I actually see Katara to be perfectly in line with Zuko's vanilla-y love. She is a hopeless romantic. One only needs to look at the Fortuneteller to see that. She also admired her Gran Gran for choosing to follow her heart over the arranged marriage to Pakku. I think that isn't shown so much in fanon. It seems that Katara is often portrayed as lustful but I think that's more Mai's style. She would want to have a romance with Zuko because she'd find in him once she stops hating his guts that he is the prince she's been dreaming about. Unfortunately as this short story shows it would come in conflict with her ties with her family and with Aang. She'd want to be the good girl to do the right thing but she'd also want the happy ending of those legends and stories she's so fond of hearing.
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