Like Water: Part Three (Patreon)

(female wrestling, femdom, scissorhold, Azula, Katara, Avatar the Last Airbender)

Synopsis: With the war over, Katara takes up grappling to learn self-defense without her bending (All CHARACTERS ARE 18+).

FULL STORY: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTU8Q7eOnbhk9_zq8TMZ5MChfP2dZXJ1hRJIHeWnl7dB5tRPWjCbL3cYCGYLi2ogg68SFrGz_qNpsOn/pub

Author's Note: I've always felt like the lack of any relationship between Azula and Katara was a missed opportunity in the series. They have a few interesting parallels - both lose their mothers (albeit in different ways); both have to deal with some pretty overt sexism; both are bending prodigies; both have older brothers they're sometimes at odds with (Azula more than Katara, obviously) - and yet they never developed any kind of relationship. They barely even talk to each other outside of fight scenes.

My favorite aspect of Katara's character is her capacity for darkness, which is another thing she has in common with Azula. A lot of fans hated that she accused Sokka of not loving their mother enough, but that's probably my favorite Katara moment in the entire show. If she wasn't my number one character before then, she was afterwards. I'm sure some fans will give me shit for this take, but I think she's the only one of the main heroes who's genuinely complex. Katara demonstrates selflessness by sacrificing her own childhood to mother Sokka and the other village kids, yet she can be incredibly selfish and petty at times. She's noble and heroic in some moments, and downright cruel in others. She's a good person, but she's not a nice person. At least not always. I love her for that.

(P.S. Zuko is also complex and probably the best written character in the show, but he's not part of the main heroes so he doesn't count lol).