imagine how often aang “subtly” reminded tenzin that he would need to continue the airbender line and how ingrained that purpose became bc disappointing dad is just not an option

then here comes lin brash and badass and gorgeous and they butt heads a lot but he wants to make it work anyway but then she drops the bombshell that she doesn’t want children

by which point he’d met a lovely and considerably softer woman who might be a little young but hey she really seems to like him so?? it’s fuckboy hours for the first time in his life

I’m not blaming /anybody/ in this situation tbh this shit is just complicated and I think it’s ok to recognize that! sometimes there isn’t a villain there are just grown ass people making decisions and then living with consequences