r/ATLA Mar 18 '25

Discussion Yeah why did she become one anyway

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u/MrBKainXTR Mar 18 '25

I think its a stretch to assume that Katara has never met any of her three grandchildren before simply because the five year old doesn't recognize her.

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u/BlameTheButler Mar 18 '25

I grew up with a pretty big family and the amount of times I’d meet a distant relative just for me to forget who they were was numerous. Sometimes kids just don’t remember people, even those they’re related too and especially those that live a flying bison distance away.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '25

Your grandma though?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '25

Have you met a 5 year old? “Unhand me strange woman!” Could easily just be him messing around.

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u/RoutineCloud5993 Mar 18 '25

I didn't recognise my grandparents when I was 4. I hid from them behind the sofa

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u/TheIncredibleHork Mar 18 '25

Every time I went to my grandma's when I was a little younger than that I would spend the first half hour crying on the couch, then I'd come to my senses and be sociable and had a great time.

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u/Fantastic-Celery-255 Mar 18 '25

Yeah he’s young but it’s also 100% Meelo’s character to joke like that

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u/Milliebug1106 Mar 20 '25

YES! Especially when we're talking about MEELO of all characters. That kid is Aang and Sokka's tiny twin in terms of mischief and hijinks. He could just not want to be picked up at that very moment.

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u/Unpopular_Outlook Mar 23 '25

He’s literally nothing like Sokka or Aang lol. 

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u/BlameTheButler Mar 18 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

My grandma lived very close to us, so yeah I remembered her. However, if she lived across the world where I had to take a flying bison to see her, yeah I probably wouldn’t see her much and by default not remember her as a five year old.

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u/Unpopular_Outlook Mar 23 '25

When did your grandmother become a distant relative?

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u/BlameTheButler Mar 23 '25

I can see how I didn’t word that properly. I meant distant as in far away distance wise, not distant as in bloodline. My bad haha. As a kid a lot of my family lived in Portugal while I lived in the US, so I tend to call them distant relatives since I only see them here and there due to distance, which is definitely misleading wording on my part.