What are some things you would change about Avatar: The Last Airbender if you were to redo the series?
07.06.2025 17:37
A big thing I’d change. I know it results from the episodes all being around 23 minutes so it only adds up to 30 minutes with commercials. I wanna lengthen them (for other reasons, too) so we can deal with something called CONFLICT RESOLUTION. Accountability please, babes.
I’m especially interested in Sokka finally facing a woman who genuinely believes all the rhetoric he spouts about gender roles. It offers more of a chance for growth than Suki and Katara challenging him because she’s hot and therefore her problems matter to him (as life goes). Then her dad can reveal there’s no need to find a husband to replace him because he’ll handle his people. Then, she and Sokka can celebrate. Then she can die. And I mentioned I’d want her to go through a doorway instead of becoming a corpse just to make it look less like “aye, suicide is tight, yo.”
And the personal preferences in bending could be cool to explore more. Toph has her seismic sense because of her relationship with the world. Haru can…I’d come up with something to show his love of plants (maybe the Fire Nation robbing their village of a sacred forest he wants to regrow). And the swampbenders can be a combination tribe of earth and waterbenders because that’s cool to explore coexistence. I doubt the nations were truly separate for centuries, let’s be real.
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But lying to Katara—your main love interest and closest friend…not understandable. And what’s worse is it can easily be remedied in 10 seconds. Get all the humor of him immediately going back to the scams, but save him by revealing he’s clever and tricky with words. Flat-out lying to the first friend he’s made is one of the many things that make me doubt his moral character.
Killing people who are actually contributing to the war and oppression is more gray. And she could entice Katara to find the man who killed her mom (foreshadowing her life-changing field trip). Maybe she can suggest how the two of them together might be able to destroy the Firelord himself. I could even see bloodbending being a straining process on the body that slowly inhibits one’s chi flow and reduces the efficacy of their bending. That could explain Katara overpowering her with 0 experience in a way that sits better with me.
Sokka: “Didn’t you tell Katara we weren’t gonna do scams anymore?”
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Screw Energybending
It’d be hard for me to fix Aang. I like his flawed moments like snapping when Appa was lost and when he hid the letter in Bato of the Water Tribe. I don’t mind him being a big fat liar when it’s for conflict resolution or deceiving the enemy like in The Great Divide or The Chase. And I don’t mind his lack of diligence when he tries to quit in solidarity with Katara in The Waterbending Master.
So, Book 1…I’d make more effort to highlight that he’s lonely and desperate for a true home. And the internalized shame he feels after being discarded. I’d focus on all that from the beginning. The show seems to think a villain exhibiting emotions or vulnerability is a bad thing. No, make him effective but also show those emotions in their most raw form. They mostly started doing that in Book 2 when they went from exiles to criminals. I would even like a scene where he cries in Book 1 outside of a flashback. That scene arguing with the sky in Book 2 was phenomenal and I’d like to see that earlier.
Edit: I should add a big problem I have with Aang is all the little things that destroy his character. Remember in The Runaway when he promised Katara he wouldn’t do scams with Toph anymore and then broke the promise in the very next scene? Funny, but bad for Aang if we’re presenting him as a good person deep down. This isn’t The Great Divide where it was impossible to tell who was right or wrong and mediation was the goal (that I can condone).
Water can heal, control plants, control blood, and change its state to mimic its behavior at different temperatures. No, that’s too much. Earthbeders are getting plants. Creating ice in warm environments or water in cold environments is now an avatar-exclusive skill. Same for redirecting heat and lavabending. I’d gatekeep combustion if I didn’t like Sparky. I’m also playing up airbenders’ grace and near-untouchable status in combat a bit more. No playing favorites, I’d be kinda fair.
So…I’m changing Mai. I want her to still be gloomy, intense, and perpetually bored. But I want her to have an impulsive and reckless side when she’s not around her parents. She can even mention how much fun it is not having tea time with her mom seven times a day. So, the romance with Zuko (and preferring he not die) can be a more secondary reason for the betrayal. She can mainly betray Azula because…it’s exciting and her uncle and parents will bail her out eventually. She can have a tendency to do dangerous things if they’re exciting. That can be a reason she so often says “I don’t care how much lightning she shoots at me. No, I’m not doing what Azula told us to do.”
