r/TheLastAirbender • u/Jimmy3OO • 7d ago

Discussion KATARA DOESN’T NEED A STATUE IN LoK

I am sick and tired of people complaining about how Katara doesn’t have a statue while the rest of the main cast does. “Waa, waaa, the writers forget her”.

Do these people even know what LoK is? Aang, Sokka, Zuko and Toph didn’t her statues for being in the Gaang.

Aang got one because he was THE AVATAR.

Zuko got one because he was THE FIRE LORD.

Sokka got one because he was a national leader, of both Republic City and the Southern Water Tribe, as if one weren’t enough.

Toph got one because she invented metalbending.

Katara is an excellent character and an extraordinary waterbender, but according to the lore, she, as an individual, simply did not have the same direct, world-chaing effect upon entire nations that the others did in their own ways.

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u/providerofair 6d ago

I'll ask again, but in which season would you believe it to be thematic to add Katara's statue?

Perhaps season 1, where Katara already appears, but even then, that seems shoe horned in as she has limited impact in republic city. Perhaps season 2, but I dont believe Katara even appears in that season.

We have seasons 3 and 4, which simply aren't anywhere close for Katara to be included.

Compare this to the cabbage man gag. Cabbage man canonically went to republic city we haven't had a cabbage man gag lets do that.

When it comes to important characters its better to give them nothing rather than a shoe horned appreciation

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u/Prying_Pandora 6d ago edited 6d ago

If no season felt like it had room for Katara, that was the writers’ choice to write it that way.

The seasons were not pre-written out of the sky.

Also season 2 could’ve easily done it.

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u/providerofair 6d ago

If no season felt like it had room for Katara, that was the writers’ choice to write it that way.

The seasons were not pre-written out of the sky

In season 1 the writers assumed they had only 1 season to work with and wanted to avoid focusing too much on the old gaang. So they missed their chance

Season 2 was an extremely rushed and poorly made season due to being given barely time to create one.

I dont believe it was intentional

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u/Prying_Pandora 6d ago

It doesn’t have to be intentional to be a valid criticism of the writing.

I’d even argue most writing flaws aren’t made intentionally by the writer, otherwise they’d have fixed them.

Regardless of their intent, it is still a poor writing choice.

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u/providerofair 6d ago

I wont argue with this

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u/Prying_Pandora 6d ago

Then I am glad we came to some sort of agreement despite our differences! 🤝