![]() ![]() Book 1, Episode 8: “Winter Solstice - Part 2: Avatar Roku” Book 1, Episode 9: “The Waterbending Scroll”Īnother Katara episode - in case you were starting to think she was the Mom Friend, she decides to steal from pirates, before Zuko’s cronies get involved, and it goes about as well as you’d expect. It turns out the Gaang can’t make people want to fight because “Avatar” is all about choices, the Earth Kingdom prisoners have to choose it for themselves.ĥ3. Honestly, it’s exactly in the spirit of Avatar. Like the preteens and teenagers that Aang, Katara and Sokka are, they see getting captured by the enemy and becoming a literal prisoner of war in order to incite resistance against oppressors as a good plan. Book 1, Episode 7: “Winter Solstice - Part 1: The Spirit World”Įxposition time: In addition to learning the four elements, the Avatar has a spiritual responsibility. This episode gave us memorable exchanges like “Can your science explain why it rains?” “Yes! Yes, it can!” - not to mention some lovely messages about shaping your own destiny - but is largely inconsequential.ĥ5. Sokka learns that girls can fight too and Aang learns that hero worship is a double-edged sword. Book 1, Episode 4: “The Warriors of Kyoshi” ![]() Insane King Bumi’s introduction is fun, even if it’s a bit obvious that he’s Aang’s childhood friend.ĥ7. It deftly establishes Zuko’s potential, and when Aang, Sokka and Katara take off on Appa, it’s the real beginning of the show.ĥ8. And off the bat, Zuko shows he has honor - he promises to leave in peace if given the Avatar, and he does. Book 1, Episode 2: “The Avatar Returns”įor the record, Aang was never officially unbanished from the Southern Water Tribe. It’s a bit moralistic and heavy-handed, even if Aang’s lie to the two tribes is hilarious.ĥ9. It’s a good sign when a series only goes up from the first episode.Ħ0. Book 1, Episode 1: “The Boy in the Iceberg” The series as a whole is excellent, but how do the individual episodes stack up? By no popular demand, here is an entirely objective ranking of all 61 episodes of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” from worst to best.Ħ1. In fact, it’s one of the best shows of all time, full stop. ![]() Just to add to her self loathing already established in-canon.“Avatar: The Last Airbender” is one of the best animated series of all time. That being said though, I would also imagine she'd internalize some of the misogny and sometimes hate herself for being a girl. I also like to think that it motivated her even more to be "perfect" and the best firebender so she could earn her place in Fire Nation society. While I can't imagine anybody being upfront about it, Azula knows how to read people and she probably was able to take a hint that she stood out like a sour thumb. Honestly Ozai probably would've treated her with the most respect.which probably would've conditioned her to be more loyal and dependent to him as a whole. Aside from being stigmatized from her mother for being "different" and "not ladylike", I'd imagine the rest of Ozai's inner circle and the other leaders treating her with tolerance at best. Something that I think Azula would've suffered from since she's most assuredly NOT like Ursa or Michi. At most, the highest ranked females are almost always noblewomen who serves as wives. I mean you could argue that it's somewhat less sexist Water Tribes since they allow women in their armed forces, but never in a leadership position. For one, a lot of the highest ranking officials in the Fire Nation are predominantly male. I personally like to believe that Azula had suffered from a lot of sexism in the Fire Nation. ![]()
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