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I’d have Katara act like Aang is a registered penis-carrying member of society. She puts him…it’s worse than the friend zone…she puts him in the little brother zone. Often. Then it kinda feels like their relationship is forced. Once again, the show isn’t good with romance. But I feel like the friends-to-lovers thing needs more of the romantic aspect. The scene in The Fortune Teller where she realizes Aang could be her fated lover is good, I want more of that. Some semblance of attraction to that scrawny little bald boy.
The show isn’t great at romance or conflict resolution. I need Aang to apologize to Toph and acknowledge that she was truly disabled in that moment and she literally couldn’t save both Appa and her friends. If he never expresses guilt for that on-screen, his moral character is unsalvageable. Unless we go in a direction where he has a massive ego and believes avatars don’t have to apologize for anything. But that’s not his character, so he needs to apologize on-screen.
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I know it’s not the most kid-friendly. Neither are the powerful madness scenes in the Book 3 finale, but they’re awesome scenes on their own. The “the past is the past, I can’t change it, I can only go forward on a better path” BS doesn’t resonate with me when it’s just words. Leaves from the Vine shows the anguish and hits the emotions like a freight train. Maybe I’m the type to beat myself and others up too much, I know I’m a little harsh. But accountability is a big deal and, if you always try to avoid it, you come off self-centered and narcissistic.
I’d also play up his belief in honor and nobility. He’d be like a European knight…the fantasy ones, not the bullies IRL. A big gripe I have with him is his tendency to bulldoze people’s lives and homes with no remorse (while talking about honor). He was bullying Sokka and Katara’s village full of literal children, which is despicable. Attempts to minimize collateral damage, or offer payment to rebuild, or arrange for people to evacuate would help show his heart early and make more sense when we’re supposed to view him as kind (if flawed). And I’d love a moment when the Gaang enters a town, finds it abandoned, then we get a Zuko jumpscare. True belief in honor instead of lipservice.
Getting betrayed by your fake friends/rogue minions isn’t a mental breakdown-causing betrayal. Have the writers been to high school? Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, Jesus, Batman, and Katara experienced far worse betrayals so we need to show the house of cards was already barely holding on to start.
Edit: Remember this scene in The Boiling Rock?
Zobooma-F-U, rat. Sokka’s eating you. You contribute nothing to the story and you’re the least interesting to look at. If I’m Kim, you are definitely Kourtney.
I’d explore Ty Lee and Azula as a romantic pairing (even if they never do anything overtly romantic, it could just be crush signals). Painting it as Azula having a crush on Ty Lee makes sense to me. And making it so Ty Lee isn’t as rich or noble as Azula or Mai, but the Lee family gets extra privileges from her association with Azula would be cool. A balancing act of flirting and praise would better justify the propensity she has to suck up every other second.
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Sokka: “Where?”
Dang it, I’ve been trying to be nice…it just…it’s true, I’m sorry. Also, why is that the one style of bending you can just automatically use? It’s just given to you and you’re an expert. I wanna be an expert gymnast without any diligence or dedication, is there a lion turtle for that?
I wouldn’t, hypothetically, make major changes like Yue not being the moon spirit or Suki joining the Gaang early. For the most part, the show is good structurally. There are just little details that I kinda despise as a watcher when I look too hard. Or not hard at all in the case of energybending and the way mental breakdowns work.
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More Kataang Believability
I also wanna see Jeong Jeong and Piandao a little earlier. Piandao can be a quick, one-time meeting with someone other than Sokka. Jeong Jeong would also, likely, cross paths with the Gaang at some point. They’re both fugitives, so I imagine they’d have similar plans for where to hide out.
Sokka: “I think—“
But, honestly, I need him to duel Azula. He can lose. He can lose spectacularly. I mean, we have bigger fights coming, a quick and decisive loss is better. He can get burned and the blue flames can disappear as the screen fades to black. But he needs to try…at least try. Right now, the “you were never even a player” line sucks. It’s badass, but it feels undeserved. This is why I keep saying the show struggles with conflict resolution and the art of building and dispelling tension. Honestly, same with me. But, still, that’s what collaboration is for.
