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⸞ chan x changbin ⸟

The Universe At The End Of I-40 by TheSwingbyJeanHonoreFragonard [oneshot] summer vacations!au; road trip!au; friends-to-lovers || explicit 🔞

⸞ chan x felix⸟

curse of curves by babychannie [oneshot] abo!au; mpreg; single parent!chan; misunderstandings || explicit 🔞

even though i have it all (i want you more, more) by strayshined [21 ch] sugar daddy/baby!au; strangers-to-lovers; slow burn || explicit 🔞

I Just Wanna Taste it, Make it Hot by Shmo[oneshot] friends-to-lovers; getting together; pwp || explicit 🔞

Your Hands In Mine by koto [oneshot] college!au; getting together; fluff || general

⸞ chan x minho ⸟

Fake It Till You Fuck It by megaotaku98 [oneshot] secret agents!au; fake relationship; coworkers-to-lovers || explicit 🔞

next page, next chapter by flying_dream [oneshot] non-idol!au; parenthood; friends-to-lovers || not rated

teach me something new by wooyoungthighs [oneshot] college!au; professor-student relationship; pwp || explicit 🔞

⸞ changbin x felix ⸟

Champagne Rain by softjohndae [oneshot] car racing!au; strangers-to-lovers || teen and up

Crime de la Crime by softjohndae [oneshot] heist!au; be gay do crimes; rivals-to-lovers|| teen and up

Metsänpeitto; never step inside a fairy ring by softjohndae [oneshot] fairy tale!au; faerie!felix; fluff || general

Mostellaria by softjohndae [oneshot] ghosts!au; haunted houses; strangers-to-lovers; angst; hurt/comfort; fluff || teen and up

✦ Oblivious by squirrelsungie [oneshot] roommates!au; boys in skirts; smut; teasing; 4+1 || explicit 🔞

⸞ changbin x hyunjin ⸟

like sand under fingernails by glissandos [oneshot] actors!au; enemies to lovers || teen and up

✦ M.I.A by Str4y [10 ch] plane crash!au; baseball team; heavy angst; character death; graphic blood & gore; bad ending || explicit 🔞

make me your muse. by iyouleeknow & SullenPast [oneshot] college!au; rivals with benefits-to-lovers; secret relationship; feelings realization || explicit 🔞

punch-drunk (hurricane) by flying_dream [oneshot] college!au; strangers-to-lovers; friends with benefits; open ending || mature

through my fingers by linootys [oneshot] AW: major character death; zombie apocalypse!au; post-apocalypse!au; angst || mature

You broke a rule because of me by Raiken [oneshot] college!au; coming of age; flirting; strangers-to…|| explicit 🔞

⸞ changbin x minho ⸟

If by Str4y [oneshot] road trip; friends-to-lovers; past character death; hurt/comfort || explicit 🔞

⸞ felix x hyunjin ⸟

Exhibitions of a Dedicated Gore Whore by fangsandfortune [oneshot] porn!au; college!au; pwp; developing relationship || explicit 🔞

⸞ felix x jisung ⸟

i don’t want to know what you’ve done by kunclipse [oneshot] DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT ;; au; established relationship; marriage; serial killers; implied/referenced past abuse|| mature

⸞ hyunjin x jisung ⸟

and this is tradition by icarusfallen [oneshot] royalty!au; yi joseon dynasty!au; historical!au; childhood friends-to-loverst; minor character death angst; hurt/comfort || explicit 🔞

at least we were electrified by ailurolino [oneshot] college!au; mutual pining; friends with benefits; friends-to-lovers || teen and up

disaster baby by flying_dream [oneshot] college!au; friends-to-lovers; 5+1 || teen and up

even a fool knows this by softtofustew [oneshot] college!au; friends-to-lovers; mutual pining || teen and up

green and (coloring the greys) by kkyufms [oneshot] high school!au; character study; friends-to-lovers; love confessions || teen and up

open your eyes and see by flying_dream [7 ch] college!au; enemies-to-friends-to-lovers; fake dating || not rated

pygmalion by 3GGRACHA [oneshot] hacker x android; enemies-to-lovers?; TW: DUBIOUS CONSENT || explicit 🔞

