i’m confused, did people genuinely think anyone other than mei would get katara?

so when the avatar thing got announced i took a moment to think about what characters would be who. almost immediately i thought “mei katara would be perfect!” but oddly enough i saw a lot of people talking about how they hope SYM would get the katara skin. i’m sorry, what? SYM? i genuinely don’t understand how you could think anyone but mei deserves it. first of all her kit matches perfectly. a big part of water bending and ESPECIALLY katana’s water bending is ice. i mean that’s literally how she started out. the show even started because she moved some ice and found aang. and what sym should have got it because her beam kinda looks like water? get out of here. secondly mei already rocks the coat and stuff, something we see katara wear throughout the show. i honestly feel like it’s so natural on mei and would probably look kinda weird on sym. mei even kinda has a similar hair thing going on. i don’t know personally i think mei was the obvious choice and i’m glad they did it. i’m just confused with all the hate on it.