Editing Avatar: The Last Airbender (section)

== Characters ==
=== The Last Airbender ===

[[File:Avatar-The-Last-Airbender-Free-Download.jpg|thumb|400px|right|From top left and towards right, Toph, Prince Zuko, Sokka, Katara and Avatar Aang.]]
: '''The Gaang'''
* Aang: Protagonist de jour.  Mostly optimistic (when he's not panicking) and the nimblest motherfucker you'll ever meet due to being an Airbending prodigy. His destiny is to master the other three elements and save the world. Favorite mode of transport: flying bison. Known to go [[Awesome|godmode]] when shit hits the fan.
* Katara: Motherly waterbending love interest. Occasionally kicks ass. WARNING: FRIENDSHIP SPEECHES AHEAD. The only one in the group with any resemblance of common sense other than Aang, and has a surprising amount of wisdom and knowledge for her age. 
* Sokka: Katara's bigger brother, a tech-minded guy in a world of magic Kung Fu and Spirits that get pissed off if you cut down too many trees in an area. The non bender of the group so he has to think his way to victory.  Man's man, ladies man, master swordsman, brilliant scientist (he co-invented the submarine with the earth nation mechanic who invented the zeppelin in this world), leader of men, and a genius in the use of comedy in all its shapes and forms, from the one-liner to the pratfall.  We all wish we were Sokka.
* Toph Beifong: A blind twelve year old girl introduced in Season 2. Also a massive badass, a tomboy and the best Earthbender in existence.  
* Momo: Aang's companion. Hybrid of a bat and a lemur - This is normal in the Avatar universe. Is a cute little bugger.
* Appa: Aforementioned flying bison. Hasn't got a lot of personality and functions as the group's main center of operations, supplied by a platform on its back. A large part of the second season is focused on getting him back from captivity.  Like Aang, he's the last of his kind, [[Grimdark|but as an animal rather than a human, he's an endling]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endling An actual real-life term])... [[Skub|Until the next series retconned Appa into a subspecies of flying bison, removing the story sting and symbolism of being the last of his kind]].

: '''Allies'''
* Suki: Member of the order of Kyoshi warriors (a group of warriors inspired by one of Aang's past lives, Avatar Kyoshi - [[Awesome|an Avatar who looked like an amazon combined with a geisha]]).  They live on an island and hold the Avatar in high regard.  Kind-hearted yet one of the best fighters in the series, second only to Iroh, Azula, Mai and Ty Lee.  Literally knocked the sexism out of Sokka when they first met (beating him in a fight and proving to him that it's possible a woman can fight better than a man) and later on the two fall in love.  
* King Bumi: King of the Earth city Omashu, a massive badass and a very old man (he's a childhood friend of Aang's, and Aang was frozen in ice for a century).  Possible origin of the term "mad genius", Aang's nickname for him, since he acts crazy but is extremely smart.  Tied with Toph for the most powerful Earthbender in existence.  He surrendered his city to a fire nation invasion, but, in the series' best moment of [[Just As Planned]], the city was evacuated, [[Awesome|he waited until the firebenders temporarily lost their powers, then used his Earthbending to singlehandedly retake his city without killing or losing a single person]].

: '''Enemies'''
* Zuko: Best character and the most well developed in the series by far. Staring off as a Exiled firebender prince, he was originally a whiny bitch(we don't blame him though, he's has a massive tragic background/shit family story to back it up) attempting to hunt the avatar to end his exile, but undergoes <gasp>CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT</gasp>, eventually becoming Aang's firebending teacher. Dudes a Jobber and somewhat of an emo drama twink, but hes got heart and will save his friends and family even if it kills him.
* Azula: Zuko's crazy badass dominatrix sister.  Also a magnificent bitch with mommy-issues. Hobbies: Shooting lightning, [[Tzeentch|manipulating others to further her plans]], being better than you and volleyball.  Often accompanied by her only friends/lieutenants the knife-wielding goth(also a massive badass and snarklord on par with Sokka and Toph), Mai, and the acrobatic valley girl, <s>jailbait</s> <s>teenager fap bait</s> Ty Lee.
*Ozai: Ruler of the Fire Nation, firebender of (near) "UNLIMITED POWAH!", crappy father (burned his preteen son's face and exiled him for being 'rude'; rude here meaning [[Salamanders|protesting against using new recruits as cannon fodder]], he also made Azula what she is), and above all evil motherfucker (not surprising considering he's played by Mark Hamill aka Joker).  Willing to genocide entire races and nations in order to ensure his power, and his country's undisputed supremacy ([[God-Emperor of Mankind|Sounds quite familiar]]). At the end, [[Horus Heresy|he is betrayed by his son who joins the enemy side]] and Aang strips him of his powers and his previously banished son becomes the new monarch and throws him in the dungeons to rot.