Thistle by thisismk [10 ch] coffee shop!au; college!au; slow burn; angst with a happy ending || teen and up

won’t you be my kissaroo? by cygnus [oneshot] college!au; enemies-to-lovers; 5+1 format || teen and up

You Can’t Cover Up My Heart by stay_healing [oneshot] modern!au; model x makeup artist; hurt/comfort || teen and up

⸞ hyunjin x minho ⸟

Just roommates by Str4y [oneshot] roommates!au; camboy!minho; friends-to-lovers || explicit 🔞

Kneeling For You by svngiverse [oneshot] church camp!au; first time; smut; happy ending || explicit 🔞

⸞ hyunjin x seungmin ⸟

burn it by starryJ [oneshot] AW: Major Character Death ;; zombie apocalypse!au; angst; unhappy ending || teen and up

⸞ jisung x minho ⸟

a pumpkin for your thoughts by dawnshine [oneshot] strangers-to-lovers; pumpkin patch meet-cute; halloween || teen and up

a sweeter place by hanville [oneshot] modern royalty!au; small town; summer; strangers-to-lovers; getting together; secret identity || teen and up

✦ absentmindedly making me want you by shuijing [oneshot] teachers!au; summer vacation; friends-to-lovers || teen and up

all in(to you) by dawnshine [oneshot] college!au; strangers-to-lovers; fluff & smut; porn with plot || explicit 🔞

✦ all the pretty stars by fvckingangelic [oneshot] college!au; roommates; feelings realization; porn with feelings || explicit 🔞

Anywhere With You by bitsori [oneshot] college!au; road trips; friends-to-lovers; feelings realization || teen and up

✦ blow me (one last kiss) by Kamiizumi [oneshot] superpowers!au; college!au; smut; friends with benefits-to-lovers || explicit 🔞

✎ bona fide by Asgeir [3 works - ongoing] spies & secret agents!au; minor violence || teen and up

Broken Compass by luway [oneshot] pirates!au; friends-to-lovers; angst; fluff & humor; violence; implied/referenced homophobia || teen and up

Call Me Baby by FutureLikeJicasso [oneshot] roommates!au; friends-to-lovers; getting together; 5+1 format || teen and up

call you mine by hanville [oneshot] college!au; to all the boys i’ve loved before!au; fake relationship; slow burn; mutual pining || teen and up

can i call you baby? (in front of love) by taotu [oneshot] modern setting!au; stripper/exotic dancer!au; friends-to-lovers || explicit 🔞

Chance Meetings by bitsori [2 works] strangers-to-lovers > a summer day breaks -> 1990s|au; one night stand; ambiguous/open ending; getting to know each other; first meetings || mature > a winter night falls -> 2000s!au; reunions; second chances; hopeful/happy ending || teen and up

citrine sumer by glissandos [oneshot] summer camp!au; childhood friends-to-lovers; non-linear narrative; mutual pining; coming of age || teen and up

Comfortable With You by Swtch_racha [oneshot] college!au; hybrids!au; friends-to-lovers; hamster!jisung; snake!minho || explicit 🔞

diamond in the rough by seasaltgasoline [oneshot] spies & secret agents!au; kingsman fusion!au; first meetings; minor character death; pre-relationship || teen and up

Don’t Laugh at Me, Cheshire Cat by jellowrites [oneshot] heavy angst; suicide attempt; mental health; implied sef-harm; recovery; hopeful ending || mature

don’t leave me tongue-tied by dawnshine [oneshot] college!au; friends-to-lovers; friends with benefits; denial || explicit 🔞

don’t you try taming the storm by hanville [oneshot] friends-with-benefits; mild sexual content; fluff; light angst; pining; getting together || mature

exile by hanville [oneshot] vampire!au; royalty!au; minor character death; violence; hurt/comfort; angst with a happy ending || mature

Faded Out, Except For You by vjangmi [oneshot] non-famous!auu; non-linear narrative; mutual pining; jisung-centric; coming of age || mature

Fall, if I ask her by Swtch_racha [oneshot] college!au; female!minho; gender or sex swap; misunderstandings; idiots in love; happy ending|| explicit 🔞

