r/AvatarMemes • u/Western_Echo2522 • May 22 '25

When Aang Kills

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Not saying I don’t love Aang btw. I do, I’m just mentioning something I noticed on another rewatch. That Vulture-Wasp definitely fell in two different pieces. It kinda felt like Aang’s Mace Windu v. Jango Fett moment, and I think it makes him feel more human, because he was enraged for a justifiable reason, his oldest living friend having just been kidnapped and missing, and another friend was being taken too. It was the heat of the moment. I don’t think it takes away from his character at all, I actually think it adds to it a lot. I did, however, want to point it out, because I feel like it’s easy to miss

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u/TipResident4373 May 22 '25

It's possible Aang didn't learn that there are sometimes ethical nuances back when he was at the Air Temple. He had to learn that violence, even lethal violence, is sometimes necessary.

Remember those firebender skeletons at the Southern Air Temple? It's pretty clear Gyatso took more than a few of them down before they got him.

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u/FindingOk7034 May 22 '25

FINALLY someone mentions that Aang DOESNT have the full scope and nuance of his culture. He’s 12!!! No matter what cultural background you come from, did you have the full scope and understanding of all the nuances of your culture? I highly doubt it.

Aang still had A LOT to learn from his teachers and the rest of his people, and he never will! More history to learn, more techniques, more cultural experiences, etc etc. That just ADDS to the tragedy of the Air Nomad genocide.

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u/TipResident4373 May 23 '25

Apropos to this, in Legend of Korra, Zaheer does mention reading the work of an ancient Air Nomad poet, and I still can’t figure out how he was able to come across it?

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u/Mazrodak May 23 '25

We know there are libraries in the Avatar world, so my guess would be that he found it there. IIRC Sokka knew what a library is before meeting Wan Shi Tong so that implies that there is more than one. Surely one of them has books on Air Nomads.

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u/TipResident4373 May 24 '25

That makes sense.