#and also i specifically bring up haru because well. first earthbender rebellion. and also because his character could've serviced the themes

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hrrrghghg,,,, head empty only vague ideas for a s2 episode that revisits haru and the earthbender rebellion sometime between return to omashu and the swamp eps,,,,, 

#most of my thoughts are in the tags whoops #i know it probably would've been like #ourghgouhg we can't have Two episodes focused on some kind of underground rebellion ougurhorg #but listen i do think returning to an Actual rebellion would've helped with themes and cementing the ek politically speaking #we see that the capitol of the ek is corrupt but what about the army #we get an example thru general fong which makes sense bc that relates to the avatar #we get the army being assholes during zuko alone as well as some hard hitting dialogue about them that's just skimmed over #but it would've been really interesting to explore the possible infighting between an ek rebel group and the ek army #makes you question which one of the two is more justified really #especially since by this point we've only seen the actual ek army a couple times as i've said before #i dunno i just want the overall war narrative to be a bit more explored as it was in s1 in s2 #especially as the show transitions into the ba sing se arc which is a place away from the war #something that depicts how severe it is on the outside would make for something more jarring when comparing the life on the inside to it #and also i specifically bring up haru because well. first earthbender rebellion. and also because his character could've serviced the themes #present in the overall narrative very well as they specifically pertain to the war and worldbuilding #and also aren't they looking for an earthbending master?? haru is definitely no master but they could've at least been like #oh we know a whole town full of earthbenders! maybe we should go back and see if any of them are good enough to teach aang! #we know they're on our side too! #sigh #maybe one day i'll write out my full thoughts on how that episode would specifically go #for it to work though haru's character would've needed a bit more expansion in his ep #i just have so many thoughts guys. so many #haru #atla haru #haru atla #atla #avatar the last airbender #atla meta #character analysis #original