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I’ve seen a lot about the new ATLA and LOK stuff that’s been out recently, so I decided to make an au out of it since I’ve been re-stocking my drafts

Ik the avatar can’t be from the swaps due but shhh it’s more fun this way

Shoutout to my friend @locality-writings for proof reading this go check out their side projects too whatever that is ‼️‼️ (Wit of the woods)

I need Avatar: The Last Airbender fans to understand that when you start a piece to explain why you dislike Korra with: "Well, Aang-" or "But Aang-", or anything along those lines, it’s an apples and oranges argument. They are not the same. They might be the same spirit through Raava and the Avatar’s life cycle, but they also lived two VASTLY different lives: They grew up in different time periods, cultural backgrounds, bending backgrounds, teams and had vastly different relationships. By the time they were fulfilling their roles as the Avatar, neither had a grip on modern technology handed to them.

To be fair Korra is not perfect and neither was Aang. She picked the worst team to support her due to her naïvety and Aang simply got lucky to meet some of the best benders of the ATLA generation. Korra would have been better off alone or if her teammates were more committed to her role as Avatar. She made things so much harder for herself because of her own hubris and ego, as well as handling things with a head-strong attitude and combative stance. It wasn't what the situation called for but it was how she learned/had to react. It wasn't like the general population was giving her support either because of whatever Aang had done in the end of his run as Avatar.

Like, c’mon. You can do better than an apples vs oranges argument. I don’t like oranges because of how fibrous and pulpy an orange is, but I enjoy apples because apples have little to no texture and I like the sourness. They're 2 different characters with multiple different struggles but the fundamentals are the same. Korra was in an entirely new world much like Aang. The difference was Aang was displaced in time with no real support in being the Avatar aside from kids his own age. Korra was sheltered her entire life and given no proper support as a human being until meeting adults her own age.

#legends of Korra #Avarar the last airbender #rant #avatar aang #avatar korra