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Why Aang, Zuko, and Katara Were Never Meant to Be a Love Triangle

The idea of these three being locked in a love triangle has always felt wrong to me and not just because of ship preferences. It’s because it breaks the actual structure of the story.

This wasn’t a romance plot. It was a myth. And Aang, Zuko, and Katara were the pillars that held it up.

Aang is the Avatar.

He’s the bridge. The balance. The last of his people. He’s not just the "main character" he is the story’s thesis: Can the world be saved without repeating its violence?

Zuko is the Exiled Prince.

His arc is political, generational, and symbolic. He breaks the cycle of inherited destruction. He’s not a romantic foil he’s the second heartbeat of the show, the one who shows that healing is possible even from the worst roots.

Katara is the Soul.

She isn’t just the “girl” of the group. She’s the narrator. The memory. The hope.

She opens the story: "My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days..."

She closes it beside Aang, witnessing peace finally begin.

She's not a prize or a sidekick. She's a perspective.

These three didn’t just exist in the story. They carried it.

Aang carried the spirit world and legacy.

Zuko carried the legacy of power and shame.

Katara carried generational grief and renewal.

Romantic tension wasn’t what they were for. They were a trinity of transformation.

Trying to turn them into a triangle doesn't add drama it breaks the structure.

Katara Wasn’t Meant to Choose Between Them

She was never about “choosing between two boys.”

She was about choosing how to carry pain and still be kind.

She was about fighting injustice without becoming hollow.

She was about leading without needing to be called a leader.

Romanticizing her dynamics with either of them as the “main” arc?

That shrinks her role, not deepens it.

Symbolically, They’re a Holy Trinity

Aang = The Spirit and The Bridge (Air, Peace, Legacy)

Zuko = The Mind and Legacy (Fire, Power, Redemption)

Katara = The Heart and The People (Water, Memory, Hope)

You don’t collapse a trinity into a triangle.

Because this story was never about romance.

It was about restoration.

Final Thought:

Aang, Zuko, and Katara didn’t complete each other romantically.

They completed each other narratively.

They helped balance the world, not each other’s dating lives.

So no, a love triangle never made sense because it was never the point.

They were the story engine, not the romance drama.

And they deserved to stand on their own as the icons they are.

I’ll definitely have to pay attention more, cause I seriously know some of those

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What is your eye color? Gold brown what is your favorite color? Uhh it fluctuates rn it’s baby blue

what is the color that appears most frequently in your wardrobe? Pastel purple

what color is your favorite blanket? Purple with white flowers

what color is your water bottle? Baby pink, blue and yellow/green

what is your eye color. what is your favorite color. what is the color that appears most frequently in your wardrobe. what color is your favorite blanket. what color is your water bottle.

My art of the northern water tribe

I’m almost done with this but I’m so proud of it. It’s my first architectural watercolor piece. My art teacher says she might put it on our schools website/news for electives and I’m so excited.

the lighting kinda sucks so it’s not as vibrant as it is irl 😭

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I love every single one of these. Thank you so much I will now implement these into my storyline.

I have a lot of Aang headcanons and I wanted to share them!

His birthday is the Spring Equinox, meaning he turns 13 sometime around the beginning of book 2

I know Air Nomads are associated with Fall, but I thought the season of life and rebirth fit Aang and his role as the avatar better

Modern Aang has autism diagnosis I'm not arguing about this

He's naturally charismatic. Not even in an 'oh he's hot' way, he's just got insane people skills. Katara "threw a cup of boiling hot tea into the lap of a respected FN general for being sexist and was promptly kicked out of the meeting" of the Water Tribe would like to take notes

Grandmas and kids love him immediately, even if they don't know he's the Avatar. With grandmas it's like 'oh he's such a nice young man :)' and with kids it's like 'you are the coolest person I've ever met can you adopt me'

He's a fantastic chef and loves cooking, and baking. Katara "everything I cook comes out slightly burnt or slightly undercooked no matter what I do" of the Water Tribe would, again, like to take notes

Air nomads are naturally flexible. Pair that with Aang's joint hypermobility and he makes for an excellent party trick

Monk Gyatso taught him his marble trick to stim. He used to motion of creating a ring of sorts to develop the air scooter, earning him his tattoos

He has an extremely high pain tolerance. Sokka "I hit my finger with my hammer and was incapacitated for a week" of the Water Tribe would, once again, like to take notes