Fangs and Claws by jellowrites [oneshot] abo!au; mating cycles; shapeshifter || explicit 🔞

fever by taotu [oneshot] post-apocalypse!au; first meetings; monsters; mild-gore || explicit 🔞

finders, keepers (but you’re a seeker) by vminsungies [oneshot] hogwarts!au; quidditch; bad pick-up lines || general

flagship of my rue by mikehawk [oneshot] hogwarts!au; enemies-to-friends-to-lovers || teen and up

✦ fool me once (kiss me twice) by dawnshine [oneshot] non-famous!au; fake relationship; friends-to-lovers; rom-com; slow burn; christmas; light angst || mature

✦ freak of nature by strayzodiac [oneshot] enemies-to-friends-to-lovers; abo!au; hybrid!au; liger hybrid!minho; calico munchkin hybrid!jisung; smut; mating || explicit 🔞

Game Over (Kiss Me to Continue) by undelicate [oneshot] college!au; enemies-to-sort-of-friends-to-lovers; gaming; fluff; light angst || teen and up

Glitter Bombed by jellowrites [8 ch] neo noir!au; street racing!au; age difference; graphic depictions of violence || explicit 🔞

✦ Good to me by LilJiji [oneshot] friends-to-lovers; fluff & smut; naked cuddling || explicit 🔞

hands-on learning by moonlit [oneshot] college!au; friends-to-lovers || explicit 🔞

heal with thyme by luckyday [2 ch] fantasy!au; strangers-to-friends-to-lovers; witch!minho; slow burn; mutual pining || teen and up

Homestead by strayorphan [15 ch] TW: 10+ YEAR AGE GAP ;; 80s!au; farm!au; age difference; aged-up/down characters; semi-unreliable narrator; slow burn; internalized homophobia || modern

✦ Honk Honk, Bitch by distressed_plant [oneshot] soulmate goose of enforcement; implied getting together || general

✦ I’ll Never Let You Go by milkilino [2 ch] soulmates!au; hanahaki disease; minor blood & gore; sickfic; hurt/comfort; alternate ending; angst with a happy ending || mature

✦ isn’t it romantic? by hanville [oneshot] aged-up characters; established relationship; fluff & angst; marriage proposal; misunderstandings || teen and up

it happens all the time by iyouleeknow [oneshot] college!au; supernatural elements!au; bodyswap; strangers-to-lovers; first meetings; getting together || explicit 🔞

kiss deprived by linootys [2 ch] canon compliant; pwp; fluff & smut || explicit 🔞

Kiss Kiss, Fall In Love by MistressScimitar [oneshot] fluff; international kissing day || teen and up

✦ Kitten by Theforeverbattles [12 ch] camboys!au; emotional manipulation; cheating; fluff & smut; mention of drugs || explicit 🔞

light me up by dawnshine [oneshot] non-famous!au; chlidhood friends-to-lovers; growing up together; time skips; feelings realization; 5+1; fluff || teen and up

maneater by Kamiizumi [oneshot] urban fantasy!au; demon hunters!au; enemies-to-friends-to-lovers; mild gore; mild horror; happy ending || mature

marble hearts & stone-carved hands by Lilywastaken [oneshot] ancient greek religion & lore!au; mythology!au; apollo!minho; fluff; light angst; happy ending || explicit 🔞

May the Mood Forgive Him by jellowrites [oneshot] abo!au; mating cycles; pack dynamics || explicit 🔞

✦ mistletoe’s for two by hanville [oneshot] friends-to-lovers; fake relationship; domestic fluff; christmas || teen and up

moon-fated by StarlitSnow [oneshot] abo!au; friends-to-lovers; light angst; mating || explicit 🔞

✦ mountain ash and dog roses by bullettbullettbullett [oneshot] creatures & monsters!au; strangers-to-lovers; shapeshifter!jisung; human!minho; human/monster romance || explicit 🔞

no-show mistletoe by glissandos [oneshot] college!au; holidays; fluff; kissing || teen and up

✦ Obsession à deux by jellowrites [oneshot] fashion & couture!au; mental health; recovery; angst; therapy; toxic relationship; ambiguous happy ending || mature

of cat slippers and fire alarms by dawnshine [oneshot] neighbour!au; enemies-to-lovers; slow burn; denial || teen and up

only fools rush in by hanville [oneshot] halloween; single dad!jisung; friends-to-lovers; mutual pining; domestic fluff || teen and up

