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Season 1 was for the establishment and fleshing out of the world. Many episodes in it introduced us to the characters, their personalities, and gave us a sense of the overarching plot while establishing group dynamics.
Season 2 becomes far more interpersonal, and also creates specific goals rather than an overarching mission. It develops the tone from broadly wonderlike to slightly more mature, with specific beats.
This wasn’t as clear but I think the idea of killing the Firelord didn’t come until later because they were planning to force a surrender during Day of Black Sun, taking the city and subduing the Firebenders while they were powerless.
The govt also used Star Wars, in which the US was used as inspiration for the Galactic Empire, in their propaganda as well, because they misunderstood the story. By all means, critique the show, but pretending a post like *this* is indicative of ATLA’s politics is silly lol
Simply taking refuge is one thing, ex. the Gaang in the Western Air Temple. Actively defacing and destroying historical spaces to make way for modern “progress” and convenience can be frowned upon even here in our world, hence certain legal protections for “historic sites”.
What we need to recognize is that in not killing Ozai, Aang actually defeated him twice. The Avatar State proved itself more powerful than the comet Ozai believed gave him the divine right and power to burn the world. Then Aang’s mercy proved Ozai’s entire philosophy was a lie.
Had Aang killed Ozai, it would have been the same as if Luke had killed Vader, or the Emperor. The battle of ideals was just as important as the battle of body. The ideal won the fight, not just the person.
What is worse for a man like Ozai? A martyr’s death, or a life of defeat? Ozai desired nothing but power, to live with both his throne and his bending taken from him is a worse fate than any death he could have had.
Unrelated but this one of my fave panels out of that comic. It shows how much of a tragic hypocrite Azula ended up being 😪
Ngl I wonder if this is acc a failure on the show’s part or more a certain type of Zuko stan being unwilling to reconcile his status as a victim of abuse *and* a contributor to/benefactor from global imperialism. Seems like they’re just *pretending* not to know, sometimes.
