History DieForOurShip / AvatarTheLastAirBender

* Mai: Mai was not popular with shippers since her first appearance because of her divisive behavior and her canonical love interest being [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Zuko]]. As Mai and Zuko's canon [[ChildhoodFriendRomance relationship]] blossomed, the bashing from Zuko/Katara fans intensified, many Zutara fans say that although Katara was hostile to Zuko it was only because they were enemies at the time, meanwhile Mai hadn't been on the best of terms with Zuko even when she was dating him. Many Ty Lee/Azula fans dislike her because Ty Lee is canonically closer to Mai and her betrayal of Azula spurred Ty Lee to do the same thus [[ShipSinking destroying the Tyzula ship.]] The release of the comics made her the victim of bashing from Zuko/Suki and [[GayOption Zuko/Kei Lo]] shippers as well, especially as many people considered Mai to be too unlikeable in the comics. A NewbieBoom after the series was put on Netflix resulted in a lot of intense Mai bashing from the Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) shippers who accuse Mai of being a toxic girlfriend to Zuko and compare the Maiko (Mai/Zuko) relationship to DomesticAbuse. The most popular Zuko ship on certain imageboards has long been Zuko/Jin and needless to say, these posters generally do not like Mai either.

* Jin: Jin had quite a few attacks on her from a vocal section of the Zutara fans and even some early Maiko fans. Most of it called her a slut or a gold digger (even though she canonically didn't know Zuko was a prince), apparently because she is more endowed than most of the girls. Rage against her was relatively short lived -- it quickly became clear that she would not be a recurring character or have any lasting romantic interest in Zuko. The comics and viewing the series in retrospect has made many fans become more supportive of her because - even if she isn't someone more popularly paired with Zuko such as [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Suki, Sokka, Katara, Aang, etc.]] - she is still better than Mai.

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* Jin: Jin had quite a few attacks on her from a vocal section of the Zutara fans and even some early Maiko fans. Most of it called her a slut or a gold digger (even though she canonically didn't know Zuko was a prince), apparently because she is more endowed than most of the girls. Rage against her was relatively short lived -- it quickly became clear that she would not be a recurring character or have any lasting romantic interest in Zuko. The comics and viewing the series in retrospect has made many fans become more supportive of her because - even if she isn't someone more popularly paired with Zuko such as [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Suki, Sokka, Katara, Aang, etc.]] - she is still better than [[TheScrappy Mai]].

* Mai: Mai was not popular with shippers since her first appearance because of her divisive behavior (many people considered her personality to be unlikeable) and her canonical love interest being [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Zuko]]. As Mai and Zuko's canon [[ChildhoodFriendRomance relationship]] blossomed, the bashing from Zuko/Katara fans intensified, many Zutara fans say that although Katara was hostile to Zuko it was only because they were enemies at the time, meanwhile Mai hadn't been on the best of terms with Zuko even when she was dating him. Many Ty Lee/Azula fans dislike her because Ty Lee is canonically closer to Mai and her betrayal of Azula spurred Ty Lee to do the same thus [[ShipSinking destroying the Tyzula ship.]] The release of the comics made her the victim of bashing from Zuko/Suki and [[GayOption Zuko/Kei Lo]] shippers as well. A NewbieBoom after the series was put on Netflix resulted in a lot of intense Mai bashing from the Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) shippers who accuse Mai of being a toxic girlfriend to Zuko and compare the Maiko (Mai/Zuko) relationship to DomesticAbuse. The most popular Zuko ship on certain imageboards has long been Zuko/Jin and needless to say, these posters generally do not like Mai either.

* Mai: Mai was not popular with shippers since her first appearance because of her divisive behavior (many people considered her personality unlikeable) and her canonical love interest being [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Zuko]]. As Mai and Zuko's canon [[ChildhoodFriendRomance relationship]] blossomed, the bashing from Zuko/Katara fans intensified, many Zutara fans say that although Katara was hostile to Zuko it was only because they were enemies at the time, meanwhile Mai hadn't been on the best of terms with Zuko even when she was dating him. Many Ty Lee/Azula fans dislike her because Ty Lee is canonically closer to Mai and her betrayal of Azula spurred Ty Lee to do the same thus [[ShipSinking destroying the Tyzula ship.]] The release of the comics made her the victim of bashing from Zuko/Suki and [[GayOption Zuko/Kei Lo]] shippers as well. A NewbieBoom after the series was put on Netflix resulted in a lot of intense Mai bashing from the Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) shippers who accuse Mai of being a toxic girlfriend to Zuko and compare the Maiko (Mai/Zuko) relationship to DomesticAbuse. The most popular Zuko ship on certain imageboards has long been Zuko/Jin and needless to say, these posters generally do not like Mai either.

