Converting HATERS To Avatar: The Last Airbender 2x11-12 | Reaction/Review 

Apparently when he was speaking in the avatar state all of the avatars reacted feeling his anger and empathizing. They mourned with him too because in the avatar state he’s in touch with almost all the past avatars

@@VeniVidiVici.. I still get chills every time that scene comes up! "TELL ME WHERE APPA IS?!" EVERY TIME 😂

There's also the fact that he doesn't know how Appa is. For all he knows, Appa could be hurt or worse...dead. The not knowing and being helpless to do anything can be maddening.

Just imagine somebody kidnapping your family member and being like "Why are you being so annoying, crying and being angry about it? Just stop whining dude", most people would think that's an insane thing to say especially about a 12 year old child

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@@alisalman4697 AGREED!!

fr i was so annoyed when she keeps disregarding Aang's feelings

Exactly! Appa and Aang are the only ones to survive a genocide. They are also other factors that would contribute to the intensity of Aang's feelings: In regards to being from a different time period. Although Bumi lived during that time period as well, Bumi's experience is uninterrupted so he has a better grasp of the present. Whereas for Aang, the difference from his time and the present is abrupt so although that although he can still establish meaningful relationships and he can assimilate, part of him will alway feel disconnected from the present day world so even Bumi would not be able to fully relate to how Aang feels. When Appa was taken, Aang lost the only one who can truly understand him so now he feels alone. In terms of emotional development, people typically have the most difficulty with these types of huge life changes from around 12 and into the teenage years. Children tend to pick up a new culture much more easily because they are at the age where they are normally learning about cultural norms and adults tend to have a better developed repertoire of coping strategies established and better developed emotional management skills. Also, keep in mind that we've never even seen Aang have a chance to properly grieve for the loss of his people and basically everyone he loved (save Appa) and he still blames himself to some extent for their loss and the war so it's likely that those feelings are still unresolved but up to now, he's still managed to cope and thus it hasn't disrupted his ability to function. We often assume that because someone presents well, it means they're fine now but on the inside either consciously or unconsciously that that may not be the case. It is likely that when Appa is taken, this new overwhelming rush of emotions would actually compound with his still unresolved emotions thus leading to him unravelling. I would also like take this chance to explain that some people are upset by the harsh response to Aang's reaction because this is the type of stigma and dismissiveness that people with a history of trauma and people with mental illness have to deal with in real life. It's like when someone tells a person who experienced trauma just to "get over it already" or someone says to a person experiencing clinical depression to "stop being lazy". Not only does saying those type of things show a complete lack of understanding about how those conditions work but it is also wholly unhelpful to the person or their situation and in fact, may even aggravate their symptoms (i.e. telling someone to "get over it" doesn't help them resolve their issues but it might make things worse for them).

His feelings can be valid and still be annoying.

So did sokka and toph in the last episode tbh

Definitely!

@@GoodTimeForARoll I think they meant where Sokka was high on cactus juice, Toph not being able to see that well because of the sand, and Aang in his feels, Katara was literally the only one keeping them together. She was definitely the MVP of "The Desert" episode.

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Also: he's 12. And he had recently learned his entire nation and culture had been wiped out. I appreciate how realistic it is that a 12-year-old who's been raised by monks to achieve spiritual enlightenment is more mature than an average 12-year-old, but he's still only 12.

Exactly Who are these kids...? Imagine your dog being stolen from you. How would you react 🤷‍♂️

Lowkey these girls are trash lol. I actually like the honest reactions but they are not sympathetic whatsoever. Aang is a 12 year old kid grieving with lost of his people, fighting a war, losing a best friend and the last symbol of his people. Like seriously they think their emotions triumphs a grieving 12 year old boy who’s lost everything.

@@skrellb9659 Exactly lol, every time Aang makes a mistake that blonde girl acts like he should always be perfect like wtf. It has nothing to do with being 12 also, everyone experienes these emotions.

they werent sympathetic to Zuko either, calling his moment "boy rage" like wtf???@@skrellb9659

It's a shame we didn't see her facial reaction to Aang's Avatar State distorted voice. "I never forget a voice." Yep, you'll never forget that one, either.

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timestamp?

It's at 1:00 then he repeats it again so softly at 1:05 🥺

Hey I laughed

Hahaha did I actually repeat it 🤕

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I lowkey think it's why the desert has always been one of my least favorite episodes

And I think we all know what episode broke our hearts, shouldn’t be too long now till the water works start 😓

I remember how back then, the TV episodes wouldn’t air in order of how they were released and for the longest time I didn’t know what happened to Appa, so I just remember watching the episodes without him, when he was taken away, when Aang was Aangry (sorry I had to), when the guys were fighting the drill and going into Ba Sing Se, all without Appa, and for the longest time I thought “that’s it, we won’t see Appa no more”. And then, the showrunners had the AUDACITY to dedicate an entire episode to him being mistreated, broken, and abused, and I remember just being perpetually sad, not knowing what to do myself, wanting to help him. I don’t even remember him being reunited with the gaang because of, again, the release order, so whenever I rewatch these episodes I go back to the same feeling I had as a child of just missing Appa so much, which is why “Appa’s lost days” is probably my top 5 episodes cuz it just breaks me every time I watch it Glad that there are people who probably share the same feelings

