Aang is so hard! I really need to write him more. (I think I've written him as a major character twice?)
1. He won't be 12 years old forever. In the series he's the kid most consistently written like a kid, and I have trouble aging him up in my head.
2. As glass_icarus once said, he's more than just a goofy kid. Which leads to:
3. Despite his playfulness/Airbender lightness/the trouble he had learning earthbending, he isn't afraid to stick to his principles. I actually liked that he found a way to defeat Ozai without killing him--not because I think Ozai has any redemptive qualities at all (or because I have anything against graphic violence, which....ahahahahaha), but because Aang didn't believe in killing him.
4. Aang actually is playful, especially with his element(s). (He invented the Air Scooter, after all.) He's a prodigy, but an altogether different kind of prodigy than Azula is: airbending is natural and fun. (Local Aang once told me that air is like a living thing-slash-friend. He doesn't control it, but they listen and talk to each other and have fun together.) Maybe some of the problem when Toph was teaching him earthbending is that, while Toph certainly thinks fighting is fun, she turned into a drill sergeant and made it SRS BZNS.
5. He's lost not only his family, but his people. (Perhaps airbending takes on a new meaning then, as a connection to his culture.)
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1. He won't be 12 years old forever. In the series he's the kid most consistently written like a kid, and I have trouble aging him up in my head.
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3. Despite his playfulness/Airbender lightness/the trouble he had learning earthbending, he isn't afraid to stick to his principles. I actually liked that he found a way to defeat Ozai without killing him--not because I think Ozai has any redemptive qualities at all (or because I have anything against graphic violence, which....ahahahahaha), but because Aang didn't believe in killing him.
4. Aang actually is playful, especially with his element(s). (He invented the Air Scooter, after all.) He's a prodigy, but an altogether different kind of prodigy than Azula is: airbending is natural and fun. (Local Aang once told me that air is like a living thing-slash-friend. He doesn't control it, but they listen and talk to each other and have fun together.) Maybe some of the problem when Toph was teaching him earthbending is that, while Toph certainly thinks fighting is fun, she turned into a drill sergeant and made it SRS BZNS.
5. He's lost not only his family, but his people. (Perhaps airbending takes on a new meaning then, as a connection to his culture.)