#41st

I haven't see the live action avatar (I'm a Katara stan yall I just can't do it) but going based of reviews and general consensus I can see I'm going against the grain here

I hate that the 41st is Zuko's crew

I've seen so many people say that it was the only change they liked but I cannot get on board with it

My biggest issue and I guess this is on me since it wasn't stated in the show (though heavily implied) was that I and many assumed that the 41st was child soldiers

I know they only state it's new recruits in the og but even as a kid I assumed that meant teens at the very oldest

I thought the 41st would be 14/15 year olds

And I assumed they all died

Leaving the fate of the 41st ambiguous was what made the fire nation terrifying to me as a kid, were they really willing to kill their own children? That's what made Zukos banishment hit so hard for me because if the Fire Lord could maim his own child, what was happening to the other kids in the fire nation?

Also it takes away a level of cruelty from Ozai, even if the 41st is alive is he really going to let Zuko know that, is going to let Zuko see the people he saved?

Plus I think it really sours Iroh telling the crew about Zuko's compassion and love of his nation and its people; instead it sounds more like "stop complaining that he's disrespectful he saved your lives"

I just can't see how it adds to the story and I think it actually makes Zuko's arc with his crew worse.

In my opinion, it messed with the untold story telling, we didn't need to know what happened to the 41st. Why not let the audience draw their own conclusions instead of dumbing it down

IM REALLY PROUD OF THIS!!! tcw nerds if the pose looks similar it’s because the commissioner specifically requested I base it off of the pose that fives uses for his promo photo thingy. it was really fun converting it over to live action phase 1.5 and I cant believe it got it so close (I think)! drawing arc troopers is a NIGHTMARE tho, but I’m REALLY proud of how it came out

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✨41st Recon Squad Camp Site ! ✨

Closeups and other stuffs under the cut !

harry: drinks the bong water

jean: blows the bong water out of the chamber

Here are the boys in green. I realize now I could have done more of a camouflage look, but I think the splatter design works well enough.

Left to right is standard, special ops, and commander variants.