History DethroningMoment / AvatarTheLastAirBender

* Tropers/{{Scabbard}}: For me, it was [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePaintedLady "The Painted Lady"]] hands down; and honestly, I can't believe more people don't hate this episode. It is just "Imprisoned" and "The Great Divide" with a splash of "Jet" but lacking any sort of depreciating humor, actual moral lesson, or any ambiguity that made those episodes work. At least "The Great Divide" showed a rare oppurtunity for the Avatar to play peacemaker between two groups even if it did fail and it did make me laugh at least once; "The Painted Lady" has, without a doubt, the most obnoxious character in the entire franchise who just has a really tacky split-personality schtick that they use to milk some really lame anime reactions from. Unlike "Imprisoned" where we were shown the plight of Haru's town and how much the people had been spiritually broken, and where Katara only succeeded because she was friends with the still optimistic son of the Earthbenders' leader; here, Katara is a [[SoapBoxSadie preachy, self righteous brat]] who sabotages the Gaang's mission to be on time for the invasion to help a bunch of idiots who [[TooDumbToLive willingly stay in their polluted village, even when knowing that doing so is hurting them]]- the villagers just sit around suffering. She even has the gall to get all uppity with Sokka for being supposedly unfeeling (Aang even treats him like he's in the wrong), even though he is absolutely right when he points out that (a) helping the town is not their job, (b) doing so could endanger their mission, and that (c) ultimately, [[PragmaticHero stopping the Fire Lord would help the town in the long run]]. But no, [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong Sokka is treated as in the wrong]], has to apologize to Katara, and even stands up for her actions in the end. Not only that, but the writers try justifying Katara's actions by having her preach that even though she took care of the town's problems, it's up to them to defend themselves, as if just talking about a moral makes it all right. Not only that, but the titular spirit shows up at the end to thank Katara (presumably the pollution was stopping her) making Katara even more in the right. The fact that Katara's most well known line "No! I will never, ever turn my back on people who need me... " comes from this episode (and isn't even accurate, considering that she was the only one of the Gaang who wanted to ditch Ba Sing Se) just adds salt to my wounds. But the worst part? People used to theorize that the writers would actually show Katara as being in the wrong by publicly appearing as a Waterbender, and that this would leak to the Combustion Man and that this episode would be how he finds the Gaang, and thus, justify the episode's existence and retroactively show Katara's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome constant heroism]] as being problematic. Nope, it's in an unrelated event where Katara brushes off Toph's concerns that someone might see Aang (which they do) and this is how they are found.

* Tropers/VanillaLime: I know "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZukoAlone Zuko Alone"]] is one of the most beloved Avatar episodes, and I actually liked it too...up until the ending because of how the villagers reacted to Zuko being revealed as the prince of the Fire Nation. I understand that the village and the Fire Nation don't have the best history with each other and they wouldn't praise him instantly, but the fact that not a single villager shows an ounce of sorrow or personal conflict about Zuko getting thrown out in their faces, body language or dialogue pissed me off. You'd think they'd be a bit more emotional about the guy who risked his life to help them. But nope, he's Fire Nation, just exile him with zero regrets. I hope those [[UngratefulBastard ungrateful pricks]] got their village burned to the ground after that.

* Julia1984: I lost the respect I gained for this series when Zaheer successfully helps Korra overcome the trauma ''he himself put her through'' in "Beyond the Wilds." That's like saying, if a woman was raped by a highly-renowned, successful psychologist or therapist, it would actually be helpful and effective if she went to him for Exposure Therapy to help her heal! He brutalized this girl and has the gall to tell her how she should be strong and better now... and the story lets him succeed! If she confronted her attacker in prison and left, that would be perfectly realistic. If he genuinely felt remorse for what he put her through and wanted to atone for his actions, it would be... slightly better. But he feels no guilt, no remorse, for what he did to her (only disappointment that it didn't achieve the greater good he envisioned -- the act of torturing a girl to death itself, he doesn't regret at all nor pretend to), and yet submitting to him successfully helps her heal; even if that was what they both wanted, there's no way that realistically could have worked. The fact that he -- her attacker -- continues the season tradition of telling Korra to stop whining and just get over what he put her through could be considered hypocritical and evil... if the episode and outcome of the scene didn't validate everything he says! It's the most unrealistic scene in the series, and the most disgusting, sickening, horrifying display of blaming the victim I've ever seen in fiction. If being poisoned and nearly suffocated hurt her, it's ''her'' fault for being weak, not ''his'' fault for doing it -- she's wrong to blame him, she needs to be lectured and taught not to feel pain, and he's allowed to give her one of her most effective lessons on that.

