Ra Min

Ra Min
GENERAL
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character	Roku
Character	Ta Min
Canonical?	Canon
Status of Relationship	Married; Ta Min is deceased; Roku is reincarnated
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Het
Also Known As	Ro Min

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Ra Min is the het ship between Roku and Ta Min from the Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom.

Canon

Roku and Ta Min were childhood crushes. Roku was always a klutz around Ta Min and was too afraid to speak to her. Sozin tried to encourage him to talk to her but he found himself unable to. Ta Min later attended Roku and Sozin's shared birthday party and was seen blushing at Roku. She witnessed the sages arrive and announce that Roku was the Avatar.

Roku left for over twelve years to master the other elements but eventually returned. It turns out that they still harbored their childhood feelings for each other. He was persistent and eventually married Ta Min. At some point, they had a daughter named Rina.

Roku and Ta Min later settled in a house on a volcanic island. Ta Min and the others escaped while Roku stayed behind to try and protect the island. Sozin arrived to help but eventually left Roku to die as Ta Min watched in fear. The widowed Ta Min kept her love for Roku and never remarried.

Roku later showed Aang his memories of Ta Min over a century after his death. He showed Aang his childhood memories of him being too nervous to talk to Ta Min. He explained that love is hard at a young Aang but promised Aang that it would get better when he sympathized as he was thinking about his own unnoticed crush on Katara. Roku would later show Aang a memory of his wedding with Ta Min and explained that he was persistent and that true love would always find a way. Aang was excited to see that Roku married his childhood crush and Roku told him that being the Avatar does not hurt one's chances with the ladies either.

Children

Rina

Rina is the daughter of Roku and Ta Min. She eventually moved to the town of Hira'a on the outskirts of the Fire Nation. There she eventually married Jinzuk who was the magistrate. Together they had a daughter named Ursa. They lived a happy life until Prince Ozai arrived to propose to Ursa. They married and after the wedding, Rina was never allowed to see Ursa again. She and Jinzuk eventually passed away before Ursa was finally able to return to Hira'a.

Quotes

“Say something to her.”

— Sozin encouraging Roku to talk to his crush Ta Min in The Avatar and the Fire Lord.

“Love is hard when you are young.”

— Roku's spirit looking back on his childhood crush in The Avatar and the Fire Lord.

Aang – “Roku, it's that girl who didn't even know you're alive!”

Roku – “Ta Min. I was persistent. When love is real, it finds a way. And being the Avatar doesn't hurt your chances with the ladies, either.”

— Roku discussing his wedding with Aang in The Avatar and the Fire Lord.

Fanon

Ra Min is a rather popular ship in the Avatar fandom. Many fans enjoyed seeing Roku's past and how he also had trouble getting a girl to like him. A lot of fans were also happy to find out that Roku was Zuko's great-grandfather. Some shipped Roku with Sozin and would have rather seen them together but the fact that he left Roku to die influenced others to ship the canon Ra Min instead. Ra Min most commonly rivals the Rozin ship.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Roku/Ta Min tag on AO3

Roku/ Ta Min tag on FanFiction.net