Peanut Butter and a Bludger to the Face by orphan_account [oneshot] hogwarts!au; enemies-to-lovers || general

Pink Pearl by jellowrites [oneshot] mermaids!au; tentacles; angst & fluff & smut; minor character death; happy ending || explicit 🔞

Prairifire by jellowrites [3 ch] hanahaki disease; horror body; blood & gore; alternate ending (major character death & happy ending) || explicit 🔞

reach out and touch by liknow [oneshot] college!au; best friends; porn with feelings; first time || explicit 🔞

Red Room by milkilino [oneshot] DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT ;; torture; trauma; blood & gore; stockholm syndrome; character death; additional warnings in author’s note; fucked up with a sad ending || explicit 🔞

rent-a-boyfriend by hyunievrse & vmnesie [oneshot] college!au; fake relationship; fluff & angst; smut; happy ending || mature

satellites by Kamiizumi [oneshot] sci-fi!au; space pirates; friends with benefits; porn with feelings || explicit 🔞

scaredy cat by luckyday [oneshot] non-famous!au; vlogger!skz; haunted houses; established relationship; fluff & humor || teen and up

Scrumdiddlyumptious by SullenPast [oneshot] college!au; house party; hook-up; first time; happy ending || explicit 🔞

Sharpie Scented by jellowrites [oneshot] oblivious jisung & whipped minho; sticky notes & sharpies; fluff & humor & smut || explicit 🔞

✦ shotgunning by keros [4 ch] college!au; social anxiety; recreational drug use || explicit 🔞

Six Inches of Frustration and Charcoal by MistressScimitar [3 ch] college!au; strangers-to-something; getting together; suggestive themes || mature

so sweet like chocolate by luckyday [3 ch] college!au; strangers-to-friends-to-lovers; mutual pining; slow burn || teen and up

Stellar by bitsori [oneshot] actors!au; notting hill!au; strangers-to-lovers || mature

taste so good by liknow [oneshot] chefs!au; restaurant!au; pwp || explicit 🔞

The Bones in my Garden were for You by jellowrites [oneshot] serial killer; unhealthy love; unhealthy relationships; angst; ambiguous/open ending || mature

The Forest Beckoning by glissandos [14 chapters] high school!au; fantasy!au; strangers-to-lovers || teen and up

The Mystery of the Disappearing Man by Swtch_racha [oneshot] magical realism!au; feelings realization; fluff & angst; love confessions; friends-to-lovers || teen and up

✦ They Come Crawling in the Night by Stray_Anpanman [oneshot] zombie apocalypse!au; enemies-to-lovers; slow burn; found family; dad!jisung; son!jeongin; kid fic; violence || teen and up

✦ Time after time (night after night) by kersenvla [oneshot] time loop; convenience store; established relationship; magical realism; love confessions || teen and up

✦ tomorrow by Kamiizumi [oneshot] time loop; college!au; angst; happy ending || teen and up

Trapped by Str4y [oneshot] AW: major character death & graphic depictions of violence; zombie apocalypse!au; implied/referenced suicide; bad ending || explicit 🔞

✦ two birds on a wire by lucasfletcher [oneshot] roommates!au; marriage; han jisung is oblivious || mature

✦ underneath this raging storm by dulcetchan [oneshot] friends-to-lovers; yearning & pining; love confessions; idiots in love; trapped in ikea || teen and up

✦ waiting for rain by notzomi [22 ch] college!au; 1994!au; housemates; slow burn; enemies-to-friends-to-lovers; secret relationship; coming out; homophobia || teen and up

✦ We’ll Never Have Sex by bunsevng [oneshot] college!au; angst with a happy ending; confessions || mature

What Do I Call You by lovesoaked [4 ch] sugar daddy!au; college!au; strangers-to-friends-to-lovers; mutual pining; getting together || explicit 🔞

✎ what the duck? by minsungstreet2514 [4 works - ongoing] office!au; explicit sexual content || explicit 🔞