I've heard some people headcanon that the 36th style of airbending that Aang didn't master was the movement Zhaheer used to kill the Earth Queen. I actually think that this technique was inspired by Aang's air scooter. Man's rolling in his damn grave

A crafter. His carving and painting skills are not the best, but the nuns taught him how to spin sky bison yarn, as well as techniques similar to crochet/knitting. Aang likes making these lovely warm blankets that everyone's always stealing from each other

Inventor of the fidget spinner, with help from Toph and Sokka. The original spinner was a device made of wire, holding three marbles with a fourth in the middle to hold between your fingers. Aang came up with the concept after Bumi II expressed disappointment that he couldn't do Aang's marble trick, Sokka designed it, and Toph metalbended it

Bumi and his new toy got so popular Aang had to start mass producing it. Cue a very desperate Aang on his knees begging Toph to help him

He gets really shaky and jumpy during storms. For. Reasons.

He's good at braiding hair. Kya and Katara always end up with braids because Aang's hands get away from him when he's cuddling with them

We see in The Storm that Aang was relatively popular with his peers. They admired him and played with him before he found out he was the Avatar, so I like to think he was very popular with little kids. Like, five year olds. They probably thought he was awesome.

Claustrophobic. I imagine being in a very tight space, especially one with little air, would freak him out

Can airbend with his ears. Don't ask.

We also see that he travels a lot - since he has friends from so many different nations. Building off another headcanon of mine that each individual nation had its own language, with a common language taught everywhere, Aang's probably polylingual.

He has this sort of otherworldly singing voice. It was relatively known in his childhood that air nomads are excellent singers - monks could make good money singing for people. Since he now lives in a time where air nomad songs haven't been heard for a while, he sounds almost otherworldly to them.

Bumi II, Kya II, and Tenzin all agree that bath time with Dad is so much more fun than bath time with mom. She doesn't even let them flood the bathroom >:(

On that note, Aang probably gushes about his kids any chance he gets. Frames their drawings in his office and everything.

Bumi II thinks his dad doesn't love him cause he's a nonbender? WRONG. Aang is currently writing a letter to Zuko about how amazing his son is and spirits, he's getting so good at spear fighting! I think being around Sokka is having that influence on him, oh and Kya-

He has this nice, loopy handwriting. It's not exactly cursive but it's similar.

He writes letters for Toph

He's very unaware of how famous he actually is, and it hits him like a truck when he realizes

"A museum? Zuko, don't you think that's a little much? It's not like anyone's gonna be interested haha" "Aang they made 16,000 gold pieces the first week"

KING of ridiculously censored swears. Monkeyfeathers, anyone? Absolutely says 'golly gee' in modern aus.

When he gets jealous, he gets more sad than angry. It's less "they're stealing my bestie!" and more "aw, Toph wants to hang out with them more than me :("

Also the king of puppy-cat eyes. Nobody except Toph can resist because come on, look at him! He only destroyed one building!

Airbending children can't really control their sneezes, so they often end up shooting themselves out of their cradles. Aang shot himself out a window once

He learns to control them by ~3 years old. His sneeze in the first episode was the little shit showing off

He is single-handedly responsible for 3/4th of the gray hairs at the Western Air Temple

Fire Lord Sozin destroyed many records and artifacts of Air Nomad history. Those left were preserved in a museum in Ba Sing Se. Aang and Katara have a date there, mostly taken up by Aang pissing himself over mislabeled artifacts

He finds a flute labled as a device used in fertility rituals and nearly chokes

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Random fact of the day: You're a nice person to talk to and seem really sweet! Also, there is a species of crab that sticks different materials on it's body to help camouflage itself

It's called a decorator crab. Such a neat little fella! (I don't know if op still sends facts in, so I've just taken it upon myself to send facts to those that reblog from me)

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Listen, idk what would be funnier, Kavik meeting the other Avatars' gfs in the Spirit World and being the only guy invited to the girls night out. Or him meeting Mako and Yun and trying really hard not to be smug, bc he at least didn't fumble his Avatar

I drew this today, it is a combo of traditional and digital art.

two years ago today my grandmother passed. And a few months ago I found the album “Carrie and Lowell” by sufijan Stephens. Many of the songs resonated with me on a deep personal level, one of the songs (death with dignity) I related to a lot with my grandmothers death and decided I would make a lyrics drawing for the song. in the drawing I included places and things I had good memories with my grandma such as the cabin in the third picture and the cabin fireplace in the second. The rest are memories from her funeral.

thank you for reading. This is very different from my usual posts but I hope you enjoy the quick artwork.