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Bumi's story always broke my heart. Born a non-bender, and had to see his father pay more attention to his sibling who not only was a bender, but also the very kind he SHOULD have been 😢. But Anng did do the best he could , and the fact that Bumi did the best he could at keeping the world safe and still looked up to his Dad shows alot of love still there
Honestly, I was betting on the water kid going on trips with Kaya, Aang taking the wind kid and fun and cool uncle Sokka coming for the non bender kid.
It's like Ursa situation
Yo bro can you make a vid on the neweet tadc episode 7?its reslly weird,and worth to make a vid on.
for Christmas, you should do a classic style video on the science on the polar express, specifically the drifting train on a frozen lake.
Please make a theory about the TADC 7
do a video about the movie "fall"
We also have to remember that Air Benders aren't typically raised in family-like structures, so even if he wasn't frozen for 100 years, he wouldn't have much in the how-to-raise a child knowledge
16:20 thank you for explaining that because it makes sense. I just assumed Ang was being a little short sighted or overly excited about having another airbender but that does make sense that he would need to take Tenzin away to train.
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having complex characters with complex motivations is like, kinda what avatar does. He can have good intentions and still fail in ways as a father. He can be a good person and also neglectful. Like, bad actions doesnt make a person automatically morally bad. His parents weren't present enough in his life for him to really know or understand how that worked other than "teach them about our culture and traditions" which he did his best to do, but just happened to bond more with Tenzin because of it. Loving your children unconditionally and doing your best, doesnt mean there wont be areas in which you fail. It makes him human, not an abusive monster.
Easy to see that Tenzin takes after Aang, Kya after Korra, and Bumi after Uncle Sokka, which makes sense. Although we didnt see Bumi spending significant time with Sokka, he was the oldest child and was likely able to spend the most time with him before his death, likely as a role model. Tenzin / Kya would have naturally spent more time with their respective Bender parents due to them being their Masters and teaching them bending; Leaving more time to have Bumi spend with Sokka.
I was definitely one of the people who criticized Aang's parenting, and this definitely help reframe certain aspect. I would even add that he turned out to be a good parent given the fact that he had NO parents himself. He wasn't raised in nuclear family and from what I remember he only had mentors, parental figures, but he essentially raised himself from the age of 12.
From what I remember, those trips were not just vacations they were work related Avatar trips that he brought Tizen along with to learn about the Avator's duties and about Air bending. Bumi didn't get his air bending powers until the last season of Korra and the sister was a water bender. It would make sense for her to stay with her mother who at that time was some kind of master water bender. Ang wasn't around his family due to his Avatar duties. He would have to go diferent parts of the world to resolve wars or disputes between countries. Not a good thing to bring your family around.
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11:07 that's okay, the comments are trying to excuse Aang and invalidate Kya and Bumi's feelings about how they felt as children. Nothing realistic about that at all.
I always saw the vacations that he took with Tenzin as an extension of Air Nomad culture. The original series often talks about the world Aang saw before he knew he was the avatar. It is how he met Earth King Bumi, Kuzon, and first rode the elephant koi. Air nomads are travelers, moving from temple to temple.
16:40 there are also a lot of air bender spiritual locations which require air bending to be able to reach safely.
0:36 "That's a good Zuko costume, but your scar is on the wrong side."