* Mai: Mai was not popular with shippers since her first appearance because her canonical love interest is [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Zuko]]. As Mai and Zuko's canon [[ChildhoodFriendRomance relationship]] blossomed, the bashing from Zuko/Katara fans intensified, many Zutara fans say that although Katara was hostile to Zuko it was only because they were enemies at the time, meanwhile Mai hadn't been on the best of terms with Zuko even when she was dating him. Many Ty Lee/Azula fans dislike her because Ty Lee is canonically closer to Mai and her betrayal of Azula spurred Ty Lee to do the same thus [[ShipSinking destroying the Tyzula ship.]] The release of the comics made her the victim of bashing from Zuko/Suki and [[GayOption Zuko/Kei Lo]] shippers as well. A NewbieBoom after the series was put on Netflix resulted in a lot of intense Mai bashing from the Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) shippers who accuse Mai of being a toxic girlfriend to Zuko and compare the Maiko (Mai/Zuko) relationship to DomesticAbuse. The most popular Zuko ship on certain imageboards has long been Zuko/Jin and needless to say, these posters generally do not like Mai either.

* Zuko: A section of the Katara/Aang fandom have become openly hostile to Zuko due to the extreme popularity of the non-canon Zuko/Katara ship, calling him emo and [[HollywoodHomely ugly]]. Some believe he encouraged Katara to kill people when he ''never'' told her to do anything of the sort. The more rabid Kataangers also downplay the importance of their relationship by making the claim that they don't even care for each other and were hardly friends despite the fact that [[TakingTheBullet Zuko was willing to die for her]]. Kataang shippers also make up arguments that shipping Zutara is "racist" and that Zuko is a "colonizer". With liking Zutara being akin to supporting "cultural genocide" and "white supremacy", or they compare it to a white man forcing an indigenous American woman into a relationship during the colonization of the Americas. Even though Zuko is clearly not a white man and the Fire Nation never actually colonized the Water Tribes. The Sokka/Suki shippers seem to be readying their guns to do this too, as there have been [[ShipTease Ship Teases]] of a Zuko/Suki relationship in the Promise comics. The Jet/Katara shippers view him as a competition even though neither ship actually turned out canon in the end.

* Katara: Extreme Mai/Zuko and [[ToyShip Aang/Toph]] fans bash Katara as a CanonSue who became too good at waterbending quickly or being a "generic" animesque heroine. Some Maiko fans have a RealWomenDontWearDresses mentality and hate Katara for her [[NiceGirl kind]] TeamMom personality, [[JerkassDissonance preferring Mai]] and giving her the [[DracoInLeatherPants leather pants]] treatment. There is a great exaggeration of Katara's faults such as how she threatened Zuko once and would therefore be a horrible partner even though this was back when they were still enemies, and Mai is not exactly nice to Zuko in the first place. They have even written essays explaining that [[UnholyMatrimony Mai liked Zuko back when he was still evil]] whereas [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Katara only liked Zuko after he became good]] which is why the Maiko ship is better. [[InsaneTrollLogic This obviously doesn't make much sense.]]

* Song: Song got similar treatment as Jin by diehard Zutara shippers and a few Maiko shippers back in the day. The most common accusation was that she was a MarySue; nowadays, Song is usually just flat-out ignored since she only showed up in one episode and never appeared or got referenced again.

* Mako: There are many perfectly legitimate reasons to dislike Mako or his portrayal in the series. Hating him ''just'' because Korra happens to like him (and wishing he would die in a fire) is not one of those reasons. But don’t let certain vocal sections of the Borra, Tahnorra, and Korrasami fanbases tell you that. Mako almost instantly elevated to RonTheDeathEater status over the hook-up, as he was accused of being a jerk who two-times Asami and when taken to even further extremes, portrayed as an abusive monster. (Coveniently [[DoubleStandard handwaving or excusing]] [[HumansAreFlawed Korra's own part in the hook-up]]) He's also been accused of being a MarySue or a CreatorsPet simply because...he hooked up with Korra ''after'' breaking up with Asami. Not shockingly, some of the most vocal of these were Borra and Korrasami shippers, though really, anyone that wasn't shipping Makorra went into shipping seizures. Not helping was that Mako and Asami's breakup was done in a very "blink and you'll miss it" fashion, meaning that it can easily come off like Mako didn't bother to break up with her before making a move on Korra. [[spoiler: And after the series finished with Asami and Korra getting together and Mako as JustFriends with them, certain rabid Korrasami fans have taken to insisting that they got together as a way to stick it to that horrible and heartless MAN known as Mako, bringing massive UnfortunateImplications of the "being hurt by the evil men is a pre-requisite for women to become sexually/romantically involved" type.]]

