So, did anyone else notice a pattern in the world's perception of Avatars?
Air, they are practically revered as the best; generally, we only hear praise about Yangchen, and Aang ended a hundred-year war.
Water, they are the worst. For quite some time, Kuruk was presented to us as lazy and careless. Korra faced countless problems and is blamed by others for destroying the world, as far as we know.
Earth, Kyoshi appears to be loved except by that small pro-dictator town. We don't know much about Pavi yet, but her design looks sweet, and we could assume she'll be focused on uniting the people of a shattered world or something similar, something she could be loved for, or at least restoring people's belief in the Avatar.
Fire, We only have Roku and Szeto, and their lives seemed to be largely defined by their nation. Szeto focused on his people's politics, while Roku couldn't prevent them from starting a war.
Until we have more examples, the last two are mostly speculation, but we could say that this pattern arises from a cycle.
Air has to deal with problems that lead them to be revered once they are resolved, and their mistakes are not held against them much. Water is seen as deficient compared to its predecessor and is mostly recognized for its mistakes. Earth provides a visible solution to its predecessor's problems, which grants it enough love from the people for Fire to focus on problems with its own nation, but these lead to the problems that Air will have to face, and so the cycle begins again.
What do you think? Did I get too lost in creating my fanfic, or could it be plausible for canon?
