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I mean Kataang was so cloying, if they called each other ‘Sweetie’ one more time… It all just seemed so… superficial and fake and showy.

And Zuko doesn’t even tell Mai when he’s going away. I like Maiko, I think it’s a lot better developed than Kataang, which, well, oogies. All the oogies. I…

You’re definitely not the only one. My preferences for Zutara aside, The Promise has thus far only served to turn me away from either Kataang or Maiko. And given the choice between the two I would actually believe Kataang would have better chances of succeeding, and that’s only if Aang learns to stop idealizing Katara. 

I remember being that age and everyone keeps saying “oh that’s just how kids are”—no, no I don’t think so. It’s gone so above and beyond comical at this point that it just feels like they’re trying to over-compensate to prove something. “Look at how good they are together? See how much they love each other? They would die for each other!” *sighs* My biggest complaint with Kataang has always been the fact that we never really get Katara’s voice on the matter beyond Ember Island when she tells Aang she’s confused. You expect me to go from that to this? I need more than that. I need more than just some surprise kiss at the end of the show or this farce of a relationship they are trying to throw at me now in The Promise.

As for Maiko… I have never and will never see a future there. I do believe there is genuine feeling there, but Mai needs a whole hell of a lot more development before I’m ever going to believe that she’s meant to be with Zuko. I guess I just don’t see what everyone else seems to see, mostly because I know how a good balanced relationship works and they don’t have one. 

I’ve had a review/rant on The Promise in my drafts for a while that I may get to at some point soon, but the whole thing has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. I want to believe that things are going to get better, we’ve only gotten one part of three, but it’s so hard to believe when I look at the way things have turned out before. I don’t care if Katara is with Aang honestly I just want to feel it more than I do. 

/end rant — Sorry if I offended, I just had to get that out of my head. 

100% seconding the concerning lack of Katara’s input. Katara is someone we’ve been shown the thoughts of in the past too, so the complete lack here is especially obvious. Which, coupled with all the mothering, just makes me think she doesn’t feel for him like that at all, just is confused so chooses the option that’ll make him happy. 

I actually think the lack of Mai development almost works in their favour, we haven’t seen anything that suggests they’re not compatible, but they seem happier with each other than at other times, she’s willing to betray the fire nation for him, and she’s the only thing he’ll miss. It’s not much, but it suggests that there’s a real relationship there, it’s just not all explicitly laid out. 

You don’t mother the person you’re in love with. You just don’t. There is a noticeable difference in how Katara treats Aang in comparison to like… oh, Jet? If they had never shown her obvious crush on him I would have believed all her blushing and shy smiles over Aang might have been love, but really it just feels like she knows Aang likes her and she’s just not sure how to feel about it. In all the other pairings both parties made their feelings clear, but not with Katara and Aang. That has always bugged the hell out of me. Katara not actually coming out and expressing herself, as she always tends to do, has led me to believe that she’s just indulging Aang because she could never hurt him. She’s the type to put his happiness over her own. 

As for Mai and Zuko, you do have a great point, however, I just hear Mai saying, “I just asked if you were cold, not for your life story”. I’m sure she means well, and I really like her, but I just don’t get either of them together. The amount of emo and angst there just doesn’t feel like it’s healthy for either of them. Mai would definitely kill or be killed for Zuko, but there’s also something missing there that bugs me. I’ve ranted about this before and I don’t want to rehash… but regardless, I’ll be interested to see what is going to happen with both of these pairings in the next two parts. 

PS: Are you sure you want to follow me? I’m crazy. 

Precisely! With Zuko, and Jet, and Haru, she reacted like, well she was a girl who found herself in the company of people she found rather attractive. You could tell. With Aang? Nothing. 

Good point. There’s just not enough of it. Though, really, Zuko and Mai haven’t spent much time with each other beyond what we’ve seen. There’s the year between the series and The Promise, but it’s kind of implied they’ve been travelling around, trying to fix things, and she doesn’t come with him, and well, what we’ve seen of communication isn’t great…

Basically they suck at romance, especially when it comes to forcing this wreck of a ship. 

XD A little crazy isn’t bad.