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Post by chaobender482 on Sept 5, 2007 1:56:13 GMT -5
Well I'm not sure if this seems like the right place for this topic, go ahead and move, but anyway,
I need to bring up a discussion concerning age differences, and this also affects pairings in a major way,
Reason I ask is because most people in the fanbase seem approve Zutura more then Kataang, the concern in this, proper age ranges such as Toph and Aang being 12 they make a great couple, the same with Zutura at age 15,
But now and days we have most raved pairings like Tokka and Kataang, which again seems to add the problem of the "big age difference", knowing Katara is 15 and Aang is 12, while Toph is 12, and Sokka is 15,
but in any case I want to know your thoughts concerning this issue, since I figure everyone else wants to know about this.
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Post by cypsiman2 on Sept 5, 2007 2:44:34 GMT -5
Just to clear this up really quick, Katara is 14 not 15, and Zuko is 16 not 15, resulting in both zutara and kataang both producing a 2-year age difference. Personally, it doesn't matter to me at all, since the only context that the particulars of their ages would matter will not be present in the show at all.
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Post by frozenwind141 on Sept 5, 2007 2:50:59 GMT -5
As cypsiman2 rightly said the Kataang and Zutara age differences are the same but switched.
But its not the age differences that affect them as they aren't in correlation with our world, you don't exactly see 14 year old girls taking over massive cities by outsmarting their king and chief adviser. So the most important factor is maturity. Which Kataang is level on.
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Post by chaobender482 on Sept 5, 2007 2:56:54 GMT -5
As cypsiman2 rightly said the Kataang and Zutara age differences are the same but switched. But its not the age differences that affect them as they aren't in correlation with our world, you don't exactly see 14 year old girls taking over massive cities by outsmarting there king and chief adviser. So the most important factor is maturity. Which Kataang is level on. Well I'd pretty much wanted to clear that up seeing how fans tend to go onto the level of those who still act like a child, and the other being "Truly Mature" to be of that pairing, of course that is the other thing I wanted to take notes on.
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Post by chaobender482 on Sept 5, 2007 2:59:00 GMT -5
Personally, it doesn't matter to me at all, since the only context that the particulars of their ages would matter will not be present in the show at all. I mean I myself also don't take age differences seriously given the fact that it is just a way to make pairings that sound right to them, given the reason of the discussion here. BTW I am also sorry if I got the ages wrong on it too.
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Post by RadiantBeam on Sept 5, 2007 8:18:58 GMT -5
Age is nothing but a number.
And if I recall correctly, there's a year or two between Mai and Zuko now that I think about it
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Post by mike1921 on Sept 5, 2007 12:06:54 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure it's only one I don't see a problem with any of the age differences in any of the serious ships.
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Post by Paraiba Ocean on Sept 5, 2007 14:44:02 GMT -5
Unless we're talking about something like Iroh and Toph, I don't see the problem with age. The main reason Kataang is discouraged among the less reasonable shippers for age is just because Katara is older and Aang is not a teenager. The thing about Zutara is that they're both teenagers, so I guess that makes it ok in other individual's minds. @cypsiman: I was inclined to believe Zuko had made it to 17 just because Iroh mentioned his 3 year anniversary and he was 14 when banished. Or maybe I'm just wrong. @chaobender: Do not double post anymore, ok? Just click modify by your original post and edit. Thank ya.
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Post by wildimagination on Sept 5, 2007 16:48:37 GMT -5
TO ALL ANTI-KATAANGS:
I'm only gonna say this once, so read good! It's not that big a deal those two are two years apart and Katara is older! I had a boyfriend three years younger than me, I know someone whose wife is eight years older than him (And no it sin't Shakespeare), and two of my aunts are older than their husbands! Age doesn't matter! If they were 25 and 12, then that would matter, but they're only 15 (in the Water scrolls book, it says most waterbenders are born in the winter. Katara's a waterbender, and winter already passed, so it's possible that Katara turned 15 at one point during the first or second season)!
...That's all I'm gonna say.
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Post by mike1921 on Sept 5, 2007 16:58:15 GMT -5
Age differences start to matter less when your older. because if Aang was 7 or 8 I wouldn't ship kataang, or Taang for that matter because of the age difference. But a 2 year age difference doesn't ever matter.
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Post by chaobender482 on Sept 5, 2007 17:03:50 GMT -5
The main reason Kataang is discouraged among the less reasonable shippers for age is just because Katara is older and Aang is not a teenager. The thing about Zutara is that they're both teenagers, so I guess that makes it ok in other individual's minds. Well that is one discussion that has yet to pass through most Zutura fans on many of the fan boards I have visited recently, the problem is, people see to not understand the facts this is not real life, but just a cartoon, but I'm sure we know that by now, The fact is, it is one subject I had on my mind for some time seeing how they can't accept the waythings are, thus a reason to all reason why I support Kataang, even if there is an age difference, it does not matter, it is just that sometimes people follow what is really the "Truth" of the matter I guess. and BTW Paraiba Ocean, I appologise about that, seeing I wanted to also talk to you via PM if you are on again.
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Post by Paraiba Ocean on Sept 5, 2007 17:57:38 GMT -5
Well, maybe if we compared the maturity levels of a 14 year old girl and 12 year old boy in our society, the standards would be different (although as they get to be older, the standards will change). However, considering the society is that of one that acknowledges 16 an old enough age to marry, Katara and Aang's age difference doesn't hold much water. Neither does Sokka and Toph's. @chao: No problem. And feel free to PM me anytime.
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Post by mike1921 on Sept 5, 2007 18:04:33 GMT -5
Aang's a girl?
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Post by Paraiba Ocean on Sept 5, 2007 18:24:24 GMT -5
I believe you very well-know what I meant. Forgive me, as English is not my first language. And I corrected my mistake, thank you.
That's correct. Mai is about 15, I would guess...maybe 16 soon, and Zuko is either late 16 or early 17.
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Post by psylum on Sept 5, 2007 19:12:09 GMT -5
Actually Toph called Aang a little girl before, so it's not really all that bad mistaking Aang for a girl XD
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