But I genuinely believe that feels better narratively. Energybending is just not good from a writing standpoint. I get it’s magic. So anything could happen. But if that’s the excuse you use, there’s never going to be any tension. I’m glad they waited to do stuff like this until the end—for the most part. But, through most of the show, they don’t do that. Logic and reason are prioritized, to a degree, because we can’t get invested in a show where there’s too much handwaving and random BS.
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We all know Zuko and Azula aren’t socially adept. But “sorry about that, nice to see you again.” That’s his reaction to burning people’s homes, property, and (if this weren’t Avatar) children within those homes. Causing turmoil and pain wherever he went and he never made an effort to minimize that or went on to try to atone. That’s what I mean when I say it’s lipservice and it’s hard to believe Zuko is truly good deep down…at least to me. With Iroh, we saw a true, genuine, appropriate apology. So what’s the difference here? Oh, it’s someone who he doesn’t have to care about too much. And it could be improved with two sentences that show genuine emotion and apology.
This isn’t a novel, she’s not Kyoshi. We can’t read her mind and we never get any soliloquies. So, I need some more scenes. I need her to speak to the builder of the drill about how much in funds was wasted upon its destruction and how the Firelord is likely to react to the embarrassment with swift punishment. Then she can scream at him and tell him to take his chances in the wild or hope he gets into the city (tendency to punish or banish others). Then order everyone to leave and tell Ty Lee “you’re obviously to stay in here with me…don’t say anything, I’m thinking…hmm, you look an awful lot like…I have an idea…” (co-dependency and a fear of being alone).
And, in my version, earthbenders would truly control plants and their growth. But waterbenders can manipulate plants due to the water inside the same way they do now, even if they can’t make them grow at an expedited rate. It’d be cool for Haru’s relationship with bending to have a unique predisposition towards plants and healing. If he can heal injuries through mud or something, maybe that would justify Katara’s attempt to heal her hands in The Deserter. Rather than having her just do it by accident. I get she’s prodigious, but you gotta understand something’s a possibility to accomplish it sometimes.
Bumi needs to be shot. He helped Aang in no way (even in season 2). He was “waiting and listening” while his people were revolting against the oppressive rule he in no way attempted to fight against. He never communicated with his people or advisers what he was trying to do. We never even saw a White Lotus informant give him a coded message. He’s less responsible than Aang because he doesn’t even have the class to lie through his teeth.
And, for Yangchen’s sake, I need to rewrite Zuko confronting his father during the eclipse. It’s an awesome moment of him taking the power to kill his father and choosing not to. It’s extremely emotionally cathartic. But if he knew where Ozai was during the eclipse and didn’t choose to guide the Gaang there from the throne room…it’s a plot hole. At best, Zuko is dumb as dirt. At worst, he was playing a long game and gambling on his chances to get the throne. There’s no in-between if he knew where Ozai’s bunker was, arrived within the eclipse window, and didn’t end the war alongside Aang.
Damn, this was a long one, I am not excited to proofread. But these are my changes based on my opinions of what feels satisfying or unsatisfying or confusing or annoying as a watcher. But we’ll all feel differently because we all have different opinions so I’m excited to see more answers since I’ll likely have an epiphany upon seeing someone else’s critique of an aspect of the show.
Zuko Needs to Annoy Me Less
Two solutions. First, and easiest, I take him out back and euthanize that heifer. Second, and most boring, we go in a more Iroh direction. He can seem zany, wacky, and unassuming…but he needs to show he gives a shit about the people he rules. Evacuating Ba Sing Se wasn’t the Gaang’s responsibility. I would’ve had them working alongside people who came up with the plague idea the whole episode. At the end of the episode, a White Lotus agent in Fire Nation garb can reveal some of those helpers were White Lotus agents. But Bumi could be more focused on asking if he brought any rock candy.
Let’s be real, they feel like first drafts at the moment. But revamping or rewriting them could showcase their themes in a way that doesn’t seem redundant considering episodes in prior seasons.
It could also show more of Azula and Zuko’s upbringing. They come from an abusive home and Azula feeling the need to control Ty Lee and test her loyalty often would be fun to show how damaged she is. That would be a fun avenue and Ty Lee’s likability can show how impossible that situation is. Same as Ursa trying to survive Ozai.
