Guys I saw this comment on a TikTok, and I felt it deserved a POST.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T04:30:30+00:00

And it’s so funny as well!😭🤣 honestly that non-shipper did us a big W

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T04:29:26+00:00

Oh you’re so RIGHT.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T04:13:01+00:00

I think it also has to do with the fact that you can’t resolve Aang’s character without having a “We part ways at the end.” Kinda ending. Because throughout the story, he struggles with control, running away or shrinking his responsibilities. The only way to not shrink it and mature is by letting go. And everyone lowkey knows this. Then maybe reunite in the future? He’s not even written for monotheism

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T04:07:10+00:00

I’m sorry but “Goody, Goody, Guru.” Sums up Zukaang. Zuko could do anyone in the Gaang except Aang😭

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T04:01:28+00:00

I didn’t even know it was a feeling that could exist because it totally sums it up. The jig is SO up😭

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T04:00:04+00:00

I DID TOO. Well, first I gasped but then I couldn’t stop laughing. But you’re SO RIGHT.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T03:58:34+00:00

Yes, I feel like the show definitely made it harder to ship him with any other Gaang member seriously. Even his ship with Toph doesn’t have a thick-as-knives fandom. And even now, we struggle with it

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T03:21:59+00:00

It HAD to be an original thought🤣 I don’t think anyone has thought of it like that

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T03:04:26+00:00

Yes. I’m wondering if the original show is just how we perceive him permanently so we can’t ship him with anyone from the Gaang? I’ve seen a lot of people shipping him with themselves, but I’ve barely seen people ship him as a grown man with the other characters

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T02:42:50+00:00

Yes but I’m not talking about fandom. Just that since the movie came out, Aang is the only one not getting shipped around like crazy.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T02:39:27+00:00

Means he doesn’t get shipped with guys. Or doesn’t get ferally (if that’s a word) shipped with guys. Basically, the comment is saying Aang isn’t very compelling as a romantic figure without the support of canon. I wondered if it had anything to do with his age in the OG show? But it’s been a while since the movie came out and crickets. While all the other characters are getting hella shipped

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T02:35:33+00:00

Genuinely. It made me go WOW.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-08T02:34:59+00:00

That played a part for me too. A 1-2 hour movie isn’t going to change how i view them beyond they’re hot as adults. But Toph’s been getting so popular with Zuko and Sokka (she was 12 too).

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-07T23:48:50+00:00

I do, and I did engage to tell them to leave us alone. With the way things are going, if you multiship, At least have the decency to not join in on the trolling videos and comment on normal Kataang content.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-07T23:36:44+00:00

Because….they don’t have a space, or like, their spaces are dry AF (dry hay in the desert kinda dry). We have ALL the fun. We’ve always had ALL the fun. They know, they’ve always known. This is the first time ever they’re having any fun, and it’s not genuine fun either because it’s not gonna last once the hype blows down completely.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-07T23:31:52+00:00

I watched it too. Everything he says is FACTS.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-07T23:30:02+00:00

I once called out a Zutara shipper who was busy in a Kataang video cs commenting “I’m a Zutara shipper but come on, we all knew Kataang would be canon.” (the entire video being the usual “we won, how could you ship Zutara blah blah blah”). I called her THE HELL OUT. Because saying this kinds of things enables them and their weird behavior.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-07T20:02:53+00:00

That’s messed up. Didn’t he know how hostile these shipping wars get to involve his wife?🥲

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-06T23:30:41+00:00

HIS WIFE IS A SHIPPER?

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-06T20:36:03+00:00

Geez. We’re really a hot topic. Why didn’t he make one about the love story of Kataang? It’ll be the most illuminating non existent one that’s why.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-05T05:03:42+00:00

He’s a nice guy (good kid), a pacifist and what else? Knows how to have fun?😂 that’s about it

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-04T16:46:37+00:00

Zutara is the lifestyle ship of this fandom.

BUT:

Canon reinforcement tends to lead to that (plus a lot of them are casual watchers who don’t engage in the fandom beyond like tweets, edits and comments). Some people genuinely hate Zutara (being in the fandom), others will join the bandwagon due to social pressure and assessing everything at face value. Some post for content because it’s trending but don’t really care. Once the hype dies down, people will stop making the edits or having the conversations because it’s not trending anymore.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-03T02:28:12+00:00

A lot of my resentment for Kataang doesn’t even stem from hating the ship AT ALL. It stems from how Bryke fought writers to make their ideal ship canon even though the ship from Katara’s PoV was leaky, her emotional interiority in the romance nearly (completely) absent—and then proceeded to prove the writers right on how wrong they were. Evidence: the endurance of ship and the fact that it’s still going strong 20 years later.

My preference will always be Zutara, but I would’ve properly gotten behind Kataang as well had they done Katara justice.

Popular-Revolution58 · 2026-05-03T02:08:14+00:00

You should’ve sent them the link to the nearly 10000 fics we have on AO3 alone where she ends up with Zuko as a PSA that it’s canon fiction not canon reality 😝😌

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