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Why was that?

I never noticed that before, but a few narrative choices in the final stretch of Book 3 really stood out to me. While Zuko’s redemption arc is masterfully written, it feels like it inadvertently sidelines Aang and creates some jarring shifts in character dynamics.

I know it makes sense since they need to establish that Zuko has changed and he needs to clear his name for the people he hurt before and I’m glad they took their time to develop this line, but during the Sozin’s Comet it almost feels as if Zuko becomes the main character while Aang has to figure out the Ozai thing by himself.

The team gets to reunite with the White Lotus members, meet with Iroh and hear out his plan all while seems as if Zuko is in charge. He has a lot more lines than Aang and more interactions with the Gaang than Aang himself. Sure, meanwhile Aang is supposed to be solving his moral dilemma but personally I’m not a fan of separating him from the group at the end when he should feel the support of his loved ones.

I also can't shake the feeling that the final Agni Kai between Zuko and Azula was way more emotionally charged, it was absolutely cinematically stunning, and arguably the best-written fight in the entire series. And the way Katara outsmarted Azula at the end? Top notch fight strategy, tremendously brilliant. Aang vs Ozai felt a bit… too much like a DBZ-style beam struggle rather than the thematic and martial arts depth that made the show's fights so iconic. Even SokkaSukiToph’s plan to take all the airships down was inventive one way or another. All that while Aang’s secret to defeat Ozai was unfortunately a deus ex machina in the form of a Lion Turtle granting him spiritual abilities that were never mentioned before the finale.

Now the thing that baffles me the most is Katara’s feeling towards Aang. Before the Eclipse Katara was always affectionate towards Aang, interacted with him a lot and made sure he’s feeling alright. Their mutual feelings were clear - the cave kiss, the fire nation dance, her interpretation of Auntie Wu’s marriage prophecy, etc.

Suddenly after the Eclipse she’s confused? Their interactions became rare, they don’t console each other anymore. From the Sourhern Raiders episode on she interacts mostly with Zuko, comforts him and even fights Azula together with him? Katara doesn’t even get to see Aang take on the most important fight of his life, while Sokka, Toph and even Suki all witnessed it from afar. The Ember Island Players episode only made this tension between them worse.

Now I’ve read that Katara and Aang were always supposed to be endgame but I’ve also read unsupported claims that they wanted to add more tension between them by feeding the Zutara shippers?

Was this all caused by Zuko’s popularity among the fans? I only started browsing ATLA forums way after the finale so I’m not sure what the situation was like before that.

I’m certain this probably was talked about in the span of 18 years since the show’s ending but I kinda didn’t feel like digging through the old discussions, sorry for that.

I was poking around the Apple TV store and noticed the individual seasons and complete series for Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra are currently on sale in the US and Canada. USA links are below -- just want to share in case anyone's interested.

• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Series - $19.99
  • Season 1: $4.99
  • Seasons 2-3: $9.99 each
• The Legend of Korra: The Complete Series - $19.99
  • Seasons 1-2: $4.99 each
  • Seasons 3-4: $9.99 each

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When Iroh was teaching Zuko how to redirect lighting, he used / took techniques from the waterbenders. When describing waterbenders he quotes how theyre adaptable to change,

Hama was able to adapt to being chained up by developing bloodbending, and even after that she was able to hide amongst fire benders

but i do have a question, whos the best example for the other bending?

used this card because I thought the Artwork was beautiful.

the one thing that always Irked me about the Air nomad genocide was that they ALL died. I know there were baits using Artifacts to kill any remaining ones, but even then there should still have been some Nomads that were skeptical of the artifacts and stayed away.

So my Head Canon is that the Air nomads would all be at their temples to observe and celebrate the comets arrival.

Thats why the fire nation was so confident in wiping out the air nation all in one go. They'd all be back in their temples on the day.

To go on a bit more, I could imagine Sozin even using this as propaganda for the invasion, that even though the other nations also observe the Comet, only Firebenders could use it empower themselves with it, Thus arent they the ones most worthy to lead the world?

