The thing about Avatar is, I don't ship anyone with anyone in a 4EVER way except Suki/Sokka. Because these characters are 12-16, and the thing is, most people have no idea what the hell they really want in a life partner at 12-16. At least in my experience, it involves a process of meeting different people and going ". . . okay, not that." The show is depicting people who will have interesting, complicated lives, and the next few years will be pretty busy with little to no time for romance. Zuko's gonna be busy running the fire nation, Aang's gonna be doing Avatar stuff, Katara will probably end up in some kind of diplomatic role because it's a world recovering from war and there'll be a lot of shit to be done. If someone writes a fic where Katara hooks up with Zuko or Aang or Toph ten years down the road when they're older and wiser and things have calmed down, I can buy it. But in my heart of hearts, she hooks up with some dude from the northern water tribe who respects the hell out of her and is cool with her being a better bender than him. He stays home and takes care of the kids while she's on diplomatic assignments and being badass.
Though if she had to hook up with someone she met in the show, then Zuko all the way. It -- the ep where he helped track down her mother's killer? That's what sold it. Zuko understands what Katara was going through like Aang never will. Aang doesn't grok the need for vengeance, he doesn't know that Katara couldn't just let it go from a distance. You need to be able to look the bastard in the eye, know you CAN take your revenge, and then decide then and there if you will.
Suki and Sokka, there's no question on because they'll announce their engagement 30 minutes after Gran-gran finds out they were sharing a tent (only that long so Sokka has time to carve something).
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Though if she had to hook up with someone she met in the show, then Zuko all the way. It -- the ep where he helped track down her mother's killer? That's what sold it. Zuko understands what Katara was going through like Aang never will. Aang doesn't grok the need for vengeance, he doesn't know that Katara couldn't just let it go from a distance. You need to be able to look the bastard in the eye, know you CAN take your revenge, and then decide then and there if you will.
Suki and Sokka, there's no question on because they'll announce their engagement 30 minutes after Gran-gran finds out they were sharing a tent (only that long so Sokka has time to carve something).