r/ATLA • u/JustAPerson_YesOrNo "Hello, it's Zuko here" • May 25 '25

Question What ATLA take make you like this?

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u/Fallout_4_player May 25 '25

Zutara shippers.

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u/Patneu May 25 '25

Why? Enemies to lovers is a common trope, isn't it? Not necessarily saying it should've been canon, but why would shipping them be such an outlandish take?

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u/G3Minigrl May 26 '25

This fandom is so dang weird about ships man. If you ship anything outside Kataang, Sukka, and Maiko, you get crucified. While I do enjoy those ships, you can only read fanfics with the same pairings so many times.

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u/ImpGiggle May 26 '25

Their personalities clash too much, I just can't see it working. Enjoy, of course, but it doesn't spark joy in my little shipperdom.

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u/slippermipper May 26 '25

It's not. The reality is that the writers did toy with the idea. There's a lot of revisionist history going on, or just ignorance when people say Katara and Aang was a sure thing.

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u/JustAPerson_YesOrNo "Hello, it's Zuko here" May 25 '25

I don't hate them that much but still a big no

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u/chrispbaconator143 May 25 '25

Zuko almost sacrificed himself to protect katana

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u/ResponsiblePapaya362 May 26 '25

zuko would sacrifice himself for anyone in the gaang

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u/Fallout_4_player May 25 '25

And? Iroh probably would've done the same if he was there, would you ship THEM?

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

I wouldn't ship Zutara either but that's such a bad faith comparison.

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u/flaxypack May 25 '25

Zuko almost sacrificed himself to protect katana

When the hell did Zuko make his way to Outworld?

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u/TheDawnOfNewDays May 26 '25

Of course the show was leading towards Katara and Aang since the beginning, but given how many people flirted with Katara... that crystal cave scene with Zuko really felt like it was pushing her in a different direction.

It wasn't even until I rewatched the series all the way through that I picked up on just how many scenes that implied Aang and Katara would be together. Like it was even in the first episode, but I completely forgot that. As a kid that didn't watch all the episodes in order, their kiss felt really out of place.