[AtLA Fic] The Moon and the Ocean

[beckyh2112]

Title: The Moon and the Ocean
Characters: Katara, Yue, Northern Water Tribesfolk
Rating: G
Word Count: 800+
Summary: With an afternoon off from her waterbending training, Katara tries to get to know Princess Yue and learns just how different the Northern Water Tribe is from the Southern.
Author's Notes: This was written for purimgifts 2011.

Comments

[jayitaintso]

This is excellent. Thank you for sharing it.

[beckyh2112]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[beboots]

I thought that this was lovely. :) I like how earnest Katara is in hanging out with Yue, and how she kind of notices that she is (sad)/bored. I liked the way you wrote that impression. I really liked the lines like this - "Come on, they'll have the morning catch mostly clean by now. No chance they'll make us help." Katara doesn't yet really understand what being royalty in the North actually MEANS yet. ;)

""I'm a healer," Yue said, a hard edge in her voice. "Fighting is for men. And Southerners," she added diplomatically." I liked this moment, and Katara's reaction. Very understandable. Yue's TRYING to be nice and understanding, but... yeah.

I thought that the fic ended on a very interesting note, too: "The Northern Water Tribe had never lost anything, she realized with a sinking heart, and their sister tribe had lost everything." ;_;

Thank you so much for writing!

[beckyh2112]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Katara really doesn't understand what being royalty means in general, but especially not in the Water Tribes. (Hey, Prince Zuko seems to do work! If you call chasing the Avatar work.) Of course Yue is going to help with things like cleaning fish! Katara had to! :D

The two Tribes are really very different from each other. It's interesting to see that in action.

[beboots]

Oh definitely, I think that there will be a LOT of culture clash between North and South. It's all the worse, too, especially for Katara, because hey, they're all WATER TRIBE so she assumes that they'll be more similar than they actually are... And that's even more difficult than switching modes completely and thinking "All right, I'm in the Earth Kingdom now, I EXPECT them to be different from me."

[ladyhadhafang]

Poor Katara. And Yue. :(

This was really well done! :D

[beckyh2112]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[ladyhadhafang]

You're welcome. ^__^