* Loekman3: Mine is how Haru got imprisoned in [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImprisoned "Imprisoned"]]. He got arrested because the old man he saved [[UngratefulBastard sells him out to the Fire Nation]]. What in the world? That was frankly completely mean-spirited on their part and it also clashes with the theme of helping everyone. After all, what's the point of saving other people when they're just gonna rat you out. Wouldn't it have been simpler if someone else witnessed it and have ''that'' person be the one to sell him out. At least with "Zuko Alone" it can be excused that Firebenders have invaded their continent but the old man has absolutely no excuse for him to do so. And just like said villagers, the old man is a complete KarmaHoudini because he completely vanishes from the story after this scene.

*** Tropers/{{Strejda}}: What really kills it for me, is the OhLook,TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moment. That is just plain gross.

* "The Great Divide"

* "Bato Of The Water Tribe":

* Tropers/{{Eagal}}: Gotta be when the Gaang went to the North and Pakku refused to teach Katara. Now, I concur with Katara's position at least 95%; no legit reason for women to be excluded, and Katara in particular has immense natural talent that any master could see, and Pakku was being a huge jerkoff about it... but honestly, when Katara attacked Pakku after he refused her challenge to a duel, that's what lost her those extra points. Violence Is The Only Answer much?
** Loekman3: Mine is how Haru got imprisoned in the first place. He got arrested because the old man he saved [[UngratefulBastard sells him out to the Fire Nation]]. What in the world? That was frankly completely mean-spirited on their part and it also clashes with the theme of helping everyone. After all, what's the point of saving other people when they're just gonna rat you out. Wouldn't it have been simpler if someone else witnessed it and have ''that'' person be the one to sell him out. At least with "Zuko Alone" it can be excused that Firebenders have invaded their continent but the old man has absolutely no excuse for him to do so. And just like said villagers, the old man is a complete KarmaHoudini because he completely vanishes from the story after this scene.
* Troper/Silverblade2 Honestly, I’d rather rewatch "The Great Divide" three times in a row than rewatch "Avatar Day" one more time. Thought I already dislike the episode for bringing the possibility of the Avatar having past [[BlackAndGrayMorality questionable deeds that would have draw some well deserved hatred]] then [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot turning it into a ponderous comedy]], I especially hate it for having the worst OutOfCharacterMoment in the entire show. Long story short: Aang is put on a trial by jerkass villagers because his predecessor Avatar Kyoshi may have killed their leader Chin the Conqueror. It turns out that the court [[KangarooCourt doesn’t care about evidences]] and only Kyoshi’s intervention reveals that she indeed indirectly caused his death in order to protect her village. The judge announces that Aang is guilty and [[WouldHurtAChild must spin the Wheel of Punishment]]. Instead of running for his life as one can expect, Aang just says “I said I would face justice, so I will” and spins the wheel while Sokka and Katara do nothing to stop him and just stand there. After the wheel stops on “boiled in oil”, all three of them just bear an OhCrap expression. Yes, Aang was willing [[SkewedPriorities to sacrifice both his life and the fate of the world]], to fulfill an arbitrary decision and ignored the fact that Kyoshi acted out of self defence. He would have [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath boiled in oil]], had the Rough Rhinos not attack the village just in time. All of this is PlayedForLaughs.
* Troper/{{BrightLight}}: "The Chase". Simply because Toph was an unhelpful brat who wouldn't pitch in with teamwork even when Azula and her cronies are closing in on Team Avatar. Nope, Toph has gotta hang back while everyone else is getting frantic. And if she's so competent, why does she only point out that it's Appa's shedding that's giving Team Avatar's position away when it's nearly too late to do something about it? Then Toph continues to refuse any responsibility, and picks fights with Katara and Aang. To top it all off, Toph never learns that she has to be responsible - and Iroh and Sokka give her their support. What the hell were the writers trying to shove down our throats here? To be a spoiled, lazy, stuck-up brat like Toph? Honestly, "The Chase" is hands-down the worst episode out of the entire show for me. Worse than "The Ember Island Players". Worse than "The Great Divide". And Toph is overrated and pretty much the worst member of Team Avatar. Even Zuko ends up nicer than her by the time the show ends. Screw Toph and screw this episode!
* Troper/{{PsychicSlayerNatrium}}: My pick goes to "The Desert" Now desert locations [[BerserkButton generally bug me]], not only do most of them suffer from dragging on for [[ArcFatigue way]] [[{{Padding}} too]] [[FillerArc long]], and generally suffering from being almost exactly the same (IE: The characters are [[{{Wangst}} whining about how thirsty they are!]]) But what really set me off was when Aang blamed Toph for not being able to save Appa. That's right, [[TooDumbToLive he expected the same girl who was trying to support the collapsing library just one episode ago, to be able to fend off a bunch of Sandbenders!]] Not only did this paint Aang as a whiny kid, but it nearly ruined the character for me. Worst of all, [[KarmaHoudini Aang never apologizes for it and gets off completely scot free!]]
* Troper/Hodor! Now I love the Avatar franchise with all my heart, but the one episode that really pisses me off is "Appa's Lost Days" more than any other episode. The reason, it's all through Appa's point of view and serves little to no purpose to the plot. Of all the characters they could have developed, they chose a sky bison, but thats only a little bit of the reason it pisses me off. The only thing part of the episode that isn't padding and actually serves the plot is when Appa [[spoiler: is found by the Kyoshi Warriors, who are then attacked by Azula and her gang, forcing Appa to flee. It's important because later it's revealed that Azula defeated them and was posing as the Kyoshi Warriors.]] So why I am pissed is because of one question: Why couldn't this episode be focused on Suki and her warriors. Of all the members of the Team Avatar, Suki was the least developed. With this episode they could have had a chance to develop these characters and even done some world building with them. [[spoiler: The ending could have even just been when Suki finds Appa and they have to fight Azula. Without spoiling the reveal, they could have really made Suki a cool character and ended the episode the same as the scene from this episode!!]] But no, the writers decided a sky bison was more important than a human member of team Avatar and important figure in Sokka's life. Suki was a character who had so much potential and this episode is a slap in her face.
