adventures-in-poor-planning:

adventures-in-poor-planning:

yknow i’ve been hearing the whole “there is no war in ba sing se” for literally ten years and still I wasn’t prepared for how sinister the city is!

god i absolutely love what they did here because it just further emphasizes the importance the show places on balance.

the city is the stubborn steadfastness of earth taken to its awful extreme: rules are rigid, social position is unchangeable, authority is absolute. this is what unchecked earth looks like.

it’s the same with the other elements. unchecked, the passion and drive of fire becomes the fire nation’s horrifying forever-war imperialism, the community-focus and adaptability of water becomes Hama’s trauma-driven crusade against the whole fire nation. even the free-flowing nature of air, the way it can find its way around obstacles, becomes Aang’s difficulty with facing his problems and feelings head-on.

none of the elements are bad! the only bad is in locking yourself so much into one kind of thinking that you can’t see the wisdom in others! gosh what a great moral!

  1. shockwav3central reblogged this from turtletotem
  2. bluefeenyx reblogged this from blazingstarininkyblackness
  3. blazingstarininkyblackness reblogged this from acyndraquil
  4. acyndraquil reblogged this from tulie
  5. emoimo reblogged this from happyfestus
  6. adragonsnappersthings reblogged this from jaggedcliffs
  7. yokaihiganbana reblogged this from adventures-in-poor-planning
  8. morning-lion reblogged this from adventures-in-poor-planning
  9. throgmortem reblogged this from fictionalvoid
  10. fictionalvoid reblogged this from mottsfortots
  11. mottsfortots reblogged this from theinevitableblastwave
  12. theinevitableblastwave reblogged this from strictlyquadrilateral
  13. charlenasaxen reblogged this from the-messenger-hawk
  14. thedoggoesed-ward reblogged this from iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid
  15. under-over-the-universe-falls reblogged this from the-desert-dancer
  16. likelytowritesomestuff reblogged this from pirateshelly
  17. amaliakushta reblogged this from aceofstars16
  18. hyvemind reblogged this from dreaming-of-shadows-and-light
  19. tesscont reblogged this from shelbyinmyviola
  20. anything-4-enchiladas reblogged this from mango-sabercat
  21. yuukoreadmanlove reblogged this from professorspork
  22. panpandemonium reblogged this from piplup
  23. jujupitera reblogged this from piplup
  24. gwindolyn reblogged this from mango-sabercat
  25. arthrmorgan reblogged this from sparrow548
  26. sparrow548 reblogged this from piplup
  27. blueriolus reblogged this from piplup
  28. caneschara reblogged this from piplup