* Opal: Surprisingly, there are actually a great many fans out there who despise Opal, considering her a bland RelationshipSue for Bolin or making a gargantuan deal about how slow she was to forgive Bolin (which was admittedly arguably unfair considering the shit he already went through to get back to her and help) to portray her as a vindictive bitch. Of course, one would ''have'' to exaggerate Opal's flaws to insane levels in order to justify one's preferred ship if that ship happens to be the nightmarishly abusive and UnfortunateImplications-ridden [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale Boleska]].

* Aang: Some Zuko/Katara shippers break up Aang and Katara peacefully, assigning a [[LikeBrotherAndSister big sister/little brother]] type relationship to them. Other shippers, however, discount Aang because he was 12 years old and [[{{Flanderization}} make him so childish]] that he makes [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Honey-sempai]] look like a man of deep ''gravitas''. Some claim that a romance between Aang and Katara would be creepy because Katara [[TeamMom has a maternal personality towards the team]]. More rabid Zutara shippers, are ''brutal'' to Aang; treating him as a selfish, entitled asshole who forces himself on Katara[[note]]while he ''did'' kiss Katara twice without her consent, first in "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1" and later in "Ember Island Players", he immediately regretted it in the second instance because Katara stormed off in anger[[/note]] and would glare at Zuko for so much as ''talking'' to her, or claiming he doesn't "understand" Katara the way Zuko does due to the conflict in "The Southern Raiders". While it is true that Aang does demonstrate some CrazyJealousGuy behaviour towards Katara in the "Ember Island Players" episode and the "Love Is a Battlefield" comic, Zuko also demonstrates similar behaviour to Mai in "The Beach". People who like Katara in yuri ships often bash Aang for being "heteronormative" and "boring"; Katara/Toph shippers often make Aang RonTheDeathEater to get him out of the way.

** After the Netflix NewbieBoom, a large number of Zuko/Sokka shippers came to demonize and mischaracterise Katara or paired her with [[ShipMates Aang]] (even if they personally do not care for the Katara/Aang ship) to get her away from Zuko. They accentuate her negative traits and even warp her personality with their own {{Fanon}} while insisting it is actually canonical. Zukka shippers have Katara behave extremely hostile to Zuko in their fanon such as her being ''homophobic'' to explain why she hates Zuko - whom they often portray as a gay man. This is despite Katara being the beloved mother of the lesbian Kya II and the mentor of the bisexual Korra. Like many Kataang shippers, there are also many Zukka fans who label Zuko/Katara a "problematic" ship because they view Zuko as a "colonizer" since he was from the nation that attacked Katara's nation [[{{Hypocrite}} even though this same argument can apply to Zukka]]. Others implement the HetIsEw argument where they acknowledge there is not much difference between Zukka and Zutara but Zukka is simply better in their opinion because it is a gay pairing. Zutara shippers strike back at Zukka shippers by calling them YaoiFangirls who [[GuyOnGuyIsHot fetishize male same-sex relationships]].

* Mai: Mai was not popular with shippers since her first appearance because her canonical love interest is [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Zuko]]. As Mai and Zuko's canon [[ChildhoodFriendRomance relationship]] blossomed, the bashing from Zuko/Katara fans intensified, many Zutara fans say that although Katara was hostile to Zuko it was only because they were enemies at the time, meanwhile Mai hadn't been on the best of terms with Zuko even when she was dating him. Many Ty Lee/Azula fans dislike her because Ty Lee is canonically closer to Mai and her betrayal of Azula spurred Ty Lee to do the same thus [[ShipSinking destroying the Tyzula ship.]] The release of the comics made her the victim of bashing from Zuko/Suki and [[GayOption Zuko/Kei Lo]] shippers as well. A NewbieBoom after the series was put on Netflix resulted in a lot of intense Mai bashing from the Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) shippers who accused Mai of being a toxic girlfriend to Zuko and compared the Maiko (Mai/Zuko) relationship to DomesticAbuse. The most popular Zuko ship on certain imageboards has long been Zuko/Jin and needless to say, these posters generally do not like Mai either.In fact,the hate towards Mai´s character has reached this website itself.

