daydream11
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Aang
Jun 12, 2006 16:25:16 GMT -5
Post by daydream11 on Jun 12, 2006 16:25:16 GMT -5
Earth is a challenge for him both mentally and physically. It's his oppsoite in every way. Now fire is going to be hard for him. He has serious personal emotion issues with fire and all things of it. I bet it's going to be even worse than earth for him in terms of not only learnning, but accepting.
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HisElement
FN Katara
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Aang
Jun 12, 2006 16:32:34 GMT -5
Post by HisElement on Jun 12, 2006 16:32:34 GMT -5
Especially because of what happened last time with Katara in The Deserter. I think he doesn't feel he's mature, strong or disciplined enough to learn firebending, and he's afraid he'll cause pain to others through it. Like Jeong Jeong said, fire only brings destruction.
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Aang
Jun 12, 2006 21:24:03 GMT -5
Post by astroanna on Jun 12, 2006 21:24:03 GMT -5
"Especially because of what happened last time with Katara in The Deserter. I think he doesn't feel he's mature, strong or disciplined enough to learn firebending, and he's afraid he'll cause pain to others through it. Like Jeong Jeong said, fire only brings destruction." A very good point... I think that this is going to be what creates a lot of the dramatic tension we see in the episodes where Aang learns firebending. Like earthbending, though, it's just going to take the right trigger for him to get it. I think he has the intensity he needs within him, it just needs to be brought out. This trigger could possibly be anger, a desire for revenge or some other powerful emotion. The trick is for him to learn control, which is the problem he had with firebending the first time he tried it. Maybe he and Zuko aren't so different in this respect. Just as Zuko needs to deal with the turmoil in his soul to redirect lightning, so Aang will have to deal with his past in order to gain control over fire which, as Jeong Jeong said, is destructive by nature. It's also going to take him gaining a certain amount of self-confidence. He has to be sure that he won't hurt people unintentionally with his firebending and that will take time and training. The pitfall, however, that we've seen with so many firebenders is pride. *ahem Zhau ahem* This is a pitfall Aang must avoid because it could cause more problems for him in the future. The key, as we've seen over and over, is balance.
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Jeth
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Aang
Jun 13, 2006 0:59:25 GMT -5
Post by Jeth on Jun 13, 2006 0:59:25 GMT -5
Aang! I love him because he's no tragic hero, nor is he a wide-eyed ingenue. He's just a twelve year old kid who's dealing with much more than any other twelve yea old kid has to deal with. I like that he is never more or less immoral than any other average human being. He has no tragic flaws and neither is he an angel. Here's to the writers for creating a great everyman! (well, everyboy technically)
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daydream11
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Aang
Jun 13, 2006 8:07:26 GMT -5
Post by daydream11 on Jun 13, 2006 8:07:26 GMT -5
"Especially because of what happened last time with Katara in The Deserter. I think he doesn't feel he's mature, strong or disciplined enough to learn firebending, and he's afraid he'll cause pain to others through it. Like Jeong Jeong said, fire only brings destruction." A very good point... I think that this is going to be what creates a lot of the dramatic tension we see in the episodes where Aang learns firebending. Like earthbending, though, it's just going to take the right trigger for him to get it. I think he has the intensity he needs within him, it just needs to be brought out. This trigger could possibly be anger, a desire for revenge or some other powerful emotion. The trick is for him to learn control, which is the problem he had with firebending the first time he tried it. Maybe he and Zuko aren't so different in this respect. Just as Zuko needs to deal with the turmoil in his soul to redirect lightning, so Aang will have to deal with his past in order to gain control over fire which, as Jeong Jeong said, is destructive by nature. It's also going to take him gaining a certain amount of self-confidence. He has to be sure that he won't hurt people unintentionally with his firebending and that will take time and training. The pitfall, however, that we've seen with so many firebenders is pride. *ahem Zhau ahem* This is a pitfall Aang must avoid because it could cause more problems for him in the future. The key, as we've seen over and over, is balance. I agree on what you have said. With fire, Aang is not only going to have to have the self-confidence and the clear mindset, but as it is with Earth, he is going to have to both face it head on and learn how to do that creatively. Many firebenders (Like Zhao for instance) take the "back road", or try to get the job done through the short cut. I hate to say that he's in the right here. Fire is rage and if you are in the way, you are toast (literally). With fire, facing it head on means facing it in the way that it's not headed and destroy it that way. The war room scene with Zuko at 14 proves that. He has to think like fire, and I'm not sure that it will be easy since he has so many bad connection with it.
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Aang
Jun 13, 2006 8:25:09 GMT -5
Post by neodee2243 on Jun 13, 2006 8:25:09 GMT -5
Aang kinda was a tragic hero...not really wanting to be the Avatar...just wanting to play all day...simple kid...
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Aang
Jun 22, 2006 11:00:09 GMT -5
Post by neodee2243 on Jun 22, 2006 11:00:09 GMT -5
Well, looks like Aang's got only ONE more season to beat OZAI and whoever sides with him...I can already tell that battle is just gonna be huge! We'll see alot of ppl Aang and co met throughout the series bring some help to the table...
