https://nordic.ign.com/avatar-the-last-airbender-live-action/78311/news/the-big-netflix-avatar-the-last-airbender-producer-interview-this-is-a-remix-not-a-cover

  • Egon [they/them]
    hexagon
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    5 months ago

    But still liberal so the magic punisher will refuse to kill the fascist dictator but instead just metaphorically take away his soul and literally imprison him for life in a dark cell below ground, which is much better.

    • RedCat@lemmygrad.ml
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      5 months ago

      In the case of Avatar there could be a case made that Nickelodeon didn't want their children's cartoon to end with the hero killing someone.

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        What with a major theme of the series being aang struggling with the necessity of violence and actively looking for ways to end the war while avoiding it as much as possible.

      • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        I mean, aang is a very non-violent and pacifistic person. It makes sense for his character

        • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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          5 months ago

          Except for when he went into avatar mode and sank all those fire nation ships, based on the number of sailors required to operate one of those ships and the ice cold water temperature he had to have killed at least a hundred of them

          • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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            5 months ago

            He’s not Aang when he’s Avatar-mode, he’s like possessed by the cumulative consciousness of all Avatars. Or at least he’s not fully in control and just acts reflexively. He didn’t master this until the end of the series, when he seemingly could maintain avatar-mode in a stable Aang controlled way

          • fox [comrade/them]
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            5 months ago

            Every time he goes into the avatar state before then it's because he's lost control of himself and is lashing out emotionally. The avatar state is more or less a vehicle to show him at the peak of stress and emotion.

            And the fish one in particular is an "all hope is lost, no avatar has ever failed worse than this" moment combined being straight up possessed by the ocean spirit. We never see him do anything at that level again