Is it really necessary for so many examples to have these little jabs against the fans who are rooting for the empire? In the Avatar section for example, it's a little nattery
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Some fans root for the Fire Nation out of the opinion they're the best candidate to advance technology and bring 'progress' to the world. These fans also believe that the Avatar himself is a symbol of outdated superstitions and supernatural forces holding back humanity from its true potential, and that the 'Balance' the heroes are fighting to restore is merely the forced stagnation of civilization. As for all the people killed or enslaved by the Fire Nation, and for all the other people they were planning to exterminate along with their native cultures, that's apparently a small price to pay for a one-world government and an industrial revolution. (One thing that can be said in their favour is that the other nations have a large Stay in the Kitchen attitude, while Fire Nation military is open to women and no-one batted an eye at Azula becoming Fire Lord.) In fact, on a character level, many Fire Nation character are sympathetic (Zuko, Iroh, Ty Lee, and Mai) or in Azula's case so good at being bad, earning them massive fandoms. The problem is that all the sympathetic characters turn against the Fire Nation and its goals, for various reasons, and that Azula is revealed to be severely disturbed.
Shouldn't this trope just be for catalouging and not commentary?
Is it really necessary for so many examples to have these little jabs against the fans who are rooting for the empire? In the Avatar section for example, it's a little nattery
Shouldn't this trope just be for catalouging and not commentary?
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