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I wish I was a media industry failson so I, too, could get to adapt something I fundamentally don't understand | More Avatar live action stuff (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What was the rationale there? That seems like poor pacing

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think it's important to the vibes of the show in general. The point of Aang's journey isn't "grr the fire nation killed my family now I need revenge." The catalyst for his fight against the fire nation is Roku telling him that Sozin's Comet is coming soon and that Ozai is going to lead another major invasion with it. Until that point Aang mostly just wants to help Katara learn to waterbend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I see, these make a lot of sense. It also helps to create a slow burn for pay off of a battle with Ozai. Thank you! @[email protected]

Edit: You'll cringe for this, but that sort of makes sense for Netflix to not have an elephant koi detour. I think the impetuous being the air temple + a vision for the comet would be a snappy pace befitting a few seasons of a Netflix show.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's been a while since I've seen this show, but the vibe I get is that Aang's grasp on his power is still very rudimentary, so there's not much he can do about it in the moment, and so he just wants to take the edge off and have some fun to keep his mind off the fact his people were all murdered after he abandoned the air temple and deprived the world of the avatar for a century.