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Aang
Jun 24, 2006 23:20:59 GMT -5
Post by astroanna on Jun 24, 2006 23:20:59 GMT -5
To change the subject slightly..... Let's say (for argument's sake) that Zuko eventually decides that the only way he's going to be able to go forward is to appeal to Aang and his friends and go with them on their journey. I've been thinking about how this encounter would happen and it occurs to me... I think at first Katara and Sokka would be pretty resistant to the idea. Ultimately, though, I think they will accept that it is Aang's decision. He is the Avatar and it is up to him to decide who they need to have with them, who they can trust, etc. I think this will provide a lot of dramatic potential, both due to the friction that may arise between Aang and his friends as well as the strength Aang will have to demonstrate in order to stand up to his friends. I think he'll have to (as Toph would say) face this head on and find a way to overcome his friends' understandable reservations. I think this will make him a stronger person and a better friend when all is said and done, though. OK, done rambling...
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Aang
Jun 25, 2006 11:35:58 GMT -5
Post by 2X the All-Powerful! on Jun 25, 2006 11:35:58 GMT -5
that's a pretty good theory. What if then, when Sokka and Katara finally trust him, Zuko suddenly betrays them? that would be even more dramatic...
Does anyone else see similarities between Aang and Jesus, and Roku and God the Father? He virtually is the "successor" of Roku, at the same time being part of Roku, and he has to save the world at the same time trying to be human.
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Aang
Jun 25, 2006 21:17:06 GMT -5
Post by astroanna on Jun 25, 2006 21:17:06 GMT -5
"that's a pretty good theory. What if then, when Sokka and Katara finally trust him, Zuko suddenly betrays them? that would be even more dramatic..." You know, if/when Zuko decides to join Aang and company, I have a feeling he'll stick with them. Zuko, for all his faults, seems to have a code of honor that is very important to him. Besides that, the fire nation has now exiled him. I don't think he would risk that kind of betrayal for the people who have clearly abandoned him. On the other hand, he is in a very confused and turbulent place emotionally, so I guess you never know. If he does commit betrayal, though, I think Iroh for one would be extremely dissapointed in him. To betray a loyalty that was given in good faith breaks that very code of honor Zuko strives to abide by. Besides that, it would be an exact repitition of the betrayal his father committed against him. "Does anyone else see similarities between Aang and Jesus, and Roku and God the Father? He virtually is the "successor" of Roku, at the same time being part of Roku, and he has to save the world at the same time trying to be human." As far as the Avatar as Christ allegory goes, I think it's a matter of a common literary language that permeates great stories. Personally I think the Avatar is closer to the idea of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader whom Buddhists believe is reincarnated and (no surprise here) is identified by testing numerous infants. A plethora of different objects is placed before the infant and if the infant chooses the objects that are relevant to the Dalai Lama's past lives, then they know they have found the next one. Sound familiar?
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Aang
Jul 16, 2006 16:13:57 GMT -5
Post by kiana on Jul 16, 2006 16:13:57 GMT -5
So... we finally get to see Aang's dark side. His character is developing and changing so much I can't wait 2 months to see how all this is going to affect him...Aang's seems to have this whole Anakin Skywalker thing going on. Appa poor poor Appa.
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Aang
Jul 16, 2006 16:38:36 GMT -5
Post by snoozer on Jul 16, 2006 16:38:36 GMT -5
Breaking news the fun loving Aang we all know is gone. He totally has a right to be mad he should let it out on those rotten sandbenders not onn toph and the rest of them.
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Aang
Jul 16, 2006 16:48:42 GMT -5
Post by kiana on Jul 16, 2006 16:48:42 GMT -5
I think there's far to Aang's anger then just losing Appa, I really truly think Aang has been bottling up and suppressing his negative feelings and emotions since waking up from the iceberg and this incident is the shake that blow the cap off the bottle. I'm sure Aang will feel bad about how he treated his friends but for now he needs to let it all out.
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MsJimmy
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Aang
Jul 16, 2006 17:19:48 GMT -5
Post by MsJimmy on Jul 16, 2006 17:19:48 GMT -5
^ I agree. I was thinking star wars in that episode too. Even with the whole sandbenders cause they looked like those... anyhow, off subject, I think Aang is have a little anikin thing going on.
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Aang
Jul 16, 2006 17:55:39 GMT -5
Post by Amira on Jul 16, 2006 17:55:39 GMT -5
Breaking news the fun loving Aang we all know is gone. He totally has a right to be mad he should let it out on those rotten sandbenders not onn toph and the rest of them. He reacted in a way that is common for someone experiencing grief. And he reacted in a way that was very human. He was hurting terribly and probably stressed because he knew they were probably dead without Appa. Breaking news...Aang's a kid. A kid with a huge weight on him and a lot of loss and grief in his past and present situations. Aang's usually very sweet-tempered and easygoing and it seems to take a lot to get him angry. This isn't the first time Aang yelled at Toph about Appa. He yelled at her in "The Chase." It is apparent that Appa is very important to Aang. To condemn him for being a stressed out, grief-stricken kid is not right.
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