Zutara - Blog Posts
Your zutara fanfics honestly give me life, theyโre so beautiful!!!
I see posts where ppl often criticise zutara, as they canโt see katara wanting to leave her tribe and becoming Fire Lady, and I was curious how you interpret this scenario? No hate just genuinely curious ๐๐
Hello, and thank you!
I'm a firm believer that you can make a character do anything without it feeling OoC as long as you've got a solid base. Basicallyโanything is possible as long as it feels natural in the story.
I never felt like Katara becoming Fire Lady (or Queen Consort, or Lady of the Two Lands, or whatever you wish to call her) would mean leaving her Tribe behind. Her roots are strong and alive in everything she does. She's Master Katara of the Southern Water Tribe, and she'll remain as such no matter who she marries or what title she carries.
I'm not saying it would be easy. I'm saying Katara's stubborn and isn't willing to give up when she's fighting for something she wants. If she truly wishes to stand by Zuko's side, then woe betide whoever dares say she can't do it.
Being in a relationship is hard. Ruling over a broken nation you were once targeted by is even harder. But I can't really see anyone else taking up the challenge and doing a better job of it than Katara.
Why would making a home of the Fire Nation (or anywhere else, for that matter!) mean forsaking her culture? Wouldn't Katara take the South with her everywhere she goes? Wouldn't Zuko love her culture and make it part of who he is?
Katara has never let anyone else walk over her. She has never shied away from breaking tradition and building her own path over it. Why should this be any different?
๐ด๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ผ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐
Zutara makes a statement.
okay foinee.
because someone revived my zk inanimate+animal kingdom au works on twitter ๐ฑ
2.07: Zuko Alone
โMy name is Zuko. Son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai. Prince of the Fire Nation, and heir to the throne.โ โLiar! I heard of you! Youโre not a prince, youโre an outcast! His own father burned and disowned him!โ
[Zuko offers the knife to Lee.] โItโs yours. You should have it.โ โNo! I hate you!โ
3.08: The Puppetmaster
โThen you should understand what Iโm talking about! Weโre the last two waterbenders of the Southern Tribe. We have to fight these people whenever we can, wherever they are, with any means necessary!โ
โI wonโt! I wonโt use bloodbending and I wonโt allow you to keep terrorizing this town!โ โCongratulations, Katara. Youโre a bloodbender.โ
Iโm not sure if itโs just me, but Iโve always felt that Zuko Alone and The Puppetmaster are similar in the role they play in Zuko and Kataraโs respective character journeys.ย
In Zuko Alone, Zuko learns the consequences of war and begins to question what he was taught about the war from the Fire Nation. He realizes that even actions of kindness arenโt enough to undo decades of oppression from the Fire Nation.ย
Likewise, The Puppetmasterย shows Katara the complexities of war and how it forced Hama to invent bloodbending, and turn to hurting innocent people for revenge. Katara - who has always believed in the absolute goodness of her people in the war - realizes itโs not always that simple.ย
Both episodes also examine themes of identity and what it means to each character - Zukoโs identity as Prince of the Fire Nation and Kataraโs identity as a waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe.ย
Even though Zuko has spent most of the episode hiding his identity, when heโs put in a position where he has to reveal it, he proudly declares himself as Prince of the Fire Nation - and quickly gets a reality check from the townspeople, who reject him because of his status. In contrast, Katara has spent most of her time embracing her identity and connecting with Hama over it. But Hama turns her identity against her - she tries to use Kataraโs heritage as leverage to convince Katara to turn against her ideals. In the end though, Katara stays true to her principles and refuses to harm innocent people.ย
Despite this, by the end of the episode, the identity of bloodbender is forced onto Katara - a title she has never wanted. Similarly, Zuko is forced to confront the reality that he is no longer seen as a prince, but as an outcast from his family (and from the town).
Neither of these episodes have a happy ending, but Katara and Zuko have each gained a new perspective on the war and the events that transpire in these episodes have ramifications for their future actions.ย
(Of course, thereโs also the obvious sun and moon parallelism and similarities in scene framing used in these episodes, which just further ties them together).
it always comes back to them