@@kkuwura I didn't know that they didn't air in order the episodes of Appa's disappearance based on your experience, because in my country way back 2008 or 2009, the show was aired on free TV and was also dubbed in our language. I remember they showed everything especially the kidnapping part of Appa and I remember the feeling of being anxious, stressed, and not feeling okay when the Gaang was left in the desert without any idea on what to do to retrieve Appa back. As a kid I wasn't prepared for that because back then I only expect happy moments and victory of the Gaang.

Not suprised the white people had trouble understanding such a concept they aren’t really know for being the most say after enslaving and destroying cultures .

id say momo also connects him but not nearly as strongly as appa. The girls do seem pretty unempathetic everyone here would handle it worse def at 12 maybe even now

No, it’s not justified lmao. People really need to separate understandable from justified. Understandable, yes, obviously. He’s the only airbender left, and the only living connection he has to his people and culture was taken from him. Justified? Not at all. Blaming the person who saved your life for being put in a traumatic situation of choosing you over Appa is not justifiable. Demeaning and belittling the work Katara is doing to keep everyone moving and alive is not justifiable. People can and should be irritated at Aang.

@@NobodyXChallengerYT His actions aren't justified, his emotions, however, are.

@@NobodyXChallengerYT Nobody said that he wasn’t being irritating, and yes his actions are understandable which is why one can justify them if they empathize with him as a character. Obviously the girls don’t deserve to be treated like that, and Aang wasn’t being fair to them here - but notice how even “super headstrong/won’t let anybody walk all over her” Toph beifong doesn’t fight Aang back for his accusations. Aang accused her of all kinds of things, and instead of arguing back, toph just said she tried to save him and left it at that. She kept quiet cz she recognized that his anger was at himself and not truly at her. Katara tried to get through his grief with logic, reasoned that they can’t find Appa if they can’t make it out the desert first, and reminded him of the importance of sticking together, while also giving him space to wind down and eventually break down. Being ready to comfort him when he did. Even the scene where he creates a wind storm, parallels what happened when he found Gyatsos corpse at the southern air temple. It’s a direct parallel to that moment showing that the loss of Appa came from the same source of pain, was the same level of intensity for him as the death of his entire race. That’s why katara and toph didn’t fight back when aang was being a jerk. The show wants us to emphasize with these characters, whether they make good choices or bad ones. I mean just look at how it presented Zukos character arc. Same level of internal turmoil and lack of coping skills and lashing out to people who want to help yet unable to find inner peace due to his own grief. Over losing his mother, his title, his honor. For azula too. She’s a complete psychopath who’s done evil thing yet we still empathize with her and want her to heal and be loved. You’re not meant to think these characters are all perfect, moral goody goodies. They can be annoying, and they can make the wrong choices repeatedly, but that doesn’t take away from their importance as people or their individual arcs. Even a character like aang who is meant to be this perfect figurehead a creator of peace, the avatar, with strong values and moral code, is still shown as someone who makes mistakes, and yes sometimes those mistakes are irritating to watch him make. But he’s still important, not because he’s the avatar but because he’s Aang. Scars and naivety and goofy smiles and all. Just yet another kid trying to find his own way in this war.

Y'all are awesome 🙂

Y'all are awesome 🙂

Too far? 🤣

Anakin NO!

Sand People

No empathy at all lol

Also the 15:05 part in this video with a husband massaging his pregnant's wife feet and Cannon appreciating how good of a husband he is and the girls being weirded out and stating ''As he should'' or ''That's natural''. Yes, a good husband should take care of his wife - i mean that's why he's considered ''good'' and not ''bad''. But why is appreciation causing such a strong reaction? Why can't we be thankful for it. I mean it's not a guarantee, especially nowadays in real life to have good parents, partners etc. so why do we take it as a minimum that's not even worth thanking for? I can't say i don't enjoy their company as i do. Maybe there was a misunderstanding there as they took Cannon's sentence in a different manner but yeah, this and some previous behaviours show them being judgmental and not appreciative sometimes.

@@glitchrun5417 Comments like how Aang should "man up" or how he's "too sensitive" at times also bothers me a little. Why can't a guy be emotional? They're also human, Aang especially is still just a kid. A kid can't have feelings or feel distressed?? And if not distressed, some people can't be sensitive? What's wrong with that? I know it's said in a jokey way but there is a stigma surrounding that as well.

