u/ashdee2

Unfortunately I have become privy to this fan war and I really wanted to ignore it but I have some things I need help with

So one of the criticisms I'm seeing for kataang is that it's a self insert. I don't know who the person they say is self inserting but to me that should not be listed in a criticism for this ship unless you already did not like this ship. Which ties death of the author into this. Unless the authors biases are so egregious like in vampire diaries for example, it should not be a criticism. Apparently one of the authors was using Katara as a self insert for the babysitter he liked. Did it really mess with Kataras characterisation that much?

I've also been seeing a lot about Aang yelling at Katara in the movie and she was OOC by just standing there and taking it. Is that what happened? If he was yelling do you think it's a mark against his character and their relationship.

Also was Katara all over Aang in the movie? That og Katara would not act like that. They said he was uncomfortable and was basically pushing her away and it was yet again another evidence that her character was being butchered just to keep Kataang together.

I've also seen what I feel is frankly a ridiculous criticism that Kataang is suffering from "the hero always gets the girl" trope and that's one of the reasons why Kataang is trash. How does this apply with Kataang. I was very satisfied watching this as a child and don't wanna rewatch just to critique it through a shipping lens. Or maybe what I'm trying to say is that there was nothing wrong with the hero getting the girl in this instance. And is Zuko not a hero as well? At least he became one

Also I just saw one where they were rejecting the criticism of their ship being a self insert by mentioning the aforementioned creators self insert but by also saying that Kataang should not have been a thing because it uses the "attractive girl falls for unconventional looking guy" trope. So it is about looks then and the prefer that ship because of what Zuko looks like? I saw one say that Zuko looks better than Aang and I don't knock people for shipping based on looks but that's not really a negative for Kataang.

Also about the puberty thing. They say aang was prepubescent to Kataras pubescent and I can't help but think that he would have become pubescent by the literal next year but that feels like a cheap defense idk.

This was rambly and I don't know if I'm asking a question or what but I just needed to let it out

Oh and another thing. They say Aang had no character development in comparison to Zuko and something about that rankles. Of course somebody going from villain or antagonist to hero would have a more dramatic visible change. What are they saying Aang should have gone through? Should he have struggled more to learn a bending style or what? It's kind of how people criticize Izuku and the only problem I have with Izuku is that his personal struggles with being quirk less disappear after getting a quirk and that's something that should have been increasingly explored instead. If not at the ending which they didn't do. Does Aang suffer from the same thing. I'm tired of having the heros journey compared to the antagonists journey especially when the antagonist gets on a journey the protagonist is already on.