* Mai: Mai was not popular with shippers since her first appearance because her canonical love interest is [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Zuko]]. As Mai and Zuko's canon [[ChildhoodFriendRomance relationship]] blossomed, the bashing from Zuko/Katara fans intensified, many Zutara fans say that although Katara was hostile to Zuko it was only because they were enemies at the time, meanwhile Mai hadn't been on the best of terms with Zuko even when she was dating him. Many Ty Lee/Azula fans dislike her because Ty Lee is canonically closer to Mai and her betrayal of Azula spurred Ty Lee to do the same thus [[ShipSinking destroying the Tyzula ship.]] The release of the comics made her the victim of bashing from Zuko/Suki and [[GayOption Zuko/Kei Lo]] shippers as well. A NewbieBoom after the series was put on Netflix resulted in a lot of intense Mai bashing from the Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) shippers who accused Mai of being a toxic girlfriend to Zuko and compared the Maiko (Mai/Zuko) relationship to DomesticAbuse. The most popular Zuko ship on certain imageboards has long been Zuko/Jin and needless to say, these posters generally do not like Mai either.

** After the Netflix NewbieBoom, a large number of Zuko/Sokka shippers came to demonize and mischaracterise Katara or paired her with [[ShipMates Aang]] (even if they personally do not care for the Katara/Aang ship) to get her away from Zuko. They accentuate her negative traits and even warp her personality with their own {{Fanon}} while insisting it is actually canonical. Zukka shippers have Katara behave extremely hostile to Zuko in their fanon such as her being ''homophobic'' to explain why she hates Zuko - whom they often portray as a gay man. This is despite Katara being the beloved mother of the lesbian Kya II and the mentor of the bisexual Korra. Like many Kataang shippers, there are also many Zukka fans who label Zuko/Katara a "problematic" ship because they view Zuko as a "colonizer" since he was from the nation that attacked Katara's nation [[{{Hypocrite}} even though this same argument can apply to Zukka]]. Otherwise implement the HetIsEw argument where they acknowledge there is not much difference between Zukka and Zutara but Zukka is simply better in their opinion because it is a gay pairing. Zutara shippers strike back at Zukka shippers by calling them YaoiFangirls who [[GuyOnGuyIsHot fetishize male same-sex relationships]].

** After the Netflix NewbieBoom, a large number of Zuko/Sokka shippers came to demonize and mischaracterise Katara or paired her with [[ShipMates Aang]] (even if they personally do not care for the Katara/Aang ship) to get her away from Zuko. They accentuate her negative traits and even warp her personality with their own {{Fanon}} while insisting it is actually canonical. Zukka shippers have Katara behave extremely hostile to Zuko in their fanon such as her being ''homophobic'' to explain why she hates Zuko - whom they often portray as a gay man. Like many Kataang shippers, there are also many Zukka fans who label Zuko/Katara a "problematic" ship because they view Zuko as a "colonizer" since he was from the nation that attacked Katara's nation [[{{Hypocrite}} even though this same argument can apply to Zukka]]. Otherwise implement the HetIsEw argument where they acknowledge there is not much difference between Zukka and Zutara but Zukka is simply better in their opinion because it is a gay pairing. Zutara shippers strike back at Zukka shippers by calling them YaoiFangirls who [[GuyOnGuyIsHot fetishize male same-sex relationships]].

* Katara: Extreme Mai/Zuko and [[ToyShip Aang/Toph]] fans bash Katara as a CanonSue who became too good at waterbending quickly or being a "generic" animesque heroine. Some Maiko fans have a RealWomenDontWearDresses mentality and hate Katara for her [[NiceGirl kind]] TeamMom personality, [[JerkassDissonance preferring Mai]] and giving her the [[DracoInLeatherPants leather pants]] treatment. There is a great exaggeration of Katara's faults such as how she threatened Zuko once and would therefore be a horrible partner even though this was back when they were still enemies, and Mai is not exactly nice to Zuko in the first place. They have even written essays explaining that [[UnholyMatrimony Mai liked Zuko back when he was still evil]] whereas [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Katara only liked Zuko after he became good]] which is why the Maiko ship is better. [[InsaneTrollLogic This obviously doesn't make much sense.]] After the Netflix NewbieBoom, a large number of Zuko/Sokka shippers came to demonize and mischaracterise Katara or paired her with [[ShipMates Aang]] (even if they personally do not care for the Katara/Aang ship) to get her away from Zuko. They accentuate her negative traits and even warp her personality with their own {{Fanon}} while insisting it is actually canonical. Zukka shippers have Katara behave extremely hostile to Zuko in their fanon such as her being ''homophobic'' to explain why she hates Zuko - whom they often portray as a gay man. Like many Kataang shippers, there are also many Zukka fans who label Zuko/Katara a "problematic" ship because they view Zuko as a "colonizer" since he was from the nation that attacked Katara's nation [[{{Hypocrite}} even though this same argument can apply to Zukka]].

