#the universe saw fit to give aang avatar state license once more

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sozin’s comet- avatar state was not just a deus ex machina

well, on the surface, it kinda was. but there’s an important line by ozai that elevates it beyond deus ex machina that nobody seems to appreciate.

‘after generations of fire lords failed to find you, now the universe delivers you to me as an act of providence.’-ozai (being a dumb bitch(still love you joker/luke skywalker))

you know how you’re not supposed to tempt fate? there are traditions from all cultures around the world that have you not ‘jinx’ your own damn self before any performance. even today, stage performers tell each other to ‘break a leg’ ie wishing/predicting a bad outcome so said outcome doesn’t happen.

and what does ozai do? he pretty much taunts the universe, aka providence, aka the cosmic will of said universe, with a offhanded remark about how facing the avatar was a favor the universe bestowed upon him.

which ties in nicely to what i hate the most about certain religiously slanted superiority complex types. and that’s the presumption that you know exactly what the big person upstairs is doing in any meaningful way. the sheer arrogance that drips from that is hubris that is just begging to be brought low in such an ironic way that it’d be painful to watch if it weren’t so justly deserved.

and what happens in his epic showdown? because of ozai’s bloodthirsty, violent beatdown on a kid barely in his teens, ozai pushes the avatar into a precisely pointed rock that reconnects said avatar to the cosmic flow of the universe, aka the avatar state.

this elevates the return of the avatar state above deus ex machina to a douglas adams bit where the narrator stares directly into the audiences’ eyes to deadpan ‘and nothing went this idiot’s way because he’s dumb’.

yeah avatar state aang beating up on ozai was a beautifully rendered, jaw droppingly choreographed fight, but people seem to miss that it’s fucking hilarious. ozai literally disrespected the fucking universe, and the universe said ‘bet’ and took ozai out by having him be the instrument to spell his own doom.

y’know how we have a saying about how a pebble couldn’t change the course a river? well, the universe said i could with change the course of this fight with this specific protrusion in a rock formation. and it did.