When The Morning Comes by bitsori [oneshot] non-famous!au; time loop; strangers-to-lovers; weddings || explicit 🔞

When The World Comes Down by bitsori [oneshot] post-apocalypse!au; strangers-to-friends-to-lovers; developing relationship || teen and up

✎ When Winter Turns To Spring by Theforeverbattles [17 works - ongoing] royalty!au; developing relationship; falling in love; kid fic; minor homophobia; implied/referenced domestic violence || explicit 🔞

When You’re Tired (I’ll Be Here) by jellowrites [oneshot] fluff; pining; nudity; hopeful ending || mature

where the grass was red by taotu [4 ch] hunger games!au; strangers-to-lovers; blood & gore; angst; choose your own ending || explicit 🔞

wither and bloom by tentoheaven [oneshot] zombie apocalypse!au; established relationship; fluff & angst; ambiguous/open ending || teen and up

you be the moon (i’ll be the earth) by bulletbulletbullet [oneshot] college!au; rivals-to-friends-with-benefits-to-lovers; getting together; time skip; implied sexual content || mature

✦ You got me feline some type of way by bluecalicocat [oneshot] supernatural!au; witch!jisung; accidental shapeshifting; getting together; friends-to-lovers; fluff || general

you’re driving me wild by shuijing [12 ch] modern!au; animal shelter; slice of life; light angst; slow burn || teen and up

Your hand in mine (it helps the psyche flow through) by kersenvla [oneshot] supernatural!au; acquantainces-to-friends-to-lovers; bodyswap; light angst; getting together || teen and up

your lips tell me about love by hanville [oneshot] hogwarts!au; 5+1; mutual pining; friends-to-lovers || teen and up

yule shoot your eye out by heaveninbusan [oneshot] fake dating!au; friends-to-lovers; misunderstandings; idiots in love; christmas fluff || teen and up

⸞ minho x seungmin ⸟

✦ makes the heart grow fonder by seasaltgasoline [oneshot] coffee shops & cafés!au; long-distance relationship; home for christmas || teen and up

⸞ ot8 / multi ⸟

Let’s be friends so we can make out by Irrelevantaverrageteen [oneshot] 3racha || au; best friends; recreational drug use || explicit 🔞

he’s with the band by TheSwingbyJeanHonoreFragonard [oneshot] chan x everyone-ish || band!au; pwp; kink discovery || explicit 🔞

New habit by LilJiji [oneshot] chan x jisung x minho || roommates-to-lovers; polyamory negotiations; fluff & smut; feelings realization || explicit 🔞

Duck(ed) by catsonthewindowsill [oneshot] felix x everyone || magical realism; domestic fluff; duckling!felix || teen and up

Complete by polyskz [oneshot] hyunjin x everyone || polu; domestic fluff; pwp || explicit 🔞

✦ Perfectly by Str4y [oneshot] jisung x minho x seungmin || office!au; open relationship; polyamory || explicit 🔞

day by day by seasaltgasoline [oneshot] minho x everyone || au; open marriage; polygamy; harem fic || mature

seven (칠죄종) by bulletbulletbullet [oneshot] minho x everyone || tag || explicit 🔞

Hideout by Theforeverbattles [20 ch] multi pairings || gang!au; graphic depiction of violence || explicit 🔞

Number 16 Universe by YourFutureWillBeBautiful [4 works] modern setting!au; parenthood; family dynamics; dad!jisung; dad!minho; dad!changbin; little!felix; little!seungmin; little!jeongin || explicit 🔞 > Number 16 [26 ch] -> jisung x minho|| neighbours!au; strangers-to-lovers; happy ending > Christmas At Number 16 [oneshot] -> jisung x minho || christmas!au; fluff; slice of life > The Folly Of Ambitions [20 ch] -> changbin x hyunjin || strangers-to-lovers; angst with a happy ending > Love Looks Not With The Eyes, But With The Mind [oneshot] -> changbin x hyunjin || established relationship; domestic fluff; declarationsh of love

Stories Sung in the Sunken Sailor’s Inn by softjohndae [4 works] pirates!au; supernatural elements; minor character deaths; happy ending || teen and up > Oceanbound [38 ch] -> changbin x felix || enemies-to-lovers > Oceanborn [oneshot] -> changbin x felix || changbin’s pov > Oceanlorn [4 ch] -> jisung x minho || spin-off; friends-to-lovers > Oceanflower [oneshot] -> hyunjin x seungmin || spin-off; established relationship

