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fire lord zuko updates@nicostrid Ā· Oct 12, 2024

šŸ§µā€” the amount of times katara was forgotten or mischaracterized by the creators in the post-canon of avatar the lastā€¦

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A fan critiques how Avatar: The Legend of Korra's creators mischaracterized and sidelined Katara in the post-canon comics and sequel series, arguing she was given poor writing, excluded from key moments despite her importance, and robbed of her agency and character traits like her passion and community focus.

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  1. #1

    šŸ§µā€” the amount of times katara was forgotten or mischaracterized by the creators in the post-canon of avatar the last airbender

  2. #2

    the way they portray her in the comics makes me sick

  3. #3

    being the only one from the gaang who didn't get a statue in republic city when she's the reason everyone is alive is crazy

  4. #4

    imagine putting zuko in jinora's ceremony but not putting katara? jinora is literally her granddaughter

  5. #5

    the fact that she was the one who wanted to outlaw bloodbending but yet they didn't put her in yakone's trial

  6. #6

    also why didnā€™t she fight when they were targeting her family? ā€œshe is old womanā€ mind you zuko is older than her and still had fight scenes. toph is also old and had her fight moment, they just didn't want to include katara

  7. #7

    her legacy/culture doesn't matter to the creators because we barely see her children talk about her (or her culture) when they talk about their family they only talk about aang and how aang affected their lives. also this letter is pathetic... there's NOTHING ABOUT HER

  8. #8

    the way they made bolin freak out only over toph and zuko... it's like no one recognizes katara as a hero too

  9. #9

    these are writing issues that are the creators' fault and the creatorsā€™ fault only. it doesn't matter who katara ends up with she would still have the same poor writing because #THEY don't care

  10. #10

    anyways

    manu@katarakins Ā· Nov 16, 2023

    Katara and why I think she was poorly represented post series Avatar: the last airbender

  11. #11

    tired of people complaining about headcanons instead of the real enemy here(the creators).. TLOK KATARA YOU WILL NEVER BE HER

  12. #12

    I also see people saying that katara was ā€œtoo humbleā€ to want a statue of herselfā€¦ mind u thatā€™s katara being so happy when the townspeople erected a painted lady statue in honor of her good deeds

  13. #13

    katara whose about community and protecting people would be like "naw not my issue" like she doesnā€™t need to fight but the fact a character whose was born during war wouldnā€™t have an opinion about a civil war happening btw her people is crazy cr to my @AutisticKatara

  14. #14

    @AutisticKatara and that's it! no matter what you say they took away her rage and the essence of her character "she's old" "she wants to rest" are just excuses to defend bad writing sorry