Legend of Korra: Politics and Change - Tenzin Analysis (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

[@hettyscetty9785]

I'm pretty sure that Aang would have been happy to give up his title as the youngest Air bending Master to Jinora.

[@christinedomagala3781]

Same. He’d be very proud of his granddaughter’s accomplishments.

[@craigpeoples9883]

@@christinedomagala3781Korra was so technically he is

[@Nemo12417]

In Avatar the Last Airbender, Aang had to acquire the power to defeat the villain. In Legend of Korra, she starts off fully trained and has to learn how and when to use power in a world where shooting elemental blasts at the bad guy doesn't magically fix all the problems.

[@elin111]

Unlike Aang who magically gets the most Deus Ex Machina power ever at the 11th hour solving every problem in an instant and removing all nuance out of the conflict by creating a solve-everything button that he masters in less than 3 seconds?

[@Nemo12417]

@@elin111 You're not wrong, but the "problem" in question (to kill Ozai or not) only became a problem at the very end. Up to then, they'd dealt with plenty of villains without executing them in cold blood (and, I'd like to add, Katara was able to bloodlessly capture Azula without having four elements + the Avatar State).

[@tutumazibuko2510]

If Aang wasn't happy with change, he would have killed his best friend like Roku told him to Edit: Also, Avatar Yangchen had no problem killing despite being an Air Nomad

[@DrUpauli]

Who knows maybe he accepted it but never fully embraced it. Tenzin would be quite different if that were the case. Yangchen is still an exception to the rule considering everything she said to aang for the last fight

[@umukzusgelos4834]

I think Characters like Tenzin were the reason why I kept watching the show

[@phantom115cw]

Tenzin vs Zaheer in that battle, tenzin is a black belt while zaheer is a brown belt

[@elin111]

It is very subtle and not really acknowledged but Tenzin wearing the modern flight suit rather than sticking with the old gliders was such a great showcase of his character development. Tenzing willingly adapting modern more practical technology into his airbending instead of stubbornly keeping the old ways because they're traditional

[@DrUpauli]

Good catch! Was definitely a cool acknowledgement

[@elin111]

@@DrUpauli Given how season 1 Tenzin had an allergic reaction to Pro-Bending he would've most likely have very similar distaste for the wingsuits, season 4 Tenzin on the other it is entirely believable he would be more open minded about it.

[@UmbraStarWolf]

Legend of the martial artist in the beginning makes me want to rewatch Hunter X Hunter

[@mohamedabdourahman9845]

One thing about Tenzin i wish you talked about was the pro bending arch how he saw how it helped Korea understand air bending philosophy and how he later got into learning some of the rules because it was important to Korra.

[@SlayXay]

I cried at the end. I love this. Thank you for spreading positivity towards a great show that is easy to join the hate bandwagon with.

[@DrUpauli]

Too many videos like that and I didn't want to add on to it. Thanks for watching!

[@Ironcabbit]

Tenzin is the character in the entire Avatar-verse that is the most like me.

[@crazycatswell4684]

Yeah I think he’s similar to me too

[@vilstef6988]

With the tattoos, Jinora looks so much like Grandfather Aang!

[@basketsforlife7501]

DrUpauli: Airbenders never kill Avatar Kyoshi: Wanna bet?

[@craigpeoples9883]

DrUpauli:Correction Air native avatars never kill YangChen:You sure about DrUpauli:I give up

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Zaheer's airbending isn't very firebender-like. I'm no expert, but his style looks more like Capoeira than Shaolin Kung Fu.

[@markoshaughnessy6978]

I love what you said about Tezin, his parents, his whole family, and in his life! It is totally unbiased and even Anng was not a great father and had his shortcomings, but the marks he left on the world and in his family definitely earn him and Tezin a spot in the hall of miraculous characters!😂😊

[@vilstef6988]

I find Tanzin very relatable and admire how he rolled with change. Props to Tanzin and Bumi on how they both dealt with the life changing plot twist of the huge number of new airbenders which included Bumi!

[@michaelmercedes5118]

I had the same thoughts while watching and juxtaposing each show this is amazing content

[@DrUpauli]

thank you!

[@brianburke4756]

Took me a few moments, but I finally figured it out: the soundtrack is from a Sonic the Hedge game level, Crisis City, from Sonic Generations, I think. Got it!

[@DrUpauli]

The songs are in the description

[@abegley6588]

honestly, it makes me sad that aang didn't teach all his children about his air nomad roots. I think it would've been so cute if bumi still got some teaching of his air nation heritage. kaya could have also been taught some water bending as well. I just think that seems a little more in character for aang. like aang established the air nomads. they were non benders and it genuinely made aang happy to share his culture with someone. he didn't like it at first but accepted it.

[@may83195]

We do hear of aang trying to teach his other kids airbening culture, Kya says "oh you know I could never keep all those old monks straight" and both Kya and Bumi mention old airbender stories that Aang used to tell them when they were trying to remember where they heard about Guru Lahima, indicating Aang did at least _try_ to tach them, it just didn't click

[@craigpeoples9883]

@@may83195Yup

[@МегераПавловна]

Amon is not communism. It is fascism. Air nomads are closer to communism. They have public ownership of the means of production.

[@thewaffleman9803]

facts

[@liam6170]

I think we can all agree that Zaheer was the best villain of the show there where with the other villains there where always problems with them

[@chrisrodas6348]

The air nation and Jedi order are very similar

[@praetoriancorps]

I thought the same thing.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Not really though. The Jedi are not a nation, they're an organization who are concerned with peace more than freedom. And unlike the Jedi, the Air Nation allows its members to love, pleasure and live their lives as they see fit.

