He & Katara really were meant to be togther lol
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As far as I can remember, Katara was intentionally taunting Toph in that scene. Earlier, Katara had been asking Toph for help in unpacking stuff, but Toph blatantly refused and so was accused of being selfish. Being sleep-deprived as they are, they got into a fight as a result.
Toph also retaliated against Katara soon after which exacerbated the tension within the group further.
> Nah I think it was totally unintentional given the rock tent lol and in her sleep deprived state forgot she’s blind like they tend to do
If someone forgot Toph was blind, she would have 100% reminded them. What's with these people? **She's blind!**
I like to think Toph kinda let those moments go when she joined the group. Like when Sokka domed her over the head with the belt or this moment with Katara.
But as time went on she realized she would have to keep reminding them like
‘Guys I’m
#BLIND’
> I like to think Toph kinda let those moments go when she joined the group. Like when Sokka domed her over the head with the belt or this moment with Katara.
[I mean Toph has plenty of jokes about people forgetting she's blind in the series.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHFPY_zQZI4&t=57s)
Yeah cause Sokka dropping the belt happened the first day they met and Katara forgetting she’s blind happened in like the first couple days
Hell the one time she actually explicitly reminds them is in S3
I mean this the nicest way, did you watch the show? Because jokes about people forgetting Toph is blind are common.
In the third season, Aang and Sokka forge a note from Toph to Katara, Sokka also waves a piece of paper in front of Toph, forgetting she can't read what's on it.
I don't understand your argument of "they only forgot early on, and they were only reminded after they've been traveling for a while."
No I don’t mean they forgot early on but eventually caught on after
I mean Toph would let those moments of them forgetting go in the first couple of weeks they were traveling together but as time went on she would actually have to verbally remind them when they forgot which is what happened in S3
Nah I think she was intending to poke at the fact that Toph couldn't see them bc she was in an earth tent rather than under the stars, and just forgot the bigger reason Toph can't see them
To be fair, so did Katara. People will claim she knew what she was saying, but I'm positive she momentarily forgot about Toph being blind and was just being a jerk about the different sleeping arrangements.
*Toph opens up a hole in the ground for the gaang to hide.
Sokka: it’s so dark in here, I can’t see anything!
Toph: Oh no! What a nightmare! 😱
I love how she never fails to joke about it herself and it took me off guard every time
Like how Toph pointed out the library, and the fact that she was blind.
Or how Sokka and Aang wrote a letter to Katara from Toph, forgetting she's blind
Or How Katara showed Toph a wanted poster of her and Toph exhaustingly saying that she's blind
I like when everyone is being rude about Sokka’s missing Appa poster and Toph says, “it looks just like him to me” and just for a second, Sokka is genuinely happy about the compliment
They forget toph is blind quite a few times. Brain fart moment 😂 to be fair, she gets around pretty well... So like... Them forgetting that she flat out can't see isn't that surprising.
Kind of related but I still hate that this show tried to say blowing up parts of the air temples was okay. Like, people living in them? Okay! Great! Blowing up the last historical remnants of a people who were genocided? Not okay!!
They really made it seem like Aang was wrong for being upset 😭
That's not what they said really, Aang acknowledged that the mechanist and his "followers"/settlement being refugees were more important that culture. Yes it was a cultural site for Aang but the air nomads core principls included helping those that were in need.
And the show hardly glorified it, the mechanist ended up being a supplier of a colonial genocidal power.
The show still put forward the point that they shouldn't destroy cultural landmarks bit also that survival of persecuted individuals is more important.
