#and they both have daddy issues stemming from failure to meet expectations and both play dumb to fit in
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i love how rodney keeps calling john "kirk" when hes very clearly tom paris
#thats still not an accurate comparison in the way rodney means though#because while tom goes after women john just like. happens to be flirted with.#and he waffles between being confused and actively disliking it#stargate#stargate atlantis#john sheppard#star trek voyager#tom paris#mushroom rambles#but like the comparison is there bc both tom and john were 'disgraced' from the military#and found a home on an expedition out of reach from earth and everything they knew#and would both kill and die for their new family#because its the first time they felt something like thay#and they both have daddy issues stemming from failure to meet expectations and both play dumb to fit in#but are brilliant pilots with a cheeky sense of humour who fell in love with a hotheaded and even more brilliant engineer#holy shit they are Literally The Same Character
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I think my biggest issue with the live action atla is how all the issues the characters had were so... individualistic? They were issues primarily connected to their own self or disagreements with family members, and mainly conquered through finding their own power and learning badass bending and being a prodigy who learns things all by themselves.
I'm not sure how to phrase this properly but in the original, each character was influenced by the world they grew up in. Aang's denial, rage and occasional selfishness stems from him being an outsider to this world - he's a kid from 100 years ago with fresh grief from an event long past, no understanding of what living through war is like, and the weight of everything on his shoulders. Katara's anger and mothering comes from being cut off from her culture, having to step up and be her mother, and being treated as inferior to the men for being a woman. Sokka's sexism is a young boy's limited understanding of the role that men and women play in his tribe, and his consistent feelings of failure to live up to expectations or contribute to the group is a result of, again, having to grow up to take the position of leader far too quickly; trying to be his father. Everything about Toph is a pushback against the way she was smothered and restricted - the way the world makes assumptions about her because of her blindness. And for all that Zuko has daddy issues and whatnot, the core of his character is actually him wrestling with his upbringing, what it means to lead and serve a people, and questioning the nationalistic propaganda that was a fact of life for not just him, but everyone in the Fire Nation.
Atla is essentially one big road trip story. The detours are important, because it's on these that the cast find the limitations of their worldviews both broadened and challenged - and it's through others that their development occurs for the most part. Sure, they become stronger power-wise too - but that's not what actually resolves their internal issues. Their flaws are a product of their natures meeting their environments, so it's only by being in new environments and learning from the new people they meet that they grow, change, and adapt - all things that are absolutely pivotal for the cast to impact the world in turn in the way they all eventually wind up doing.
And I don't know, I just felt that wasn't there in the live action. Shades of it, sure, but, like I said, it was very self-contained, and didn't feel like a product of the world they grew up in. And the solution was usually just. Talk a few things over. Learn a cool new skill - without a master? You... you need a master, because bending is a martial art, not a superpower. No one in Avatar is supposed to learn everything alone... that's the whole point, and why one nation cannot rule all of them - they are all necessary, and all have something of worth to teach to others. Anyways, it was weird idk idk...
Feel like I could've explained this a lot better but this is the gist. Hope it somewhat came across?
#also i know i'm being nit-picky but the spirits...#in the original series there was a kind of quiet reverence to the way iroh and aang tended to interact with them#but in the live action they seemed a lot more like scary monsters. the spirits are an integral part of the world#there was a healthy dose of fear in the original too (for good reason). but there was also reverence. they are guardians#they are not spooky per se just otherworldly#and yet they are also foundational to the world of avatar itself#and i just. don't think that came across either. unfortunately.#poor hei bai was left angered and wounded... :'(#i mean i know he offered the acorn but we didn't actually see hei bai accept it and be somewhat appeased... sadness...#storyrambles#atla
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