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Post by Admin on Nov 13, 2012 22:21:43 GMT -6
Just list what A:TLA pairings you support and why(optional).
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ladyavatar
Pro-Bender
Ozai Fangirls, Represent!
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Post by ladyavatar on Nov 13, 2012 22:50:30 GMT -6
I will now proceed to become the most unpopular member of this forum by opening this discussion with: Urzai. My love has primarily been shaped by some of the gorgeous, beautiful, heartachingly magnificent fanfictions it has been my joy and pleasure to discover across the years about this couple in their youth. I'll find the best fics and edit them into this comment so you understand where I'm coming from. Besides, the complexities of marriages (especially of the arranged variety) are some of the most fascinating in love-themed literature.
Otherwise Zutara (woah, seriously? geez. shocking.) and Tearoh. Tearoh is my OTP.
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Post by advocaat on Nov 13, 2012 23:54:10 GMT -6
Gotta agree with Tearoh. That's pretty darn close to otp status, right there. Also, Sukka. I just think they're adorable together. All cuddly and couply, They're the most healthy canon relationship in the show. I also have a soft spot for Taang, just because aww. I think they balance each other emotionally, and you just know that their's is a fun little romance just waiting to happen.
I think that Ty Lee/Haru would be really cute too, based on the events of the School Time Shipping short. They can have a silly background romance.
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Post by harlowrd on Nov 14, 2012 0:39:52 GMT -6
Sukka is lovely! They have such a stable-relationship vibe, and a naturalness about them that the other main canon ships lacked, IMO. I think Taang is adorable. I also have a special place in my heart for Tyzula.
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Post by mrspettyfer on Nov 14, 2012 1:14:58 GMT -6
Zutara, Taang and Sukka are my OTP's. I also agree with advocaat that Sukka is the healthiest canon relationship in the show. I also found it the most convincing.
I am, however, open to Tokka and Zuki. I think Toph and Sokka could have something really cute and special years down the road, and I also think Suki's personality would be good with Zuko.
Urzai also interests me because we know next to nothing about it. We do know that Zuko said his family used to be happy, so a part of me does get a little warm and fuzzy knowing that there was a time when Ozai's heart was not so cold.
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Post by harpalyce on Nov 14, 2012 10:30:27 GMT -6
My main guilty pleasure bordering on crackship for ATLA is... Jetko. But that's only when I want my shipping with a side of either silliness or dubcon, which is a very occasional thing.
I can't argue with the status of Tearoh as OTP, though. I mean, that's the very definition of OTP right there.
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Post by makegnomemistake on Nov 14, 2012 13:59:40 GMT -6
I also think Sukka is adorable and awesome but I guess I don't really actively ship it. It's one of those ships that take a backseat in most of the ZK fics I've read. I really should read something that focuses on this couple. Any recs? I really enjoyed the Taang in A Matter of Honor, but again, it's one of those couples that I don't actively ship. I'm also a Jetko fan. In the context of the show it would be totally angsty, but in an AU setting the fics I've read are pretty hilarious ( Coffee Shop). I also love emletish's take on Jet's very one-sided stalkerish tendencies, lolllllll. Actually, does anybody know of any Jetko fics out there that take place in the context of the show and aren't super angsty or tragic or mostly one-sided in nature? I really enjoyed Cadence's Redemption Made Easy and was wondering if there were any other fics like that out there... Now onto Maiko. I didn't enjoy the way this couple was portrayed in the show at all (except for in TBR). I could go into more detail if anybody wants to have a discussion. But I've read a few fics (forgotten the names) that have made me think that these two could potentially be very good for each other, under the right circumstances. Ok, the next two aren't couples, but friendships. I just have to mention them anyways because I still get all the feeeels. My BrOTPs are Sokka/Zuko and Aang/Zuko. I've read some great Sokka/Zuko friendship fics (Brothers in Arms, In His Shoes, some others that escape my memory at the moment) and in my headcanon they're total BFFs. The same with Aang and Zuko. I really loved the brotherly dynamics they had going on in The Firebending Masters episode. I always imagine that after all they'd been through in the show they'd have a very strong friendship that would be able to withstand pretty much anything (political differences, etc...) And ok, since I already strayed a little off topic and mentioned the friendships, I also have to mention the father-son relationship between Iroh and Zuko which was one of my favorite aspects of the entire show. I just can't with those two...I love them to bits Maybe I'll start another thread to focus on the non-romantic gen relationships.
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Post by dynamojacks on Nov 15, 2012 16:28:47 GMT -6
Sukka, for sure. It's one that I can really get behind, if not actively ship. It's the most healthy established one on the show for sure. They both grow wonderfully together throughout the series. And I like the sass in it- they're both a really fun pair. They might have taken a backseat but they were still present, always. I never really had a reason to doubt them, so I never did.
Zukka. The bromance in this is off the scales. Though I don't know how I'd back it as a romance, I think these two would be best bros for life. (I mean Zuko goes to him for Katara trouble, like it's girl trouble. Seriously!)
Taang. Again, maybe not actively, but this one looks like it could develop really nicely. I see it something that works later after Zutara is established (if the timeline never had Maiko and Kataang get together, that is..). Toph seems to have a bit of a soft, teasing side that connects well with Aang, though she's mostly a highly driven spirit who keeps his feet on the floor, so to speak. She'd bounce quite nicely off Aang, though I'd see her getting frustrated with his flightiness, I could see her envying it a bit, lol. She could do with a bit of fun in her life.
Tokka. To an extent. I don't really know, I like the idea though xD Their personalities would work a treat together.
Zuki. Looks like it could work. Suki, like Zuko, is a highly driven warrior. Not sure what else to say on it.
Tyzula. This one could be complicated, but I think it could work (and I had feels after I was asked to meme it, so go figure xD; ). Also it seems that Ty Lee and Azula do have some sort of feelings for each other. Again, not really an active one but I can back it. And Azula does seem to care for Ty Lee, more so than anyone else. Ty Lee seems to reciprocate this.
Mai Lee. These two are polar opposites on the outside but they both desperately yearn for love and attention. Ty's outwardly affectionate nature could be pivotal in (however slowly) drawing Mai out of her shell- it helps that she's known her since childhood, been part of the same group and neither having changed a huge amount. I think they could realistically be drawn together, even if not in a couple-sense (because Mai would first have to work through her enormous fixation with Zuko, and who knows if she's oriented both ways or not. I never know with these things D8), maybe as really close friends -I mean Ty Lee did save her from Azula when the two were pitted against each other, testing/weighing her friendship with Azula's, basically. With Azula out of the 'dominating role' of the group, their relationship could really flourish without barriers.
Toko. But more one-sided crush on Toph's part (age problem for one..). I like the occasional Toko arts. IDK, I just find it cute. Still, I'd see them being very good friends at least.
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Post by likeadove on Nov 15, 2012 21:31:56 GMT -6
I adore Jet/Katara to the point that whenever he's thrown into a Zutara fic for drama, as he often is, I usually find myself conflicted because I love Jet so much.
There's actually been a couple of Zutara fics I've read where I've wanted Katara to pick Jet.
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vassilissa
Non-Bender
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Post by vassilissa on Nov 16, 2012 13:12:04 GMT -6
Tokka is all I believe in aside from Zutara. Obviously post series. But they had really good seeds in the series.
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