A space rock lands in your backyard you touch and wake up the next day with one of the 4 elements which one would it be and what would you do with it

Earth VS Water

Rewatching ATLA and I was pondering what if Aang was defrosted by Katara and Sokka like usual, BUT, what if...->

Aang was under pressure and ran away, caught in a storm and froze in the ocean for 100 years. During his disappearance, The Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the airbenders during Sozan's comet. The other nations responded and did their best to weather the conflict. After 15-20 long years, all the airbenders were caught and killed. The Southern water tribe did their best but are a shell of what once was. The Earth Kingdom lost some land to the Fire Nation and new colonies were established and the Northern Water Tribe was largely untouched.

The world then comes to an agreement, The Fire Nation have proven their might and what they accomplished and conquered was theirs to keep. Peace ensues (perhaps other unrelated minor conflicts here and there) and 80-85 years later, Aang, the last airbender is discovered and slowly comes to terms with the new world.

What does he do now? He has no land to call his own, no family or monks to return to? What story would ATLA tv show be about?

I figured two possibilities, 1. Roku reaches out during the solstice and warns the fire nation is up to its old tricks again, then resume the tv series but as the world is currently experiencing peace, we are never certain conflict is on the horizon until the grand finale.

1. the next comet comes and goes, the world still has peace, and aang grows up an orphan and eventually tries to start a family (kinda like what unfolded ahead of ALOK). He passes on his teaching to airbender kids and hopes they continue to try and rebuild the Air Nation and there is no ultimate conflict that drives his growth, ambition and connection to the new world.

Friend: “I finally watched Avatar: The Last Airbender like you recommended!”

Me: “Oh nice! What do you think?”

Friend: “I only saw the first episode, it’s okay.”

Me: “Yeah, the first season can be slow, but the show only gets better!”

Friend: “Oh, you must be excited since the final season is coming out soon!”

Me: “Huh???”

*Then I realize she had been watching the live-action remake on Netflix.

Please save your friends. Make sure they are watching the ANIMATED one, lmao.

In my opinion, it's a fair observation for both the show and the community. The show has several scenes where Aang is blamed for 100 year war. Kyoshi is blamed for her rightful retaliation against warmongering earth general and for creation of Dai Li (apparently she should have seen them becoming corrupt after hundreds of years). But in my opinion the only actual avatar who Failed the Avatar's grand mission is Roku.

Well, he learns of Sozin's aggressive plans. What does he do? Dethrones him and establishes new rule, to show firmly that his ambition is unacceptable? Establishes an independent institution to oversee Fire nation monarchy so there are at least some checks and balances (that's how Dai Li were created and for decent amount of time they fulfilled their mission well enough)? Personally oversees Fire Nation's rule, making sure warmongers and supremacists have no place in elite and army? No. He does nothing. Oh, sure. He threatens the fire lord with very big and strong display of power. And then goes for the rest of his life on some island to live a happy pastoral life with his wife, not even making sure to keep in good enough fighting form. And in the ends he dies miserably and leaves the world for next 18 years without the fully capable avatar and absolutely unprepared for Sozin.

And not a single character, for what I know, calls him out. Calls him a traitor, or a fool, or a failure (depends on speaker's perspective) for what he have done, or, mostly, for what he have not done. How does he get away so easily?

I do gardening, both as a hobby and as a job. I was moving several wheelbarrows of soil the other day, and, as any sensible person would, my immediate thought was "this could be done in a minute if I knew earthbending".

Fast forward a few days. I am not watering a neighbour's hundreds of sqaure feet of flowerbeds. Naturally, my mind went to: "This could have been done so much faster if I knew waterbending".

Going back to earthbending: My brother has an excavating business. Imagine if he knew earthbending. He would speed up his job by orders of magnitude. If he kept the same salary for the same amount of work, he'd quickly become a millionnaire.

I just think these things are fun to think about. What other everyday uses would bending have today?