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You just said it perfectly, dear.

The development that Toph gave to Aang in Bitter Work should have really been continued. For once in his little life, he actually confronted his fears, and it was with her help. Whatever happened to that come S3/Finale??

Speaking of S3 shortcomings...Is anyone else highly pissed that Roku's crown never made a reappearance...along with the fact that Aang and Zuko are "related?" WHY bring it up. I mean, we could be fine with just the two influences of Ozai and URSA conflicting with each other instead of Sozin and Roku...Because that was enough in itself to bring Zuko into conflict, wasn't it?

Then again, I guess the "runs in your blood" thing sounds a lot more appetizing to us fans/nerds/geeks...I just wish they'd done more with it.
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Augh, exactly. I mean, with the swamp, really, the Taang evidence is right, there was SO much amazing potential there...But Toph...Got jipped, that's the only way I can put it.

Not to mention, during EIP...Whatever happened to the Toph Never Lies rule? "What you see on that stage, is the truth?" It so bloody WAS! Aang was a fun-loving maniac, and Katara never ever showed him anything other than sisterly/motherly affection.

And I agree with the Zuko crying vs. Aang crying. When Aang cries, it's so childish. I'm not saying it's not warrented...sometimes...but it's hardly heart wrenching. I nearly sobbed when the Zuko-Iroh Reunion scene played. It's one of the few things Bryke did right with the Finale.

But that picture just can't help but remind me that Aang is SUCH a kid. He runs and he avoids. He even runs and runs in the final fight. He hides himself in a ball of rock until Ozai busts it up and he gets pegged in the back and whips out his magical loophole Avatar State. Until he got that back, it was still just running away!

I say his Earthbending training should have been continued. a LOT.

Dude, Toph didn't even get real closure on the Tokka issue, she didn't even get a field trip with ZUKO! Augh. It really is like she was just an obligatory Earthbending teacher add-in. which really SUCKS because she rocks way too hard. D:

...Pun intended.

I completely agree with everything you guys are saying. Aang looks and acts like a child and was so not ready to face Ozai - he was still to cowardly and basically Airbending tactics embodied. Just run away and you'll be fine. Seriously - none of the elements encourage that kind of defensive tactic. Waterbending is all about redirection, earthbending is about facing things head one, and firebending is about taking initiative - any of these tactics would've been wonderful during the Ozai battle.

But no. Aang runs and hides and lucks out with a WTF? method of unlocking his seventh chakra. I mean, I... I just can't believe he hid in a rock and did nothing while Ozai is on the brink of, like, melting him. Dear God, how can you sit there and do that when you know the second you're dead, an entire continent is going to get obliterated?

Not mention ignoring his ancestors. And absolutely everyone else.

Good job, Aang. You're the worst Avatar in the world. 8D

Toph being ignored makes me so pissed. She was one of the most loved characters in the entire series, and they just shove her to a back corner. I mean, I can understand her not having a lot of impact on the plot for the third season, but at least let her be on screen and talk and fight. I mean, especially the fighting - she barely had any battles this season! And the ones she did have were very short. I really, really, wish they had've given more closure on her situation with her parents and Tokka, too.

The disregard of their own canon is pretty aggravating. I mean, everything in 'The Beach' was pretty much thrown out the window - Revealing your true nature? Let's forget that in favour of a mocking, pointless play! Ty Lee hates being part of a matched set? But her being part of the Kyoshi warriors would be so cool! I think Azula's situation with her mother was the only thing that got carried through, actually. And I guess Mai's... Mainess stayed.

And Aang had contradictions galore throughout the finale. 'I never kill anyone because that's wrong!' O Rly? What about 'Siege of the North'? Or that buzzard-wasp in the desert? Or those war balloons you and Katara destroyed during the eclipse? Or, you know, half the time you went into the Avatar State?

Bryke just... Upset me with the finale. Some parts of it were amazing, but the really, really important parts (i.e. Anything to do with Aang) were pretty awful and actually enraging. Dx

Not a good review to get, guys. Seriously.

It's more like giving us a crisp cracker with honey on it, only the honey tastes very bitter and sour. :/ Aang didn't looked like he got pegged in the back, he look like he got soap-barred in the back! (If you get my meaning. ninja )

Yang-chen spoke complete and absolute wisdom: "The Avatar cannot distance himself from the world, because his sole duty is too the world."

This might not exactly play in a good favor, but think of it this way. The world means everyone. Every. Single. Person. So, in thinking of this in a "worldly" way. Compare the death of one person (who almost turned the world into an actual, real life hell) to hundreds, if not thousands and thousands of people.

But, you decide: "Nah, I'll let you live, but I'm taking your powers."

*Grumble* Firstly, what do we know about Ozai? (Besides the fact that he is a manaical, twisted up git) His power is not wholly based on his fire bending. It is more from a political/motivational speaking stand point. Ozai is a jerk-bag, but at the very least he is a charismatic one.

Secondly: There ARE bound to be resistance factions who WILL be against Zuko being Fire Lord and still support Ozai as their King.

"He is only a child!"

"The boy is only Seventeen years of age!"

And blah fecking blah. Heard it, been there and yadda yadda ya. And thirdly, it cannot be solved by Iroh taking the throne until Zuko is older, for starters, he'll have to solve it on his own without his Uncle's help. And it's not like the Fire Nation will like this either, as they'll assume it's still in some "random ploy" that both Zuko and Iroh have cooked up.

So it's a lose-lose idea take this way. But it's one they will have to deal with regardless. And what if someone get's Ozai out of the Prison?

"No matter how small any doubt there is, it must be extingushed for the sake of success."

But then there is usually the fact that something can/and/or does go wrong. sweatdrop

he's 12. and that's the biggest problem i have with kataang. she's 14. if they were in their 20s, it wouldn't be a big deal, but at their ages, that's huge! he's just barely hitting puberty! he's no where near ready for that type of relationship! katara's going to be like a mother/sister to him forever because that's the relationship they've had all along. she's gonna walk all over him. talk about a disaster relationship....but I don't care anymore that zutara isn't cannon. fanfic authors do a better job than bryke could have ever done. plus my guy won the election. woohoo!!!

if kataang were a real world relationship, it would fail for that reason. what woman wants to be like a mother to her man? what man wants his woman to have that much control over him? he would be stuck in that child mentality and katara would find herself later on in life in a relationship with a guy with a peter pan complex. it would continue on like that until one or both parties decide that that relationship isn't healthy....wow, this makes me wish i was majoring in relationship counseling. i could write an entire paper on this and get an 'a'.

i barely tolerated maiko. i didn't like the way that happened. she forgave him for leaving? what? what about the fact that he needed to forgive her for not understanding him? she still didn't get why he did what he did in the end. or at least there was no indication that she did. bryke just sucks at writing decent relationships.