Katara is an empowering female character in Avatar: The Last Airbender. She's intellectual, a powerful water-bender, a caring sister and friend, and a leader. Her character is essential to keeping the balance between herself, Sokka, Aang, Toph, and Zuko.
Katara did a lot of amazing things during the series: she freed Aang, honed her skills, defeated Azula, forgave Zuko, and trained the next Avatar. Yet, like all the characters in the show, Katara made her fair share of mistakes, had moments of rage, and did some things she probably shouldn't have.
10 Succumbed To Her Temper
Katara was wise and level-headed most of the time, but her personality was one that collided with others if they weren't on the same page as her. If things weren't done her way or taken seriously enough, Katara would get irritated and angry. She struggled to find a balance between staying on task and enjoying the company of her friends and family. She would often get annoyed with Sokka and Aang for mucking around instead of choosing to relax, as well.
9 She Went Through Toph's Personal Belongings
Katara confronts Toph about a wanted poster of her that names her "The Runaway." Toph tells Katara it was among her stuff and Katara had no right to look through her things. Katara tries to use cleaning Toph's things as an excuse but eventually admits it. Instead of asking Toph about her "out of control" behavior, she observed Toph and confirmed her suspicions by being invasive.
8 She Took Control Of The Group
Katara is used to taking responsibility and making sure the work gets done. She's a person who takes action, but she doesn't delegate as much as she probably should.
Taking control of the group too often and without much consultation with the others meant there was also a continued expectation for her to keep leading, reminding, and nagging. But, as each person found their role, this eventually dissipated.
7 She Showed Jealousy Towards Aang's Waterbending
During Book One of the series, Katara starts to teach Aang what she knows and has practiced of water-bending. Aang's natural bending ability leads him to quickly become fluent in what she knows, causing Katara to feel jealousy toward him.
During the same episode, Katara steals a water-bending scroll without telling the others, putting them in danger of pirates, but they escape. When Aang tries to teach Katara something from the scroll that he could do and she couldn't, she hurts his feelings, bringing him to tears with nasty comments and sarcasm.
6 She Could Be Self-Righteous
Katara is kind, compassionate, and caring. Her moral compass often helps her to help others when they are dealing with their own problems and the group when they need to make a decision. But, sometimes, she believes her moral judgment to be better than the others. She doesn't believe Sokka about Jet and gets angry at Toph for her behavior, with the two of them often clashing. She felt she could do things on her own while the others needed help.
5 She Mothered & Judged Toph
Toph is stubborn, independent, honest, and tough. She was overprotected and controlled by her parents before she escaped them. So, naturally, a journey with the Avatar and his friends would have been freeing to her.
But, Toph and Katara's dynamic was one of mothering and rebellion. Their name-calling and bending battle even disrupted Aang's training. Katara didn't understand Toph's past and what she had experienced, causing her to overstep boundaries, but the two worked out their problems and came to appreciate each other.
4 She Trusted Jet Over Sokka
Jet was a manipulative person who used Aang and Katara as a means for an end. He tried convincing Sokka that the death and harm of innocent people was a requirement, a need, a way to get rid of the Fire Nation.
Sokka saw through his charming exterior and heroic act, but Katara didn't believe him despite his warnings. It was Sokka who warned the villagers and saved their lives without support, while Katara and Aang were too late to prevent what they had helped put into action.
3 Saying "Then You Didn't Love Her The Way I Did" To Sokka
The younger sibling of Sokka, Katara was very young when their mother was killed by the Fire Nation. The event was traumatic, and Katara had her own pain and grief concerning her mother's death. But, her grief was often directed in the form of anger toward Sokka and her father. Katara even tells Sokka that he didn't love their mother as much as she did because he didn't want to avenge her death. But, Sokka was just as affected, seeing Katara every time he tried to envision his mother because he couldn't remember what she looked like and Katara had always been the one there for him.
2 She Wanted Revenge For Her Mother's Death
Katara was deeply impacted by the death of her mother, with the loss having a strong bearing on her emotional wellbeing for most of her life. When given the chance to find the man who killed her, she leaves with Zuko to finally have her revenge.
One of the most important aspects of Katara's character is her kind heart and moral compass, which won out in the end. She demonstrated her life-threatening abilities but didn't carry out the act of murder, showing restraint. She knew it wouldn't bring her mother back and would only change her in the worst way.
1 She Used Blood-bending
Only the most powerful of water-benders can bend blood. Just as Katara can manipulate drops of rain and moisture from the air, control great bodies of water, and strip blades of grass from any moisture that they hold, she can also control any water within the body: blood, sweat, muscles, and tears.
It is perhaps one of the most invasive bending techniques, as it binds the individual, can be used to kill, and negatively affects the bender mentally. Katara had no choice but to blood-bend in a final attempt to stop Hama, but she willingly used it in her rage during the interrogation of a Southern Raider.
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