>>103954050Tenzin goes through the series basically taking shit from everyone, being ignored, and getting his ass kicked constantly. He is a failure as a spiritual leader and a failure as the leader of the Air Nomad culture as he allows the Northern Air Temple to be destroyed and turns the Air Benders into "world police" that participate in military conflicts.
He is even a shitty brother, and can't protect his family from several violent kidnappings.
Personally, I think they should have run with Tenzin being a pragmatic and more martial. Everyone loved Zaheer for being a violent Air Bender, and that guy was a fucking retarded anarchist that shouldn't have been able to break his earthly tether.
Explore where Tenzin contradicts his father and the old Air Benders.
>Like Aang, doesn't believe in communal child-rearing and is a devoted father to his children >Lectures Korra, but is embarrassed about how he is also basically only good at the combat/physical aspect of Air Nomad culture >Upset with the pacifism of the Air Nomads being exploited to their death and suffering, becomes more and more more aggressive and interventionist as worse shit happens to his family throughout the series Get rid of the gay ass squirrel suits. Have his "Avatar police" idea be more extreme, and introduced to confusion and even outrage from the Air Acolytes and Jinora.
Korra's "spiritual graduation" is talking to Tenzin, easing his frustrations, and restoring Air Nomad culture to something closer to its origins. Maybe have a a compromise with a small scout force that flies around aiding people and acting as an early warning system.