* Tropers/{{Scabbard}}: For me, it was "The Painted Lady" hands down; and honestly, I can't believe more people don't hate this episode. It is just "Imprisoned" and "The Great Divide" with a splash of "Jet" but lacking any sort of depreciating humor, actual moral lesson, or any ambiguity that made those episodes work. At least "The Great Divide" showed a rare oppurtunity for the Avatar to play peacemaker between two groups even if it did fail and it did make me laugh at least once; "The Painted Lady" has, without a doubt, the most obnoxious character in the entire franchise who just has a really tacky split-personality schtick that they use to milk some really lame anime reactions from. Unlike "Imprisoned" where we were shown the plight of Haru's town and how much the people had been spiritually broken, and where Katara only succeeded because she was friends with the still optimistic son of the Earthbenders' leader; here, Katara is a [[SoapBoxSadie preachy, self righteous brat]] who sabotages the Gaang's mission to be on time for the invasion to help a bunch of idiots who [[TooDumbToLive willingly stay in their polluted village, even when knowing that doing so is hurting them]]- the villagers just sit around suffering. She even has the gall to get all uppity with Sokka for being supposedly unfeeling (Aang even treats him like he's in the wrong), even though he is absolutely right when he points out that (a) helping the town is not their job, (b) doing so could endanger their mission, and that (c) ultimately, [[PragmaticHero stopping the Fire Lord would help the town in the long run]]. But no, [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong Sokka is treated as in the wrong]], has to apologize to Katara, and even stands up for her actions in the end. Not only that, but the writers try justifying Katara's actions by having her preach that even though she took care of the town's problems, it's up to them to defend themselves, as if just talking about a moral makes it all right. Not only that, but the titular spirit shows up at the end to thank Katara (presumably the pollution was stopping her) making Katara even more in the right. The fact that Katara's most well known line "No! I will never, ever turn my back on people who need me... " comes from this episode (and isn't even accurate, considering that she was the only one of the Gaang who wanted to ditch Ba Sing Se) just adds salt to my wounds. But the worst part? People used to theorize that the writers would actually show Katara as being in the wrong by publicly appearing as a Waterbender, and that this would leak to the Combustion Man and that this episode would be how he finds the Gaang, and thus, justify the episode's existence and retroactively show Katara's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome constant heroism]] as being problematic. Nope, it's in an unrelated event where Katara brushes off Toph's concerns that someone might see Aang (which they do) and this is how they are found.
* Tropers/{{terlwyth}}: The moment in the episode "The Southern Raiders" when Sokka objects to Katara going out to avenge their mother's death and Katara angrily tells him he didn't love her as much. Sokka was a victim of it and Aang has lost far more people and faced far more grief and yet she's got the audacity to ignore both of them, and doesn't even get called out for it.
* Tropers/{{JorgeGrive}}: For me it's the ending. I'll call Avatar one of the great series of the last decade, but I cannot take the ending, nor can I see most of it again. It feels a little too moralizing for such an amazingly dark experience. Don't get me wrong, I can take happy endings, but this one feels rushed. Perhaps Aang refusing to listen 4 past Avatars and common sense was supposed to be messianic but to me it felt like little more than childish vanity, especially since Gyatso was a badass capable of killing as far as we can tell from the crime scene. My dislike comes as well from the off screen liberation of Mai and Ty Lee who along with Zuko were, for me, far more interesting characters. Additionally, the Agni Kai at the end was won by Azula. Once more, Zuko fell directly into her traps and Katara defeated her long ago, so it was sad for me that Zuko was, for one reason or another, never able to completely beat his sister, even when she was having a VillainousBreakdown.
* Tropers/{{Mockery}}: Aang's avatar state being unblocked by having his back popped. It was explained at the end of the last season that once he began unlocking his chakras, he wouldn't be able to access the Avatar State at all. WordOfGod clarified that he did not finish cutting emotional ties to Katara before Azula zapped him, and the Ember Island Players illustrated that he certainly hadn't let go of her by then, either.
* Tropers/{{Blazar}}: The amount of angsting Aang did over the prospect of killing [[EvilOverlord Fire Lord]] [[AbusiveParents Ozai]] after the sheer number of nameless, faceless {{Mooks}} for whose deaths Aang was directly responsible, and who probably [[WhatMeasureIsAMook deserved it a lot less than Ozai did]]. I'm not even counting the ships he wrecked at the North Pole, given that Aang was really not himself at the time, but what about the airships he took down when they were fleeing the Fire Nation, and after he deliberately crashed Ozai's airship, did he honestly expect the crew to survive? Just because it didn't happen on-screen doesn't mean it didn't happen or doesn't count, and just because he didn't personally strike the finishing blow doesn't mean he isn't responsible! Yet just because Ozai is a named character whose face we know, he gets offered mercy while everyone else who had no choice but to follow his orders turns into expendable cannon fodder - some FriendToAllLivingThings!