[@chrisrodas6348]

@@vetarlittorf1807 they both have rules. For example air benders were strictly vegetarian

[@swordpegasus4032]

Awesome video love avatar The Last Airbender.

[@sylvanstrength7520]

Iroh was my all time favorite character until I came to understand Tenzin. Iroh is still who I aim to be, but Tenzin’s growth is so powerful, that I see him growth as a model for my own. My path to reach the ideal that Iroh presents.

[@fuzzymelon1261]

Amon and kuvira would be in the top left and right corners. the rest are good to go

[@nanthakumar1591]

Is there any living avatar in real world since all keep telling on avatar?

[@phantom115cw]

You should have a look at my airbender sword, for ninja

[@nanthakumar1591]

You having a sword?

[@nanthakumar1591]

I have a blade and just my thinking as its air blade

[@Elmasdrakosinfenixov]

amon wanting equality would not make him a leftist. he'd probably be lib center but not as far lib as zaheer. actually now that im further into the vid i wouldn't put any of the villains anywhere near left or right. they are all varying levels of authoritarian and libertarian center

[@Alina_Schmidt]

Interesting point. But for a fascist metaphor as Kuvira, no.

[@Alina_Schmidt]

0:45 Being a fascist and a Nazi metaphor doesn‘t put you in the middle of authoritarian right and left. It makes Kuvira extremely right wing. This isn‘t even a nuance thing, it‘s damn obvious. It is by far the biggest flaw that so different political ideologies were all portrayed quite similarily: „Okay I agree with a few parts of your ideas but this is going too far.“ All while not knowing what the ideologies really are and thus overtly villanize communism and anarchism while portraying a fascist as someone to just build empathy for.

[@talkidrew]

Amon was an extreme social egalitarian good vid thi

[@shaunallahrakha6126]

I wanna know the avatar family dynamic. How did Bumi and Kya really feel being second best. Like it’s one thing to do the bare minimum and love your child but Tenzin was the clear favorite

[@King_TeaS]

I love atla and legend of korra is alright but really I think it shouldn’t have been that advanced

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Why?

[@King_TeaS]

Vetarlit Torf I liked when it was it felt like there was more culture and old technologies still. That’s just my opinion but the one thing that I do like about legend of korra is there music

[@Unison23]

It was 70 years into the future, in real life the industrial revolution was roughly as long as that. It makes sense that the world would be that technologically advanced, especially with bending being used for jobs as shown in the first two seasons

[@shnooble100]

I feel like similarly to the show runners, your content shows a lack of understanding in ideologies like Anarchism and Communism

[@Alina_Schmidt]

Exactly! Thanks for pointing out.

[@swordpegasus4032]

😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@feliz2892]

I think that you missunderstood the political ideologies in korra. However it is not your fault because the creators themself did not understand this ideologies. You should watch the videos of kay and skittles about it.

[@DrUpauli]

I watched it. Also it's literally one minute of the video. Like not even the main point of the video at all lol

[@feliz2892]

@@DrUpauli Yeah I do know. Maybe that my comment seems agressive but my point was not a reproach just a suggestion. I mean it was the first thing that I heard and I immediately thought about this .

[@DrUpauli]

Sorry it's just I've gotten a lot of comments about that part when I kinda wanted people to talk about the rest of the video

[@feliz2892]

@@DrUpauli Oh...Well that makes a lot of sense. Your content is great by the way.

[@ishan8491]

I would argue the creators did understand the ideologies. They created a narrative that showed how each ideology(communism, colonization and industrialization, anarchism, and fascism), is good in small parts, but too much will suffocate you. Take Amon as an example. He wanted equality for all, but his methods of using terror, violence, and deceit weren't great. However, he did get some good done. Or Kuvira. Kuvira wanted to reestablish stability, but she took her ideology to far, by putting any dissidents in concentration camps. The main message of the creators were all of these ideologies are good in small doses. We can look at socialism as an example. Socialism is good in doses, such as universal healthcare, public education, etc. But, we've seen what happens on a large scale. In the same way, Anarchy or Libertarianism is good to a degree, but when it is complete anarchy, complete chaos ensues. Basically, the message is moderation.

[@marisokami5259]

i would like people to know something they messed up about zaheer big time because it would've made him far more interesting as a character, anarchism IS a real political philosophy, it shares plenty of roots with communism but where some communist people cling to a strong state to bring on the revolution that will stop capitalist exploitation, anarchy rejects any unjust hierarchy, which most anarchists agree that representative democracy as the world knows now does not meet the requirements to be justified and direct democracy is preferable. the writers of the show did NOT read or look into any REAL anarchist philosphy, or leftist philosphy for that matter since amon has far more in commno with cold war propaganda about what communism is that what it really was. making the villains of korra a bizarre mix between left and right that no real person could ever believe. real anarchists do not want chaos, you know that symbol of the A in a circle? it's actually an o, it stands for order and refrences a french anarchist saying that people seek freedom and society will seek order by removing unjust power structures, that's what the word means. if they understood that it would've been so much more interesting because if they included fictional versions of anarchist texts instead of zaheer obsessing over a little necklace, there are plenty of avatar characters who would write a text like that.

[@CarsonMHerr]

Aang kinda sucks as a father lol