You might as well not ship anything with Katara in it either, since Katara has made her own selfish mistakes too. Ex: she stole the waterbending scroll, was mean to Aang because she was jealous of his waterbending, and she sneaked off to practice waterbending that risked the saftey of the whole group. Seriously, all the characters had flaws about them because they are very human characters. All the characters also learn from their mistakes in the show. That is what makes the show so great.

Plus, Appa and momo are what remains from Aang's race. Their are all what's left of his 'airbending family.'

I think that we are all forgetting that these are fictional characters. Therefore, it doesn't matter if they live or die.

Also, Aang has not matured at all. Remember this little bit from WAT:

Katara: Aang, we need to make plans about how to save the world.

Aang: Screw that, watch this loop. Now, I'll show you a giant board game.

If it wasn't for Zuko showing up when he did, the episode might as well have been called "Why Aang Needs A Diaper Change and A B*tch-slap."

So you think this is a great show, yet you also say that the characters are just pieces of paper? I'm a little confused about your logic. Aang was trying to avoid hurting Katara again. That's why he didn't want to firebend. He got over it in the same episode, though.

It's a great show when you let yourself believe that the characters actually exist. However, you can't forget that they are just pieces of paper. If you do, you risk going crazy.

Yes, but there is nothing wrong with analysing characters . All I'm saying is that all the characters make mistakes and learn valuable lessons from them.

No it wont. Katara and Zuko are just gonna be friends and Zuko's gonna be with tht anoying little emo chick tht makes goths look like cheerleaders. Poor Zuko

So they're peices of paper just for the sake of your side of the arguement, I see .

For example, when Katara mentions her mother. Aang blows her off, and she never speaks about it to him again. Obviously she needs to talk about it - she tells Haru, Jet, and even Zuko, for crying out loud. She needed comfort, but Aang couldn't give it to her. she went to complete strangers, and left herself open to them. She made herself vulnerable trying to get comfort for something that Aang should be able to provide comfort for. But he doesn't. Katara gives and gives to Aang, but he gives nothing back.

That's how I see Kataang, anyway. Maybe there's some evidence of Aang giving Katara something (comfort, understanding, teaching her something), but its nowhere near the scale that Katara gives to him. The only person on par with Katara in a give-take relationship is Zuko, because their interaction has been limited. he offered comfort about her mother, she offered comfort about his scar. Yes, he then betrayed her, but Zuko remains the only person in the group who's given something important back to Katara. Thus how their relationship is mature - its actually a give/take relationship, unlike most other relationships in the show (its also mature due to the themes of forgiveness etc, but thats not my point here, lol). Everyone else in the gaang (and practically the world) has benefited from her (Sokka, Aang, Toph, etc), but they never give back. They all seem to take her for granted.

And now, because I believe I'm repeating myself way too much here, I'll stop there

There are many times where Aang gives back to Katara. In the first episode, Aang is showing Katara how to have fun and embrace what is left of her childhood when he penguin-sleds with her. When Katara loses her necklace, he handmakes another one for her and then brings back her original necklace. In the Cave of Two Lovers, he saves her from falling rocks and even though he makes a dumb comment (Why would I kiss you?), they still try to make up for it. At the end of the episode they realise that their teamwork had led them out of the cave. She even blushes when she hears the 'Cave of Two Lovers' song. After Aang had burned Katara, he kept avoiding the fact that he had to learn it because he was afraid of hurting her again. When Aang encourages Katara to dance with him, she grows confident and has a fun time with him.

And that's all I can think of right now, lol. Where was it that Aang brushed Katara off about her mother? I don't remember that anywhere .

Ha ha, ok truce. We can agree to disagree.