* Troper/BaffleBlend: I had an entirely different issue with the ending -- the scene where [[spoiler: Aang takes Ozai's bending away]] just screams "NewPowersAsThePlotDemands". We didn't get any indication that the Lion Turtle taught him that until a flashback during the very scene it happened, as if the writers were saying, "oh yeah, we forgot to mention this". It arguably gets [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] later in ''Korra'' when it's PlayedForDrama, but in the context of the original series, it's such an AssPull.
* Tropers/MelancholyUtopia: "Ember Island Players" doesn't even come close to being my favorite episode. But, I can acknowledge a few of its strengths even then (such as Toph's and Zuko's talk, which was sweet). The [=DMoS=] for me was the mocking of Zutara in the play. I'm not a shipper of it, and I can accept that the creators do not like it. That far I'm willing to agree. What I can not tolerate however is to trash talk the fans by openly disowning it on the show. It's like when a fan runs up to you to gush how much they love you and you just blow a raspberry in their face. Think about this, Bryke; why do they ship Zutara? Because they love your show, they like to engage in it. It's very rude and arrogant to mock your fans' preferences, even if you don't agree. Stop butting in to their business and just let them enjoy whatever they want. It wasn't going to be canon anyway, so why are you kicking a person who's already down? This made me lose a great deal of respect for Bryke, and from the shitty writing of Legend of Korra, it was gone entirely.
* Tropers/VanillaLime: I know "Zuko Alone" is one of the most beloved Avatar episodes, and I actually liked it too...up until the ending because of how the villagers reacted to Zuko being revealed as the prince of the Fire Nation. I understand that the village and the Fire Nation don't have the best history with each other and they wouldn't praise him instantly, but the fact that not a single villager shows an ounce of sorrow or personal conflict about Zuko getting thrown out in their faces, body language or dialogue pissed me off. You'd think they'd be a bit more emotional about the guy who risked his life to help them. But nope, he's Fire Nation, just exile him with zero regrets. I hope those [[UngratefulBastard ungrateful pricks]] got their village burned to the ground after that.

