Avatar Bad | Episode 7
Added 2024-06-16 15:22:31 +0000 UTC
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I love this kind of criticism, where the focus is on writing choices and characterization, especially when the choices are this bad and render the story baffling and meaningless
BoYeV
2024-06-25 23:39:13 +0000 UTCIt’s also a banquet with infinite food…isn’t the obvious choice for her to give him some?? I actually cackled and said “you’re not going to let him taste it?” out loud because that would be like, a normal way for human friends to act, and instead the conversation just dies.
Dalton
2024-06-24 07:51:31 +0000 UTCAlso the Sokka and Katarra moment is rendered meaningless by them taking away Sokka’s sexism earlier on. Imagine how much more satisfying him telling her to kick Pakku’s ass would be if he had at any point not believed in her water bending abilities. The only reason he had for not respecting her abilities before was fear that the Fire Nation would find and murder her like they did her mom which is totally reasonable and not at all sexist or mean.
Dalton
2024-06-24 07:50:05 +0000 UTCAs these go on it increasingly feels like long term Netflix Avatar exposure is slowly killing Joel. Hope our boy can make it through episode 8 safely :0
Evan Schmidt
2024-06-17 19:23:38 +0000 UTCI was expecting him to ask if he could try some and they could like have a bonding moment over him learning about her culture. But he just kinda awkwardly smiles and lets the conversation die like they're distant relatives who got seated together at a wedding.
Evan Schmidt
2024-06-17 19:22:18 +0000 UTCIt's so frustrating the original was so good, getting excited to see other water benders only for them to not accept Katara was so impactful you really felt that instant anger with her..now she's mildly perturbed and takes the day to mull it over?? Like??
Mimi
2024-06-17 11:23:44 +0000 UTCTbf, I think the idea is that aang can't be "home" among Airbenders the way Katara is. It would be a touching scene, but the dialogue, editing and camera work just aren't great.
PRAMPLE
2024-06-17 04:34:20 +0000 UTCI love how this show is slowly wearing down your ability to comprehend its bizarre choices because I felt the exact same way watching it lmfao
mysticaldesign
2024-06-16 20:30:06 +0000 UTCSo glad you included the dinner scene with Katara and Aang. Me and my roommate were dying laughing for like 5 minutes after watching that the first time. “Tastes like..like home” then he just fucking LOOKS AWAY
General Crisp
2024-06-16 20:19:42 +0000 UTCThe thing with katara taking longer to fight back it does ruin the pacing but also it characterises her so much less. Katara here just has no backbone at all and has to have all her motivation given to her by some guy in her life. Originally she immediately knew what was right and wrong and was pissed off and angry and didn't take anything lying down. She's just so much less a character here and the comparison with this episode really makes it stand out
Tuff Emily
2024-06-16 20:16:22 +0000 UTCSokka’s sexism dropped dead so Aang’s could run like the wind.
Violet
2024-06-16 17:01:21 +0000 UTCI'm so sorry but look at Yue's fucking wig. It looks like it's made out of concrete I can't
helen sinning
2024-06-16 16:54:29 +0000 UTCKatara and Aang are ruined as characters in this show. Aang immediately said he wouldn't learn from Pakku if he didn't teach Katara, she had to insist. Then at Sokka's suggestion, Aang tried to teach her what he learned from Pakku in secret. In this shit, Aang is awful and sexist to Katara so she has to get that confidence from Sokka. What an insane way to neuter a feminist character, to give her internal sense of justice and equity away to a male character who needs to provide it for her.
lame_but_endearing
2024-06-16 16:29:43 +0000 UTCAang had to replace Sokka as the sexist after they learned how vital that was to fans.
ZiggyWSB .
2024-06-16 16:04:35 +0000 UTCI still can't believe they just had aang learn nothing yet
Ethan Jackson
2024-06-16 15:44:53 +0000 UTCi love when the protagonist just agrees with whomever talks to them and sponges up their beliefs and just does it ad nauseam forever, it really makes me invested in their character
lyrium
2024-06-16 15:38:03 +0000 UTC