Aang: “I said we wouldn’t do those scams anymore. These ones are new.”
Mai isn’t a character. She acts lazy because she’s comic relief. She loves Zuko because of the plot. She loves him enough to betray Azula because of the plot. The show isn’t good at romance, that’s why Aang was friend-zoned for so long. There’s no sufficient amount of time to develop a realistic romance with Maiko, though.
Moving on, I’ll just section it off so you can read or skip whatever does or doesn’t capture your interest.
I honestly think flying around and chatting with the Guru and the Mechanist would be a better idea. Chi points, chi blocking, and such are well-developed and explained in the show. I get using the avatar state to access bloodbending can’t be done because bending blood is far eviler than shooting fire out of your fist at someone. So maybe he could intend to create an earthen operating table and kinda acupuncture some rock needles into Ozai to permanently chi block him. The problem is getting him onto it. Thank Kyoshi for conveniently-shaped rocks.
Speaking of little to no accountability. Iroh is portrayed as the wise sage. He’s the role model and all this BS. But the show never holds him accountable (I get it because of the early tone). One of the few moments I liked in the live-action is Iroh being forced to confront the people (whose names he didn’t even know) who he killed, harmed, or inconvenienced during his time in the war. Or their families. I need more of that. “War Heroes” are mostly people who’ve harmed a great deal of individuals (for good or bad reasons). We need to see him interact with more people he’s harmed, feel guilt, and see him reconcile his past and show atoning is a never-ending journey.
There’s an animation book that reveals they were mostly having fun with Hama and the horror theme of the episode. I’d make her more sympathetic, but also more dangerous. No locking innocents up as revenge. I’d have her travel around the nation and force entire teams of soldiers and veterans to jump off cliffs or bridges to die.
Just like Zuko not often showing how much of a heart he has in Book 1, Book 2 has Azula be tightly wound and in control every minute of every day. Outside of two scenes in episode 1, she’s stoic, graceful, and poised at all times. She needs to become a raving lunatic. Snapping, screaming, panicking, showing a strain in any way…I promise you, that’s not gonna make her feel less serious as a villain. She was still frightening while unhinged, bits of that wouldn’t detract from her efficacy as a character in the narrative, girlypop, I swear.
Another problem I wanna fix is the way they just speed over Iroh’s hatred of Azula. He recognizes Zuko’s good side and the bad that Ozai fostered in him. He forgives Zuko’s betrayal. But he feels nothing for Azula and needs her to go down. I’d like him to either seem more hesitant and empathetic, but concerned (boring) or just own it. “She’s too much like Ozai and Ozai is a monster who has no morals,” just own it. I’d like it if things hinted more at him having a fear of history repeating itself and Azula doing something awful to Zuko. Or if he mentioned Ozai likely did an irreversible amount of brainwashing and he feels bad for her, but doesn’t care cause he doesn’t like her so screw her. He had more empathy for the kid who tried to mug him and that’s glossed over.
The impossible standards of perfection need to be magnified. I want to put a focus on how she wants to bring Zuko back in Book 3 as a gift for extra credit. To show that she accomplished everything to an impossible standard of perfection and went beyond the stars. We need to focus on that and not speed past it, it helps that perfectionism is a disease narrative. I also need that arranged marriage. A forced marriage Ozai barely mentions to her could show how little control she feels in her life and the way she constantly puts aside her needs to be a tool for Ozai’s objectives. And I stand by my recent assertion that they’d be the first one banished.
We get to have time with each bending art and things are only revealed after we understand and develop a familiarity with the characters’ powers and limits. Brandon Sanderson has a well-respected guide on building magic systems. A big guideline is to only introduce new aspects after we understand the existing ones. Energybending breaks that rule. It was never mentioned, never hinted at, it just came out of the flipping sky at the exact moment Aang needed to find a way to be selfish and let thousands burn so he could feel morally superior.
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I need the Gaang inviting Zuko into the mix to feel less sudden because the episode’s about to end. Or for it to be highlighted more that they’re literally desperate for a firebending teacher at this point. In the show, he didn’t really risk his life to save them and nothing he did outweighs the awful things he’s done. He was literally bullying their village with soldiers bought with his uncle’s hush-money. I need more time used to make decisions feel sensical. Either because they believe he’s changed (despite not possessing the knowledge we do) or they impose restrictions because they don’t trust him, but they’re desperate.
