AVATAR: THE JOURNEY OF LEE hypothetical cartoon series fanfiction, character designs, storyboards, and ideas masterpost
as seen in "How I Would Write an AVATAR Cartoon"
PART 2:
Lee rising into frame
Lee being thrust into his new life of adventure
Lee in the Avatar state
Lee, an Avatar protagonist who is simply just a normal person
Lee's parents
Lee's hometown in the middle of the Earth Kingdom desert
Lee earthbending
Lee's dream of living the good life as a famous celebrity
PART 3:
Lee and the awful, horrible, no good, very bad day
"Avatar" Jin learns that someone in the Earth kingdom has been bending multiple elements
"Avatar" Jin holds a press conference to warn everyone that "The Dark Avatar has returned!"
parallax shots of Avatar Lee and "Avatar" Jin in opposite worlds
PART 4:
Lee on the run
Lee's best friend and childhood crush accompany Lee on their quest to master all four elements
Lee must unravel the mystery behind the two Avatars
Avatar Lee, a fugitive with the whole world turned against them
Lee and friends on their road trip across the world
Lee seeking out a potential airbending teacher meditating on the highest peak
Avatar Lee's character being challenged
Lee wants to be comfortable, but must put that comfort aside to fulfil their Avatar duties to the common people
Avatar Lee, an ordinary person who comes from nowhere
Lee falsely believes they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps to advance the economic ladder and live an easy life with nothing to worry about
Lee being the Avatar changes everything
Lee is forced to live in infamy where everyone believes that they are the reincarnation of the villainous "Dark Avatar"
a miserable Lee camping out in the wilderness
Lee and friends attempting to travel into town as inconspicuously as possible
the Avatar state prevents Lee from ignoring injustice whenever they encounter it
PART 5:
Lee finally experiences the life they thought they wanted, but they still can't ignore the suffering of others (artist exhausted from crunch time is an intentional reference to Yamcha's death pose from Dragon Ball Z)
the three stages of Lee's character arc: peasant, office artist, complete Avatar
Lee must break the corrupt system that everyone is chained to
Lee stepping out of their comfort zone
Avatar Lee contemplating how to peacefully and honestly resolve the situation between the Zhang and Gan Jin tribes
Avatar Lee pining after their childhood crush
When called out for their mistakes, Lee tugs their collar sheepishly while Jin is unfazed and bored
Lee and Jin doing the Sonic Adventure 2 rivals pose
"Avatar" Jin's has the wrong definition of balance
"Avatar" Jin brings peace to the world, but yawns out of boredom
"Avatar" Jin's warped view of impartiality
Jin's "both sides are bad" philosophy prevents him from actually solving problems
PART 6:
Jin bottling up his insecurities to behave more like the "Perfect Avatar" he thinks he should be
"Avatar" Jin preaching nonviolence, referencing Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Jin condemns revolutionaries as being "just as bad" as their oppressors for "taking things too far"
Jin, an "Avatar" who only sees the world in terms of shallow oversimplifications
Jin's Team Avatar- movie star, metalbending police captain, and tech bro waterbender
"Avatar" Jin believes that he is in fact the true Avatar
Jin seething over Lee's existence
Lee and Jin enter the Avatar state at once
Raava splitting in half and incarnating into multiple Avatars
how Lee and Jin perceive the other at first
Lee and Jin stare each other down
"Avatar Jin" as a moustache twirling villain who wants to take over the world
Jin as a baby
Jin yelling at Lee in the style of the "woman screaming at cat" meme
"Avatar" Jin seething
Avatar Lee staring up at the stars
PART 7:
"Avatar" Jin realizing that he might be wrong
Jin's old mentality shattering
Jin steps out of his comfort zone
Jin as the "Avatar of Order" to Lee's "Avatar of Justice"
Jin and Lee as Yin and Yang
Lee and Jin working together
a cardboard cutout of Lee falls over
Lee prepares to fight but is interrupted by their best friend making a joke
Lee with a dialogue balloon
Lee and friends have a nuanced conversation
Lee appearing out of thin air cross-eyed
concepts for the "funny animal companion" - a capybara-mole and a variation on a cat
Lee looking out at the world
Lee dreaming about being rich and famous
Lee discovering that they are The Avatar
Jin accusing Lee of being an impostor
Jin with White Lotus banners
Avatar Lee sets out
Lee and friends continue their road trip
PART 8:
Avatar Lee's cosmic vision of The Avatar State
Lee's walk cycle
Lee as a complete Avatar, holding an Airbending staff
Lee acclimated to living outside of their comfort zone. References a specific shot from the first Gurren Lagann Opening.
Avatar Lee and "Avatar" Jin clash. Pose references a specific shot from Dragon Ball FighterZ.
"Avatar" Jin blaming both sides of an argument
Jin's shallow definition of "Balance"
Avatar Lee seeing the nuanced complexity in the world.
Avatar Lee finally stands with a crowd of supporters behind him
A meditating Avatar Lee shares a knowing look with the camera.