"Ships" are commonly designated with portmanteau couple names, usually derived by combining the names of the characters or words that accurately describe them. The two thanked each other.

However you want the circumstances to have arisen, Katara was captured and hauled to Zuko's ship while Aang and Sokka got away. Azula shot Iroh with lightning and Katara tried to go help him and Zuko with her healing but the latter was panicking and scared Katara off. Rather than focusing on a captor/captive dynamic, fanwriters began to explore scenarios in which the characters were forced to work together as a team. A sub-genre in the Zuko/Katara fandom centers around their alter-egos: the Blue Spirit and the Painted Lady. First meeting; Zuko arrives to the Southern Water Tribe, looking for the Avatar.For information on the Avatar, Zuko taunts Katara with her lost necklace.Despite her exhaustion, Katara offers to heal Zuko’s uncle.During the eclipse, Zuko confronts his father, Fire Lord Ozai.

See more ideas about Zuko and katara, Zuko, Katara. Katara was very hurt by this because she thought that Zuko had changed. Zuko used this ship to travel around the world in search of the long lost Avatar. Rather than focusing on a captor/captive dynamic, fanwriters began to explore scenarios in which the characters were forced to work together as a team. First-Name Basis: Katara and Zuko learning each others names both involve a major Relationship Upgrade. Even if decades have gone by, with both Katara and Zuko having forged their own paths and raised families, the love they shared will endure in the hearts of fans who rooted as hard for them as Sokka does for Earth Bender wrestling. A short time later, Katara and the gang are leaving the Fire Nation Capital following their failed invasion. Be sure to let us know your favorite Video Editor and Staff Writer at io9. Later, Mai's brother Tom-Tom is captured by the Kemurikage who are out to punish bad children. Many Zutara fans deal with the series finale—and the canonically established relationships—by setting their stories several years in the future, after Zuko and Mai, and Katara and Aang, have gone their separate ways. She later attended Zuko’s coronation as Fire Lord and was smiling.

However, Mai eventually turned on Azula in order to save Zuko's life. Katara finally forgave him afterwards and hugged him. The Gaang— the ship between every member of Team Avatar 6. Later, Katara and Zuko were both imprisoned together underground in Ba Sing Se. Stranded on a barren island, they have to find a way to get themselves off the island and to the Eastern Air Temple.

Mai had a crush on Zuko when they were children and they began dating after Zuko was permitted to return from his banishment. At some point, Zuko had a daughter named Izumi with an unnamed woman. Katara eventually offered to heal Zuko’s scar with her spirit water but they were interrupted when Aang and Iroh arrived to save them. As the sun appears again, both men engage in a brief battle, ending with Zuko escaping. Maikotara — the ship between Zuko, Mai, and Katara 4. This might be one of the more controversial picks on this list because the debate about who Katara should be with was the biggest ship war in the fandom when the show aired.

At some point, Zuko and his uncle became wanted by the Fire Nation so they had to travel as refugees. Many of these fans felt betrayed by the series concluding with a definite Aang/Katara and Zuko/Mai slant.Recently, TVTropes and parts of Tumblr have claimed that everyone on the show's staff shipped Zuko/Katara except Mike and Bryan, who supposedly forced their ship on everyone else. Where are the sparks?? A year later, Mai broke up with Zuko again when she found out that he was keeping secrets from her.

Likewise, Kataangers pair off Mai and Zuko, Zuko and June, and many more plus a Mary Sue or two – even Sokka.

To wit, Katara gives Zuko her name after he saves her life and swears to protect her, and Zuko reveals his actual name to her after they get married and have Their First Time. The two later fought at the Northern Water Tribe when Aang was in the Spirit World and Zuko tried to capture him. — Katara forgives Zuko, The Southern Raiders.. Zutara is the het ship between Zuko and Katara from the Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom. Season two saw a shift in Zutara fanfic. Katara yelled at Zuko and cried about losing her mother to the Fire Nation. Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a world where the people can bend the four elements: Water, earth, fire and air.

Midway through the season, Zuko joined the Not all nods to Zuko/Katara fans were so kind, however. Maijinko — the ship between Zuko, Mai, and Jin 3. See more ideas about Zutara, Avatar the last airbender, The last airbender. Though evidently inferior in comparison to other navy vessels, Zuko's ship was small and light enough to effectively pursue a flying bison. Even when he earned the trust of everybody else, Katara was still skeptical and threatened to kill him if he took even one step backwards. Also, an event called “Zutara Week” was started in 2008.
She then went to heal Zuko while crying but succeeded.

Aside from Zuko's voice actor

While Katara (Mae Whitman) and Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen) became a couple at the end of the third and final season of Avatar: The Last Airbender, many fans of the series still believe Katara and Zuko (Dante Basco) would have made a better match.While Aang and Katara were close friends throughout Avatar: The Last Airbender, their eventual romantic pairing during the finale "Sozin's Comet, … Shipping, derived from an abbreviation of "relationship", is the term given to the fan-created pairing of two or more characters in a fictional series.It has become an important part of Avatar for a large number of fans.
Zuko was upset that Katara did not trust him so he eventually helped Katara find the man who killed her mother so that she could confront him.

Zuko was frequently written as being experienced and sexually aggressive, while later canon established him as a giant, awkward dork around women.

They kissed but Zuko eventually ran away and explained that it was complicated.

Shipping wars in the Avatar fandom were fierce, and usually divided along Zuko/Katara and Aang/Katara lines.