I Think Aang is Unsalvageable
Iroh and Accountability (or I just expect walks of shame across hot coals to get retribution)
Aang, when you consider the story and not his charm, is very irresponsible, immature, self-centered, shameless, and annoying…at least to me. They seemed to sacrifice responsibility for the sake of likability. It makes sense because he’s just a kid. But our “hero” seeing what the Fire Nation inflicts on people and allowing his friends and allies to spend more time languishing in prison isn’t heroic. And allowing the Fire Nation to use the major comet boost that sponsored the last genocide for an unknown evil thing…it’s grossly irresponsible. Then Zuko reveals the details and Aang acts shocked. Idk how to fix him. Maybe I can kill him off just like Bumi.
Energybending is a cop-out. Once again, conflict resolution does not exist. It doesn’t matter if lion turtles were put in the background of the scene a few times or “it was always the plan to use an avatar-exclusive skill.” Even the beautiful animation doesn’t save that deus ex machina. This series has one of the best, most well-thought-out magic systems in media. I forget it’s a magic system sometimes, it’s just “bending” to me. And it’s so iconic because it’s not in a rush.
Aang and Toph high-five behind his back.
The enemies-to-lovers chemistry with Zuko feels more palpable if I’m being real with you. And I gotta remove Aang acting like a Thirsty Theo during late Book 3 even after she said she’s overwhelmed and needs time and space.
I’d probably get the writers who accomplished the masterpieces known as Zuko Alone, Appa’s Lost Days, and Tales of Ba Sing Se to scrap and replace The Painted Lady and Nightmares and Daydreams. They’re likely the same, but I don’t feel like checking the credits of 5 episodes right now.
Believable MotivMaitions
Toph: “Ooo, Sokka, look at that belt!”
However, I hate his guts. Not apologizing to Toph. Ignoring Roku saying in clear and literal terms that he had to fight the Firelord before the comet came. Ignoring the promise he made to all the allies who got locked up for following him in the invasion and saying “I’m not ready to fight the Firelord, so enjoy the prison oatmeal, hoes.” Not revealing that very plan to Zuko or the past lives because he was afraid of the idea of being held accountable for his decisions. Only wanting to save the world when Katara can watch him do it and be impressed because he wants her wet, wet, Water Tribe goodies. Rarely training of his own volition.
I need to see more of them to better show their reach. I get it’s a secret society and I respect how we only see them on our periphery when Iroh needs a bit of assistance. But I wanna see more and show how the Gaang can get help from people on their journey that are later revealed to be affiliated.
Bumi Must Die
I have been sitting on this question for a while because I don’t know how to “fix” this show. ATLA is nearly perfect, but I'm not too fond of a few episodes. And characters who have traits I find obnoxious. Katara, Sokka, and Toph are good at least (but Toph needs more screen time—though her personality is pretty one-note most of the time). Let me go through the characters, then I’ll see what else I have to say—WAIT!
I’d add more emotional consideration from Zuko upon joining the Gaang. I mentioned the Gaang forgives/accepts his application too quickly. Then, even after that miracle of rushed pacing, he acts entitled and wonders why Katara doesn’t like him now. It feels very much Book 1 Zuko and that kinda grinds my gears, even if he turned things around in the end.
Waterbending is Overpowered
Koko, you know I love you kinda…probably…slightly. But you are a racist bully and you magically forget all those ingrained prejudices in under a year (my boy was calling people “filth” and I believe he used “peasant” at least once—yet, we judge Azula for it). I don’t mind flaws, I love Sokka’s character. But I never see Zuko believably grow in a way that shows he doesn’t believe bullying comparatively defenseless people is wrong (only attempted genocide, which is like…duh).
I mentioned the changes I’d make to her before, but they’d need extra episodes. To show that no nation is perfect, I’d have Yue internalize the misogyny in the tribe and spend all her time trying to groom a boy into the perfect husband and chief. Maybe her dad is dying like she was. She might like Sokka, but he won’t stay long. So, it’d be a better conflict than a marriage for…reasons. That feels forced for the narrative—unless her dad is just treating her like property, then Sokka can vehemently oppose that (which shows growth from his start-point).
