#is it actually a super serious show tackling themes of imperialism and war maturely?

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i love how the atla fandom’s favourite pass time is writing thinkpieces about how aangs final moral dilemma that came from nowhere was him honouring his culture based off of an orientalist understanding of dharmic non-violence that’s rebutted within the text of the show itself anyways

#like my problem isn’t even the bad fantasy buddhism clearly written by americans #it’s that it’s internally inconsistent #not set up #and most importantly the product of the writers writing themselves into a corner a la the finale #notice how it wasn’t brought up on the day of black sun #‘it’s a kids show’ a) disney rocks fall death #b) no one told them to try and evaluate the spiritual consequences of murdering an imperialist in the kids’ show either #c) even as a young kid i always thought this was really fucking dumb #atla fans can’t have it both ways #is it actually a super serious show tackling themes of imperialism and war maturely? #or is it ‘just a simple kids show’? #ish rants #atla critical