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ATLA is much less lib agitprop than Korra is. I still love both shows but Korra has some straight whack themes
Korra feels like it was made to appease the growing anti-SJW movement at the time with the first season during the proto-gamergate era. Amon is like a textbook Ayn Rand villain, and to a lesser extent the Red Lotus is as well beccause of their wish to end the Avatar, the ultimate great man of the great man theory. However, all of that pales into comparison to forcing in a 'Dark Avatar'. Why are we seeing a 12 year old's OC in a professionally made show?
The writers are big ol' libs but they accidentally made a really good show with only a few major flaws. I'm glad I was there when it was coming out and I'm glad it's still popular enough I get to talk about it sometimes.
What do you feel are it's major flaws?
Well, for example the way they fumbled the entire ending. Suffering from a serious moral dilemma resulting from a conflict between your philosophy/religion and the necessary actions required to protect other people? Don't worry, a never-before-mentioned turtle god will grant you a new superpower at the 11th hour. Unable to win a fight due to the choices you've made to stay in line with your philosophy/religion? Don't worry, Mr. Pointy Rock will unlock the superpowers you knowingly and deliberately disabled a while back.
That is still my biggest gripe with that show. Aang goes from person to person like “How can I do this without killing him?” and every single one of them is like “No you have to kill him dude” and it’s annoying that he got out of it
At first I thought you were talking about the James Cameron movies
Avatar the Last Airbender is the only avatar in my heart.
Yeah the show overall is pretty Lib but there's definitely bits of it that are really well done.
ATLA is by far my favorite TV show. The writers are more like well-meaning 
s but holy shit did they get so many stuff spot on.
Plus the show is good escapism.
Another movie that portrayed the facist state very well, though it went right over most viewers' heads, was "Starship Troopers." From the pro-nationalism and militarism to the gray eagle-crested uniforms, it was a perfect representation, including the pride and the feeling of military might (see, leni riefenstahl's "the Triumph of the Will," and you'll see why Nazism was so engaging and attractive a movement).
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