Purpose: The below text is meant to get you to think. I'm not saying that my reasons are good or even that they are my exact reasons. I'm throwing possibilities out there for discusion. Trying to get people to see things a certain way, not the obvious way.

Well as you you all probobly know the current asumption is that Aang will feal nothing for Katara if he masters the Avatar state. I'm not sure that is so. I believe this might be more complex than one would think.?? Look at the most recent "play on words" that we had in this very same episode.

"No Aang by choosing attachment you have locked the chacra, if you leave now you wont be able to go into the avatar state at all."

One would guess and I asumed alot of people did that he could never do it again. However, the guru could have also said "If you leave now you wont be able to go into avatar state unless you clear all your chacras." Where as before he could go in it when he was in danger or angry. I believe that this issue with Katara is very similar. Lets look at the guru's dialog.

"The thought chacra is located at the crown of the head. It deals with pur cosmic energy and is blocked by earthly attachment, meditate on what attaches you to this world"

...Cute visions of Katara...

"now let all of those attachments go, let them flow down the river, forgotten"

...Well, when he said this i was kinda scared. However, this may be a very vancy way of the guru saying clear you mind, focus and concentrate. "Forget" about everything else.?? I know it's a long shot....

"learn to let her go, or you cannot let the pure cosmic energies flow in??from the universe."

"you must learn to let go"

"Aang, to master the avatar state you must open all the chacras, surrender yourself."

"Now think of your attachments, and let them go. Let the pure cosmic energy flow."

Well I want to point out a few things. I think that mabe the guru is just trying to prove a point. That he needs to learn to let go of the material realm. It's not eternal and he needs to realize that. Really guys, this chacra thing could litteraly be just a fancy way of teaching ang to clear is mind and focus.

Then there is the fact that a previous avatar tried to kill the spirit, "the face steeler" I believe was his nickname, because he had stolen the face of a loved one. Also, look the las avatar Oroku, does he look emotionless. He shows emotion and so does Avatar Kioshi.

I don't think it is posible for him to lose love, or anyone for that matter. If one can't feel love than you can't feel any emotion. Something which the previous avatars have shown.

Anyone, anyone else have any ideas on the matter. I have been multi tasking alot while writing this, so if it is fragmented or doesnt make sense that may be why. I also feel like I have left a few points out due to that.

I agree. I think, there's a lot there.

It's shown that love is an energy and surrounds Aang. His love is Katara. So, technically, even if Aang did/have to give her up, he wouldn't becuase his Air Nomad's love has been replaced with Katara's love.??And in the wise words of Aang, "Three chakras ago that was a good thing!"??

You could go with the arguement that Aang never officially mastered the Avatar State, so he didn't really give up Katara.

I don't even like the idea of how some people are taking "giving her up". It doesn't mean for him to throw her off a cliff, or act like she doesn't even exist. It just means that she can't influence him so drastically. He can still feel emotions for her, but he can't feel "attached" to her.

Love can move mountains of course, so yay Kataang!

Love isn't??just a switch you can turn on and off, I think Aang was fooling himself into thinking he gave up Katara so he could??get into the Avatar??State, but he can't just not love her, he still has feelings for her.

Aang still loves her because he "gave her up" to save her becuase he loves her. He even says, "I'm sorry Katara." He loves her, and went into the Avatar State becuase he loves her, so yea, he still loves her.

He smiled at her when??he was revived (not even going??into the whole did he die or not thing) and he allowed her??to hug him.

Kataang lives. ??

Love is a weakness for Avatar.
Previous Avatar also dimished because of his love.
He got killed by??the Face Stealer.

well i'm going to use banana pudding as my example. if i loved that stuff so much and i died my ghost would stay on this earth because of my love for banana pudding. sounds wierd i know. but if i were to let go on how much i love banana pudding, it doesn't stop me from having it, but it keeps me from coming back for it, if somethig else were to be More important. like you can be married, but you have to still leave your wife and go to war, because if you were selfish and stayed with her no matter the consequence, it might have been you who stopped the war... i don't know metaphors hurt my head. i can't explain but, just because Aang let go of Kitara doesn't mean it would hurt him to love her, he just cannot let her be the reason he won't do certain things in life. basically i'm saying he can't let his love for her get in the way of some certain things. but yet he can still love her. i might be saying nonsence, but there. my post is here.

edit: a yoda thing, You must let go what you fear to lose. because aniken feared losing Padme so much he submitted himself to the dark side and ended up fulfilling his visions anyway.