LightThatIgnitesAll t1_j5bso2y wrote on January 21, 2023 at 9:27 PM

Reply to comment by Bushgjl in Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live action T.V. Series Adaptation). by [deleted]

Misunderstandings sure but >!the peaceful monk who was reluctant to kill the big bad in Ozai just a few weeks ago is now considering killing one of his best friends.!<

Bushgjl t1_j5bt4dk wrote on January 21, 2023 at 9:30 PM

It makes sense though because Zuko would not relinquish the colonies to the Earth Kingdom, and was going to fight and kill more people for them right after losing a war. Mostly under his fathers advice.

From Aangs perspective he might have replaced one monster with potentially another, being a child and lacking perspective this makes sense.

LightThatIgnitesAll t1_j5btj5f wrote on January 21, 2023 at 9:33 PM

>It makes sense though because Zuko would not relinquish the colonies to the Earth Kingdom, and was going to fight and kill more people for them right after losing a wa

He hadn't even spoke to Zuko so had no real insight into his thoughts.
Ozai was about to commit genocide and Aang was still trying to avoid killing him.

>From Aangs perspective he might have replaced one monster with potentially another

Aang's view on one of the members of the Gaang changing that quickly in a negative way also seems OOC.

>being a child and lacking perspective this makes sense

Yes it does but he has always lacked perspective because he would take too much of a positive view on things not a negative one.

Bushgjl t1_j5bu5hs wrote on January 21, 2023 at 9:37 PM

I mean it makes sense to me, you have to unexperienced children in leadership positions with both being informed by extremist views. Zuko by Ozai and Aang by Roku, both encouraging the other to take a strongman position to enforcing order on the world.

So Aang considering killing Zuko under the advice of Roku and believing himself to have failed in bringing peace is not unbelievable.

LightThatIgnitesAll t1_j5buza5 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 9:43 PM

>I mean it makes sense to me

I see I guess it's just a difference of opinion. For me, it makes zero sense, hurts the show and sours Aang's character arc.

Bushgjl t1_j5bvna1 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 9:48 PM

To me it doesn't hurt his character arc because the idea Aang would never make serious mistakes after the series ended was unlikely.

His character arc in TV show is accepting his responsibility as the Avatar and becoming fully realized. However he has no peacetime leadership experience and is still very young, so expecting him to struggle with the morally grey areas of peacetime is to be expected.

You can see in the Legend of Korea that Aang and all the gang change drastically in their lives to fit the roles they take on.