@@glitchrun5417now i’m just imagining someone getting them a glass of water and instead of saying ‘thank you’ they just scowl and go ‘that’s right, you *should* get me water’

They remind me of people who havent had to persevere or go through any hardship in life that molds empathy, these girls are exactly those people😀

It was truly frustrating

I really dont get it, like what were you a perfectly rational individual that expressed no emotion at 12??

face palm...I forgot about the Sokka trial flashbacks. My bad. I know people can grow apart, but still no mention of Suki, and off screen deaths suck. I had heard of the og creators getting their own studio to make more animated stuff, but still no teases or trailers sadly.@@chrisbergsten1429

So much Aanger

Y'all are amazing!!! 😂😂😂 Let's keep the joke going: My first time seeing them in the desert without Appa had me so Aangxious.

I get that they are looking at Aang like he is whiny and annoying, but he lost everything close to his home and now he lost Appa, so I feel like they should really be looking at a different aangle.

Think he was 12?

@@Caerulean yeah he is 12 i forgot, still a child xD at that age it's normal to not control your emotions

preach!

I skipped around through this reaction and the others I’ve seen before now so I’m glad I missed that. Not sure what the anger was about on their part to be honest, sounds a bit strange. What got me was the women’s total disregard for Aang’s turmoil at losing the last piece of his culture from his past. All I did was empathize with this distressed kid even back when I first watched the show as a kid myself, maybe rewatches without a camera might help them? All I know is them spouting the tired “man up” comments had to feel great for all the guys sitting there genuinely caring and showing basic empathy themselves. Glad I saw this show as it aired and internalized the many great lessons it imparted on to those watching at such a young age. I truly think this and many other shows and real life actions taught me that showing care is okay.

@@darylesells19 This show’s writing far exceeded its creators even. Almost like they struck self-sustaining gold. The story and characters naturally breathe life and lesson to itself. And a lot of people, especially if they’re a younger generation that’s already a young adult or late teen by now, will probably still love the show but overlook the nuances. It’s funny because “man up” is anti-progressive but coming from the “progressive” group. Seems I see this type of contradiction a lot these days but this is the preset of beliefs we’re supposed to follow according to what’s automatically determined and accepted by government and media. Not trying to get all political or anything like that. I’m super neutral/independent, but that’s just the situation we’re in and it’s only more obvious because of how it effects this franchise little by little as time passes with Korra then with the new show and how people react to the original show which is just a hair away from being perfect if not already perfect.

It would make a lot of sense, since they definitely have no passports or anything for a ticket

It not have been jet and his gang, they were already on the ship by the time Aang and everyone else arrived to the port.

actually not possible, Jet and his crew are already on sail to Ba Sing Se in a boat when the family are just arriving at the ferries port with the Gaang.

Not only are they already on the boat before the family gets there. But I feel like Jet is a good enough person he won't steal from a poor earth Kingdom family with a pregnant woman. He only has a strong bias hated for fire nation or those who have too many and don't share with those who have less.

Jet & crew probably snuck on board.

I think it's irrelevant if he is a kid. Anybody would react the same way if their pets were stolen

not to mention those theives were thinking of selling appa in BODY PARTs. yet these reactors(girls) want to act like Aangs crazy for being upset.@@DaveRedsky

Just because you have reasons to act a certain way doesn't mean the people around you HAVE to put up with it or have to deal with it, or you. That's just a life lesson. Rubbing your pregnant wife's feet is the bare minimum you can do. Her feet are swollen because she's carrying YOUR baby for nine months. Rubbing feet is the least you can be doing as a husband. Don't applaud a fish for swimming

You can understand Aang's behavior while still being annoyed by it. It's like understanding why a baby cries on a plane but still being annoyed by the sound of crying babies on planes

@@esteban7575I'm personally in favor of positive reinforcement. Obviously doing the bare minimum isn't something shocking or anything crazy, but complimenting it doesn't hurt in any way. It just reinforces the behavior, which is overall a good thing.

@@esteban7575 im not going to just get over my disgust of feet because my wife is pregnant, again I'll apologize or even try wearing gloves but there's just no way i can touch anyone's feet. Also i understand you can be annoyed but they were slightly empathic but highly constructive on how he acted but also saying they completely understood him which just confused me tbh which is why i said that. I do understand Aang shouldn't be yelling at them but again HES 12 it's not like the kid can completely control his emotions at that age so expecting him to just be 100% mature and reasonable just isn't going to happen

@@AA-ey6xw i guess that makes sense, it's just how they were so hard on him but not really empathetic or understanding how he really felt, just calling him a whiny kid the whole time. Which again i understand he was but they showed no real understanding of what he was feeling just "aw that sucks but..." a bunch. I was being very critical tho so i apologize if my original comment came off wrong

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Except he did (or could have) beat the Firelord without the AS. He chose to let him live when he could’ve ended him with redirected lightning.

Naruto

One Piece

But in all honesty, Naruto is shorter, but One Piece is still on going so if you want to see the end of OP live I would suggest that

I would suggest death note next

I let my intrusive thoughts win