul89

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    Spacerac wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:

    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
    Relationships are not all about sex.

    Also you're ignoring that in the majority of States in the US, if Katara and Zuko were sexually active and were found out, Zuko would go to jail because Katara is underage.

    one, Katara is probably 15 by the end of the series and she seems older, until i got the official age thing i thought she was Sokka's older sister not the other way around 2 here is perfectly okay for a 16 yo to boink a 14 yo and 3 Katara went boy crazy at like every second guy she saw when she wasn't learning how to bend
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    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:

    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
    Relationships are not all about sex.

    Also you're ignoring that in the majority of States in the US, if Katara and Zuko were sexually active and were found out, Zuko would go to jail because Katara is underage.

    one, Katara is probably 15 by the end of the series and she seems older, until i got the official age thing i thought she was Sokka's older sister not the other way around 2 here is perfectly okay for a 16 yo to boink a 14 yo and 3 Katara went boy crazy at like every second guy she saw when she wasn't learning how to bend
    The only boy she actively crushed on (besides Aang) was Jet. That's hardly boy-crazy.
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    doomed_soul89

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    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:

    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
    Relationships are not all about sex.

    Also you're ignoring that in the majority of States in the US, if Katara and Zuko were sexually active and were found out, Zuko would go to jail because Katara is underage.

    one, Katara is probably 15 by the end of the series and she seems older, until i got the official age thing i thought she was Sokka's older sister not the other way around 2 here is perfectly okay for a 16 yo to boink a 14 yo and 3 Katara went boy crazy at like every second guy she saw when she wasn't learning how to bend
    The only boy she actively crushed on (besides Aang) was Jet. That's hardly boy-crazy.

    what about that rock guy that got sent to the prison
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    bl0ndi3girl18

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    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:

    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
    Relationships are not all about sex.

    Also you're ignoring that in the majority of States in the US, if Katara and Zuko were sexually active and were found out, Zuko would go to jail because Katara is underage.

    one, Katara is probably 15 by the end of the series and she seems older, until i got the official age thing i thought she was Sokka's older sister not the other way around 2 here is perfectly okay for a 16 yo to boink a 14 yo and 3 Katara went boy crazy at like every second guy she saw when she wasn't learning how to bend
    The only boy she actively crushed on (besides Aang) was Jet. That's hardly boy-crazy.

    what about that rock guy that got sent to the prison


    "i knew it! you did have a secret thing with Haru!" I don't know i never got the vibe that she was crushing on him...
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    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:

    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
    Relationships are not all about sex.

    Also you're ignoring that in the majority of States in the US, if Katara and Zuko were sexually active and were found out, Zuko would go to jail because Katara is underage.

    one, Katara is probably 15 by the end of the series and she seems older, until i got the official age thing i thought she was Sokka's older sister not the other way around 2 here is perfectly okay for a 16 yo to boink a 14 yo and 3 Katara went boy crazy at like every second guy she saw when she wasn't learning how to bend
    The only boy she actively crushed on (besides Aang) was Jet. That's hardly boy-crazy.

    what about that rock guy that got sent to the prison

    There's really no evidence of her liking Haru... Avatar has a tendency to make ships obvious.
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    carlsonem

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    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    doomed_soul89 wrote:
    Aangs like 12 i just want Katara to be able to get satisfied
    Relationships are not all about sex. Also you're ignoring that in the majority of States in the US, if Katara and Zuko were sexually active and were found out, Zuko would go to jail because Katara is underage.
    one, Katara is probably 15 by the end of the series and she seems older, until i got the official age thing i thought she was Sokka's older sister not the other way around 2 here is perfectly okay for a 16 yo to boink a 14 yo and 3 Katara went boy crazy at like every second guy she saw when she wasn't learning how to bend
    The only boy she actively crushed on (besides Aang) was Jet. That's hardly boy-crazy.
    what about that rock guy that got sent to the prison
    There's really no evidence of her liking Haru... Avatar has a tendency to make ships obvious.
    Hmm. Well Zutara was obvious for some fans but that ship fell flat on its face.
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    LondonParisNYC

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    carlsonem wrote:
    Hmm. Well Zutara was obvious for some fans but that ship fell flat on its face.

    whatever...it's still an awesome ship.

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