* The relationships in season two are problematic in general.

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* [=CoCage=]: The episode ''Operation Bei-Fong'' made me stop caring about the Spirits altogether. They claim that asking for help makes Korra like Kuvira. What?! Not only does this makes a pointless NotSoDifferent between two characters that doesn't make any sense, but the Spirits comes off as such big cowards, that they make characters like fucking [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Starscream]] and [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Silvia Chrystel]] look braver by comparison. I thought the whole point at the end season 3 and beginning of season 4 was that humans and spirits finally got along as whole? If not, what fucking gives?! Why are they running away? Dumb-asses, if Korra and her allies had failed, what was going to stop Kuvira from harvesting more spirit vines and cause destruction on humans or spirits alike. As much as I like season 4, it's problems are side characters that act really stupid, sit around, and do nothing, but make things worse for everyone. They might as well be helping the villains at this point. The Spirits, and Suyin Bei-Fong[[note]]Toph for being a neglectful mother that played favorites with her kids too, but I can only put in one entry[[/note]] for the matter, are [[DesignatedHero Designated Heroes]] and not worth rooting for or [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic sympathizing]] with. They're hypocritical twats who won't get involved, unless things are going on in their own backyard. Oh, and Korra had a point of the Spirits helping Vaatu, regardless if it was mind control or not (which is quickly thrown to the wayside and under minded). Wan Shi Tong helped voluntarily and he didn't care about the consequences at all. Writers, I hate the CantArgueWithElves crap and forced GreenAesop[=/=]HumansAreTheRealMonsters when things are done this poorly. That shit didn't fly with ''Manga/ShamanKing'' (original manga) and James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', what makes you think you can get away with it.

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that Fire Nation soldiers took all the earthbenders from a region of the Earth Kingdom they control and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they regain the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. Team Avatar plan to enter the prison only work because the Fire Nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisoners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from being engaged in the slightest. You can't pretend the Fire Nation army is this massive opressive force and than have them be so incompetent when they confront the heroes. It just doen't work. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

Given [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the show's]] reputation as one of the best {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} series ever made and [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra its sequel]] being considered just as great, it is hardly surprising that there will be times when fans wish that [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck these moments]] will be bended out of existence.

Given [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the show's]] reputation as one of the best {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} series ever made and [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra its sequel]] being considered just as great, it is hardly surprising that there will be times when fans wish that [[DarthWiki/DethriningMomentOfSuck these moments]] will be bended out of existence.

Given [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the show's]] reputation as one of the best {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} series ever made and [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra its sequel]] being considered just as great, it is hardly surprising that there will be times when fans wish that these moments will be bended out of existence.

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that Fire Nation soldiers took all the earthbenders from a region of the Earth Kingdom they control and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they regain the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. Team Avatar plan to enter the prison only work because the Fire Nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from being engaged in the slightest. You can't pretend the Fire Nation army is this massive opressive force and than have them be so incompetent when they confront the heroes. It just doen't work. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* Tropers/{{Catmuto}}: There are quite a few things I don't like about ''The Legend of Korra'', but I think my big [=DMoS=] is how the shipping-war, which felt dragged out through majority of the series, was resolved with Korra hooking up with [[spoiler: her best friend Asami]]. It felt completely out of [[{{Asspull}} nowhere]] for me, was not properly built up or foreshadowed and ultimately came across like the creators just wanted to say '[[spoiler: Yeah, we have a bisexual/lesbian heroine]]' and be patted on the back for it.
** Tropers/MelancholyUtopia: Seconded. I'm not a big fan of LGBT being forced into a cartoon because it feels more like a political statement than anything else - but this moment took the cake, no question. I could've taken it with a pinch of salt if there had been a realistic build-up to them getting together, but there was none, because they had originally planned for there to be no final couples. Doesn't that say a lot about the writers' attitude towards the subject? "Hey, let's throw in some politically correct bullshit while we're at it, that will win people over.", "Excellent idea!" It was a really cheap and greedy way of pandering to the LGBT fanbase. At least WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse (Though I personally don't see the characters as lesbians, I see them as space rocks with no clarified gender) handled this with more dignity and less obnoxious attention-grabbing crud. Also, as icing on the cake, what does people now remember about [=LoK=]? "That show ending with the lesbians", not as a sequel to the original series. Way to dig your own grave, Bryke.