: '''Others'''
* Iroh: Zuko's uncle, a bro-tier guy even when on the villain's side and (spoiler) later revealed to be a secret hero who also [[Awesome|saved the dragons from extinction by pretending he'd killed the last ones]].  Basically what would happen if one of the dirtier-minded Buddhas could eat fire, shit lightning, and drink enough tea to cause a younger man's heart to explode.  [[Kharn|A fun guy to be around, minus the team-killing]].  Voiced by the glorious, the late Mako Iwamatsu.

=== Legend of Korra ===

[[File:4388128-553141-legend of korra.jpg|thumb|400px|right|From top to bottom, Master Tenzin, Mako, Bolin, and Avatar Korra.]]

: '''The Krew'''
* Korra: The title character, and a brash, athletic tomboy who lacks spiritual aptitude (which means she punches people instead of meditating and talking things through like some kind of hippy... which isn't a good idea when your chief enemy is claiming you oppress people who disagree with them). Gets her ass kicked a lot despite being skilled in three of the four elements due to her impulsiveness and not outright mastering any of them. Rule 34 has taken this penchant for failure and run a fucking marathon with it. 
**Unlike Aang, whose story arc revolves around him beating back the evil empire and rebuilding the world, Korra's is about the balance of Spirituality with the "Modern" world; as mentioned above, Korra started out with 0 aptitude for air bending, the most spiritual of the elements. She even sneaks out of her training to participate in "pro-bending" matches, a mix of MMA and full-contact dodgeball that her air-bending master considers to be low-class garbage. She eventually [[meme|gets good]], but only after losing her connection to all the other elements and falling into despair. The rest of the seasons has her fighting in a civil war, chasing anarchists, resolving disputes with <s>[[Daemons]]</s> Spirits and the Material World, and fighting Earth Empire Fascists, and eventually losing her connection with her previous incarnations, losing her GOD MODE power button and forcing her to deal with problems herself. 
**Korra gets a lot of flak because much of her supposed power and competence is handed to her on a plate with no personal growth involved. But then again, that's  the entire point of ''being the literal avatar of Bending, having the combined experience of all previous Avatars.'' She doesn't get a flawless [[Ultramarines|Creator's Pet]] story flow; gets poisoned by mercury, tortured, Chi damaged and imprisoned (a ''lot''), and learns to take a hell of a beating and works together with non-benders and benders alike. Hell, she even '''has her Avatar powers beaten out of her by Anarchists,''' but apparently she's still controversial because...[[-4 STR|reasons]]
***In S1, Avatar Aang gives her the power that was literally just handed to him in the finale of the first series, unlocking her OP Avatar State for free use. In S2, due to her blindly trusting her uncle and not resolving her [[Horus Lupercal|daddy issues]], her connection to the previous avatars and their knowledge was severed, and the damage caused by the event actually led her to be disavowed by the same city Aang founded. In S3, a group of Anarchists, each one an extremely capable fighter on-par with the masters of the first series, captured and tortured her, with the goal of perma-killing [[Daemon Prince|the Avatar]] because "no one should have that power". In universe, people ''are aware'' of how [[Mary Sue|incredibly powerful]] the Avatar is, and so have either inflate her importance so much that they blame her for everything, or want to take her out when she isn't looking because that's the only way to do it if you aren't a [[Powergamer|LVL 20 master bender]]. The entire point of the last season was Korra's extended recovery from being poisoned and ''not'' having free use of those powers, because she felt she was a failure (again, not only did she help create an ''anti-avatar,'' but nearly lost the Avatar state '''twice.''') In every season, Korra ''had'' to undergo a spiritual touchy-feely hero's journey to use those powers again, which if you've actually watched either series, ''is kind of the fucking point.''
***[[Skub]]: Korra came out in 2012-2014, waaay before the skub of [[Star Wars|The Rise of Skywalker]], [[Lord of the Rings|Rings of Power]], and other shows that cause people to [[Female Space Marines|screech and seethe]], but it also came out just when neckbeards started to get [[Butthurt|sensitive about it]], so pretty much everything about it [[Srs|was picked apart]], even though it was, you know, a fucking cartoon. It didn't help that the show was ''incredibly political,'' which was the intention of the creators. The show got soft-cancelled by Nickelodeon (made available only online, before streaming was the new cable) partly because of how different its tone was to its predecessor (which debabately had less controversial themes). In addition the show unfortunately came out around the time many networks were leaning heavily into the superhero boom, and LOK's story and themes were far less kid-friendly than what many execs would have liked , so only the most [[Neckbeard|dedicated]] of fans bothered to stick with it. 
**[[Musclegirl|Her arms and legs]] are also enough of an inspiration for girls worldwide to invest in fitness and go to a gym.  Crush us between your thighs, Korra.

