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[–]levoyageur718293 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU1J9DiQzDw

Smellerbee is obviously supposed to be an unattractive girl who's dressed "as a boy" because boys are the ones who generally go on rad rebel adventures, so anything that's for adventurers is "for boys." You hear that voice for one second, and it's obvious. Iroh didn't "misgender" her because he's not woke enough, he confused her for a boy because in his mind a girl would look more girly and pretty. Her little conversation with her friend after was about reminding her that being a girl is no impediment to being a rad adventuring freedom-fighter.

Of course, even in-universe, "Smellerbee" is a stupid name for anyone, but there's like a hundred named characters in ATLA so the writers get a pass on this one.

[–]Beth-BR[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Uuuugh the comments. A girl wants to be comfortable in her own skin as more masculine and non conforming and they try to indicate she's trans? How? Litteraly nothing points to that.