"I've seen a lot of other folks like oyceter who were bothered that the two primary girl characters were fighting, but personally I *liked* that they did not go for the easy route of "now we have two girls so let's make them bestest friends". Because that just wouldn't be true to the characters: Katara can be a controlling, mother-hen bossy sort, and Toph can be very abrasive and rebellious, and you'd EXPECT those personalities to not always mesh smoothly, and just "we're both girls" is not enough in common to smooth that over. "
Plus, it given the times they DO get along have meaning. The spa day would be well-nigh meaningless if it was just par for the course, and Katara helping Toph pull a con would have none of the emotional gravatis that the actual scene does, because of what went on earlier. I honesty think they're friends - but that doesn't mean they don't have problems with each other.
"And the bloodbending is something people were speculating about in meta long before the creators started dropping hints about it, so it was particularly cool to see it finally shown, and so very creepily!"
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And take two.
Plus, it given the times they DO get along have meaning. The spa day would be well-nigh meaningless if it was just par for the course, and Katara helping Toph pull a con would have none of the emotional gravatis that the actual scene does, because of what went on earlier. I honesty think they're friends - but that doesn't mean they don't have problems with each other.
"And the bloodbending is something people were speculating about in meta long before the creators started dropping hints about it, so it was particularly cool to see it finally shown, and so very creepily!"
I bet.
(As for Suki aliases, sure, help yourself!)
Thank you muchly!