Since I particularly don't want to be debating on the trailer until July, I'm going to just end my part in the debate now. Kataang and Zutara fans, alike, were ecstatic in rage, happiness, and like me, confusion. Since the trailer has been released last night I have been examining every part down to the multi-second, and I was right. The first thing that interested me was catching the fact that the Kataang kiss was at night, and the Zutara hug was at sunset, therefore it being Fan Advertisement. And can you really blame Mike and Bryan? More than half their fandom is Zutara, and if you were them wouldn't you want to keep over half the fandom interested? I know I would. Now for my rant- Zutaraians are taking this info with a great deal of excitement, like they should. Their ship finally has something to claim maybe canon, and with Katara pulling away from Aang's kiss they have even more proof. I just think that rabid Zutara shippers should look at the skies in both scenes. The Kataang kiss was at night, and the Zutara hug was at sunset. This means that the hug either happened before or after the kiss, but it clears the theory out, that Katara automatically runs to Zuko. If we had seen Katara running to Zuko, and it had been night when the hug happened, it would be different. There are several possibilities of the kiss too, which I will try to explain. One being that in the seven minute clip of The Ember Island Players that Zuko was sitting in between Katara and Aang. Aang might've been upset over the play, and he might've dreamed that Katara rejected him. I don't really like the dream theory though. It seems too common, and I just don't see It happening. But my second theory seems likely, to me at least. A person on Dongbu Feng chat told me I sounded crazy for stating this theory. I think Aang might've made a confession of a lifetime or maybe, just maybe, he mentioned the Avatar State. It's possible. He might've said something about it and just dived into kiss her. The scene looks like it takes place in Ember Island I think because later in the trailer Aang was meditating at what looks like the building from The Beach, at night, and also it looks like the ocean is near by, so this will most likely take place in The Ember Island Players. Aang also might have confessed. He might have said, "I love you, Katara", and she was just simply surprised. Who wouldn't be? Katara wasn't repulsed. She was surprised about something, or in shock, either one. And as you can see, she DID NOT back away with a repulsed look NOR did she run to Zuko in that scene. She simply had a look of shock and put her hand over her mouth. And then camera fades to Katara hugging Zuko...At sunset? Now here's my theory on the Katara hugging Zuko thing. Personally I don't think that Zuko will be involved with the gang and their fight against the firelord. Zuko said so in DOBS that it was Aang's destiny to defeat the firelord, not his. So why would he stick around and defeat him? Zuko has already done his part in ending the war. He taught the Avatar firebending, and I think the person Zuko will fight is Azula, but that's a different subject. Anyways, I think Katara hugged him for one reason and one reason only. Maybe it's because she was a jerk when she shouldn't have been. An apology for when she threatened to kill him if he laid a hand on Aang. When she uncaringly made fun of him for losing his firebending, and most of all, not trusting him. The hug might be Katara's way of saying, "I'm sorry, Zuko. If I could take everything back I would. Good luck!", and goes along with my theory all along of Katara and Zuko having a very close friendship. I have to admit though- I did think the fighting scene was cute. And it made me take a double take on the trailer. But this all leads to what I said in the beginning about using the advertisement. You do remember seeing The Crossroads of Destiny trailer, correct? Zutara fans all claimed Zutara would happen and it didn't. But the season two finale had the most viewers of all at 4.4 million. That's exactly what the creators want. They want a lot of viewers, and giving Zutaraians a scene is the exact way to do it. Kudos' to you, Mike and Bryan.
