I don’t have all the links I had saved on reddit anymore so I’m trying to get ahead of the next struggle session and I think it would be beneficial for everybody if we planned it out ahead of time. We should at least figure out what it will be about and when it should start. Any ideas? I was thinking we should do something a little bit different than the usual.
No disrespect to Bryan and Mike but TLOK’s message can be so liberal that it hurts. Never got that feeling from ATLA.
The message of overcoming trauma and accepting responsibility for your actions? TLA’s message is literally “even imperialist dictators with superpowers actively committing genocide shouldn’t be killed”.
I mean just because Aang was staying true to his pacifist roots doesn’t mean that the show universe or its characters wholly agreed with him. That part of the show was less “defeating fascism through the power of friendship” and more Aang confronting the cognitive dissonance of his wishes to remain a pacifist despite knowing that killing Ozai was the right thing to do, which even the show acknowledges is dumb and frustrating in the face of defeating fascism. Not only did the entire Gaang, including Zuko, think the firelord should die (despite their appreciation for pacifistic intention) but Avatar Kyoshi straight up tells Aang to gank Ozai when he was looking for guidance on the Lion Turtle.
Maybe my nostalgia for the show and personal bias might be getting in the way but remember that Aang is 12 years old, and a 12 year old being morally complex with panic and doubt about being told he has to murder someone doesn’t mean the show itself is awash in liberal bullshit IMO.
i am sorry but it doesnt get more liberal than “i refuse to kill firelord”
