Post by Amira on Jun 10, 2006 23:24:17 GMT -5
almighty said:
I would have to totally disagree with Aang being immature.Fact is, he's still a twelve-year old kid, yet he has to take on so many responsibilities that not even 40 year olds have to face. Aang is basically the hero and the scapegoat. Anything great that happens is in gratitude for the Avatar, but everything bad is also blamed on the Avatar. Sure, he likes to have fun and play around, but you have to understand that he's a kid too. Aang knows how to take responsibilities for his own actions as well. He didn't blame anyone for him leaving the air temple 100 years ago. He admitted that was his own fault. In addition, after finally forgiving himself, he moved on in life and did not dwell on the past. His best friend, Gyatso, is dead. Sure Aang was upset and lost control when he first found out but wouldn't anybody? Being the Avatar is a lot more complicated than what people think. Aang hides his stress and fatigue behind his upbeat attitude. He doesn't want to drag others down with him nor does he want to make others worry about him.
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of people feeling sorry for Zuko. The difference between Zuko's tragedy and Aang's is that Zuko made his own decisions. He was the one who wanted to go to the war room council after people had already told him not to. He was the one who chose to not fight his father. He was the one who chose to still cling onto his father and dwell in the past. He was the one who decided to leave Iroh. He was the one who still wanted to hunt down the avatar when there are more important things going on around him. Aang, however, did not have the choice of becoming the Avatar nor did he have the choice of accepting the responsibilities that came with it.
Katara also lived through traumatic times, yet she doesn't make any decisions that would ultimately hurt her. After her mother died, she took on responsibilities that normally her mother would care for. She didn't ask for her mother to die, it just happened. Even though Katara misses her mother, she doesn't sulk around and feel sorry for herself. She continues to work and save the world so that she can prevent needless killings. Do you see the difference between Katara's decision making and Zuko's? Zuko chose things that he thought would benefit him, yet in the end, it destroyed him. He could've chosen to move on from his past, but he decided to cling to it and act stubborn.
Almighty, if I could I would pile so much Karma on you that you'd need a shovel to get out from underneath of it.
Thank you and am in 100% agreement.
I hardly see Aang as treating his learning as a game. Especially after these episodes in season 2. I'm sure a 12 year old boy loves getting chased, threatened, almost killed, constantly hungry, constantly without shelter. All to do something that he didn't choose to do. He didn't choose to become the Avatar. But he has accepted it.
And I hardly see anything wrong with Katara and Aang's age difference. Especially since romance should be the last thing on their minds right now while the world is still in danger. But I'd rather see Katara with Aang, who at least cares about her and wants to see her safe and happy than with Zuko, who at this point has hardly begun to work through his emotional problems and anger issues.
miyuki said:
I think Zuko thinks more about his past and wishing he could go back to change things because that was the life he loved. So it's kind of hard for him to face the fact the past IS gone and he can never be happy like that again. Happy like that meaning in the sense of him still having his innosence. Where he didn't know about the evil things going around him and he had 2 parents who seemed to love him very dearly. At least in his eyes. Yes, he has to let go and he's made some mistakes, but THAT'S Zuko part of growing up. But I got the feeling from Zuko Alone his life even before the Agni Kai with his father was far from happy. The only one that seemed to give a fig for him was his mother and she is gone. His father doesn't seem to have lavished any attention on him at all. He seems to have this almost pathetic need to make his father notice him and that is one of his biggest failings. When he realizes that he has no relationship with his father is when he'll be able to move on.