Drive Until You Lose The Road

[redbrunja]

Okay, let's make this quick and dirty:

The bad:

I knew they were going to do the shipping that they did, but I still didn't like it. I don't think any of those problems that Mai/Zuko and Katara/Aang have were resolved, so it felt really, really fake to me. Especially the Kataang post-EIP. In Avatar, relationships usually feel so pasted on.

Aang. God, he was fucking annoying. I loved the resolution for the Fire Lord, but I hated that it took Aang three episodes of desperately trying to find someone to give him the answer he wanted while he whined about it to get there.

Forgoing finding out what happed to Zuko's mother so we could see Katara and Aang suck face.

The good:

Everything with Zuko. God, he is so much more interesting than Aang. I loved his fight with Azula, and how Katara dealt with her. The music was heartbreaking.

Fantastic season 2 finale homage. As my mother says upon seeing Zuko in Katara's arms: "Now what are they going to be about Mai?" (meaning, since Katara and Zuko are clearly meant for each other, and mama red loves Mai.)

Speaking of Azula, my heart was breaking. Seriously, Mai and Ty Lee betraying her totally fucked her up. I loved how she was shoving people away in an effort to get control, and just losing it more and more.

I was thrilled that Katara was the one to defeat Azula - I was afraid that Katara wouldn't get much to do in the finale.

Toph and Sokka and Suki (and especially that scene with Toph hanging from Sokka's fingers) was fantastic.

I adored Ty Lee going off with the Kyoshi warriors. That was just perfect.

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Those were my high points as well.

And even though I am a Aang/Katara fan, I think would have rather found out what happened to Ursa than see Katara and Aang kiss.

*nods* I'm not a Katara/Aang fan, but even if I were, I would be disappointed in how that played out. It didn't answer the questions that it raised, and frankly, I didn't think Aang even earned Katara. I don't mean that in that she's a prize, but in that I didn't see him become the kind of person to change her confusion to clarity, and the last five minutes felt horribly rushed.

[iapetusneume.livejournal.com]

I would have been much more satisfied if they left shipping out of it completely. But maybe it's because I'm one of those people who don't need my pairing to be canon for me to ship it... I dunno.

Or maybe it's, again, because I don't like the idea of reading fic for any of them until they're older. I'm not cool with them getting together now! Aang is 13! I'd rather read fic of them getting more romantically involved when they're older.

(I am seriously considering writing post-series fic. If I do, there will be canon Aang/Katara, but it won't be the focus and it'll probably be like middle-school romance. Which is to say, nothing like the real thing.

But yeah, there probably won't be a lot of that in there. But you know what I mean?)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I do know what you mean. I don't need my pairing to be canon either, but right now I have no desire to write fic, because I don't want to have to deal with the (very easy, admitadly) writing my characters out of relationships, you know?