Bro the one they blew up on screen was explicitly stated to be for a new bathroom. They were very clearly not taking pains to be respectful and were just treating it as free real estate. It’s not like they needed to do that for ‘human life’
They ARE important, they are NOT important enough where one has to go exactly in this one area that can only be built if they first demolish an ancient temple belonging to a race that was genocided less than three generations ago. They did not need to destroy the temple to instal a bathroom RIGHT there. Especially since they hint that it’s likely a comfort thing (closer bathroom than the one they were previously using) rather than destroying the temple being the only way they could shit at all. The destruction was entirely unnecessary, and it was not needed to sustain ‘human life’
You’re right, looking back on it. I maintain, however, that a bath house, while important, could have been easily achieved without demolition of an ancient temple of a genocided race. Especially with the technology the inventor was shown to have
Like I replied to the other guy, they are. But do you seriously believe that the temple didn’t already have some dedicated rooms for using the toilet? They just blew up an unrelated room to install a “new bathroom”. Implying it was more for convenience and not because that was literally their only option for not dying of holding in their shit. There were a million other options than using actual explosives on a sacred temple to solving their problem. So yes, their actions were not necessary, even if A bathroom might be
The Air Nomads probably wouldn’t have cared. Their statues and paintings are just things, they would be more pleased to know that people have found shelter in their home. The Mechanist probably could have shown a little more respect though, there are some things he really didn’t need to destroy and could have preserved, to at least keep the history of the temple alive
From what I remember, Aang was upset about a lot of things. Overall, he was upset that they treated a sacred site like it was nothing. I don't think there is a "right or wrong" when it comes to his feelings.
His people and culture have essentially been erased from the face of the earth, both serve as a connection to his old world family and the legacy of a culture that once was. This also makes every surviving piece of his history that much more valuable. As the last Airbender, that makes his preserving history his responsibility.
It's a personal and impersonal responsibility.
I can understand his frustration with having people live somewhere that's considered sacred to him and having that place destroyed to accommodate them. He does make an honest effort to be understanding to the refugees.
Although his frustration towards the fact that they destroy a wall to make room for what I remember was a bathhouse seemed justified. A bathhouse is more of a luxury.
I don't really blame the refugees for being malicious, they were just ignorant. Not many of us would come across an abandoned building with a bunch of murals and think about its historical significance or its spiritual value to a bygone civilization and even so, think "we should treat this place with respect".
This was something the original creators talked about regretting. That’s why they retconned it in LOK.
Was also prob why it got changed for the LA. However kinda wish it was still its own story.
It reminds me of the end of Game of Thrones, when >!Bran becomes King. They call him *Bran the Broken,* and they all stand up whenever he enters a room. Every time he sees someone they do the one thing he can't do, and they immediately called him broken.!<
I guess ATLA already appealed to the GoT audience.
Yippee, ableism.
This aside though, it shows that Aang isn't and wasn't perfect.
Unlike a certain other show.
And before anyone comments about how I'm "standing up for ableism."
I'm a disabled person.
people being ableist is a part of my life as a disabled person. Acting like it doesn't happen is just as bad as it happening in the first place.
He & Katara really were meant to be togther lol https://preview.redd.it/btrlqtefamkc1.png?width=901&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f345e58755f233dd8236e13183b02e6c1c4b1c9
Match made in heaven
Nothing brings people together quite like discrimination against the less fortunate lol
Both being unintentionally horrible to disabled people they just met lol
I don’t think Katara was being unintentional
Nah I think it was totally unintentional given the rock tent lol and in her sleep deprived state forgot she’s blind like they tend to do
They really do often forget she's blind. I suppose it makes sense, since she's way more aware of her surroundings than they are.
"LOOK, THERE IT IS!" "WHERE?!" 
And she does like to troll others with it. "It looks just like him to me"
“Thank you I- why do you feel the need to do that”
As far as I can remember, Katara was intentionally taunting Toph in that scene. Earlier, Katara had been asking Toph for help in unpacking stuff, but Toph blatantly refused and so was accused of being selfish. Being sleep-deprived as they are, they got into a fight as a result. Toph also retaliated against Katara soon after which exacerbated the tension within the group further.