✎ three’s a company by seasaltgasoline [2  works - ongoing] jisung x minho x seungmin || rock band!au; poly || teen and up > rumour has it > even the familiar flow

✎ villainy verse by bulletbulletbullet [5 works - ongoing] space!au; space opera; hwang twins; eventual happy ending > scum & villainy -> jisung x minho || explicit 🔞 > love you like peaches -> changbin x hyunjin || teen and up > atmospheric electrical phenomena -> jisung x minho || explicit 🔞 > chemistry -> jisung x minho || explicit 🔞 > we’re long gone, baby -> jisung x minho || explicit 🔞

As a Barca fan I absolutely looove Jude 💛 I honestly don't see why people would dislike him.

But also I love hotheads (Neymar is my favourite player hahah🥲)

So BvB twt are both surprised & super annoyed that a lot of fans from other clubs seems to dislike Jude ? Hmm really?

I mean, there’s a reason why he has his own bodyguard on the pitch…..😉

Jordi trying to catch Gavi 🥺😆

Adama -> Gavi -> ⚽️

my top 10 animes:

1: Hellsing/Hellsing Ultimate

2: Cannon Busters

3: Jojos bizarre adventures

4: Sirius The Jaeger

5: My Hero Academia

6: Dr Stone

7: Yuri!!! On Ice

8: Seven Deadly Sins

9: How to keep a mummy

10: Magi

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every day i am percieved™️

This photo just makes me really happy 🥰

Wishing Ansu a speedy recovery

Katara: How Destiny is Defined as a Purpose (not a Person)

I know there are many other ATLA meta essays describing how “Katara had so much potential than just marry Aang and be a housewife/mom after ATLA” and I wanted to explore this topic with the focus on Destiny.

We all know the laundry list of characteristics she demonstrated in the show:

- Katara is a diplomatic, inspirational leader.  She got herself arrested and helped Earthbenders fight oppression and reclaim their dignity.

- Katara is a hardcore, non-apologetic feminist.  She challenged an elder in the Northern Water Tribe and broke their centuries of tradition to give female water-benders the opportunity to become soldiers as much as healers.

- Katara is resourceful and holds people together through hopeless times.  She directed the Gaang through the Si Wong desert on her own.

- Katara has a strong, impeccable sense of work ethic.  Without the luxury of having a teacher for most of her life, she managed to master water-bending in less than a year through sheer discipline.

- Katara is a believer of good virtues, and doesn’t abuse others with her extraordinary power.  Despite mastering the technique for Bloodbending, she chooses not to practice it.

- Katara practices positive reinforcement.  She knows how talk Aang through emotional obstacles, how to boost Sokka’s ego and make him feel like the “smarter” sibling, how to encourage Toph without being bossy, and how to reassure Zuko that his emotional growth has earned forgiveness.

- Katara is an environmental activist and encourages the less fortunate to fight for a better life.  She defended a small Fire Nation village from sickness and oppression, teaching them to help themselves rather than “wait for a hero to arrive.”

With all of these traits and characteristics, there was quite an array of potential that Katara could explore for herself at the end of the war… but it seemed as if her character and story arc faded behind the Avatar’s bigger narrative.

What really bothered me about the episode “the Fortuneteller” was that, rather than describing the amazing things Katara would accomplish in her life, Aunt Wu only seemed to imply that Katara’s destiny was established as the person she would eventually marry (”a very powerful bender”).  

It bothered me because it really set a precedent to just how little power the creators/writers of the show wanted to give Katara by the end of the show.  It was as if to say “no– she would not lead her own story and be remembered as Katara of the Southern Water Tribe.  History would only remember her as someone(most likely the Avatar)’s wife.”

