r/ATLA • u/doublenostril • 1d ago
r/ATLA • u/_billyiswaiting • 1d ago
Question Who’s done your favorite reaction to the show?
Every once in a while I get really sad I’ll never be able to watch the show for the first time again. Watching reaction videos is the closest I’ve come to that feeling with other shows, so I’m curious, what YouTubers have the best reactions to the series? I’m talking good balance of watching and commentary/review, picking up on thematic elements and character arcs, and no super annoying or bad editing lol. Thanks everyone!
r/ATLA • u/bubblesli96 • 2d ago
Art Mini turtle duck earrings I made!
🐢🦆handmade with polymer clay! I love mini things 😍
r/ATLA • u/Choice_Narwhal_2437 • 1d ago
Art depressed nun (Avatar Yangchen) again (@Marigoliad on Twitter)
r/ATLA • u/National-Angle-5396 • 1d ago
Question I'm looking for a good past kataanf reacts to the future fanfic
it's been almost impossible to find a fanfic with this concept, it doesn't have to be a bunch of content I just want them to react to the kisses and maybe "why would I choose cosmic energy over katara" and the fact that they start a family, I can't get enough of these two
r/ATLA • u/FlamesOfKaiya • 2d ago
Discussion Were Mai & Zuko together before his banishment?
r/ATLA • u/Wyatt-91106 • 2d ago
Discussion New Avatar Lego Sets?
Back in 2006 Lego released two Avatar sets which were the Air Temple and a Fire Nation ship, and they included a couple of the characters from the show. But then Lego discontinued it in 2007. Apparently, it was because it was unpopular with fans. Still, I feel like a lot of people today would totally want more Avatar sets, especially since the creators are working on a new show and a bunch of other things for the Avatar universe. My question tho is what other avatar sets do you think they could make?
r/ATLA • u/lunarson24 • 2d ago
Discussion Weird opinions in the Facebook group for ATLA
I'm also a part of the Facebook group for Avatar The last Airbender and I'm so sick of hearing the comparison between Avatar, The last Airbender and Korra. Just to preface this, I enjoy both shows, but people keep saying that the reason we like Avatar The last Airbender more than the legend of Korra is simply because of nostalgia and that's not the case....
Here's my two cents...
The Nature of Their Mistakes
The comparison between Aang's and Korra's mistakes isn't quite a one-to-one.
Aang's Mistake: Aang's "fumble" was made when he was a scared 12-year-old child who had just been told he was the Avatar and was about to be separated from his mentor and home. He ran away from a responsibility he wasn't ready for. The entire narrative of Avatar: The Last Airbender is his journey of atonement and growth to fix that single, pre-series mistake. The audience forgives him because the story frames it as a child's understandable fear, and his entire arc is about making things right.
Korra's Mistakes: Korra begins her journey as a powerful, confident teenager who has already mastered three elements and embraces her title. Her mistakes—siding with Tarrlok, opening the spirit portals, and ultimately losing the connection to her past lives—are made while she is an active, fully-realized Avatar. These aren't errors of a scared child in the past; they are misjudgments with massive, world-altering consequences that happen in the present. The loss of the past Avatars, for example, wasn't just a "stumble"; it was a permanent erasure of the series' core lore, which many viewers found to be a jarring and destructive plot point, regardless of Korra's role in it.
The criticism isn't that Korra makes mistakes, but that the scale and permanence of her mistakes are fundamentally different and, to some, detrimental to the world-building.
Narrative Structure vs. Character Bias
Your point about nostalgia and rigid thinking is a factor, but it doesn't account for critiques of the show's actual writing and structure.
Cohesive Saga vs. Seasonal Arcs: ATLA is a single, cohesive 61-episode story about ending a 100-year war. Every action builds towards a clear, final goal. LOK, by contrast, was initially planned as a miniseries and then extended, resulting in four distinct seasons, each with its own self-contained antagonist and political issue (anti-bending populism, spiritual chaos, anarchism, fascism). While this reflects "modern politics," some viewers found the seasonal structure felt disjointed and rushed compared to the epic, long-form storytelling of the original.
Writing Critiques Beyond Bias: Many common criticisms of LOK have little to do with comparing Korra to Aang. They often focus on:
Plot Resolutions: Some major plot points, like Korra regaining her bending from Aang's spirit in Season 1 or becoming a giant spirit to fight Unalaq in Season 2, are criticized as deus ex machina moments that feel unearned.