* Mako: Writers said he's "Zuko without the angst"; however they forgot Zuko had other traits and so is just some generic dude Korra wants to make out with, and kind of a creepy asshole. Also cheated on Asami. His primary characteristics are his strong sense of duty and a scarf. Team's Firebender, was taught how to lightningbend by a mobster. Becomes a cop in the second season, and then stopped after scandals involving eccentric rich dudes. Named after the late Japanese actor, Mako Iwamatsu, who among his many accomplishments voiced Iroh in The Last Airbender.
* Bolin: Mako's younger brother.  Unlike Mako, Bolin is an earthbender and has character traits. He's the team's "funny guy" (he's basically like Sokka, but without the wit or tactical sense...actually now that you say it, nothing like Sokka except occasionally being comic relief), being on the better side of the whole dudebro thing while avoiding asshole territory.  Had a crush on Korra, but she strung him along and shacked up with his brother Mako, with Bolin even walking in on them kissing when he was ready to confess his feelings to Korra.  Ouch!  Also happens to luck into being a movie star because of an eccentric rich man. In spite of his inability to get with Korra, he spent the rest of the series being chased by women (and a Yandere waterbender)/simping for his girlfriend, an airbender named Opal. 
**An absolute failure as a metalbender, but later learns that he could lavabend, which impresses everyone. Shows that some advanced techniques cant simply be learned.
* Asami Sato: Daughter of this world's inventor of the automobile and easily the most rounded and best member of Team Avatar. She does not have any flaws other than being too nice sometimes, which is not a flaw, and yet is somehow not a loathsome Mary Sue.  Mostly because she isn't in the show much, isn't overpowered, and when she's kicking ass with an Equalist power fist it is pretty awesome. [[Retcon|Revealed]] to be in lesbians with Korra at the end of the series (technically the directors said they're bisexual, but same difference) in a transparent attempt to redeem the series in the eyes of Tumblrinas and the Twitter mob, kicking off a category 5 skubstorm in the process and delighting everyone who wanted to make/already had made [[Rule 34]] of the pairing.


: '''Allies'''
* Tenzin: The youngest child of Aang and Katara, a sane, calm, rational Airbending master(and the only one of his siblings who ''can'' airbend) and adviser to Korra... most of the time.  Has a wife and four children (his wife gives birth to the fourth during the show), three of which are airbenders.  Starts off being a hard-ass until his own family insists that he ease off.  Is very set on keeping the Airbending traditions alive and considers his duty to his people and his father important above all else to the point that he wants to be just like his father... with good reason, since he's trying to rebuild a civilization that went through an attempted genocide which his father was the only survivor of. Voiced by J.K Simmons.
* Lin Beifong: Toph's even more hard-assed daughter who's chief of Republic City Police. Pretty much only uses metalbending and tries her damnedest to keep everything under control.  Despite being a hard-ass, she's completely correct in her negative assessment of Korra in Season 1. 
* Suyin Beifong: Lin's half-sister(Toph kinda got around in her adult years) who built a city of metalbenders named Zaofu. Had to leave Republic City after her mother covered up her association with a gang of criminals and accidentally scarring her sister.


