Twitter user claims Avatar: the Last Airbender would be called “woke propaganda” if it was released today

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[–]lunarstrain 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Toph never acted like the "disabled girl", she was always cracking jokes about being blind, often at other people's expense. She'd probably be offended if you referred to her like that.

Plus, her blindness is a totally reasonable in-universe explanation for her awesome abilities, with her learning such advanced Earth bending from moles. It's not some shitty pandering or barely thought out plot point.

The difference is Toph has depth, doesn't take herself too seriously, and isn't invincible.

[–]CreditKnifeMan 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Toph never acted like the "disabled girl", she was always cracking jokes about being blind, often at other people's expense. She'd probably be offended if you referred to her like that.

The creator planned Toph as a man...

..so maybe it was early woke propaganda.

A theater performance in the show had both the avatar cast as a girl, and Toph as a man.

The sequel is even more woke, but they're both decent shows.

It's somewhat subtle. Which is crucial for high-quality social programming propaganda.

It's tame by today's standards.
Especially Netflix, which can't create a show without heavy homosexual innuendo, or outright homosexually active characters.

[–]lunarstrain 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The creator planned Toph as a man...

..so maybe it was early woke propaganda.

I'm not a big enough fan to follow the behind the scenes stuff so I'm not sure if you're just joking about the theater scene or if she was originally going to be a male character, but...

Could have just been a natural change during the creative process, y'know? Parents tend to be more protective over their daughters which fits well with her being so severely sheltered. Just a random guess, no idea what their actual inspiration was, may have been for sex diversity's sake (pandering) after all. Never liked the school of thought where you /have/ to include an equal amount of girls in your main cast.

At the very least, I'd say she's a well written tomboy character and I'm glad they didn't try to make her gay in Korra. I never liked The Legend of Korra very much, the writing sucked comparatively, didn't even finish it.

[–]CreditKnifeMan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I never liked The Legend of Korra very much, the writing sucked comparatively, didn't even finish it.

It emphasized the physical combat abilities from the main characters.

It was written for male main characters.