I pretty much echo Kelly in saying that shipping minors squicks me out--I'd have to either age them up to justify it, or make it the tamest, most innocent shipping ever. And even then, I wouldn't be all 'rawr OTP forever' because they're still kids, for heaven's sake. I think that's why the idea of shipping Aang or Toph with anyone bugs me, because they're twelve. However, it seems like they marry people off young in Avatar, so for a couple like Sokka and Suki, there's a chance that they might end up married after all.
FWIW, I like the idea of Zutara (when they're older) mainly because I seem to like the former-enemies-who-fall-for-each-other thing, as with Luke/Mara and Buffy/Spike. But I also adore Aang, and hate the whole Kataang vs. Zutara (vs. Maiko) shipping crap in the fandom, because it's just a show and we should really just relax. For me, shipping is tertiary when it comes to the main story, the action and the characters. I'd rather see awesome fight sequences or serious character moments.
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I pretty much echo Kelly in saying that shipping minors squicks me out--I'd have to either age them up to justify it, or make it the tamest, most innocent shipping ever. And even then, I wouldn't be all 'rawr OTP forever' because they're still kids, for heaven's sake. I think that's why the idea of shipping Aang or Toph with anyone bugs me, because they're twelve. However, it seems like they marry people off young in Avatar, so for a couple like Sokka and Suki, there's a chance that they might end up married after all.
FWIW, I like the idea of Zutara (when they're older) mainly because I seem to like the former-enemies-who-fall-for-each-other thing, as with Luke/Mara and Buffy/Spike. But I also adore Aang, and hate the whole Kataang vs. Zutara (vs. Maiko) shipping crap in the fandom, because it's just a show
and we should really just relax. For me, shipping is tertiary when it comes to the main story, the action and the characters. I'd rather see awesome fight sequences or serious character moments.