* Zuko: A section of the Katara/Aang fandom have become openly hostile to Zuko due to the extreme popularity of the non-canon Zuko/Katara ship, calling him emo and [[HollywoodHomely ugly]]. Some believe he encouraged Katara to kill people when he ''never'' told her to do anything of the sort. The more rabid Kataangers also downplay the importance of their relationship by making the claim that they don't even care for each other and were hardly friends despite the fact that [[TakingTheBullet Zuko was willing to die for her]]. Kataang shippers also make up arguments that shipping Zutara is "racist" and that Zuko is a "colonizer", with Zutara akin to shipping an indigenous American woman with a white man during the colonization of the Americas. Even though Zuko is clearly not a white man and the Fire Nation never actually colonized the Water Tribes. The Sokka/Suki shippers seem to be readying their guns to do this too, as there have been [[ShipTease Ship Teases]] of a Zuko/Suki relationship in the Promise comics. The Jet/Katara shippers view him as a competition even though neither ship actually turned out canon in the end.

* Jin: Jin had quite a few attacks on her from a vocal section of the Zutara fans and even some early Maiko fans. Most of it called her a slut or a gold digger (even though she canonically didn't know Zuko was a prince), apparently because she is more endowed than most of the girls. Rage against her was relatively short lived -- it quickly became clear that she would not be a recurring character or have any lasting romantic interest in Zuko. The comics and viewing the series in retrospect has made many fans become more supportive of her because even if she isn't someone more popularly paired with Zuko such as [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Suki, Sokka, Katara, Aang, etc.]] because she is still better than [[TheScrappy Mai]].

* Zuko: A section of the Katara/Aang fandom have become openly hostile to Zuko due to the extreme popularity of the non-canon Zuko/Katara ship, calling him emo and [[HollywoodHomely ugly]]. Some believe he encouraged Katara to kill people when he ''never'' told her to do anything of the sort. The more rabid Kataangers also downplay the importance of their relationship by making the claim that they don't even care for each other and were hardly friends despite the fact that [[TakingTheBullet Zuko was willing to die for her]]. Kataang shippers also make up arguments that shipping Zutara is "racist" and that Zuko is a "colonizer", with Zutara akin to shipping an indigenous American woman with a white man during the colonization of the Americas. Even though Zuko is clearly not a white man and the Fire Nation never actually colonized the Southern Water Tribe. The Sokka/Suki shippers seem to be readying their guns to do this too, as there have been [[ShipTease Ship Teases]] of a Zuko/Suki relationship in the Promise comics. The Jet/Katara shippers view him as a competition even though neither ship actually turned out canon in the end.

* Aang: Some Zuko/Katara shippers break up Aang and Katara peacefully, assigning a [[LikeBrotherAndSister big sister/little brother]] type relationship to them. Other shippers, however, discount Aang because he was 12 years old and [[{{Flanderization}} make him so childish]] that he makes [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Honey-sempai]] look like a man of deep ''gravitas''. Some claim that a romance between Aang and Katara would be creepy because Katara [[TeamMom has a maternal personality towards the team]]. More rabid Zutara shippers, are ''brutal'' to Aang; treating him as a selfish, entitled asshole who forces himself on Katara[[note]]while he ''did'' kiss Katara twice without her consent, first in "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1" and later in "Ember Island Players", he immediately regretted it in the second instance because Katara stormed off in anger[[/note]] and would glare at Zuko for so much as ''talking'' to her, or claiming he doesn't "understand" Katara the way Zuko does due to the conflict in "The Southern Raiders". While it is true that Aang does demonstrates some CrazyJealousGuy behaviour towards Katara in the "Ember Island Players" episode and the "Love Is a Battlefield" comic, Zuko also demonstrates some of that behaviour to Mai in "The Beach". People who like Katara in yuri ships often bash Aang for being "heteronormative" and "boring"; Katara/Toph shippers often make Aang RonTheDeathEater to get him out of the way.