Here’s the thing, though… the way they wrote him to be an imperfect parent is in direct contrast with his characterization on the original series and the comics. Prior to Korra, had he ever shown any favoritism towards a particular realm of benders, or even benders as a whole? What I saw was an eager willingness to adventure with anyone who wanted to join him. On top of that, after initially objecting to it, he supported and taught the air acolytes to keep air nomad culture alive. Why would he accept random people from other nations but not his own children who were half air nomad?

@@StephenKendall I have never read any comics or books, just the two animated series [and the netflix live action - but that is a separate thing] I see no inconsistency at all. Sure he has no favoritism about benders - but that has nothing to do with parenting. You seem to be confusing social views with parenting. What you are saying is like suggesting that because a person isn't a racists they must be a great father. Likewise saying that someone makes friends with everyone and is very popular does not mean they are a good parent. In fact, none of the things you bring up has anything to do with parenting. Also, what is said here in Legend of Korra it does not say he rejects his children, it says that he focused on Tenzin, not the same and also that was just the view of the other children - we don't have a detailed idea ... just that Aang seems to have had a favorite child whom he spent more time with. That is a description of poor parenting, nothing more, and it makes perfect sense.

@@TheFireMonkey I never said Aang should overall be a good parent; I said that his character conflicts with this specific pitfall. If you have a character that's never demonstrated any racist tendencies, yet they favor one child for having lighter skin than the others, that directly contradicts the previous characterization. What reason could Aang have had for only taking Tenzin to Ember Island? Do you really think Katara wouldn't have noticed the favoritism and corrected Aang? [Spoilers for later in Korra] If you want to reflect an OG character's flaws in parenting style, look to Toph.

@@StephenKendall Why would he be doing things specifically with Tenzin? That's not an issue of looking down on other bending or even favouring airbending - Aang has the job of restoring the air nation and that requires airbenders who have to carry on the whole tradition and culture, but since he is the only airbender, that means the whole future of the air nation is dependent on his children, and only one of them is an airbender. So of course he is trying to spend time teaching Tenzin to be a great airbender and also teaching him as much as possible about the culture and all of that. It isn't discriminatory, it is only myopic - and through the original series, Aang was often myopic. When he needed to get ready to save the world - what did he do? Well, a lot of the time he went and did things for fun, they didn't always work out that way, but that was his plan. It was only because Sokka and Katara kept pushing him that he ever managed to get things done because he always got caught up in the moment.

@@TheFireMonkey Tenzin wasn't talking about training, he was talking about vacations. What about Ember Island involved training Tenzin in airbending? Through the air acolytes, Aang demonstrated his support of non-benders upholding the traditions and culture of the air nation. Again, why would he not seek to include his own children in this endeavor? His arc in the original series dealt with avoiding responsibility and seeking out fun adventures instead. Ironically, sticking to this weakness should have caused him to take more vacations with his whole family and spend less time training Tenzin one on one.

I honestly agree with the air culture to be with just Tenzin But I still think Amy should’ve brought his other kids along with at least some Vacations

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