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Found [[http://penguinsledding.tumblr.com/post/30827792332/im-going-to-talk-about-how-i-think-kataras-feelings that Kataang piece!]]

...Though it focuses more on the pacing than the reasons. Damn. The weird thing is that the reason Vathara is against Kataang is actually the reason it works: in Chapter 30, she goes on a rant I\\\'ll repost here;


...Ragers can learn to find the root of their problems, and move past it. But it takes hard work, self-examination, and admitting a little brat inside you wants something it can never have. Katara can break out of this - if she listens, really listens to her family and friends, and realizes that she wants, desperately, for someone to make things right. To rescue the little girl who lost her mother, and grew up too soon.

Except in canon the creators hooked her up with Aang, who wants to be mothered and have excuses to be irresponsible...


The thing is, as time passes, Aang spends less time trying to \\\"rescue\\\" Katara and more time encouraging her to rescue herself. And as time passes, Katara spends less time \\\"mothering\\\" Aang and more time encouraging him to grow up and be responsible. They\\\'re both broken, but they help each other heal. Reminds me of how Fei and Elly develop in {{Xenogears}}: they start out licking each other\\\'s wounds, and end up making each other stronger people.

Vathara\\\'s ignoring the way their characters develop. Canonically, they\\\'re not this damned stupid come late Season Three!