So I’d remove the entitlement because it grinds my gears how the show tries to paint Katara as the one who’s wrong and oversensitive. Maybe have him bring Katara gifts she doesn’t accept or take over all her chores as an apology without asking. And apologize and recognize that he terrorized her and her friends so much so that I wouldn’t be surprised if they have nightmares. And admit he terrorized her village of literal children and her grandma. These acts of service and gifts can show he’s misguidedly trying to make up for that even if it’s not the most efficient way to go about it.
I’m going full Frozen. Your entire character and story revolving around a man who’s…I won’t lie, he’s attractive. But the personality is mid. That’s not a believable character, it’s a trophy that a hero is entitled to after he saves the day.
She brushes off most failures and proceeds on. I need a tendency to be a brat and have tantrums to make her seem a bit more fragile and cobbled together. Not on one single occasion, throughout her entire on-screen journey, has she shown those tendencies until the end for the Oscar-winning scene. I cussed someone out on my phone today for wasting my time and saying I sound like a woman so I’m not me, but that one instance of snapping can’t be used to capture my whole identity and claim I have an anger problem (I mean…I might though). It’s the same for characters if you want to make them feel real.
I’d nerf waterbending royally. Or at least show less favoritism and make all the elements equal.
Momo Must Die
If the show tries to paint Zuko as the one who endures and perseveres whereas Azula is a brat who’ll break apart the second things don’t go her way, we need to change things to make that true. Azula needs more emotional outbursts or episodes of lashing out and punishing others ON-SCREEN to make that narrative work. Don’t just pivot after the drill, move on to infiltration in disguises, and take Zuko’s presence as an opportunity. That doesn’t fit the narrative we’re meant to believe.
Even if it’s laughable for him to be like “you’ve thrown so much at me, I can handle it now” when—if we play the struggle Olympics—Toph, Katara, Sokka, and Aang have been through much worse. I get everyone handles struggles differently. But he’s a rich, sexy, royal kid, so I’d expect him to get hysterical after realizing life won’t go easy on him. It’s almost worse than a store not having your dad’s credit card info on file and having to count cash yourself. So ghetto.
In an art of the series appreciation book, I believe, the creators revealed bloodbending was always intended to be the highest and most advanced form of waterbending. We have the breath of fire as an equivalent for firebenders. And Aang never needs a coat because, in universe, he can protect himself through bending. I’d like to focus on that more.
I get he was kinda thrust into a position of power in Ba Sing Se. He was just an adviser who was fortunate enough to be the only adult Kuei trusted (while he was literally a child) and the Dai Li followed him because they’re meant to ensure stability. But backing down that quickly to Azula…no, that’s not believable. Unless she said he could hit her with his best shot and Ozai would inflict a fate ten times worse on their kingdom. Or she mentioned that lore of him not earning that power and how loosening his grip was foolish because she’s a better option now (but it’s a lot of exposition).
Improving My Most-Skipped Episodes
Zuko as an Emotionally Intelligent King
All that said, the show is literally amazing. Most of the things I’d change (and I’m sure I’ll think of more) are mostly nitpicks and criticisms of narrative decisions. I get the show was being put together even as it aired. And I understand how it can be hard for writers to abandon ideas they had from the beginning (even if they don’t make sense anymore). Writing a show this amazing is a huge feat, even if I have (mostly) minor critiques. And I don’t think I can necessarily do that. I literally am still watching it to this day.
The show, for all its good in representing female characters, treats hot girls as trophies when you save the day. Mai, Suki, and Katara are all rewards distributed at the end (even if 2/3 relationships might not have lasted). It also perscribes to the idea that women don’t care about a guy’s looks, just his character despite the guys all falling for girls who all have beautiful faces and similar body types. I get everyone’s pretty, but Zuko is muscular (with literally just a line drawn between his pecs and lines for abs), Sokka is lithely muscular (with literally a smaller line drawn between his pecs), and Aang is scrawny (with literally no line drawn between his pecs). But all the girls’ bodies look the same. Maybe it’s a cartoon thing and not a big deal.