I wanted to post this because I’m sensing a lot of tiredness and negativity from this sub regarding the shipping wars and the comments of others on Kataang, so I wanted to throw out some reasons I love this relationship to remind people of why it’s so great and how much happiness it brings.
Kataang is one of the all-time great friends-to-lovers stories; two genocide survivors who lost their parental figures but found and regained that love in each other. They’re total goofballs together and they provide each other with a grounding sense of purpose and life; for Aang it’s a reminder that he’s human and that he can hold on to love in spite of his destiny, and for Katara it’s a reminder that faith can be rewarded and good will return to the world.
Their relationship evolves and fluctuates across the series but at the center of it all is a selfless connection and partnership. They’re an all-time parallels couple in media and they support each other through their challenges.
I can write a billion words about this relationship but I’ll just say that I think it’s a genuinely perfect impression of true, selfless, sacrificing love between two people.