Little lad

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So I noticed in A:TLA, and it’s carried over in LoK, that Airbenders always seem to have an advantage in a fight. And at first, it felt like plot armour, particularly in A:TLA.

But when Aang fought Bumi, he lost most of that advantage. And I realised that this wasn’t just plot armour. Someone had sat and worked it out: nobody has had to fight Airbenders for generations. 

None of the other nations have had to train to face them, or practised sparring with them, or anything. Apart from Bumi, no bender in the show has ever even met an airbender before Aang comes along. And in LoK, for the most part people still haven’t. We never see fights between those who have (for e.g. we never see Tenzin and Lin fight); when Korra and Tenzin use airbending, its a unique fighting style that people aren’t trained to manage.

It’s a really small detail, and it fundamentally works to give the heroes an advantage (and make up for Aang’s young age and lack of combat experience), but I love how it’s an advantage in combat for completely logical reasons.

They’re not even pretending to give a shit about her. “No one’s concerned about her” and she can “go where she wants to go.” And of course, she’s just sooo tough, because that’s not a tired stereotype for a Black girl at all.

Why doesn't Lucas get character development outside of his love for Max?

Why did they bring Kali back just to torture her more, villanize her, and kill her off?

Why do Lucas and Erica's parents have two scenes in the show and no real hints as to who they are, even though the other party members parents do?

Why is Erica hardly in the epilogue with no lines?