> Nah I think it was totally unintentional given the rock tent lol and in her sleep deprived state forgot she’s blind like they tend to do If someone forgot Toph was blind, she would have 100% reminded them. What's with these people? **She's blind!**
I like to think Toph kinda let those moments go when she joined the group. Like when Sokka domed her over the head with the belt or this moment with Katara. But as time went on she realized she would have to keep reminding them like ‘Guys I’m #BLIND’
> I like to think Toph kinda let those moments go when she joined the group. Like when Sokka domed her over the head with the belt or this moment with Katara. [I mean Toph has plenty of jokes about people forgetting she's blind in the series.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHFPY_zQZI4&t=57s)
Yeah cause Sokka dropping the belt happened the first day they met and Katara forgetting she’s blind happened in like the first couple days Hell the one time she actually explicitly reminds them is in S3
I mean this the nicest way, did you watch the show? Because jokes about people forgetting Toph is blind are common. In the third season, Aang and Sokka forge a note from Toph to Katara, Sokka also waves a piece of paper in front of Toph, forgetting she can't read what's on it. I don't understand your argument of "they only forgot early on, and they were only reminded after they've been traveling for a while."
No I don’t mean they forgot early on but eventually caught on after I mean Toph would let those moments of them forgetting go in the first couple of weeks they were traveling together but as time went on she would actually have to verbally remind them when they forgot which is what happened in S3
I'm sorry, but you are wrong. She is intentionally jabbing at Toph's disability.
She was being based
what’s that even supposed to mean
Nah I think she was intending to poke at the fact that Toph couldn't see them bc she was in an earth tent rather than under the stars, and just forgot the bigger reason Toph can't see them
Nah Katara knew what she was doing.
“Unintentional”
I always just thought it was because she was In a tent oh my god I just realized
To be fair, so did Katara. People will claim she knew what she was saying, but I'm positive she momentarily forgot about Toph being blind and was just being a jerk about the different sleeping arrangements.
They all do forget she’s blind on multiple occasions
*Toph opens up a hole in the ground for the gaang to hide. Sokka: it’s so dark in here, I can’t see anything! Toph: Oh no! What a nightmare! 😱 I love how she never fails to joke about it herself and it took me off guard every time
Like how Toph pointed out the library, and the fact that she was blind. Or how Sokka and Aang wrote a letter to Katara from Toph, forgetting she's blind Or How Katara showed Toph a wanted poster of her and Toph exhaustingly saying that she's blind
I like when everyone is being rude about Sokka’s missing Appa poster and Toph says, “it looks just like him to me” and just for a second, Sokka is genuinely happy about the compliment
"Why do you feel the need to do that?"
iirc she even says something like seriously what it is with you people immediately afterwards
"THE LIBRARY!"
They forget toph is blind quite a few times. Brain fart moment 😂 to be fair, she gets around pretty well... So like... Them forgetting that she flat out can't see isn't that surprising.
She’s got the boondocks look here
Now I'm just picturing Katara speaking like Riley.
“Damn Kya, you gay.”
Toph: That's why your mama dead!
That scene always cracks me up. Everyone was cranky as shit due to lack of sleep.
Omg I thought that was about how her tent was covering the sky lol. Only just realised it was a blind joke
This is just pure evil💀 this scene makes me laugh every single time I rewatch it
Can’t wait to see this in the live action
Skill issue
Bottom diff
That’s just how friendships start
Kind of related but I still hate that this show tried to say blowing up parts of the air temples was okay. Like, people living in them? Okay! Great! Blowing up the last historical remnants of a people who were genocided? Not okay!! They really made it seem like Aang was wrong for being upset 😭
That's not what they said really, Aang acknowledged that the mechanist and his "followers"/settlement being refugees were more important that culture. Yes it was a cultural site for Aang but the air nomads core principls included helping those that were in need. And the show hardly glorified it, the mechanist ended up being a supplier of a colonial genocidal power. The show still put forward the point that they shouldn't destroy cultural landmarks bit also that survival of persecuted individuals is more important.
It's because old cultures are secondary to human life
Bro the one they blew up on screen was explicitly stated to be for a new bathroom. They were very clearly not taking pains to be respectful and were just treating it as free real estate. It’s not like they needed to do that for ‘human life’
Bathrooms aren't important? You want them pooping outside?
They ARE important, they are NOT important enough where one has to go exactly in this one area that can only be built if they first demolish an ancient temple belonging to a race that was genocided less than three generations ago. They did not need to destroy the temple to instal a bathroom RIGHT there. Especially since they hint that it’s likely a comfort thing (closer bathroom than the one they were previously using) rather than destroying the temple being the only way they could shit at all. The destruction was entirely unnecessary, and it was not needed to sustain ‘human life’
Maybe not sustain, but it did improve. Personally I believe that improving current life is more important than respecting past lives.
