The Earth Kingdom, while it did have a repressive military, is based onĭynastic China, which was a much more inclusive society than Bryke give itĬredit for. Sure that their ever-favored Air Nomads come out smelling like roses:Īang didn’t seem to have a whiff of toxic masculinity anywhere around him. Take a swipe at the Earth Kingdom in these comics: Therefore Sozin’s homophobia in the LOK comics has no foundation in his belief To our knowledge there is noĬonnection in the public consciousness between being straight and fire being Knowledge there is no sacred text, no centuries-old tradition, in A:TLA thatĬriticizes or bans bisexual relationships. LOK comic fans out there: can you please show me how Bryke adapts LGBTĭiscrimination to fit Sozin’s idea of world conquest? Sozin’s humanity means denying the potential for inhumanity in us all. I don’t think that was the point of whatĪang: Roku was just as much Fire Nation as Sozin was, right? IfĪnything, their story proves anyone’s capable of great good and great evil. But remember, Aang, unlike Korra,ĭoesn’t give us a superficial interpretation of Sozin being “the worst”:Īang: No, that’s wrong. The dragons, and therefore, the true meaning of fire.Ī visionary who wanted the best for his people rationalized his way intoĮxample of how oppressive regimes are born. Thus, in his mind it became necessary to wipe out all traces of
Humans could be bought orįrightened into suppressing the “fire is life” belief, but that wouldn’t work World conquest required that the general philosophy behind firebending beĬhanged and all traces of the old ways be extinguished. Past his own vision of a perfect world, in which he and his country dominated When Sozin and Roku battled it together, they were working as two Fire Nation citizens.ĭemise left an opening to begin Sozin’s conquest, the Firelord couldn’t see
The volcano was a threat to Sozin’s homeland, and so
Premise both these arguments are working from: that because person A believes Relationship which again doesn’t contradict the source material, and Sozin Robin: Why would Poison Ivy and Freeze workĭefending Bryke’s portrayal of LGBT issues: Of the most widely ridiculed movies of all time: Korra is intended for an older audience than A:TLA, while being infinitelyĮxcerpt from Batman and Robin, demonstrating this couch potato reasoning in one Pass to children’s cartoons (although they, too, have become moreĬomplex in recent years) because children are still in the earliest stages of “good” or “evil” status while not allowing any overlap. Side of a conflict, all of the “good” traits on the other, and then assign people Its moral complexity is closer to that of BatmanĬheapest way to discuss morality in media is to gather all of the “evil” traits on one I needed to do a little preparatory explanation as to my own opinion of how Bryke handled that ship and LGBT issues in this comic in general.
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Recently inundated with a series of asks that mentioned Korrasami and the new LOK comics.