This comic is quite concerning to me.
It's framed as romantic. Aangsty.
I think it's anything but that.
Aang tries to pry an answer out of Katara about their kiss before the invasion. She avoids the topic, as she has done so before. Aang’s frustration produces a dangerous lava blast. Katara has to hide behind a pillar to avoid getting singed. Its dangerous. Its reckless. But Katara immediately redirects sympathy toward his fear of him being the one harmed.
Once again, it's Katara - despite nearly getting walloped - that reassures him. That she's 'fine'; even praising him. Her fright and the recklessness of what he did are barely acknowledged.
Now it's worth noting Aang doesn't deliberately try and hurt Katara, but its absolutely a point-blank showcase of Aang losing control and endangering Katara because he cannot consider her romantic boundaries.
Does he apologise? Yes. But in the end his actions are still framed as 'valid.'
That to me, is a little bit toxic. And what's more is that we see glimpses of this in the Atla movie - this is something that Aang has never grown from. Concerning.
This comic makes Aang saying he's so angry about the play in EIP that he might go into the avatar State right before he blames katara for her portrayal onstage and demands that she be his girlfriend even more terrifying.
Like, I can imagine the writers being like "Aang and Katara need to have a discussion about their relationship" and coming up with something that makes it even worse.
