Avatar: The Last Airbender's Colonial Problem - Why Jet Was Right. - eviltoast
  • Nibblesnarf [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    This feels like some weird bit. It’s kids show in the imperial core… What do you expect? Them to openly advocate killing civilians? They went about as far as the could given it was a show meant for kids. They evern advocate in the end for Aang to kill Ozai. They basically off screen kill tons of fire nation soldiers on multiple occasions. They aren’t going to show people dieing or the true horrors of colonialism and yet they are still able to get the idea access to kids that colonialism is wrong. There’s only so far you could get with such a plotline in a kids show. Such a weird and random thing to go after. I feel like there’s so many other shows that are way worse for kids that deserve this level of scrutiny or more. This almost feels like how Ultras go after AES countries for “not being communist enough” or something.