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Avatar: The Last Airbender – Season 3

21 – Nightmares and Daydreams (Episode 9) Some of the experimental episodes work better than others. On paper the concept of Aang’s anxiety about facing the Fire Lord causing nightmares, insomnia and hallucinations is solid. The execution of some of it works. The execution of other moments like Aang’s dream that’s basically a Dragonball parody,…

Avatar: The Last Airbender – Season 2

The standard model for a 3 act story is for the 2nd act to introduce an escalating conflict, and for the heroes to be left at their lowest and most hopeless point. The misconception is that the 2nd chapter always has to be darker, which it sometimes is, but the key point is for it…

Avatar: The Last Airbender – Season 1

To give some personal context, I’m not typically very invested in animation. I tend to fall asleep watching animated movies (its a natural reaction and not due to boredom) and long form Japanese anime has never clicked with me. Avatar: The Last Airbender is not Japanese, but it is heavily influenced in style and storytelling…

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