: '''Enemies'''
* Amon: [[Eliphas]] the Inheritor's bastard son [[Communism|and a hero of the common man and working class who strives to end the oppression of foul bending class and bring about true equality and a golden age of happiness]], until later episodes reveal he's just batshit insane.  Also, has the BEST voice in the entire series, being also blessed by [[Cyrus|Steve Blum]].
**He is the leader of the Equalists, an anti-bending faction composed of non-benders. They make up for their lack of elemental control with chi-blocking martial arts, stun batons, and later in the uprising, [[Awesome|steampunk powerfists, Tianium Mechs that cant be metal-bent, and fighter-bomber biplanes.]] 
**They're aguably the most sympathetic of the four villains, as non-benders living in a society literally run by benders: the Council of Republic City was originally composed of representatives of the four nations and advanced their nation's interest over the city's, with the non-bending population of the city having fuck all representation on the council; the police has non-bending detectives, but metalbending SWAT, who spend most of their time doing a really bad job of managing the Triads (criminal gangs composed of benders of the three nations, who extort the non-benders for protection). Fuck, even the electricity is generated by Benders, with one episode showing [[servitor|Mako earning some extra cash by lightning bending to generate electricity]].
**Amon is able to remove people's bending  which the Equalists believed to have been a sign of favor from the Spirits, and an ability only Aang was shown to have in the first series. It later turns out he was just a Bloodbender, who was able to lobotomize the bending part of their brain and prevent them from controlling their chi, which is actually more awesome. 
* Vaatu: The spirit of chaos of the Avatar world, who is embattled with an eternal conflict with Raava, the incarnation of peace. They're suppose to be analogies of Yin and Yang (the Chinese philosophy that opposing forces balance and compliment each other to create peace and equilibrium), but the writers kinda fucked it up and made it: "VAATU IS CHAOS SO BAD, RAAVA IS PEACE SO GUD".  Even worse, the writers already did spirits that were a Yin and Yang analogy in ATLA with the spirits Tui and La who took the form of Koi fish.
* Unalaq: [[Lorgar]] of the Avatar world. Starts off a malicious prick and then literally gets empowered by the Dark God to make a fucking Kaiju fight. Is also Korra's uncle. Also a very powerful Waterbender.
** Eska and Desna: Unalaq's identical twin son and daughter.  One of them becomes Bolin's stalker and tries marrying him. She's voiced by Aubrey Plaza.
* Red Lotus: A secret society dedicated to the cause of anarchy. Not necessesarily the most sympathetic villains, but certainly the ones whose worldviews are the most coherent and interesting. 
** Zaheer: The Normie Batman-lite leader of the group, the deeply spiritual Zaheer semi-spontaneously developed Airbending powers after Korra aligned the spirit world with the one that matters. Instead of being a Buddhist about it like Aang, he rips the air out of people's lungs and embraces the void like a boss. Learns how to fly after his girlfriend is tricked into making her own head explode. Voiced and faced by Henry Rollins.
**Ghazan: One of Zaheer's pals. An earthbender with a pretty cool temper, except he is actually so good he can lavabend, a fit previously only done by the Avatar in their avatar state. Voiced by Peter Giles.
** Ming-Hua: An [[Abaddon|arm-less]] lady with an extraordinary good level of waterbending. Seriously, in a world where you have to mimic martial arts mouvements to shoot fireballs and stuff, doing it without arms seems a tad bit difficult and yet she is able to form water arms that she can partially freeze to form blades, hooks and over deadly forms depending on the situation. Voiced by Grey DeLisle, who was Azula in The Last Airbender.
** P'li: Zaheer's girlfriend. A firebender gifted with the rare skill to also create explosions with her mind (Combustionbending). Drove off a dragon using her firebending and combustionbending skills that she hadn't used in 13 years, being locked in a prison built inside a glacier specifically so the cold would prevent her from using her power. Voiced by Kristy Wu. 

* Kuvira: [[Imperial Guard|The Lord Commander Militant]] of the Avatar setting. Student of Suyin and former member of the metal bender clan. Cleaned up the mess left behind by the Red Lotus after Suyin refused to step up and founded the Earth Empire, claiming that the concept of kings was outdated. 
**Pretty much <s>Mao Zedong</s> Zhang Zongchang, but make him a hot metalbender. She united the Earth Kingdom by giving them two options: submit or be conquered, but was not above fighting the enemy alone just to cement her superiority. Kind of a Mary Sue, if not a foil to Korra, who also punches her way through her problems.
**She also built a giant [[Titan|Mecha]], utilizing "spirit energy" which is basically the Avatar version of both Nuclear power and the Warp. 

: '''Others'''
* Varrick: The [[A Song of Ice and Fire|Littlefinger]] of the Avatar universe. He at first appears to be very eccentric and friendly to Team Avatar, but it turns out he is manipulating entire wars in order to profit off of them. Still manages to be one of the most fun characters in Seasons 2 and 4, respectively. Probably has tons of crack stowed away on many of his boats, which he uses to fund movie production and insane inventions. Always flanked by his secretary/maid/assistant/bodyguard Zhu Li, who always does the thing.