Ok, reason I'm not posting as much in the relationship discussion topics and zutara vs. kataang battlefields is not because I have given up hope. Its because I'm laughing too much to type replies. Or simply can't think of replies to such annoying repetitive comments.
Seriously, some of the arguments I'm seeing are just ridiculous! Are people blind, or just stupid? And kataangers say us zutarians ignore all the facts....ha! Blindness to obviousness is on both sides!
I'll say it here because nobody reads my blog, so I can't be flamed or bashed for what I'm saying. However, in case someone actually does read this boring insight into my avatar mind, the following contains SPOILERS! Also contains particularly confusing "discussion" of shipping post-BR. Emphasis on confusing (Even I can't follow whats going on/what I'm trying to say, and I'm writing it, lol).
Watch as I mutilate the English language and the term "explanation" :P But first....SPOILERS AHEAD!!
Do you hear me? SPOILERS
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Ok, you have been sufficiently warned. Read on at your own risk.
Ok, so Boiling Rock was pretty epic. I love how everyone is getting so obsessed over the shipping and saying zutara is dead when this episode was not really about the main shipping. This episode was pretty awesome (or at least, the second part was). This episode was mainly about Zuko earning Sokka's trust and doing good things to erase his past wrongs, like he did with Aang in FBM. However, despite the fact that I didn't want to get in a shipping war from BR, I have to say this in retaliation to certain peopl:
BR killed Maiko.
Now, kataangers will laugh and scoff at me, saying how I'm blind and whatnot, but I don't care. I gave up caring about what you people thought ages ago. Most of what you say to me is stupid in my eyes anyway. Anyways, Maiko. It is dead. Why do I say that? Current storyline is Zuko redemption - fixing his past mistakes by doing good deeds. He saved Hakoda/Suki/Sokka, thus earning respect and admiration in Sokka's eyes.
But this episode was also about resolving his problems with Mai. Problems as in, what happened when he left? Are they still together? Answer is a big resounding NO.
Why do I say this? After all, Mai LOVES Zuko. This means Maiko is so obviously canon, I just sound stupid saying its not.
-__- No no no. This is exactly the same argument kataangers use. Just because aang loves katara DOES NOT make kataang canon. Aang can crush on her all she wants, but unless she likes him back (highly unlikely considering her reactions to his kisses), kataang IS NOT canon. Neither is Maiko. Mai loves Zuko, but zuko does not love Mai.
Why do I say this? well, to put it bluntly, other than the beginning of the episode where Sokka directly asks a question about her, Zuko is clearly not thinking about Mai. He is surprised when she shows up, leaves her behind quite easily, is very surprised when she starts beating up guards for him, and doesn't even seem to care about the danger she's in. (Sokka: "Come on zuko, let's go!" Zuko: Azula had to get here somehow). When Mai risks her life for him, he's only thinking about how to escape. Pretty selfish if he loves her, don't you think? And don't say 'oh, he just knows she's capable of doing things herself'. Even if my boyfriend was freaking near-invincible and went off to fight some dangerous guys and risk having a pissed-off person shoot lightning at him, I'd be pretty worried. Zuko does not appear worried - he seems quite calm about it.
Also, I loved his reaction when she said 'because i know you so well'. He is clearly confused, indicating that he is well aware that Mai does not know him very well at all. She doesn't understand him, further emphasised by their argument about why he left her/the FN. She doesn't understand that he's doing what is really right, rather than just letting the FN destroy everything/itself. She doesnt' understand him, and he knows that. They are two completely different levels now - they have grown too far apart. And Zuko knows this, thus why he officially broke up with her (assuming he hadn't done so in the letter, which I suspect he did, juding by all the broken heart references. If he wasn't breaking up with her, he could have just said " I'm leaving, but I'll come back for you" or whatever. Clearly, he didn't. He freaking broke up with her in the letter, people, else she wouldn't have been so upset!