Kakku

Kakku
GENERAL
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character	Pakku
Character	Kanna
Canonical?	Canon
Status of Relationship	Married
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Het
Also Known As	Panna, Pakanna, Grankku

Kakku is the het ship between Pakku and Kanna from the Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom.

Canon

Pakku and Kanna's relationship first started while they were both teenagers and living in the Northern Water Tribe. At some point, a marriage was arranged between Pakku and Kanna as this was the tradition of the Northern Water Tribe. Pakku actually did love Kanna and carved her a betrothal necklace as this was a part of the tradition. However, Kanna did not seem to love Pakku back and did not wish to be forced into a marriage. She eventually left for the Southern Water Tribe because she was tired of the sexist customs. Pakku was upset by this and never married anybody else. Kanna settled in the south and married someone else. She has a son named Hakoda and eventually two grandchildren as well but her husband presumably passed away at some point.

Several decades passed and Kanna's granddaughter Katara arrived at the Northern Water Tribe in order to learn waterbending along with Aang. Pakku would not train her because northern customs only allowed women to learn the healing aspect of waterbending. Katara fought Pakku but he still refused to train her. However, he eventually saw her necklace and realized that she was Kanna's granddaughter. Pakku remembered that she left because of their sexist customs and finally decided to train Katara. Pakku eventually left to help rebuild the south. He and Kanna eventually got married after all and Pakku carved a second betrothal necklace for her.

Pakku and Kanna later eloped at the Misty Palms Oasis following the end of the Hundred Year War. They later went back to Kanna's home in the Southern Water Tribe and were reunited with their grandchildren Sokka and Katara. They were worried that they had missed their grandparents' wedding before learning that they simply eloped. Pakku was shown to be getting along with his stepson Hakoda and both took care of him after he was stabbed by Gilak. After the unsettlement between the Northern and Southern Water Tribes died down, Team Avatar and their allies were invited over for a feast. Kanna was nervous about people cooking in her kitchen but Pakku persuaded her to relax.

Quotes

Pakku – “This is my necklace ...”

Katara – “No, it's not. It's mine! Give it back!”

Pakku – “I made this sixty years ago for the love of my life ... for Kanna.”

Katara – “My Gran-Gran was supposed to marry you?”

— Pakku revealing that he was betrothed to Kanna in "The Waterbending Master".

Pakku – “I carved this necklace for your grandmother when we got engaged. I thought we would have a long, happy life together. I loved her.”

Katara – “But she didn't love you, did she? It was an arranged marriage. Gran-Gran wouldn't let your tribe's stupid customs run her life. That's why she left. It must have taken a lot of courage.”

— Pakku telling Katara about his betrothal with Kanna in "The Waterbending Master".

Pakku – “It is respectful to bow to an old master, but how about a hug for your new grandfather?”

Katara – “That's so exciting! You and Gran-Gran must be so happy to have found each other again!”

Pakku – “I made her a new betrothal necklace and everything.”

— Pakku announcing his second engagement with Kanna in "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters".

Sokka – "You guys got married?! "

Kanna – "Just a few weeks ago!"

Katara – "And we missed the ceremony?! I knew we should have come back sooner!"

Kanna – "No, dear, there wasn't a ceremony to miss! We eloped to the Misty Palms Oasis! "

– Pakku and Kanna announcing their wedding in North and South Part One.

Fanon

Kakku became a rather popular Avatar ship once the pairing became canon in the four-part finale of the series. However, this ship is still often overshadowed by the ships involving the younger and main characters, especially with other ships becoming canon at the end of the finale. Some fans try to bring more popularity to this ship because they feel that it is under-appreciated. However, Kakku does not have a large amount of fan art or fan fiction. On AO3, there are currently 81 works involving the pairing.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Kanna/Pakku tag on AO3

Pakku/Kanna tag on FanFiction.net