Does anyone commenting on this gifset understand what Bryke was saying at all?
They weren’t saying “she can’t love herself without her cool powers.” They say it right there, she feels as though she’s screwed up Aang’s legacy because of this loss, because she’s had it drilled into her for seventeen years that she’s the Avatar because of her bending, because there’s a connection to elements and probably little things she did unconsciously in her everyday life that are now gone, she feels as though she’s let down a line of great and amazing people and just for one day, for one day she wants some time to mourn it has nothing to do with her powers it has to do with her identity and the identity people have given her
I’m sorry, but even if Bryke doesn’t always have the best execution in the tales they tell, their messages are right, and since the majority of us are over fifteen we should be able to watch a story that shows rather than directly tells.
Remember our names.
You must gain balance within yourself before you can bring balance to the world.
And like the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of the Avatar began anew.
Only the Avatar can master all four elements and bring balance to the world.
