BTW OT BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR DARK KNIGHT ASSESSMENT!!!
Now back to Avatar:
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.
AND THIS IS WHY THEY ARE LIFE PARTNERS OTP FOR ME but yes. Imagine the pockets of resistance and stubborn nationalists/racists that are gonna hate Fire Lord Zuko, lol :I HE HAS A CENTURY OF INDOCTRINATION TO FIGHT.
But seriously, they all adore Zuko, when Aang and Zuko have really had to both deal with being 'alone' in their own ways, and pushing toward their idealist ways and embracing them.
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.
This is why I'm avoiding Avatar fandom like the plague right now. God I would have given so much to have a figure like Aang and a visually compelling and narratively stunning cartoon like Avatar to watch while I was a kid.
I think that has a lot to do with it. The last thing you wrote, lol. In fact I just think most people today just have the associations that dark edgy pessimism= realism, while happy optimistic mercy stuff is all idealist and unrealistic and blah blah. The series didn't have Aang not kill Ozai (Or not die) because it was a kid's show. It never shied away from confronting death before.
It was because it would have destroyed the themes of the show. Pairings have nothing to do with the themes. It's love over fear and how hope can exist throughout how shitty war can be and how much it devastates people's lives. 8) Something westerners ... don't really understand. I'm reminded of Persepolis, when Marjane comes from Iran and is talking philosophy with westerners, and she's seen her relatives die for their freedom, while the western kids are all moaning about how life is pointless and dark and once man realizes this they play power games for fun XD
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Now back to Avatar:
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.
AND THIS IS WHY THEY ARE LIFE PARTNERS OTP FOR ME but yes. Imagine the pockets of resistance and stubborn nationalists/racists that are gonna hate Fire Lord Zuko, lol :I HE HAS A CENTURY OF INDOCTRINATION TO FIGHT.
But seriously, they all adore Zuko, when Aang and Zuko have really had to both deal with being 'alone' in their own ways, and pushing toward their idealist ways and embracing them.
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.
This is why I'm avoiding Avatar fandom like the plague right now. God I would have given so much to have a figure like Aang and a visually compelling and narratively stunning cartoon like Avatar to watch while I was a kid.
I think that has a lot to do with it. The last thing you wrote, lol. In fact I just think most people today just have the associations that dark edgy pessimism= realism, while happy optimistic mercy stuff is all idealist and unrealistic and blah blah. The series didn't have Aang not kill Ozai (Or not die) because it was a kid's show. It never shied away from confronting death before.
It was because it would have destroyed the themes of the show. Pairings have nothing to do with the themes. It's love over fear and how hope can exist throughout how shitty war can be and how much it devastates people's lives. 8) Something westerners ... don't really understand. I'm reminded of Persepolis, when Marjane comes from Iran and is talking philosophy with westerners, and she's seen her relatives die for their freedom, while the western kids are all moaning about how life is pointless and dark and once man realizes this they play power games for fun XD