** Tropers/{{PurpleEyedGuma}}: This is my least favorite episode too, but for different reasons. I actually sided with Sokka and Katara and found Aang’s hiding of the map to be too selfish and out of character. For a moment there, I actually thought he cared about these people.

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that Fire Nation soldiers took all the earthbenders from a region of the Earth Kingdom they control and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. Team Avatar plan to enter the prison only work because the Fire Nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from being engaged in the slightest. You can't pretend the Fire Nation army is this massive opressive force and than have them be so incompetent when they confront the heroes. It just doen't work. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that Fire Nation soldiers took all the earthbenders from a region of the Earth Kingdom they control and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. Team Avatar plan to enter the prison only work because the Fire Nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from being engaged in the slightest. You can't pretend the Fire Nation army is this massive opressive force and than have them act like this when they confront the heroes, it just doen't work. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that Fire Nation soldiers took all the earthbenders from a region of the Earth Kingdom they control and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. The Gaang plan to enter the prison only work because the Fire Nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from taking any of it seriously. You can't pretend the Fire Nation army is this massive opressive force and than portray it like that, it just doen't work. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* Tropers/{{Catmuto}}: There are quite a few things I don't like about ''The Legend of Korra'', but I think my big [=DMoS=] is how the shipping-war, which felt dragged out through majority of the series, was resolved with Korra hooking up with [[spoiler: her best friend [[BiTheWay Asami]]]]. It felt completely out of [[{{Asspull}} nowhere]] for me, was not properly built up or foreshadowed and ultimately came across like the creators just wanted to say '[[spoiler: Yeah, we have a bisexual/lesbian heroine]]' and be patted on the back for it.

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that fire nations soldiers took a bunch of earthbenders and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. The Gaang plan to enter the prison only work because the fire nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from taking any of it seriously. You can't pretend the fire nation army is this massive opressive force and than portray it like that, it just doen't work. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that fire nations soldiers took a bunch of earthbenders and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. The Gaang plan to enter the prison only work because the fire nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from taking any of it seriously. You can't pretend the fire nation army is this massive opressive force and than portray them like that, it just doen't work. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that fire nations soldiers took a bunch of earthbenders and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. The Gaang plan to enter the prison only work because the fire nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from taking any of it seriously. You can't build the fire nation as this massive opressive force and than portray them like that, it just doen't work. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show simply for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that fire nations soldiers took a bunch of earthbenders and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. The Gaang plan to enter the prison only work because the fire nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from taking any of it seriously. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that fire nations soldiers took a bunch of earthbenders and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotional potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. The Gaang plan to enter the prison only work because the fire nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from taking any of it seriously. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

* emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that fire nations soldiers took a bunch of earthbenders and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotianal potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. The Gaang plan to enter the prison only work because the fire nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from taking any of it seriously. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].

emilefl: "Imprisoned" is one of my least favorite episode of the show for how disjointed it's tone feel. It's premise is that fire nations soldiers took a bunch of earthbenders and keep them imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the sea where they can't escape, breaking their fighting spirit to the point where even when they do have the means to fight back they don't do it. Sound like something with a lot of emotianal potential right? [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Except none of it is taken seriously]]. The Gaang plan to enter the prison only work because the fire nation soldiers are complete idiots and even when we get on the ship and witness how miserable the prisonners are, the warden acting like a goofball prevent me from taking any of it seriously. [[AuthorsSavingThrow At least we got a better prison escape plot in season 3 with "The Boiling Rock"]].