What gets me is that most of the people who get down on Aang for his idealism love Zuko who... uh, if it hadn't been obvious already, was canonically stated to be an idealist in the finale. I think the point was they would have had fairly similar philosophies, but Aang was raised in a culture that emphasized freedom, balance and peace while Zuko was raised in an emotionally stifling environment. THEY BOTH HAVE SUCH DELICATE HEARTS, LOL.
BUT WTFEVER, who cares what other people think: coupled with what you've said about Aang as a truly inspiring savior figure makes me extra glad this story was framed as a narrative for children. If you do it right, writing for children can reveal more universal truths than writing for adults ever could. Maybe we get too self absorbed with our own, petty flaws the older we get? lol? o__O
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What gets me is that most of the people who get down on Aang for his idealism love Zuko who... uh, if it hadn't been obvious already, was canonically stated to be an idealist in the finale. I think the point was they would have had fairly similar philosophies, but Aang was raised in a culture that emphasized freedom, balance and peace while Zuko was raised in an emotionally stifling environment.
THEY BOTH HAVE SUCH DELICATE HEARTS, LOL.BUT WTFEVER, who cares what other people think: coupled with what you've said about Aang as a truly inspiring savior figure makes me extra glad this story was framed as a narrative for children. If you do it right, writing for children can reveal more universal truths than writing for adults ever could. Maybe we get too self absorbed with our own, petty flaws the older we get? lol? o__O