The Fact That Even All These Years Later, People Are Still Arguing Over Aang’s Choice To Not Kill Ozai

the fact that even all these years later, people are still arguing over Aang’s choice to not kill Ozai suggests that A. ATLA is the goddamn best and you just can’t recapture the lightning in a bottle that it was and, B. it’s really kind of disturbing how many people are obsessed with the idea that Aang should have committed murder.

You see a lot of this in the fandom. Constant debates about how Katara and Zuko’s quest for revenge was correct in the Southern Raiders (despite the narrative painting Katara’s choice at the end as a correct one), advocating for greater violence on Aang’s part, and so on. But a biggest, disturbing trend is for people to claim that Aang’s decision to not violate the most sacred principle of his people as being immature.

There’s a tendency nowadays to see violence as not just a solution, but the only solution. That the only way to resolve a problem is to end life; to hurt people. It’s called a cop out when Aang chooses to put his own existence on the line.

The implication, therefore, is that the people advocating this sincerely believe that the mature thing to do is to kill.

Similar in nature to posts talking about how superheroes not killing is weak.

And the idea here, of the willingness to kill as a sign of strength, and as the only real solution to anything, is a deeply disturbing and unsettling one.

If Aang had killed Ozai, it truly would have been the end of the Air Nomads, their most sacred spiritual law broken by their only surviving member. Because Aang would have sunk to the level of the man who had ordered his people killed in the first place, and that of the nation which carried it out.

But when he Energybent, he knew that if he failed, he would have died in the process, and Ozai with him. Not only was Aang willing to put his life on the line for his beliefs, he was genuinely willing to die rather than sacrifice who he was, and the last lingering remnant of the Air Nomads.

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pros and cons of the dragon age games provided by me, your local dragon age gay

DA:O

pros: 

the introduction to the series!

DOG

you can select from multiple origins that provide not only an in-depth backstory but also a closer and more personal look at the different cultures that reside in thedas/ferelden

gives you a lot of lore and context that is vital to understanding the rest of the games

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ZEVRAN!!!! Z E V R A N!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cons: 

it’s the oldest in the series so it sure looks and feels like it

some people don’t like the combat mechanics; i don’t think they’re too bad but i like playing games like pillars of eternity so :L

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the FUCKING deep roads oh my GOD

skip the fade is the best mod in existence

morrigan isn’t a lesbian??? exCUSE ME????

Morrigan Disapproves :’(

DA2

pros: 

just like dragon age: origins this game introduces certain story beats that are CRUCIAL to the next game

DOG

imo it has the best combat/level up mechanic in both games

down to earth story that focuses less on world-shattering events and more on the ugly, complicated, diverse relationships between people

provides more information on the qunari culture than the first game did with the introduction of the arishok + fenris

really delves deep into the conflict between mages and templars, and all the conflicts therein

unafraid to tackle the concept of horrible loss, sacrifice, the right to freedom, and the consequences of vengeance

in this house we are ALL bi for hawke

VARRIC <33

cons:

Local Champion Despairs Of Friends, Threatens To Turn This City Around If They Can’t Get Along

the introduction of… the dialogue wheel :(

“mages aren’t people like you and me” says cullen rutherford directly to the apostate future champion of kirkwall with absolutely no shame

i’m so goddamn tired of mages and templars and blood mages oh my GOD

me about halfway through the game: “can’t we just uproot the chantry and start afresh this is so stupid”

me later: “NO NOT LIKE THAT”

WE CAN’T KISS VARRIC :(

DA:I

pros:

you can play as any of the races of thedas!!! (qunari PC… bless up)

FROSTBITE ENGINE EVERYONE IS SO BEAUTIFUL

a deeper look into chantry hierarchies and the politics of thedas

semi-open world full of mysteries and things to explore!!

the approval system is much more streamlined with your companions tossing in their two cents whether they’re present or not

there’s so much elf lore in this game it’s spilling out the sides

companions come from all corners of thedas, providing us a more comprehensive look at the different countries

HIGH DRAGONS BITCHES WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO [IRON BULL VOICE] ANAAN

varric is back!!!

cons:

you get the “chosen one” storyline that’s been done 400 times before

THE FUCKGIN SHARDS…….

no dog :(

since the game concerns nearly every single country in the known world + their leaders it feels a little impersonal compared to the other two

Where In The World Is Zevran Arainai

if you play an elf inquisitor i’m so sorry

you can’t kiss cassandra as a woman even though she’s a romantic soft butch knight in shining armor i’ll never forgive u bioware

epilogue dlc that literally sets up and provides the premise for the next game WHY is this a dlc and not in the base game i just???

WE STILL CAN’T KISS VARRIC???


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3 years ago

I’m always here for time-travel Molly/Caleb fan fiction but I just pictured the well adjusted post campaign Caleb experimenting on new time spells with Essek and accidentally traveling back in time and saving Molly and for some reason it’s hilarious to me

Like…

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