He ran from his avatar duties which led to the extinction of his entire ethnic group, and colonization of the entire world.
Suki's village got burned down because he wanted to ride the elephant Koi.
This boy basically died in the Avatar state after being told in the most direct way possible "if you die in the Avatar state the reincarnation cycle ends."
Aang is the same guy who stopped sokka and Katara from seeing their dad because he has abandonment issues.
The same guy who called upon the past avatars for an echo chamber of his opinion only to get mad at them when they don't agree with him.
Aang got really lucky that the plot clutched in the end for him with the introduction of lion turtles.
I like aang as well but man this dude made hella mistakes as an avatar.
Aang being 12 doesn't change much, he chose to run from his avatar duties before he even had any real duties. I could see if the war had started then I could maybe understand. But him just fleeing to flee...
Firstly the only real mistakes Korra made that came with big consequences was trusting tarloq, and leaving the portals open which turned out to be a huge plus because new air benders.
The biggest fuck up Korra made in this that was actually her fault was not popping the Avatar state when she was chained up fighting zaheer.
But for the most part Korra wasn't out here making mistakes outside of being a bit stubborn.
Lastly I will say season 2 ending of Korra was a bit plot armory but still played off of things that had been introduced. But yea S2 is undoubtedly the worst season of Korra.
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u/Charming-Object-863 Mar 02 '25
Aang was 12. A literal child who lost all of his friends because of something he couldn’t control.
Korra was (probably) 17. Nearly an adult who was tricked by someone when she could’ve talked to Wan about why the spirit portals were closed.