>>106601307>then why does Aang literally sayAang is young; he doesn't understand what the Guru is getting at and thinks it's about his intense puppy love for Katara, and not the fact that being Avatar has to come first.
>He never takes accountability for that.And?
>Neville ChamberlainNeville Chamberlain didn't throw Hitler at a wall and say "Knock that shit off or I will motherfucking *end* you." I'm sure that Roku believed he had Sozin hippo-cowed (and he did, too, until Roku was in a tight spot Sozin could exploit). The Genocide is literally unforeseeable (just like the Holocaust) -- Chamberlain wasn't the only one taken in by Adolf. In any event, Sozin gave no inkling to anyone that he was going to try to slaughter an entire nation. Until that point, he was talking about "Conquer and Share","Usher in a Golden Age", not "Exterminate a people".
>We're talking symbolism here. The symbolism is either: he's a chick stuck in an egg, and Katara cracks the shell to let the poor little bastard out OR Aang is trapped in acar and is in dire straits, and needs to be saved, so EMT Katara gets out the Jaws of Life, rescues, and resuscitates him.
The whole "mommy" line was promulgated by rabid Zutarans desperate to discredit and denigrate the KatAang ship, in an attempt to portray it as incestuous and degenerate.
>You even concede Katara's behaviour towards Aang and all of Team Avatar is maternalShe has a strong maternal urge because of losing her mother at an early age - she stepped up and filled that vacuum, and so well, apparently, that Sokka, when trying to see his mother's face in his mind's eye, sees Katara instead.
> it's just about the SaviourWhile Mary *is* Jesus's mother, the Pieta is not about her, it's not about motherhood, it's about one of the foundational events in the history of The Church. The Death of The Christ.