There’s an additional layer to Katara’s character that makes this problematic to fix: Katara is a character deeply enveloped with hope, faith, and believing in the unbelievable… and her greatest belief was that the Avatar would save the world.  She had so much hope that the Avatar would return that deep down, she failed to realize that it was because of her that the Avatar is even back in the first place!  Aang didn’t return to the world on his own; he was found frozen in an iceberg.  Katara’s blessing and curse was that she grew up with a deep spiritual faith, and of emotional attachment due to the loss of her mother.  Finding Aang and realizing he’s the Avatar would be something out of a fairy tale for her, and she would idolize Aang for the rest of her life.  The idea of a spiritual person “letting go” of their spiritual idol in order to chart their own destiny would be very, very hard.  

While there is a small hint in the finale, thanks to Zuko holding Katara back from going to an upset Aang after a conversation of whether or not to kill the Fire Lord… Katara never realized she eventually had to “let go” of that emotional attachment to Aang.  

She never learned to separate her spiritual devotion to the Avatar from her friendship with Aang, understanding that the two relationships could be mutually exclusive from one another.

She never learned to let Aang’s destiny be defined by this kid’s own choices, not always relying on her personal influence on him.

This is were I strongly believe the writer’s could’ve done better:  Katara’s destiny is indeed entwined with Aang’s, but that didn’t mean that her life’s purpose was to follow Aang wherever he went.

Aang is the Avatar.  He is meant to travel all over the world and maintain spiritual peace and balance.  That is his destiny.  Of course, any kid would feel alone and overwhelmed by that amount of responsibility, but let’s remember how destiny can be shaped as needed.  Aang might feel alone in the world, but the world is also his home, and without changing who he is, Aang can make friends wherever he goes to help him successfully realize his role as the Avatar.

The problem was that Aang interpreted this flexibility about destiny as something else: that if he loved her enough, Katara would always be at his side.

What Aang should’ve understood about destiny is this: Katara is her own character, with her own defined values, needs, wants and drive.  Her destiny may have been entwined with Aang’s, but it was never actually Aang.  

Since the start of the show, Katara is very much a self-reliant, compassionate character with the goal of becoming a master water bender.  Rather than waiting for the men of her tribe to return, Katara wanted to play an active role and fight to end the great war, helping people in need along the way.  Traveling with Aang and training him as the Avatar helped to fulfill these goals.

Once the war is over after Sozin’s Comet arrives and Ozai is defeated, there’s no reason that Katara’s personal drive and initiative would slow down.  She wouldn’t want to simply go auto-pilot and appease to where Aang would ask her to go.  Katara would listen to her heart and her instincts, and find the courage to travel to wherever the world would need her most after the war.

Based on the various characteristics and traits that she demonstrated through the show, Katara’s destiny (in my own humble opinion) was to help rebuild the Southern Water Tribe with water benders and travel on her own to the Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation as a peace councillor, using her knowledge, experience, and water-bending mastery on behalf of Avatar Aang’s peaceful agenda.  She would be the Avatar’s greatest supporter without actually having to be at his side all the time.  

Katara’s destiny should not be to always be with Aang, romantically or platonically.  It does not end with finding the Avatar, or helping the Avatar into this unknown war-torn world, or even realizing how much the Avatar loves her.  Her destiny continues with whatever it is she wants to do for the world.

To sum up:

Destiny is an ongoing, personal journey defined by a sense of purpose. 

The ATLA writers and Bryke didn’t seem to have a problem placing Aang, Zuko, Sokka, and Toph under this definition of Destiny: in LoK and in the comics, each of these characters would have their own goals and stories to later mark in history after the war.

Katara should’ve been no different.  

She was not meant to fade behind anyone else’s narrative after the war, and yet writers ultimately placed her story as secondary to Aang’s.  It was as if to say, if Katara’s story did not involve the Avatar, it was not worth telling… and this became a huge disservice to her character.

Top 10 anime ships that should have been canon

1. Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)

2. Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)

3. Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka (Naruto)

4. Ken Kaneki and Hideyoshi Nagachika (Tokyo Ghoul)

5. Orihime Inoue and Tatsuki Arisawa (Bleach)

6. Misaki Yata and Saruhiko Fushimi (K)

7. Toshiro Hitsugaya and Momo Hinamori (Bleach)

8. Mato Kuroi and Yomi Takanashi (Black Rock Shooter)

9. Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka (Naruto)

10. Lucy Heartfilia and Loke/Leo (Fairy Tail)