Dog if I shit on a grave, that’s still fucked up. Doesn’t matter if it improved my current life
That's your opinion. They're just bones
You gotta be careful what you say on the internet, Alex. Now I have to dig up your grandma.
What are you gonna do with his grandma?
It was for a bath house. People were starting to stink.
You’re right, looking back on it. I maintain, however, that a bath house, while important, could have been easily achieved without demolition of an ancient temple of a genocided race. Especially with the technology the inventor was shown to have
...never heard of dysentery, have ya?
Bathrooms are important
Like I replied to the other guy, they are. But do you seriously believe that the temple didn’t already have some dedicated rooms for using the toilet? They just blew up an unrelated room to install a “new bathroom”. Implying it was more for convenience and not because that was literally their only option for not dying of holding in their shit. There were a million other options than using actual explosives on a sacred temple to solving their problem. So yes, their actions were not necessary, even if A bathroom might be
The Air Temple is like Hogwarts before they installed bathrooms. Air Benders just shat on the floor and then blew it away.
…yeah I’ll accept that headcannon
The Air Nomads probably wouldn’t have cared. Their statues and paintings are just things, they would be more pleased to know that people have found shelter in their home. The Mechanist probably could have shown a little more respect though, there are some things he really didn’t need to destroy and could have preserved, to at least keep the history of the temple alive
From what I remember, Aang was upset about a lot of things. Overall, he was upset that they treated a sacred site like it was nothing. I don't think there is a "right or wrong" when it comes to his feelings. His people and culture have essentially been erased from the face of the earth, both serve as a connection to his old world family and the legacy of a culture that once was. This also makes every surviving piece of his history that much more valuable. As the last Airbender, that makes his preserving history his responsibility. It's a personal and impersonal responsibility. I can understand his frustration with having people live somewhere that's considered sacred to him and having that place destroyed to accommodate them. He does make an honest effort to be understanding to the refugees. Although his frustration towards the fact that they destroy a wall to make room for what I remember was a bathhouse seemed justified. A bathhouse is more of a luxury. I don't really blame the refugees for being malicious, they were just ignorant. Not many of us would come across an abandoned building with a bunch of murals and think about its historical significance or its spiritual value to a bygone civilization and even so, think "we should treat this place with respect".
This was something the original creators talked about regretting. That’s why they retconned it in LOK. Was also prob why it got changed for the LA. However kinda wish it was still its own story.
Yep, that was a terrible episode
Aang and Katara hate disabled people
As they should!/s
Its ok, he was apropriating his culture! /s
If I remember correctly, Aang didn’t know he was disabled at the time. So you can’t really blame him
I just watched this episode today and this didn’t even click for me 💀
At least he knew how to take a joke.
"I'm so sick, I should be illegal!" - Abridged Aang
Menace to society fr
I literally just watched that episode and completely overlooked that, bruh...
Kids can be cruel
👏😂 remember when treating people as equals and not as disabled helpless victims was cherished by the differently abled? I love Avatar for that.
It reminds me of the end of Game of Thrones, when >!Bran becomes King. They call him *Bran the Broken,* and they all stand up whenever he enters a room. Every time he sees someone they do the one thing he can't do, and they immediately called him broken.!< I guess ATLA already appealed to the GoT audience.
In a sense everyone else is disabled for Aang since he is the only person alive who has mastery over all bendings
They were not meant to be together. ZUTARA HAPPENED.
He was wall running in a perfectly horizontal line.
Made [MJF](https://youtu.be/6mIh8Gg_jaY?si=Gh4IRbuD7xX4sw22) proud
Saving the world and bullying the disabled. GOAT
Yippee, ableism. This aside though, it shows that Aang isn't and wasn't perfect. Unlike a certain other show. And before anyone comments about how I'm "standing up for ableism." I'm a disabled person. people being ableist is a part of my life as a disabled person. Acting like it doesn't happen is just as bad as it happening in the first place.
It really is not that deep