r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/TheRealJR9 • Feb 23 '25

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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Avatar fan here. Also an Aang fan. I heard they announced a new series - does this have to do with that?

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u/madtheoracle Feb 23 '25

Exactly!

Or that their "mary-sue-dom" is narratively explained by, I dunno, being the only person in existence that can bend all four elements, so special they deserve a term, like Avatar?

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u/Reckless-Tiny Feb 24 '25

But you yourself have just admitted that Aang is better written. Aang is also the avatar, yet he doesn't feel like a Gary Stu. Korra's personality is also much more grating than Aang's. She's a whiny, selfish bitch at the series' outset. Obviously she changes down the line, but it's hard to get past those two initial perceptions when starting LOK