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I can sympathize with all of the things that were going on at the time and all of the emotions Tony felt, but he's learned to keep people (a teenage stranger no less!) out of his battles! That happened in Iron Man 3, no? Harley nearly got killed because Tony was merely camping in his garage! Pepper nearly died, got kidnapped, and got mixed up with the Extremis stuff because Tony revealed his address, endangering himself and dragging everyone who lives with him (AKA: Pepper) along into the danger! He knows this by now, so why drag (and pretty much blackmail) a teenager into a fight—that did not have to get physical, mind you—between him and Steve? Ugghhh, it's almost a miscommunication trope without the romantic involvement (or with it if you ship Steve and Tony: who am I to rain on that parade?)

And in Homecoming, Tony just seems so dismissive! He gives Peter a taste of running with the big leagues (not a very apt experience since it was a petty squabble and not an actual fight for the good of the world) and then tells him to go on stopping purse snatchers and stuff? Like, Peter's young, I get that, but he never was just Spider-Man to stop purse snatchers, the video of him catching that car proves that! And Tony saw that video, so he knows. The whole airport fight, Peter was so enthusiastic to be there, how could Tony not see that? How could he expect him to not go after someone who's actively making lives more dangerous by selling alien-tech-juiced up weapons like Adrian Toomes? (Pardon if that's not his name in the MCU) It wouldn't have been an issue if Tony listened to Peter and actually handled it instead of saying he'll handle it and then do absolute jack to deal with it! So, when Peter steps up since Tony isn't, he gets in trouble and stripped of the suit that's saved his life and Karen, who was a massive help for him!

I wonder what was Tony's thought process there because Peter was going out in sweats to be Spider-Man before he got the suit, why wouldn't he just go back to that? Because Tony said so? Because the suit that he no longer has is the only way to go about as Spider-Man? Naturally, Peter threw himself into danger because with or without the suit, he'd feel responsible if things went wrong and he did nothing to help! He told Tony that he'd feel responsible for the bad things that happen if he didn't do anything. And no, the "and if something happened to you, I feel like that's on me" does not make it better because Tony apparently cares. Those are vastly different things. Tony feels responsible for Peter's safety, Peter feels responsible for his neighborhood's safety. One has many, many more lives attached to it, and Peter, with his massive guilt complex and gods know what else, knows his death would hurt people, but so many other people could die and their families would feel that same pain, so, of course, he isn't going to stand by!

Aang is NOT a bad father, and I don't think he favored Tenzin over Bumi and Kya. He neglected Bumi and Kya, but it had nothing to do with bending. He shared his culture with them, but he had to pass down as much airbending teachings to Tenzin as he could. Bumi and Kya were free to listen and embrace their culture however they want to, but didn't face the same pressure that Tenzin had. Aang being the Avatar took him away from his family more than he would have liked, too.

Azula doesn't need a redemption arc. I agree that she had a lot of trauma and shouldn't have gone through what she did, she deserved better. But not all "villains" need a redemption arc

Pema had the intention of breaking up Linzin with her confession esp with the line "spending his life with the wrong woman." Of course it's not said, but I feel the implication is there.

Showrunner currently planning a spinoff, distracted by the new shiny thing

JLH has to take time out to film something else, has to be written around

Expanded the 2 part opener into 3, which presumably has downstream effects on the structure of the season

Unclear future - they don't know if they're getting another season, and ratings are low enough for renewal to not be a dead cert. I.e. they have to keep a plan in mind if this is the last season

Series fatigue - this is 8 seasons into a show with a shrinking cast. Seriously, you really feel the absence of a supporting cast. Every remaining character aside from buck and eddie are in "endgame" -esque positions in their stories. They're spinning their wheels, to some extent.

A requirement to include product placement.

Maybe Tim isn't actually that good a writer.

Then, rumoured, there's:

Possibly other actor availability chaos. It's been rumoured that Christopher's prolonged absence is to do with the actor moving away.

It's also been suggested that Tommy would've always been missing these last few episodes because of filming commitments. Theres rumours/speculation that this is part of why the breakup was sudden.

Vague mutterings of Eddie's actor wanting to leave the show. Nothing has been said to confirm this, but the most recent episode left the door open to write the character off for any length of time, perhaps indefinitely.

Vague speculation about pressure to censor lgbt stories. Again, there's no evidence of this, but this is the rumours section.

I think all of this paints a picture of a writers room I wouldn't want to be in lol. But I also think that nothing we currently know would guarantee a bad outcome. None of this meant that the set up at the end of s7 had to be resolved in five minutes in ep4. None of this meant that gerard had to be watered down so much. None of this required two extra Brad focused episodes... in fact, all 3 of those decisions made their situation worse.

So, I get why people wonder if there's something else going on behind the seasons to explain the weirdness.

Thoughts on the ending to s5 of MLB?

Sorry for the late reply, I literally just watched it and i went on a roller coaster of emotions. spoilers ahead for whoever else reads this