Avatar: The Last Airbender | Book Three: Episodes 1-4 | Unedited Reaction (Patreon)

Book Three already started off SO much heavier than the others seasons so far.There's this reflective and deeper feeling hanging over everything now, which I really love.

Aang waking up and realizing that the world thinks he's dead set the tone from the start. And instead of being relieved that he even survived, he immediately spirals and sees himself as this massive failure. Which honestly... HUGE GROWTH for Aang. The Avatar that 100 years ago ran away from everything, wanted to hide from it all, didn't want the responsibility. Now he's mad that he is being told to stay hidden. He doesn't want people to think there is no hope, no Avatar, no future. And I love that Avatar Roku came to him in his moment of desperation and told him he's had those same feelings and thoughts.. They're normal when so much weighs on your shoulders and they don't make you a true failure.And now we're actually inside the Fire Nation. I love how much more complicated it all feels. Seeing normal families, kids at school, little towns and people just living their lives in the Fire Nation. It's not simply a nation full of "bad people." There's an entire generation being raised inside this system, and seeing Aang bring something as simple as dancing and freedom into that world was honestly such a beautiful way of exploring that.And ZUKO.. I really thought going into this season we'd immediately see him regret his decision. But naaaah. He accepted it all so quickly. But he can't even really settle into it all because of Azula and her insane insurance policy over him. She's honestly way too intelligent lol. She genuinely fascinates me because I can't tell where her manipulation ends and her version of caring begins 😅This season is already SO good.The focus on everyone as people rather than just immediately racing toward the final battle.Katara's anger toward her dad. Sokka stepping into more of a leadership role.Aang getting to be a kid just for a moment.There's this really interesting identity vs expectation theme going on..Who Aang thinks the Avatar is supposed to be.Who Zuko thought he needed to become.Who the Fire Nation tells its children they should be.And who these characters actually are underneath all of that.I honestly LOVE the direction this is going already.I already can't wait to watch more next week!!Thank you for your support on Patreon!Relax and enjoy 🍿🌿SYNC ALONG LINK: https://youtu.be/krOA2tVCcc0I watched this on Netflix