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I know this show holds a special spot in many people's hearts, but:
reminder that the script had Katara lecturing Sokka with literal feminist talking points right at the beginning of Season 1
and that for most of the show, Katara was a naturally-skilled strong womyn while her male brother was a comic-relief buffoon
She is indeed a Mary Sue, with no justification as to why. Maybe water-benders follow the Inverse Law of Ninjutsu and get stronger the fewer there are.
They didn't want a Galbrush, so she needed to be more competent than the prophesied god-character. Her character arc is literally "I need to be less perfect all the time". All her stories are that she's too good, or too nice, or too mature, and she goes through narrative arcs to be less perfect. But... she DID have that character arc.
Which makes her leagues better than most Mary Sues.
Except the one where they steal the water scroll and she can't keep up with Aang and gets so bitchy pirates attack them.
Or the one where she gheushes over a guy trying to masacre an entire village because they're on the wrong side.
Same with Toph, she's completely retarded socially. They do have flaws which keep them somewhat humble (and they really can be insufferable when they forget that), and enjoyable.