tartrazeen:almost-always-eventually-right:almost-always-eventually-right:sophelstien:why is this you
tartrazeen:almost-always-eventually-right:almost-always-eventually-right:sophelstien:why is this youtube comment the best analysis of what i’ve ALSO thought was a cop-out for the past ten yearsAre you telling me my YouTube comment from like a year ago has been getting up to 37,000 notes this whole fucking time. Like are you for real??? holy fuckImportant update to the people in the notes. I never said Air Nomad culture was ignorant or wrong or insufficient. I said Aang’s actions were an act of defiance against this hypothetical notion, one which was being drilled into him by all the previous Avatars he contacted and all of his friends. This is made clearer with the example of the scene with Monk Gyatso’s remains. Just wanted to clarify. I feel it’s very important to the analysis with regards to its intent. A character having flaws or less-than-perfect attributes is a necessity when they inhabit a complex world, and I don’t think that Aang is evil for not wanting to go against his culture by committing murder. He’s a complex individual and a child with the fate of the world thrown on his back as well as being the member of a genocided culture which he alone is capable of rebuilding. The show gave him an out. I think he deserved it. That’s the point.Dude. I love the nuance in this.I gotta be real, hate the ending of avatar, but love this discourse. This is the kind of nuanced discussions I want to have. -- source link