I suppose, @avclub-e14267dedd4e1d0cc0093bc13643fd59:disqus, but it would have been nice for some more lifting to have been done there. I mean, in ATLA we had Iroh, we had Lieutenant Jee, even Zhao was humanized to a large extent even if he was super evil.

I suppose, @avclub-e14267dedd4e1d0cc0093bc13643fd59:disqus, but it would have been nice for some more lifting to have been done there. I mean, in ATLA we had Iroh, we had Lieutenant Jee, even Zhao was humanized to a large extent even if he was super evil.

I can't believe nobody has gotten here before me, as this was the first thing I thought after the episode ended and I had to drive for eight hours:

I can't believe nobody has gotten here before me, as this was the first thing I thought after the episode ended and I had to drive for eight hours:

Wouldn't it have been nice if we'd seen enough of Amon to have some clear idea of his decision-making process and general character and personality beyond "MUST SMASH PUNY BENDERS" to be able to analyze him coherently.

Wouldn't it have been nice if we'd seen enough of Amon to have some clear idea of his decision-making process and general character and personality beyond "MUST SMASH PUNY BENDERS" to be able to analyze him coherently.

If Bryke didn't revise Book One at all to account for the fact that they got a second season, I would be forced to conclude they're idiotic.

If Bryke didn't revise Book One at all to account for the fact that they got a second season, I would be forced to conclude they're idiotic.

It's hard for any show to fully develop such a huge cast in so few episodes.

It's hard for any show to fully develop such a huge cast in so few episodes.

The United Republic is directly ruled by the other four major political powers in the world with a fifth person from the tiny and largely inconsequential air monks added in.

The United Republic is directly ruled by the other four major political powers in the world with a fifth person from the tiny and largely inconsequential air monks added in.

and that this season is really about exploring the fact that some people
are gifted with special abilities more or less by chance (which is also
completely true in the real world) but that they have choices about how
they use them.

and that this season is really about exploring the fact that some people
are gifted with special abilities more or less by chance (which is also
completely true in the real world) but that they have choices about how
they use them.

The Equalists aren't monsters, they're people

The Equalists aren't monsters, they're people

The Fire Nation Royal Family has some really weird and fucked up generational math going on.

The Fire Nation Royal Family has some really weird and fucked up generational math going on.

Vir's head crest actually reflects his character development.

Vir's head crest actually reflects his character development.