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As in hindsight, yeah there's some things I wish I got to see or see expanded upon:

Zuko meeting the 41st Division, and how they're thankful that he stood up for them, and it just added to the honor and integrity he had in that moment. Or something. Idk, it feels like it's could be another great emotional moment for him. NAtLA did bring it in, but would've loved to see what would've been done in the cartoon. I saw one take where the soldiers with Jeong Jeong were the 41st Division.

Aang meeting and working off Ty Lee, especially as I like the theory that she may descend from Air Nomads/airbenders. If that was explored, that could range from touching for Aang to learn he may not be as alone as he thought, to an interesting dynamic and tension for him given Ty Lee is best friends with Azula and is a villain for most of the show. Depending on your stance on what LoK claims, could be interesting for Aang to potentially face the reality that airbenders could have non benders as well. Or there could be some potential drama of Ty Lee is an airbender who was right under Azula's nose and kept it secret.

I absolutely would love to see Kanna's backstory, her journey from the North Pole to the South. A nonbender who had to travel across the globe during a war, and could only work off wit as I anticipate she didn't have much if any combat training. There's a story there that is glossed over. And potentially getting to see who Hakoda's father was as its curious to me that he's not talked about at all.

By extension, I wouldn't have minded seeing a bit more on Iroh's backstory. I will say, he's one of those characters I am fine not knowing his history and leaving it up to the imagination, but that curiosity is there, just a tiny expansion.

Letting Katara and Sokka have an ep or two that actually focuses on them. Thinking back to it, while they work off each other, they never really had any episodes dedicated to them as siblings.

Toph and Zuko road trip. I just want the potential chaos of that dynamic.

Katara and Suki focused eps, as I realize they never worked off each other despite Suki dating Sokka. By extension, maybe an all girls ep when they're all together, with Katara, Toph, and Suki. Work off that joke of boys off having a chill time while girls are having a rough adventure.

AtLA's answer to the origins of the Avatar and the fate of Ursa. I did not care for the answers given in LoK or the comics.

Potential Azula Redemption. I'm open to the possibility, and I did hear the apparent plan, if it was allowed to ahppen, was that it was going to be harder than Zuko's, and that Zuko wanted a chance to try and be there for her like Iroh was for him.

Blue Spirit and Painted Lady team up, not even in the romantic sense, just, you got these two characters both pretending to be spirits and you don't ever have them meet up and team up? Missed opportunity.

Closure on Toph with her mom. Mindful, I haven't looked into it, but I haven't heard anything on the outcome between her and her parents, and based on the comics not sure I want to. But the show never answered how things went after they sent that letter.

Speaking of which, I wish I got to see Toph and Bumi work off each other, I saw once someone had an idea that Bumi should've named Toph his heir and that's a thought I like so much more.

Another Toph focused ep I wish we got was on Aang blaming Toph on Appa getting taken. It is a nice detail that Toph made an effort to learn and improve upon her sandbending

but I feel that was dropped when something should've addressed it. I almost feel like The Runaway should've been an Aang-Toph ep instead, as an ep that focused on conflict between Toph and Katara, I feel that should've been an s2 ep as you got them bonding in Ba Sing Se. Not to say they couldn't ever have any conflict in the future, but to me, the levels of the conflict between them feels it should've been placed earlier after Toph joined. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like there should be something of a consequence to Aang blaming Toph for Appa's theft. Especially as that's some of his worst, and he's taking his anger out on the wrong people.

I would also have loved to see an expansion on airbenders and their potential cultures, and Aang potentially coming across these differences and offering new perspectives or a new way to learn about air. As you look at the other elemental nations and you get to see there are variations:

Water Tribe and Swampbenders

Fire Nation and Sun Warriors

Earth Kingdom and Sandbenders

So I wonder what would be the variation for airbenders, what else is there than the Air Nomads? Would they be like, storm chasers or storm benders? A more aggressive, weather focused form of air? Would they be more like bards? Air is an element tied to communication and sound carries through the air, so would they be more musical and expressive?

And I know it would take away from the tragedy of his situation, but I also wouldn't have minded to see that there are a small few surviving airbenders, they just hid themselves away, and it can play into the reality that its unlikely the FN really did terminate all of them, and it can play into these traveling folk mingled with many, and ignoring LoK's claim that there are no non bending airbenders, it is possible any non bending descendants had airbenders themselves. It would take some pressure off Aang and any SO he has to have as many kids as they can to try and rebuild. I'd also be intrigued to see how Aang and the survivors may rebuild the culture, especially if we see a different variation of airbenders that don't follow the way of Air Nomads or if they work off another culture entirely as that's where they lived.

I'd be intrigued to see a Yue focused ep post ascending and how she works La, and what's that line between her and Tui, if there is one. I'd also be intrigued to see if the SWT had their own spirits they turned to, and they got weaker as they got thinned out, or is La meant to represent the SWT while Tui was more the NWT?

If it was made today, I would love if Mai and Ty Lee became a couple. I did really enjoy their dynamic, but I will admit I am also partial to the Goth/Pixie pair. They are the only non major couple I would've loved to have seen made official.

I wish we got a glimpse of Lu Ten and Kuzon, especially the latter. For how much he's brought up, I'm surprised we never quite saw him.

I would not have minded to see the other major Avatars expanded upon as we only got glimpses of them. Also like, do they all exist together in their own pocket of the Spirit World? Is there a dysfunctional Avatar village that's a mix of rivalries and friendships? Do they all gather around to watch the present Avatar's latest adventures and have commentary on that? I don't need it, need it, but I feel like this is a potentially funny thought or interesting to see.

There's probably other things I haven't thought of, but here is a good chunk of things I wish or wouldn't have minded seeing expanded upon or done in the og series that we just didn't get it, but could've been done in that ideal remake of AtLA.