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I could write a damn thesis on everything wrong with the ATLA comics and LOTR. Lake Laogai aside, the original series was pretty good, though. Except the “we shouldn’t kill fascists” stuff at the end 🙄
I read some of the first ATLA comics, and some of the stuff I thought was wack, but I can’t remember what stuck out to me.
While Ozai deserved to be in the ground, I felt like him being in prison makes sense.
Yeah capturing him alive was definitely preferable. You wanna avoid rolling heads whenever possible although at times it can seem enticing. What I found odd was the deep turmoil in Aang over the prospect of killing Ozai. It is consistent with the character but I wouldn’t have worried about it personally.
Within the story’s ontology (as with most stories involving monarchies sadly), Ozai is not only the king by law but also a very poweful bender and his legitimacy as the king is derived from his talent. So taking away his bending is more effective than in a real world so to speak.
Yeah, Aang’s reluctance to kill Ozai is kind of comical. It makes sense in the story, and you have very good points about Ozai suffering psychologically and socially after being stripped of his power and imprisoned rather than killed and martyred, though.
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What was wrong with the comics? They figured out the magical solution to colonialism: Just let bygones be bygones and abandon all that silly “landback” nonsense!
Truly, genius praxis.