Supporting Cast: While Korra's personal journey is compelling, the development of her "Team Avatar" (Mako, Bolin, and Asami) is often viewed as less consistent and emotionally resonant than that of the original "Gaang."
The "Moronic President": Using Zaheer's line as proof of nuanced political commentary is tricky. Many would argue that President Raiko being portrayed as a simplistic, "moronic" politician is an example of the show's sometimes shallow approach to the complex political ideas it introduced.
In short, it's not that the criticism of Korra is baseless; it's that it stems from judging the show on its own terms its pacing, its plot devices, and its handling of the world's loreand finding it lacking in areas where its predecessor excelled. Dismissing these points as simple nostalgia oversimplifies a complex and legitimate critical discussion.
There is a million other reasons I could describe of why I like Avatar of The last Airbender more But these are the main reasons I feel why Korra is necessarily worse so to say.
r/ATLA • u/Jaymac720 • 3d ago
Discussion How long would Iroh and Zuko have stayed in Ba Sing Se if Azula hadn’t overthrown the government?
In the beginning of “The Guru,” Zuko seemed downright happy to be with Iroh at the Jasmine Dragon and living in their apartment in the upper ring. Would he have stayed in that state indefinitely, or do you think he would eventually have snapped out of it and gone back to who he was before?
r/ATLA • u/DeadBySmite • 4d ago
Art Finally got my first Avatar tattoo done
Been wanting one forever and just never got around to it till now. 🙂
r/ATLA • u/the_ajan • 4d ago
interesting Swamp Monster? "Dancing" tree of Sumatra, Indonesia
r/ATLA • u/mosshawk • 4d ago
Art [OC] In the Boiler Room
Drawing in the boiler room and boiling in the drawing room…he can’t catch a break 🥀
Started rewatching ATLA again. Book 1 might be my favorite!
r/ATLA • u/Deep_Revenue_7814 • 3d ago
Question To the people defending Katara’s hateful behavior towards her father.
Her father is the chief of the Southern Water 💧 Tribe, henceforth he has to fulfil his chiefly duties to fight against the Fire 🔥 Nation , didn’t Katara want her father to put an end to this war , like I said, back in the Bato of the Water 💧 Tribe episode she did NOT display any hard feelings towards him and NO reluctance in reuniting with him, in the comic The Bridge comic episode and The Awakening episode, yet she was hateful to her father, being unreasonably hostile to her father and the fact that she voiced her understanding why her father left which is fighting against the Fire 🔥 Nation - something she wants questioned her sadness and anger and hurt towards her father goes to show her hostility towards her father was unjustified and hateful. How can you justify her hateful and infuriating behavior towards her father? If Sarada from Boruto were to be mad at her father Sasuke who is notorious for being emotionally distant and not being there for her for 12 years since infancy, her hostility towards her father is arguably justifiable than Katara’s towards her father.
r/ATLA • u/just_deli • 4d ago
Art Did a Kyoshi Fanart, been a Fan ever since she gave Aang the BEST Advice!
r/ATLA • u/ashwhurst • 4d ago
Discussion Exclusive Preview: Journey Into Avatar’s 'Beasts of the Four Nations'
r/ATLA • u/FlamesOfKaiya • 5d ago
Discussion Why didn't Sokka try to figure out how his invasion plan got leaked?
Information Love the DVD Commentary
In episode 208 “The Chase” we see Azula traveling in a “Tank Train.” According to the dvd commentary, Azula’s mentors, Lo and Li, are driving the tank train, they got little goggles and it’s how they travel with her.
(I cannot verify exactly who said it because I can’t identify voices but they had Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, and Steve Ahn commentating)
r/ATLA • u/Deep_Revenue_7814 • 4d ago
Discussion Honest confession about Katara’s undeserved mistreatment towards her father.
I hate Katara so much because she was so hateful to her father, back in the Bato of the Water 💧 Tribe episode she did not display any hard feelings towards him and no reluctance in reuniting with him, in the comic The Bridge comic episode and The Awakening episode, she was hateful to her father, being unreasonably hostile to her father and the fact that she voiced her understanding why her father left which is fighting against the Fire 🔥 Nation - something she wants questioned her sadness and anger and hurt towards her father goes to show her hostility towards her father was unjustified and hateful. Seeing people hating on her is honestly satisfying, karma is a bitch, such hateful behaviour towards her father will come back to her.