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You know, in retrospect... not even the canon relationships were that strong.
Sure, we talk about Zutarans seeing stuff in the cartoon that wasn't there. And the Idiot's guide to Zutara stuff was painful. But, you know what? I rewatched Avatar, and I didn't see Katara interested in Aang beyond being a friend and caring about his safety and her goals in all of Season 1 either. Sure, she protected him, and got jealous, but fuck, she wanted to get in Haru and Jet's pants mostly. She only start considering Aang as possibly a partner outright after Aunt Wu's stuff. And it's Cave of Two Lovers she even shows that affection stretching out slightly. Yeah, evenutally it's there, but it only starts showing up slightly, then takes a backseat in Season 3, is all but gone by the second half of the last season, all but said it's not there in the last few episodes, and then 'oh you saved the world, let's smooch'.
If Zutara had been made in that regard at the end, I wouldn't have cared in retrospect. Neither pairing was set up well. Zutara had the tsundere stuff in it that could have built from their interactions in Season 3, but Kataang was not that stronger. Hell, Sokki/Suka/whatever wasn't that strong either. 'Hey, it's that girl that smooched you in episode 4 of the first season, NOW SHE'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND! YAY!' Mai was bland and all sorts of bipolar about Zuko. Only Sokka and Yue felt strong, and they killed her off.
The romance was never good, in anyone's case, and yeah Kataang was canon, but I look at shit like >>111718 and all I think is: 'It doesn't sound any less dumb than the show I just rewatched.'
Hell, we're only noticing the relationships are shit now because it was all Korra wanted to talk about. And don't give me that 'one season to work with'. This is basic level perspective of 'am I making my main heroine out to be a gigantic cuntzilla? 'cause I don't want that, right?'
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