“Why didn’t you tell us you were the Avatar?”

“...because...I never wanted to be”

Those 6 words in Book I Chapter II of #Avatar set the theme for Aang’s entire arc

“I didn’t choose this, but it’s my duty”

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Zhao immediately outmaneuvering Zuko also lets us know Zuko is inexperienced. He’s an antagonist, but he’s “green”

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Imagine suddenly finding out you’re the last of your entire race/culture on Earth?

Can’t help but feel for Aang...

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Zuko’s Agni Kai against Zhao: Zuko will only succeed by foregoing his own anger and listening to the wisdom of his Uncle

It’s also a...foreshadowing of “Get back to the Basics”

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It’s always wild to me that King Bumi was Aang’s homeboy from a century ago.

That man is the Master Roshi of #Avatar #AvatarOnNetflix

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And so begins the terrorizing of the Cabbage Man

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Bumi’s the only person still alive from before the Hundred Year War besides Aang, yea?

Also “think differently than you usually do” & “think like a mad genius” miiiiight be foreshadowing to how Aang can’t defeat Ozai the way that’s expected

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One thing ATLA did well was show how War affects people.

The people the war is being waged on & the people waging the war are all warped by the conflict

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“Brutish savagery that passes for bending”

Love how the dialogue reminds you that bending is very cultural and, as we see in the real world, what’s sacred in one culture can be seen as barbaric by another

TL:DR - Fire Nation mad racist

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The establishment of Aang & Zuko as Foils is evident when both of them spend an episode rescuing a kidnapped companion (Sokka & Iroh, respectively)

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Aang cant bend in the Spirit World — this becomes much more important in Legend of Korra.

Dope how early that principal was established

Also, Iroh’s attunement to the spirit world hinted at by being able to see Spirit Aang on Roku’s Dragon

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Zuko saving Iroh’s hands from being crushed with a Dynamic Entry >

On his Rock Lee shit

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Just realizing Zuko is shooting flaming balls of shit from his ship at Team Avatar

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The Blockade scene is dope.

Dodging between giant fireballs on a flying Bison?

Fwea

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Avatar Roku formed secret passages under his temple out of Magma...

Roku is equally trill, equally a clown

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Okay...lemme not call Roku half a hoe.

He just went illy and got The Gaang out of a jam

Destroyed the Temple and everything

...did i mention he’s dead?

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“Wow. It took me two months to learn that move” Katara said, jealousy tinging her voice

“Well, you had to figure it out on your own...I’ve got an awesome teacher” Aang replied

SMOOTH OPERATOR AANG

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It’s lowkey wild how Iroh is very much comedic relief in these early episodes

Can’t wait til he becomes “Sagely Uncle” Iroh in Book 2

But we already know he used to be The Dragon of the West who laid siege to Ba Sing Se for 600 Days

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Now we meeting Jet and his gang of tree thugs

These lil kids homicidal maniacs tryna flood a whole village just to kill some soldiers, if my memory serves me correctly

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“Fire Nation killed my parents. I was only 8 years old...

That day changed me forever.”

Again —series is one of the few that captures the effects long ears have on people

But..shut up Jet. Katara hot in the pants for him after 8hrs...thotbending ass

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“Your boyfriend Jet’s a -THUG-“

Sokka said that with a hard -er

Went full Sokkaren

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“He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

— Friedrich Nietzsche

This is Jet’s entire role. The fires of war consume indiscriminately

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Oh no. This “The Great Divide” episode

The only BAD episode in this entire series

Just a useless episode — nothing happens besides Aang & Katara kissing to spark shit up

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The Guide got clapped up by something straight outta Starship Troopers

Aang tried to compliment Katara

And she immediately said “He’s just a good friend”

Ouch.

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Katara getting told she’s gonna marry a Powerful Bender & Aang showing that his Mack Daddy Airbender without any Avatar state...kindve boof lol

Lil shorty callin Katara a Floozy at the end tho >>>>

The Waterbender Dads have been the best in the series and in LoK (minus Unalaq)

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This the episode where the Arm wrestling dude looks like Ryu from Street Fighter

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